Adventurous, passionate, and absolute fun are words frequently used to describe Mo Cruikshank. After growing up in Santa Barbara she worked for the FBI in San Francisco and later became a flight attendant traveling the world. Mo was just as intense with her hobbies as she was with work: golfing, gambling, tennis, camping and fishing. […]
“June Gloom” and “May Grey” are caused by a Catalina Eddy. This phenomenon gets it’s name from Catalina Island, the Channel Island Closest to the L.A Basin. A Catalina Eddy can develop any time of year, but it is most prominent April to September and peaks in June, hence the term “June Gloom”.During these months,
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Grief Support In this blog we will attempt to offer some grief support. I am not a grief counselor, or therapist. What I am sharing is information I have read about grief support over the years of working with the families we serve. What is grief? Grief is a natural response to loss. It is
Beatrice Adele Styles, “Bea” was born on February 21,1931. Bea was native Los Angeles resident who was beloved by her many friends and family. I’m not sure if it was her Pisces nature that made her love the sea so much? Or the beautiful backyard that was her Pacific Ocean. Either way
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My mother attended UCLA during WWII, then met and married my dad who took her to Indiana. She always loved California and the time she spent on Catalina Island. Her wish was to have her ashes scattered off the coast of Catalina. When she passed last year I had no idea how I was going
I read this fantastic article about end of life planning. I thought I would share it with you. I understand that end of life planning is not a topic that anyone really wants to talk about, but the fact is we are all going to pass away at some point, and we can make it
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Roseanne Healis was born January 4th, 1924, in Philadelphia, PA. She leaves an older brother, John and she had a sister, Mary, as well as other extended family. John says that when she was a little girl she would follow him and the boys everywhere and because of this, she learned to do all the
Mark, a lifetime resident of Torrance, passed away April 18, 2009. He attended South High and graduated in 1966. He was an avid basketball fan an deployed for Stanislaus State on both their basketball and baseball teams. Mark graduated from UC Irvine with a degree in Psychology. He later attended Pepperdine University graduating with a
In September 1978 clay Locket went out to the “beginner’s hill” at Simi to practice a few rings because he was to be involved in a ballon drop, and wanted everything to go perfect. At Simi he sustained a head injury after his glider stalled and did a 180 turn back into the hill…reportedly he
“My wife’s ashes were scattered over the Pacific Ocean at the San Clement Pier by Ms. Jamie Tanabe, President of Tanabe Flying Services. Ms. Tanabe conducted the scattering under very difficult weather conditions (fog, low visibility), precisely on site and on time. As a former military and corporate pilot, I recommend her dedication and her
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