Raul Alaniz is survived by his mother, Francisca Alaniz; daughter Rebecca; his partner Ana; sister Rosa; 11 grandchildren and five step-children. He was tested for the coronavirus after a housekeeper had tested positive on March 30. “We would take him chocolate malts, or Hershey bars.” said Mark, “but he just really loved any chocolate, and I mean, he loved chocolate.”. “He was selling mariscos and seafood,” said Astoga, the president of Listo Produce, a wholesale company with a stall in the 7th Street market. He had once been homeless himself and had empathy for those without a home. In recalling their mother, each son remembered intimate moments when they were alone with her, and the safety and love they felt in her presence. The Rev. Two weeks after arriving at Kaiser — and two weeks away from receiving his first dose of COVID-19 vaccine — Locklin died on a Sunday morning. “We often laughed at my father because he was very particular about the boots he wore. A couple years later, he showed up … with a stuffed animal pony, and he thought it was the funniest thing in the world.”. But they never got the chance tell him about it. They delivered mail, trade papers, packages, scripts and cartons of cigarettes to the executives whose favor they craved but whose power intimidated them. “She loved entertainment — that was her life,” Scroggs said. On April 22, Rubio died of COVID-19 complications. With Gateway on lockdown, family members could not visit Akrie in his final days. He attended junior college in Ohio before being drafted into the Army. He was put on a ventilator on April 29 and spent all of May on the breathing machine. As they each neared 30, mutual friends started nudging them: “Hey, guys, you’re getting older, what do you think?” Ben recalled with a laugh. He was a workaholic,” Manny said. Summer temperatures scorched past 110. Rachel wanted to make sure her father’s memory was properly commemorated. In June, Melissa gave birth to her son, Frank Anthony Parvis. Director: Basil Dearden | Stars: Gina Lollobrigida, Sean Connery, Ralph Richardson, Alexander Knox. Hatsuye “Hatsy” Yasukochi’s bakery in San Francisco’s Japantown stood for more than just its popular specialty, coffee crunch cake. They met in a speech and debate class in New York City in their mid-20’s. The organization, now known as PG&E PrideNetwork, advocated for its member employees and started a dialogue with management with an eye toward equality. After graduating from high school, Tesa moved to Utah where she still lives. During his days as the baseball coach at Birmingham High School in the San Fernando Valley from 1965-77, he perpetually had a cigar in his mouth and a one-liner at the ready. “Everything he made had to be just right.”. “She had that Mamba-esque mentality,” her brother said, referring to the late Kobe Bryant. He traveled to over 15 countries, including the United Kingdom, France, Italy and China. His wife also tested positive, but is recovering. Born in the Bronx in 1936, Schachter was the first in his family to attend college and received his bachelor’s degree in chemistry from Columbia University and his doctorate in bacteriology from Berkeley in 1965. Spirituality was the through line of Joseph Fice’s life. She was living in a senior care facility when she became ill with COVID-19. After high school, Barber studied at several universities, among them UC Berkeley. After work, they would have a cigarette and smoke behind their husbands’ backs, quipping, “Oh, we are like little girls. When a printing press was running at the Irwindale facility, it was Cartagena’s job to keep loading paper into the enormous machinery so that a printing run can continue uninterrupted. He especially liked country music, although he also liked '90s hip-hop. “She was tough as nails and kind as could be. It seems there wasn’t anything Milton Melzian Jr. didn’t excel at when he applied himself, be it as a husband and father, engineer, or a hobbyist nurturing an interest with both tenderness and care. The last few weeks of Wernick’s life were spent with her family. Bernuy asked if the sisters would consider having the family live with them at the convent until they could find a home of their own. Daviau was nominated for five Academy Awards, two of them for Barry Levinson collaborations: “Avalon” (1990) and “Bugsy” (1991). He survived a near-fatal collision with a drunk driver in 2000 — on the way home from a track meet, of course — that required the infusion of 40 pints of blood and more than a month in intensive care. That souvenir remained for the balance of his life, which ended Feb. 7 when White died from complications of COVID-19 in Rancho Mirage. They’re not taking her to an ICU or providing her with any real end-of-life comforting care. “He would read stories to my girls, hang out and play with them. The 81-year-old was previously diagnosed with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and congestive heart failure. “He was a great spirit and he really loved the outdoors—he was at one with nature,” said his son. Reading the instructions for traditional Philippine dishes reminded Dalisay Aguilo of how much Dulce loved the kitchen — and, by extension, the people she fed. Frederick Price Jr., who took over his father’s pulpit in 2009, said his father got the idea for the FaithDome after walking into the geodesic dome that used to house the Spruce Goose seaplane in Long Beach. “She wanted everyone to be happy and have fun.”. For Gabriel Zavala, every lesson was an opportunity to share and analyze the meanings behind song lyrics. “He always gave us great advice. An inveterate prankster, Bernard wasn’t afraid to ruffle a few feathers for laughs. His oxygen levels dropped. She did not talk a lot about her struggles. If someone was in need of a place to sleep, Martinez offered her home. “When he saw that, he went down the street and purchased some bunk beds for the family.”. “Twenty-five years after she retired, people she worked with were still going out of their way to visit her. His family was looking forward to his retirement — no more missed family celebrations, no more missed nights of sleep. “I said, ‘you know, we’re not getting any younger. Her mother was transported back to the facility for dementia patients and died four days later. By then, he'd had his fill of Rochester and the Eisenhower years, so he ventured west, to the University of Arizona, where he earned his master's and PhD. A beloved teacher, father, mentor and friend, Naibert died on April 20 due to complications of COVID-19. Carolyn battled dementia in the last seven years of her life as a resident of Marin Convalescent and Rehabilitation Hospital in Tiburon, Calif. Before breaking her hip and later losing much of her memory, she’d maintained an independent lifestyle, participating in more than 50 educational travel programs geared toward senior citizens. “It’s so hard to be isolated and unable to grieve with people,” she said. “I miss him every single day.”. “All I felt was aggression, seclusion and loneliness, but I soon realized that a higher power was making the moves. She called the Berlin wall a “a pathetic tottering partition” and advocated for women’s rights “even before Gloria Steinem,” her niece said. “He loved to draw somebody in, even a stranger,” she said. A year ago, Hatsy, then 79, was diagnosed with lung cancer, and underwent chemotherapy and immunotherapy last summer. “If somebody was hurt, he cared for them. In the end, he lost, but he continued the fight, always looking for any opportunity to open his own gym. “Tara provided a lot of stability and warmth for me, she was supportive-- always checking up on me -- the Mitchells are incredible people,” Connolly said. Dowson married Sharon Ackel in 1980, and the couple had three children, Laura, Douglas and Nathan. When she first came out, Sabrina said her father told her, “I love you so much. We kept them in business for years,” she said. Trained as a lawyer, Ben went back to school for nursing and soon landed a job at St. Mary, where his wife had been working since 1997. She really wasn't a TV watcher; she would read newspapers and go out for walks every day. Take care of your health. He was 77. He and his wife, Judie, had just celebrated their 60th anniversary. Zuniga and his wife also took in foster kids, until it became too difficult to separate from them. His first test came back negative, but he tested positive a week later. “They were two human beings glued together everywhere they went,” Isaac said. In early March, Holderman picked up his daughter-in-law Kelley Holderman from the airport after a girls' trip to Vail. Their parents, Mary and McHenry Watson, carried their own scars from childhood. Friends knew they could stop by her home for a visit without needing to call first. “I’m so grateful I could be her daughter.”. His wife, Ashling, was able to visit him at the hospital, telling him, “We’re all still waiting for you.” She didn’t think that was good-bye. She called her granddaughter, who had flown back to Louisiana, on April 4. He was excited to work on the redevelopment of SIPA’s headquarters, which looked to include a small businesses center, community space and a cultural center. Rowe, the story goes, had one too many and nodded off between games of pool. He was a father to three and grandfather to 10. When Sanchez did relax, it was to play golf, or go backpacking in the Sierra. He twirled her in dance halls across the city. Their California home was also a testament to Scheu’s knack for resurrection. During a yearlong stay in Nevada after the war, she was made to wash her mouth out with soap by a teacher in front of the class for speaking Japanese, and soldiers threw snowballs and directed racial epithets at her, she said. In 2010 and 2011, he also performed on the “Rock of Ages” national tour. Paul Engel, a colleague and best friend of 40 years, spent months with Chiu in Penang, Malaysia, where Intel had package assembly plants. He spoke seven languages, his niece said, including Greek, Latin, Spanish, Italian and German, and he did teaching stints at Catholic University of Chile in Santiago and Hekima College in Nairobi, Kenya. Rosaleigh George made sure that everybody would know the important details of her life. He built furniture and designed dresses for his daughters Carol and Jessica. Daniel P. Barber knew the sting of homophobia all too well. He was the first to die out of a family of 13 siblings. Almost every summertime Friday for decades, she took the youth center kids on some field trip — to the fair, to Legoland, to SeaWorld. She died on May 3 at the hospital, two weeks after contracting the coronavirus. But a call from the National Institutes of Health saved them, offering Barack a research position and a means of completing his service without going to combat. Ayala was hospitalized and diagnosed with COVID-19 shortly after Thanksgiving. She was tough and intimidating, yet loving and inspirational, her brother said. “We teased him a bit because he had some favorite songs that were in Tagalog that are older songs our parents would listen to,” said Jessica del Mundo, secretary of SIPA’s board of directors. Earl said her father left the hospital having tested negative for COVID-19, but tested positive when he returned to the hospital five days later to treat a hematoma in his hip. Saludacion “Sally” Solon Fontanilla came from the Philippines and built a full life in the United States, traveling regularly with her husband and enjoying a community in their mutual workplace: St. Mary Medical Center in Apple Valley. Being a huge San Francisco Giants fan – he and Nancy and their two daughters, Erin and Heather, would drive from Modesto to Candlestick Park when they held season tickets – Ayala was thrilled to celebrate the team’s three championships during the past decade, sharing that delight with his family. Still, as she lay in her hospital bed, in what would be her last conversation with her daughter, Alexander remembered their final trip with only fondness. “The only thing you can keep in life is what you give away,” Burnam said to start the movie. While Scheu’s real estate business was still in California, his favorite place was the Idaho ranch, which the family visited frequently. “I feel very lucky to have come back as an adult and work side by side and see another side from the adult perspective,” she said. Strong-willed, adventurous, confident and caring, Gentry died May 13 due to complications of COVID-19. Before retiring in 2006, he worked on the promotion of compact fluorescent and LED bulbs, among other endeavors. Second, throw your punches before they do. He was also inspired to start reading and began taking lessons at Eureka Adult School. “That's why he was so passionate about helping them out.”. “But every aspect of the things she did was memorable.”. “He created and repaired anything with chewing gum and string,” said his friend Deborah Barnes, an outreach worker who ran an advocacy group for the homeless. He set up a GoFundMe page to support his brother’s children, raising more than $87,000 in just one week. “She was someone who really took life and made the best of it,” said Josh Coddington. They complained that the hospital provided proper protective gear only to only nurses and physicians. ... That seems to have really paid off for nine or 10 months.". But it was 1928, the Great Depression was taking hold, and her parents, immigrants from Lebanon raising three children in New Jersey, were struggling. Me, take orders? “She was just always present in our lives,” Gassittie said, “and always made us the No. No lucrative athletic and TV careers loomed, like sweet-swinging boxer Sugar Ray Leonard. After a decades-long career advocating for immigrant rights and bilingual education, Aranda wasn’t about to let retirement distract him from the cause. “We couldn’t do that. As his dementia worsened, Wickham’s family moved him into Watsonville Post-Acute Center, a nursing home. “Before he passed, he came to visit my mom and he had a full head of white hair. A prodigal mind, he was young for his class and then skipped a grade, allowing him to finish high school at 16 and graduate from the University of Wisconsin in Madison at 20. The family settled in Long Beach and lived in a small three-bedroom house. None of her family members were able to see her after calling the ambulance to pick her up from Sterling Court. “She was just a very, very caring person,” Weaver said. He went on to serve his country in World War II, driving a halftrack for the Army and fighting in the Battle of the Bulge, the last big German offensive of the conflict. Jay Johnstone, the fun-loving outfielder who was best known for his clubhouse pranks and a dramatic pinch-hit home run that helped the Dodgers win the 1981 World Series, died Sept 26, his daughter, Mary Jayne Sarah Johnstone, confirmed on Facebook. “He was a very present father,” Natter said. They sent an email to all of us saying that one of the caregivers and one of the residents had COVID,” Melissa says. Martin, who was living in a care facility at the end of her life, is believed to have contracted COVID-19 but was never tested. “When I’m driving, I think about her.”. Sinatra signed Lopez to his Reprise Records label after seeing him perform at a West Hollywood nightclub. When it was clear Echaluce was nearing the end, the doctors asked Melissa if she would like to come see her father to say goodbye. Martinez was a devout Jehovah’s Witness and would make it clear to all of her guests that “this is a Christian home.” She loved making tamales and her delectable chile verde, her daughter said. Few things in life made Zella Campbell feel happier or more at home than working the soil. Moya was his wife’s primary caregiver, cooking her meals and taking her to appointments. He planned to isolate for 10 days. Douglas joined on a FaceTime call from London. Helena said she knew the virus would kill her mother, a longtime smoker, and had her placed on hospice care immediately. His daughter said he will live on through his favorite meditative mantra: “Breathe in, breathe out.”. I kidded him about being the only MLB pitcher with a lifetime record of 0-0 to have his number retired. Ehlers said her mother lived with “nonfunctional, incapacitating mental illness” over the last 10 years and during other times in her life. She approached her work with a strong sense of duty, and was revered for her firm-but-fair approach to education. “He always had stashes of candy all over the place. We have now placed Twitpic in an archived state. He’d come off as tough, but “he had a heart that was so soft,” his sister said. Frieders said she was allowed to visit her father in person for 15 minutes during his final hours, to hold his hand. In the days that the emergency room received a seemingly endless stream of coronavirus patients, Zuabi never wavered, his wife said. “He wouldn’t want what he experienced to happen to anybody.”. He was 71. “He was just able to use hardship to gain perspective,” she said. Alfonso Ye Jr., 25, stood out among classmates in the pharmacy tech program at Pima Medical Institute in Chula Vista. The facility experienced a COVID-19 outbreak, with several residents and staff members contracting the disease. He would drive one and lease out the others. After graduating from Harvard School for Boys, he joined the Naval Reserve and studied engineering at UCLA. Though in a wheelchair, Garrett always participated. He didn’t graduate from high school, but he found a path in life through his faith, becoming an elder and an assistant pastor at the Greater Page Temple Church of God in Christ in the Adams-Normandie neighborhood. Florentina worked hard looking out for her family. When Julie Ha felt nervous about directing a documentary shoot alone, she called Lee. “That’s how he was all day.”. A Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., first-grader named Penelope A. Miller, better known in her grown-up years as Penny Foreman of Clovis, was part of the effort that defeated the disease. If a room of people could have a conductor, seeking to accommodate needs, lift spirits and bring all together with inclusion, Azar Ahrabi was it. “I think I killed somebody,” he said. Harris had a happy childhood of surfing, skiing and outdoor adventures, and he graduated from Loyola High School. She would take herself to the beach and dip her toes in the water. “We loved to go down to the Ventura beach at sunset to take photos,” said his son Jason Craig. Although the family is scattered across the country from California to New York, they remain tight knit. Thousands of lives have been lost in the coronavirus outbreak, in cities and small towns, in hospital wards and nursing homes. Then came Linder Foods, which specialized in salad dressings. Molinar said it’s unclear how her mother contracted the novel coronavirus. A day later, he tested positive for the coronavirus infection. He loved it. “She wasn’t afraid to speak.”. “A very unique, beautiful mind,” Paul said. Cordero got his start on Broadway in the 2012 production of “Rock of Ages” in which he played Record Company Man and Dennis — a part he recently reprised in a Hollywood revival of the show. His generosity, she believes, contributed to his getting sick with COVID-19. "The last time I saw him was in February, because then they closed and said we could only see him at the window," she said. Three days later, Harry fell unconscious on his driveway as his wife, Endang, and older son Dylan, 22, tried to get him to the hospital. “Everybody loved him,” Alonso said. “Even when she didn’t have anything going on, she was always busy, she was always doing something, she couldn’t sit still.”. But in November the cancer began to grow again and treatment resumed. The family worried, particularly her daughter Eun-Ju, about the rapid spread of the virus in assisted living facilities. At the beginning of the pandemic, in March, he was going to work every day. His religious spirituality helped him realize his life’s mission. "He would just sit and listen. Outside of a mild case of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, Eric had otherwise been healthy. “I was like, wow, this guy is impressive,” she said. When Gibbs drove to Ohio to pack up her 93-year-old mother to move in with her in the Bay Area, Hopper told her she’d have dinner waiting for them when they arrived. “She would show up in her red Porsche,” recalled her nephew, Tom O’Brien. Poet Charles Bukowski's long-ago praise of him as "one of the great undiscovered talents of our time" has been eclipsed by the years: Locklin published some 150 books and thousands of poems, many in translation and studied and admired around the world. During the Indo-Pakistani war nine years later, Luppi had a different role, helping evacuate U.S. citizens from Karachi to Tehran, where she took charge of their care and published a daily newsletter to keep them informed. Off-stage, Cordero appeared in a handful of TV series, including “Queer as Folk” and “Lilyhammer” and a recurring role in “Blue Bloods” (as Victor Lugo) and “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” as Anthony Marino. He attended as many Sacramento Solons baseball games as his allowance permitted, his brother said, and he went on to receive his bachelor’s in history from UC Davis. The son of Sicilian immigrants, including a fiercely Catholic mother, Fice and his brothers grew up attending parochial schools near their home in Maywood. She was so compassionate,” her sisters Breanna and Marriana Hurd wrote in an email to The Times. “Well, there you go. After retiring from teaching, she volunteered as a court-appointed special advocate for the foster care system, and was a docent at the Skirball Cultural Center. He had so many dogs—some fosters, some permanent—that neighbors regularly complained, but he didn’t care. “Her family meant the world to her,” her daughter Patty Talamantes said. “He liked sports and diner food, and she was all about art, culture and refined food,” said Garrett Yamada, a son. "In many ways, he was like the dance teacher of the group.". Where did he find the time to make us all feel that way?”. He would prepare his specialty: lasagna or spaghetti. But they didn’t make it. At first, he appeared to recover and was taken off the ventilator after a few weeks. The two traveled to the United State in 1953, landing in upstate New York.