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Submit an obituaryDeacon Bill Sangster died Thursday, September 2, 2021. Bill was born in Santa Barbara on May 24, 1928 to William Burton Sangster Sr. and Bertha Elizabeth Dirig. After graduating from Santa Barbara High School, Bill serv…
Read moreReverend Monsignor James Philip Colberg died Saturday, August 28, 2021. He was 92 years old. Msgr. James was a diocesan priest who was ordained in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles on April 27, 1955. While serving as a prie…
Read moreDeacon Ricardo Flores Lemus died Saturday, August 21, 2021. Ricardo Flores Lemus was born in Mexico City in 1942 to Roberto Flores and Esperanza Lemus, the second of 13 children. When he was 15, his father Roberto died, …
Read moreReverend David M. Velazquez died Tuesday, August 3, 2021. He was 70 years old. Fr. David was ordained on September 14, 1980 for the Missionaries of the Holy Spirit, and he was incardinated in the Archdiocese of Los Angel…
Read moreFrank Ponnet died Wednesday, July 7, 2021. He was 67 years old. Frank A. Ponnet was the son of Frank Joseph Ponnet and Mary Louise Breen Ponnet. The Ponnet family was part of St. Luke’s Temple City. Frank attended Our …
Read moreReverend Daniel Fox died Saturday, July 3, 2021. He was 71 years old. Fr. Daniel was a diocesan priest who was ordained in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles on June 19, 1982. While serving as a priest in the archdiocese, th…
Read moreHermine A. Lees, former staff writer of The Tidings and editor of the archdiocesan Catholic Directory, died July 3 at her home in Cambria of natural causes. A lifelong Catholic, Mrs. Lees served nearly 29 years as a sta…
Read moreReverend Monsignor John A. Acton died Friday, July 2, 2021. He was 97 years old. Msgr. Acton was ordained in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles on May 1, 1948. While serving as a priest in the archdiocese, these were his ass…
Read moreReverend Tomás White died Wednesday, June 30, 2021. He was 75 years old. Fr. Tom was a diocesan priest who was ordained on December 24, 1978 in Ireland. He was incarnated into the Archdiocese of Los Angeles on September …
Read moreDeacon Don Gath died Saturday, June 19, 2021. Don Lee Gath was born in 1937 in Helbig, Texas to his parents Roy and Levia. He spent his early years in Louisiana before moving with his family to Los Angeles at age 5. Aft…
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