Beatriz Valdez dies at 69; L.A. County's first female registrar-recorder

Beatriz Valdez, a stenographer who rose to become the first woman to serve as registrar-recorder of Los Angeles County, died Dec. 5 at Beverly Hospital in Montebello of complications related to a heart attack, said her sister, Ofelia Valdez-Yeager. She was 69.

By Valerie J. Nelson

December 17, 2008