Albert F. Monteverde; Longtime News Photographer
Albert F. “Monte” Monteverde, a professional news photographer whose work ranged from Yosemite conservation projects to World War II battles to Southern California reservoirs, has died. He was 81.
Monteverde, who photographed California through six decades, died Sept. 12 in Los Angeles of cancer.
In the 1930s, he was the official photographer for the Civilian Conservation Corps set up by the U.S. Department of Interior in Yosemite.
During World War II, Monteverde served as chief of the 1st Marine Division Photo Section assigned to the South Pacific. He earned a Purple Heart and the Navy Photographic Institute Citation.
After the war Monteverde worked as a news photographer. His pictures were syndicated by International News Photos and published in The Times, the Los Angeles Examiner and the San Francisco Call Bulletin. In his later years, he was chief photographer for the Southern California Metropolitan Water District.
Born in Mexico City, Monteverde was the grandson of a governor of Sonora, Mexico, Alberto Cubillas.
Survivors include his wife, Ruby Marie “Kit” Monteverde; a son, Kent Monteverde; and a daughter, Nona Lee Rafferty.
Funeral services are scheduled for Sunday at 1 p.m. in Eastman Chapel of Loyola Marymount University, Westchester.
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