Obituaries - Dec. 6, 1996

Buck, Vermal, 68, of La Crescenta, retired gardener. Forest Lawn, Hollywood Hills.

Cloninger, Elizabeth R., 77, of Woodland Hills, retired nurse. Forest Lawn Mortuary, Glendale.

DeGroote, George A., 77, of Glendale, retired Amtrak employee. Kiefer & Eyerick Mortuary, Glendale.

Gibbons, Craig David, 55, of Lancaster, retired Marine. Halley-Olsen Funeral Chapel, Palmdale.

Kesishyan, Osanna, 87, of North Hollywood, homemaker. Forest Lawn, Hollywood Hills.

Kolesnik, Peter, 80, of Woodland Hills, retired salesman for Avnet Corp. Forest Lawn, Hollywood Hills.

Laughlin, Gordon Price, 60, of Palmdale, cabinet maker. Chapel of the Valley Mortuary, Palmdale.

Menchavez, Potenciano, 81, of Arleta. Utter-McKinley Mortuary, Mission Hills.

Morris, Carl C., 70, of Sunland, retired aircraft mechanic for Jet Commander. Forest Lawn, Hollywood Hills.

Murrieta, Tilly, 83, of Sunland, retired clerk typist for Pasadena Fire Department. Bade Mortuary, Tujunga.

Wall, Jean Marie, 60, of Sylmar, attorney. J.T. Oswald Mortuary, San Fernando.

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