Obituaries - Feb. 20, 2002

VIOLET MARJORY SLIGHT

Violet Marjory Slight, 73, an Eagle Rock resident, died Feb. 1, 2002,

in a Glendale hospital.

She was born Dec. 17, 1928, in Glendale.

She graduated from Hoover High School. She was a homemaker and active

in her church.

She is survived by her children, Kurt and daughter-in-law Kathy,

Kenneth Slight, Kent and daughter-in-law Kathy, Kim and daughter-in-law

Rochelle, Kevin and daughter-in-law Cindy, Karen and son-in-law Craig

Wiseman, and Kathleen and son-in-law Brent Gnieting; mother, Marjory

Johnson; sisters, Ruth Barrowman, Joyce Cebulak and Grace Waller; 20

grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be at noon today at the Church of Jesus Christ

of Latter-day Saints, 1130 E. Wilson Ave.

Burial will follow at Forest Lawn Memorial-Park, Hollywood Hills.

Kiefer & Eyerick Mortuary is in charge of arrangements.

CLARA LENA MILLER JAMES

Clara Lena Miller James, 94, a former Glendale resident, died Feb. 9,

2002, in Pasadena.

She was born Oct. 15, 1907, in Wheelersburg Ohio. In 1932, she moved

to California to marry her childhood sweetheart, William Frank James in

Burbank. They moved to Glendale, where she remained until her illness.

She is survived by her sister, Dorothy A. Miller; brother, Henry L.

Miller; three grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; and three

step-great-grandchildren.

Her husband, daughter Helen Marietta Klopping, grandson and a

great-grandson died before her.

Graveside services were held at Rose Hills Memorial Park in Whittier.

MARTE A. JONES

Marte A. Jones, 58, a La Crescenta resident, died Feb. 2, 2002.

She was born May 1, 1943, in Jonesboro, Ark.

She attended school in Glendale, and was the owner of a party planning

business in La Crescenta for many years.

She is survived by her husband, Terry, a retired Glendale police

sergeant; children, Kim Stefanello of Palmdale and Dana Ventura of

Chatsworth; and five grandchildren.

A memorial service was held Feb. 9.