All Obituaries

Camarillo, CA On March 18, 2020, at the age of 94, Dorothy was called to the hands of God, peacefully. She was born February 3, 1926 in Providence, R.I. where she was raised with her three sisters Frances, Pauline and Mary. Mom was ready to join her beloved "Charlie" who left us 3 years ago.  They married in 1943 in Rhode Island just before dad joined the Navy.  After the war and four kids later, they moved to California where they had 2 more children. They were married...

Camarillo, CA Larry L. Modugno died Tuesday, March 17, 2020. He was born on June 21, 1944 to Ralph and Wanda Modugno in Sylmar, California. Larry served in the US Navy from 1962 through 1965 and was assigned to Hawaii.  It was tough duty but he said someone had to do it. He served in the San Fernando Police Department, then transferred to the Ventura County Sherriff’s Department and retired in 1992. Larry was ordained a deacon in the Catholic church in 1990 and was a chaplain...

Due to the current situation, a celebration of life will be held at a future time and date to be announced. Newbury Park, CA Frank Amos Johnson died Wednesday, March 4, 2020, in hospice care at Los Robles Hospital after several years of declining health. Frank was born in New Haven, Connecticut on March 26, 1929.  He attended Wesleyan University where he excelled academically and in track and cross country and where he also earned a master’s in teaching and worked as an...

Newbury Park, CA Richard “Red” Bloomgren went to be with our Lord on February 26, 2020, surrounded by his wife, children, and many grandchildren. He once said he was sure he was going to heaven, not because he had been so good, but because he had been so lucky. He went on to explain that the luckiest thing in his life had been his wife, Geraldine Loretta Peters, then his kids, then the grandkids, and then the great grandkids. Red lived according to his priorities: God, country,...

Newbury Park, CA Nancy Jane Schleicher was welcomed into the Lord's arms on Monday, February 17, 2020. She was a resident of Ventura County for 60 years. Nancy was born in Allentown PA. on September 11, 1927. She was the first of four children. At the age of seven the family moved to Balboa Canal Zone in Panama, where her father worked for the government as an electrician on the locks of Pedro Miguel. Nancy loved growing up in Panama and enjoyed living there with so many new...

Camarillo, CA Alexander Perez, 67, died Saturday, February 15, 2020 in Camarillo. Visitation will be held from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. Friday, February 21 at Griffin Family Funeral Chapels, 1075 E. Daily Dr., Camarillo. Rosary will begin at 7:00 p.m. Funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10:00 a.m. Saturday, February 22 at St. Mary Magdalen Church, 25 N. Las Posas Rd., Camarillo. Interment will follow at Santa Clara Cemetery, Oxnard.

Camarillo, CA Joyce Arlene Hampton, 84, died Wednesday, February 12, 2020 in Camarillo. Visitation will be held from 9:00 to 11:00 a.m. Saturday, February 29 at Griffin Family Funeral Chapels, 1075 E. Daily Dr., Camarillo. Funeral services will be held at 11:30 a.m. Saturday, February 29 at Camarillo United Methodist Church, 291 Anacapa Dr., Camarillo.

Thousand Oaks, CA Mary Louise Olson Mascia, age 68, died February 12, 2020, during an art class in Agora Hills. Born in 1951 in Fowler, Kansas, Mary had lived in Thousand Oaks since 1999. A food technologist, she had a bachelor's degree from the University of Kansas in Lawrence and a master's degree from Iowa State University. Surviving Mary are her two children, Mark and Carolyn; her mother, Harriett; and her brother, John. Her husband, Pete, passed away in 2009.

Camarillo, CA Timothy Meler, 62, died Saturday, February 8, 2020 in Ojai. Rosary will be recited at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, February 19 at Padre Serra Parish, 5205 Upland Rd., Camarillo. Funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10:00 a.m. Interment will follow at Conejo Mountain Memorial Park, Camarillo.

Thousand Oaks, CA Michael LaFemina, M.D. passed away at home on Saturday, February 8, 2020 while packing for his next adventure with his wife by his side. Mike was an Emergency Department physician for 45 years, working for Kaiser Permanente including time as an Emergency Department Chief in Woodland Hills. Later he worked at Twin Towers Correctional Facility. He was a world traveler (with every AAA map) who lived every moment to the fullest and a man of many passions including...