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LOS ANGELES TIMES SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2019 B9 let the story go untold. placeanad.latimes.com/obituaries Share your loved story. In partnership with Beaumont Barnaby Bianchi November 21, 1941 June 12, 2019 Beaumont B. Bianchi passed away on June 12, 2019 after a brief illness. He was born in San Francisco to the late Harriet Barnaby Auty Bianchi and Tito Julius Bianchi.

His favorite place to be was in the company of his very close and extended family. He is survived by his wife of 54 years, Wendy, whom he met his first week at Stanford University. They made their home in La Canada Flintridge, California for the past 50 years. Beau is also survived by his son, Alex (Courtney) and his three adored granddaughters, Natalie, Claire and Mia Bianchi; his brothers, Adam (Penelope) and Tito (Cameron); and his sister Nora Stent (Peter). He loved and was so proud of his 9 nieces and nephews and his 18 grandnieces and nephews who will miss and remember him forever.

Family meant everything to him. After his early schooling in Northern California, Beau attended and graduated from Deerfield Academy in Massachusetts, returning to California to attend Stanford University, graduating in 1963. After attending Harvard Business School, he began a 45-plus-year career in the securities business, starting with Dean Witter and ending with Alex James. He retired in November 2018. His retirement allowed him to spend more time enjoying the special activities and friendships he made in his beloved clubs: the Valley Hunt Club, the California Club, Los Angeles Country Club and BirnamWood Golf Club.

magnetic personality drew people to him, delighting and inspiring them. His natural poise and charm, combined with supreme discipline, and irrepressible levels of enthusiasm, made for a unique and unbeatable combination. He was generous, cheerful and a true gentleman. Exercise, fitness and sports were a huge focus of life. Beginning with skiing in his youth and a stellar but brief Little League experience, he excelled in lacrosse and basketball at Deerfield and soccer and rugby at Stanford.

His later passions were biking all over the world, tennis and golf. He had the good fortune to play many rounds at celebrated golf courses such as the Old Course at St. Andrews, Augusta National, Cypress, and Shinnecock, among others. Beau was a runner before it became popular and worked out with weights when only football players and weightlifters did. Beau was happiest when he was strenuously overexerting himself in some form of exercise or sport.

It enough to just bike, he wanted to go on a 100-mile ride, preferably one with steep uphill inclines and no downhill stretches. He had been known to run the 10 miles from his home to his downtown LA office, arriving before the market opened. He once challenged himself and a friend to a 2-day bike ride from San Golden Gate Bridge to Santa Monica and succeeded. Whether it was skiing, running, biking, mountain climbing or working out, he satisfied unless his muscles screamed for mercy! He pushed himself to the limit. Beau seriously tested his limits 7 times by competing in and finishing 7 Hawaiian Ironman Triathlons, winning his age group one year.

He found great joy in what others viewed as a crazy and impossible ordeal. During the last few miles of the 112-mile bike ride in Kona, in the 100-degree heat, when someone called out to him in encouragement, he turned with a huge grin on his face and exclaimed, this a great He said that a lot. preparation, passion and iron will propelled him, not only in athletic endeavors, but in everything he attempted or encountered. He loved the challenge of fighting through and enduring tough situations. In addition to his active lifestyle, Beau trained his considerable energies on the many longstanding friendships he developed from childhood, school years, fraternities, business, sports and clubs.

He made friends easily and he cherished them. His loyalty, his generosity and kindness, his unique philosophizing, and his fun-loving personality made him beloved by all those who were fortunate to know him. motto throughout his life was it all and he did just that and then some! He loved his life and lived it to the fullest. When you think of Beau, think of him with that ever-present, magnificent smile and his palpable and contagious enthusiasm. He frequently held court expounding on the of and this is undoubtedly because he had discovered it.

A celebration of his extraordinary life will follow at a later date. people come into our lives and quickly go; some stay for a while and leave footprints on our hearts, and we are never, ever, the OBITUARY NOTICES Place a paid notice latimes.com/placeobituary Search obituary notice archives: legacy.com/obituaries/latimes Share a memory To sign a guest book please go to latimes.com/guestbooks Born in York, PA, Pat was a 47-year resident of Arleta, CA. Pat passed peacefully in Los Angeles at the age of 84. She was preceded in death by her husband Philip Diamond and is survived by her children Randolph Terry, Michael Terry, Claire Terry Sutton, stepdaughter Susan Diamond, and 3 grandchildren Josh, Alex and Finn. Retired Chief Deputy Public Defender of Rancho Cucamonga, Pat had 28 years of service with the San Bernardino public defenders office.

She was a dedicated attorney and a champion of right thing to She had a passion for sailing with the love of her life Philip on their sailboat They sailed out of San Pedro and were members of the Cabrillo Beach Yacht Club. In retirement, love of dogs led her to volunteer work with Guide Dogs of America. Services will be private. Please consider donations in name to Guide Dogs of America. May 12, 1935 July 20, 2019 DIAMOND, Patricia D.

Jane, born Clarke on September 4, 1937, in Kildare, Ireland passed on August 21, 2019. Jane was predeceased by her daughter, Roisin Eriksen and husband Thomas. Jane is survived by her brother, Jerry Clarke, of Kildare, her daughter Marie Johnson, sons Tom and Liam, 14 grandchildren, Brittany, Shayna, Keith and Mariah Johnson, Lauren, Hannah, Jacob and Claire Courtney, Siobain, Andrew and Sinead Courtney, Danielle, Bridget, and Jane Eriksen. Four great grandchildren, Abigail Johnson, Juniper and Griffin Courtney and Camila Jane Courtney-Cruz. Services graveside at Sierra Madre Pioneer Cemetery.

COURTNEY, Jane Teresa Loving wife of the actor Anthony Caruso for 63 years, died peacefully in Santa Monica July 24, 2019. She was 101. Tonia was a gracious friend, caring daughter, sister, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and aunt, as well as hostess to early glitterati. indomitable spirit encouraged family and friends to persist in the face of many struggles. She will be missed by all who were blessed by knowing her.

May she rest in peace with her wonderful husband in heaven. We will always remember and love you. September 11, 1917 July 24, 2019 CARUSO, Tonia Valenti Rubini April 3, 1925- September 4, 2019 Born in Chicago, IL, Arleen spent much of her life in the Valley. Active and physical for the entirety of her life, Arleen finally tired out at the age of 94. Arleen is survived by her husband of 74 years, Manuel, and her daughters Bonnie and Carole, granddaughters Deet and Carly, grandson Josh and great-granddaughters Naomi, Hannah and Brette.

A consummate professional homemaker, Arleen was renowned for her award-winning organizational skills. World traveled, Arleen continued to travel as late as this year. She enjoyed china painting and filled her home and those of her friends and family with her artworks. Tiny but tough, Arleen took pride in the gym membership that she held into her early 90s. The blue-eyed beauty enjoyed dressing well and held season tickets to many local theater companies, which she attended with her husband and children and grandchildren.

Always interested in the happenings of her family, Arleen tasted the cuisine of her chef grandson, utilized the connections of her interior designer granddaughter and read the works of her writer granddaughter. She enjoyed reading, playing with and teaching generations of her family as well as giving back to the community and will be missed by all that met her vivacious personality. Private services will be held at Eden. April 3, 1925 August 4, 2019 BERNSTEIN, Arleen Norman Barasch, a three-time Emmy-nominated comedy writer and Broadway playwright, died at age 97 at his home near Greenwich, Connecticut. He enjoyed a decades- long career writing for many of the most celebrated TV and radio personalities, including Carol Burnett, Danny Kaye, Valerie Harper, and numerous others.

A film adapted from his Broadway play, Me No written with longtime partner Carrroll Moore, starred Doris Day and Rock Hudson. He is survived by eight children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren whom he adored and who will always adore and cherish his loving legacy. February 18, 1922 August 13, 2019 BARASCH, Norman To place an obituary ad please go online to: latimes.com/placeobituary or call 1-800-234-4444 Maurice Patrick Donnelly passed away at home on August 29, 2019, one month past his 98th birthday. Born in Pueblo, Colorado, on July 27, 1921, he was a longtime resident of the Long Beach area before settling in Covina, where he lived with his wife June for the past 53 years and raised their four children. Maurice graduated with the United States Naval Academy class of 1945 with a degree in engineering, thereafter entering service and retiring as Lt(jg) after contracting tuberculosis during a tour in Guam shortly before the end of World War II.

Following his lengthy recovery, he applied his education to a long career in the aerospace and defense industries. Maury found happiness hosting Sunday, birthday and holiday dinners at home with family and friends, boating, horsemanship and found joy and satisfaction in gardening, particularly during retirement when he maintained a fruit orchard, a Japanese garden and koi ponds. Maury is deeply loved and missed by his wife of 72 years, June Rose Wilkerson), sons Michael, Steven and James and wife Ingela Donnelly, grandchildren Michael James Altfillisch, Sean Donnelly, Brenden Donnelly, Linnea Bjoru and Alexander Bjoru, as well as GayleWhitney, Steven Altfillisch, Nancy Wilkerson-Correa, Beth Wilkerson Pennock and Brian Wilkerson, and great-nieces and nephews. His beloved daughter Joan Altfillisch and dear sister Georgia Donnelly preceded him in death. In accordance with wishes, a private interment will be held at Oakdale Cemetery in Glendora, California, and in lieu of flowers requested that donations be made to the benefit of military veterans.

July 27, 1921 August 29, 2019 DONNELLY, Maurice Patrick diedpeacefully from complications of ALS onThursday, August 29th. He was surrounded by his family. Matt is survived by his wife, Melissa, his brother, Gaetano, and his two children, Philip and Adrianna. Matteo Dinolfo, M.D. M.S., F.A.C.P.

was Vice Chair of the Department of Medicine Community Practices. Dr. contributions were instrumental in the expansion of the Department of primary care and specialty practices into communities beyond Westwood and Santa Monica. These efforts were key to the development of UCLA Health into one of the largest and most sophisticated academic integrated health systems in the nation. President Napolitano, Chancellor Block, Vice Chancellor Mazziotta and UCLA Health President Spisso have approved naming the UCLA Health ambulatory clinic in Thousand Oaks located at 100 Moody Court, Los Angeles as the Matteo Dinolfo, M.D.

Medical Building. Fiery, fiercely loyal, and a brilliant strategist, Matt was a stand up guy who held himself to an incredibly high standard. His quick wit, refreshing (and occasionally terrifying) candor, and his passion for his family and his work were an inspiration. Through his devotion to his patients as well as his mentoring of newer generations of physicians Matt has had a enduring impact on countless lives. He will be dearly missed, never replaced, and always in our hearts.

Matt was born September 15, 1947 in Buchanan, Michigan. Dr. Dinolfo earned his B.A. in biology and chemistry and a of Science degree in Physiology at Western Michigan University. He obtained his M.D.

degree from Wayne State University School of Medicine in Detroit, Michigan. In 1976 he moved to Southern California to take an internship in internal medicine at the USC-Los Angeles County Medical Center. Dr. Dinolfo maintained a private practice in internal medicine and infectious diseases in Santa Monica. In 1994, Dr.

Dinolfo was the Chief of Staff of Santa Monica Hospital, a position that he held through 1996. During the aftermath of the Northridge quake his leadership was instrumental in helping UCLA transition Santa Monica Hospital from a private community hospital to a UC owned hospital. Memorial Mass will be held at Friday, September 13th, at St. Catholic Church. 701 California Ave, Santa Monica, CA 90403.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to UCLA Department of Medicine http://giving.ucla.edu/ dinolfomemorial September 15, 1947 August 29, 2019 DINOLFO, Matteo To place an obituary ad please go online to: latimes.com/placeobituary or call 1-800-234-4444 Margaret Fulton, loving mother and devoted sister, departed from this life Tuesday, August 27, 2019. She leaves behind her 2 beautiful children, LaTisha and Jermaine. Margaret was a native of Paterson, NJ, and a graduate of Eastside High School class of Margaret and her children relocated to California July 1997 and has resided in Compton for the past 13 years. Margaret will be missed by many. Please contact her daughter for memorial service details.

April 14, 1954 August 27, 2019 FULTON, Margaret A. Mount Sinai Memorial Parks Hollywood Hills 800-600-0076 www.mountsinaiparks.org ENGLAND, Marcia E. Erma Jean Edwards, (88), of Santa Maria, CA, died June 29, 2019 in Santa Maria, CA. Celebration of Life services will be held September 29 from 11 am to 1pm at the home of Myra Einberg, 9139 Olin Los Angeles, CA 90034. Memorials may be made to the House Ear Institute (https://hei.org/).

Jean was born September 30, 1930, in DeLand, the daughter of Ward Wellington Edwards and Inez Marie (Leffler) Edwards. She graduated from DeLand Township High School in 1948. Ms. Edwards received her Bachelor of Arts in Education from Eastern Illinois University in 1953. While at school, she participated in numerous sports and received a varsity letter, which was actually awarded in the 1990s.

Ms. Edwards moved to California in the 1960s after graduating from the University of Illinois with a in Education. After receiving her teaching credential from the State of California, she spent 31 years at Venice High School (1973-1990) as physical education teacher and coach in the Los Angeles County Unified School District. In 1987 she was honored by the Los Angeles Times as the AllWestside High School Girls Basketball Coach of the Year. In 1989, the California Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance recognized her for dedicated service in recreation.

Jean was a world traveler, traveling to five of the 7 continents. She loved RVing with her LOLOW groups and had many adventures in the USA with this group of women. She was an avid Peanuts fan, her favorite character being Snoopy. She also loved basketball and enjoyed many LA games. Our hearts are heavy with loss, but we celebrate the importance of a beautiful life full of devoted family and friends.

Online condolencesmay be left for the family at https://healgrief.org/ condolences can be sent to the Beal Family at 919 Stacy Anne Terrace, Santa Maria, CA 93455. September 30, 1930 June 29, 2019 EDWARDS, Erma Jean Ed Dunn went to be with the Lord on August 8, 2019, due to natural causes. Ed was born to Ed and Genevieve Dunn on January 21, 1926, in Glendale, California. He spent the first 18 years of his life in Glendale. After graduating from Glendale High School as senior class president, he joined the U.S.

Navy. He was assigned to the U.S.S. CATOCTIIV, a communication ship, as a radio man. After several months, he was transferred to an aircraft carrier and travelled to the South Pacific. After a stop the Philippines, he contracted malaria, which he suffered on and off, during most of his life.

Ed remained in the navy reserves after WW2 and was recalled into the Korean War and was assigned as a radio man on board a destroyer escort just off the city of Inchon, Korea when the war ended. After being discharge from WW2, he attended Glendale City College and USC, under the GI Bill of Rights. He was a member of Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity while at USC. He then joined his father in the insurance business and eventually joined Commercial Union Insurance Company, as a special agent, retiring there in 1991. Ed met his future wife, Mary Lillian Frank, at the First Hollywood Presbyterian Church and were married in the city of a year and a half later.

After living in Los Angeles, Covina and Long Beach, they settled in Fullerton, California. Ed was active in various civic activities, including the West Fullerton Lions Club, the Anaheim Toastmasters Club and was one of the founding members of the Fullerton Prayer breakfast, and was a long time member of the Gideons International. He was a long time member of the Fullerton 1st Evangelical Free Church. Ed is survived by his beloved daughter, Heather Dunn of Fullerton. Services will be on Monday, September 9, 2019 at the Riverside National Cemetery.

DUNN Edwin Wesley Stories live on. Tell theirs. Brought to you by Legacy.com® placeanad.latimes.com/obituaries Richard H. Nalick August 24, 1934 September 1, 2019 San Marino, CA Richard H. Nalick, M.D., a longtime resident of San Marino, CA, passed away peacefully at home on September 1, 2019, surrounded by his loving wife and family.

He was 85. Born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1934 to Lester and Louise Nalick, Richard moved with his family at age 8 to Southern California. Raised in San Gabriel and Temple City, he graduated from Pasadena High School and attended Pasadena City College, UCLA, and California State University-LosAngeles. He earned his medical degree in 1966 at what was then the USC School of Medicine, and soon after completed his internship and residency at Medical Center. Following a tour in Vietnam, where he served in Long Binh as a U.S.

Army captain and surgeon for the 93rd Evacuation Hospital, Richard returned to civilian life and continued his education. He completed a two-year fellowship in gynecologic oncology at Medical Center and began a medical practice that would span nearly 50 years. A clinical professor of obstetrics and gynecology at USC for more than three decades, he was also a life fellow of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, a member of the American College of Surgeons, and a member of the Society of Gynecological Oncologists. A nationally known expert on the human papillomavirus (HPV) and its link to cancer, he published dozens of papers on the topic. Patients, colleagues, residents, and nurses knew Richard as a compassionate physician and teacher who always gladly made time for anyone who needed his help or advice.

One long-time patient described him simply as the nicest doctor you will ever A talented jazz clarinetist, Richard parlayed his love of music into paying gigs in his teens and 20s that enabled him to pay for his medical studies. He continued playing clarinet at a professional level all his life, often performing giving lessons grandchildren in recent years. Despite a rigorous work schedule, he always found time for athletic endeavors. In 1975, Richard picked up jogging as a means to get in shape and, over the years, his hobby morphed into a passion for competition, driving him to complete well over 100 distance races, from 10K events to full marathons, including the New York, Los Angeles, and Boston Marathons. He eventually sought even greater challenges, pushing himself to the limits with events like theWestern States Endurance Run (100 miles) and numerous triathlons, including the Ironman Triathlon in Kailua-Kona, HI in of his most cherished accomplishments.

Richard is survived by a large and loving family, including his beloved wife of 55 years, Mary; sons Mike, Jon, Steve, and Jim; their spouses Kathleen, Stephanie, and Kiyomi; and grandchildren Jamie, John, Dylan, Daniel, Emma, Shay, Ryder, Malia and Koa. He will be fondly remembered for his kindness, generosity of spirit, and abiding love for his family and friends. A memorial mass service will be held at Holy Family Catholic Church at 10 a.m. on Thursday, September 26, 2019, followed by a reception. Holy Family Catholic Church is located at 1527 Fremont Ave, South Pasadena, CA 91030.

In lieu of flowers, in memoriam donations may be sent to your favorite charity. Paul Whitefield July 13, 1953 August 14, 2019 Paul Whitefield, a veteran editor at the Los Angeles Times who helped guide coverage of many of the major stories over his 30-year career, died at home Aug. 14 after a five-year battle with esophageal cancer. He was 66. A longtime resident of La Canada Flintridge, he is survived by his wife, Sara Lessley, a former Page 1 editor at The Times, and their two sons, Sam and Ben Whitefield.

As part of the foreign staff, Whitefield oversaw copy editing and page design of some of the major stories of the day: most notably the fall of the Berlin Wall and the collapse of the Soviet Union. was truly unflappable in dealing with breaking news on tough said former colleague Jon Thurber. John PaulWhitefield was born July 13, 1953, in Ranger, Texas, to Jane and Charles Whitefield, a war hero who flew 74 missions over Germany during WWII. Their son graduated from high school in Fremont, and received a degree from the University of Nebraska in 1975. He then obtained a degree in international relations from the University of Hawaii and began work on a Ph.D there, with the goal of eventually teaching.

At the time of his retirement in 2015, he oversaw copy editing and production of the op-ed pages and was a frequent contributor of online humor pieces. In addition to his wife and sons, he is survived by a brother, Charles David Whitefield of Carson City, and sisters Kay Louise Story of San Antonio and Karol Ann Michelsen of Canadian, Texas. Another brother, Joe, died in a car crash in 1983. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be made to The National Parks Foundation, The Poynter Institute, Pro Publica, in investigative journalism site, or CalMatters, a nonprofit group that tracks state policy issues. A celebration of his life will be held Sept.

15, at 11 a.m., at Cabot Sons Chapel, 27 Chestnut in Pasadena..

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