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LATIMES.COM SUNDAY, MAY 17, 2020 B7 October 8, 1934 May 10, 2020 ALBA-RUTTER, Marilyn (Proval) Marilyn (Proval) Alba-Rutter, 85, passed away peacefully with her family by her side. She was preceded in death by her beloved husband Neil (Sonny) Rutter. She is survived by their devoted children Jamie (Francine) Alba, Neal Alba, Marni Alba, Marla Rutter, Brian (Jane) Rutter, Michael (Deborah) Rutter, nine grandchildren, three great-grandchildren, brother David (Cheryl) Proval and many loving friends and relatives. A memorial service will be held at a later date. January 9, 1925 May 9, 2020 AFRIAT, Charlotte Charlotte Afriat of West Hills California passed away peacefully after a full and remarkable life.

She is survived by her 3 children Bonnie, Steve Sari, their spouses Burt, Curtis Debbie, and 3 grandchildren Mikey, Lisa Chance. Charlotte was a loving mother and grandmother and fierce advocate for her children and grandchildren. Her family was the center of her life. She is predeceased by her devoted husband of 40 years, Jim, and her beloved brother, Harmon. Charlotte was born and raised in Chicago, IL by her parents Morris and Sarah Ginsburg.

A musical prodigy, she started playing piano in a recital at age five. She did well in school and was one of few women in her circle to attend college. Her career calling was service, and after graduating with a degree in social work from Roosevelt College, she went to work as a social worker for Cook County, IL, in some of poorest and depressed neighborhoods. Her empathy for her clients was passionate, and she was not afraid to bring them extra clothes and food and to report it. During this time, she met her future husband James Afriat (Jim).

After only ninemonths of dating, theymarried on May 7, 1947. Their love affair endured for over 40 years. They honeymooned driving across the country to California, fell in love with it, and the following year moved to Echo Park. career spanned 7 decades. After leaving social work, she was an elementary school teacher, school principal, and after retiring from education, she worked as the senior coordinator for the West Valley Jewish Community Center.

Other than her children and grandchildren, work was her lifeforce. Even after the Center closed, and while in her she started working one day a week in her office and enrolled in two classes at Pierce College. Charlotte loved to travel and saw much of the world. She inspired us all to and do now, while you She was always game for anything. If she got an invitation to something she was there.

She had fun as often as she could, playing mahjong, being silly with her grandkids, and yet enjoying her love of music and theater with them, and having nice meals with her adult children. She was a selfless friend and mother, and would give you the shirt off her back if you had less than her. She lived her life with bravery and dignity. Charlotte was indeed an inspiration to all who knew her. She is very much loved and deeply missed.

In lieu of flowers, the family is requesting that donations be made to a charity of your choice. OBITUARY NOTICES Place a paid notice latimes.com/placeobituary Search obituary notice archives: legacy.com/obituaries/latimes Because of the current health emergency, we understand that some funeral services are being delayed until further notice. like to help you honor your loved one. When you place an obituary with The Times, we will publish a second funeral service announcement at no charge on a future date of your choosing. To place your notice to go: http://placeanad.latimes.com/obituaries IN MEMORIAM OBITUARY NOTICE Life Tributes PUBLIC NOTICE Or email: LATimes.com To place an obituary ad please go online to: latimes.com/placeobituary or call 1-800-234-4444 April 25, 1936 February 5, 2020 BISHOP, Larry Larry Bishop of Indio, CA, passed away suddenly on February 5, 2020.

Born in Denver, Colorado to Ronald and Lois, Larry was a proud USC Trojan fan and alumni. He graduated USC in 1961 with a degree in Journalism and Public Relations. career as a business executive spanned over 40 years, the majority of which was spent in the aeronautic industry. Highlights include VP of Communications at Frontier Airlines, VP of Investor Relations at Lockheed and VP of Communications at Boeing. Following his retirement from Boeing, Larry was a senior consultant with Beacon Advisors providing strategic counsel in the areas of communication, corporate positioning and crisis management.

He also served on the national board of trustees and executive council for Camp Fire USA. Larry is survived by his loving wife of 48 years Nancy, daughters Jennings (David), Michelle Flam (Daren), and grandchildren Sean, Taylor and Jackson. Larry loved golf and spending time with his family and friends. He and Nancy often planned trips to include visits with the many dear friends he made throughout his career. Once retired in Indio, he and Nancy became active in their church, Shepherd of the Valley United Methodist Church.

A celebration of life will be scheduled at a later date. To place an obituary ad please go online to: latimes.com/placeobituary or call 1-800-234-4444 Mount Sinai Memorial Parks Hollywood Hills 800-600-0076 www.mountsinaiparks.org COHEN, Samuel Robert Rush (Bob) Chandler, aged 72, ofVentura, passed away in the early hours of May 2nd, 2020 at Community Memorial Hospital after a brief illness. Bob was born in Washington, D.C. to Herbert and Dorothy (Dowd) Chandler on June 27th, 1947. He was a Vietnam combat veteran who served honorably in the Navy aboard the USS Constitution.

Bob graduated with his M.D. from the University of Nebraska Medical School in 1979 and moved to Ventura for residency. Bob practiced medicine for 33 years, the majority of that time as an emergency physician in Southern California before retiring in 2015. He was a longtime LA Lakers fan and loved watching their games; he especially enjoyedwatching thembeat the Boston Celtics. For the last several years he has enjoyed volunteeringwith the Ventura High School boys and girls basketball teams who knew him as and being on hand to treat any injuries suffered by players.

Bob is survived by his wife of 35 years, Denise Chandler, of Ventura. He is also survivedbyhis daughter Jennifer Chandler (Los Angeles), daughter and son-in-law Lindsey Geoff Gilbert (Seattle), son Cameron Chandler (Ventura) and one granddaughter, Vennela Gilbert (Seattle). In lieu of flowers, you may make memorial donations to the Southern Poverty Law Center or Ventura County Animal Services, if you wish. Due to the current conditions there will be no immediate service, however if you would like to be notified of any future memorial service, please leave your contact information in the Joseph Reardon guestbook online at: www.currentobituary.com/member/ CHANDLER, Robert (Bob) Rush let the story go untold. placeanad.latimes.com/obituaries In partnership with October 28, 1927 May 7, 2020 COOK, Marilyn Jensen Marilyn Cook, 92, beloved wife and mother, passed away Thursday, May 7th.

One of three sisters she was born in the Danish dairy community of Moscow, Minnesota. After completing high-school she became an x-ray technician in Illinois before marrying Stephen Cook, a student at the University of Illinois in 1949. Upon his university graduation they moved to Fort Worth, Texas where Stephen worked for Convair and they had their first child, Bruce, in 1952. Within a few years they moved to Southern California where their daughter, Yvonne, was born in 1957 and Stephen began his career at Hughes Aircraft in El Segundo. They purchased their first home in Encino in 1959 where their children grew up and went to school.

During this time Marilyn worked in x-ray at West Valley Hospital. After discovering boating they moved to Marina Del Rey where Yvonne finished high-school. Marilyn eventually began her own business as a relief x-ray technician in the Los Angeles area. Marilyn and Stephen fell in love with RV-ing around the United States for many years and they finally retired in Canyon Country for a slower life. personal joys were gardening and reading.

Marilyn was preceded in death by her sisters Virginia and Marceline. She is survived by her husband of 70 years, two children, three grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren. Raised on wholesome, mid-western values that she espoused to her children she will forever bemissed. Thank youMom, for everything. To place an obituary ad please go online to: latimes.com/placeobituary or call 1-800-234-4444 December 12, 1935 May 13, 2020 FRIEDMAN, Jerry After 84 years of living an extraordinary life, Jerry Friedman, a brilliant businessman and visionary in the defense industry, passed away peacefully on May 13, 2020 surrounded by family in Los Angeles.

Gerald M. Friedman was born on December 12, 1935 in New York City to Harriet and Robert Friedman. He is survived by his children Mark Friedman, Julie Jaffe and Jennifer Lechter, his son-in-law Ariel Lechter and his grandchildren Georgia and Nick Jaffe and Eliana, Zack, Josh and Daniella Lechter. After attending Hollywood High School, Jerry graduated summa cum laude from UCLA with a B.S. degree in Accounting and number one in his MBA class.

In 1960, Jerry served as an artillery officer in the United States Army with a rank of first lieutenant. A top athlete, Jerry exceled at basketball throughout school. He especially enjoyed the opportunity to play for Coach John Wooden at UCLA, and the experience deepened his love for sports. In the 1970s, Jerry turned his focus to tennis, winning tournaments throughout Southern California and 2 gold medals at the Maccabee Games in Israel. At 60 years old, Jerry was ranked 35th by the U.S.

Tennis Association. Jerry joined Marvin Engineering in 1965 and together with Marvin Gussman would grow this small, Inglewood-based machine shop into a globally recognized leader in the aerospace and defense industries. As Chairman and CEO, Jerry was known for his financial acuity, sharp sense of humor, entrepreneurial spirit and unparalleled negotiating skills. desire to grow and generate new business motivated him to make shrewd investments and take calculated risks that would secure Marvin place as an industry leader. Jerry took immense pride in the growth and success of his employees, who were like extended family to him for over the last 55 years.

drive earned him success across many disciplines, but his greatest legacy is the positive impact he had on all those in his life personally and professionally. Jerry inspired everyone around him to challenge and believe in themselves. Hewill be dearly missed and forever in our hearts. Henry Peter Voznick January 3, 1930 May 10, 2020 Henry (Hank) Peter Voznick, 90, of Royal Oaks, formerly Arcadia California, passed away Sunday. Mr.

Voznick was born in Sweet Hall, Virginia to Thomas Peter Wozniak and Salomae Procko Wozniak. He was the youngest of 8 children: Helen Wroblick 1912-79, Stella Mayer 1914-95, Joseph Vosnick 1916-90, Ann Kozlowski 1919-2016, Teddy Vosnick 1921-2011, Josephine Vosnick 1926-86. Mr. Voznick attended the Univ. of Virginia, graduating in 1950, received a degree in Chemical Engineering from Lehigh Univ.

in 1951. He worked at many large firms, including Proctor and Gamble, Bethlehem Foundry and Machine Company, Atlantic Research, Lockheed Corp. before becoming Vice Pres. and General Mgr. for Wahl Instruments, Inc.

In 1998 he started Vertex Water Products in Montclair, Ca. with Hal Voznick. He holds 7 U.S. patents for innovation in temperature measurement. He was a deacon, elder and trustee at Arcadia Presbyterian Church, a lifetime member of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers and a former president and board member of the Santa Anita Oaks Homeowners Assoc.

Mr. Voznick is survived by his wife of 65 years, Jean Howard Voznick; three sons, Hal (Carol) Voznick, Daniel (Claudine) Voznick, Steven (Jill) Voznick; seven grandchildren, Trisha (Garrett) Aquirre, Ryan (Cigdem) Voznick, Matthew (Tessa) Voznick, Kristina Voznick, Alexander Voznick, Helena Voznick, Nicolai Voznick; five great grandchildren. Services are postponed due to the LA County Safer at Home measures. Donations can be made to: Mission Committee, Arcadia Community Church, 121 Alice St. Arcadia, California 91006 Share a memory Please go to latimes.com/guestbooks April 7, 1932 May 11, 2020 GLASS, Eddie Eddie Glass, builder, real estate developer and longtime resident of Mar Vista, passed away on May 11, 2020 the age of 88 after a brief illness.

Eddie was born on April 7, 1932, in the Boyle Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles. In 1943 his family moved west to the Carthay neighborhood. Eddie attended Fairfax High School where he was a promising basketball player. He had a stint in the coast guard in 1953-54 and married Shirley Steinberg in August of 1954. He went into the construction business and built well over 200 projects in the Los Angeles area over six decades, including commercial buildings, apartments, condominiums, and custom single family homes and additions.

One notable project was the Japanese Tea House at the Brand Library in Glendale. Eddie was very athletic and in addition to basketball was an avid tennis and paddle tennis player and never stopped trying to perfect his golf swing. He was multi- talented, playing piano, working in stained glass and ceramics and writing poetry. Eddie was a loving husband, father, grandfather and uncle. He is survived by his wife Shirley of 66 years, his daughters Melanie Koopman-Glass (Kay Koopman-Glass), Stefani Glass- Ames (Mike Ames) and Ginny Glass (John English) and four grandchildren.

Private internment was held at Hillside Memorial Park. Donations in his memory may be made to Vista Del Mar https://www.vistadelmar.org Place an Obituary Online go to latimes.com/placeobituary latimes.com/placeobituary May 6, 1945 March 5, 2020 HARRIS, M. Walter M. Walter Harris passed away at the age of 74 on March 5, 2020, after a month battle with stage-4 lung cancer. He had never smoked.

Born in Los Angeles on May 6, 1945, Walt spent his life in the City of Angels with the exception of 13 years when he worked on Wall Street. His dream had been to study medicine and become a facial plastic and reconstructive surgeon helping children born with facial deformities to live normal lives, free from discrimination. Fate, however, intervened with the sudden death of his father when Walt was 17. Instead of studying medicine at UCLA, he accepted a scholarship and a job at USC which was offered by the Dean of the School of Business. After graduation he went on to earn a degree in accounting.

Upon his return to Los Angeles, Walt became publisher of the Post Newspaper Group and, later, a successful real estate investor. A lifelong learner with an endlessly curious mind, Walt loved sharing the knowledge he acquired with others. His vision, emotional support and critical thinking guided his wife and partner of 33 years, Jeanne Phillips, throughout her career as advice columnist Dear Abby. He was a loving husband, and a loyal and treasured friend to many who also mourn his passing. The world was a better place with Walter Harris in it.

It is a sadder place now he is gone. A celebration of his life will be held at a later date. red Willard the improv comedy master whose star shonebrightest in thesatire of writer-director Christo- pher Guest, playing a goofball so straight it always clear he was in on the joke died Friday evening in Los Angeles of natural causes, his agent Mike Eisenstadt said.Theactorwas 86. His daughter, Hope Willard, said on Twitter that the comedian died peacefully, adding, kept moving, working and making us happyuntil the very In for the 1996 film that launched him into the mainstream, Willard was a small-town amateur actor oppo- site Catherine With utter sincerity, the duo auditioned in matching tracksuits with a Tast- Choice commercial performed to the 1973 hit song at It killed. The film became an instant comedy classic and earnedWillard nominations for the American Comedy and Screen Actors Guild awards.

thepatent on charac- ters who are comfortable in their oncenoted. Tributes to Willard poured out across social media on Saturday fromfansandcollaborators inHol- lywood, wife, ac- tress Jamie Lee Curtis, who wrote, lucky that we all got to enjoy Fred gifts. He is with his wife of 50 years, Mary died in 2018. Willard hadmost recently been seen in a series of recurring come- dic sketchesonthe late-night show Kimmel work that leveragedhisgoofy, amiableEvery- mancharmandhelped lift his spir- its in thewakeof death. see it as helping him out asmuch as it was just that one of the funniest people in the Kimmel told The Times a year ago.

got that twinkle in his eye, and people love him right off the bat.He’s this unique combi- nation of approachable Midwest- ern guy and someone weird. Be- hind that very friendly face, a slightly off-kilter Born in 1933, Willard cultivated hiswisecrackingstraight-manper- sona as the son of a stern father who worked in a bank. He was raised middle class in Shaker Heights, Ohio, and fell in love with sketch comedy after seeing the 1950s vaudeville silliness of band- leader Spike Jones and His City Slickers. ThoughWillard spent his form- ative years inmilitary school, earn- ing a graduate degree in English heartwasalways in showbusiness. After a stint in the U.S.

Army stationed NewYork in the early1960s to train as an actor. In no time, he and a classmate were appearing as a comedy duo on Ed Sullivan Around 1965, Willard moved to Chicago to spend a year training with the groundbreaking improv group the SecondCity. Then he re- turned to New York and co- founded another troupe, the Ace Trucking Company, which spent years performing on high-profile TV variety shows, opening for Tom Jones in Las Vegas and eventually releasinga comedyalbum. Along the way, Willard co- starred in an off-Broadway black comedywitha20-year-oldGuest, a connection that would change the course of his career. knewsomethingwasoffwhen Fred started doing lines that actually in the play Guest said in a TV interview in 2007.

it. I said to myself, differ- By 1977, Willard was appearing withMartinMull ashostofashort- lived parody talk show, 2 created by Norman Lear. That led to another brief hosting gig for theNBC reality series But it was mastery of the mockumentary, starting with the 1984 film Is Spinal that first earned him widespread notice. In that film, he played an Air Force officer trying to prove his hipster credwith a series of cringe- worthy jokes. And though it was years before the film reached cult status, Willard had discovered his place.

He spent the 1980s and bouncing around TV with a few notable recurring parts, including as gay partner in In 1987, he appeared in the Oscar-winning comedic short film Male Heterosexual Dance 2000 comedy in Willard earned enduring success as an over-the-top dog- show host. boneheaded interstitial re- marks to his prim, British co-host became highlights of the film. He won an American Comedy Award for theperformance. After that, Willard appeared in higher-profile films, including the 2004 Will Ferrell comedy man: The Legend of Ron Bur- and its 2013 sequel. He also played the CEO of the Buy Large Corp.

in the 2008 Os- car-winning animated film Willard spent three seasons on the hit CBS sitcom Loves as the conserva- tive middle-school vice principal Hank MacDougall, earning three EmmyAward nominations for the role. And in 2009, he became an oc- casional guest star on the ABC se- ries playing Ty father, Frank, and earn- ing anotherEmmynomination. Willardwouldgoontoappear in threemore of mockumen- taries: Mighty in 2003, Your in 2006 and the Netflix film in 2016. In 2012, he was arrested for sus- picion of engaging in a lewd act at an adult theater inHollywood.But rather than hide behind a publi- tweeteda reviewof the X-rated film he was caught watch- ing: film, but theater would make a terrific racquetball Then he went on NightWith Jimmy and cracked jokes about it.Hewaslaterexoneratedof anywrongdoing. In 2016, Willard formed a sketch group called the MoHos that performs regularly aroundLosAn- geles.

always beenmy favorite thing: toldLAWeekly in 2016. if the audience like something, over in four or fiveminutes, and you go on to Willard will be seen later this month in a recurring role in the Steve Carell Netflix series in which play the fa- ther character. On Saturday, Carell wrote on Twitter that Willard was fun- niest person that ever worked Willard is survived by his FRED WILLARD, 1933 2020 Master improv comic of mockumentary fame By Gina Piccalo Al Seib Los Angeles Times WISECRACKING EVERYMAN FredWillard was perhaps best known for his roles in the mockumentaries of Christopher Guest, including Is Spinal for and in.