White Emerson Mortuary Obituaries
Maxine Beck
Mar 29, 2023
Maxine Eliason Beck was born on a snowy day in Payson, Utah, on February 16, 1949, to Max Vivian Eliason and Marjorie Howe Eliason.
Maxine was reared in Anaheim, California. She attended Anaheim High School and Brigham Young University, graduating with a degree in Home Economics. After graduation, she taught Home Economics at Murray High School for several years...
Judie Peters
Mar 13, 2023
Judie Jackson Peters passed away peacefully on March 13, 2023, at the age of 80. Born in Galena, Kansas on March 28, 1942, life eventually brought Judie to La Mirada California where she lived for 54 years.
A proud citizen of the Cherokee Nation and fiercely independent, Judie has always been kind, generous, and especially sarcastically funny, even in...
Edward L. Sanchez
Mar 5, 2023
Edward Sanchez passed away on March 5th, 2023 surrounded by his loving family in his La Habra home. He was born on April 28,1933 to Francisco and Maria Luisa Sanchez in Chihuahua, Mexico.
Known by his many friends and family Eddie moved to La Habra in 1944 and attended Wilson Jr High school. After high school Eddie married the...
Luis Torres De Leon
Mar 1, 2023
Luis Torres De Leon, age 62, passed away on Wednesday March 1, 2023.
Luis was born in Guatemala to Maria and Marco Antonio Torres De Leon.
Luis then moved with his family to Los Angeles, California where he was raised and attended school. Luis worked as a gardener and loved to be outdoors. He enjoyed spending time with his family,...
Shawn Michael Myers
Feb 27, 2023
Shawn Michel Myers was born on a beautiful fall day, October 2, 1976, at the Presbyterian Hospital in Whittier, California. Growing up in the Whittier area, he attended Scott Avenue Elementary school, and then transitioned down the street to Granada Middle School. Shawn then attended La Serna and La Mirada High Schools, and finally Fullerton College. Shawn was an...
Yolidia Socorro Toruno
Feb 23, 2023
Yolidia Toruno passed away on February 23, 2023 in Whittier, California at the age of 77. She was born on April 21, 1946 in Mangua, Nicaragua.She moved to Los Angeles with her parents and siblings.
She enjoyed camping along the beach, she loved to dance and listened to Spanish music, loved hairstyling and make up artist, volunteered at...
Rosita Maylad
Feb 18, 2023
Rosita “Rose” Maylad passed away on February 18, 2023 in Whittier, California at the age of 81. She was born on August 30, 1941 in the Philippines. Rosita earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Commerce from Cebu Institute of Technology. She started her career in the Philippines only to realize that it would be short lived. Rosita would soon decide to...
Carmen Ortiz
Feb 12, 2023
Carmen "Mela" Ortiz passed away on Sunday, February 12, 2023 in her long-term home in Whittier, California.Carmen known as " Mela" was born on May 14, 1940 in Santa Tecla, El Salvador to Manuel and Maria Ortiz.Carmen came from a large family of 6 brothers and 3 sisters and they were all close and lived in close proximity of...
Teresita C. Tuason
Feb 5, 2023
Teresita Cacnio Tuason was born on March 14, 1946, in the Philippines to her parents, Florentino Cacnio Sr. and Laureana Cacnio. She grew up in the city of Malabon with her parents and her five siblings. At the age of twenty-three on December 27, 1969, Teresita was married to Rodolfo Tuason at the church of the Immaculate Conception. Teresita was...
Anna Mae Pfeiffer
Feb 1, 2023
August 23, 1928 – February 1, 2023
Anna Mae (McCarten) Pfeiffer, 94, died peacefully on in her sleep on February 1, 2023.
Ann was born in Darlington, Wisconsin on August 23, 1928. Ann and her family lived on the family farm, and she was the youngest of six children. She graduated from Madison Central High School in 1947. In...
Byron Cadavid
Jan 31, 2023
Byron Cadavid, 47, of Downey, CA passed away in Raleigh, North Carolina on January 31, 2023. Byron was born in New Jersey, NY on March 31, 1975, to parents Manuel Cadavid and Marielena Escudero. He attended Bell High School, graduating class of 1993. On September 18, 1999, he married Cynthia Marquez. Byron was dedicated to the skillful trade of a...
Alice "Honey" Felix
Jan 29, 2023
Maria Alice Felix, affectionately known as “Honey” was born daughter to Philip and Mary Flores Tovar, the eldest of eight children, on November 23rd, 1929. She entered eternal life on January 29th, 2023, shortly after celebrating her 93rd birthday.
Honey and Cruz were married in 1950 at St. Agnes Catholic Church in Los Angeles, and happily raised their four...
