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John Shear is gone but never forgotten at Santa Anita Park. Retired Paddock Captain John Shear died Tuesday at a rehabilitation facility in Arcadia. He was 102 years old.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
p. B4
Pages
December 15, 2023
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Pasadena Star News
Date
p. B4
Pages
December 15, 2023
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Subjects
Centenarians
Deaths
Obituaries
Santa Anita Park-2021-2030
Santa Anita Park employees
Shear, John
Wilson, Art
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Newspaper Index
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Obituary/death notice. Former Arcadia Unified School District superintendent died Sunday at his Carlsbad home.

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See also obit in Los Angeles Times (May 1, 2004),
Date
May 13, 2004
Pages
p. B11
Pasadena Star News
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See also obit in Los Angeles Times (May 1, 2004),
Date
May 13, 2004
Pages
p. B11
Pasadena Star News
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
Subjects
Ryan, Edward Vernon, Jr.
Arcadia Educators
Schools - Superintendent
Item ID
28429AN
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Newspaper Index
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Track, music world revered Jerry Moss. Jerry Moss, co-founder of A & M Records in 1962, was known as a big horse racing fan and owner of the great mare Zenyatta, the only female to win Breeders' Cup Classic in 2009 at Santa Anita Park. He was also a member of the California Horse Racing Board. He was 88 when he died on August 16 in his Bel Air home.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 25, 2023
Pages
p. B8
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Obituary or death notice
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 25, 2023
Pages
p. B8
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Obituary or death notice
Subjects
Moss, Jerry
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Newspaper Index
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Obituary/death notice. Santa Anita Park's iconic shoeshine attendant since opening day, December 25, 1934, Eddie Logan, has died. He was a former boxer and Negro League baseball player. He called himself a "footman" and worked at Santa Anita Park for almost 75 years.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31616
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 5, 2009
Pages
p. 1, 3
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Obituary or death notice
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 5, 2009
Pages
p. 1, 3
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Obituary or death notice
Subjects
Logan, Eddie - biography (1910-2009)
Item ID
31813AN
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Obituary/death notice. Jan Marie Schoonover, b. July 4, 1950, d. July 7, 1950.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 13, 1950
Pages
p. 3
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 13, 1950
Pages
p. 3
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Subjects
Schoonover, Jan Marie
Item ID
10089AN
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Newspaper Index
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Obituary/death notice.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 16, 2011
Pages
p. A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 16, 2011
Pages
p. A4
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Subjects
Sanchez, Danny (Santa Anita Park retired gardener)
Item ID
32685AN
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Newspaper Index
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Obituary/death notice.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Bulletin
Date
February 10, 1958
Pages
p. 13
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Arcadia Bulletin
Date
February 10, 1958
Pages
p. 13
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
Subjects
Anderson, Church
Item ID
16308AN
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Newspaper Index
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Obituary/death notice.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 29, 2012
Pages
p. A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 29, 2012
Pages
p. A4
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Subjects
Barnes, John George (former Santa Anita Park employee)
Item ID
33073AN
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Obituary/death notice. (Nordstrom greeter at Santa Anita mall).

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 24, 2016
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 24, 2016
Pages
p. A3
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Obituary or death notice
Subjects
DiNunzio, Ted
Item ID
34770AN
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Newspaper Index
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Obituary/death notice.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper8387
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 30, 1947
Pages
p. 3
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 30, 1947
Pages
p. 3
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
Subjects
Church, George W.
Item ID
8342AN
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Newspaper Index
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Obituary/death notice. Santa Anita Park photographer Bill Mochon.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 13, 2016
Pages
p. 2, 24
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 13, 2016
Pages
p. 2, 24
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Obituary or death notice
Subjects
Mochon, Bill
Item ID
34881AN
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Newspaper Index
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Obituary/death notice.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 31, 2008
Pages
p. A12
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 31, 2008
Pages
p. A12
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Subjects
Bacon, Corinne E. ("Betsy") (Santa Anita Wood Carvers Club)
Item ID
31520AN
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Newspaper Index
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Obituary / death notice. James C. Lesperance, died January 20, 2006 at the age of 74. He was a long-time resident of Arcadia until retiring to Mammoth Lakes. Jim is survived by his wife Marylin, their children Laura, Jim, Doug (d), Renee, Corinne, and Jeff, eight grandchildren and four stepchildren. Services will be held at St. Luke's Catholic Church, 5605 Cloverly Avenue, Temple City, on Saturday, January 28, at 12:00 p.m.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 26, 2006
Pages
p. A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 26, 2006
Pages
p. A4
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Obituary or death notice
Subjects
Wellman, Richard J.
Johnson, Constance
Lesperance, James C.
Item ID
30059AN
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Newspaper Index
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Obituary/death notice. Victor Vener, Cal Phil and Pasadena Pops founder, dies at 78. Vener brought outdoor concerts to the Santa Anita Park Race Track, The Arboretum, Descanso Gardens, Rose Bowl, and others.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 11, 2024
Pages
p. 1, 14
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Obituary or death notice
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 11, 2024
Pages
p. 1, 14
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Obituary or death notice
Subjects
Vener, Victor
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Obituary/death notice. Prentise Juan Snow was convicted for the 3rd time in the murder of Arcadian Alfred John Koll.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
September 30, 1990
Pages
p. A1
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Obituary or death notice
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
September 30, 1990
Pages
p. A1
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
Subjects
Koll, Alfred John Snow, Prentise Juan
Item ID
28961AN
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Obituary/death notice. Radio personality and singer Veeva "Suzy" Hamblen has died at the age of 101, in Santa Clarita, California. She and husband Stuart Hamblen (died 1989), also a radio entertainer, had a ranch in Arcadia for many years and were known as some of the leading trainers at Santa Anita Race Track in the late 1940s. Stuart and Veeva rode their Peruvian Paso horses in the Rose Parade from 1979 to 1989. Veeva was also famous as a gospel songwriter.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31025
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 10, 2008
Pages
p. A4
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Obituary or death notice
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 10, 2008
Pages
p. A4
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Subjects
Celebrities
Entertainers
Famous people
Hamblen, Veeva Ellen Daniels "Suzy" (1907-2008) - biography
Hamblen, Stuart
Singers
Songwriters
Item ID
31220AN
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Newspaper Index
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Obituary/death notice. Former Arcadia resident and USC football star in the 1950s died of heart disease in Reno, NV, at the age of 73. See hard copy in VF "Deaths."

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 22, 2005
Pages
p. A3
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Obituary or death notice
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Pasadena Star News
Date
February 22, 2005
Pages
p. A3
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
Subjects
Welsh, Louis ("Lou")
Athletes
Sports Figures
Item ID
29594AN
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Newspaper Index
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Obituary/death notice. Four-time Arcadia mayor Charles Gilb, 83, died at his Arcadia home from malignant melanoma.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 21, 2008
Pages
p. News 1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 21, 2008
Pages
p. News 1
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
Subjects
Civic leaders
Gilb, Charles - biography
Mayors
Item ID
31204AN
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Newspaper Index
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Obituary/death notice. Arcadia family members killed in plane crash.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper11232
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune & News
Date
April 10, 1952
Pages
p. 21 (Also see
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Obituary or death notice
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune & News
Date
April 10, 1952
Pages
p. 21 (Also see
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Obituary or death notice
Subjects
Neville, Paul E. (Sgt.)
Neville, Beverly Jean
Neville, Robert
Item ID
11418AN
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Newspaper Index
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Obituary/death notice. An emotional farewell to Arcadia firefighter Andy Michael Troncale. He died at age 52 of cancer. Funeral services were held January 30, 2012 at Holy Angels Catholic Church, interment at Rose Hills Memorial Park in Whittier.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32787
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 2, 2012
Pages
p. 1, 10
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Obituary or death notice
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 2, 2012
Pages
p. 1, 10
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
Subjects
Troncale, Andy Michael
Item ID
32984AN
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Newspaper Index
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