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Arcadia Chapel of Remembrance Funeral Home has merged with and moved to Douglass & Zook Chapel of Remembrance Funeral Home at 600 E. Foothill Boulevard, Monrovia, CA 91016. Its telephone number is (626) 358-3244 or (626) 447-8148. All records from Arcadia Chapel of Remembrance have been transferred to Douglass and Zook.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31507
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 7, 2009
Pages
p. A17
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 7, 2009
Pages
p. A17
Subjects
Arcadia Chapel of Remembrance
Douglas and Zook - Douglas & Zook
Mortuaries
Item ID
31703AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia Planning Commission voted 5-0 to reject a proposal for a crematory to be built on First Avenue, next to Arcadia Mortuary at 500 S. First Avenue. The application came from Jim Larkin, who operates Arcadia Mortuary. The proposal drew criticism from neighbors and other Arcadia residents, with pickets.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33286
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 11, 2001
Pages
p. 1, 8
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 11, 2001
Pages
p. 1, 8
Subjects
Arcadia Mortuary
Crematories
Larkin, Jim
Mortuaries
Protests
Item ID
33483AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arthur Toy, a physician who served the Altadena and Arcadia communities for 47 years, has died at the age of 98.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30601
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 7, 2007
Pages
p. Local 1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 7, 2007
Pages
p. Local 1
Subjects
Deaths
Toy, Arthur
Item ID
30789AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Richard Knerr, co-founder of Wham-O Inc., the toy company that made the Hula Hoop, Slip 'N Slide, Silly String and Frisbee, died at Arcadia Methodist Hospital after suffering a stroke in his Arcadia home. He was 83.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30891
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 18, 2008
Pages
p. News 1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 18, 2008
Pages
p. News 1
Subjects
Deaths
Knerr, Richard - biography
Obituaries
Toy makers
Wham-O Inc. - history
Item ID
31079AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Obituary/death notice. William Christian Norgaard, a Danish baker who made this area his home, has died at the age of 106. Biography and photo. See hard copy in VF "Deaths."

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31084
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 6, 2008
Pages
p. A4
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 6, 2008
Pages
p. A4
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
Subjects
Norgaard, William Christian - biography
Item ID
31279AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Obituary/death notice.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29784
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 29, 2005
Pages
p. A4
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 29, 2005
Pages
p. A4
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
Subjects
Zook, Robert E. ("Bob")
Item ID
29970AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Songwriter and composer Marvin Hamlisch dies at age 68. He had been the Principal conductor of Pasadena Pops Orchestra. His last concert was July 21 at the Los Angeles County Arboretum.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33136
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 8, 2012
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 8, 2012
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Conductors
Deaths
Hamlisch, Marvin
Pasadena Pops Orchestra
Item ID
33333AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia High School graduate Mano "Paul" Kamaleson, age 55, was killed in a suicide bombing in Kabul, Afghanistan this week. His sister Ruth Loisel still lives in Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35451
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 17, 2019
Pages
p. 1, 11
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 17, 2019
Pages
p. 1, 11
Subjects
Arcadia High School alumni
Deaths
Kamaleson, Mano "Paul"
Loisel, Ruth
Item ID
35643AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Obituary/death notice.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32117
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 29, 2010
Pages
p. A4
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 29, 2010
Pages
p. A4
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
Subjects
Daggett, Robert Hale (Bob) (see hard copy in VF Deaths)
Garner, Karen Eileen
Item ID
32314AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia resident in the 700 block of Camino Grove Avenue finds the body of a stranger in his swimming pool. The dead man is 35-year old Greg Tser-Ming Chen of Arcadia. Foul play was not initially suspected in the death. Chen's dog, a golden retriever, which was not on a leash, was found in the backyard too. Chen leaves behind a wife Maggie, who is pregnant with the couple's second child, and a toddler-aged son. See also Pasadena Star News, p. A3, August 9, 2013.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33584
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 10, 2013
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 10, 2013
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Chen, Greg Tser-Ming
Deaths
Item ID
33779AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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An L. A. County Public Works employee found the remains of a human body in the flood control basin in northeast Arcadia. The age and identity are unknown.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper27212
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 31, 2003
Pages
p. A2
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 31, 2003
Pages
p. A2
Subjects
Human remains
Death
Item ID
27410AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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George Fasching leads campaign to get Denny's to fire up historic Van de Kamp's Dutch windmill. According to Los Angeles Conservancy, the coffee shop was completed in 1967 and designed by Pasadena architects Harold Bissner and Harold Zook.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34393
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 3, 2015
Pages
p. 1, 22
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 3, 2015
Pages
p. 1, 22
Subjects
Architecture
Bissner, Harold
Denny's Restaurant
Fasching, George
Van de Kamp's Holland Dutch Bakery
Windmills
Zook, Harold
Item ID
34586AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Ex-boyfriend of Arcadia woman charged with kidnapping. The ex-boyfriend's name is Robert Michael Mendez, age 27. The woman was hospitalized. Doorbell camera footage showed a man dragging a woman.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35556
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 4, 2019
Pages
p. A6
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 4, 2019
Pages
p. A6
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Kidnapping
Mendez, Robert Michael
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Floretta Lauber, 90, was frst female mayor of Arcadia. She died on August 1.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34638
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 5, 2016
Pages
p. A3, A11
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 5, 2016
Pages
p. A3, A11
Subjects
Arcadia mayors
Deaths
Lauber, Floretta
Item ID
34830AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Bradbury resident Richard Dootson, founder of the Arcadia-based Dootson School of Trucking, died from a heart attack and brain hemorrhage on Tuesday, May 24, 2005. He was 79 and famous for his wacky television commercials.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29540
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 25, 2005
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 25, 2005
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Dootson, Richard
Dootson School of Trucking
Obituary / death notice
Business and Industry
Item ID
29724AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Duarte resident Daniel Delgado, 25, died after crashing into a tree in the 12000 block of Lower Azusa Road in Arcadia. Witnesses say he had been driving recklessly before he lost control.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31310
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 5, 2008
Pages
"p. A1, A13"
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 5, 2008
Pages
"p. A1, A13"
Subjects
Delgado, Daniel
Deaths
Item ID
31505AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Local residents fearful after fifth fatality in Monrovia/Duarte area. Arcadia teen Gabriel Shea Carlos was shot dead at approximately 1:40 a.m. last Sunday in the 400 block of Shrode Avenue. Mourners say that is a dangerous area with at least two gangs, but Carlos was not a gang member.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34908
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 8, 2017
Pages
p. 1, 11
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 8, 2017
Pages
p. 1, 11
Subjects
Carlos, Gabriel Shea
Deaths
Shootings
Item ID
35098AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Sixty-four year old Fuzhi Ji and his two-year-old grandson died after a hit and run accident at Santa Anita Avenue and Bonita Street left them with fatal injuries.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30389
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 20, 2002
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 20, 2002
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Accidents
Deaths
Ji, Fuzhi
Item ID
30576AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Motorcyclist Kenneth Doherty, 32, of Los Angeles, died from a hit-and-run collision with a car, described as an electric blue Mitsubishi. The driver of the car left the scene.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33496
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 9, 2013
Pages
p. 1, 3
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 9, 2013
Pages
p. 1, 3
Subjects
Deaths
Doherty, Kenneth
Traffic Accidents
Item ID
33691AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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The Firefighters' Associations of San Marino, San Gabriel and South Pasadena helped to raise $17,000 in scholarship money for the young daughter of Mike Herdman, who died from a fall in the wilderness.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33884
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 10, 2014
Pages
p. 27
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 10, 2014
Pages
p. 27
Subjects
Deaths
Herdman, Michael
Missing Persons
Item ID
34078AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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