Obituaries for Los Angeles County California Surnames Starting with S
Santa Clarita, CA--Barbara Ellen Smith, 69, died on March 7, 2006 in Lancaster, CA after a long illness. She was born on December 29, 1936 in Coronado, CA. and was a resident of Quartz Hill, CA, previously Santa Clarita, CA.
Barbara was a prior secretary for the Elks Lodge #2379 and Canyon Country Little League. She was a member of the Canyon High Cowboy Football Booster and was an avid USC Athletics supporter.
She is survived by her husband, Lafayette of Quartz Hill, CA; four sons, David of Quartz Hill, CA, Keith of Panorama City, CA, Phillip (Shari Barbosa-Smith) of Santa Clarita, CA and Greg of Santa Clarita, CA; eleven grandchildren; sister, Mrs. Virginia Hiatt of Newbern, NC and brother, John McDonald of San Jose, CA. She was preceded in death by her parents, Captain David H McDonald, U.S.N. and Marguerite.
Visitation will be on Friday, March 17, 2006 at 5:00 p.m. Services and burial will be held on Saturday, March 18, 2006 at 2:00 p.m. at Eternal Valley Memorial Park, upper chapel, 23287 N. Sierra Hwy., Newhall.
Her family wrote, "This year would have been Barbara and Lafayette's 50th wedding anniversary. Barbara raised four sons whom were all well known for their athletic endeavors in the Santa Clarita Valley and beyond during the 1970's and 80's. Barbara was a loving wife, mother and grandmother and will be missed by all".
--The Signal, Santa Clarita, CA, March 16, 2006 [Contributed by A. Newell]
'Lassie' Producer rites set
Funeral services will be held tomorrow for motion picture
producer Edward Small, who died Monday in Los Angeles of apparent natural
causes. He was 86.
Small, a resident of Hollywood and credited as having
produced more television shows and motion pictures than any other independent,
died at St. Vincent's Hospital.
Services will be held at noon at Chapel of the Psalms at
Hollywood Memorial Park cemetery. Private burial services will follow.
Among his many works. Small was known for producing the
"Lassie" television series, "The Last of the Mohicans" and "The Count of Monte
Cristo."
Small began his career in 1917 in New York where he produced
the silent film "Who's Your Neighbor."
He moved to Los Angeles in 1924 and became a talent agent in
Hollywood before joining First National Films.
He created Edward Small Productions in 1938.
Small leaves two sons, Bernard of Van Nuys and Robert of
Junction City, Ore., and a brother, Joseph Small of Laguna Hills.
January 26, 1977 Valley News Van Nuys, California
Submitted by Shauna Williams