Obituaries

Obituaries for the Simi Valley, CA Area

Phyllis Toyne

Phyllis Toyne

May 22, 2020

Phyllis Elaine ToyneJuly 26, 1930 – May 22, 2020Phyllis Elaine Toyne (nee Basler) was born in Carroll, Iowa on July 26, 1930. Phyllis attended Carroll High School and graduated in 1947. She attended the University of Iowa majoring in fine arts. She moved to Pasadena, California in 1957. Phyllis resided in Lake Forest, California for 37 years. Phyllis worked for...

Georgia Duarte

Georgia Duarte

May 20, 2020

Simi Valley, CAGeorgia Duarte passed away May 20, 2020 in Simi Valley. She was born on May 9, 1929 in Burbank, the sixth of eight brothers and sisters, to loving and enterprising parents. She married her husband of 66 years, Robert, in February of 1950. They moved to Simi Valley in 1961 where they cherished close friendships and support from...

Lorraine Benavidez

Lorraine Benavidez

May 16, 2020

Lorraine Juarez Benavidez was born in Encino, CA on May 28, 1969, the first child of Salvador and Maria Juarez. Lorraine attended Simi Valley High School and graduated in 1988 where she met her high school sweetheart Joseph Benavidez. Shortly after they married on December 22, 1990, and moved to Marina, CA where Joseph was stationed in the military. After...

Louis Henschel

Louis Henschel

May 14, 2020

Louis Edward (“Eddie”) Henschel was born in Santa Monica, CA on October 30, 1944, the third child of Al and Mary Henschel. He attended St. Mark School in Venice. There as a sixth-grader, he first met his future wife Margaret, the younger sister of a classmate, when she was in third grade. After graduating Saint Monica High School in Santa...

Eugene Phillips

Eugene Phillips

May 9, 2020

Eugene Phillips (Gene)Born October 10, 1936Died May 07, 2020Born in Los Angeles, a native Californian. A graduate of North Hollywood High School, Class of 1955 where he was an accomplished gymnast. Shortly after high school he attended Marinello school of Beauty where he met and soon after married his beautiful wife Mary Helen. Later moving to Simi Valley where he...

Sara Austin

Sara Austin

May 5, 2020

Sara Ann AustinLos Robles Hospital - Thousand Oaks, CaliforniaSara Ann Austin passed away on May 5,2020, after a lengthy battlewith a lung disease. She was born November 15, 1939 inGary Indiana. Her parents were Casey H. Murawski and Sophia D.Murawski. She attended St. Joseph the Worker Catholic grade school.Played clarinet in the CYO Concert Band. Graduated from Lew Wallace High...

Mary Heidel

Mary Heidel

Apr 29, 2020

Mary Ellen Heidel, age 68, passed away on April 29, 2020, at her home in Sedgewickville, Missouri, of natural causes. A longtime resident of Simi Valley, California, Mrs. Heidel moved to Missouri in 2018 to pursue her lifelong dream of running a small farm, where she successfully saw her passion come to fruition before passing. A devout Catholic, she remains...

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