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Paul Joseph Hackett
Paul Joseph Hackett died on June 26, 2001. Born on May 13, 1962, he was the son of Malcolm Hackett and the deceased Sabrina Hackett of Malibu.
Paul was very popular in school and was a well-known skateboarder and surfer. He graduated from Santa Monica High School in 1981.
Hackett is survived by his father, Malcolm Hackett, brother, David Hackett of Cardiff by the Sea, Calif., sister, Lynn Hackett-Paoli of Seminole, Fla., and by two nieces and one nephew.
Services are pending.
John Edward Tuggle
Longtime Malibu resident John Edward Tuggle died July 22, 2001 in Arizona.
Tuggle, born February 21, 1928, in Fort Wayne, Ind., attended Indiana University prior to relocating to California in 1949.
Tuggle and his family moved to Malibu in 1972. He was an active member of the Rotary Club, the Kiwanis Club and the Optimists Club, and was a supportive father and coach of the Malibu Little League, Malibu Mustangs and the Indian Guides in the 1970s and '80s.
Tuggle's professional career spanned from acting to restaurant owner, real estate broker and owner/president of the Professional Coffee Service in Beverly Hills for 21 years, prior to leaving Malibu in 1989.
A private memorial service will take place in Mammoth Lakes, where Tuggle had a cabin on Lake Mary. Tuggle is survived by his wife, Judy, of Arizona, son Alain, daughter Danielle and their mother, Michele, of Malibu.
Marvin Spector
Marvin Spector, born Aug. 21, 1936, in Brooklyn, N.Y., died March 5, 2001 in West Hills. The long time owner/pharmacist of the Malibu Pharmacy and Colony Coffee Shop was loved and respected by all in the Malibu community. He is survived by daughters Julie Spector and Lisa Jesse, sister Natalie Brown, and two grandchildren, Blake and Morgan Jesse. Our loving father, brother and grandpa will be deeply missed, but always remembered in our hearts.
Alex Reachi
Alex Reachi, born Aug. 5, 1908, died March 7, 2001. Services were held March 13 at the Holy Cross Mortuary Chapel in Culver City.
Myron Smith
Myron Smith, 81, a Malibu resident of 36 years, died at home in his sleep on Oct. 8, 2001 of complications from Parkinson's disease.
Robert S. Rubenstein
Malibu resident Robert "Bob" S. Rubenstein died of leukemia on Oct. 12, 2001. He was 78 years old.
Rubenstein was born in Portland, Ore. in 1923. During World War II, he served as a radio operator in the Merchant Marine, and then ran the Okinawa radio station for the U.S. Army until 1946. Returning home, he graduated with a master's degree in American history from the University of Southern California. He was a longtime donor and supporter of the USC Andrus Gerontology Center.
Malibu resident Robert "Bob" S. Rubenstein died of leukemia on Oct. 12. He was 78 years old.
Rubenstein was born in Portland, Ore. in 1923. During World War II, he served as a radio operator in the Merchant Marine, and then ran the Okinawa radio station for the U.S. Army until 1946. Returning home, he graduated with a master's degree in American history from the University of Southern California. He was a longtime donor and supporter of the USC Andrus Gerontology Center.
Vernon White
A Malibu resident for 30 years, Vernon White died of natural causes in his home Thursday evening. He was born in Massachusetts and moved to California in the 1950s. He served in the Navy during the Korean War. Vernon had four children and will be missed for his quick wit, charm, positive attitude and ever-present sense of humor. He was a writer, poet, road manager, best friend, dog lover and family man. He always said, "Live in the moment."
Robert Odian
Malibu resident Robert Odian, 68, died on Oct. 3, 2001. Born in Los Angeles, he was a wounded Navy veteran and a retired schoolteacher. He is survived by his 22-year lifemate, Brenda Bergman, three children, six grandchildren and his sister, Rosie, of San Diego. He enjoyed life to the fullest and will be missed my many. Robert wished for no special services and was cremated. He will be taken out to the sea he adored, at a date to be determined later.
Gilbert Anyon
Born on June 29, 1921, Gilbert Anyon died of heart failure on Oct. 19, 2001. He was the beloved husband of Connie Fox and cherished father of Timi Hallem and Jill Anyon. He was the best grandfather Elissa and Seth Hallem could have had. The world is richer for his life and poorer for his loss.
Legand Lewis Jordan
Legand Lewis Jordan died on Nov. 9, 2001 at the age of 100.
Kathleen M. O'Neill
Kathleen M. O'Neill, 37, died on Nov. 11, 2001. She was a resident of Cranford for several years, prior to living in Malibu.
Gladys Dianne Farnham
Gladys Dianne Farnham, nee Schleif, 67, of La Mirada, Calif., died Oct. 7, 2001 in La Mirada.
Lawrence E. Anderson
Lawrence E. Anderson died on Dec. 4, 2001 at his home on Big Rock Drive in Malibu. He lived in Malibu for 35 years. He was a beloved husband of Lorraine and father of Julie, John, Joan and James. He had seven grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. He loved his family and dearly celebrated his life with them.
Priscilla Crane
A Malibu resident for 40 years, Priscilla Crane died Dec. 4, 2001 at the age of 91.
Robert F. Patten
Robert F. Patten, 76, a character actor of more than 180 film and television productions, died of cancer Dec. 29, 2001 at his home in Malibu.
Tim Corliss
Tim Corliss, a well-known Malibu realtor, died Jan. 8, 2001 at age 63 after a battle with cancer.
Surfing pioneer Miriam Piwoz Goodman
Miriam Piwoz Goodman, a surfer for 30 years who helped carve out a place for women in the surfing community, died of complications from uterine fibroids on Sept. 20, 2002. She was 45, and 22 weeks pregnant.
Goodman was born July 28, 1957 in Philadelphia and moved to San Diego when she was 16. Recently she lived in Calabasas. She graduated from UCSD and later earned a law degree at Hastings College of the Law.
Surfing was her greatest passion, second only to motherhood. Goodman began her surfing career in her midteens. She worked with the Surfrider Foundation and was a member of the Malibu Surfing Association. In the past year she won two surfing competitions, the Arden Taylor competition and a Malibu Surfing Association inner-club competition.
Goodman had a strong spiritual life as well, and was both a practicing Buddhist and involved in the Jewish community.
The surfing community honored Goodman with two memorial "paddle-outs" at Surfrider Beach. A funeral service took place as well, on Sept. 24. Goodman will also be honored at the next Arden Taylor competition-proceeds from which will be donated to her son Michael, 14.
Goodman is also survived by her fiancˇ, Rick Solomon, her parents, Seymour and Sandra Piwoz, and her three sisters Nina, Ellen and Julia. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Surfrider Foundation, PO Box 953, Malibu, CA 90265.
Gilbert Anyon
Born on June 29, 1921, Gilbert Anyon died of heart failure on Oct. 19, 2002. He was the beloved husband of Connie Fox and cherished father of Timi Hallem and Jill Anyon. He was the best grandfather Elissa and Seth Hallem could have had. The world is richer for his life and poorer for his loss.
Contributions in lieu of flowers may be made to the Southern Poverty Law Center, MADD (Mothers Against Drunk Driving) or Greenpeace.
Richard "Dick" Kane
Richard "Dick" Kane, 52, died peacefully in Malibu on May 13, 2002, where he was a life-long resident.
He was born on May 16, 1949 in Santa Monica. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army and a retired fireman who truly loved surfing.
He is survived by his father, Russell, brothers Chuck and Bill (Jan), and nephews Rusty, Rick, Billy and Richie. His mother, Ruth, preceded him in death.
Funeral services and interment took place on May 17 at Pierce Brothers Valley Oaks Mortuary Chapel and Memorial Park.
Minna Brin
Minna Brin, one of the founding members of the Malibu Jewish Center & Synagogue, died Sept. 20, 2002 from complications from a recent fall. She was 85.
Barbara Bassler Johnson
Barbara Bassler Johnson, a longtime resident of Malibu, died Nov. 29, 2002 after a short illness. Johnson was the daughter of Malibu pioneers John and Margaret Bassler who settled here in the '40s.
Mario C. Quiros
Malibu resident Mario C. Quiros died on Jan. 7, 2003. Born on May 13, 1919, in San Jose, Costa Rica, he was the second-born in a family of seven children.
His father, Roberto, was a boilermaker until he fell through a catwalk and died three days later, when Mario was 11. His mother, Marta, had clear title to a house, a cow and an adjacent vacant lot. She raised all her children, as well as two orphans, with income as a seamstress.
Upon completion of school, Quiros began his career in surveying on a crew staking the alignment of railroad tracks for the Standard Fruit Company in southern Costa Rica, and later the national border in Panama. Then he contracted malaria, which nearly ended his life.
He came to the United States in 1941 and traveled from coast to coast. With limited English, but proficient in math and surveying, he was given a foreman position in the construction of the Liberty ships in Richmond, Calif. He began working in the Los Angeles area in the offices of engineers George Adams and Gerald Fitzgerald. He first worked in Malibu in 1947 with Fitzgerald's crew, which was often called upon by local resident Rhoda Adamson to check the encroachments of her neighbors.
He met and soon married Lavonia Robinson in June 1949, with whom he would spend the rest of his life.
Quiros obtained his license as a California land surveyor in 1952, working the greater Los Angeles area. He established an office in Malibu in 1958, and moved his family of three children to the Broad Beach vicinity of West Malibu in 1963.
At age 44 he learned to surf, and was quickly a master of "turn and burn" in the beach breaks of Zuma and Trancas.
His son, Mario J., and son-in-law, Patrick Morrill, joined Quiros in the surveying profession. He suffered very few lawsuits in his half century of practice, the most irritating exception being a suit brought against him by the City of Malibu. He continued his passion of surveying up until the day of his peaceful death.
He is survived by his wife, Lavonia; children Mario, Elena and Marta; grandchildren Nora, Xia, Zarrina, Ariel and Matthew; and his beloved pugs.
A memorial service will take place on the Adamson House grounds at Malibu Lagoon Friday, Jan. 17, at 3:30 p.m. In lieu of flowers, please contribute to the scholarship fund of the California Land Surveyors Association; phone, 707.578.6016; e-mail, clsa@ca-surveyors.org.
Tim Lankford
Tim Lankford of Malibu died on June 5, 2003.
Lankford was born in Kansas City, Kansas to Bonnie and T.J. Lankford on Nov. 2, 1954. He married Judi Shechter on Nov. 17, 1976. After graduating in 1973 from Shawnee Mission East High School in Kansas City, Lankford moved to San Francisco and later to Los Angeles, where he attended SCI Arch Architecture School in Santa Monica and UCLA.
On their anniversary in 1986, the Lankfords began to build their home in Malibu.
Tim Lankford's lifelong love of baseball, sports and cooking never got in the way of his love for his family. He was very involved in coaching Little League Baseball, Pony League and AYSO soccer. He also held positions on the boards of directors of those organizations.
Lankford is survived by his wife, Judi, children Toby and Sarah, sisters Sherry Lankford-Johnston and Karen Cook, and brother Tommy Lankford.
His extended family includes Nathan and Ruth Shechter, Tom Johnston, Danny Cook and Thana Lankford, Jerry and Jen Shechter, David and Gayle Shechter, Victoria Shechter-Catlin and his nieces and nephews.
Memorial services took place on June 7 at the Malibu United Methodist Church.
Frederic (Bob) MacLeod
A former member of the Malibu Township Council, Robert Frederick MacLeod of Malibu died on Monday.
After moving from Glen Elyn, Ill, he attended Dartmouth College, graduating in the class of '39. The college named him "Man of the Year" in 1996, heralding his accomplishments as a captain of the first Dartmouth football team and beating Yale, Harvard and Princeton in the same season. In 1977, he was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame.
MacLeod volunteered as a Marine Corps pilot during Robert World War II and was cited for his leadership when, as one of two squadron leaders, he, together with other Marine flyers, shot down 21 enemy planes during an attempted Japanese raid on Guadalcanal, a battle that was the last big Japanese threat to regaining that island. Afterward, he was honorably discharged from the Marine Corps with the rank of major.
Returning to civilian life, he worked in the publishing industry for more than 40 years, including stints as editor for Town & Country, Harper's Bazaar, Hearst Magazine, and as vice president of Peterson Publishing Co. and executive publisher of Teen magazine.
