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http://www.mountsinaiparks.orgFRIEDMAN, Marvin Aaron
Lewis Roy Eversole, Jr., 76, formally
of Los Angeles, California area, now
living in Rock Hill, SC, passedaway
Monday, August 5, 2019 at Piedmont
Medical Center.
Roy was born June 26, 1943 in
Trenton, NJ, to the late Wilburn John
Eversole and the late Laura Elizabeth
Miner Eversole. He was a professor at
University of California Los Angeles and
the University of Pacific Dental School,
San Francisco, California. He owned
an Oral Pathology Diagnostic Service
in San Diego, California. Roy was an
accomplished pianist, artist, world
traveler, international speaker, and a
“Renaissance Man.” He was a loving
husband, father and grandfather.
Roy is survived by his wife, Beverly
ArnetteEversole; hissons, Chris
Eversole (Shannon) of California and
Nick Stewart (Valerie) of Minnesota;
his daughters, Laura Piana (Mike),
Shannon Heer (Paul), and Jennifer
McGeorge (Jeff ), all of California; his
brother, Galen Mark Eversole (Cynthia)
of Texas; his grandchildren, Dakota,
Kirstin, Keegan, Wyatt, Matthew,
Brandon, Cassie, Sydney, Kaitlin and
Lila.
Condolences may be made online at
greenefuneralhome.net.June 26, 1943 - August 5, 2019EVERSOLE, Lewis Roy
Mount Sinai Memorial Parks -
Simi Valley 800-600-
http://www.mountsinaiparks.orgELLIOT, Deborah
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in Los Angeles. He is survived by his
wife, Emiko Ishibashi, sons, Robert,
David (Susie) and Joey Ishibashi;
grandchildren, Alexa, Emily, Derek,
Dane, Dru, Karlo and Jody Ishibashi;
siblings, Michiko Nakadiaira, Shigeo
(Eiko) Ishibashi and Chizuko (Richard)
Murakami; sisters-in-law, Michiko
Ohye and Betty Yoshimura; also
survived by many other relatives.A visitation will be held on Saturday,
August 10, 2019 from 2:30PM to 4PM
at the chapel of Kubota Mortuary, 911
Venice Blvd., Los Angeles. The family
requests for casual attire.
http://www.kubotamortuary.com
(213) 749-ISHIBASHI, William Yoshio
Services will be private.
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http://www.malinowandsilverman.comJuly 24, 1931 - August 4, 2019GINSBERG, Ira K.
Ken Furth was beloved father to
Oliver Furth, unfailing partner to Sue
Rose, and devoted friend to his former
wife, Gina Furth.Ken lived life by his own design. He
cared deeply about kindness, and had
an inspired sense of optimism. He
was a loyal friend to many, and truly
saw the best in people. He lived his
life filled with hope, appreciation, and
curiosity – interested until the end.Ken Furth was born in Detroit to Olga
and Lee Furth, and was raised there
with his older sister and many cousins.
He moved to Los Angeles in the early
1970s and spent the past four and a
half decades living on the same street
in West Hollywood.He died at home, after a brave battle
with cancer, with Oliver and Sue and
his dog, “Kaizen,” by his side.In lieu of flowers, a donation to
Cedars Sinai Women’s Guild or to the
West Hollywood Public Library would
be appreciated.Services will be held 11:00am,
Friday, August 9 at Hillside Mortuary.November 27, 1946 - August 4, 2019FURTH, Kenneth L.
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1-800-234-It is with deepest
sorrow we announce
that Ernest A. Kappas
passed away after a brief
illness on August 2nd, 2019. Ernie was
the heart and head of our family and
the space left by his loss will never be
filled. Ernie was a beloved father to
Andrew, brother-in-law to George and
Sofia, uncle to Tammy, Andrew, Angela
and Alexis, godfather, cousin, friend,
golfing buddy, and the kindest most
gentle man the world has ever been
blessed with. He leaves a legacy of love
and joy to all who knew him.Trisagion service will be held on
Friday, August 9th at 7pm at Bastian
& Perrott Mortuary in Northridge.
Funeral services will be the following
day, August 10th at 11am at St.
Nicholas Church, also in Northridge,
followed by interment at Forest
Lawn Hollywood Hills. Luncheon
immediately after at Woodland Hills
Country Club.April 14, 1930 - August 2, 2019KAPPAS, Ernest A.
latimes.com/placeobituaryHelen was a lifelong activist and
volunteer, committed to social
justice and Jewish community.She
was involved as a participant and in
leadership of a host of organizations,
among them the League of Women
Voters, Common Cause, Progressive
Jewish Alliance, Habonim Camp
Gilboa, and L.A.C.E.R. afterschool
program. She was the first female
president of the Jewish Community
Centers Association of Greater Los
Angeles. She lived her values through
diverse activities such as the grape
boycott of the 1960s, the Nestle
boycott of the 1970s and the recent
hotel workers strike and protests at
immigration detention centers. Helen
was a strong, independent woman
devoted to ensuring fair and ethical
treatment for all.A 1961 graduate of Stanford
University with a BA in History and a
1962 recipient of an MA in Education
from USC, with a Ford Foundation
Fellowship. Helen was an adventurous
soul. She spent two quarters abroad in
Germany and traveled to Russia and
Israel while still in college.With a
particular affection for natural beauty
and an interest in the people and
communities she visited, Helen and
her husband traveled around the globe
including to Turkey, India, Ireland,
Australia, Peru, Bhutan,Vietnam,
Cambodia, Iceland, England, France,
Italy, and Japan. Within the US,
frequent destinations were national
parks, historical sites, interesting cities,
and particularly her family.Helen was known as a fabulous
cook, a devoted friend, a true sports
fan, a bridge player, and a lover of the
arts. Outdoors she camped, hiked,
and played tennis. An avid reader, she
participated in book clubs throughout
her life. Through all her husband Sid
was her true friend and partner. They
enjoyed many activities as well as time
together with friends and family.Born in Chicago, Illinois, she moved
with her family to Los Angeles at age- She first met her husband, Sid,
when she was 15 years old on a trip
with friends to Lake Arrowhead, and
they married 6 years later.
Helen is remembered with love
by her husband of 58 years, Sid, her
three children, Morry (Erica), Rebecca
(Michael), and Naomi (Dave), and her
six grandchildren, David, Talia, Noah,
Eliana, Maya, and Yoav, to whom she
was an adoring Bubbie. Helen was
predeceased by her parents Rosa and
Morris Miller.Services are at 12 PM on Wednesday,
August 7 at Hillside Memorial Park.Donations in Helen’s memory can be
sent to L.A.C.E.R. Afterschool Programs
and Habonim Dror-Camp Gilboa.April 1, 1940 - August 5, 2019KATZ, Helen Gail Miller
July 12, 1932 - July 18, 2019NIEBLAS, Nancy E.
Nancy Elena Ames
Nieblas, the family
matriarch and a longtime
resident of the Orange,
California,diedinher sleepon
Thursday, July 18, 2019.
A full-time mother of five children,
housewife and a business owner of
Steve’s Canvas Shop where she worked
until her retirement in 1998.
She is survived by her five children
Nancy Jane, Stephanie Jean, Janet
Lyn, Joseph Michael and deceased son,
John Allen; thirteen grandchildren and
eight great-grandchildren.
The Ferrara & Lee Colonial Mortuary
Funeral Service, 351 Hewes St.,
Orange, CA 92869, has been entrusted
with arrangements.Myles Lowell, a Michigan native,
died peacefully at his Beverly Hills
home on July 30, with loved ones at his
bedside. He was ninety-four. Born on
September 20, 1924, in Grosse Pointe,
Michigan, to Annette and George
Lowell, Myles graduated from Amherst
College in 1946 and followed his father
into the real estate business. He had a
flair for friendship and a love of travel.
Hebefriendedand oftenregaled
a small who’s who of celebrated
characters. Traits which took him from
the ballrooms and ski slopes of Europe,
to the mansions of Newport, Rhode
Island, and the glamorous homes of
Palm Springs. Paris, in particular, was
a city with which he had an ongoing
loveaffair. Withanever-present
twinkle in his eyes, a shock of white
hair in his later years, and trademark
dark eyebrows, Myles cut a dashing
figure. His wit and sense of humor
was legendary, as was his ability
to recall names, places and events
from decades past and spin them
into colorful stories. He matched his
affinity for high society with a love of
animals and a lifelong advocacy for the
protection of all creatures great and
small. He was rarely without a beloved
Schnauzer by his side. He is survived by
his extended family, Rudi and Helga
Frenner, their children Victoria and
Maximillian, and George and Heather
Frenner and their daughter Brittaney.
Memorial services will be held on
Thursday, August, 15 at 10.00 am, at
Pierce Brothers Westwood Village. In
lieu of flowers, memorial contributions
can be directed to the Lange
Foundation (310) 473-5585.September 20, 1924 - July 30, 2019LOWELL, Myles Sherman
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Talmadge Spratt, 92, born in Amory,
Mississippi, passedaway July 24,2019.
His was a triumphant, rich story of
family life, business endeavor and
academic achievement. He was an
Army veteran, a teacher, businessman
and casting director for CBS. He was a
resident of Los Angeles for 75 years.
Services will be held on August
9, 2019 at 2:00 PM, at Forest Lawn,
Glendale–Little Church of the Flowers.
He is survived by his wife Linda and
many nieces and nephews.
In lieu of flowers, donations can be
made to the charity of your choice.March 10, 1927 - July 24, 2019SPRATT, Talmadge
Roger Simon, son of Venice and
Larry, passed away August 5, 2019
surrounded by his loving family. He
was very proud of his association
with THE REGALS for the past years
and was active in many charities. A
special thanks to his glorious Doctors,
Caregivers, the love of his life, Diane
Merrick and his gorgeous daughters,
Carla Simon Finnerman, Julie Simon
and his special granddaughter,
Shannon Cheatle. Services will be
held on Thursday, August 8 at 10am,
at Mount Sinai Memorial Parks
and Mortuaries. In lieu of flowers,
donations can be made to Tower
Hematology Oncology Group.
Mount Sinai Memorial Parks -
Hollywood Hills 800-600-
http://www.mountsinaiparks.orgSIMON, Roger
Mount Sinai Memorial Parks -
Hollywood Hills 800-600-
http://www.mountsinaiparks.orgROTH, Selma
Michael V Roberts of Perry, GA,
age 71, passed on August 1, 2019.
Celebration of Life Services will be held
Thursday, August 8, 2019 at 11:00 AM
at Antioch Baptist Church North, 540
Cameron Madison Alexander Blvd NW,
Atlanta, GA 30318. Interment private.
Send all flowers to Sylvain Evans
Funeral Home, 2750 Highway 42N,
McDonough, GA 30253.ROBERTS, Michael V.
November 6, 1925 - July 30, 2019TAYLOR, Peggy Malloy
BrodieResident of Concord,
CA. Peggy Malloy Brodie
Taylor passed away
Tuesday peacefully in her
sleep. Her daughter, Trish, was with
her and eased her passing. Peggy lived
her life guided by her love of Hawaii
and her children, and her gracious
spirit. She was, and will continue to be,
the heart of our family. And she will
always be known to us as “Tutu.”Peggy was born in Honolulu, Hawaii,
to James and Elizabeth Malloy. She is
the middle of three daughters. Peggy
was preceded in death by her sister,
Betty Anne Nilsen; her husbands,
Edward Brodie and Eugene Taylor;
and two children, Douglas Brodie and
Diane Brodie.She is survived by her
sister Pat Malloy; two children, Trish
Brodie and Bruce Brodie (Kathy); five
grandchildren, Beth (Doug Gregory),
David (Missy), Jeff (Courtney), Jean
(Jeremiah James), and Danny; and
nine great-grandchildren, Matilda,
Archie, Luna, Penn, Grace, Theo, Janice,
Eddie and William.Peggy grew up in Hawaii and
loved horseback riding, surfing and
socializing with her friends. After the
attack on Pearl Harbor, and the fear of
invasion, she sailed in a convoy to the
mainland to finish high school at Flint
Ridge, CA, and then on to Stephens
College in Columbia, MO, where she
met her husband, Ed Brodie. They
moved to Hawaii in 1957 where they
raised four children. Peggy eventually
moved to Houston and then to Walnut
Creek, CA, where she met and married
Gene Taylor.Memorial Services will be held
on Saturday, August 10 at 2:00 pm,
at Oak Park Hills Mortuary, 3111 N.
Main Street, Walnut Creek, CA, with
reception immediately following.
Burial will be Monday, August 12, at
11:00 am at Oakmont Cemetery, 2099
Reliez Valley Rd., Lafayette, CA 94549.In lieuofflowers, memorial
contributions may be made to the
Cancer Support Community (925-933-
0107), or Camellia Garden, 2832 Mi
Elana Circle, Walnut Creek, CA 94598,
attn: Rosie Savidge.president at Brady United
Against Gun Violence, “is
the amount of firearms
people have access to with-
out so much as a back-
ground check.”
In the three days since I
wrote about the carnage in
Gilroy, El Paso and Dayton
— and about those who
tirelessly campaign for
stricter gun control — I’ve
gotten pushback from a
posse of readers. They
waved a flag for the right to
bear arms of any type and
they argued that ownership
restrictions wouldn’t make
a difference.
I say nonsense.
Nobody should be al-
lowed to buy or possess,
under any circumstances, a
weapon designed to kill an
army of people or a herd of
elephants.
Nobody should be al-
lowed to buy a firearm or
ammunition of any type,
from licensed dealers or
from online and gun show
sellers, without the same
licensing and registration
required for vehicles, and
without a background
check.
Would we still have tragic
gun deaths? No doubt. But
anyone who discounts the
potential benefits of com-
mon-sense gun purchase
and ownership require-
ments is not thinking
clearly.
In California, Atty. Gen.
Xavier Becerra said
Tuesday that in the last
month, 100 felons and other
prohibited people have been
prevented from buying
ammunition, thanks to
background check legisla-
tion the gun lobby is trying
to torpedo.
For all the readers who
wrote me to say the problem
is not guns but movies,
video games, social media,
bad parenting or mental
illness, I’d like to respond.
I have no doubt those are
factors in some shootings,
but the same influences are
just as present in countries
with far lower rates of gun
deaths, and the reason is
obvious: they don’t have
nearly as many guns as we
do, they don’t make it as
easy to get them as we do,
and they don’t have a mili-
tant money-fueled culture of
firearm obsession the way
we do.
“Mental illness and
hatred pull the trigger,” said
President Trump, a man
with a knack for shanking it
off the tee and insisting he
hit a hole in one.
Mental illness pulls the
trigger? Occasionally, but
then why not expand men-
tal health services across
the nation and demand
red-flag legislation to con-
fiscate the weapons of those
in crisis.
Hatred pulls the trigger?
No doubt. But please.
Trump’s red hat might as
well have said Make Ameri-
ca Hate Again. You can’trant about invasions, grin
when a disciple suggests the
solution to illegal border
traffic is to shoot those
crossing, and then pretend
to walk the high road while
graves are being dug.
Shame on him, and on
those who keep screaming
about their rights to person-
al arsenals while innocent
people get gunned down.
And shame on the NRA
and the gun lobby for trying
to mislead people with
falsehoods.
“Gun crime along with
other crimes are highest in
cities and states that have
the strictest gun laws,”
wrote a reader named Mike.
I don’t blame him. I
suspect he’s just repeating
what he’s heard. But I’d like
to refer Mike to the website
of the Giffords Law Center
to Prevent Gun Violence.
There, under the annual
scorecard, you’ll find a
headline that says: “Theevidence is clear — states
with stronger gun laws have
lower gun death rates, year
after year.” You will also find
the supporting evidence.
On the Giffords score-
card, California is ranked
first in gun law strength and
44th in gun death rate.
Alaska, by contrast, is 44th
in gun law strength and 1st
in gun death rates.
For those who argue that
someone can simply buy a
weapon in gun-loving Ne-
vada that’s not legal in
California and bring it
across the border, which
appears to be the case in the
Gilroy shooting, that’s true.
But more restrictions
means less availability, and
a forced licensing system
would help stanch the flow.
I also had readers take
me on from the left flank,
arguing that nothing short
of a repeal of the 2nd
Amendment will make a
sizable difference in dailybloodshed. But since that’s
a politically impossible
proposition, I’m for making
whatever incremental prog-
ress we can in a country
where about 100 people die
each day on average from
firearm suicides, homicides
and accidents.
Adam Skaggs, chief
counsel and deputy policy
director at the Giffords Law
Center, said increased fund-
ing and development of
community violence inter-
vention programs is proving
successful around the coun-
try. That strategy makes a
lot of sense because the
mass shootings that get so
much attention account for
a tiny fraction of gun
deaths.
“And while it is certainly
true that Congress has not
taken any meaningful ac-
tion to address gun violence
in recent years, there has
been tremendous progress
at the state level in the lastfive, six years,” said Skaggs.
“We’ve made great strides
with extreme-risk protec-
tion laws and closing do-
mestic violence loopholes,
and that critical momentum
continues.”
One thing that has im-
peded progress, however, is
that most states have laws
that preempt the right of
local communities from
acting in their own best
interest to pass stricter gun
controls.
“It’s outrageous that in
more than 40 states, local
officials on the front lines
against violence have had
their hands tied to take any
action whatsoever, and
violence is a localized phe-
nomenon,” said Skaggs,
adding that the Giffords
Law Center looks for oppor-
tunities to challenge preem-
ptive state restrictions
either legislatively or
through the courts.
In the 2005 shooting in
Thousand Oaks, Heyne’s
mother, Jan, and father
were at the home of a friend
when a man involved in a
dispute with the friend
showed up and began
shooting. The man had a
violent past, said Heyne,
along with a protective
order against him.
Heyne said no provision
was in place at the time in
California for law enforce-
ment to remove a weapon
from someone under a
protective order, but the law
has since been adjusted to
make that possible. In most
states, Heyne said, that
authority is not available to
law enforcement.
“I quickly realized it was
important to have my voice
in this movement and tell
my mom’s story,” said
Heyne. “Too often legisla-
tors are dealing with ab-
stract theories, and it’s
important to know the cost
of inaction on guns and the
lifetime of ill-effects and
hurt.”[email protected]Common-sense gun laws save lives
A MEMORIALin Thousand Oaks for the 12 people killed in a shooting at Borderline Bar and Grill in 2018.
Recent mass shootings drive home the point that we need to pass common-sense gun laws, Steve Lopez says.Al SeibLos Angeles Times[Lopez,from B1]