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April 14, 1953 - March 3, 2020TYRE, James S.
Jim Tyre, a second generation
Angeleno, has passed away
unexpectedly.
A graduate of Dartmouth College
and Loyola Law School, he was a
tenacious advocate for free speech with
the Electronic Frontier Foundation. On
March 4, 2020, EFF Executive Director
Cindy Cohn’s article “Internet Loses
One of its Biggest, Best Advocates:
EFF Special Counsel Jim Tyre”
eloquently describes his contributions
as a lawyer, colleague, and friend:
https://bit.ly/3cpSGbk.
Jim is survived by his sister Ellen
Whorton and her children Brian and
Allison. He will be remembered as their
most favorite brother/uncle. He was a
lover of hole-in-the-wall restaurants,
Twitter debates, and the Dodgers.
Funeral services will be held at
Hillside Memorial Park on Sunday,
March 8 at 12 noon. In lieu of flowers,
please donate to EFF or the charity of
your choice.Mount Sinai Memorial Parks
Hollywood Hills 800-600-
http://www.mountsinaiparks.orgREEP, Pearl
December 5, 1939 - March 5, 2020NUCCIO, Julius Joseph
Julius passedawaypeacefully at his
home after battling cancer for several
years. He lived his entire life in the
Los Angeles area. Julius graduated
from St. Monica’s High School, then
went to work in his family business,
Nuccio’s Nurseries, and married his
high school sweetheart, Terry. The
business specializing in rare camellias
and azaleas was started by his father,
Joseph, and his uncle, Julius, in 1935.
He took over the family business along
with his two cousins, Tom and Jim, in
the 1980s.
Julius is survived by his wife of
almost 60 years, Terry, his son Joseph
Nuccio and former daughter-in-law
Alicia, daughter Juliana and son-in-
law Michael Whelan, daughter Marisa
and son-in-law Mike Weintraub, his
granddaughters, Grace and Gianna
(the apples of his eye), his brothers-
in-law Salvador Gutierrez (Mary
Anderson) and Juan Marco Gutierrez
(Lucia González), and sister-in-law
Silvia Gutierrez.
There will be no services. In lieu
of flowers,the familyasksthat
friends consider making a donation
to the Simms/Mann – UCLA Center
for Integrative Oncology where
Julius received yearsofamazing
and compassionate care (www.
simmsmanncenter.ucla.edu).August 3, 1942 - February 24, 2020GALLARDO, Irene R.
Born in Washington, D.C. Passed
away peacefully at herhome in Culver
City, CA, at age 77. Survived by her 4
children: Monica, Dominic, Eric and
Erica; 5 grandchildren: Tyler, Corinne,
Kaitlyn, Jake and Vanessa; and 3
siblings: Tony, Robert, and Francis.
Viewing/Rosary: Wed., March 11th,
4-8pm. Funeral: Thurs., March 12th at
12:30pm at Holy Cross Mortuary, 5835
W. Slauson Ave., Culver City 90230.May 16, 1924 - March 3, 2020ENCISO, Micki
It is with great sadness to announce
that on Tuesday, March 03, 2020,
Micki Enciso went to be with the Lord.
She always had a smile on her face, a
memorized poem to recite, and a good
clean joke to tell. Micki could be seen
at the age of 95, driving her scooter
around town with her racing flag
attached, along with a licence plate
that read, MOM OF 11. Her generous
heart and easy going spirit, will sorely
be missed.OBITUARY NOTICES
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Search obituary notice archives: legacy.com/obituaries/latimeslatimes.com/placeobituaryJune 15, 1925 - March 1, 2020HOUSTON, Ivan James
Ivan J. Houston was born in Los
Angeles, California, June 15, 1925, the
second son to Norman O. Houston and
Doris Young Houston. After graduating
from L.A.’s Polytechnic High School
in 1942 Ivan entered the University
of California at Berkeley. The country
was also engaged in World War II,
and in 1943, he enlisted in the United
States Army and was assigned to the
legendaryAfrican American92nd
Infantry Division, also known as the
famedBuffaloSoldiers.Returning
from the war in 1945, he married
Philippa, and reentered U.C. Berkeley,
then received his Bachelor of Science
degree in Business Administration in- He also received an Honorary
Doctor of Laws degree from the
University of La Verne.
Professionally, he was a Chartered
Life Underwriter, a Fellow of the Life
Management Institute and a Member
of the American Academy of Actuaries.
Ivan was Chief Executive Officer of
Golden State Mutual Life Insurance
Company from 1970 until 1990, an
organization his father co-organized.
In that capacity, Golden State rose
to become the 3rd largest black life
insurance company in the nation
with more than $4B of insurance in
force. He also served on the boards of
several national corporations. For 16
consecutive years, Ivan was listed in
Ebony Magazine as one of America’s
most influential black leaders.
Ivan also provided leadership in
civic affairs at the local, state and
national level. He was president of
the Los Angeles City Human Relations
Commission, and sat on the YMCA of
Metropolitan Los Angeles Board of
Directors. He chaired the boards of
the Los Angeles Urban League, the
United Way of Los Angeles Central
Region, and the Southern California
Chapter of the National Conference of
Christians & Jews (NCCJ). He served
on both the National Urban League
Board of Directors and the NCCJ
National Board of Directors. He was
one of the founders of UC Berkeley’s
chapter for the African-American
Greek Fraternal organization, Kappa
Alpha Psi. In addition, he has headed
the Los Angeles chapter of Sigma Pi Phi
Fraternity (also known as “The Boule”).
In 1993, Pope John Paul II honored
Ivan by naming him a Knight of the
Order of Saint Gregory the Great.
During World War II, Ivan served
as a combat infantryman with the all
black 92nd Infantry Division in Italy.
In that capacity he was awarded the
Combat Infantryman’s Badge and the
Bronze Star for heroic or meritorious
achievementinaction.Ivanwas
awarded the Purple Heart for wounds
received in enemy action; and with
three Battle Stars for the following
campaigns: Rome to the Arno River,
the North Apennines, and the Po River
Valley. Houston is still a member of the
Military Order of the Purple Heart, the
American Legion, Veterans of Foreign
Wars and Disabled American Veterans.
He ended the war as his battalion’s
sergeant major.
In retirement, Ivan published a book
based on his combat activities in Italy.
Called “Black Warriors: The Buffalo
Soldiers of World War II,” it was also
discovered, read and translated into
Italian; it helped to motivate him to
eight years of travel and reception
back to Italy. A 2nd book, “The Return
of the Buffalo Soldier” is with the
publisher, chronicling these visits, and
a documentary “With One Tied Hand”
has also been completed.
Ivan’s wife, Philippa, transitioned in
March 2011. He is survived by his son,
Ivan A. (Leslie), daughters, Pamela
Chretien (Paul) and Kathi Berryman
(James), 2 grandsons, Barrett Todd
(Jennifer) and Jay Christian (Jeanne),
2 great-granddaughters, Sanaa
Lauren and Jeanne Kathleen, and 2
great-grandsons, Jay Christian Jr. and
Brandon Todd, and a host of other
loved ones, family and friends.
Service will be at St. Jerome’s
Church,5550 ThornburnSt., L.A.
90045 on Tuesday, March 10 at 10am.
Interment following at Holy Cross
Cemetery.
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818-653-Cemetery Lots/CryptsDecember 30, 1929 - March 3, 2020KULL, William Max
Corona del Mar resident William
“Bill” Kull passedaway athome on
March 3, 2020. Bill was born Dec. 30,
1929 in Huntsville, Alabama, to Julius
and Sue Kull. His time in Alabama
included frequent visits to the farm his
grandparents, Julius and America Kull,
homesteaded when they immigrated
from Switzerland.
At eight years of age Bill moved
to Chicago, where he lived until
graduating from Lane Technical High
School. In the intervening years he
sold newspapers on the street corner
(including to notorious gangster,
Al Touhy), was an usher at a movie
theater, and worked as a cook on a
ship on Lake Michigan. In summers, he
returned to visit relatives in Alabama,
picking cotton and helping harvest
grapes from his grandfather’s vineyard
in preparation for making wine.
He spent two years at Florence (AL)
State Teachers College, completing
his education via Navy flight school.
Given the choice to fly bombers with
the Navy or jets with the Marines,
in October 1951 he joined Marine
squadron VMA-118 and in January,
1952 he was sent to serve in the
Korean war, with just 30 hours of flight
time under his belt. In subsequent
years he served tours of duty in Japan
and Viet Nam, flying A-4s from land
and aircraft carriers and earning a
Bronze Star and Distinguished Flying
Cross, among other honors. Though
he retired from the Marine Corps
in 1972, his heart was always with
them and he continued to meet with
the VMA-223 Bulldogs squadron for
annual reunions.
His companion in life was Sarah
Miller, whom he met in a Hollywood,
Florida, diner in 1958. When he laid
eyes on “the prettiest girl I ever saw,”
she was crying, and in a way that was
typical of Bill, his heart went out to her.
He and Sarah married just six weeks
later in Winton, Minnesota. During
their more than 61 years of marriage
they moved throughout California,
following Bill’s USMC postings, living
in Carmel, Santa Ana, Coronado, and
finally in Corona del Mar, where they
resided for 52 years and raised their
three daughters, Linzee, Marcia, and
Carolyn.
Following his retirement from
the Marines, Bill pursued a financial
services career with Mutual Savings
and California Federal and was
a member of the Corona del Mar
Chamber of Commerce, serving as its
president in 1977.
Bill is survived by his daughters
Linzee McCray (Paul) and
grandchildren Maggie (EJ Crawford
and great-granddaughter Freya) and
Rebecca (Chris Leslie-Hynan); Marcia
(Gary Maher) and grandchildren Anna
and Karl; Carolyn Strandberg (Jeff )
and grandchildren Lindsey(Sean
Heyligerand great-granddaughters
Sabrina and Gaby) and Russell; sister
Marie Higginbotham; sister-in-law
Marcia Dimmel; and dear friends Jane
Bowman and Jeff Wallingford. He was
preceded in death by his parents, his
wife Sarah, and brothers-in-law John
R. Dimmel and Bill Higginbotham.
A memorial service (casual attire)
will be held from 1 to 3 p.m., with
remarks starting at 1:30 p.m., on
Thursday, March 12 at the Newport
Coast Community Center, 6401 San
Joaquin Hills Road. In lieu of flowers,
donations may be made to the Semper
Fi Fund https://semperfifund.org/.have been for our communi-
ty — and he has acted consis-
tent with his understanding
and scientific expertise.”
An AllenCo Energy rep-
resentative declined to com-
ment on the state order.
Last month, company Vice
President Timothy Parker
told state regulators that it
was in the process of liqui-
dating and planned to sell its
portion of the South Los An-
geles site.
In his letter, Parker wrote
that it had become apparent
to the company that city and
state regulators did not
want Allenco Energy to op-
erate any of the wells there,
“even though it was our fair
and legal right to do so.”
Parker complained that
the state had changed its
rules and made it too hard to
reopen the site. “It is with
great sadness that we’re not
able to continue to afford all
of the expenses connected
to” the site, Parker wrote.
“We have spent tremendous
amounts of capital trying to
be compliant and prove that
we are good stewards of
compliance!”
AllenCo Energy is in talks
with the Archdiocese of Los
Angeles, which owns the
property, and a possible de-
veloper to “remove us from
having any further business
responsibilities at this site,”
Parker said.
Ntuk cited a string of re-
cent violations issued in Oc-
tober, November and De-
cember in his order, stating
that gas leaks “pose a safety
hazard” and “multiple gas
leaks at multiple locations
suggest deteriorating equip-
ment.”
AllenCo Energy “has gen-
erally attempted to under-
take repairs to address mi-
nor leaks within a reason-
able amount of time,” Ntuk
said. “However, some of
these leaks reappeared on
the same equipment after
the initial repair indicating
that the initial repair was in-
adequate.”
Decommissioning the fa-
cility will require the proper
plugging and abandonment
of all wells; drainage and re-
moval of pipes, tanks and
vessels; demolition of all
buildings and structures; re-
moving and disposing of
contaminated soils; and re-
storing the surface to “na-
tive or near native condi-
tions,” according to Califor-
nia Department of Conser-
vation spokesman Donald
Drysdale.
A recent investigation by
The Times and the Center
for Public Integrity found
that the city of Los Angeles
has been slow and inconsis-
tent in forcing the petroleum
industry to take responsibil-
ity for wells that sit idle and
unplugged, even though it
has some regulatory powers
that are stronger than those
of the state. Critics say it
failed to fully exercise its
powers at the AllenCo Ener-
gy site.
City Councilman Gil
Cedillo, who represents the
area around the facility, re-
cently introduced a
proposal asking for city
agencies to meet with the
archdiocese about possible
uses for the site. In a state-
ment Friday, the council-
man said he was pleased
that the California state
agency had ordered the clo-sure of the site, saying it was
“about time.”
“Just this week I intro-
duced a motion to begin dis-
cussions on the prospects of
partnership for positive use
of this land. Now, with the
permanent termination of
oil production at the facility,
the neighborhood can offi-
cially begin the long road to
environmental recovery,”
Cedillo said. “No community
should have to compromise
their health for any reason in
the city of Los Angeles.”Times staff writer Ryan
Menezes contributed to this
report.THE ALLENCO drill site near USC has long raised concerns about its effects on
residents. “This has been a long time coming,” one activist said of the state order.
Kent NishimuraLos Angeles TimesDrilling site ordered closed
[AllenCo,from B1]
H
enri Richard
graciously ac-
cepted lifelong
comparisons to
his prolific and
fiery older brother Maurice,
who was an established star
with the Montreal Canadi-
ens when Henri broke into
the NHL in the 1955-56 sea-
son.
Maurice was nicknamed
“Rocket” for his explosive
style and scoring feats. Be-
cause Henri was much
slighter in build at 5 foot 6
and 160 pounds, he became
known as the “Pocket
Rocket,” a clever nickname
that did little justice to his
brilliant playmaking and
singular ability to control
the game against bigger,
brawnier opponents.
Henri Richard made a
name for himself by winning
more Stanley Cup rings — 1 1
— than he had fingers, an
NHL record and three more
championships than his
brother won.
Richard, who played his
entire 20-year NHL career
with the Canadiens, died
Friday at a care facility in La-
val, Canada. He was 84 and
had been suffering from Alz-
heimer’s disease.
“All I ever had in my mind
was to play hockey. To play
with the Montreal Canadi-
ens. Nothing else,” he once
told the Montreal Gazette.
“And finally, I did.”
Richard, who was elected
to the Hockey Hall of Fame
in 1979, scored 358 goals and
688 assists for 1,046 points in
1,258 games. He twice led the
NHL in assists; his brother
led the NHL in goals five
times and finished an 18-
year-career with 966 points
in 978 games. Henri scored
49 goals and 129 points in 180
career playoff games and
was the captain of the Cana-
diens from 1971-72 through
19 74 -.
“Henri ‘Pocket Rocket’
Richard was a great player
and a great ambassador for
the Montreal Canadiens or-
ganization. His passing is a
great loss for all,” Geoff Mol-
son, president and co-owner
of the Canadiens, tweeted in
English and French. “My
thoughts are with his fam-
ily.”
Henri was a young but in-
tegral member of the Cana-
diens’ “Flying Frenchmen”
when they won five straight
championships, starting in- No team has won as
many consecutive titles
since then, and none might
ever match that because the
salary cap works against ac-
cumulating and keeping tal-
ent over the long term as the
Canadiens did.
“Some people say it was
destiny, but I just think I was
in the right place at the right
time. That was a great team.
There were so many great
hockey players,” he told the
Hall of Fame in 2003. “I
wouldn’t have said it before,
but now that it’s all over, I
thought winning like that
was normal.”
Maurice retired in 1960,
but Henri played 15 more
seasons, including a run of
four championships in five
seasons from 1965 through - In 1971, after being
benched by coach Al Mac-
Neil in Game 5 of the Stanley
Cup final and calling Mac-
Neil “incompetent,” Richard
responded by scoring the
Cup-winning goal in Game 7
against Chicago. He won his
final title in 1973.
“Henri Richard was one
of the true giants of the
game,” NHL Commissioner
Gary Bettman said in a
statement. “The entire Na-
tional Hockey League family
mourns the passing of this
incomparable winner,
leader, gentleman and am-
bassador for our sport and
the Montreal Canadiens.”
Henri Richard was more
than 14 years younger than
Maurice and was a child
when Maurice left home to
pursue his hockey career.
They had little in common
besides their unquenchable
drive to excel and to win.
Hall of Fame center Jean
Beliveau, who played with
both men on Montreal
teams that are considered
among the best ever assem-
bled, devoted a section of his
1994 autobiography to praise
Henri’s talent and approach
to the game.
“I had plenty of admira-
tion for Henri from his earli-
est days, not only for what he
did on the ice, but off,” Beli-
veau wrote. “When you’re
the younger brother of a
hockey legend, it will take
people awhile to recognize
you for what you are. Mau-
rice had been retired for sev-
eral years before fans began
to notice that Henri was a
star in his own right.
“All through his long ca-
reer, everywhere we went,
the first question anybody
ever asked him was, ‘How’s
Maurice?’ Each time he was
remarkably patient. ‘Mau-
rice is fine.’ He was a very
productive hockey player
(1,046 points in 1,256 games)
and very tough. He was also
a great team player, and a
great captain after I retired.
It is not by chance that
Henri Richard holds the all-
time record of eleven Stan-
ley Cup wins.”
Richard became an am-
bassador for the Canadiens
after retirement. He is sur-
vived by his wife, Lise, chil-
dren Michèle, Gilles, Denis,
Marie-France and Nathalie,
10 grandchildren and four
great-grandchildren. Mau-
rice died in 2000 at age 78.HENRI RICHARD, 1936 - 2020
NHL legend who won 11 Stanley Cups
Associated Press‘INCOMPARABLE WINNER, LEADER, GENTLEMAN’
Richard receives the Cup in 1973, his final title. He spent his entire 20-year NHL
career with the Montreal Canadiens and was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1979.By Helene Elliott
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