Evelina F. Fradejas

April 18, 1940 – Feb. 18, 2021 Evelina Fradejas, a member of St. Thomas’ Church, Hacienda Heights and an active member of Episcopal Asiamerica Ministries (EAM) at a diocesan, national and international level, died Feb. 18 at her home with her family at her...

The Reverend Vincent Shamo

October 1, 1954 – December 3, 2020 The Rev. Vincent Shamo, rector of St. Mary’s in Palms Church, Los Angeles, since 2005, died Dec. 3 after a long struggle with stomach cancer. He was 66. Survivors include his wife, Florence K. Shamo; their children,...

James Alvin Sanders

November 28, 1927 – October 1, 2020 James Alvin Sanders died on Oct. 1, 2020 at his home in Claremont, California, following a period of declining health, attended by his son, Robin, and daughter-in-law, Dawn Sanders. His wife, Dora Geil Cargille Sanders,...

The Reverend John Kpoto

December 23, 1935 – September 29, 2020 The Rev. John Tufa Kpoto, a priest of the Diocese of Los Angeles, died Tuesday, Sept. 29 at Cottage Hospital in Santa Barbara from complications of pneumonia. He was born in Bolahun, Liberia, in December, 1935. He was never...

The Reverend A. LeRoy Young

June 29, 1930 – August 20, 2020 The Rev. A. LeRoy “Roy” Young, rector-emeritus of St. Luke’s Church in Long Beach, died Aug. 20 after contracting West Nile Virus, said his daughter, Jill Young, who noted that her father had previously “lived a full and vigorous...