The Reverend George Rudolph Mackey

April 26, 1929 – May 6, 2019 The Rev. George R. Mackey, rector of St. Peter’s Church, Santa Maria, from 1985 to 1999, died at his home in Santa Maria on May 6. He was 90. Survivors include his wife, the Rev. Judith P. Mackey, deacon at St. Peter’s,...

The Reverend Colin Brown

February 26, 1932 – May 4, 2019 The Rev. Dr. Colin Brown passed away peacefully at home in Altadena on May 4, 2019, age 87, surrounded by his children, closest friends, and dedicated care-givers. He was born in Bradford, England, in 1932. He was ordained in the...

The Rev. James Edmund Furman

May 30, 1947 – February 24, 2019 The Rev. James Furman, rector of St. Nicholas’s Church in Encino from 1995 to 2007, died in hospice care on Sunday, February 24, after a long illness. Furman had no surviving family, but many friends. Funeral services will be...

Canon Jack W. (Sandy) Smock Jr.

June 7, 1937 – January 12, 2019 Sandy Smock passed away at home in hospice care on January 12, 2019, surrounded by his loving family. He was 81 years old. In 2013, he had been told he had six months to live. He managed to stretch this into six wonderful years...

Canon Peter Lodge Bergstrom

Canon Peter Lodge Bergstrom 1946 – 2018 A person of boundless curiosity and joy in exploration, Peter Bergstrom was equally inspired by nature and by his fellow humans. As directors for 40 years of Camp Stevens Episcopal Camp and Conference Center in Julian, he...

David Charles Walker

March 17, 1938 – December 3, 2018 The Rev. David Charles Walker — priest, chaplain, organist and composer — died Dec. 3. He served as chaplain and director of pastoral care at Good Samaritan Hospital 1991 – 2003; previously he served a congregations...