Mike Daleo – Popular Arcadia Police Officer – Crime Analyst – 1942 -2010
Arcadia Police Officer and Crime Analyst Mike Daleo 1942 – 2010 Reserve Arcadia Police Officer and Crime Analyst Mike Daleo passed away last Saturday after a very short battle with cancer. Mike was 67 years old and has been with the Arcadia Police Department as a Reserve officer since 1976. After retiring from a long [...]
Arcadia Crime Analyst and Reserve Officer Michael Anthony Daleo Passed Away This Weekend
Michael Anthony Daleo, 67, passed away July 24 following a brief battle with cancer. A resident of Arcadia for more than 50 years, Mike graduated from AHS in 1960, earned certifications in Engineering and Law Enforcement from UCLA and Cal State Fullerton, and had a 33 year career with Pacific Bell while also serving as [...]
Requiem for a Jersey Boy: Don Mariconda
Don Mariconda died March 16 after a valiant fight against cancer. His death came more swiftly than anyone anticipated, but Don was optimistic right to the end. He asked his wife, Kris to share this thought with all his friends: “I’ve had a wonderful 78 years. Thanks for joining me.” But it is Don we [...]
Earline Mountjoy
I was lucky to get to know Earline Mountjoy. I say I was lucky in that she was not an easy person to get to know, not that she was unpleasant. Quite the opposite. Earline was a quiet person who was content to be a supporter of the things she loved rather than the star. [...]
Hall of Fame Jockey Ismael “Milo” Valenzuela Dies at 74
Longtime Arcadia Resident was Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes Winner Horse Racing legend Ismael Valenzuela, better known as Milo through his 30 year career as a jockey, passed away Sept, 2, 2009 from heart and kidney failure. Milo, who is a 2008 National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame inductee and a recipient of [...]
Obituary – David Whitney Small
David Whitney Small passed away peacefully Saturday, June 27, 2009 in his Atascadero, California home with hospice care. He was born in Massachusetts, November 16, 1925. His parents were Nancy Sophia Brigham and Irving Wheeler Small, who was captain of the US Olympic Hockey Team and won the Silver Medal in 1924 in Paris. David [...]
