Sheila LATASA Obituary - Death Notice and Service Information

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Los Angeles, California

LATASA, Sheila Connolly Died peacefully at home in the presence of her husband of 61 years and family. Born in Los Angeles to Frank J. and Elizabeth Follen Connolly. She attended St. Gregory's School, Immaculate Heart High School, Mills College and U.S.C. where she was a member of Kappa Alpha...

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Sheila Latasa was what Goethe referred to as a "beautiful soul" (schoene Seele). She filled the most quotidian events with beauty and light. I recall one incident from the latter half of the 1960s when I had befriended Brian Latasa and one of his sidekicks, Kevin Burke. Kevin had inadvisedly crawled inside a discarded septic tank and came out with lime extract in one of his eyes. He had to wear an eye patch for weeks. One day Brian and I were ribbing Kevin about how odd he looked, and Sheila...

William Drischler

April 10, 2010 | Ottawa, ON

Sheila welcomed me into her home and family many years ago and I always appreciated her love and acceptance. Thanks to the whole Latasa family for the friendships over all these years.

Pilar Marien

March 29, 2010 | Aptos, CA