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VAN DE LORENZO Obituary

VAN DE LORENZO Our brother, Van De Lorenzo, has gone to be with his Lord. Van served his country during the Vietnam war in that country's Gulf region and is buried in the National Cemetery in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Always the artist, Van owned a local art framing business for many years and was part of the art community in Santa Fe. Van was born in Detroit, Michigan in 1947 and, having traveled to Riverside with his family in 1948, was raised in Riverside and graduated from Ramona High School in 1965. He leaves many friends and family members, including two sisters, Donna Jacob Stratton and Virginia Bahnsen; a brother, Verne De Lorenzo and eight nieces and nephews, all of whom will miss his quick wit and humorous stories. A family memorial service will be held on October 3.

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Published by The Press-Enterprise on Sep. 26, 2015.

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Pete Harding

September 20, 2023

RIP Van...............Great Memories................

Joelle Fancher Morton

October 19, 2020

Heartbroken to stumble on this obituary while looking for news about Van... I worked for him at Fine Art Framing in San Bernardino for several years, and he was a wonderful and entertaining 'boss' - I especially recall his passion for skydiving, which led to a bad broken leg, enabling him to 'direct from the sidelines' which truth be told was harder on him than the injury. Raising a pint in your direction, dear friend! RIP

Sandra & Ken Hicks

September 16, 2016

I will forever, remember Van... I first knew Van at Chemawa Junior High School, then on to Ramona... he was a card... the funniest guy I knew in junior high... RIP Van.

Sandi (Hale) Hicks

Lisa & Bob Boebinger

October 2, 2015

I remember cousin Van at a party at Aunt Violet & Uncle Vic DeLorenzo's home a very long time ago! It was in the early 1970's. Van seemed to be a very nifty person back then, involved as a sound engineer (?) for a group or band. I didn't have much contact with him after that, except maybe at a family viewing of another family member. I'm sorry I never got to know him better. Peace & blessings go out to cousins Virginia, Donna and Verne. Love, Lisa (Millen) and Bob Boebinger.

Laura West

September 30, 2015

I am so sorry to read of Van's passing. I knew him many years ago when he still lived in Riverside. He introduced me to the music of Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention. I still can see him with his eyes closed and listening to those albums.RIP Van.

Bob Clark

September 27, 2015

Missed you for a long time. God bless.

Terry Wade

September 26, 2015

Very sorry to hear about Van. I remember most his great sense of humor and his humility. Our condolences to his family; he will surely be missed.

Cathy Probst

September 26, 2015

In tribute to Van's brave service. I know he will be missed by so many. The Ramona Class of '65 will be very saddened by his passing. Cathy Probst Mbr
Ramona Class of 1965

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