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Saturday, April 08, 2017Jacob Michael Allen, 20, was born March 11, 1996 in Newport Beach, CA to his proud and loving mother, Kerry Allen. Jacob passed away unexpectedly on March 3, 2017 in Flagstaff, AZ. He graduated from Ponderosa High School. His passions were his family, friends, tattoos and skateboarding. Jacob is survived by his “Momma” Kerry Allen, ‘Lil brother Joseph Guinn, Stepfather J.R. Flebotte, grandparents, an abundance of aunts, uncles, cousins and a community of friends. Jacob is preceded in death by his great-grandparents and two wonderful friends. All who knew and loved Jacob are welcome to attend his viewing, which will be held at Lozano’s Flagstaff Mortuary on Thursday, March 16, 2017 from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm, as well as the graveside service at Citizens Cemetery on Friday, March 17, 2017 at 1:00 pm. Jacob’s “Momma” requests that all of his skateboarding friends ride their boards to the cemetery. Arrangements are by Lozano’s Flagstaff Mortuary, www.FlagstaffMortuary.com. Sign up to get each day's obitua...
Monday, February 06, 2017Hart & Bruce Funeral Home 117 N. Massey St., Watertown. Calling hours will precede the service from 3 to 5 p.m. Thursday, February 9, 2017 at the funeral home.Born on September 14, 1961 in Newport Beach, CA, son of Kenneth T. and Joann E. (Witt) Taylor, he attended school in Modesto, CA. Following school he entered the United States Marines on October 3, 1980 in Fresno, CA and served until July 4, 1983. He continued serving in the reserves until he was honorably discharged as a Lance Corporal Officer on September 17, 1986 in Camp Pendleton, CA.While in California he met Gina M. Coffin and they married on May 5, 1984 in Riverside, CA. While residing in California Kenny worked with his father who owned and operated “Taylor Hoof Trimming” for several years. In 1994 the couple moved to Antwerp, NY where Gina became a teacher at Gouverneur Central School and he was a car salesman. For the last fourteen years Kenny was employed by F.X. Caprara Trailer Sales and F.X. Caprara Harley Davidson.Kenny was an outdoorsman enjoying fishing, hunting, four wheeling, boating, riding his Harley Davidson motorcycle, and drag racing at the ESTA Dragstrip in Cicero and the surrounding area. He especially enjoyed spending time with his family and friends. He was a member of the National Hot Rod Association and the Antwerp American Legion Post #916. Among his survivors are his loving wife of 32 years Gina M.
Monday, August 15, 2016NewsAug. 11, 2016Updated 7:52 p.m.Anthony Garcia COURTESY OF THE CARSON CITY SHERIFF'S OFFICENEWPORT BEACH – When 81-year-old Abelardo Lopez Estacion was found dead in his Newport Beach home in April 2015, the circumstances surrounding his death raised the suspicion of police.Following an extensive investigation, Anthony Thomas Garcia, 56, sits in a Carson City, Nev., jail, charged with killing the philanthropist.Garcia, a Carson City resident, faces a charge of murder with enhancement for financial gain.Newport Beach detectives expect to extradite Garcia to Orange County soon, said police spokeswoman Jennifer Manzella.Estacion and Garcia are acquainted, Manzella said, but she declined to release details of their relationship, or a motive for the slaying.Manzella also wouldn’t comment on how Estacion died but noted an autopsy determined it was a result of a homicide.“As police started to examine the scene and body, there were a few items of evidence that raised suspicions and were confirmed by the autopsy findings,” she said.Police kept the homicide investigation close to the...
Monday, June 06, 2016The family was reported to have multiple homes, among them his-and-hers mansions in Newport Beach, Calif.In 2007, TBN purchased Holy Land Experience, a religious theme park in Orlando, Fla., for $37 million. Mrs. Crouch became Holy Land’s president and creative director and began a major remodeling of the park, renting adjacent rooms in a luxury hotel for nearly two years. One was used to house clothing and her two Maltese dogs, which otherwise occupied a motor home.The family controversies made headlines in 2004, when The Los Angeles Times reported that Mr. Crouch had paid a former employee, Enoch Lonnie Ford, $425,000 in 1998 after Mr. Ford threatened to sue TBN for unjustly firing him. As part of the settlement, the newspaper said, Mr. Ford agreed not to publicize his claim that he had had a sexual encounter with Mr. Crouch. But Mr. Ford later threatened to publish a manuscript that discussed the matter.Mr. Crouch denied Mr. Ford’s claims, and the case was settled by a private arbitrator.In 2012, The Orange County Register reported that a granddaughter, Carra Crouch, had sued the network that year, alleging that she was raped by a TBN employee in 2006, when she was 13, and that the Crouch family had covered up the assault. The suit contended that when Carra Crouch told her grandmother about the assault, Mrs. Crouch “became furious” and screamed at her granddaughter, saying, “It is your fault.”That suit has not yet been resolved, according to documents in Orange County Superior Court.In another lawsuit filed around the same time, another granddaughter, Brittany Koper, who was TBN’s finance director, accused the network of misusing donated money. Ms. Koper and her husband, Michael, were fired and accused by the network of stealing $1.3 million.TBN has since filed multiple suits against the Kopers. Paul Crouch Jr., Mrs. Crouch’s son and Ms. Koper’s father, was forced off TBN’s staff and quit its board because of the acrimony.Janice Wendell Bethany was born in New Brockton, Ala., on March 14, 1938. She grew up in Columbus, Ga., as a pastor’s daughter raised in the Assemblies of God, a Pentecostal denomination.She graduated from high school and attended Evangel College (now Evangel University) in Springfield, Mo., before she met Paul Crouch in 1956. They married a year later and began to preach. Mr. Crouch also worked in radio and television, and in 1965, they moved to California to pursue their career in religious television.Mr. Crouch died in 2013. Mrs. Crouch is survived by Paul Jr. and another son, Matthew, who is TBN’s chairman; a sister, Dorothy Casoria; several grandchildren; and a great-grandchild.
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Saturday, April 08, 2017Jacob Michael Allen, 20, was born March 11, 1996 in Newport Beach, CA to his proud and loving mother, Kerry Allen. Jacob passed away unexpectedly on March 3, 2017 in Flagstaff, AZ. He graduated from Ponderosa High School. His passions were his family, friends, tattoos and skateboarding. Jacob is survived by his “Momma” Kerry Allen, ‘Lil brother Joseph Guinn, Stepfather J.R. Flebotte, grandparents, an abundance of aunts, uncles, cousins and a community of friends. Jacob is preceded in death by his great-grandparents and two wonderful friends. All who knew and loved Jacob are welcome to attend his viewing, which will be held at Lozano’s Flagstaff Mortuary on Thursday, March 16, 2017 from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm, as well as the graveside service at Citizens Cemetery on Friday, March 17, 2017 at 1:00 pm. Jacob’s “Momma” requests that all of his skateboarding friends ride their boards to the cemetery. Arrangements are by Lozano’s Flagstaff Mortuary, www.FlagstaffMortuary.com. Sign up to get each day's obitua...
Monday, February 06, 2017Hart & Bruce Funeral Home 117 N. Massey St., Watertown. Calling hours will precede the service from 3 to 5 p.m. Thursday, February 9, 2017 at the funeral home.Born on September 14, 1961 in Newport Beach, CA, son of Kenneth T. and Joann E. (Witt) Taylor, he attended school in Modesto, CA. Following school he entered the United States Marines on October 3, 1980 in Fresno, CA and served until July 4, 1983. He continued serving in the reserves until he was honorably discharged as a Lance Corporal Officer on September 17, 1986 in Camp Pendleton, CA.While in California he met Gina M. Coffin and they married on May 5, 1984 in Riverside, CA. While residing in California Kenny worked with his father who owned and operated “Taylor Hoof Trimming” for several years. In 1994 the couple moved to Antwerp, NY where Gina became a teacher at Gouverneur Central School and he was a car salesman. For the last fourteen years Kenny was employed by F.X. Caprara Trailer Sales and F.X. Caprara Harley Davidson.Kenny was an outdoorsman enjoying fishing, hunting, four wheeling, boating, riding his Harley Davidson motorcycle, and drag racing at the ESTA Dragstrip in Cicero and the surrounding area. He especially enjoyed spending time with his family and friends. He was a member of the National Hot Rod Association and the Antwerp American Legion Post #916. Among his survivors are his loving wife of 32 years Gina M.
Monday, August 15, 2016NewsAug. 11, 2016Updated 7:52 p.m.Anthony Garcia COURTESY OF THE CARSON CITY SHERIFF'S OFFICENEWPORT BEACH – When 81-year-old Abelardo Lopez Estacion was found dead in his Newport Beach home in April 2015, the circumstances surrounding his death raised the suspicion of police.Following an extensive investigation, Anthony Thomas Garcia, 56, sits in a Carson City, Nev., jail, charged with killing the philanthropist.Garcia, a Carson City resident, faces a charge of murder with enhancement for financial gain.Newport Beach detectives expect to extradite Garcia to Orange County soon, said police spokeswoman Jennifer Manzella.Estacion and Garcia are acquainted, Manzella said, but she declined to release details of their relationship, or a motive for the slaying.Manzella also wouldn’t comment on how Estacion died but noted an autopsy determined it was a result of a homicide.“As police started to examine the scene and body, there were a few items of evidence that raised suspicions and were confirmed by the autopsy findings,” she said.Police kept the homicide investigation close to the...
Monday, June 06, 2016The family was reported to have multiple homes, among them his-and-hers mansions in Newport Beach, Calif.In 2007, TBN purchased Holy Land Experience, a religious theme park in Orlando, Fla., for $37 million. Mrs. Crouch became Holy Land’s president and creative director and began a major remodeling of the park, renting adjacent rooms in a luxury hotel for nearly two years. One was used to house clothing and her two Maltese dogs, which otherwise occupied a motor home.The family controversies made headlines in 2004, when The Los Angeles Times reported that Mr. Crouch had paid a former employee, Enoch Lonnie Ford, $425,000 in 1998 after Mr. Ford threatened to sue TBN for unjustly firing him. As part of the settlement, the newspaper said, Mr. Ford agreed not to publicize his claim that he had had a sexual encounter with Mr. Crouch. But Mr. Ford later threatened to publish a manuscript that discussed the matter.Mr. Crouch denied Mr. Ford’s claims, and the case was settled by a private arbitrator.In 2012, The Orange County Register reported that a granddaughter, Carra Crouch, had sued the network that year, alleging that she was raped by a TBN employee in 2006, when she was 13, and that the Crouch family had covered up the assault. The suit contended that when Carra Crouch told her grandmother about the assault, Mrs. Crouch “became furious” and screamed at her granddaughter, saying, “It is your fault.”That suit has not yet been resolved, according to documents in Orange County Superior Court.In another lawsuit filed around the same time, another granddaughter, Brittany Koper, who was TBN’s finance director, accused the network of misusing donated money. Ms. Koper and her husband, Michael, were fired and accused by the network of stealing $1.3 million.TBN has since filed multiple suits against the Kopers. Paul Crouch Jr., Mrs. Crouch’s son and Ms. Koper’s father, was forced off TBN’s staff and quit its board because of the acrimony.Janice Wendell Bethany was born in New Brockton, Ala., on March 14, 1938. She grew up in Columbus, Ga., as a pastor’s daughter raised in the Assemblies of God, a Pentecostal denomination.She graduated from high school and attended Evangel College (now Evangel University) in Springfield, Mo., before she met Paul Crouch in 1956. They married a year later and began to preach. Mr. Crouch also worked in radio and television, and in 1965, they moved to California to pursue their career in religious television.Mr. Crouch died in 2013. Mrs. Crouch is survived by Paul Jr. and another son, Matthew, who is TBN’s chairman; a sister, Dorothy Casoria; several grandchildren; and a great-grandchild.
