Marlowe Duane Debban

where he lived until his marriage to Ann in 1944. Soon after, they moved to the

big city of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. There he learned the bakery trade. Each of his

three daughters was born in a different city in Wisconsin. In 1957, the family moved

to California to the Hawthorne area where Marlowe worked at the Upjohn Corporation

compounding plastics. He went back to school at forty and graduated from the

California College of Mortuary Science in 1966. He served his apprenticeship at

Vega-Robison Mortuary in Montebello. He relocated to McMillan Mortuary in Gardena

where he worked for thirty years as manager until his first attempt at retirement in 2000.

In retirement, he was recruited to work again in East Los Angeles at the

Latino-Americano Mortuary where he worked part-time until December 2011.

As a funeral director, Marlowe attended several management courses at the

National Funeral Foundation in Evanston, Illinois. He took a personal interest in helping

the people who needed his services. His friendliness and deep concern for the families

he helped made him many lasting friendships.

Marlowe served as a deacon and Sunday school teacher of teenage boys at

Faith Tabernacle in Los Angeles for many years.

Marlowe was active since 1974 in the Gardena chapter of the Rotary Club,

serving two terms as president. At his retirement, he was honored with a

Lifetime Achievement Award by his fellow Rotarians.

Marlowe passed away on Sunday, January 15, 2012 at the

Harbor City Kaiser Hospital. He is survived by his wife Ann Debban,

his daughters Barbara Kadan-Ochoa (Jesse Ochoa),

Carla Debban-Waffer (Daws Waffer), Yvonne Fields and grandchildren

Kristin Mehaffey (Alan Mehaffey), and Derek Kadan.

Services will be held:

Saturday, January 21, 2012

11:00 a.m.

Halverson, Stone, and Myers Mortuary

1223 Cravens Avenue

Torrance, CA 90501

Visitation will be at the mortuary from 4:00to 8:00 p.m. Friday, January 20th.

A graveside ceremony will be held on Monday, January 23rd at 11:00 a.m.

at Inglewood Park Cemetery, 3801 W. Manchester Blvd. Inglewood, California 90305.

Arrangements under the direction of Halverson, Stone & Myers Mortuary, Torrance, CA.