Marcella Sheldon Marcella Sheldon, a 70-year employee...

Marcella Sheldon

Marcella Sheldon, a 70-year employee of Edwards Theaters for whom

the Big Newport Theater’s main auditorium is named, has died. She was

91. She died of heart failure on Monday.

Ms. Sheldon was born in Ontario in 1912. Her career with Edwards

began in 1930 when, right out of high school, she took a job as a

secretary at the company’s office at the Alhambra Theatre to support

her mother and two sisters. When the company moved its headquarters

to Newport Beach in 1975, Ms. Sheldon moved to Mission Viejo.

Ms. Sheldon was still working part-time at the company last year

when Edwards was absorbed by Regal Cinemas -- a move that eliminated

many jobs. To honor her 70-year tenure with the company, Edwards

named its main auditorium at the Big Newport Theater after her.

Ms. Sheldon is survived by her daughter, Carola Anderson.

Services will be held at 11:15 a.m. Saturday at Pacific View

Memorial Park in Newport Beach.

Charlie Bleiker

Services for Charlie Bleiker, a 28-year Newport Harbor High School

teacher and coach, will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday at Davidson

Field, the stadium at Newport Harbor High.

Mr. Bleiker died Monday of natural causes. He was 66. He is

survived by wife Karen Bleiker; son Chuck Bleiker; daughters Kelli

Jones and Karen Supkoff; and six grandchildren.

For more on Mr. Bleiker’s life, see Sports on Page B1.

Robert “Bob” L. Short

Services for 46-year Newport Beach resident Robert “Bob” L. Short

will be held at 9:30 a.m. Friday at Pacific View Memorial Park in

Corona del Mar.

Mr. Short died Sunday. He was 95. He is survived by son Garry;

brother Melvin; one grandson; and three great-grandchildren.

Tim Richey

Tim Richey, a 29-year maintenance worker at Orange Coast College

who received an honorary degree from the college, died Tuesday at age

56 of complications from brain cancer.

A graduate of Western High School in Anaheim, Mr. Richey also

volunteered for the Costa Mesa Heritage House and Costa Mesa High

School Band, Color Guard and Costa Mesa Clean-Up Days. He received

the Silver Beaver Award by the Boy Scouts of America.

Mr. Richey, who lived in Costa Mesa, is survived by his wife;

their seven children; and eight grandchildren. A memorial scholarship

in Mr. Richey’s name has been established by the Orange Coast College

Foundation.

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