Valerie Rosemunde Mendez passed away on March 15 at Saint John’s Hospital in Santa Monica. She was 62. Born in Maryland in 1947, Valerie graduated from Saint Anthony’s High School and Loyola Marymount University and has lived with her family in Pacific Palisades for the past 34 years. Generous in spirit and heart, Valerie greatly enriched all of her friends and family and her community with her involvement in many charities. She is survived by her husband of 38 years, Dr. Robert Mendez; father Victor Nielsen; stepmother Mary-Lou Nielsen; stepfather Herb Geopforth; sister Suzanne; brother David; her three children, Danielle, Rob and Alexandra; and three grandchildren, Dylan, Sasha and Jasper. Services will be held on Monday, March 22, at 11 a.m. at Corpus Christi Church in Pacific Palisades. In lieu of flowers, charitable donations can be sent to The Mendez Family Charitable Foundation, c/o Cramer and Tynan, LLP 11075 Santa Monica Blvd., Suite 150, Los Angeles, CA 90025.
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