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Obituaries
Lance Stephen Borgstrom
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Beloved husband of 49
years, father, grandfather
and patriarch of the family,
Lance Steven Borgstrom
passed away at the age of
73, January 9, 2019, after
valiantly fighting cancer
for over two years. Born
in Berkeley, California September
16, 1945 to parents
Leroy and Stephanie Borgstrom,
they moved to El
Segundo when Lance was 11
months old. The family still
owns the home he, his children, and now
grandchildren have grown up in.
He attended El Segundo schools, coached
in swimming by Urho Saari and enjoyed
playing water polo. He joined the U.S.
Coast Guard upon graduation in 1963,
serving six years, then entered college
under the GI bill, at the time qualifying for
a job as lifeguard at the Los Angeles County
Beach Department.
He attended El Camino College where in
1968 he met his wife Shelley E Holmes of
Manhattan Beach, each were on the ECC
swim team. They married August 23, 1969
and both continued attending school together
and working as lifeguards to put food on
the table. Lance attended California State
University, Long Beach graduating in 1973,
with a Bachelor of Arts in Industrial Art and
World History. He taught Industrial Arts for
Los Angeles Unified Schools for a year.
Lance and Shelley settled in El Segundo
raising their 3 children Erin, Dane and
Amanda. Lance was a family man, coaching
and refereeing AYSO Soccer for all three
children. His appreciation of our beautiful
country led to yearly road and camping trips
around the southwest, to the eastern seaboard
and especially to the western
Sierra mountains.
He was employed at Chevron
USA in 1975 working as
an operator and equipment
inspector until his retirement
in 1998. After retirement he
cared for his four grandchildren,
keeping them busy with
his hobbies of astronomy,
geocaching, baking and other
educational activities.
As weekenders since
1993, Lance and Shelley
moved to Frazier Park in 2010, another
family home his parents purchased in 1959.
In their retirement Lance and Shelley became
involved in gardening, joining the Green
Dragon Community farm as volunteers,
building grow beds, installing irrigation,
electricity, and fencing for their two community
gardens, plus their own. He was the
ultimate handyman advising family and friends
on how to repair, remodel and upgrading of
our homes.
Lance will be missed by his devoted wife
Shelley in Frazier Park, their children, Dane
Borgstrom of Frazier Park, Erin Borgstrom
and Amanda Borgstrom of El Segundo; and
their grandchildren Stephanie and Aidan
Ruesler and Kaleb and Riley Roach, all
from El Segundo.
Lance was an inquisitive man of science
whose encyclopedic knowledge pulled the
family to him for answers and solutions
to life’s problems and mysteries. He was
also an amateur astronomer, owning several
telescopes in his lifetime. Though he
seemed reserved, he was a kind and loving
man the family dearly loved. There will be
a celebration of his life on February 10th in
El Segundo. •
City Asks Citizens to Get
Prepared for the Next Big One
On Jan. 17, 1994 – 25 years ago – SoCal
was hit with a devastating earthquake. In
honor of this date, please take a moment to
prepare yourself with these simple steps to
increase your level of preparedness:
1. Opt-in to El Segundo Alert for disaster
notifications here: https://member.everbridge.
net/index/453003085613855#/login
2. Opt-in to El Segundo police advisory
notifications here: https://local.nixle.com/
register/
3. Get involved with El Segundo Community
Emergency Response Teams. More info
can be found here: https://www.elsegundo.
org/depts/fire/cert/default.asp
4. Make an emergency survival kit and a
family disaster plan!
– Source: City of El Segundo •