Suzanne Vanderlip Dies at 87

Suzanne Vanderlip, widow of John Vanderlip, died on the morning of Wednesday, Nov. 17. She was 87 years old. She was the last of her generation of Vanderlips in Palos Verdes related to the founder of Palos Verdes Estates Frank Vanderlip.

In 1971, Vanderlip married John Vanderlip, the youngest child of Narcissa Cox Vanderlip and Frank Vanderlip Sr., a banker who purchased the 16,000-acre plot of land known as Palos Verdes for $1.5 million in 1913.

Until her death, Suzanne continued to occupy the original home known as “The Cottage”, built by Frank Vanderlip in 1916 in the Portuguese Bend area of Rancho Palos Verdes, adjacent to the more famous Vanderlip Mansion (“Villa Narcissa”) previously occupied by Elin Vanderlip. Elin was the widow of Frank Vanderlip Sr.’s second son, Kelvin, who lived at the estate from the time of their marriage in 1946 until her death at the age of 90 in July 2009.

A memorial was held on Friday, Nov. 26 at St. John Fisher Catholic Church, 5448 Crest Road in RPV.

Vanderlip is survived by her children, Don Christy Jr. and Dominique DeBorba, her son-in-law, Dan DeBorba, grandchildren Justine, 24, Alison, 20, and Evan DeBorba, 16, and nieces Marie Reichert, Monica Gee and Coquette McShane.

“The Cottage”

To Read her complete obituary, go to http://pvnews.com/articles/2010/11/26/local_news/news2.txt published in the Palos Verdes Peninsula News.

For a complete history of the Vanderlips and the Palos Verdes Peninsula, go to the HISTORY OF PALOS VERDES ESTATES or the HISTORY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES on my web site.