Tag: Wilshire Presbyterian Church
Torch will be passed to a new director at Plymouth preschool
Sondi Toll Sepenuk has been named the new director of much-loved Plymouth School. When the Brookside resident takes the reins in September, she will be the third director in the preschool’s 52-year history. “I’m thrilled and honored to be taking over. Plymouth is such an important part of my family life and many families in […]
Cox, preschool co-founder, Los Angeles native
Penny Cox (born Agnes Ducharme Robillard), co-founder of The Plymouth School, died Dec. 1. She was 87. Penny was born in Los Angeles on Oct. 5, 1932, and she grew up in South Los Angeles on 99th Street. When her family moved to the San Fernando Valley in the 1940s, Penny stayed behind in the […]
Wilshire Presbyterian celebrates 100th anniversary
On a Sunday in 1912, a group of Hancock Park neighbors asked Dr. G. C. Patterson, minister of Wilshire Presbyterian Church, to meet with them after service. They had raised $1,500, and they wanted to build a new home for the parish. Dr. Patterson recommended that they pay a deposit on a cornfield on the […]
