Eunice Dent Friend is dead. I don't believe there were any published newspaper obituaries. The Three Stooges Journal staff (Frank)confirmed her death with her niece, then obtained an extract of her death certificate, the details of which are below. After Vernon died in 1963, she remarried someone named Friend, hence her last name. Even though we now know her Social Security number, death info from 2014 forward is not yet accessible from the Social Security Death Index SSDI, so this is all we have. Anyone who wants further proof can always pay and order an official death certificate
Gary
CALIFORNIA DEATH CERTIFICATE EXTRACT
Los Angeles County
Local Registration Number: #3201419020632
NAME OF DECEASED: Eunice Hortense Friend AKA: -
SEX: Female AGE: 106 years
RACE: Caucasian SPANISH/HISPANIC/LATINO: no
DATE OF DEATH: May 15, 2014 HOUR: 0302
DATE OF BIRTH: April 28, 1908 BIRTHPLACE: NY
SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER: 555-05-0821
EDUCATION – Highest Level: 12
EVER IN U.S. ARMED FORCES: no
FATHER: Henry Martin Boroughs BIRTHPLACE: Russia
MOTHER: Rose Vivian Zuckerman BIRTHPLACE: Romania
USUAL OCCUPATION: escrow officer
YEARS IN OCCUPATION: 20
KIND OF BUSINESS OR INDUSTRY: banking
MARITAL STATUS: widowed
PLACE OF DEATH: The Gardens at Park Balboa- 7046 Kester Ave.
CITY: Van Nuys COUNTY: Los Angeles
USUAL RESIDENCE: 7046 Kester Ave. #214
CITY: Van Nuys COUNTY: Los Angeles STATE: CA
ZIP CODE: 91405 NUMBER OF YEARS IN THIS COUNTY: 96
INFORMANT: Ethel Pasques – niece
ADDRESS: 741 Tigertail Road – Los Angeles, CA 90049
PHYSICIAN ATTENDED DECEASED FROM: April 23, 2014 to May 14, 2014 PHYSICIAN: Brooks Michaels, M.D. LICENSE #: G60910
ADDRESS: 8550 Balboa Blvd. #282 – Northridge, CA 91325
IMMEDIATE CAUSE OF DEATH: ONSET: A. cardiopulmonary arrest minutes B. chronic metabolic acidosis days C. chronic protein calorie malnutrition months D. end stage vascular dementia years
OTHER SIGNIFICANT CONDITIONS: none
OPERATION: no BIOPSY: no
AUTOPSY: no DEATH REPORTED TO CORONER: no
DISPOSITION: CR/SEA – May 21, 2014 – not embalmed
PLACE: At sea off the coast of Los Angeles County
FUNERAL DIRECTOR: Armstrong Family Malloy-Mitten LICENSE #: FD380
DATE CERTIFICATE ACCEPTED BY LOCAL REGISTRAR: May 20, 2014