Originally printed September 03, 1987 – LA Times
Paul J. Erskine, publisher for more than two decades of the News-Enterprise Newspapers in Los Alamitos, died Wednesday of cancer at his Rossmoor home. He was 62.
Erskine had been ill in recent months, according to Lowayne Sammons, the newspaper’s office manager.
Erskine had owned the weekly paper for about 21 years. During that time, circulation grew to 30,000, with a staff of 20. The paper was distributed in Los Alamitos, Cypress, La Palma, Seal Beach, Long Beach and Hawaiian Gardens.
The paper focused on community news, including schools, city council meetings and local sports, Sammons said.
He was born in Wisconsin and was a graduate of Woodbury College.
He is survived by his wife, Germaine Erskine of Rossmoor; sons John, an attorney and Huntington Beach City Council member, Thomas, a real estate broker in Paso Robles, James, a U.S. Navy doctor in San Diego, and William, an engineer in Cypress. He also leaves his mother, Dagnay Nelson of Anaheim, his sister, Dorothy Erskine of Anaheim, and two grandchildren.
Services will be held at 9 a.m. Saturday at St. Hedwig Roman Catholic Church, 11842 Los Alamitos Blvd., Los Alamitos. Burial will be at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Cypress.
The family asks that contributions be made to the Paul J. Erskine Memorial Fund, Box 38, Los Alamitos, Calif. 90720.