95-Year-Old Grandmother's Remains Discovered Days After Her Home Was Destroyed in L.A. Fires, Family Says: 'Total Devastation'

Mar. 15, 2025

Dalyce Curry.Photo:Dalyce Curry/Facebook

Dalyce Curry/Facebook

A 95-year-old grandmother’s remains have been found days after her home was destroyed in thedevastating Los Angeles wildfires.

On Sunday, Jan. 12, the coroner confirmed that Dalyce Curry’s remains had been discovered just before 6 p.m. local time that day days after the Eaton Fire destroyed her Altadena property, per local ABC affiliateKABC.

The victim’s granddaughter, Dalyce Kelley, also confirmed onFacebookthat her “beloved grandmother,” also known as “Momma D,” had been found at the home.

“We had a great run. She impacted my life in so many ways. This loss is devastating,” Kelley wrote alongside a news clip.

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PEOPLE also reached out to Kelley for comment, but didn’t immediately hear back.

In an update on Sunday, Jan. 12, theDME reportedthat at least 24 people had died in the L.A. area amid the fires.

Per KABC, Kelley last saw her grandmother at around midnight on Tuesday, Jan. 7, which is the day the fast-growing blaze in the Pacific Palisades area began. Curry was said to have been “exhausted” after spending a day at the hospital.

The Eaton Fire (also called the Close Fire) followed the Palisades blaze, before it was reported on Wednesday, Jan. 8, that a new fire had broken out in the Hollywood Hills.

“It was total devastation,” Kelley said of eventually being taken to her grandmother’s house on Friday, Jan. 10 while Curry was still unaccounted for, the outlet reported.

“Everything was gone except her blue Cadillac,” Kelley added.

Firefighters battle the Eaton Fire on Jan. 8, 2025 in Altadena, California.David McNew/Getty

David McNew/Getty

KABC stated that Curry had been “part of Old Black Hollywood in the 1950s, acting for decades,” adding that she’d appeared as an extra in films such asBlues BrothersandThe 10 Commandments.

The victim’s other granddaughter, Loree Beamer-Wilkinson, said her grandmother “was very active, you would not think she was 95,” per the publication.

Kelley previously said the family was “still praying for a miracle” before Curry’s remains were discovered on Sunday.

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source: people.com