Pressy lived in Sherman Oaks and is well remembered by many claims professionals working today.   She worked as an examiner at Industrial Indemnity in the Mid-Wilshire District of Los Angeles well into the late 1990s when she was well into her 70s.  Joyce Schulman, who is today the Vice President of Claims at Pacific Compensation in Agoura Hills, was her claims manager at Industrial Indemnity and remembers her well.

“She was a lovely woman, very capable,” Joyce said.  “She was always pleasant and soft spoken, and she got the job done.”

At Industrial Indemnity the culture was described like family.  “She was a lady of eloquence,” Debra Steward said, who worked with Pressy at I.I. and is today a Supervisor at Keenan & Associates in Torrance.  “She was so professional and elegant at the same time.  Everybody just gravitated to her because of her personality.” 

Pressy loved to dress impeccably for work.  She never came in casually dressed.  Cora Bucklin, who was a co-worker with Pressy at I.I. and who is currently a senior examiner at Zurich American in Woodland Hills, said, “She loved to cook and entertain.  She was very motherly.  She loved to travel.  Because of her, I started to travel.  So, I have been cruising Mexico.  I picked it up from her.”

Olivia Smallwood, a veteran work comp examiner who is today retired, met Pressy in 1972 at CNA Insurance Company.  Olivia described Pressy as her “best friend”. The two friends went to Europe together in the year 2000, and then went to Russia and Scandanavia in 2005. 

Pressy Pascual worked as an examiner and a supervisor at CNA from 1972 to 1987.  Then, she went to Argonaut in Los Angeles for about five years as an examiner, then was hired in the early 90s at Industrial Indemnity in the Metro Unit by then claims manager Don Grant.  Don Grant now is the Vice President of Marketing for Prime Care, a nurse case management company based in Pasadena.

Pressy is survived by her nephew, Theodore (Ted) Concepcion, who is today a claims assistant at Ameron International in Pasadena.  Ted was a claims assistant at Industrial Indemnity back when Pressy worked there, and he was the direct assistant to Cora Bucklin.

Pressy Pascual’s viewing and wake, and her funeral services are as follows:

Wake/Viewing
July 9, 2010 Friday
5:00 pm – 9:00pm
Praiswater/Meyer Mitchell Mortuary
5940 Van Nuys Blvd.
Van Nuys CA 91401
818 785-8617

Funeral Mass and Service
St. Francis De Sales Church
13360 Valleyheart Drive,
Sherman Oaks, CA 91423
July 10, 2010 Saturday 10:00AM

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