Below are some obituary resources you may find helpful to your research:

Some local libraries will perform lookups:

ANAHEIM PUBLIC LIBRARY
http://www.anaheim.net/comm_svc/apl/index.htm

SANTA ANA PUBLIC LIBRARY
http://www.ci.santa-ana.ca.us/library/research/newssearch.asp

The local newspaper is the Orange County Register. You can search their archives from 1987-Present:
http://www.ocregister.com/archive/

Obit Archives:
http://oa.newsbank.com/

For copies of obits before 1986 contact one of the look-up volunteers at the RAOGK for “Orange County” or “ALL” (for all counties) on the RAOGK look-up page.

http://www.raogk.org/californ.htm
https://sites.rootsweb.com/~caorange/lookup.htm
https://sites.rootsweb.com/~caorange/resource.htm
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~obitl/volca.html

Southern California Obituary Resource Project
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~socalobituaries/index.html

Can’t find a researcher to do your look-up? Do your own look-up. Request an interlibrary loan through your local library for the newspaper on microfilm.