Cecelia Luna Ramos
Jan 12, 2015
On the evening of January 12, Cecelia Luna Ramos passed away peacefully surrounded by close family after a long battle with dementia. Cecelia was born in Lompoc on August 3, 1932 to the late Tefelio and Cecelia Navarro. She was one of fourteen sisters and brothers of the Cruz/Navarro family. Cecelia, a caring and compassionate woman who found her calling...
Maria Martinez Navarrete
Jan 10, 2015
Maria Martinez Navarrete of Lompoc died Saturday, January 10, 2015, at the age of 66. Maria was born August 2, 1948 in Santiago Maravatio, Guanajuato, Mexico to Rodrigo and Maria Navarrete. A resident of Lompoc since 1966, she is survived by her son Francisco Javier Navarrete of Texas, her grandchildren Liliana Peaches Navarrete of Lompoc, Luciano Carlitos Navarrete-Hayes of Lompoc,...
Eugene "Gene" Mitty
Jan 10, 2015
Lifelong Lompoc resident Eugene "Gene" Mitty passed away peacefully at his home January 10, 2015. Born January 26, 1936 in Santa Barbara, CA, he was the eldest of three children born to Jess and Hazel Mitty. At the age of three, his family moved to Lompoc. He had an active childhood and developed a love of football. After graduating from...
Donald R. Seay
Jan 7, 2015
Don Seay was born on January 14, 1943 in Fairlawn New Jeresy. but was raised in Buena Vista Virginia. Don married the love of his life in 1961. They moved to Lompoc from Las Vegas in 1963. Don worked at Johns Mansville for several years as a packer before going into the construction business were he became one of the...
Joy Jewel Browder
Jan 3, 2015
On January 3, 2015, Joy Jewel Browder passed quietly after years of battling kidney disease and other long-term and short-term ailments. Joy was born in Lompoc on September 17th, 1944 to John and Betty McCarthy. Exactly ten years later, her parents presented her with a birthday gift of a little brother, John Raymond McCarthy III, Known to the family as...
Paul Robert Childs, Jr
Jan 3, 2015
Paul Robert Childs, Jr. a long-time resident of Lompoc, passed away Saturday the 3rd of January 2015 at Marion Medical Center in Santa Maria. Born in Boscobel, Wisconsin, Paul lived in various parts of the country as a child with his parents until moving to Lompoc in 1960. He graduated from Lompoc High School in 1961, attended Cal Poly, San...
Jeffie C. Vordermark
Jan 3, 2015
Jeffie C. Vordermark was born August 18, 1922 in Sayre Oklahoma, the daughter of John Cannon and Ettie Epps. She was one of 10 children including a twin sister. Jeffie and her twin sister graduated from the Methodist Hospital School of Nursing after which they entered the Army cadet nurse program in Dallas, Texas. Both were commissioned as Second Lieutenants...
Harry Raymond Keefe, Jr.
Dec 31, 2014
Harry Raymond Keefe, 81, of Lompoc, California, passed away quietly in his home, after a long illness on Wednesday, December 31 2014. Harry was born October 1st, 1933 in Providence, Rhode Island. The brother of Dorothy, William, Mary Louise and Thomas; the son of Harry Raymond Keefe and Mary Louise Rawlinson. Married to Joan Hazel McKeever in 1955, they had...
Ellenora Reid
Dec 28, 2014
Born May 18, 1920 in Portland Oregon, Ellenora was the daughter and last child of Jeremiah and Emma Shanahan. She is survived by her two children Sherril Reid (Kevin Wood), Gary Reid (Sherry) and her two grandchildren Kieren Reid and Lauren Wood. Ellenora was preceded in death by her parents, her husband William, her brother Rudolf Petersen and sisters Nellie...
Emma Ines Moll
Dec 26, 2014
Emma (Ines) was born February 15, 1927 in Arzignano, Italy. She has been a resident of Lompoc since 1959. Emma was a waitress, homemaker, a cookie maker in Solvang, wife, mother and grandmother. Emma was preceded in death by her husband Michael Moll in 2004. She was also preceded in death in the last year by her two brothers and...
Virginia Reyes Amaya
Dec 25, 2014
Virginia Reyes Amaya of Lompoc died Thursday, December 25, 2014, at the age of 70. Virginia was born in Zacatecas, Mexico on August 28, 1944 to Jose and Ana Maria Amaya. After completing her education in Mexico she came to the United States in the 1970s. A resident of Lompoc since 1987, she was employed as a housekeeper and nanny....
Robbin Matthews
Dec 25, 2014
Robbin Matthews passed away peacefully at home in Lompoc, California on December 25, 2014 in the arms of his wife, Audra Colquitte-Matthews. He was born on November 16, 1957 in Detroit, Michigan to the proud parents of Henry Matthews and Eunice Coleman. Robbin was truly an exceptional man; a man of honor and great integrity who deeply loved his family...
Alicia Magdaleno
Dec 19, 2014
Alicia Magdaleno of Lompoc died on December 19, 2014, at the age of 60. Alicia was born on August 13, 1954, to Pedro and Francisca Morales, in La Piedad, Michoacan, Mexico. She moved to Lompoc in 1980. Alicia was a life-long homemaker who enjoyed gardening, movies, and spending time with her children, grandchildren, and sisters. She was a member of...
June Hazel Foster
Dec 19, 2014
June Hazel Foster, a long-time resident of Lompoc, passed away peacefully Friday the 19th of December at Cottage Hospital in Santa Barbara. Born in 1937 in West Bromwich, England, June lived in that country until coming to the United States in 1961 where she met and married then Air Force Lieutenant Melvin Foster at Forbes Air Force Base in Topeka,...
Lucy Garcia Lyra
Dec 16, 2014
Lucy Garcia Lyra's journey ended on December 16, 2014, in her home and she is now in paradise with our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. She was 84 years old. She was born on November 29, 1930 in Austin, Texas to Christobal Aguerro and Jane Schmidt. Her real name was Stephanie Georgina Aguerro. She was raised by Santos Garcia and...
Harold "Hal" George Goodlad
Dec 9, 2014
Hal Goodlad, beloved friend, cherished family member, respected commander, decorated veteran and philanthropist passed peacefully away on Tuesday, December 9, 2014. Ninety three years ago Hal Goodlad was born in Stickney, South Dakota. A career military man, Hal honorably served in the United States Air Force from 1943 until he retired as a Colonel in 1974. After moving more than...
Manuel Garcia
Dec 4, 2014
Lompoc native Manuel Garcia passed away peacefully on December 4th in his home surrounded by loving care. He was born January 21st, 1924, and resided here his entire life. He graduated from Lompoc High School in 1942 and joined the Navy shortly thereafter. He was a proud member of the original "Sea Bees", who were a key part of the...
James Thomas Twine, Jr.
Dec 3, 2014
James T. Twine-husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, and veteran-died on Wednesday, December 3, 2014 in Santa Barbara, CA. He was 92. James was born in Tyner, NC on August 17, 1922, to James and Annie Twine. He married his wife, Dorothy Twine, at Langley AFB, VA on November 23, 1947. When James was 17 years old, he joined the Civilian Conservation...
Margaret "Peggy" Alfonso
Dec 2, 2014
Margaret "Peggy" Alfonso of Lompoc died Tuesday, December 2, 2014, at the age of 66. Peggy was born November 1, 1948 to Nicholas and Margaret Alfonso in Fall River, Massachusetts. A resident of Lompoc since 1987, she was a client of Vocational Training Center in Santa Maria, and resided at Options since 2000. She loved music, listening to records, camping,...
David Wayne Mitchum
Nov 30, 2014
David Wayne Mitchum, age 60, died at his home on Sunday, November 30, 2014. He passed away after a long battle with cancer. David will be best known for his strong work ethics and his attention to details. His numerous awards and certificates from his employers is evidence of how appreciated he was by his colleagues. He is survived by...
