Royal Hugh Nelson
Sep 5, 2015
Royal Hugh Nelson of Lompoc died Saturday, September 5, 2015, at the age of 67. Roy was born December 21, 1947, in Macon, Georgia to Thomas and Ardella Nelson. He worked in property maintenance for the City of Santa Barbara for many years. He is survived by his wife Gwendolyn Nelson of Georgia, his sister Minnie Davison of Lompoc, his...
Darlene Bernice Mcnamee
Sep 4, 2015
Darlene Bernice McNamee of Lompoc died Friday, September 4, 2015, at the age of 81. Darlene was born June 23, 1934, to Laurence and Bernice Johnson in Grand Forks, North Dakota. Darlene married Thomas McNamee in May of 1953. Their family came to Lompoc in 1960. After Thomas' retirement as a missile technician at Vandenberg Air Force Base they operated...
Alexander Augustine Echevarria
Sep 1, 2015
Alexander Augustine Echevarria of Lompoc died Tuesday, September 1, 2015, at the age of 51. Alex was born May 22, 1964, in Santa Barbara to Ruben and Jennie Echevarria. He attended Carpinteria and Santa Barbara High Schools. He was previously employed by Sunshine Roofing Construction Company. Formerly of Santa Barbara he has been a resident of Lompoc since 2006. Alex...
June Bernice Clements
Aug 25, 2015
Our Heavenly Father called June home on August 25, 2015, three days after her 93rd birthday. June, the oldest of three sisters, was born in Los Angeles on August 22, 1922 to Alice B. Maxwell and Richard A. Wilder. June fell in love with William J. Clements, a handsome and wonderful man she met at a USO dance. They married...
Wendell Howard Minyard
Aug 24, 2015
Services for Wendell Howard Minyard. 82, of Lompoc, will be at 10:30 a.m. on Monday, August 31, 2015 at the Church of Christ, 138 N. O St. in Lompoc. Burial will follow at Evergreen Cemetery. Wendell was born March 3, 1933 in Rector, Arkansas to Albert and Pauline Minyard. The family moved to Redlands California in the mid 1940s. Wendell...
Rebecca Ann "Beki" Campanella
Aug 22, 2015
Memorial services for Rebecca Ann "Beki" Campanella, 61, of Lompoc, will be 2 pm Saturday, September 12, 2015 at the chapel of Starbuck-Lind Mortuary. A reception will follow the memorial at Del Norte Mobile Estates Clubhouse, 321 W. North Ave. Rebecca was born October 1, 1953 in Findley, Ohio to Charles and Imagene Laudenslager. She moved to Lompoc in 1987,...
Gene Keys
Aug 18, 2015
Hollis Eugene Keys of Lompoc died Tuesday, August 18, 2015, at the age of 79. Gene was born October 20, 1935, in Memphis, Tennessee to William and Jessie Keys. He was raised and educated in Searcy, Arkansas. He served honorably in the United States Air Force during the Korean and Viet Nam wars and retired in 1973. He then went...
Geraldine Brown
Aug 18, 2015
Geraldine "Chuck" Brown departed this life on Tuesday, August 18, 2015 at the age of 74. Geraldine was born May 7, 1941 in Bearden, Arkansas. She was the fourth of seven children born to the union of Melvin and Everlee Lambert. Her parents and brother Leander Ray Lambert preceded her in death. Geraldine accepted Christ into her life at an...
Richard Lee Roy Hilden
Aug 17, 2015
Richard Lee Roy Hilden of Lompoc died Monday, August 17, 2015, at the age of 83. Richard was born December 16, 1931, in Vacaville, California to Elmer and Clara Hilden, part of a pioneering family in the Vacaville area. He graduated from Armijo High School and went on to attend California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo. There he...
Carolyn "Kelly" Simmons
Aug 16, 2015
Carolyn "Kelly" Simmons died unexpectedly in Santa Barbara at Cottage Hospital on August 16, 2015 at the age of 67. Kelly is survived by her husband Bill Simmons of Lompoc; daughter Lisa Simmons of Whittier; daugter Stacey Freiwald of Virginia Beach, Virginia; son Will Simmons and his wife Dania of Aliso Viejo, California; grandchildren Jazmin Freiwald, Gavin and Dax Simmons....
Margaret Ann Fleming
Aug 13, 2015
Margaret Ann Fleming November 7, 1934 – August 13, 2015 What can you say about your mom? That she was beautiful? Intelligent? That she loved her family? And her great-grandbabies were the light of her life? That she loved her dog "Solo" and the many other dogs before him? Yes you could say all these things but that would only...
Jennie G. Trejo
Aug 13, 2015
Jennie G. Trejo, 87, of Lompoc passed away Thursday August 13, 2015 at Lompoc Skilled and Rehab. She was born May 2, 1928 in Santa Barbara, California to David and Savina Guevarra. She lived in Santa Barbara County her entire life. Jennie graduated from Lompoc High School in 1946. She was a member of Queen of Angels Catholic Church. Jennie...
Magnola "Maggie" Bohard
Jul 26, 2015
Magnola "Maggie" Bohard, 85 of Lompoc died Sunday July 26, 2015 at Lompoc Hospital after suffering a stroke. Her daughter Sharon and granddaughter Debra were at her bedside when she passed Maggie was born February 27, 1930 to Walter and Arizona (Williams) Sharp in Morris, Oklahoma. At the age of 23 she married her love Billy Jack Bohard, May 2,...
Domenico Signorelli
Jul 22, 2015
Domenico Signorelli, 87, passed away on July 22 , 2015. He was born on June 5, 1928, to Bert and Annunciata Signorelli in Lompoc, CA. He was a graduate of Lompoc High School (1946) and UCLA-B.A. Political Science (1950), and also attended graduate school at both USC and the University of California, San Francisco. He was a Special Agent for...
Marcel Andre Donars
Jul 14, 2015
Services for Marcel Andre Donars will be held at Starbuck-Lind Mortuary on Friday, July 17, 2015 at 2 PM, followed by a graveside service at the Lompoc Cemetery. Friends and family are also welcome to join the Donars family for a celebration of Marc's life at the Donars' residence at 520 St. Andrews Way in Lompoc. Marc was born March...
John "Jack" Joseph Drees
Jul 13, 2015
John "Jack" Joseph Drees was born on April 5, 1931 to Peter and Elsie Drees in Crookston, Minnesota. He passed away on July 13, 2015 in Lompoc, CA. Jack grew up in Grand Forks, North Dakota where he went through school. He graduated from high school and joined the United States Air Force. He was stationed in Germany for all...
George Franklin Gehr
Jul 11, 2015
George Franklin Gehr, 93, of Cocoa, Florida passed away July 11, 2015. He was born June 19, 1922 in Lompoc, CA to Lloyd and Ella Gehr. He is survived by his daughters, Kathleen Mulenex and Karen Dressler; sons, James Michael Gehr and John Christopher Gehr; five grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Graveside services will be held at Lompoc Evergreen Cemetery...
Elouise E Starr
Jul 9, 2015
Elouise E. Starr was born on March 16, 1931 in Fort Worth, Texas to parents Wilbert T. and Mattie May Hunt. She accepted Christ and was filled with the Holy Spirit at a tent meeting sponsored by Love Sanctuary Church of God in Christ conducted by one Elder G. E. Patterson in 1946. Attended I. M. Terrell High School graduated...
Nancy A. Brewton
Jul 4, 2015
Nancy Ann Brewton was born on October 28, 1933 in McVeytown, Pennsylvania. Her family moved to Arizona due to her father needing a dry climate for health reasons. Following WWII, they moved to China Lake Naval Ordinance Testing Center, CA. After graduation from Ridgecrest High School (1952), Nancy attended Shippensburg State Teacher College in PA for one year. Then one...
Cynthia C. Leroy
Jul 4, 2015
Cynthia LeRoy of Lompoc passed away on Saturday, July 4, 2015, at her residence in Lompoc. Cynthia was born in Los Angeles, California, on February 18, 1936, to John and Florence Colby. Cynthia spent her time as a member of St. Mary's Episcopal Church, the Girls Friendly Society, the Doll Club, and the Lompoc Art Gallery. She was a den...
