Rafael Cisneros, Sr.
Apr 9, 2015
Rafael Cisneros Sr. passed on Thursday, April 9, 2015, at the age of 50 with his sons by his side after battling an illness for 2+ years. He was born on August 9, 1964, in Santa Barbara, California. He and his family moved to Lompoc in 1989, after moving from Santa Barbara. His main interests were cars, car shows, music,...
Gisele Boyd-Snee
Apr 4, 2015
In the early hours of April 4, 2015, Gisele Boyd-Snee passed away at home. She was surrounded by family and friends in the midst of a full eclipse of the moon as her spirit was accompanied by all the Angels to touch the Hand of God. Gisele Boyd-Snee was born Gisele Adeline Rumpler, August 30, 1921, in Paris, France where...
Austin David Huyck
Apr 1, 2015
Austin David Huyck, 20 years old, left us on April 1 2015. He was born on July 24th 1994 in Lompoc California, and was raised in Lompoc. Austin suffered from Prader Willi Syndrome and was diagnosed at birth. Austin attended Fillmore Elementary, and graduated from Cabrillo High School. He was currently attending Lompoc High School Adult Education. Austin always enjoyed...
Laurel Sue Romero
Mar 26, 2015
Laurel Sue Romero of Lompoc died Thursday, March 26, 2015, at the age of 72. Laurel was born July 9, 1942, in New Orleans, Louisiana to Russell and Nadine Curry. Raised and educated in Virginia, she came to Santa Barbara County in the 1960s and completed her education by earning an associate's degree at Santa Barbara City College. Before becoming...
Maria De Jesus Zamora Vega
Mar 24, 2015
Maria de Jesus Zamora Vega passed Tuesday, March 24, 2015, at the age of 93. Maria was born October 20, 1921, in Ario de Rayon, Michoacán, Mexico to Jesus and Francisca Zamora. A resident of Lompoc since 1975, she was a lifelong homemaker. She was a member of La Purisima Catholic Church. Maria enjoyed traveling to many parts of Mexico....
Carolyn M. Hammerberg
Mar 24, 2015
Carolyn M. Hammerberg passed March 24, 2015 at 11:45 am. Carolyn was born in Durbin, West Virginia on March 24, 1936 to Monta and Clarence Marshall. She moved to Vandenberg Air Force Base with her ex-husband Kenneth Hammerberg in 1963. She started working at Lompoc Unified School district in the mid-sixties and retired after 29 years of service. She then...
Ramona Pearl Balaam
Mar 23, 2015
Ramona Pearl Balaam was born August 4 1932, and was the third daughter born to Mary and Peter Petersen of Santa Ynez, California. Ramona graduated from Santa Ynez Valley High School in 1950. She met her future husband Larry at a dance in Santa Ynez in 1949. They dated for one year and were married on August 2, 1950. She...
Audie Wallace Willis
Mar 23, 2015
Mr. Audie Wallace Willis, 74, of Rome, Georgia and formerly of Lompoc, died Monday, March 23, 2015 at Kindred Hospital in Rome. Born December 2, 1940 in Garvin, Oklahoma, he was a son of the late Earl Audie Willis and the late Clara Beller Willis. Mr. Willis was a veteran of the United States Army, and worked as a welder...
Thomas A. Chrones
Mar 17, 2015
Thomas A. Chrones II, 96 of Lompoc passed away on Tuesday, March 17, 2015. Tom was the first born of Thomas A. Chrones of Athens, Greece, and Mildred (Drown) Chrones of Tiffin, Ohio. Tom was preceded in death by his parents and sisters Helen MacNeil, and Dorothy Van Winkle, and brothers Raleigh Matthews and Dennis Matthews. Tom married Virginia Marguerite...
Shirley Mae Mitchell
Mar 13, 2015
Shirley Mae Mitchell "Mama Shirley" of Lompoc, our beloved mother, daughter, sister, grandmother and great grandmother was born August 10, 1939 in Rosman, NC and passed away March 13, 2015 at Marian Medical in Santa Maria at the age of 75. Shirley married Robert Mitchell on March 23, 1957 in GA. and later moved to Lompoc in 1961. Together they...
Mildred Mahaley French Savage-Harris
Mar 10, 2015
Mildred Mahaley French Savage-Harris, 84, went home to be with her Lord Tuesday evening March 10, 2015, in Santa Maria, California. She was born August 29, 1930, in Williams, Oklahoma to Marion Jackson (Papa Jack) and Mary Mae Bell (Granny) French. There will be a viewing at Starbuck-Lind Mortuary Thursday March 26, 2015, from 4-8 pm and graveside services at...
Greeta Mary Louise Hardy
Mar 9, 2015
Greeta Mary Louise (Gates) Hardy passed away on March 9, 2015, at the age of 87. She was born March 27, 1927, in Grand Junction, Colorado to Benjamin James Gates and Hattie Emma (Burger) Gates. She graduated from Santa Barbara High School in 1945. In 1950 she married Albert Cornelius Hardy, Jr. and they traveled the world as a US...
Joyce Ann Brown
Mar 9, 2015
Joyce Ann Layton Brown passed away on March 9, 2015, after a long battle with Parkinson's disease. One of her many "children" called Joyce a titan of a woman, caring mother to hundreds, nurturing matriarch of her family, and a dignified sufferer of a debilitating disease. Joyce was born July 13, 1931, in Marion, Ohio to Annabelle and Francis Layton....
Cecelia "Sue" Helmuth
Mar 6, 2015
Cecilia "Sue" Helmuth passed away peacefully March 6, 2015. She would have been 92 on St. Patrick's Day. Sue was born in Albania and immigrated to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at the age of 3. She married John "Jack" Helmuth and eventually settled in Lompoc in the early 50s. She loved to play duplicate bridge, swing and line dance, and tell corny...
Alice M. Breen
Mar 5, 2015
Alice M. Breen (nee Avalos) was born January 16, 1933 in Torrance, California and moved to Lompoc as a very young child. She was one of ten siblings. Alice was preceded in death by her husband of 61 years, Edward J. Breen, retired as a City of Lompoc employee. She was also preceded in death by her brothers Peter Avalos,...
Dorothy Ann Twine
Mar 1, 2015
Dorothy A. Twine 1927 - 2015 Dorothy A. Twine, wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, died on Sunday, March 1, 2015, in Lompoc, CA. She was 87. Dorothy was born in Warwick, VA, on August 15, 1927, to Thomas and Elsie Booth. She married her husband, James Twine, Jr., at Langley Air Force Base, VA, on November 23, 1947. Dorothy was...
Donald Robert Pond
Feb 27, 2015
Donald Robert Pond was born November 8, 1925 in Upland, CA. He attended schools in Southern CA graduating from University High School in West Los Angeles in 1943. Don joined the Navy in 1943 and served aboard the USS Bangust in the South Pacific. He was honorably discharged in 1946. In 1951, he was called to return to active duty...
Paul Edson Hendrickson
Feb 25, 2015
Paul Edson Hendrickson, born February 8, 1931, in Brainerd, MN, passed away at his winter home in Lompoc, CA, on February 25, 2015. Paul served in the United States Navy from 1948 to 1952, was awarded his Bachelor's Degree from New Mexico Highlands University in 1955 and his Master's Degree from the University of Nebraska, Kearney, in 1966. Paul signed...
Frauke Kurkowski
Feb 24, 2015
Frauke Kurkowski 76 of Lompoc, died on Tuesday February 24th surrounded by family. She was born in West Germany and moved to the United States with her husband Arno Kurkowski and their daughter Eva. Their son Arno Kurkowski Jr. was born later in Santa Barbara, CA. Frauke was a lifelong wife, mother and caregiver. She played a parent roll in...
Lindsey Marie Swallom
Feb 22, 2015
Lindsey Marie Swallom was taken from us on February 22, 2015. At only 32 years old, she was a shining light to all who knew her. She was extremely loved by her friends and family. She was very compassionate and empathetic. Lindsey was born on November 18, 1982 in Waldorf, MD and moved to Lompoc in 1989. She graduated from...
