Betty Jean Mankins
Oct 22, 2014
Betty Jean Field Mankins of Lompoc died Wednesday, October 22, 2014, at the age of 83. Betty was born May 6, 1931, in Eureka Springs, Arkansas to Roy and Bernice Slane. She was raised and educated in Rupert, Idaho. She married Pastor Lyle Field and together they ministered at The Cathedral of Light in Selma, California for many years. After...
Joyce Elaine Carnahan
Oct 20, 2014
Joyce E. Carnahan, 72, of Vandenberg Village passed away peacefully at home October 20, 2014. She was born October 11, 1942 in Salina, Kansas to Carl and Elsie Van Fossen. Joyce volunteered with the American Red Cross, the NCO wives club in Okinawa and Vandenberg Air Force Base. She was the office manager at the Vandenberg Aero Club until she...
Ann H. Miller
Oct 18, 2014
Ann Helene Miller (Vorlob) 60, of Lompoc died October 18, 2014 at her home surrounded by her children and loved ones. Ann was born on May 22, 1954 in Oxnard, California. Her family moved to Lompoc in 1960 where she grew up and attended local schools. She graduated from Lompoc High School. Ann loved to travel and lived in many...
Loretta E. Hannah
Oct 15, 2014
Loretta Hannah, 75, died at home October 15, 2014, after a long fight with the terrible disease of cancer, with her husband John and daughter Roseanne at her side. A Lompoc native and descendant of a Lompoc founder, Loretta was born April 15, 1939 to Tony and Frieda Stanich. She attended Lompoc school system graduating from Lompoc High School in...
Carolynn J. Vienola
Oct 10, 2014
Lompoc native and longtime resident, Carolynn J. Vienola, was born June 30,1923 to Ethyl Mercer and Fred Beuterbaugh. She graduated from Lompoc High in 1941. Carolynn married Arthur Vienola in 1945 in Santa Barbara and lived there with children Jody and Tom until 1959 when aunt Eunice Talbott left Lompoc residential property to Carolynn. She was an active member of...
Lori Lee Nelson
Oct 9, 2014
Lori Lee (nee Wood) Nelson was born on April 7, 1963 in Anamosa, Iowa to Leonard and Carol Wood. She attended Dubuque High School and earned a Bachelor's degree in early childhood education from the University of Dubuque. In 1985, she married Jeffrey Nelson. In 2013, Lori moved with her family to Lompoc, where Jeffrey serves as a pastor at...
James Harry Morris
Oct 6, 2014
James Harry Morris was born on January 4, 1916 in Whitesburg, Georgia and was the second of four children born to Raymond Morris and Berma Garner Morris. He and his family moved from their cotton farm in Western Georgia to Gadsden, Alabama when Harry was a child. Harry attended Rhodes College in Memphis, Tennessee where he was the captain of...
Jerry Booker
Oct 5, 2014
Jerry Booker was born in Moss Point, Mississippi on August 25, 1933. He was born to Gus McCann and Mrs. Lucy Booker (Ms. Sweet). Jerry attended elementary and junior high school close to home before graduating from Magnolia High School in 1950. At Magnolia, he excelled in sports, mainly basketball and football. In the fifties, he served in the Army...
Robert "Buster" Richard Kuester
Oct 5, 2014
Robert R. Kuester, AKA "Buster" of Lompoc passed away on Sunday, October 5, 2014. He was 78 years old. Robert was born on July 19, 1936 to Kristorick and Amanda Kuester in West Point, Nebraska. He attended West Point High School. He enlisted in the Navy in November, 1959 and served until July, 1963. He married Patricia "Pat" Kuester in...
Della Faye Weldon
Oct 4, 2014
Della Faye Weldon of Lompoc Passed away Saturday, October 4, 2014, at the age of 92. The graveside funeral service will be held at the Lompoc Evergreen Cemetery on Friday, October 10, at 10 am. Della Faye Marsh-Weldon was born in Pritchett, Texas on August 25, 1922. She was married to Hurshell Dean Weldon on July 15, 1940 in San...
Marvin Lee Jamison
Oct 4, 2014
Marvin Jamison passed away peacefully at home early Saturday, October 4, 2014. Marv was 60 years old. He was born in Omaha, Nebraska and moved to California in 1963 as his father was stationed at Vandenberg AFB. Marv graduated from Cabrillo High School in 1972 and was married in 1973 in Lompoc to his wife Selene Jamison. He obtained an...
Richard Dean Axline
Oct 2, 2014
Richard Dean Axline, long-time Lompoc resident, passed away on October 2, 2014. Richard was born on February 18, 1930 in Detroit Michigan, the son of Vern and Helen Axline. Richard joined the United States Air Force in 1948. His primary occupation in the Air Force was as a photographer which he turned into a lifelong profession. He spent a tour...
Susan Lee Neeley
Oct 1, 2014
Susan Lee Neeley of Lompoc, was born January 10, 1955 in South Gate, CA. On October 1, 2014, after a short battle with cancer, Jesus carried her to her heavenly home. Susan enjoyed life. She loved being with her family and friends. She also loved nature especially the mountains. Most of all she loved her Lord and Savior. Susan had...
Dorothy Lucille Labrado
Sep 28, 2014
Dorothy Lucille LaBrado of Lompoc died Sunday, September 28, 2014. Dorothy was born April 28, 1918 in Tacoma, Washington to Lee and Eva Weaver. The family relocated to Marana, Arizona and later settled in Santa Barbara, California. Dorothy loved Santa Barbara. There she met Joseph Telmo LaBrado and they were married in 1933. They had six children and raised one...
Jimmie Alfred Maiden
Sep 20, 2014
Jimmie Alfred Maiden, 77, of Lompoc died Saturday, September 20, 2014 at Lompoc Hospital. Jimmie was born January 19, 1937 in Richmond, Indiana to Avery and Edith Paxton Maiden. While stationed in Germany with the U.S. Army, he married Erna (Ann) on March 1, 1963 in Augsburg. After 23 years of service, he retired as a MSgt. in the Army...
Florence Anne Pata
Sep 18, 2014
Florence Anne Pata Green, 85, passed away peaceful at her home in Lompoc, California surrounded by family and friends on September 18, 2014. She was born in Portland, OR on July 26, 1929 to Herbert Leslie and Florence Louise McHenry. She graduated from Oregon State University in 1951 and moved to Santa Barbara, California in September, 1954. She worked as...
Norma Joann Osborne
Sep 15, 2014
Joann Osborne was born in Bakersfield, CA on August 19, 1942. She lived in DiGigorio, CA until graduating from Arvin High School in 1960. She then attended cosmetology school and became a well-known hairdresser in Lompoc, CA. Joann passed away peacefully surrounded by family and friends on September 15, 2014 in Lompoc, CA. She was preceded in death by her...
Lisa Marie Burrell
Sep 14, 2014
Lisa Marie Burrell of Lompoc California passed away Sunday, September 14, 2014, at Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital at the age of 40. Lisa was born April 17, 1974 in Santa Maria, California, to Timothy, Jr. and Lillie Burrell. Lisa was raised in Lompoc California. We always knew she was someone very special. She attended La Canada Elementary School skipping Kindergarten...
Larry C. Cobb
Sep 3, 2014
Lawrence "Larry" C. Cobb of Kell, Illinois died Wednesday, September 3, 2014, at the age of 70. Larry was born March 3, 1944, to Carol and Emma Cobb in Florence, Illinois. He was raised and educated in Bradley, Illinois and served his country in the United States Air Force. A former mayor of Symerton, Illinois, he was an engineer for...
Rachel J. Williams
Sep 2, 2014
Rachel Williams of Lompoc died Tuesday, September 2, 2014, at the age of 92. Rachel was born in Sheridan, Wyoming to Frank and Karen Norcroff. She graduated from the University of Wyoming in Laramie. After moving to California she taught kindergarten for many years in Santa Cruz County, a job that she loved. Formerly of Ben Lomond, she has been...
