Sabina Ulat Pascua
Jan 29, 2015
Sabina was born February 17, 1925 in Pangasinan, Philippines to Tomas and Tomasa Ulat. She was the eldest of seven siblings. On April 8, 1955 she married Pedro Pascua, Sr. She came to the United States, proudly became a U.S. citizen and has resided in Lompoc since 1962. She was most recently a resident of Sunshine Residential II in Santa...
Mary Ann Eden
Jan 28, 2015
Mary Ann Eden of Lompoc died Wednesday, January 28, 2015, at the age of 53. Mary Ann was born September 25, 1961, in Lompoc to Billy and Gloria Eden. After earning an associate's degree she worked as an office professional for the Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Department. A lifelong resident of Lompoc, Mary Ann was a member of Queen of...
Pedro Hernandez
Jan 27, 2015
Pedro "Don Pedrito" Hernandez was born in Tepatitlan de Morelos, Mexico on February 22, 1923. He went to heaven on January 27, 2015, just shy of his 92nd birthday. Pedro became an orphan at the age of seven and was raised by grandparents. He was a self-educated man with an education up to third grade. But his love of knowledge...
Marvin Melton Simpson
Jan 26, 2015
Marvin Melton Simpson of Lompoc passed away peacefully at Lompoc Valley Medical Center on January 26, 2015, at the age of 91. Marvin was born in Delano, California to Vern and Bertha Simpson on August 26, 1923. He worked for PG&E for 38 years and was an active member of the Odd Fellows and Rebekah Lodges. He is survived by...
Wilda Marie Halverson
Jan 26, 2015
Wilda Marie Halverson of Lompoc died Monday, January 26, 2015, at the age of 78. Wilda was born March 16, 1936 to Thomas and Wilda Quin in Arlington, Massachusetts. She Graduated from Saint Michael's and Saint Mary's Academy. Formerly of Temple City, she has been a resident of Lompoc Since 1990 A lifelong homemaker, Wilda enjoyed painting, sewing, knitting and...
John Raymond Spooner
Jan 24, 2015
John Raymond Spooner, Sr., a long-time resident of Lompoc, passed away on Saturday, January 24, 2015, at Lompoc Valley Medical Center at the age of 87. Born in Evans Mills, New York, on February 2, 1927, to Michael Spooner and Anna Joan Laksmith, John grew up in upper-state New York. In high school he met his true love, Bertha Ella...
Pamela Audrey Jenkins
Jan 18, 2015
Pamela Audrey Jenkins, 72, passed away peacefully at home on Sunday, the 18th of January. Pam was born in Ipswich, England, in 1942, where she grew up with her siblings Peggy, Robert and Kenneth. Pam worked for the Government Post Office after graduating from school. In 1976 Pam met Dave Jenkins; they were married in 1979 and moved to California...
Gerald "Jerry" Tinney
Jan 16, 2015
Ya know, it's like that. Jerry Tinney went to heaven on January 16, 2015. If you spent time with him you will recognize some of his signature grammatical twists in this tribute that made him as unique as his life story. Jerry is survived by his wife of 47 years Debbie Tinney, his daughters (he numbered them) - His #1...
Hella Michael Bortugno
Jan 13, 2015
Hella Michael was born Christmas Eve, 1922 to Michael and Stella Sterris in West New York, New Jersey. She was the third of five children. Growing up, Hella regularly attended Greek School to learn language and culture. She was very proud of her heritage. She married the love of her life, John Bortugno, after he returned from serving in World...
Betty Lou Derrington
Jan 13, 2015
Betty Lou (Briody) Derrington of Lompoc, California passed away peacefully on January 13, 2015 with her family by her side. She was born on August 4th, 1931 in Flint, Michigan to Union and Mary Briody. She Graduated from Central High School in 1949 in Evansville, Indiana and was a member of the National Honor Society. She went on to graduate...
Lisha Marie Avila Murphy
Jan 13, 2015
Lisha Ravyn Murphy; wife, mother, daughter, sister and friend, passed away unexpectedly at her home surrounded by family and friends on January 13, 2015. Born May 7, 1971 in Santa Barbara, Lisha spent her life in the Santa Barbara County area. Lisha devoted her life to her family, which included many of the four-legged variety, and serving those less fortunate,...
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...
