Richard Lloyd Osborn
Sep 11, 2013
Richard Lloyd Osborn "Ozzie" passed this September 11, 2013 after a lengthy, hard fought battle of illness. He was born in Adair, Oklahoma on May 30, 1943 to a loving family. Roy and Mable Opal Jones, his parents, had a total of seven children. Richard is the first to pass of his brothers and sisters. All were able to travel...
Brigida Quintana Gofigan
Sep 10, 2013
Brigida Q. Gofigan of Lompoc died Tuesday, September 10, 2013, at the age of 67. Brigida was born December 21, 1945 in Guam. A lifelong homemaker she has been a local resident for 48 years. Brigida is survived by her husband Tomas Gofigan and her four children, Frank Gofigan, Michelle Sandoval, Thomas Gofigan and Beatrice Gofigan. The visitation will be...
Lorely Ann Jambretz
Sep 10, 2013
Lorely Ann Jambretz Lorely was born May 26, 1937 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and passed away September 10, 2013 in Lompoc. She is survived by her loving husband of 55 years Ron; daughters Marilynn (Tim) Gravning, Hollie Jambretz and son Jeff (Suzi) Jambretz; grandchildren Jessica Lori, Wade, Adam and Brandon. She was preceded in death by her parents Lenore and Walter...
Maureen A. Bosking
Sep 10, 2013
Maureen Bosking passed away peacefully on Tuesday, September 10th at Cottage Hospital in Santa Barbara surrounded by family. Maureen is survived by her son, Steven, his wife, Jenny, and her beloved grandchildren, Gunnar (14) and Anna(12), all of Cedar Rapids, Iowa. She is also survived by her brother, Keith Anderson and many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death...
Richard Quesnel
Sep 9, 2013
Richard Quesnel (Dick) passed away following a long battle with cancer on Monday September 9, 2013, in his home with family members by his side. Richard was born September 1, 1936, in Saginaw Michigan to Eugene and Leona Quesnel. Richard graduated from Saginaw High School before graduating from Michigan State University in 1962. He then served four years in the...
Dorothy Lucille Millsaps
Sep 9, 2013
The angels rejoice as Dorothy Millsaps join them in the Heavens and although she will be missed, we rejoice with her homecoming. After 92 years of age, she went home on September 9, 2013 to be with the Lord. She was one of seven children born to Harry and Alice Stoner on July 13, 1921 in Jones Store, VA. She...
Bradley Dean Capshaw
Sep 6, 2013
Bradley Dean Capshaw Bradley was born May 1, 1955 to W.P. "Smokey" and Betty Capshaw in Lompoc, California. Brad passed away peacefully in his sleep on September 6, 2013. He leaves behind a legacy of love and vigor for life that inspired others. He was a journeyman carpenter and always willing to give his services to those in need. Brad...
Lila Julia Janos
Sep 4, 2013
Lila Julia (Hamon) Janos, 89, joined her blessed Lord Tuesday, September 4, 2013. She had lived at the Lodge of Lompoc (Meridian of Lompoc) for 3 ½ years. She was born October 17, 1923 in Oktaha, Oklahoma to Simon and Annie (Howell) Hamon. They moved to California working in the San Joaquin Valley area and settled in Wasco, California where...
Leona Mae Holloway
Sep 4, 2013
Mae Holloway of Lompoc, died on September 4, 2013. She was born to George L. and Katherine Serres Sumter on March 9, 1918. She was the second of four children. Mae finished grammar school in Orcutt when the family moved to Lompoc. She started High School in Lompoc and graduated in 1936. Mae worked for Santa Barbara Telephone, Santa Barbara...
Dennis Alvin Ernberg
Sep 2, 2013
Dennis Alvin Ernberg was born February 26, 1961 in Washington D.C. to Carl and Gloria Ernberg. He passed away suddenly on September 2, 2013. He leaves behind his parents, two brothers, Daniel and David Ernberg and three nephews, Matthew, Stephen and Darren Ernberg. Dennis moved to Lompoc in 1967 and has remained here throughout his life. Dennis was a special...
Donald K. Edge
Aug 26, 2013
Donald K. Edge of Lompoc died Monday, August 26, 2013, at the age of 82. Donald was born May 19, 1931, in Pitcairn, Pennsylvania to Edwin and Elsie Edge. After graduating from Wilkinsburg high school in Pennsylvania, he moved with his parents to Phoenix, Arizona where he met his future wife Peggy. He graduated from the University of Arizona and...
David S. Oliveira
Aug 26, 2013
David S. Oliveira of Lompoc died Monday, August 26, 2012 at the age of 72. David was born March 3, 1941 in Newman, California to Raphael and Rosalie Oliveira. Formerly of Bakersfield, David has been a resident of Lompoc since 1969. He was the owner of Oliveira's Fashion Floors and Power Clean in Lompoc. He taught floor covering with the...
Oscar Leon Cook
Aug 25, 2013
My Dad, Oscar Cook, passed away peacefully in his sleep of natural causes August 25th, three days after celebrating his 91st birthday. Dad was a good and honorable man, lived an exemplary life, and will be sorely missed by his remaining family and the many friends he and my mother, Patricia Cook, made during their long lives here in Lompoc....
Jack N. Kaper
Aug 16, 2013
Jack Kaper, born in Indonesia, on Dec. 28, 1928, died in Lompoc, Aug. 16, 2013. Our dad has finally been reunited with our mom. For seven years, he has missed her greatly. His teenage years during WWII were spent in a Japanese prison camp in what is now Indonesia. His incredible strength, courage (and stubbornness) helped him to survive those...
James Edward Purvis
Aug 10, 2013
James Edward "Jim" Purvis passed away in the company of his loving wife Joyce at the Convalescent Care Center in Lompoc, California on August 10, 2013. He had wrestled with chronic health issues, blindness, and hearing loss since 2011. A memorial service will be held on Friday, August 16, 2013 at the Elks Lodge in Lompoc at 1:00 PM. Jim...
Lloyd Ray Cole
Aug 3, 2013
Lloyd was born May 13, 1931 in Odell, Arkansas to Thomas Clyde Cole and Leona Dobbs Cole. His family later moved to Ephrata, Washington where he grew up. He joined the U.S. Navy Reserves in 1949 and the U.S. Air Force in 1951. He came to Vandenberg Air Force Base in 1958 to work on the ICBM Atlas project. After...
Patricia Sullivan Brooks
Aug 3, 2013
Patricia Sullivan Brooks of Lompoc died Saturday, August 3, 2013, at the age of 89. Patricia was born November 5, 1923 in Hampstead, Maryland to Walter and Catherine Sullivan. She graduated from Hampstead High School with the class of 1942. Formerly of Sacramento, California Patricia has been a resident of Lompoc since 1962. She was employed by General Telephone as...
Eulalia Eudora Fox
Aug 2, 2013
My beautiful 93 years young mother and matriarch of our family Eulalia Eudora Fox passed away August 2, 2013 at the Lompoc Valley Medical Center in Lompoc, California. Eulalia (Eula) was born December 5, 1919 in Pollard, Arkansas to Clarence Eugene and Cora Mae (Johnson) Grider. She was raised in the Baptist faith. She married the love of her life...
Dorothy Collar
Jul 28, 2013
She went to her heavenly home on the evening of July 28, 2013. She had suffered from the advanced stages of Alzheimer's. She was born on May 30, 1926 in Hammond, Indiana, a lifelong resident of Lompoc since 1960. She was preceded in death by her husband, Glenn Collar, a son Robert Reed and a great granddaughter baby Macey Wallace....
Clara Reiner Lea Zook
Jul 26, 2013
Clara Reiner Lea Zook, 94, passed away Friday, July 26, 2013. She was a long time resident of Lompoc. The youngest of 7 siblings, she was born in 1919 in Tripp, South Dakota into a pioneer, homestead family of the Dakota Territory. During her marriage to Charles Lea she traveled the world as a military wife and homemaker and had...
