Ethel Lara Jackson
Jan 21, 2014
Ethel Lera Jackson was born in Elizabethtown, North Carolina in 1926. She was the second to youngest of 5 siblings and was an educator of love, respect and kindness. She was always a young spirit at heart. She loved to travel around the world and tell the stories of places she had been. Paris, France, Italy and Japan just to...
John Z. Rodriguez
Jan 20, 2014
John Z. Rodriguez, 84, passed away January 20, 2014, at Cottage Hospital surrounded by Family. John was born May 31, 1929, to Juan Rodriguez and Frances Zapien. He attended Lompoc area schools. He enlisted in the US Army in 1951, and served in the Korean War. In 1953, He married Jenny Valles and moved back to Lompoc and started his...
Burneal Porter
Jan 18, 2014
Burneal Porter was born May 9, 1925 to Vandiver and Learon Porter in Fayette. Alabama. His family moved to Columbus, Mississippi where he attended school, and helped with the 160 acre family farm. At the age of 18, Burneal enlisted in the United States Marine Corps and fought in World War II. He fought in the South Pacific traveling there...
Stanley J. Williams, Sr.
Jan 17, 2014
Lompoc native Stanley J. Williams Sr, 94, died Friday, January 17, 2014 at the Lompoc Skilled & Rehab Center. Stan lived most of his life in Lompoc, and was a Lompoc High graduate. He farmed for 20 years in the Lompoc Valley and moved to Red Bluff, California in the late 1940's where he operated a dairy for twelve years....
Laurence Ray Manfrina
Jan 16, 2014
Larry Manfrina, 67, passed away January 16 peacefully at his home in Lompoc, CA. Born August 21, 1946 to Domingo and Josephine Manfrina, Larry was a local pioneer of Lompoc California. He graduated Lompoc High in 1963 and then attended Cal State Fullerton. Larry served in the Navy from 1966-1970 as a 2nd Class Aviation Electrician. While in the Navy...
Mary Anne Rios
Jan 11, 2014
Mary Anne Rios, 56, of Lompoc passed on January 11, 2014 at her home of lung cancer. She was not a smoker, but she had lungs so she was at risk for lung cancer. A Lompoc native, Mary Anne was born on Thanksgiving night 1957 to Katherine and Frank Costa Sr. She grew up in Drum Canyon with her sister,...
Gema M. Wood
Jan 10, 2014
Gema Marion Wood, 95, passed away Jan. 10 at her home in Lompoc, CA. The daughter of Felice Bergamo and Angela Bacca Bergamo Simon, she was born January 18, 1918 in Rock Springs, WY. Her father died before she was born, and she grew up with her stepfather Angelo Simon. Gema graduated from Rock Springs High School. She moved to...
Thomas E. Mcgarry
Jan 10, 2014
Thomas E. McGarry of Lompoc died Friday, January 10, 2014, at the age of 75. Thomas was born in Milton, Massachusetts on November 20, 1938 to Arthur ad Jessie McGarry. He served in the United States Navy. He has been a resident of Lompoc for the last ten years. Cremation will be followed by inurnment in the Bakersfield National Cemetery.
Elizardo L. "Gabby" Garbiso
Jan 7, 2014
Elizardo "Gabby" Garbiso of Lompoc died Tuesday, January 7, 2014, at the age of 86. Elizardo was born October 5, 1927, in Walsenberg, Colorado to Pete and Guadalupe Garbiso. He served as a cook for 20 in the Army and later the US Air Force. He also was employed as a cook at various establishments in Lompoc. A resident of...
Moises Bonnett Hernandez
Jan 4, 2014
Beloved father, grandfather, husband, servant of God, Moises Bonnett Hernandez, 83, of Lompoc, was taken to his homecoming with Jesus Christ on Saturday, January 4, 2014, at his home. He left peacefully and was carried by angles to be with our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Moises is survived by four sons, Moises, Elias and Ruben Hernandez, all of Lompoc...
Audrey E. Bale
Jan 3, 2014
Audrey E. Bale of Lompoc died Friday, January 3, 2014, at the age of 93. Audrey was born December 30, 1921 in Grand Forks, North Dakota to Barney and Amelia Johnson. She served in the US Navy. A resident of Lompoc for the last 20 years, she was a member of the Valley of the Flowers United Church of Christ....
John Patrick Ryan
Jan 2, 2014
John Patrick Ryan of Lompoc died Thursday, January 2, 2014, at the age of 91. John was born May 31, 1922, in Palestine, Texas to John and Jeanne Ryan. He was a pilot in the United States Air Force. John was a veteran of three wars serving in World War II, Korea and Vietnam. After 30 years of service John...
Bette Ann Ide
Jan 1, 2014
Bette Ide of Lompoc died Wednesday, January 1, 2014, at the age of 77. Bette was born October 10, 1936, in New Lisbon, Wisconsin, to Fred and Antoinette Rabuck. Bette earned a master's degree from the University of Arizona and her PhD from the University of Wisconsin. She was an associate professor in the College of Nursing at the University...
Eddie Dacus Adair
Dec 30, 2013
Reverend Eddie Dacus Adair passed away peacefully in Lompoc, California on Monday evening, December 30, 2013, surrounded by his loving family, close friends, and members of his church. He was a compassionate loving husband as well as father, grandfather, and great grandfather. Those left celebrating his life are wife, Reverend Shirley Blanche Adair, daughters Yvonne, April, Edwina, Angela, Robin, Valerie,...
Nels Richard Lund
Dec 29, 2013
Nels Richard Lund Golf Professional Nels was born December 11, 1929, to Nels and Clara Lund of Richfield, MN. Nels enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 1948, and was discharged with a disability. He followed his sister out to California in the mid-1950s and settled in the Los Angeles area where he met and married the love of his life,...
Justin Solorio
Dec 28, 2013
Justin Solorio died December 28, 2013. Justin was born March 8, 1988 in Lompoc, California. He is survived by his son Justin Tyler Solorio, Jr., his twin brother Sean Solorio, his brother John Hale, his niece Cierra who he loved, his mother Cathy Hale his father Raul, his grandparents Lloyd and Linda Kingsley, Lilly Vargas and Norma Solorio, his uncle...
Justin Solorio
Dec 28, 2013
Justin Solorio died December 28, 2013. Justin was born March 8, 1988 in Lompoc, California. He is survived by his son Justin Tyler Solorio, Jr., his twin brother Sean Solorio, his brother John Hale, his niece Cierra who he loved, his mother Cathy Hale his father Raul, his grandparents Lloyd and Linda Kingsley, Lilly Vargas and Norma Solorio, his uncle...
William Thomas Pullen
Dec 25, 2013
William "Bill" Thomas Pullen of Lompoc died on December 25, 2013, after an accidental fall in his home. William was born on October 30, 1934, in Los Angeles, California, to B.W. Pullen and Helen Marie Pullen. He attended schools in Los Angeles, California, and was well known in high school for his talented athletic abilities, especially football and track. He...
Petra Ida Rodriguez
Dec 24, 2013
Petra Ida Rodriguez was born on January 30, 1928, in Fort Collins, Colorado, to Cecil and Sara Villalobos. She passed away on December 24, 2013, surrounded by her loving family. Petra is survived by her husband, Ralph Chavez Rodriguez, and their four children, Teresa, Ralph, Ronald and Susan. Ralph and Petra were married for 64 years, and have 13 grandchildren...
Walter R. Whitrow
Dec 23, 2013
Walter R. Whitrow of Lompoc died December 23, 2013, at the age of 92. Walter was born July 16, 1921 in Clay County, Minnesota. A locl resident since 1965, he was an engineer in the defense industry. The graveside funeral service will be Wednesday, January 15, 2014, at 11am in the pavilion of the Lompoc Cemetery.
