Harry Bernard
Mar 22, 2013
Harry Bernard, 91, died Friday March 22, 2013 in Santa Maria. He was born June 23, 1922 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was preceded in death by his wife of 32 years, Betty; parents Nathan and Frieda Bernard. After service in the Army and Air Force, Harry settled in Los Angeles and worked at the Hollywood Fun Shop in Santa Monica....
Rebecca Theresa Deboer
Mar 20, 2013
Rebecca Theresa DeBoer (Gardner), 54, from Lompoc, passed away peacefully, Wednesday, March 20, 2013, after a brief illness at home surrounded by those who loved her. She was born January 31, 1959, in Riverside, California, the daughter of Harold and Helen Gardner. Rebecca was a devoted mother, grandmother and companion. She loved spending time with her grandchildren. They were her...
Ronald I. Ross
Mar 20, 2013
Ronald "Ron" I. Ross Ronald "Ron" I. Ross, 72, of Lompoc, California, peacefully went home to be with his Savior on Wednesday, March 20, 2013 at Cottage Hospital. Ron was born September 18, 1940 in Jacksonville, FL to Theodor "Ted" Ross and Anne (Dean) Ross. He married his beloved wife, Lois, in 1963. They would have celebrated their 50th Anniversary...
Andrew Davis, Jr.
Mar 15, 2013
Andrew Davis, Jr. passed form this Earth and went to be with the Lord on March 15, 2013. He will be remembered as a great helpful, talented, and loving man, adored by family and friends. Andrew was born July 9th, 1928 in Rolling Fork, Mississippi, to Andrew Davis, Sr. and Susie Washington. While growing up in Mississippi, he worked during...
Lee Eldon Bowles
Mar 15, 2013
Lee Eldon Bowles of Lompoc passed away Friday, March 15, 2013 at the age of 79. Born in Salt Lake City, Utah into a military family and lived in numerous locations. As a family man his career led him to various states and countries before establishing a home base in Lompoc in 1968. He fought in the Korean War with...
George Francis Reid
Mar 14, 2013
George Francis Reid passed away at home March 14th in Lompoc, California. He was born in Silver Plume, Colorado on February 10, 1927. His parents, Jack and Stella Reid passed away leaving him an orphan at the age of seven. His older brother and family helped raise him. He graduated from Mount Si High School, Snoqualmie, Washington in 1946. He...
Irene Silva Trevino
Mar 14, 2013
Our beloved Irene Silva Trevino went to be with our Lord and Savior on Thursday, March 14, 2013 surrounded by the love of her family. Irene was a fighter until the end and now resting in eternal peace in God's loving hands. Irene was born March 2, 1955 in Aguacalientes, Mexico. Her family moved to Santa Barbara in the late...
Anton "Tony" Serres
Mar 14, 2013
Lompoc native and lifetime resident Anton "Tony" Serres, 78, died Thursday, March 14, 2013 in Lompoc following a brief illness. Tony was born to George and Cecelia Marsalek Serres. He graduated from Lompoc High with the class of 1952 where he was an avid football player. He was a veteran of the US Army. His interests included the Lompoc Future...
Roy Harold William Schupferling
Mar 9, 2013
On March 9 2013, Roy Schupferling passed away with family at his side. He was born in Hasbrook Heights New Jersey, November 27, 1933. Roy served in the Army in Fairbanks Alaska. He moved to Lompoc in 1960 and worked at Federal Electric for 35 years. He was a founding member of the Lompoc Model railroad club. He was also...
Anita L. Stegman
Mar 9, 2013
Anita Leone Stegman was born in Watervliet, Michigan on October 11, 1923. Her father, Adam Herman, died suddenly when Anita was four, and her mother moved Anita and her five siblings to Dodge City, Kansas, where there was extended family on her mother's side. Raised on a farm , Anita loved pastoral settings, the changes in the sky, and every...
Judith Ann Lee
Mar 6, 2013
Judith Ann Lee passed away Wednesday, March 6, 2013, in Santa Barbara, California at the age of 76. She went peacefully doing something she loved, as she was preparing flowers for the Santa Barbara International Orchid Show. Judy was born September 30, 1936, in San Francisco, California, and raised in Glendale, a California native. After high school she became a...
James Roger Bottroff
Mar 5, 2013
James Rodger Bottroff was born September 20, 1946 to Warren Joseph Bottroff and Violet Galloway Bottroff in Lompoc, California. He died peacefully at his home in the Applegate Valley, Oregon. He attended Rogue River Elementary School, Lompoc High School, and Allan Hancock College. He married Carolyn Sterling in 1966 at La Purisima Catholic Church. They had two children, Elizabeth and...
Cordelia Charlotte Lomnes
Mar 5, 2013
Cordelia Lomnes, 95, passed away Tuesday, March 5, 2013 at the Baptist Health Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Scotia, NY where she resided since March 2007. Cordelia was born December 16, 1917 in Minneapolis, MN to Ida and William Schumacher. She lived at the Glen Eddy Retirement Community in Niskayuna NY from June 2004 and was previously a longtime resident...
Berton "Ken" Gundersen
Mar 5, 2013
Although Ken was born in Chicago, his family moved back to Stavanger, Norway when he was three years old. Ken endured the hardships of the Nazi occupation during World War II and returned to the United States in 1948 to claim his American citizenship. Ken then served his country as a ship's electrician in the US Navy for four years...
Theodore Jaramillo Torres, Sr.
Mar 3, 2013
Visitation will be held on Tuesday, March 5, from 4 pm to 7 pm at Starbuck-Lind Mortuary. Vigil on Tuesday, March 5 at 7 pm at Starbuck-Lind Mortuary. Services will be Wednesday, March 6 at 10 am at Starbuck-Lind Mortuary Chapel. Burial will follow at Lompoc District Cemetery.
Virginia Day
Feb 20, 2013
Virginia Patricia "Pat" Day February 29, 1944-Feb 20, 2013 Pat Day was born in Boston, Massachusetts on Leap Day, 1944, to John Daniel and Mary Virginia McCormack. She moved to California in 1971 and worked as a nurse at St. Francis Hospital before being stricken with a debilitating arthritic condition that took its toil on her life and her ability...
Florina Carrie Glidden
Feb 17, 2013
Florina Carrie Glidden of Lompoc died February 17, 2013 at the age of 94. Florina was born March 13, 1918 in Barre, Massachusetts to George and Margaret Marshall. She graduated from Barre High School in 1936 and completed her education to become a certified nurse's assistant. Formerly of Lexington, Massachusetts she has been a resident of Lompoc since 1944. She...
Edward George Schutz
Feb 15, 2013
Edward George Schutz, 83, a native of Lompoc, passed away peacefully in his sleep on February 15, 2013. He was born to Peter and Ruth Vance Schutz in a house on South E Street on December 5, 1929. Ed graduated from Lompoc High School in 1948 and served two years in the United States Navy. He owned and operated Ed's...
William Edward Murphy
Feb 15, 2013
William was born June 18, 1926 in Worcester, Massachusetts to Frank and Margaret Murphy. He died Friday, February 15, 2013. His early years were spent in Springfield, Massachusetts. When he was 12 years old a movie company came to Springfield trying to find a boy to star in the "Yearling". He had a screen test and got the part. Unfortunately...
Wray Dawson
Feb 8, 2013
Wray Dawson was born August 25, 1937 in Durham, North Carolina. He passed away on Friday, February 8, 2013 after a lengthy illness. Wray was the most loving, caring husband, father and friend anyone could ever hope for. He was a veteran of both the Korean and Vietnam wars and retired from the United States Air Force after 20 plus...
