Faustino Aguilar
Feb 6, 2013
Faustino Aguilar of Lompoc died February 6, 2013 at the age of 86. Faustino was born July 27, 1926 in Mexico. He was a farmer for 53 years. Faustino is survived by his wife Maria S. Aguilar, eight sons, one daughter and 43 grandchildren. The visitation will be Friday, February 15, from 4 to 9pm with the recitation of the...
Lorayne Hauenstein
Feb 6, 2013
Lorayne Hauenstein, a long-time resident of Lompoc passed away February 6 - exactly 13 years to the day she lost her husband of 56 years, Ed Hauenstein. She and Ed moved to the Lompoc valley in 1947 and started Valley Tractor Company. Lorayne was born in Santa Ana, California on April 23, 1922. She is survived by her two children:...
Paricia C. Busse
Feb 4, 2013
Patricia C. Busse, 76, of Lompoc passed away suddenly on Monday, February 4, 2013. Pat was born in Orange, New Jersey on June 18, 1936. She arrived in Lompoc in 1967. In November of that year she married Albert Busse. Pat had two sons and to this union a third son, Alan was added. The family moved between Santa Barbara...
Mary Grande
Feb 2, 2013
Mary Elizabeth Gridean Grande died peacefully on February 2, 2013. She was born in Youngstown, Ohio on May 6, 1921 to Hilda and Alexander Gridean. As a baby she moved to Gardena, California, after a brief stop in Lompoc. When she started 10th grade, the family moved to Santa Barbara, where she graduated from Santa Barbara High. She studied and...
Jose Montes Calderon
Feb 1, 2013
Jose M. Calderon of Lompoc died Friday, February 1, 2013 at the age of 79. Jose was born January 25, 1934 in La Piedad, Michoacan, Mexico. He has been a resident of Santa Barbara County for 30 years. The visitation will be on Thursday, February 7 at 5pm with the recitation of the rosary at 7pm at La Purisima Catholic...
Barbara Ruth Gauthier
Feb 1, 2013
Barbara Ruth (Maynard) Gauthier Barbara passed away on February 1, 2013 in Lompoc, California. She moved to Lompoc six years ago to be near the family that she loved. Barbara was born in Templeton, Massachusetts on July 7, 1925 to the late Leon and Henrietta (Viner) Maynard in the family home at Baptist Common. She graduated from the old Templeton...
Ruby Wynelle Williams
Jan 31, 2013
Ruby Wynelle Williams died on January 31, 2013, from a stroke at Cottage hospital. Nell had lived in Lompoc for 27 years. She returned to Lompoc after the death of her husband, Donnie Williams in 1985. They lived in Morro Bay and Trinidad where she was a pastor's wife. Services will be held on Thursday February 7, at First Southern...
Josie Martinez
Jan 30, 2013
Josie Martinez passed away peacefully with her sons at her side Wednesday Jan. 30, 2013. Josie was born in Lompoc California on December 19, 1927 to Ramon and Gavina Diaz. She attended school in San Luis Obispo. She married Gilbert "Spud" Martinez in October of 1947. She started working at Lompoc Hospital in 1978 and worked there for 10 years...
Vivian L. Green
Jan 27, 2013
As surely God is love, Vivian L. Green, entered this world on August 2, 1946, in Baltimore, Maryland and was called home to be with the Lord at age 66, on Sunday, January 27, 2013 at Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital. She was preceded in death by her mother, Clara Mae Barnes-Porter, father, William B. Porter, Jr., and two brothers, Thomas...
Leatrice B. Sweet
Jan 25, 2013
Leatrice "Lea" Sweet of Lompoc died Friday, January 25, 2013. Lea was born in Huntington Park to Lyman and Cecelia Sweet. She served in WW II as an electrician in the U.S. Navy. A resident of Lompoc since 1964, she was employed as a clerk for Safeway and later as a financial clerk for The Bank of America and Household...
Phoebe Ernestine Ostlie
Jan 21, 2013
Phoebe E. Ostlie, 79, of Lompoc passed away on Monday, January 21, 2013. Phoebe was born on July 1, 1933 in Chama, New Mexico to Max and Pablita Romero. Her family moved to Lompoc in 1942. She attended Lompoc High School and Santa Barbara School of Business. Phoebe worked as an executive secretary for Boeing Corp. and F.E.C. Corp. at...
Marie Antoinette Speers
Jan 19, 2013
Marie Antoinette "Nettie" Speers of Lompoc died Saturday, January 19, 2013 at the age of 87. Nettie was born February 27, 1925 in Warroad, Minnesota to Emma St Antoine and John James Bachtel. She was the third of six children. She lived with her family in Texas before moving to Santa Cruz, California She married Marell E. Speers on March...
Nellie Torres Aguilar
Jan 15, 2013
Natividad "Nellie" Torres Aguilar, 91, of Lompoc, went home to be with the Lord on January 15, 2013. She was born on September 8, 1921 in Mexico. She immigrated to the United States with her family as an infant. Nellie had several jobs including being a cook at the original San Martin's restaurant in Lompoc, working at a cannery in...
Richard Edward Gonzales
Jan 13, 2013
Richard Edward Gonzales, Sr. of Lompoc passed away Sunday, January 13, 2013, with his family at his side at the age of 51. Richard was born June 2, 1961 in Chula Vista, California. He married the love of his life Rachel Garcia. Together they had two wonderful sons. Richard was caring, giving and loving to his family. If you needed...
Leon Eugene Stoddard
Jan 12, 2013
Leon Eugene Stoddard (1933-2013) passed away on Saturday, January 12, 2013 in Lompoc, California. He was born on June 19, 1933 in Twin Falls, Idaho to Emory Stoddard and Nellie Hull. He was an Eagle Scout and served in the U.S. Army from 1956 to 1958 in Ethiopia. He graduated in 1966 from Brigham Young University with a Bachelor of...
Kathleen Ann Eittreim
Jan 10, 2013
On March 8, 1936 a little girl was born and became the daughter of Fred and Isabelle McDonald, "Kathleen Ann McDonald." As that daughter grew she became a sister to Elizabeth "Betsy" McDonald Baker. As she continued to grow she became an aunt to many, and a friend to so many more. To one of those friends she became a...
Salome Romero Echeverria, Jr.
Jan 9, 2013
Husband, Father, Son, Brother, Teacher, Friend. Salome Romero Echeverria, Jr. answered the Lord's call on January 9, 2013. Born on July 21, 1939 in Cucamonga, California. Salome is one of six children born to mother Ernestine Romero and father Salome J. Echeverria. Salome grew to be an experienced and accomplished mechanic, honing his craft in several auto dealerships and garages...
James Marshall Hamlin
Jan 9, 2013
James Marshall Hamlin of Lompoc died Wednesday, January 9, 2013 at the age of 76. Marshall was born July 7, 1936 in Tucson, Arizona to Reigle and Clara Hamlin. His family settled in Lompoc in 1946. After graduating from Lompoc High School he served his country in the United States Air Force. On June 1, 1956 Marshall married Juanita Flora....
Helen Ruth Tenscher
Jan 8, 2013
Helen Ruth Tenscher was born October 6, 1913 in Washington D.C. She died January 8, 2013 at age 99 years in Lompoc. Her parents were Roy Sellers Brown and Aida Ruth Layman-Brown of Virginia. She was preceded in death by brother George Brown, sister Evelyn Sellers Brown-Davis, and husband Edward William Tenscher. She is survived by her son Newman J....
Kara Stewart
Jan 5, 2013
Kara Dawn (Carlisle) Stewart, 39, of Lompoc, CA died Saturday, January 5, 2013 due to complications stemming from her Multiple Sclerosis and Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy. She was born November 12, 1973 in Richland, Washington. Kara graduated from Kamiakin High School in Kennewick, Washington in 1992 and went on to attend Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. She married Caleb Stewart...
