Alyce Fitzgerald
May 27, 2013
Alyce Fitzgerald, of Lompoc passed away Monday, May 27, 2013, battling with pancreatic cancer. She passed slowly, comfortably, peacefully and was able to say good bye to her family and friends. Alyce was born May 4, 1924, in Indianapolis, Indiana to Perry and Lillian Banta and lived in various locations throughout the mid-west until she was 9, when her family...
Roberto Fernandez
May 18, 2013
Roberto Fernandez, 58, of Romero de Torres, Michoacan Mexico, passed away on Saturday, May 18, 2013 at Cottage Hospital in Santa Barbara. Roberto was a fun and happy man who enjoyed fishing and working on new projects in his home. In his spare time, he enjoyed barbequing with his family and telling jokes. Roberto was extremely proud of his four...
Gayron Terence Jackson
May 14, 2013
Gayron Terence Jackson of Lompoc died at his home Tuesday, May 14, 2013, at the age of 49. Gayron was born May 8, 1964 to Grant Jackson and Willie Ruffin in Bakersfield, Ca. At the age of 17 he moved to Southern California where he graduated from Banning High School in Carson. He was offered double scholarships, one in baseball...
Otha Glenn Dean
May 13, 2013
Otha "Glenn" Dean Otha Glenn Dean was born in Lillington, North Carolina. He died peacefully in Los Angeles, California on May 13, 2013. Glenn was a resident of Lompoc for over 20 years. A man of faith, he was a dedicated and loyal church member. Glenn spent years working on Vandenberg Air Force Base, where he created and sustained friendships...
Thelma Polizo
May 13, 2013
Thelma May Polizo died early on the morning of May 13 at her home in Vandenberg Village. She was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Earlier, Thelma worked in a department store and met her soon to be husband Doneno "Bill" Polizo at a USO Dance in Oklahoma City. After moving to the central coast in 1959, she worked as a...
Almedia Verna Hutchinson
May 12, 2013
December 22, 1919 -to May 12, 2013 Almedia Verna Hutchinson (Al) beloved mother and grandmother passed away peacefully on Mother's Day May 12, 2013 at the Convalescent Care Center in Lompoc. A true warrior with an abundant reservoir of faith and strength she waged a courageous battle with multiple myeloma as well as other age-related medical issues. She was 93....
Charles "Chuck" Delucci
May 12, 2013
Charles Anthony "Chuck" DeLucci of Lompoc left this life to be with his Lord Jesus on Sunday, May 12, 2013. Chuck was born on May 21, 1924, in Yonkers, New York to Michael Daniel DeLucci and Betty Pachowitz. He served in the United States Army during World War II as a Sargent and was part of the Normandy invasion, where...
Edward James Parker
May 12, 2013
Edward James Parker, Jr. of Lompoc entered into rest on May 12, 2013 at Lompoc Valley Medical Center at the age of 57. Eddie was born on July 4 1955 at Tyndale Air Force Base in Florida. He moved to Lompoc with his parents in 1963. Eddie graduated from Lompoc High School in 1973 where he was All CIF Tennis...
Leonard A. Todd
May 11, 2013
Leonard A. Todd of Lompoc died Saturday, May 11, 2013, at the age of 88. Leonard was born March 1, 1925, in Worcester, Massachusetts to Leonard and Clara Todd. He served in the United States Army during WWII and was held as a prisoner of war in Germany and was awarded the Purple Heart. He came to Lompoc in 1950,...
Jose Avila Morales
May 10, 2013
Jose Avila Morales of Lompoc passed away peacefully on May 10, 2013, at the age of 83. Jose was born May 11, 1929, in Uruapan, Michoacan, Mexico to Antonio and Josefa Morales. As a young man he immigrated to the United States, settling in Lompoc. He married Mary Terrones on September 11, 1952. Together they raised 11 children. He was...
Robin Smith
May 9, 2013
On May 7th Robin's courageous 18-year battle with cancer came to a peaceful end surrounded by her family and friends. She is survived by her husband Steve, sons Sean, David and Greg, his wife Sophie and her beloved grandson Benjamin, sister Sally Scott and her daughters Megan and Courtney, her brother Brad Ellis and her faithful therapy dog Angus. Robin...
James Benton Son, Jr.
May 6, 2013
James Benton Son, Jr., 86, of Lompoc, went home to be with Jesus His Lord and Savior on Monday, May 6, 2013. James was born November 5, 1926 in Columbia, Missouri to James Benton, Sr. and Valle Wilkinson-Son. He served in the United States Army Air Force during World War II and during the Berlin airlift. He was later stationed...
James Paul Mclaren
May 3, 2013
Funeral services for James P. McLaren, 71, of Lompoc, will be 11 a.m. Friday, May 10, 2013 at the chapel of Starbuck-Lind Mortuary. Burial will follow at Lompoc Evergreen Cemetery. James was born August 15, 1941 in Los Angeles, Calif. to John and Virginia Frost- McLaren. Jim served in the U.S. Army, and was a Vietnam War Veteran. He was...
Robert Emmett Blaschke
Apr 26, 2013
Robert Emmett Blaschke of Lompoc died Friday, April 26, 2013, at 90 years of age. Robert was born in Hastings, Nebraska on August 13, 1922. He served in the United States Army Air Corp during World War II from 1943 to 1947. He served in the United States Air Force and retired as a Colonel in 1966. He is survived...
Robert "Bob" Boyer
Apr 23, 2013
The first time I saw Bob, I told my sister, "That is the man I am going to marry." That was almost 31 years ago. – Susanne Boyer A gigantic loss to the community, but mostly to the family and friends…Bob went home to heaven on April 23, 2013, after a 19-month battle with brain cancer. Bob was born in...
Joseph "Jo Jo" Trejo
Apr 21, 2013
"I came. I grew. I kicked up some dust…watched the dust settle. Kicked up some more dust…watched it settle again. I finally made peace with my GOD JEHOVAH and then dedicated my life to my GOD JEHOVAH. And now I wait in his memorial tomb, for his resurrection. In between those times here on Earth, I heard some great music:...
Gerald "Jerry" Johnson
Apr 20, 2013
Gerald "Jerry" Johnson, 75, of Lompoc, died April 20, 2013 in Palo Alto, surrounded by his wife of 50 years, Karen, his daughter Lisa, and the caring staff of Stanford Hospital's heart transplant unit. Twenty-two years ago Jerry received the gift of a transplanted heart and eventually became part of a worldwide study on the longevity of heart transplant patients....
James Glen Lewis, Ii
Apr 20, 2013
James Glen Lewis, II died Saturday, April 20, 2013 at the age of 57. James was born October 3, 2013 in Ohio to James and Carrie Lewis. He is survived by his daughter Lerose Lewis of Lompoc, his daughter Flora Adams of Paso Robles, California, his daughter Carrie Adams of Texas, his sister Debbie Lewis of Lompoc, his sister Rose...
Margaret G. Johnson
Apr 18, 2013
Vigil services for Margaret G. Johnson, 83, of Lompoc, will be 7 p.m. Thursday, April 25, 2013 at the chapel of Starbuck-Lind Mortuary. A funeral mass will be celebrated 10 a.m. Friday, April 26 at La Purisima Catholic Church with Rev. Thomas Cook, celebrating. Burial will follow at Lompoc Evergreen Cemetery. Margaret was born October 31, 1929 in Trinidad, Colorado...
Joseph Edward Kearney
Apr 16, 2013
Joseph Edward Kearney passed away peacefully at his home in the presence of family on April 16, 2013. He was born on December 26, 1938 to Joseph Leonard & Marie June Kearney in Hanover, Pennsylvania, the eldest of their six children. After receiving his primary education in Philadelphia and graduating high school in New Jersey, he enlisted in the United...
