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...
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...
