Dana J. Preter
Sep 21, 2012
DANA J. PRETER Dana J. Preter, 80, of Lompoc, passed away on Friday, September 21, 2012 at Lompoc Valley Medical Center. Dana was born on November 29, 1931 in Ann Arbor, Michigan to Clarence and Wilma Reprogal. Here is Dana's last message: Dear friends, please celebrate with me. Don't feel sad. I am with my precious Lord, and I left...
Oscar Larry Werner
Sep 19, 2012
Oscar Larry Werner, 67, of Lompoc California passed away last Wednesday September 19th at Cottage Hospital in Santa Barbara. His wife of 34 years, Linda, was by his side as he passed on peacefully after a 3 week battle with Leukemia. Larry was born in 1945 in McKeesport Pennsylvania to Oscar and Constance Werner. His family moved to Lompoc in...
Carrol Pearl Paaske
Sep 16, 2012
Carrol Pearl Paaske passed away suddenly Sep. 16 at the age of 94. Born in Colome, South Dakota her parents were Gottfried and Lottie Boyce Picker. Moving to Los Olivos in 1935 she lived with her sister, Helen Burrill until marrying Harry Paaske in 1937. They lived at White Hills until after World War II, then moved to Lompoc where...
Luis Cornejo Perez
Sep 15, 2012
Luis "Louie" Cornejo Perez passed away Saturday, September 15, 2012, in Lompoc at the age of 46. Luis was born August 10, 1966, in Lompoc, California. He attended Lompoc Elementary schools, Cabrillo High School and currently was attending the Lompoc Vocational Training Center (VTC). Luis was a developmentally disabled adult who was more than special to those who loved him....
Lavon M. Taatjes
Sep 15, 2012
Lavon (Vonnie) Taatjes passed away at Lompoc Hospital early Saturday morning on Sept. 15, 2012 at the age of 76 years and 4 months from heart failure. She was born on May 2, 1936 at Raymond, Minnesota, went to country School and graduated from Willmar High School in Minnesota. Vonnie married Roy on her birthday in 1956 and was a...
Aleshia Gayle Valrie
Sep 7, 2012
Aleshia Gayle Valrie, 49, passed away Friday, September 7, 2012, in Lompoc, California. Aleshia was born December 7, 1962, at Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico, to Rubye and Ernest Fritz. Aleshia and her family moved to Lompoc in April 1967 where she remained until relocating to Las Vegas, Nevada, seven months ago. After completing school she found a...
Janis Ann (Ferguson) Cooper
Sep 7, 2012
Janis Ann (Ferguson) Cooper Services for Janis Ann Cooper of Mountain Home, Arkansas, and formerly of Lompoc, will be at 3:45 p.m. Monday, November 18th at Lompoc Evergreen Cemetery. Pastor Duane Armstrong will officiate. Janis was born June 25, 1951 in Ft. Devins, Massachusetts. She is the daughter of Joseph and Betty Grisco. Janis passed away peacefully at her home...
Elven "B. B." Brown
Sep 3, 2012
Elven "B. B." Brown of Lompoc passed away Monday, September 3, 3012, at the age of 72. B.B. was born March 14, 1940, in Marigold Mississippi to Joseph and Louise Brown. He came to California in 1959 to live with family members in Santa Barbara. He later moved to Lompoc in 1991. B.B. was employed as an automobile detailer at...
Stanley Owen Hollister
Sep 1, 2012
Stanley Owen Hollister, 84, passed away on September 1, 2012 in Santa Barbara, CA. Stanley was born in 1928 in Lompoc, CA, the only child of the marriage of Owen E. and Ida Mae Hollister. He was raised in Santa Barbara County on the family ranch and dairy, attended Santa Ynez schools and graduated from Lompoc High School in 1946....
Juan "Johnny" Contreras
Aug 26, 2012
Juan "Johnny" Abundio Contreras passed away peacefully at home on Sunday, August 26, 2012 after a difficult battle with cancer. Johnny was born in Lordsburg, New Mexico and was a longtime resident of Lompoc, California. He was a Master Craftsman with a happy and faith-filled love for life. He is survived by his wife Rachel, and two children, Johnny and...
Raymond John Williams
Aug 22, 2012
Raymond John Williams passed away on August 22, 2012 at Lompoc Skilled and Rehabilitation Center. He was born March 28, 1911 in Metamora, MI to Arthur C. and Lillie Anna Jagow Willams. The eldest of three sons (brothers were Wilfred and Arthur D., both deceased), Ray began his banking career in 1927 in Lapeer, MI with an after-school job as...
David Alex Garcia
Aug 20, 2012
David A. Garcia, 63, a native and lifelong resident of Lompoc, passed away on Monday August 20, 2012 at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center. David was born May 6, 1949 to Bernardino and Isabel Garcia. He worked as a commercial and residential painter and cabinet finisher for over 30 years. David loved music and played bass and lead guitar...
Alvin "Al" Walker
Aug 20, 2012
Al was born in Plainfield, Wisconsin on September 26, 1939. He graduated from Shafter High School, Bakersfield Junior College and then moved to Lompoc at age 19 in search of excitement, adventure and employment. Al completed military service in the Army at Fort Ord and then returned to Lompoc and served as a National Guard Reservist at the Reserve Post...
Richard "Pard" Flynn
Aug 19, 2012
Richard "Pard" Flynn, passed away on August 19, 2012 from complications with several ongoing health problems. Richard was born in Everett, MA on June 7, 1936. He was raised in Newtonville, MA. and graduated from Newton High School in 1955. One of his first jobs was as a newspaper boy, getting up early before school to fold and deliver the...
Betty Lee Williams
Aug 18, 2012
Betty L. Williams passed away peacefully at home on August 18, at the age of 71. Betty had been a resident of Lompoc since 1959, and had been battling cancer for the last ten years. She retired from the Lompoc Unified School District as Classified Personnel Director in 2005 after 25 years of service. She was very active in the...
Dean C. Anderson
Aug 13, 2012
Dean C. Anderson was born May 11, 1923, to Bernard and Isabel Anderson of Phillips, Wisconsin. After completing high school he served in the U. S. Army for three years working in the Allied Base Headquarters during World War II. At the end of the war he attended the University Of Wisconsin School Of Education where he earned a Bachelor...
Sheila Ireland
Aug 12, 2012
SHEILA IRELAND The ever charming, most compassionate Sheila Ireland left this "vale of tears" to rejoin her beloved Darrell on August 12th, 2012, leaving her devoted "darlings"—daughters Sharon Ireland-Burke and Tanya Ireland, her wonderful son-in-law Don Burke, and numerous friends and family to mourn her loss. Sheila was born July 13th, 1927 to Hilda and Tom Kalaher in the Rotherhithe...
Luciano Garcia Terrones
Aug 11, 2012
Luciano Garcia Terrones passed away August 11, 2012 from a life-long lingering illness. Luciano, a native of Lompoc, was born February 6, 1965, and is the youngest of 16 children. He spent his early childhood active in karate and little league football and was proud of his accomplishments as a CIF champion wrestler for Lompoc High School. As an adult,...
Victoria (Luna) Golson
Aug 9, 2012
Victoria (Luna) Golson, known to friends and family as Vickie, passed away on August 9th, at the Lompoc Valley Medical center at the age of 56. She has been a resident of Lompoc most of her life and also graduated from Lompoc High School. Long before she became ill she found her calling as a caregiver to several local families....
Genoveva "Genie" Sublett
Aug 7, 2012
Genoveva (Genie) Sublett was born January 3, 1931 in Waialua, Hawaii. She worked at Pinkerton Guard in Lompoc and food service of twenty years in Hawaii. Genie was loved by everyone that knew her. Our mom's heart was bigger than her numerous years battling an illness. Angels came and escorted mom home on August 7, 2012. She is survived by...
