Kenneth John York
Feb 28, 2012
Kenneth J. York of Lompoc died Tuesday, February 28, 2012, at the age of 71. Kenneth was born May 19, 1940, in Centralia, Illinois to Walter and Anna York. Raised and educated in Centralia, he graduated from Centralia Township High School. A resident of Lompoc since 1963, Kenneth was employed as an electrician at Johns Manville, later known as Celite....
Ellen Charlotte Carr
Feb 27, 2012
Ellen Charlotte Carr, beloved mother, sister and friend passed on earlier this week on February 27, 2012. She left us too soon at the age of 63 as the result of a sudden cardiac arrest. Loved by all who knew her, she will be missed. Ellen's death was preceded by her husband John Carr, her brothers Bert Jacobson, Joe Jacobson,...
Carol Ann Chavarria
Feb 24, 2012
Carol Ann Chavarria March 1964 - February 2012 Carol Ann Chavarria passed away at her home in Mission Hills surrounded by her family and friends on February 24th after a long bout with cancer. Though gone too soon at the age of only 47, Carol will continue to live on in the hearts and minds of those who have been...
Kathleen "Kathy" Deanne Wall
Feb 23, 2012
Kathleen (Kathy) Deanne Wall, age 74, of Lompoc, California died of complications related to liver disease on Thursday February 23, 2012 at UCLA Ronald Reagan Hospital. Kathy was born on August 23, 1937 in Milwaukee Wisconsin and grew up in the country as the only child of Erwin and Joan Kuks. At 18, she joined the United States Marine Corps...
Rozella Augusta Armor
Feb 15, 2012
Rozella Augusta Armor of Lompoc passed away Wednesday, February 15th, 2012 at Lompoc Valley Medical Center. She was 82 years old. She had been suffering with cancer for many months, and although she underwent chemotherapy, she was unable to overcome it. Mrs. Armor was born June 14, 1929 in Tipton, Kansas and was baptized on June 16, 1929 at St....
Leonard C. Greenfield
Feb 12, 2012
Mr. Greenfield was a quiet man and "a man of few words" very strict and military. He lost both of his parents at a very tender age and his grandmother and aunts raised him. He joined the army and then the air force and retired in 1973 with over 20 years of honorable service. He was well traveled and went...
Ryan Lee Vargas
Feb 10, 2012
At 30 years old, Ryan Lee Vargas went to Heaven on Friday, February 10, 2012. Born September 28, 1981 in Santa Barbara, Ryan was raised in Lompoc where he grew up playing football and baseball. After graduating High School, Ryan joined the Air Force where he served 2.5 years active duty before joining the National Guard. He went on to...
Isabelle Pauline Gross
Feb 8, 2012
Isabelle Pauline (Frank) Gross 1920 - 2012 Isabelle Pauline (Frank) Gross was reunited in heaven with her beloved husband, Jake, on Wednesday, February 8, 2012, after a long and courageous battle with Alzheimer's since the late 1980's. She passed from this life peacefully at Lompoc Valley Medical Center after fighting pneumonia at the age of 91. Isabelle was born in...
Louisa Mercy Van Ausdal
Feb 7, 2012
Louisa Mercy Hadix Van Ausdal passed away February 7 2012. She was born in Forest Hills California and grew up in Plymouth California. She graduated from Sutter Creek High School and attended two years of business school and then worked as a bookkeeper as her career. Louisa was proud to be a minister's daughter. Her father Elias Hadix was the...
Jimmie G. Parker
Feb 4, 2012
Jimmie G. Parker of Lompoc died Saturday, February 4, 2012, at the age of 78. Jimmie was born June 19, 1933, in Bard, California to John and Mary Parker. A veteran of the United States Marine Corps, he was an instructor at Santa Barbara City College. He is survived by his wife Sheila Parker, his sons Joel of Placerville, Jerome...
Thomas D Welch
Feb 3, 2012
Thomas David Welch, father, grandfather, and great grandfather has gone to be with the Lord. Tom was born in Somerville Mass. on April 3rd 1940 to parents Thomas John and Harriet Sherry and passed on Friday February 3rd. Tom succeeded his wife Maureen Hickey who passed in November of 2010. Tom has two surviving siblings, Brother Robert Welch and Sister...
Elvin "Bill" Luther Williams
Feb 1, 2012
Elvin (Bill) Williams, 88, passed away the morning of February 1st, at the Lompoc Comprehensive Care Center. He was born on March 12, 1923 in Jacksonville, Florida. He joined the US Army and served for two years and completed his service in the Air Force after 18 years and retired in 1969 at Vandenberg AFB. He continued working Civil Service...
Rita Maria Manfrina
Feb 1, 2012
Margarita "Rita" Manfrina passed away February 1, 2012 at the age of 90. Rita was born December 11, 1921 in Santa Barbara to John and Rosina Bortolazzo. The family moved to Lompoc a few years later where her father, along with many other Italian immigrants, went to work for the Celite Mining Corporation. They lived in what was known as...
Margaret Mary Miranda
Feb 1, 2012
A funeral mass for Margaret Mary Miranda, 76, of Lompoc, will be celebrated 10 a.m. Thursday, February 9, 2012 at La Purisima Catholic Church with Rev. Tom Cook celebrating. Inurnment will be at St. James Catholic Cemetery in Savannah, Georgia at 1:30 p.m. Thursday, February 23, 2012 Margaret was born November 24, 1935 in Georgia to Robert and Bertha McLaughlin....
Beatrice Marie Brunner
Jan 23, 2012
Beatrice Marie Brunner, 82, passed away on January 23, 2012. Bea was born November 15, 1929 to Manuel S. and Tilda Domingos at her grandparent's ranch house on Santa Rosa Road near Buellton. Bea grew up in Lompoc with her five brothers, Manuel Jr., Tony, Jim, Louis, and David. She was a graduate of Lompoc High School Class of 1949....
Shirley Elaine Phelps
Jan 23, 2012
Shirley Elaine (McCabe) Phelps Shirley Phelps, 93, died peacefully in her sleep after a brief illness surrounded by her loving family at her home on January 23, 2012. A native of Lompoc, California Shirley was born on October 27, 1918. Shirley was the third child of four born to Harry H. and Leelle (McAdam) McCabe. Growing up as a member...
Andrew Paul Mascsak
Jan 21, 2012
Andrew Paul Mascsak, Sr., 79, of Lompoc passed away at home surrounded by his family on Saturday, January 21, 2012. Andy was born February 19, 1932 in Toledo, Ohio to Andrew J. and Helen A. Mascsak, Jr. He graduated from Central Catholic High School in 1950. He was a Korean War veteran serving in the U.S. Air Force from 1952...
Joseph Dexter Dean Laney
Jan 20, 2012
Joseph Dexter Dean Laney, 57, of Lompoc died on Friday, January 20, 2012 at the Lompoc Hospital. He was born May 20, 1954 in San Diego California to Edward and Marguerite Laney. He is survived by his wife, Flora Laney, and daughters; Cheryl, Lisa, and Margie, sons, James and John, mother Marguerite Laney, sisters Donna and Sharon, and brothers, Dan...
Anthony "Tony" Grossi
Jan 19, 2012
Anthony "Tony" Grossi was born in Lompoc, California on January 26, 1956 and went to be with his Lord and Savior on January 19, 2012. Tony attended Lompoc High School where he succeeded in academics and was Lompoc High's running back from 1973 to 1974. Tony obtained an associates degree at Santa Barbara City College where he was the running...
Andrea Mae Wooldridge
Jan 17, 2012
Andrea Mae Wooldridge was born on June 14th, 1933, Flag Day, to Grant Dewey Samuelson and Verna Samuelson in Decorah, Iowa. From that day forward our Mother loved celebrating holidays! When Andrea was very young, the family moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota during the Great Depression. Her older brother Dewey watched over her during the cold winter nights while her mother,...
