Don Wesley Stalker
Aug 6, 2012
Don Wesley Stalker, 87, passed away peacefully at home on August 6, 2012 with his loving wife of 65 years, Minniebelle, and family. He was preceded in death by his parents, Ray and Dorothy and his only sibling, Norma Rae Reynolds. He was born on November 25, 1924, to Ray Parmely Stalker and Dorothy Dawn (Burgar) Stalker in Helper, Utah....
Jennie Mendibles Woods
Aug 6, 2012
Jennie Mendibles Woods, 64, joined her Heavenly Father on August 6, 2012, in Healdsburg, California, after a short battle with cancer. Jennie was born January 22, 1948, in Prescott, Arizona to John and Jennie Mendibles. The family moved to Santa Barbara, California where Jennie attended local schools. Jennie is survived by her husband Edward Woods, her sons Alex Alonzo Jr....
Helga Matthews
Aug 5, 2012
Helga Matthews peacefully left this world to be with Jesus on August 5, 2012. She was laid to rest at Lompoc Evergreen Cemetery on August 8, 2012. She will be forever loved and missed by all who knew and loved her. Helga was born February 22, 1936, in Aalen, Germany to Karl and Emma Bullinger. She was a beautiful and...
Clara Rita Nicastro
Aug 4, 2012
Clara Rita Nicastro, a long-time resident of Lompoc, died Saturday, August 4, after a brief but heroic battle with lung cancer. Born in 1941 in Pordenone, Italy, Clara spent her childhood and teen years with a small group of girlfriends whom she maintained a friendship with until death. Their foursome (Clara, Franca, Graciela, and Wilma), spent many happy hours dancing...
Gina Terrones Villalobos
Aug 3, 2012
Gina Villalobos, 46, passed away August 3, 2012. She was born April 4, 1966 in Lompoc, California. Gina was fun, loving, kind, generous, and free-spirited. She enjoyed laughing and spending time with her children, grandchildren, and long-time boyfriend Randy Boyer. She also enjoyed taking her dog on bike rides in the "Rusty Rains Rider". She will always be remembered as...
Charles Eugene Nelms
Jul 31, 2012
Charles Eugene Nelms of Lompoc passed away Tuesday, July 31, 2012, at the age of 61. Charles was born September 16, 1950, to Garrnett and Alice Nelms in Highpoint, South Carolina. Formerly of Alabama, his family settled in Lompoc in 1962, where he attended Lompoc High School graduating in 1968. He subsequently earned an associate's degree from Allan Hancock. Charles...
Florence S. Smith
Jul 30, 2012
Former and longtime resident of Lompoc, Florence Stewart Smith, age 90, passed away on Monday, July 30, 2012 in Newnan, Georgia. Graveside services will be held 11a.m. Tuesday, August 7, 2012 at the Lompoc Evergreen Cemetery. Doug Pike, former Bishop of the Lompoc Ward, will preside. Florence was born on November 12, 1921 in Hinckley, Utah. She was an excellent...
Kathleen Mary Grossman
Jul 29, 2012
Kathleen was the youngest of four children born to Ruth and James (Jack) Johnston in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin. After graduating from Ripon College, Wisconsin, with a degree in Liberal Arts, Kathleen moved to California where she began her career as an elementary school teacher and reading specialist for the Lompoc Unified School District. Kathleen was a dedicated educator who taught for...
Emiliana C. Samortin
Jul 19, 2012
Emiliana C. Samortin of Lompoc died Thursday, July 19, 2012, at the age of 93. Emiliana was born May 22, 1919, in the Philippine Islands. She came to the United States and settled in Lompoc in the early 1960s. She worked for many years as a housekeeper at Vandenberg Air Force Base. Family was the most important thing to Emiliana....
Sylvester Cole
Jul 17, 2012
Sylvester Cole passed away on July 17, 2012 after a long illness in Lompoc, California. Sylvester was born on October 16, 1931 in Shreveport, Louisiana. He spent his youth in Houston, Texas until joining the United States Air Force. He served four years. He and his wife Bea came to the Lompoc Valley in 1965 where he had a successful...
Maria Mendiola Cruz
Jul 17, 2012
Maria Anunciacion Mendiola Cruz passed away peacefully in her home on July 17, 2012. Maria was born in the Northern Mariana Island of Rota to Felix and Heronima Mendiola. She was 80 years old when she left us to be with our Lord in heaven. Maria was married to Mariano Camacho Cruz for 60 years. They lived a wonderful life...
Joe R. Luis, Jr.
Jul 12, 2012
Joe R. Luis Jr., age 96, passed away peacefully on July 12, 2012 in Lompoc. Joe was born on Bucknell Rd., in Orcutt on February 16, 1916 to Joe R. Luis Sr. & Filomena (Silva). Joe spent many years farming and raising cattle. He also enjoyed baling hay, milking cows, growing berries and vegetables on his ranch on Hwy 246....
James Joseph Distefano
Jul 10, 2012
Jim was born February 19, 1929, in Berwyn, Illinois. He was the high school sports star, excelling in football, baseball, basketball and track. After high school he joined the Army, serving as a medic in both Korea and Vietnam. In 1971, upon retirement from the Army, he brought his family to Lompoc remembering it from when he was stationed here...
Marta Jo Clifford
Jul 8, 2012
Marta Jo Clifford of Lompoc died on Sunday, July 8 2012. She was 61 years old. Marta was born at the San Diego Naval Base on July 25, 1950, to John and Elise Wallenburg. She was raised in post-war France and in Glendale, California. Marta and her family moved to Lompoc in 1962, and she graduated from Lompoc High School...
Yolanda Muli
Jul 7, 2012
Yolanda Muli, 52, of Lompoc passed away peacefully on July 7, 2012 in her home with her loving family by her side. She was born on September 10, 1959 as the youngest daughter of Celedonia Cruz and Jaime Sarabia. In 1984, she moved to Guam where she married her husband, Federico Muli, and gave birth to her two children. In...
Venita "Vickie" Dirks-Askerman
Jul 5, 2012
Venita "Vickie" Dirks-Askerman of Lompoc died Thursday, July 5, 2012, at the age of 80. Vickie was born January 7, 1932 in Bakersfield to Mack and Ruby McGregor. After graduating from Arroyo Grande High School she attended a local community college. She worked for many years as a bookkeeper for Transamerica Insurance. Most recently she was the bookkeeper and business...
Byron P. Goforth, Jr.
Jul 4, 2012
Byron P. Goforth, Jr. of Lompoc returned to his Father in heaven on Wednesday, July 4, 2012, at the age of 77. Byron was born in Little Rock, Arkansas on April 28, 1935. He grew up with family in Tucson, Arizona. He came to Lompoc in the mid-1980s and was employed with Bomar Security and Investigations, at various jobs on...
Howard William Kimelman, Jr.
Jul 3, 2012
Howard William Kimelman Jr., 52, passed away peacefully on July 3, 2012, at his home in Lompoc. Howard was born to Howard W. and Gloria M. Kimelman on June 27, 1960, in Fairbanks, Alaska. Howard worked as a long-haul truck driver and owned a chartered limo service in Orange County for many years before moving back to Lompoc in 2009....
Nita Whiteside Eidson
Jul 3, 2012
Nita Whiteside Eidson went to her Heavenly Home on the evening of July 3, 2012. She was one-week away from her 87th birthday. She died peacefully while residing at the Lompoc Comprehensive Care Center. Her colorful life began July 10, 1925 in Dallas, Texas. Her father, Edward Whiteside, was a respected electrical engineer with the telephone company. Her mother, Mai...
Waunita Brown
Jul 3, 2012
Waunita Isabell Brown of Lompoc passed away July 3, 2012, at the age of 100, due to Pneumonia after a brief illness. Waunita was born March 7, 1912, in Crystal Lake, Illinois to Roy and Mary Eggericks. A 44-year resident of Lompoc, she was a member of Bethany Lutheran Church, the Miguelito Chapter 176 of the Order of the Eastern...
