Basil Dogan Brown
Jun 7, 2012
Basil Dogan Brown passed away peacefully in his sleep surrounded by his family on June 7, 2012. He was born on October 31, 1931 and raised in Chicago, Illinois. After graduating from Proviso East High School in 1950, Basil proudly served in the US Navy and USAF for 26 years as a Laboratory Technician. Basil and his wife June met...
Alfredo C. Caballero
Jun 5, 2012
Alfredo C. Caballero of Lompoc died Tuesday June 5, 2012 at the age of 56. Alfredo was born September 11, 1955 in San Luis, Rio Colorado, Sonora, Mexico. A resident of Lompoc since 1963 he graduated from Maple High School in 1973. Alfredo was fascinated by new technology. He worked as a mechanical engineering technician for Intel, Hughes Network and...
Irma Barbee
Jun 4, 2012
On February 14, 1945 in Pharr, Texas, Irma Sanchez was born to Guillema and Luciano Sanchez. She was the youngest of six children. One year later, the Sanchez family moved out west to Santa Barbara, California. Irma was a member of the first graduating class (Class of 1963) from the new San Marcos High School. After high school, she took...
Asta Maria Elliott
May 30, 2012
Lithuanian-born Asta Maria Elliott came to America with her sister Laimute and their parents in October 1949 in the wake of European political unrest following World War II. Asta was reared in Michigan and lived most of her life there. She married and divorced twice, including once to a policeman in Dearborn, Mich. Asta loved animals and the outdoors. She...
Esther Velasquez Tobin
May 29, 2012
Esther Velasquez Tobin, or as she was more lovingly known, Teto, passed away peacefully at her home on Tuesday, May 29, 2012. She was born October 09, 1932 to Rogelio and Vivian Velasquez in San Juan Capistrano, CA. They relocated to Lompoc, CA when she was a young girl. Teto grew up on the ranches of Lompoc where her Dad...
George William Harris, Jr.
May 29, 2012
George William Harris, Jr. passed away peacefully while sleeping at home at age 92 on May 29th, 2012 in San Pedro, California. George was born in Lompoc, California, the 7th child and only boy of George William Harris Sr. and Julia Corning Harris. He is survived by his beloved wife of 68 years, Martha, loving daughter Marcia Hart (Brooke), granddaughter...
Margaret Ann Aubert
May 29, 2012
Margaret Ann Aubert of Lompoc passed away at her home on Tuesday, May 29, 2012, at the age of 79. Margaret was born September 1, 1932, in New Roads, Louisiana. She married Frank C. Aubert who was assigned to Vandenberg Air Force Base in 1964. A lifelong homemaker, Margaret was an was active member of the Lompoc community. She was...
Robert C. Jackson
May 26, 2012
Robert C. Jackson, age 59, of Lompoc, California passed away on May 26, 2012, at his home surrounded by his family. Robert was born on January 10, 1953, in Logan, West Virginia to Lucy Friend and Robert L. Jackson. Robert, also known as Bob, was a very charitable man. He handmade wooden toys for children at the Mesa Oaks ward...
Steven T. Cupp
May 26, 2012
Steven T. Cupp of Lompoc died peacefully at home surrounded by his children Saturday, May 26, 2012, at the age of 65 after a long bout with ALS. Steven was born July 7, 1946 in Hollywood, California to Victor and Jeanette Cupp. His family moved to Lompoc in 1960 where he attended Lompoc High School, graduating in 1964. He served...
Kaliene Rosen
May 23, 2012
Kaliene Rosen, a beautiful and vivacious woman died of Alzheimer's disease at the Lompoc Convalescent Care Center, May 23, at the age of 72. Born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1939, Kaliene worked for the Irving Trust Company on Wall Street before moving to Lompoc in 1962 with her husband, Richard Rosen. They loved the cross-country trip from New York...
Robert Earl Matlack
May 21, 2012
With family members with him, Robert Earl Matlack passed away on Monday, May 21, 2012. He had recently suffered injuries from a fall. Robert, known as Bob, was 86 years old. Bob will be deeply missed by his children Peggy Ussery of Pacifica, California and Dean Matlack and wife Barbara of Melbourne, Florida. Grandchildren include Stephanie Orozco, Tim Matlack and...
Kenneth Wayne Cooper
May 20, 2012
Kenneth Wayne Cooper was born February 18, 1928, in Crystal Falls, Michigan to Frank and Ann Cooper. He went to be with the Lord on May 20, 2012 in Lompoc, California. Ken's parents moved from Michigan to Glendale, California in 1936. Ken graduated from Glendale high school where he met his future wife Dorothy. They were high school sweethearts and...
Estefana Delira Gutierrez
May 19, 2012
A Mass of Christian Burial for Estefana DeLira Gutierrez, 91, of Lompoc will be 10:30 a.m. Thursday, May 31, 2012 at La Purisima Catholic Church with Celebrant Rev. Tom Cook. Burial will follow at Lompoc Evergreen Cemetery. Estefana was born November 28, 1920 in El Paso, Texas to Yrineo and Carmen Guevarra DeLira. Her family relocated to the central coast...
Georgene Elaine Rieck
May 18, 2012
Georgene Elaine Rieck (July 26, 1942), Lompoc, California Georgene passed away peacefully on Friday, May 18, 2012, after a long battle with cancer. She was 69. Georgene was born in Lompoc on July 26, 1942 to George and Mary Taylor. She spent part of her childhood on the Jalama Ranch where she cultivated her love horses. She attended Lompoc area...
Ronald G. Stricklin
May 16, 2012
Ronald was born May 26, 1946 in Elvins, Missouri to Lloyd and Omilee Ezell Stricklin and died May 16, 2012 He was preceded in death by his wife, Lorraine Wilks Stricklin of Lompoc and his parents. Ronald served in the United States Navy from 1964 to 1968 serving three tours in Vietnam on board the USS Kittyhawk. He is survived...
Bracher "Brad" Swanigan, Jr.
May 16, 2012
Bracher "Brad" Swanigan, Jr. was born in Brinkley, Arkansas on March 16, 1958 to Bracher Swanigan, Sr. and Katie L. Swanigan. Brad was preceded in death by his parents, sister Prisella and three brothers Cecil, Calvin and Otha. Brad was well known among his family and friends as a hardworking, serious, caring and kind individual who was unusually patient and...
Elaine Ann Angulo
May 9, 2012
Elaine Angulo, age 65, passed away in Lompoc on May 9, 2012 after a brief but courageous battle with cancer. She was born on November 7, 1946 in Santa Barbara to Manuel and Mabel (Reyna) Angulo. Elaine grew up in Santa Barbara and attended local schools including La Cumbre Junior High and Santa Barbara High School (Class of 1964) where...
Raymond August Sousa
May 9, 2012
Raymond fought a courageous battle with MDS/acute myeloid leukemia and succumbed to the disease on Wednesday, May 9th, 2012 with his family at his bedside. Raymond was born in Santa Maria on February 18, 1940 and raised in Lompoc on the Sousa Ranch located on Mail Road along the Santa Ynez River. As the youngest of 10 children, he spent...
Edlyn "Lynn" Mathis
May 8, 2012
Edlyn (Lynn) Karisch Mathis Lynn went to the Arms of her Savior May 8, 2012, at the age of 76. She was born to Lydia and Oswald Karisch on July 25, 1935, in Winchester, Texas. She was baptized, confirmed, and married in St. Michael's Lutheran Church in Winchester. She met Joseph M. Mathis in Austin, Texas and they were married...
Irene Canepa Donovan
May 8, 2012
Irene Canepa Donovan, a longtime resident of the Lompoc area passed away peacefully on May 8 surrounded by her family. Irene Canepa was born near Hollister California and obtained a teaching degree from San Jose State at the age of 21. During the depression, her first teaching job was at the now historic La Honda one room schoolhouse where she...
