Barbara Jean Schmidt
May 8, 2012
Barbara Jean Parker Schmidt ended her battle with colon cancer on May 8th, 2012 in Lompoc, CA. She was funny, gentle and independent to the very end and passed with the full love of her family. Barbara was born April 25th, 1932 in Glendale, CA to Patricia Doyle Parker and Arthur Irwin Parker. She moved to Santa Barbara in her...
Adolph O. Broda
Apr 29, 2012
Adolph O. Broda, a kind man, passed away April 29, 2012, in Lompoc. He was born June 9, 1926, in Poland near the German border. At the age of 17 he was detained by the German Army and transported into Germany to work on forced labor gangs repairing bombed railroads. It was the last time he saw his parents or...
Richard Luke Masterson
Apr 28, 2012
Richard Luke Masterson was born August 20, 1928 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the second of five children, to Luke and Helen (Kilfoyle) Masterson. There he was raised and educated until enlisting in the United States Marine Corps in January 1948. Richard served in the USMC proudly until a chance encounter with some airmen, and heard of opportunity to travel. After completing...
Mildred D. Dier
Apr 28, 2012
Mildred Dorothea Quetler Dier left this world to begin anew with our loving God and Jesus Christ, on April 24, 2012. Mom was born June 11, 1922, in Chicago, Illinois to Frederick and Caroline Maria Protzer Quetler. She was one of seven children, two brothers and four sisters. She grew up on the west side of Chicago on Ciscero Avenue...
Jose Pilar De Luna
Apr 24, 2012
Jose Pilar De Luna, 89, of Lompoc passed away on Tuesday, April 24, 2012. Jose was born to Catarino and Marcos (Moreno) De Luna on October 12, 1922 in Irving, Texas. He and his wife, Casimira (Ramirez), moved to Santa Maria in 1965 and then Santa Barbara before settling in Lompoc in 1979. Mr. De Luna was an accomplished gardener...
Freda Nellie Benedict
Apr 20, 2012
Freda Nellie Stahl Benedict The Lompoc Valley said goodbye to another native daughter on April 20, 2012. Freda (Teeda) Nellie Stahl Benedict, 95, was born on March 27, 1917, to Albert Stahl and Charlotte Reed Stahl Cowan in the Reed Ranch house in Miguelito Canyon. It was the same house where Freda's mother was born. Freda is the fourth generation...
Dorothy C. Howell
Apr 19, 2012
Dorothy Mary Cook Howell July 27, 1924-April 19, 2012 Dorothy Howell, 87, of Santa Maria, California, was born to William L. Cook and Mary Maxam Cook July 27, 1924, in Yorkville, New York. She is predeceased by her parents, sisters Jeanette Cook and Charlene Cook, and husband, Raymond Harry Howell in 1999. Dorothy enjoyed music and played the French horn...
Junette "Louise" Briggs
Apr 17, 2012
Junette "Louise" Briggs, 52, of Santa Maria passed away on Tuesday, April 17, 2012. Louise was born on June 1, 1959 in Huron, South Dakota to Aubrey "Jack" and Wilma Bailey. She was raised and educated in Lompoc, a graduate of Lompoc High School. Louise moved to the San Diego where she attend Point Loma Nazarene College and began her...
Thomas Hugh Alexander, Sr.
Apr 16, 2012
Thomas H. Alexander, 75, passed away April 16th 2012 with his devoted family by his side. He was born in Methuen, Massachusetts to James and Theresa Alexander. He entered the USAF in 1958 and served three years, then worked as a Correction Officer at MCI in Concord for twelve years. He married the love of his life, Donna, and raised...
Oscar Daniel Smith Jr.
Apr 11, 2012
Oscar D. Smith Jr., 84, of Lompoc, passed away On Wednesday, April 11, 2012. Oscar was born on June 30, 1927 in Upland, California to Oscar (Sr.) and Inez Smith. He married Betty Gene Parr in 1948 and they had one son, Daniel. Oscar served in the United States Army and made his vocation in insurance business. He retired after...
Camerino John Diaz
Apr 10, 2012
Camerino Diaz, 87, beloved husband, father, uncle and friend, passed away peacefully at his home in Lompoc on April 10, 2012. Camy was born on August 12, 1924, in South San Francisco. He spent his childhood in Lompoc until graduating from Lompoc High, when he entered the Army. He fought in World War II from 1943 until he was honorably...
Barry James Gustafson
Apr 8, 2012
Memorial services for Barry J. Gustafson, 77, of Lompoc will be 11:00 a.m Thursday, April 12, 2012 at the chapel of Starbuck-Lind Mortuary with Pastor Clete Doyal of the First Christian Church of Santa Maria officiating. Private inurnment will be at Lompoc Evergreen Cemetery. Barry was born February 15, 1935 in Loma Linda, California to Arthur and Florence Olson Gustafson....
Kathy "Rabbit" Ann Signorelli
Apr 6, 2012
Kathy passed away at Lompoc Valley Medical Center on Good Friday, April 6, 2012 at the age of 55 years. She was born and raised in Lompoc, attended Lompoc schools, and worked for many years in Service Maintenance. Kathy was a dedicated and loving daughter to her father and mother, Frank B. and Louise Signorelli who preceded her in death....
Nancy Cottam Masterson
Apr 5, 2012
Nancy A. Cottam Masterson was born December 20, 1932 in Santa Barbara, California and was a lifelong resident of Lompoc. She passed away peacefully April 5, 2012 at her home surrounded by her children. Nancy enjoyed a variety of activities and especially the outdoors including horseback riding, gardening, camping, fishing and girls softball. Some of her greatest joys were spending...
Phillip "Val" Samuel Valentine
Mar 28, 2012
Phillip S. Valentine known as Big John to some and Val to others was born on July 31, 1934. He was the fifth of ten children born to Henry and Margaret Valentine, in St. Clairsville, Ohio. After graduating from High School, Val enlisted into the United States Air Force, where he devoted 26 years defending our country. After retiring as...
Lee R. Wilson
Mar 26, 2012
Lee Roy Wilson, born in Albany Missouri, February 5, 1922 to A. K. (Brack) and Pearl Irene Wilson and was the second son of eight brothers and sisters. Lee was drafted into the 38th Calvary RC Squadron during the Second World War at the age of 18, and sent overseas to Europe where he served four campaigns, Rhineland, Ardennes, Central...
Patricia "Pat" B. Lopez
Mar 24, 2012
Patricia "Pat" B. Lopez passed away peacefully surrounded by family on March 24, 2012, at 85 years of age. She was born on July 8, 1926, in Van Nuys, California to Refugio and Lucy Lopez. Her home had always been between the Central Coast (Arroyo Grande, Grover Beach, Oceano) and Lompoc, and for that reason her final resting place will...
Carol Ann Hubert
Mar 24, 2012
Carol Ann Hubert was born on January 8, 1943 to Lois and Charles Garnsey in Glens Falls, New York. Carol passed away quietly at her home on March 24, 2012 Carol is survived by her children and their spouses, Tony Hubert and Renee Miranda, Chris and Sara Hubert, Michelle Hubert, Mark Hubert and Laura Larios-Hubert, and Steve Hubert as well...
Daniel H. Moore
Mar 23, 2012
Daniel H. Moore was born May 23, 1934 in Fairfield, Texas to Hoseay R. and Murtie Moore. He passed away Friday, March 23, 2912 at home surrounded with family. Daniel was a loving husband, father, grandfather and great grandfather. He is survived by his wife Helen "Sue" Moore, his children Eddie, Ted, Tracy, Kerry-Anne Sexton Lombrana and her husband John,...
Wanda Shreve Stromberg
Mar 21, 2012
Wanda Stromberg passed away peacefully on March 21, 2012, at 94 years of age. She was born on January 6, 1918, in Washington, DC. Wanda was the daughter of Charles Simpson Shreve and Adrienne Augusta Louisa Maria Francisca von Ezdorf Shreve of Washington, DC. Her grandfather, who was an Austrian Count, was the chief architect of the interior of the...
