Jack Blackie Norris
Aug 11, 2011
Jack B. Norris of Lompoc died Thursday, August 11, 2011 at the age of 84. Jack was born July 1, 1927 to Charles and Clara Norris in Purcell, Oklahoma. He joined the U. S. Navy during World War II and served in the Asiatic Pacific Theatre. Jack Lived in Ketchikan, Alaska for many years where he was employed as a...
Koren C. Hernandez
Aug 10, 2011
Koren C. Hernandez of Lompoc died Wednesday, August 10, 2011 at the age of 36. Koren was born in Ventura California on June 28, 1975. She was employed as a pharmacy technician. She has been a resident of Lompoc for the last 25 years. The Memorial service will be Monday, August 15, 2011 at 1pm at Crossroads Community Church, 412...
Roberta Luna
Aug 6, 2011
Roberta Luna passed away on August 6, 2011 at Lompoc Valley Community Hospital. Roberta was preceded in death by her parents Art and Barbara Beaver. Roberta was born on April 22, 1946 in Inglewood, California. She moved to Lompoc when she was five years old. Her family's roots in Lompoc go back six generations which includes her grandfather's being born...
Jeanetta "Pee Wee" Redrick
Aug 5, 2011
Jeanetta Roselei "Pee Wee" Redrick peacefully departed this life on Friday, August 5, 2011. Born on July 27, 1929 in Honolulu, HI to Albert and Muriel Gilding, she was preceded in death by husband Samuel Redrick and son Samuel Matthew Redrick; survived by brother Albert (Marvalee) Gilding, Jr. of Honolulu, HI, daughters Brenda-Lee (James) Smith of Moreno Valley, CA, Anetta...
Dorothy Furmanski
Aug 5, 2011
Dorothy passed away Friday, August 5th at the Lodge of Lompoc surrounded by her friends there. Dorothy was born September 17, 1917 in Phillips, Nebraska to Otto and Mae Scharnow. She and her husband Carl lived in Denver, Colorado with their four children until 1955. The family moved to Long Beach, where they resided until 1959. They then moved to...
Frances C. Mackenzie
Jul 29, 2011
Corrine was born November 23, 1929 in Randlett, Oklahoma. She passed away Friday, July 29, 2011 following a brief illness. She was preceded in death by her husband, Crawford Cameron (C.C.) MacKenzie in 1991, her parents, her niece Shannon Elliot, as well as her brothers, Wallace and Eugene Elliott. She is survived by her daughter Pam MacKenzie, in Lompoc; daughter...
Jerri Paulette Kinsey
Jul 27, 2011
She was a special little blossom, Jerri Paulette Kinsey, who was born August 6th, 1942 in Terre Haute, Indiana to Paul and Clara Ferguson. Because Paulette became asthmatic, the family moved to Tucson, Az., and then on to National City, Ca. where the settled down and her father began to work at the aircraft plants. There, Paulette met and married...
Irene “Bonnie” Martinez
Jul 26, 2011
Funeral Mass for Irene "Bonnie" Martinez, 58 of Lompoc, will be held Saturday July 30th, 2011 at 12 PM at the Queen of Angels Catholic Church. Private burial will be held at the Lompoc Evergreen Cemetery. Bonnie Martinez passed away unexpectedly, but peacefully in her home. Bonnie was born in Lompoc, California on February 26, 1953 to Gilbert and Josephine...
Margaret "Peggy" D. Dover
Jul 24, 2011
Margaret "Peggy" Dianne Dover, 77, of Lompoc passed away on Sunday, July 24, 2011. A viewing will be held at Starbuck-Lind Mortuary on Monday, August 1, 2011 from 3pm to 7pm; with the vigil service starting at 6pm. Graveside services will be held the following day, Tuesday, August 2, 2011 at 3pm at the Lompoc Evergreen Cemetery, followed by a...
Salvador B. Mojarras
Jul 24, 2011
Salvador B. Mojarras of Lompoc died Sunday, July 24, 2011 at the age of 79. Salvador was born November 29, 1931 in El Centro, California. He was raised and educated in Nayarit, Mexico. He returned to the United States as a teenager, and at the age of 21 he married Isac Moreno in Oregon. Formerly of Delano he has been...
Anna Gloria Smith
Jul 21, 2011
Anna Gloria (Mendez) Smith Dec. 22, 1927 – July 21, 2011 Anna Gloria Smith passed away unexpectedly in Lompoc on July 21. She was born Dec. 22, 1927 in Lompoc, the sixth of Joaquin and Isabell Mendez' seven children. She graduated from Lompoc Union High School in 1947. She met her husband Floyd Smith at a school dance and they...
Christopher Zahuta
Jul 20, 2011
On July 17, 2011 Christopher left this earth to spend his life in eternity with his Heavenly Father. Christopher was born on December 13, 1990 at Lompoc Hospital in Lompoc, California. He grew up here first attending La Honda Elementary School, then El Camino Middle School, and finally Cabrillo High School where he graduated with honors in June 2009. Since...
Gifford M. Farrar
Jul 18, 2011
Gifford M. Farrar of Lompoc died Monday, July 18, 2011 at the age of 56. He was born December 2, 1954. A loving husband, father, brother and friend Gifford was preceded in death by his wife of many years Mona Cordero Farrar in 2006. He leaves behind two precious daughters, Christine and Heather. He also leaves behind two sisters Kathy...
Eugene E. Cooper
Jul 14, 2011
Eugene E. Cooper of Lompoc died Thursday, July 14, 2011 at the age of 93. Starbuck-Lind Mortuary, directors. starbucklind.com
Leona Marie Senior
Jul 13, 2011
Leona Marie Senior Marie Senior, 82, of Lompoc, passed away peacefully on Wednesday July 13, 2011 surrounded by her family. Marie was born on November 27, 1928 in Los Angeles California to Virgil and Leona Kneedler. During her senior year in high school, Marie received a scholarship in Music from the University of Southern California but instead went to work...
Alfred R. Lara
Jul 12, 2011
Lompoc native and lifelong resident Alfred R. Lara died Tuesday, July 12, 2011 at the age of 67. Born January 10, 1944 to Alfred E. and Rose Lara, Fred graduated from Lompoc High School in 1962. He was an automobile painter for Beattie Motors in Lompoc for 40 years. He was the owner of All American Auto before his retirement...
Victor Alfonso Ramirez
Jul 11, 2011
Lompoc native and Victor Alfonso Ramirez died July 11, 2011 at the age of 19. Victor was born June 9, 1992 to Benjamin and Gloria Ramirez. The visitation will be on Monday, July 18, from 4-8 pm with the evening vigil starting at 5 pm in the chapel of the Starbuck-Lind Mortuary. The mass of Christian burial will be on...
Rosa Delira Sanchez
Jul 9, 2011
Rosa DeLira Sanchez A funeral mass for Rosa DeLira Sanchez, 79, of Lompoc, will be celebrated 10 a.m. Wednesday, July 13, 2011 at Queen of Angels Catholic Church with Rev. Msgr. John Fitzgerald officiating. Private burial will be held at Lompoc Evergreen Cemetery. A native of Lompoc and lifelong resident, Rosa was born December 18, 1931 to Miguel and Aurelia...
Albert J. Bostner
Jul 9, 2011
Albert J. Bostner, age 94, of Lompoc, passed away peacefully on July 9, 2011. He was born April 11, 1917, in Little Falls, New York, the son of Frank and Mary (Oblak) Bostner. He served in the Army Air Corps during WW II and trained as a navigator/bombardier on B-17 and B-24 bomber aircraft. He completed 50 combat missions on...
Dorothy I. Lind
Jul 4, 2011
Dorothy I. Lind, age 94 and a lifelong resident of Moline and Rock Island, died on Monday July 4, 2011 at the Red Bud Nursing Home in Red Bud, Illinois where she had resided for the past three months. Memorial services are 11:30am Saturday at South Park Presbyterian Church, 1501 30th Street, Rock Island with the Rev. Kenn Shedenhelm officiating....
