Evelyn Mae Thompson
Jul 3, 2011
Our cherished Mother, Grandmother and Friend, Evelyn Mae Thompson left with the angels Sunday, July 3 in Santa Barbara after suffering a brain hemorrhage, surrounded by her loving family. She had recently celebrated her 88th birthday with the traditional Thompson family picnic at Biddle Ranch Park in Arroyo Grande. She was born in San Francisco in 1923 to Maude and...
Marquerite Louise Caldwell
Jun 30, 2011
Services for Marguerite L. Caldwell, 92, of Lompoc, will be 1 p.m. Thursday, July 7, 2011 at the Lompoc Evergreen Cemetery. Marguerite was born March 28, 1919 in Paris, Texas to Thom and Mary Humphrey Lenoir. She moved to Lompoc from Texas in 1936 and arrived by train. She enjoyed Lompoc and made it her home for many years. She...
Elmore Louis Kueffer
Jun 23, 2011
Elmore L Kueffer, a 1947 Arroyo Grande High graduate, passed away June 23, 2011 in Lompoc, Calif. He was 81. Elmore is survived by sister Muriel Stephens of Eugene, Oregon, sons David Kueffer of Tucson, AZ, Larry Kueffer of Grover Beach, Jon Kueffer of Santa Maria and daughters Anne Quirk of Cuyama and Pamela Walton of Lompoc. He left behind...
Bibiano Laquesta Armero
Jun 21, 2011
Beloved husband and father Bibiano "Benny" Armero passed quietly at home on Tuesday, June 21, 2011 at the age of 99. Benny served in the U.S. Armed Forces in the 1st Filippino Infantry. He served during WWII and participated in the battles at New Guinea and Southern Philippines. He received the American Campaign Medal, the Philippine Liberation Ribbon with bronze...
Charles Clifton Brown
Jun 14, 2011
Charles Clifton Brown of Lompoc died Tuesday, June 14, 2011 at the age of 67. "Chuck," as he was known, worn September 25, 1943 in San Antonio, Texas to Vernice and Marguerite Brown. He worked as an electronic technician in the aerospace industry in Santa Barbara County. A resident of Lompoc since 1966, Chuck was a member of Grace Temple...
John H. Begg
Jun 13, 2011
John Henry Begg was born in Lompoc California on December 27, 1949. Son of Janet and the late LeRoy John Begg, he passed away on Monday June 13th at Cottage Hospital in Santa Barbara. John attended La Purisima School and graduated from Lompoc High. John married his high school sweetheart Brenda Hampton in 1966. They had 44 years together and...
Christopher Robert Martinez
Jun 13, 2011
Christopher Robert Martinez was born July 20, 1982 in Lompoc, California. He passed away unexpectedly, at the age of 28, at Marian Medical Center in Santa Maria, due to injuries sustained in an automobile accident. He is survived by his loving family - mother, Peggi Arnold; sister, Francine Martinez; step father, Sonny Arnold; step siblings, Scott (Tina) Arnold; and Kelley...
Florence A. Flora
Jun 12, 2011
Florence A. Flora of Lompoc died Sunday, June 12, 2011, at the age of 96. Florence was born April 9, 1915, in Saint Charles, Missouri. Raised and educated in Saint Louis she lived in many parts of the United States and the world as the wife of an Army serviceman. She moved to Lompoc in 1970, and was active in...
Joseph Hannon Davis, Sr.
Jun 12, 2011
Long time resident, Joseph H. Davis has passed away on June 12th 2011 at Lompoc Valley Medical Center. Joe was born February 5th 1933 in Memphis. Tennessee and was raised in California. Retiring from the U.S. Air Force in 1971 as a nuclear weapons specialist. Joe settled in the Lompoc Valley where he lived for 40 years and raised 7...
Mary Magdalene Mintz
Jun 9, 2011
Beloved Mary Magdalene Mintz passed away on June 9, 2011 at Lompoc Valley Medical Center. Born in Gomez Palacio, Mexico to Rosa Escobedo and Valeriano de la Torre on July 22, 1920, she came to the US in 1925. Mary was a member of Saint Monicas High School's first graduating class in 1939 and was one of the first Latinas...
Laura Atkin-Nobles
Jun 5, 2011
Funeral services will be held June 13, 2011 at the Starbuck Lind Mortuary in Lompoc with viewing at 1 PM and services at 2PM with Reverend Ehrhardt Lang presiding. Burial will follow at the Lompoc Evergreen Cemetery. She was born February 10, 1932 to Hobart and Martha Chastain and preceded in death by her first husband Fred Atkin who died...
Bobbie Ellen Robertson
Jun 3, 2011
Bobbie Ellen Robertson passed away June 3, 2011, at her home with her husband at her side. She was 74 years old. Bobbie was born on February 5, 1937 in Harlan, KY to her parents Robert and Arlie Snell. She met the love of her life, Wayne Robertson while living in San Bernardino. They married on January 4,1953. They raised...
Gilbert Sattler, Jr.
Jun 3, 2011
Gilbert Sattler, Jr. followed his beloved 8 days after her passing and went to be with the Lord on June 3, 2011. Gil was born in Los Angeles, California on May 25, 1938. He was raised in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and San Diego, California. Gil attended and graduated from La Jolla High School in 1957 where he played football and was...
Ellen Estelle Burch
Jun 2, 2011
OBITUARY FOR ELLEN E. BURCH: Longtime local educator, musician and dog lover Ellen E. Burch has passed away. She died Thursday, June 2, 2011 at Lompoc Valley Medical Center after a protracted illness. Ms. Burch was born 8 August 1939 in McMinnville, Oregon. She lived in Toledo, Oregon until she attended the University of Oregon in Eugene, Oregon where she...
Barbara Castro Patterson
Jun 1, 2011
Barbara went home to be with the Lord on June 1, 2011. She was born in Van Nuys, California on March 18, 1943. She is survived by her husband, Patrick Patterson; brothers Tony and Ray Castro; and 5 nephews & nieces, 11 great nephews & nieces, and 4 great-great nephews & nieces. She was married to Patrick for 31 years...
Wayne Scott Phillips
Jun 1, 2011
Wayne Scott Phillips passed away at age 52 on June 1, 2011 in Santa Barbara, California. He is survived by his loving wife, Susan, two sons and daughter-in-love, Daniel and Christen Phillips of Escondido and David Phillips of Lompoc, and his father and late mother, Charles and (Margaret) Evelyn Phillips. Wayne was born in San Diego in 1959 and grew...
Frances "Addie" Singleton
May 31, 2011
"I'm not a busybody, I'm just a body that's busy." That's how Frances Adelaide "Addie" Singleton described herself between meetings of Beta Phi Sigma sorority, American Association of University Women, Delta Kappa Gamma and her church: Valley of the Flowers United Church of Christ which she called "The Church of What's Happenin' Now." At 5 foot 1 and 100 pounds...
Lolita Kealaanuhea Sattler
May 26, 2011
Lolita Kealaanuhea Sattler went to be with the Lord on May 26, 2011. Lolita was born on September 21, 1933 in Lahaina, Maui and raised in Kihei, Maui. Lolita moved to Santa Barbara in 1959 and then to Lompoc in 1962. She worked for the Army Air Force Exchange Service, Santa Barbara Bank and Trust, and Chumash Casino Resort. She...
O'Henry Hilley
May 25, 2011
Funeral services are scheduled to be held on June 1, 2011 at 10:00 a.m., with a viewing scheduled one hour prior to the service starting at Starbuck-Lind Mortuary, in Lompoc. Burial will follow at Lompoc Evergreen Cemetery. O'Henry Hilley passed away quietly on May 25, 2011 at his home, with his family by his side. He was 91 years old,...
Ellen Regina Ladd
May 23, 2011
Ellen "Babe" Gill Ladd passed away at home surrounded by her family after a short illness. She was born and raised in Oxnard, California, the youngest of six children. As a child she enjoyed a free-spirited life on her family's 100-acre farm. She graduated from Oxnard High in 1938, attended Ventura College and went on to work at Camarillo State...
