Carmen Lucrecia Benavidez
Sep 12, 2011
Carmen will be missed at this unexpected time of her death. She was a very talented artist, seamstress, and cook. She was a great mother to Summer Blanchard and her grandchildren Jessica and Miguel. She is survived by her mother Ernestine DeSoto, father Gilbert Unzueta Sr., siblings, Gilbert Jr., Regina Bernice, Paul and Santos Unzueta also Ronald and Paul Gradias....
Carolyn Elaine Hyland
Sep 7, 2011
Carolyn E. Hyland, 70, of Lompoc passed away on Wednesday, September 7, 2011 in Los Angeles, California after a lengthy illness. Caroyln was born on January 6, 1941 to Evan and Winnie Taylor in Bakersfield, California. She was raised and educated in Coalinga, California. She married Cecil A Mingus on June 5, 1968 and together ran Mingus Paint Supply. They...
Loretta Alma Lyons
Sep 6, 2011
Loretta A. Lyons of Lompoc died Tuesday, September 6, 2011 at the age of 89. Loretta was born July 3, 1922 in Welborn, Kansas to Roe and Mary Carothers. Raised and educated in Kansas City, she graduated from Wyandotte High School. She married Charles V. Lyons in 1945. Formerly of Sylmar she has been a resident of Lompoc since 1979...
Mike Espino
Sep 6, 2011
Vigil services for Mike Espino, 70, of Lompoc, will be 7 p.m. Friday, September 9, 2011 at the chapel of Starbuck-Lind Mortuary. A funeral mass will be celebrated 9 a.m. Saturday at La Purisima Catholic Church with Rev. Tom Cook officiating. Burial will follow at Lompoc Evergreen Cemetery. Mike passed away at his home on September 6, 2011. He was...
Stanley William Haney, Jr.
Sep 4, 2011
Stanley William (Bill) Haney Jr. August 14, 1931 – September 4, 2011 Bill, born August 14, 1931 in Berlin, New Hampshire, was the first of seven children born to Stanley W. Haney and Alice Arsenault Haney. The family later moved to Boston where Bill attended local schools. He joined the US Coast Guard at the age of 17 and proudly...
Vicente Casteneda Zuniga
Sep 3, 2011
Vicente Zúñiga 1937 – 2011 Vicente Zúñiga Castañeda of Lompoc passed away on Saturday, September 3, 2011, at his home in Lompoc. Vicente was born on January 29, 1937, in Zacatecas, Mexico, to Jose and Lucina Zuniga. He married Concepcion Ramirez on February 28, 1960; they had been married for 50 years. Vicente was in the agricultural industry for 50...
George William Berard
Sep 3, 2011
George William Berard of Lompoc passed away on Saturday, September 3rd 2011 at his home. He was 79. George was born to Edward Arthur and Irene Cote' Berard of Fall River Massachusetts. He was preceded in death by his parents, 2 of his sisters Lorraine Napert and Lillian Ramunno, also of Fall River, Massachusetts and a younger brother, Francis of...
Francisco Magana
Sep 2, 2011
Francisco Magana of Tucson, Arizona died Friday, September 2, 2011 at the age of 27. Francisco was born October 30, 1983 to Francisco Magana and Araceli Ramirez in Acapulco, Mexico. He came to the United States at the age of seven and was enrolled in school in Glendale, California. He later graduated from Eagle Rock High School. Francisco married Marisela...
Alexa Rae Olivera
Aug 31, 2011
Alexa Rae Olivera died Wednesday, August 31, 2011 at the sweet age of 16. Alexa was born February 8, 1995 in Lompoc to Jeffrey and Deanne Olivera. She attended local schools and was currently enrolled as a junior at Cabrillo High School where she loved belonging to Cabrillo water polo and swimming. She was part of the Junior Lifeguards program...
Wanda June Terry
Aug 31, 2011
Wanda J. Terry, 64, of Lompoc, California passed away August 31, 2011 at the Sherman Oaks Hospital in Sherman Oaks, California. Wanda was born on May 3, 1947 to Warfield and Louise (Norris) Terry in Chickasha, Oklahoma. Wanda loved music, was a great artist and loved children. She was a second mother to her nephews and nieces and was affectionately...
Thelma Lenade Flowers
Aug 30, 2011
Services for Thelma Lenade Flowers, 64, of Lompoc will be 12:00 Noon Wednesday, September 7, 2011 at True Vine Bible Fellowship, 533 South Avalon Street in Lompoc with Pastor Darryl Fort officiating. Burial will follow at Lompoc Evergreen Cemetery. A visitation will be held one hour prior to services at the church. Thelma was called home to be with the...
Michael John Burke
Aug 29, 2011
Michael John Burke, born to Mary and John Burke on August 27, 1970 at Wurtsmith AFB, Michigan, went home to the Lord peacefully in his sleep on Monday, August 29, 2011. Michael attended La Purisima Concepcion School in Lompoc and graduated from St Joseph High School, Santa Maria in 1988. Michael graduated from the Allan Hancock College Fire Academy and...
Marlar Everett Stewart
Aug 28, 2011
Captain Marlar E. Stewart (US Navy, Ret), a resident of Lompoc since 1974, died on Sunday, August 28, 2011. He is survived by his wife of 66 years, Lela R. Stewart, and a son, LCDR Richard K. Stewart and his wife Gail of Suffolk, Virginia; grandson, Nicklas Stewart and his wife Heather; granddaughter Courtney Stewart Drake and her husband David;...
Judith Millicent Jenkins
Aug 28, 2011
Judith "Judy" Millicent Jenkins Judy passed away on August 28, 2011, at her home in Vandenberg Village, surrounded by her family. Judy was born May 19, 1938, in London England, to William Henry Silas Eacott, and Millicent Muriel Eacott (Buckland). Judy spent her early childhood years in Felixstowe England, growing up as a self-described tomboy. Judy met the love of...
Alberta E. Godet
Aug 26, 2011
Alberta Esther Godet was born in 1917 at a Santa Rosa Road family farmhouse and passed on August 26, 2011, at the age of 93. Alberta's historical, pioneering family the Hollisters, helped settle Santa Barbara County. Her parents, Albert and Esther Hollister, and sisters Anna and Louisa moved into Lompoc when Alberta was 16. She graduated from Lompoc High School...
Linda Monique Arevalos
Aug 23, 2011
Linda Monique Arevalos, the infant daughter of John Jess Arevalos III and Sarah Elizabeth Montoya passed away on Tuesday, August 23, 2011. Linda is survived by her parents, grandparents; Nancy J. Montoya of Santa Barbara and John (Jr.) and Linda Arevalos of Lompoc, and siblings; Nevaeh Arevalos, Robert Arevalos, Jessica Arevalos, JR. Arevalos and two more brothers. She is preceded...
Jimmy J. Romero
Aug 23, 2011
Vigil services for Lompoc native Jimmy J. Romero, 85, will be 6 p.m. Wednesday, August 31, 2011 at the chapel of Starbuck-Lind Mortuary. A funeral mass will be celebrated 10 a.m. Thursday at La Purisima Conception Catholic Church with Rev. Tom Cook officiating. Burial will follow at the Lompoc Evergreen Cemetery. Jimmy was called to heaven by our Lord Tuesday,...
Gene Erickson
Aug 18, 2011
A memorial service for Gene R. Erickson will be held Thursday, September 1, 2011 at 1 pm at the Lompoc Elk's Lodge, 905 East Ocean Avenue. Gene was born on April 16, 1934 in Everett, Washington to Adrian Erick and Hazel Corrine Erickson. He graduated from Everett High School with the class of 1952. He served in the US Navy...
Gertrude Curtis Johnson
Aug 18, 2011
Gertrude Curtis Johnson passed away August 18, 2011 at the age of 97 in her Lompoc home of natural causes. Gertrude was born September 30, 1913 in Lexington, Missouri to George and Dolly Mae Bagnell. Her grandmother raised her after her parents died. In 1931 she married Charles Johnson who worked in the coalmines. In 1945 they moved to Taft...
Clifford Earl Cook
Aug 15, 2011
Services for Clifford Earl Cook, 80, of Lompoc, will be 10 a.m. Friday, August 26, 2011 at the chapel of Starbuck-Lind Mortuary with Pastor Gilbert Stones of the First United Methodist Church officiating. Private burial will be at the Lompoc Evergreen Cemetery. Clifford was born on July 18, 1930, in Selma, California to Earl Milton Cook and Verona Cook. He...
