Wynema Baird
Sep 1, 2010
To our dear friends and family, Thank you for your kind condolences, cards and flowers. We have been so touched by your care. Mother passed peacefully in her home and into the presence of her Lord and Savior on Sept. 1, 2010 at 10:48 pm surrounded by her children and grandchildren. The day of her departure she openly prayed and...
Julia Elizabeth Mendez
Aug 29, 2010
Julia E. Mendez, 91, formerly of Lompoc passed away on Sunday, August 29, 2010. Born June 23, 1919 to Thomas and Mary Silva, she was born, raised and lived most of her life in the Lompoc area, before moving to Santa Maria after the passing of her husband in 1983. Julia was a hard worker; she worked with her husband...
Keith Parsley
Aug 27, 2010
Marvin Keith Parsley passed away quietly in his Lompoc home on August 27 after many years of battling debilitating health issues. He was born May 1, 1951 in Santa Maria, CA to Marvin and Mary (King) Parsley. He graduated from Righetti High School in 1969 and enlisted in the Coast Guard, serving a couple of years before returning home to...
Stephen R. Lane
Aug 26, 2010
Stephen R. Lane of Lompoc died Thursday, August 26, 2010, at the age of 27. Stephen was born April 11, 1983 in Newport News, Virginia. His family moved from Beltsville, Maryland to settle in Lompoc in 1994. He graduated from Cabrillo High School with the class of 2001 having taken courses in automotive each of his years there. He completed...
Mary Jean Hoskins
Aug 24, 2010
Mary Jean Hoskins "Nonnie" "Lord, make me an instrument of Your peace." The Lord has called His peacemaker, Mary Jean Hoskins, to be with Him. Nonnie, as most knew her, passed peacefully in her sleep Tuesday morning. She joins in Heaven her husband of 63 years, Walter Hoskins; her father, Commodore "Tommy" Mockbee, mother Sarah Blanche Mockbee; brothers Harley and...
David A. Eden
Aug 21, 2010
David A. Eden, longtime resident of Lompoc, died Saturday, August 21, 2010, at the age of 51. David was born February 27, 1959, in Amarillo, Texas to Billy and Gloria Eden. At an early age, his family moved to Lompoc where he was raised and attended local schools. He was a wrestler and played high school football at Cabrillo High...
Lorin N. Trubschenck
Aug 21, 2010
Lorin N. Trubschenck Long-time resident of Lompoc, CA Lorin passed away on August 21, 2010 at the age of 92. Lorin spent most of his career proudly serving his country in the Air Force, beginning with training in 1941 at Moffett Field, completing it at Yale University. He entered combat duty from 1942-1946 as a decorated bomber pilot. He then...
Buster E. Coker
Aug 19, 2010
Buster E. Coker, age 91, died at Lompoc Valley Skilled & Nursing Center on July 19, 2010. He was born in 1918 in Mt. Pleasant, Texas and moved to Yuma in 1940 with his family. His parents Marant and Della Coker who were also residents of Yuma preceded him in death. Two brothers Marshall and Raymond Coker, one sister, Anne...
Julia Ann Reem
Aug 18, 2010
Julia Ann ("Lillian") Reem, 89, of Lompoc California passed away on August 18,2010. Born August 10, 1921 in Plymouth, Pennsylvania, she was the daughter of the late Ignatius and Anna (Kovaleski) Simanovich. She attended Plymouth High School. She was a loving wife of 42 years to her husband Walter Moore Reem who preceded her in death in August 1986. Also...
Zachariah Rulon Huss
Aug 15, 2010
Zachariah Rulon Huss, 26, passed away on August, 15, 2010 at his residence in Lompoc, California. He was born January 9, 1984 in San Diego, California. He is survived by his parents, Rod Huss and Janean Huss; siblings, Jennifer Basquiat (Cameron), April Marsh (Jim), Aleisha Page (Steve), Andria Keiser (JR), Jedediah Huss (Erin), and Madelyn Huss. Zach enjoyed music, dirt...
Howard William Fogelberg
Aug 10, 2010
Howard W. Fogelberg, 84, of Lompoc passed away on Tuesday, August 10, 2010. Howard was born on May 12, 1926 in Salt Lake City, Utah to Frans and LeaOtta Fogelberg. His family moved to Mt. Pleasant, Utah when he was a young boy. Howard joined the US Army and served in the Korean War. He worked for the United States...
Raymond H. Diaz
Aug 9, 2010
Raymond H. Diaz II Ray Diaz was born on October 14, 1930 to Ramon and Gavina Diaz in San Luis Obispo and passed away on August 9, 2010, at the Lompoc Convalescent Care Center. He lived the majority of his life in Lompoc and attended local schools. He was a Korean War era veteran serving in both the U.S. Army...
York Bryan Gross
Aug 6, 2010
York Bryan Gross was born to the union of Floyd Ray Gross and Barbara Jean (Boatman) Gross on June 24, 1961, at Travis AFB, California. He departed this life in Clovis, California on August 6, 2010, at the age of 49 after a courageous battle with kidney cancer. He received his early education at schools in California, Taiwan, Mississippi, and...
Clyde Walter Morrison, Jr.
Aug 4, 2010
Clyde W. Morrison, Jr, 84, of Lompoc died Wednesday August 4, 2010 at Lompoc Valley Medical Center with his two sons by his side. Clyde was born on September 19, 1925 in Durant, Oklahoma, the oldest child of Clyde and Annie Morrison. He spent his childhood and teen years living in Oklahoma until joining the Air Force. Clyde proudly served...
Donna Anita Chavez
Aug 1, 2010
Services for Donna A. Chavez, 39, of Lompoc, will be 12 noon Friday, August 13, 2010 at the chapel of Starbuck-Lind Mortuary with Pastor Darryl Fort of True Vine Ministries officiating. Burial will follow at Lompoc Evergreen Cemetery. Donna was born December 31, 1970 in Torrance, California to Vernon and Kathleen Coleman. She moved to Lompoc in 1987 from Southern...
Gloria Jean Vigil
Jul 31, 2010
Gloria Jean Vigil of Lompoc died Saturday, July 31, 2010 of cancer at the age of 66. Gloria was born February 5, 1944, in St. Paul, Nebraska to Wilbur and Mamie Edwards. Raised and educated in St. Paul, she graduated from St. Paul High School with the class of 1962. She married Richard "Rick" Vigil in 1971 and as an...
Martha Roberta Lake
Jul 31, 2010
Martha Roberta Lake, 70, of Lompoc passed away on Saturday, July 31, 2010 at Cottage Hospital in Santa Barbara. Martha was born on March 28, 1940 to Walter and Sarah Allen in Inglewood, California. Her family moved to Lompoc when she was 12 years old. She married Merril Lake on January 1, 1957, she had two children, Beverly and Carl....
Frederick William Viets
Jul 30, 2010
Frederick William Viets of Lompoc died Friday, July 30, 2010, at the age of 87. Fred was born April 21, 1923, to Martin and Anna Viets in West New York, New Jersey. A veteran of the United States Army, he was a Zamboni operator for the town of Hempstead Department of Parks and Recreation in New York. Formerly of East...
Patricia Butler
Jul 29, 2010
Patricia Butler of Lompoc died Thursday, July 29, 2010, at the age of 82. Patricia was born July 3, 1928, in London, England. She came to the United States in 1955 and has been a resident of Lompoc since 1963. Patricia was preceded in death by her husband Fred Butler in 2007. She is survived by her brother Allan Thompson...
Juan M. Montoya
Jul 28, 2010
Vigil services for Juan M. Montoya, 88, of Lompoc, will be 7 p.m. Monday, August 2, 2010 at the chapel of Starbuck-Lind Mortuary. A funeral mass will be celebrated 10 a.m. Tuesday, at La Purisima Catholic Church with Rev. Nicholas Ingham presiding. Burial will follow at Lompoc Evergreen Cemetery. Juan was born February 22, 1922 in Holbrook, Arizona to Juan...
