Mary Parker
Nov 25, 2010
Our beloved mother passed away November 25, 2010 at the age of 83. Mary was born July 20, 1927 in Lewisburg, Alabama to Hobart and Bertha May White. Mary moved to Lompoc, CA in 1952 with her husband Bill Parker from Birmingham, Alabama to start a new life. Bill retired from the Marine Corps and went to work for the...
Jimmy Hernandez
Nov 24, 2010
Vigil services for Lompoc native Jimmy Hernandez, 65, will be 5 p.m. Tuesday, November 30, 2010 at the chapel of Starbuck-Lind Mortuary. A funeral mass will be celebrated 10 a.m. Wednesday at Queen of Angels Catholic Church with Rev. Msgr. John Fitzgerald presiding. Burial will follow at Lompoc Evergreen Cemetery. Jimmy was born October 30, 1945 to Meryildo and Louise...
Robert "Dale" Schade
Nov 21, 2010
Robert "Dale" Schade was born in Great Bend, Kansas January 1944 and passed suddenly and unexpectedly on Sunday, November 21, 2010 of a heart attack. Dale graduated from Pacific High School in San Bernardino and took photography classes at Brooks in Santa Barbara before joining the Santa Barbara County Sheriff Department. Eventually, he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant...
Francisco Mantanona Taitague
Nov 20, 2010
Francisco "Frank" M. Taitague passed away peacefully on November 20, 2010 after a long battle with Alzheimer's. He was 81. Frank was born in Inarajan, Guam on November 5, 1929. Frank had entered into the Air Force and after a distinguished 20-year of service he retired. Frank then continued working at Vandenberg Air Force Base where he finally retired with...
Maria Inez Soto
Nov 19, 2010
Vigil services for Maria Inez Soto, 82, of Lompoc, will be 5 p.m. Sunday, November 28, 2010 at the chapel of Starbuck-Lind Mortuary. A funeral mass will be celebrated 10 a.m. Monday at Queen of Angels Catholic Church with Rev. Msgr. John Fitzgerald presiding. Burial will follow at Lompoc Evergreen Cemetery. Maria died Friday, November 19, 2010 at Marian Medical...
John Sterling
Nov 18, 2010
John Sterling was born in Hanford, California on October 9, 1950, to Jean and John Sterling, Senior. John and his two sisters moved to the Central Coast in 1958 when his father was part of the early missile program at Vandenberg Air Force Base. He attended Cabrillo High School where he played on the golf and basketball teams. After graduating...
Clara Belle Walls
Nov 18, 2010
Memorial services for Clara Belle Walls of Lompoc will be at 2:00pm on Saturday, December 4th, at the First Presbyterian Church with Reverend Julia Leeth officiating. Clara Belle died peacefully surrounded by her loved ones on November 18th at Lompc Hospital. Born in Mineral Wells, Texas on June 8, 1913, to parents James H. Lyles and Ada Belle Daniels-Lyles. Clara...
Sean "Spike" Cannon
Nov 18, 2010
Sean "Spike" E. Cannon of Lompoc died Thursday, November 18, 2010, at the age of 43. Spike is survived by his mother Sharon Smolenske of Loveland, Colorado, a brother and a sister also of Colorado. A memorial gathering will take place on Saturday, December 4, 2010, from 10 am to 12 noon at Starbuck-Lind Mortuary. Cremation will be followed by...
Niels J. Pfeil
Nov 18, 2010
Niels Pfeil was born on September 26th, 1923 on a Danish farm to Carl Phillip and Christine Pfeil. He helped his father manage dairy cattle and raise crops including sugar beets. He was part of the Danish resistance during the Nazi occupation of Denmark. As a young man Niels immigrated to the USA in search of a drier climate due...
John "Jack" Black
Nov 18, 2010
John (Jack) Anderson Black passed away on November 18, 2010 in Santa Barbara, California at Cottage Hospital. He was 81 years old. He was a long time resident of Lompoc, California. He was born to Orlie and Fern (Griswold) Black on August 23, 1929 in Peru, Indiana. At age 17 he enlisted in the U. S. Air Force and retired...
Maureen C. Hickey
Nov 13, 2010
Maureen, beloved wife of Tom Welch and mother of Susanne Miller, Stephen, Mark, Paul, and David Welch, died peacefully at home surrounded by family after a valiant battle with cancer. She is survived by her husband, children, eight grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. She is also survived by her mother Doris Hickey, three sisters, Kathleen Lennon, Eileen Norrington, Rita Hickey and...
Arlys "Prouse" Wuitschick
Nov 12, 2010
Arlys Jean "Prouse" Wuitschick Dec 01, 1934 to Nov 12, 2010 Arlys was born on December 1, 1934, in Aberdeen South Dakota to John and Cathryn Prouse. While working for F.W. Woolworth Company in Bremerton Washington, Arlys met her future husband Richard who she married Oct 1, 1955. The Woolworth company is what brought the newly weds to Southern California....
Robert W. Britton
Nov 9, 2010
Robert W Britton died on Tuesday, November 9th at 9:00 pm. He was one of ten children. Robert was a loyal patriot; a veteran of WWII, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War. Robert had a kind and generous nature, he adored children, and was deeply devoted to his wife. He will be remembered as a loving husband and father....
Michael (Mickey) "Skip" Skipworth
Nov 8, 2010
"Skip" Michael T. Skipworth passed away at his home on November 8, 2010. Michael was born on March 9, 1948 to Wilhelmena Skipworth in Providence, R.I. Michael served a short term in the U.S. Army and moved to California in 1971. He had a restaurant business, was a shade tree mechanic, active churchgoer, and widely known as the BBQ cook...
Ed Knowles
Nov 5, 2010
Ed Knowles was born January 26, 1942 in Wilkinsburg, PA and passed November 5, 2010 in Lompoc, CA. He is survived by Wendy, his wife of 38 years; daughter Paula Marshall and her husband Terry of Boise, ID; son Brad Knowles and his wife Heather of Cayucos, CA; son Craig Knowles and his wife Meredith of Lompoc; grandchildren Kylee and...
Martha Elizabeth Oaks
Nov 2, 2010
Martha Elizabeth Oaks September 29, 2010 – November 2, 2010 Martha was born on September 29, 1916 in Partsmouth, Virginia. She was raised by her grandmother until she came to California to live with her aunt in San Diego at the age of 13. She graduated from Hoover High School in San Diego. After high school, she became governess to...
Erika S. Reprogle
Nov 1, 2010
Erika S. Reprogle of Lompoc died Monday, November 1, 2010, at the age of 66. Erika was born November 23, 1943, to Agnes Berg in Stuttgart, Germany. After finishing her high school education in Germany she immigrated to the United States. She first settled in New York in 1962. In 1972 she moved to Lompoc to live with her aunt...
Emily L. Sawyer
Oct 31, 2010
Emily L. Sawyer of Lompoc died Sunday, October 31, 2010, at the age of 70. Emily was born January 25, 1940, to David and Maria Lujan in San Francisco. She was raised and educated in the San Francisco Bay area where she later graduated from nursing school. Formerly of South Carolina, Emily came to Lompoc in 1975. She was employed...
Abigail Eloise Rivas
Oct 30, 2010
Abigail Eloise Rivas, a life-time resident of Lompoc, passed away Saturday the 30th of October at her home in Lompoc. She passed away peacefully in the arms of her loving husband, surrounded by family and friends. This passing ended a yearlong courageous battle with lung cancer. On January 22, 1937 – In a small ranch house in Lompoc, CA, and...
Norma Phyllis Griffin
Oct 29, 2010
Norma Phyllis Griffin of Lompoc, California died Friday, October 29th 2010. She was born in Los Angeles, California, July 31st 1918 to Grace and Norman Horton. Norma was the fourth of five children, and baptized May 14th, 1928 at University Christian Church in Los Angeles. She graduated from Manual Arts High School in 1936. She married Alvah Merle Griffin September...
