Don C. Hart
Mar 22, 2010
Don C. Hart of Lompoc died March 22, 2010, at the age of 81. He was born December 2, 1928, in Greene County, Illinois to Emery and Pearl Hart. Don has left this earth to forever play golf on perfect greens. Don and his wife moved to Lompoc in 1963. He was an administrator for the Lompoc Unified School District...
John Jerry Fuchala
Mar 22, 2010
John J. Fuchala passed away on Monday, March 22, 2010 at his home in Lompoc. He was born on January 10, 1926 in New York, N. Y. to George and Julia Fuchala. He was a devoted husband, father, employee and military veteran, serving in Korea and Vietnam. John served his country for over 20 years in the United States Marine...
Shirley La Verne Kowalik
Mar 21, 2010
Shirley La Verne Kowalik of Lompoc died Sunday, March 21, 2010, at the age of 88. Shirley was born February 17, 1922, in Newton Township, Illinois to Glenn and Chloral Harvey. She married Jeremi L. Kowalik in 1950; the two would live in various locations stateside and abroad before settling in Lompoc in 1959. Upon arrival she joined La Purisma...
Thaddis Leon Butler
Mar 21, 2010
Mr. Thaddis Leon Butler passed away on Sunday, March 21, 2010, at the age of 47. He was born March 27, 1962 to Troy Lynn Matthews and Melba Jean Butler. Together he was their only son. Born in Texas and raised in Santa Barbara since the age of five, Thaddis attended church and local schools such as Santa Barbara City...
Violet Mae Machado
Mar 18, 2010
Violet "Vi" Mae Machado of Lompoc died Thursday, March 18, 2010, at the age of 74. Vi was born March 24, 1935, to Charles and Dora Halbrook in Vinita, Oklahoma. Formerly of Burns, Oregon she has been a resident of Lompoc since 1985. Trained as a cosmetologist, she was employed at Ellen's dress shop in Solvang for many years. She...
William E. Gile
Mar 17, 2010
William (Bill) E. Gile Sr, MSgt (Ret), age 78, went to be with his heavenly father on March 17, 2010 after a long battle with cancer. Bill was a resident of Lompoc, CA for 44 years. He was born on December 10, 1931 in Scandia, KS, to Walter A. and Esta P. Gile. Bill proudly served his country for 23...
Dianne Margaret Barker
Mar 15, 2010
Dianne Margaret Barker will long be remembered for her laughter, her smile and her great warmth. She was a friend to the many people who surrounded her. On August 8, 1964, Dianne was born to Wayne Frederick and Margaret Ellen Royce in St. Louis, Missouri. She was their second daughter. The family moved to Lompoc in 1968 when Dianne was...
Ilene Bertha Crosby
Mar 14, 2010
Ilene Bertha Crosby passed away March 14, 2010 at the Lompoc Skilled & Rehab Center at the age of 84. She and her triplet sisters were born in Clarksville, Arkansas on July 5, 1925 to Frederick and Bertha Loesekan. She moved to Los Angeles with her sisters in 1944 where she met and married her first husband, Ken Fratzke and...
Pedro Morales
Mar 14, 2010
Pedro Morales, 44, of Lompoc passed away on Sunday, March 14, 2010 at Cottage Hospital in Santa Barbara. Pedro was born in La Piedad, Michuacan, Mexico on February 21, 1966 to Luis Lopez and Francisca Lopez. He grew up in Lompoc and worked in packing at Celite for many years Pedro is survived by his fiancée, Tammy Eskelson; his mother,...
Walter M. Goodnow
Mar 13, 2010
Services for Walter M. Goodnow, 87, of Santa Maria and formerly of Lompoc, will be 1:00 p.m. Friday, March 19, 2010 at the Lompoc Evergreen Cemetery. Walter was born July 24, 1922 in Kansas City, Missouri to Walter and Jessie Berry Goodnow. He graduated from Woodrow Wilson High in Long Beach, Calif. and later enlisted in the U.S. Navy and...
Russell James Bedore
Mar 9, 2010
Russell James Bedore, 88, of Lompoc passed away on Tuesday, March 9, 2010. Russell was born to Jesse and Irene Bedore on December 10, 1921 in Earl Park, Indiana. Russell was retired from the Air Force after 26 years of service, including serves in Europe in World War II as a waist gunner on a B24. After retiring from the...
Dawn G. Holden
Mar 8, 2010
Services for Dawn G. Holden, 76, of Lompoc, will be 3 p.m. Friday, March 12, 2010 at the Lompoc Evergreen Cemetery. Dawn was born on November 16, 1933 to Ernest "Hoppy" and Iva Hopkins in Massachusetts. She was raised and educated in the Cape Cod area before moving to Santa Barbara in 1965. She married William Holden on March 29,...
Golda "Goldie" Autry
Mar 6, 2010
Golda Faye Autry, born May 30, 1937 to Willemma (Holland) Autry and Miles Autry, passed away on Saturday, March 6 in Simi Valley, California. A long-time resident of Lompoc, Goldie (as she was known by her friends and loved ones) was born in Chickasha, Oklahoma. Goldie had a generous and giving nature as experienced by everyone she came in contact...
Martin George Stephens
Mar 5, 2010
Martin George Stephens of Lompoc died Friday, March 5, 2010, at the age of 25. Martin was born May 11, 1984 in Riverside, California. His family moved to Lompoc when he was three years old. He attended La Honda elementary school and graduated from Lompoc High School with the class of 2002. Martin loved music, spending time on his computer...
Adelaida Gloria Lacambra
Mar 2, 2010
Services for Adelaida G. Lacambra, 93, of Lompoc will be 2 p.m. Monday, March 8, 2010 at the Lompoc Evergreen Cemetery with Rev. Tom Cook of La Purisima Catholic Church presiding. Our beloved mother Adelaida was born December 16, 1916 in the Philippines. She has resided in Lompoc for 34 years, and was fondly known as Nanay to her family...
Adele Lutter Montalvo
Feb 28, 2010
Adele L. Montalvo, age 88, a long time resident of Lompoc passed away peacefully at her home in Lompoc on Sunday, February 28, 2010. Adele was preceded in death by her loving husband Tony and survived by her children Barbara Watterson, Annette Kroll, Robert Montalvo and Luis Montalvo III. The youngest of three sisters, Adele was born in San Antonio,...
Jack (John) Edward Midgley
Feb 28, 2010
Jack (John) Edward Midgley On Sunday February 28, 2010, John stood straight and tall for the last time. Jack was born May 29, 1928 in Bronx, New York, and has been a long term resident of Lompoc since 1962. WWII veteran, greyhound racer and government civil engineer from which he earned retirement in 1988. Jack spent his retirement, jogging the...
Pauline Allen
Feb 28, 2010
M. Pauline Allen 1922-2010 Pauline Allen passed away on Sunday February 28, 2010 in Lompoc, California. She was born July 21, 1922 in Proctor Oklahoma to James and Mattie (Jones) Caldwell. She was raised and educated in Dow, Oklahoma. Pauline served in health care as a nurse for over 34 years, serving many years at Lompoc Hospital. Her hobbies were...
Jack Combs
Feb 26, 2010
Jack Combs of Lompoc died Friday, February 26, 2010, at the age of 76. Jack was born February 15, 1934, in Saxton, Missouri to Jessie and Helena Combs. Raised and educated in the South Bay area of California, he attended Torrance High School. Formerly of Solvang he started Combs Construction and ran a successful building and remodeling business in Solvang...
Lula "Lu" Luce
Feb 24, 2010
Former long-time Lompoc resident, Lula (Lu) Luce died Wednesday, February 24, 2010 of Alzheimer's Disease. She had been a resident of the Cabrillo Care Skilled Nursing Facility in San Luis Obispo for the past five years. Born in Buckingham County, VA, on September 27, 1920 she joined the Army in 1941 and was stationed in Florida. After her military discharge,...
