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...
Kathleen Honora Clark
Jul 25, 2010
Kathleen Honora Ahern Clark, 103, passed away Sunday evening July 25, at Lompoc Comprehensive Care Center. Kathleen was born in Santa Ana, California on November 28, 1906 to Antoinette and Philip Ahern. She attended Tustin High School. Married to Percy C. Clark, Sr. on January 2, 1925, she had two children, Percy C. Clark, Jr. and Elinor Bigonger of Lompoc....
John Anthony Bortugno
Jul 22, 2010
John Anthony Bortugno of Lompoc died Thursday, July 22, 2010, at the age of 93. John was born December 1, 1916, in Summit, New Jersey to Frank and Maria Bortugno. He was raised and educated in Litchfield, Connecticut and attended Litchfield High School before joining the United States Army. He served in the Pacific theatre during World War II. John...
Jim A. Mendez
Jul 21, 2010
JAMES ANTHONY MENDEZ James "Jim" A. Mendez, age 60, passed away July 21, 2010, after a long illness. He was born in Oxnard, California on November 23, 1949, the fourth of six children born to George and Florence Mendez (now deceased. The family moved to Lompoc in 1963. Jim graduated from Lompoc High School in 1967. His passion for working...
Alice Shirley Henkel
Jul 19, 2010
Alice Shirley Henkel of Lompoc, died Monday, July 19, 2010, at the age of 81. Alice was born August 18, 1928, to Bernard and Minnie Eilts in Gladstone, Nebraska. She married DeWayne Henkel on June 30, 1946 in Washington, Kansas. She was a seamstress and worked as a dry cleaner since 1955. She and her husband moved to Lompoc in...
Maria De Los Angeles Nuno
Jul 16, 2010
Vigil services for Maria De Los Angeles Nuno, 77, of Lompoc, will be 7 p.m. Tuesday, July 20, 2010 at the chapel of Starbuck-Lind Mortuary. A funeral mass will be celebrated 10 a.m. Wednesday at Queen of Angels Catholic Church. Burial will follow at Lompoc Evergreen Cemetery. Maria was born August 3, 1932 in Jalisco, Mexico to Jose and Bonifacia...
Amparo Valdivieso Lynch
Jul 13, 2010
AMPARO VALDIVIESO LYNCH M. Amparo Valdivieso Lynch passed away peacefully with her family by her side on July 13, 2010. Born October 30, 1943 in Piura, Peru to Angel Elias Valdivieso Benites and Manuela Cevallos Timoteo. She grew up in Piura, Peru and came to the United States in January 1962 to attend college. Amparo graduated from Fresno City College...
Robert Wilson
Jul 11, 2010
Robert Wilson age 84 died of cancer July 11, 2010. He was born in Denver, Colorado on October 9, 1925. He moved to Lompoc in 1959, to work in construction at Vandenberg Air Force Base and never left. He was a member of the Carpenters Union for over 55 years. He also belonged to the Lompoc Elks Lodge #2274, American...
