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,...
Rosemarie De La Mora
Feb 24, 2010
Rosemarie De La Mora, 65, died February 24, 2010, in Santa Barbara. Viewing will be held at Starbucks Mortuary on Sunday, February 28, 2010, from 4:00pm to 8:00pm. The recitation of the rosary will begin at 7:00pm. The mass of Christian burial will be at La Purisima Concepcion Catholic Church at 12:00 noon on Monday, March 1, followed by...
Richard Eric Larson
Feb 21, 2010
Longtime Lompoc resident Richard Eric Larson, died peacefully in Santa Maria on Sunday, February 21, a week before his 79th birthday. Born in Chicago as Nels Erik Larson to Swedish immigrants, Nels Gustav Larsson and Rut Dagmar Bjorklund, Richard joined the US Air Force in 1947, when he was just 17 years old and began a lengthy career in Security...
Carmen Perez
Feb 21, 2010
Carmen Perez, of Lompoc, died on February 21, 2010, at the Santa Ynez Valley Recovery Residence in Solvang. Born on November 8, 1916, Carmen moved to Lompoc in 1953. She spent many years as the cook at Café San Martin. She was a member of La Purisma Catholic Church. Carmen is survived by her daughters Rosemarie DeLaMora and Gloria Vital...
James Albert Morr
Feb 21, 2010
James Albert Morr Born December 9, 1930 Died February 21, 2010 at the age of 79. James Albert Morr was born and raised in Midland, Michigan and joined the United States Navy in 1948 as a motion picture and deep sea photographer/diver. On December 27, 1950 he married his childhood sweetheart Freda Marie Bow. Jim moved to Lompoc in 1962...
David Harrell Allen
Feb 20, 2010
David H. Allen of Lompoc died Saturday, February 20, 2010, at the age of 87. David was born February 24, 1923, in Sanderson, Texas to Robert and Bessie Allen. He was raised on a ranch outside of Sanderson and graduated as a straight-A student from Sanderson High School with the class of 1931. David's first career was as a bank...
Frank Fred Silva
Feb 19, 2010
Frank F. Silva passed away peacefully in his sleep Friday, February 19, 2010, at the wonderful age of 86. He was born May 25, 1923, to Frank F. and Mary C. Silva (formally of Pico, Azores, Portugal) on the San Julian Ranch, just outside of Lompoc. Shortly after his birth, the Silva Family moved to the Burt Cargasacchi Ranch on...
Anna Glade
Feb 18, 2010
Anna Glade of Lompoc died Thursday, February 18, 2010, at the age of 93. Anna was born February 22, 1916, in Detroit, Michigan to Max and Francisca Dobkin. She was a senior clerk with the Los Angeles County Civil Service Commission for 25 years. A 37 year resident of Lompoc, Anna was a member of the Ocean View Congregation of...
