Darla Jean Baney
Jun 27, 2009
Darla Jean Baney 1957 - 2009 Darla Jean Baney, age 51, died Saturday, June 27, 2009. Darla was born November 3, 1957 to Jerry and Lois Whelchel in Long Beach, California. She was a special services employee with Royal Caribbean Cruise Line. Her parents, Jerry and Lois Whelchel, a daughter, Ashley J. Baney and a brother, Jerry D. Whelchel, precede...
Jean Hayes Ohl
Jun 27, 2009
Jean Hayes Ohl of Lompoc died Saturday, June 27, 2009, at the age of 84. Jean was born June 3, 1925, in County Cork, Ireland to Denis and Mary Brennan. At the age of 22 she came to the United States to visit family members living in San Luis Obispo County. They convinced her to stay, and in 1949 she...
Henrietta "Katie" Rojas
Jun 26, 2009
Vigil services for Henrietta "Katie" Rojas, 88, of Lompoc, will be 7 p.m. Monday, July 6, 2009 at the chapel of Starbuck-Lind Mortuary. A funeral mass will be celebrated 10 a.m. Tuesday at Queen of Angels Catholic Church. Burial will follow at Lompoc Evergreen Cemetery. Henrietta was born May 4, 1921 in Georgetown, Texas to Refugio and Eloisa Soto Castillo....
Jacob "Jake" Gross
Jun 25, 2009
Jacob "Jake" Gross passed away suddenly on June 25, 2009 at the age of 94. He was born on Nov. 19, 1914, in Wishek, North Dakota, to Wilhelm and Katherina Masseth Gross. Jacob is survived by his wife of 69 years, Isabelle Gross of Lompoc. They were married in Dickinson, North Dakota on June 26, 1940, and had homes in...
Elizabeth "Binnie" Anderson
Jun 22, 2009
Binnie died peacefully at home on 22nd June 2009 at the age of 92. She was the dearly loved mother of Margaret, grandmother of Susan, Stephen, Simon and Gary and great-grandma to Jonathan and Michelle. All her family and friends will sadly miss Binnie. A memorial mass will be held 10 a.m. Thursday, July 16, 2009 at Queen of Angels...
Laurie Regina Kraus
Jun 18, 2009
LAURIE REGINA KRAUS May 1, 1962 – June 18, 2009 Laurie Regina Kraus passed away on the morning of June 18, 2009 after a twenty-seven month battle with Cancer. She was born at St. John's Hospital in Santa Monica and relocated to the Santa Ynez Valley at the young age of 9. Laurie attended Santa Ynez College Elementary School and...
Adrian Ronald Finlay
Jun 16, 2009
Adrian R Finlay of Lompoc died Tuesday, June 16, 2009, at the age of 32. Adrian was born on March 2 1977 to Ronald and Karen Finlay of Narrabeen Australia were he attended school and began his career . Adrian was an avid surfer and State Emergency Services volunteer fire fighter in his native country of Australia. Adrian is survived...
Henry Johnson
Jun 14, 2009
Henry was born Nov, 12, 1935, in Tyler, Texas. As a young boy, in 1943, his family relocated to Santa Barbara, where he attended school and made many fond memories and friends. At Santa Barbara HS, Henry was active in campus life. His interest ranging from the arts to athletics, Henry sang in the Double Male Quartet and was a...
Lucille Matlack
Jun 14, 2009
Lucille F. Matlack of Lompoc died Sunday, June 13, 2009 at her home with family. Lucille was 84 years old at the time of her death. Lucille will be deeply missed by her husband of 64 years, Robert E. Matlack and their children Peggy Ussery of Pacifica, California, Dean Matlack and his wife Barbara of Melbourne, Florida. Grandchildren include Stephanie...
Mark Burke
Jun 8, 2009
Mark Eugene Burke, Jr., 81, of Lompoc passed peacefully on June 8, 2009. Mark was born October 5, 1927 in Central City, PA. He loved participating in high school plays and was known as a fun loving practical joker. Following high school, he served in WW II and later the Korean Conflict. After completing his military service, he enrolled at...
Robert Carlson
Jun 8, 2009
On Monday, June 8, 2009, Robert S. Carlson passed away suddenly at the age of 86, having lived healthily and happily up until the very end. Bob is loved by and will be deeply missed by his wife Margery, his sister Renata Trojan, his four children, Bob Jr., Jon, Pati, and Betsy, his son and daughter-in-law Michael and Cheryl, his...
Fidela Rivera Hawk
Jun 5, 2009
Fidela Rivera Hawk passed away on Friday, June 5, 2009. She was born on December 20, 1971 to Isidoro Rivera Ramos and Francisca Rivera Aguilar in Jalisco, Mexico. She and her family moved to Santa Ynez Valley in 1986 and attended Santa Ynez High School. She was very eager to learn the English language and started to translate her favorite...
Jason A. Borry
Jun 5, 2009
Jason A. Borry, long time Lompoc resident, died in his home Thursday of a sudden illness. He was 36. He was born in Coupeville, WA on September 23, 1972. Jason moved to Lompoc with his family in 1986 and graduated from Lompoc High School in 1991. He served in the US Army in South Korea, East Africa and Fort Drum,...
Shirley L. Dalcerri
Jun 4, 2009
Shirley Lou Dalcerri, age 69, died peacefully at her home in Lompoc on Thursday, June 4, 2009. Shirley was born on April 28, 1940, to Elmer Dodd and Lou Ellen Beck Linden in Paso Robles, CA. She lived in various towns throughout California until 1952 when her family settled in Lompoc. Shirley graduated from Lompoc High School in 1958. A...
Annie Cecelia Briscoe
Jun 1, 2009
Annie Cecelia Briscoe of Lompoc died Monday, June 1, 2009, at the age of 91. Annie was born February 16, 1918 to Charles and Georgia Richardson in Thibodaux, Louisiana. She came to Lompoc in 1957 as the wife of an Air Force serviceman. A fulltime homemaker, she excelled in cooking, and enjoyed crossword puzzles, embroidering and coin collecting. She was...
Clarice Eleanor Carnahan
May 31, 2009
CLARICE ELEONOR JENNINGS CARNAHAN Clarice E. Jennings Carnahan, age 90, died peacefully at the Lompoc Comprehensive Care Center on Sunday, 31 May 2009. Clarice was born on 23 June 1918 to Clarence and Daphene Jennings in Redwood Falls, MN. She graduated from Saint Cloud Tech High School in Saint Cloud, MN. During a brief marriage, she moved to California and...
Alvina P. Coleman
May 28, 2009
Memorial services for Alvina P. Coleman, 89, of Lompoc will be 10 a.m. Monday, June 8, 2009 at Queen of Angels Catholic Church with Rev. Msgr. John Fitzgerald officiating. Private burial will be at Lompoc Evergreen Cemetery. Alvina was born January 11, 1920 in Tulare, California to Manuel and Josephine Picanco. She attended local schools in Tulare and graduated from...
Betty Jo Work
May 27, 2009
Betty Jo Work 1925-2009 Betty Jo Work, 83, died May 27, 2009. She was the daughter of Walter and Myrtle Dowden, born in Howard County, Indiana on June 17, 1925. She was preceded in death by her husband, Dale M. Work; two brothers, Darrell and Wilbur Dowden; three sisters, Bertha Bogue, Catheryn Tygart and Eileen Murphy; a grandson, grandson Matthew...
Ted Bisi
May 27, 2009
Theodore "Ted" Bisi Theodore "Ted" Bisi, 87, passed away in Lompoc on Wednesday, May 27th after complications from a fractured leg. Ted Bisi spent his entire life in Lompoc. He was born in the home of his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Raffaele Muscio, at 320 East Locust Avenue, Lompoc. Raffaele Muscio and his wife Sylvia Tomasini, both came from Someo,...
Monica Scott
May 27, 2009
Monica Scott, 64 years old, beloved wife and Mother, passed away on Wednesday, 27 May 2009 in her home in Lompoc, California. She leaves her husband of 39 1/2 years, Jim, her Daughter, Gina, 41, and two Step sons, James Nathan, 46, of Santa Barbara, and Ronald, 48, of Westlake Village and three Grandchildren. Monica was born on the 17th...
