Rosario Garife
May 12, 2009
Vigil services for Rosario Garife, 93, of Lompoc, will be 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 20, 2009 at the chapel of Starbuck-Lind Mortuary. A funeral mass will be celebrated 10 a.m. Thursday at La Purisima Catholic Church with Rev. Tom Cook officiating. Burial will follow at Lompoc Evergreen Cemetery. Rosario was born January 14, 1916 in the Philippines to Domingo and...
Elena Maria Ramirez
May 11, 2009
Memorial services for Elena M. Ramirez, 55, of Lompoc will be held at the North side of Morro Bay Rock where she requested her ashes to be scattered in the Pacific Ocean. Elena was born March 23, 1954 on Fort Dix Military Base in New Jersey to Joseph M. and Joan M. Ramirez. She was raised in West Trenton, New...
James Marvin Lehman
May 10, 2009
SSGT, James Marvin Lehman was born on March 18, 1953 in Lompoc, CA. He was the fourth child of seven children born to Ernest and Therese Lehman. James left peacefully to be with the Lord on Sunday, May 10, 2009 at St. Vincent Hospital in Los Angeles, CA at the age of 56. Jim was raised in Missions Hills and...
James Martin Dunlavey
May 10, 2009
A private funeral mass for James M. Dunlavey, 80, of Lompoc, will be celebrated at Queen of Angels Catholic Church with Rev. Msgr. John Fitzgerald officiating. A memorial mass will also be held at a later date. Inurnment will be at Holy Cross Cemetery in Mays Landing, New Jersey. James was born July 14, 1928 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Martin...
Ella Macdonald
May 8, 2009
Isabella "Ella" J. Macdonald of Lompoc died Friday, May 8, 2009 at the age of 95. She was born June 4, 1913 in Alloa, Scotland to George and Catherine Dewar. During WWII Ella worked in England and Scotland making cordite for guns and bombs, then transferred back to Alloa where she worked an aircraft line Ella is survived by four...
Jim Eugene Escobedo
May 8, 2009
Jim Escobedo died May 8, 2009 at his home surrounded by his devoted wife and children after a lengthy illness. He was to turn 70 on May 10. He is survived by Addie, his wife of over 50 years and his two children, Kim and her children Jeremy, Justin, Rachel and Sara; and Rick, his wife Irma and their children...
Ella J. Macdonald
May 8, 2009
Isabella "Ella" J. Macdonald of Lompoc died Friday, May 8, 2009 at the age of 95. She was born June 4, 1913 in Alloa, Scotland to George and Catherine Dewar. During WWII Ella worked in England and Scotland making cordite for guns and bombs, then transferred back to Alloa where she worked an aircraft line Ella is survived by four...
Raymond Glen Drake
May 8, 2009
Raymond Glen Drake 1940 – 2009 Raymond G. Drake of Lompoc died Friday, May 8, 2009, at his home surrounded by his family. He was born July 17, 1940 to Lester and Clara Drake in Los Angeles. Raymond was raised and educated in Woodland Hills. Soon after his graduation from Canoga Park High School in 1959 he joined the United...
Elizabeth "Libby" Bubba
May 6, 2009
Graveside services for Elizabeth "Libby" Bubba, 81, of Lompoc, will be 2 p.m. Friday, May 15, 2009 at the Lompoc Evergreen Cemetery with Rev. Msgr. John Fitzgerald of Queen of Angels Catholic Church officiating. Elizabeth was born December 18, 1927 in Phillipsburg, New Jersey to Joseph and Leona Varholy. She moved to Lompoc in 1965 from Dayton, Ohio. Libby was...
Jay Vernon Percival
May 5, 2009
Jay Vernon Percival passed away peacefully on May 5, 2009, at his home in Lompoc, California at the age of 87. Jay was born on March 29, 1922, in Manteca, California to Dewey and Lois (Rolerson) Percival. The eldest of four children, Jay was a precocious child, mature beyond his years, and served as a role model for his younger...
Gloria Marie Kimelman
May 3, 2009
Gloria Marie Kimelman of Lompoc died Sunday, May 3, 2009, at the age of 73. Gloria was born July 1, 1935 in McKeesport, Pennsylvania to Alexander and Jane Navaroli. She was raised and educated in McKeesport. On February 20, 1954 she married another native of McKeesport, Howard Kimelman. Howard served in the United States Air Force and the Kimelman family...
Max Albert Van Ausdal
May 2, 2009
Graveside services for Max A. Van Ausdal, 91, of Lompoc will be 10 a.m. Tuesday, May 12, 2009 at the Lompoc Evergreen Cemetery. A memorial service will follow at 11 a.m. at the First United Methodist Church, 925 North F St., with Pastor Steve Petty officiating. Max was born February 16, 1918 in Santaquin, Utah to James and Olevia Larsen...
Ima Rose Vidger
Apr 28, 2009
Ima Rose Vidger, 78, passed away on April 28, 2009 in Corona, CA, surrounded by her family and those who loved her. Rose was born on March 28, 1931 in Colgate, OK to Roy and Vera Maddox. Her family later moved to Denver, CO, where she met Clifford Vidger, the love of her life, on a blind date. Cliff was...
Diane "Terese" Chace
Apr 22, 2009
Diane "Terese" Chase of Lompoc died Wednesday, April 22, 2009, at the age of 65. The mass of Christian burial will be later this week at La Purisima Catholic Church followed by interment in the Lompoc Evergreen Cemetery.
Megan Myjak
Apr 22, 2009
Megan Myjak of Lompoc died Wednesday, April 22, 2009, at the age of 77. Cremation will be followed by private inurnment.
Howard N. Dyste
Apr 20, 2009
Howard Nels Dyste January 22, 1915 - April 20, 2009 Howard died peacefully with his family at his side during his last week of life. He was born in Brookings, South Dakota, to Alma Flittie Dyste and Gerhardt Maurice Dyste. He is survived by his beloved wife of 66 years, Frances and his 7 children: Paula (Dave) Rothling, Susan (Tony)...
Joseph Russell Stockton
Apr 16, 2009
Joseph R. Stockton was born in Beverly, NJ on November 17, 1921 to Russell A. Stockton and Musie Hart Stockton. At the age of 18, he enlisted in the Army Air Corp. During WWII he fought on the island of Tarawa in the South Pacific. He met his wife, Marilyn, while stationed at Kilehua Military Camp on the Big Island...
Toni Fringer
Apr 14, 2009
Services for Toni D. Fringer, 59, of Santa Maria and former longtime resident of Lompoc, will be 3 p.m. Tuesday, April 21, 2009 at the Lompoc Evergreen Cemetery with Pastor John Reil of Peace Lutheran Church officiating. Toni was born April 20, 1949 in Scottsbluff, Nebraska to Anthon and Dorothy West Berry. She moved to Lompoc in 1966 from Nebraska...
Anthony Jesse Hernandez
Apr 14, 2009
Anthony Jesse Hernandez March 25, 1985 – April 14, 2009 Anthony Hernandez of Lompoc died Tuesday, April 14, 2009,at the age of 24. Anthony was born March 25, 1985 in Lompoc. He attended local schools including Lompoc High School. He worked as a DJ at the Moose Lodge and at private parties and he was a laborer for Allied Fence....
Shirley Devaux
Apr 12, 2009
Shirley Ann (Ference) DeVaux of Lompoc passed away peacefully on Sunday, April 12th. Born to Timothy and Eva Ference on July 9, 1936 in Monaca, PA, Shirley had been a resident of Lompoc Valley for over 50 years, where she worked for a long period of time at Binnie's Beauty Salon and PJ's Deli before dedicating her life to her...
