Ann Niro
Sep 17, 2006
Ann Niro of Lompoc passed away Sunday, September 17, 2006 in Santa Paula at the age of 81. A visitation will be held on Monday, September 25, from 4:00 to 7:00 pm at Starbuck-Lind Mortuary. Ann was born April 16, 1925 in Cleveland, Ohio to Anton and Josephine Sercel. After graduating from high school she went to work in the...
Marjorie E. Jones
Sep 10, 2006
Passed away into the loving arms of the Lord on September 10, 2006. Marjorie was born July 3, 1923, in the town of Connellsville, PA, to the late John W. and Anna (Smith) Errett. She graduated from Connellsville High School in 1941 and attended the Pittsburg Stenotype Institute graduating in 1942. After graduation she worked as a court reporter in...
Willie Ervin Aycock
Sep 8, 2006
Willie Ervin Aycock of Lompoc, California, passed away Friday, September 8, 2006, in Lompoc. He was 62 years of age. Willie was born September 24, 1943, to Elisha and Maryetta Aycock in Newnan, Georgia. After completing his education, Willie joined the United States Air Force and was stationed in various places around the world. He retired at the rank of...
James R. Morgan
Sep 8, 2006
James R. Morgan of Lompoc passed away Friday, September 8, 2006 in Santa Barbara. He was 75 years of age. James was born July 1, 1931 to William and Eva Morgan in Manheim, Pennsylvania. After completing his education he joined the United States Marine Corp and served in Korea and Viet Nam. He retired as a Colonel in 1987 after...
Robert Heiden
Sep 8, 2006
Robert A. Heiden passed away Friday, September 8, 2006, at his home in Lompoc. He was 83 years of age. Bob was born August 3, 1923, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to Carl and Lydia Heiden. When he finished high school he went to work with the Civilian Conservation Corps. With the outbreak of WWII he joined the United States Army Air...
Jeannette Bales-Heiges
Sep 6, 2006
A gathering to celebrate the life of Jeannette A. Bales-Heiges, 89, of Lompoc, will be 2 pm, Friday, September 15, 2006, at Lompoc Cemetery with the Rev. Msgr. John Fitzgerald, of Queen of Angels Catholic Church, officiating. Friends are invited to a gathering at the Lompoc Hospital's Hickory Street Cafe following the services. Jeannette was born October 20, 1916, to...
Donald "Mac" Mcintyre
Aug 29, 2006
Donald G. McIntyre, better known as "Mac," passed away August 29, 2006, in Santa Maria at the age of 87. Mac was born October 27, 1918, to Samuel and Myra McIntyre in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. There he was raised and educated. He joined the United States Army "to see the world" and was stationed in the South Pacific and the North...
Constance O'Connor
Aug 26, 2006
CONSTANCE M. O'CONNOR, 86, OF BULLHHEAD CITY, ARIZONA, AND FORMALLY A LONG-TIME RESIDENT OF LOMPOC. PASSED AWAY AUGUST 26, 2006, AT HER DAUGHTER'S HOME IN BULLHEAD CITY, ARIZONA. CONNIE WAS BORN IN BOULER, WISCONSIN, ON SEPTEMBER 30, 1919. CONNIE WAS PRECEEDED.IN DEATH BY HER HUSBAND OF 59 YEARS, KENNETH; A DAUGHTER, KATHLEEN BANG; SON, THOMAS; GRANDDAUGHTER, LINDA BANG, AND GRANDSON,...
D. "Jerry" Row
Aug 25, 2006
Memorial services for Gerald D. "Jerry" Row, 74, of Lompoc, were held at 2 p.m. Friday, Aug. 25th, 2006 at the Lompoc Masonic Center, 420 East Fir St., with Pastor Robert Cornwall and Pastor Bill Denton of the First Christian Church and the Lompoc-Santa Ynez Lodge No. 262 F.& A.M. officiating. Jerry was born May 6, 1932 in Keokuk County,...
Sophie (Wallace) Green
Aug 25, 2006
Sophie (Wallace) Green passed away after more than a century of beautiful life. She was born in Vienna, Texas on November 17, 1904 to Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin (Ben) Wallace of Shiner, Texas, the second of three children and was the last surviving child of this umon. Sophie was preceded in death by her father, Ben (August, 1916), her sister,...
Robert B. Hicks
Aug 25, 2006
Robert B. Hicks passed away Friday, August 25, 2006 at his home in Lompoc at the age of 74. Bob was born December 28, 1931 in Detroit, Michigan to Robert and Mary Hicks. He joined the United States Air Force in 1952 and was trained as a communications technician. He retired in 1973 at Vandenberg Air Force Base with the...
Michael A. Theis
Aug 23, 2006
Michael A. Theis passed away Wednesday, August 23,2006 due to a massive heart attack, at his home in Lompoc. He was 44 years old. Michael was born in Twentynine Palms, CA on March 21, 1962. His family came to Lompoc in 1966. After graduating Lompoc High School in 1980 he was employed as a plumber with various plumbing companies. He...
Lois Maye West Bender
Aug 17, 2006
Lois Maye West Bender 75, of Lompoc (formally of Santa Barbara) passed away Thursday, August 17, of long illness, with family at her side. She was born October 1, 1930 in Leavenworth, Kansas to Bland and Helen Lucile Burke West. Lois grew-up in Bristol and Tulsa Oklahoma. She came from Cushing Oklahoma strong pioneer farm family where she learns to...
Lowery E. Moore
Aug 8, 2006
Chief Master Sergeant (ret) Lowery E. (Gene) Moore passed away August 8, 2006 at home in Vandenberg Village after a year-long valiant fight against cancer. Gene was born April 2, 1929 in Muskogee, Oklahoma to Lowery and Dona Moore. He was educated in Tulsa and graduated from Will Rogers High School in 1947. He joined the U.S. Army Air Corps...
Henry J. Mendez
Aug 7, 2006
A vigil prayer service for Henry J. Mendez, Jr., 67 of Lompoc, was held at 5 p.m. Thursday, August 10, 2006 at the chapel of Starbuck-Lind Mortuary. A funeral mass was celebrated at 10 a.m. Friday at Queen of Angels Catholic Church with the Rev. Msgr. John Fitzgerald officiating. Burial followed at Lompoc Cemetery. A native of Lompoc, Henry was...
Shirley Jo Young
Aug 5, 2006
Shirley Jo Young passed away on August 5, 2006 at her home in Lompoc. Mrs. Young was born to Frank and Clarice Garner Bailey in Los Angeles on October 7, 1930. She Graduated from Van Nuys High School in 1948 and attended college in the Los Angeles area. She was the widow of Alonzo Young of Los Angeles. She worked...
Haley Annette Kronenberg
Aug 4, 2006
Haley Annette Kronenberg left us on August 4, 2006. She was born June 23, 1967 at Edwards Air Force Base, California. She spent the rest of her life in Lompoc. For most of her adult life Haley worked at veterinary offices and ranches in Lompoc, Santa Ynes and Los Alamos, and most recently at the Family School. She was preceded...
Richard G. Olivera
Aug 3, 2006
Richard G. Olivera, 91, of Lompoc, was born September 19, 1914 in Lompoc to James B and Susie Martinez Olivera, Sr. Richard was a World War II U.S. Army veteran from 1941 to 1945 serving in the European Theater. During the landing on D-Day, he was wounded and received the Purple Heart. Richard passed away on Thursday, August 3, 2006...
Charles "Bud" Berryhill
Aug 2, 2006
Charles "Bud" Berryhill was born March 4, 1921 in Coweta, Oklahoma to Maggie and Albert Berryhill. Charles passed away Wednesday, August 2, 2006, at the Lompoc Skilled and Rehab Center. He was 85 years old. Charles married Barbara Nichols in 1943 in Worchester Massachusetts and they moved to California in 1946. They recently celebrated their 62nd wedding anniversary. Charles was...
Albert E. Bay
Jul 26, 2006
Mr. Albert E. Bay of Lompoc passed away Wednesday, July 26, 2006 at the age of 85. Born April 18, 1921 in Florence, Oregon, Al was stationed in Panama and served in the United States Army Motorcycle Corp during WWII. He worked for Boeing Aircraft in Seattle for many years. Formerly of Canyonville, Oregon and Petaluma, California, Al enjoyed collecting...
