Jim Ellis
Sep 30, 2006
Long time Lompoc resident, Jim Ellis passed away on Saturday September 30, 2006 after a sudden illness. He was born July 29, 1924 in Bremerton, Washington. He served in the Air Corp during WWII. He graduated from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo and then went on to be a mechanical engineer at Johns-Manville for thirty-two years. After his retirement from...
Helen Carter
Sep 28, 2006
Mrs. Carter was born in York, South Carolina December 28, 1925 to Bernard V. and Vivian M. Miller. Mrs. Carter lived her childhood and young adult years in Charlotte, North Carolina. In 1956 she married her husband Samuel Carter and moved to California where she lived until 2002 when she lost her beloved husband Sam. At that time she moved...
Jeanne Reed
Sep 27, 2006
Jeanne Reed of Lompoc passed away Wednesday, September 27, 2006 at the age of 73 years. The graveside funeral service will be Monday, October 2, at 11:00 a.m. in the Lompoc Evergreen Cemetery. Jeanne was born July 21, 1933 to Olie and Lena Eubanks in Wichita, Kansas. She came to California in 1960 and first lived in Santa Maria. After...
Robert Smith
Sep 24, 2006
A funeral mass will be celebrated for Robert E. Smith, 84, of Lompoc, 10 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 28, 2006 at La Purisima Catholic Church with Rev. Tom Cook of La Purisima Catholic Church officiating. Burial will follow at Calvary Cemetery in Santa Barbara. Robert was born February 28, 1922 in Morland, Kansas to Russell and Maudie Myers Smith. He was...
Benjamin Melendrez
Sep 23, 2006
Vigil services for Benjamin C. Melendrez, 66, of Lompoc, will be 7:30 p.m. this evening at the chapel of Starbuck-Lind Mortuary. A funeral mass will be celebrated 10 a.m. Wednesday at Queen of Angels Catholic Church with Msgr. John Fitzgerald officiating. Burial will follow at Lompoc Evergreen Cemetery. Benjamin was born June 1, 1940 in Jalisco, Mexico to Salvador and...
Edwin S. Davis
Sep 22, 2006
Memorial services for Edwin S. "Ed" Davis, 77, of Lompoc, will be 10 a.m. Friday, Sept. 29, 2006 at Queen of Angels Catholic Church with Msgr. John Fitzgerald officiating. Burial will follow at Lompoc Evergreen Cemetery. Ed was born Dec. 31, 1928 in Chicago, Ill. to Hayward and Mary Bocian Davis. He served in the United States Army for three...
Ronald Wayne Nelson, Sr.
Sep 18, 2006
Ron Sr. passed on at approx. 1:00 p.m. Monday in the ICU of Lompoc Hospital from a long time battle with multiple sclerosis. He is survived by his wife of 42 years, Virginia, two sons, Ronald Wayne Jr. and Clinton LeRoy, one brother, James Archie of Dublin TX., four granddaughters, two grandsons, and numerous nieces and nephews. Ron joined the...
Steven Robert Lietz
Sep 18, 2006
Steven Robert Lietz of Vandenberg Village passed away Monday, September 18, 2006 near Lake Nacimiento in Paso Robles at the age of 46. Visitation will be from 4:00 to 7:00 pm on Thursday, September 28, and the funeral service will be on Friday, September 29, at the Starbuck-Lind Mortuary in Lompoc. Chaplain Ken Brown of the Twin Cities Hospital will...
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...
