Obituaries

May 22, 2023

Our beloved Mother, Erma Garcia, passed away at the age of 89 in Lompoc, California. She was born on August 1, 1933, to Alejandro M. and Margarita R. Bobadilla. Erma lived her entire life in Lompoc. She was raised by her abuela, Cruzita (Momma) Hernandez along with Cruzita's five other grandchildren.

Erma lived in the Four Corners...

May 21, 2023

Gudrun Fink "Goody",  passed away peacefully on Sunday, May 21, 2023, at 1:33pm. She was cursed with a with a sudden illness and after 2 months in several different hospitals was able to come home to be with her family and friends. Her final moments were spent peacefully in her home surrounded by family.

Known to everyone...

May 15, 2023

Concepcion Maria Miranda of Lompoc died Tuesday, May 16, 2023, at the age of 84.

Concepcion was born December 15, 1938, in Ocotlan, Jalisco, Mexico.  A resident of Lompoc for 60 years, she was employed as a supervisor at 3M manufacturing medical devices.

Concepcion was an active member of the La Purisima Catholic Church in...

May 7, 2023

Peter Ysidro Leyva, resident of Lompoc California passed away on May 7, 2023, at the age of 74.  A visitation will be held on Sunday, June 11, 2023 from 12 pm - 4 pm at Starbuck-Lind Mortuary.

May 2, 2023

Tyree Eugene Sims-McPherson was born in Lompoc, CA. on May 17, 1993, Tyree would have been 30 years old today. He was born to Cornelius McPherson and Latoya Sims but raised and mothered by his auntie mom Cece. Tyree went home to be with the Lord on May 2, 2023. He was preceded in death by his grandfather...

May 1, 2023

Marcelina Clark passed away on May 1, 2023, at the age of 78. She was born in Tegucigalpa Honduras to Julio and Cleotilde Martinez. Marcelina was preceded in death by her husband James Clark.

A visitation will be held on Thursday, May 11th from 4-8 pm with a rosary at 6 pm. The funeral mass...

Apr 30, 2023

Cassandra Elaine Sims was born in Sedalia, Missouri on May 27, 1963. The daughter of Thomas Eugene "ET" Sims and Bessie Lee Sims Johnson. Cassandra went home to be with the Lord on April 30, 2023. She was preceded in death by her grandparents, her father Thomas Eugene "ET" Sims, her siblings Darla Sims-Brown and Jeana McKernon, and...

Apr 27, 2023

Michael passed away on November 14, 2020

Elizabeth passed away on April 27, 2023

A joint Celebration of Life will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, March 23, 2024, in Lompoc, CA at the Grace Temple Baptist Church in Lompoc, located at 201 South H Street.

Apr 26, 2023

Maria Virginia Garcia de Perez, resident of Lompoc, CA passed away on April 26, 2023, at the age of 78.

A viewing will be held on Tuesday, May 2, 2023, from 4-8 pm with a vigil at 6 pm, at Starbuck-Lind Mortuary. The funeral mass will be on Wednesday, May 3rd at 10 am at La Purisima...

Apr 26, 2023

Gloria Gaitan Terrones passed away peacefully at her home surrounded by her family in Lompoc, California on April 26, 2023, at the age of 73. She was a beloved mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother who valued her family above all.

Gloria was born March...

Apr 25, 2023

Richard Lloyd Paton passed away on April 25, at his home.

Richard was born in Orange, New Jersey, on August 19, 1951. His parents were Stanley and Loretta Paton who are now deceased. He has two sisters; Patricia Busse (deceased) and Beverly Kennedy, and a special dog Blackie, who lives with his sister now.

Apr 23, 2023

Diane Marie Aldridge, 85, of Lompoc passed on Sunday, April 23, 2023, at home surrounded by her family. Diane was born in Fortuna, California on January 19, 1938. She was the daughter of the late Edwin and Marie Betts and oldest sister to Marlene Snell (deceased), Dorothy Carlson, Ron Betts (deceased), Laura Sorenson (Walt), Dennis Betts...

Apr 21, 2023

Margaret Leck Warrick was born on June 4, 1955, in The Dalles, Oregon and passed away on Friday, April 21, 2023, in Lompoc, California at the age of 67.

As a child, Margaret, whom we called Peggy, lived in several towns in Oregon before her father took a job in 1960 as a teacher and...

Apr 20, 2023

Evelyn Jean Hilden passed away peacefully on April 20, 2023, at the age of 88. She was born on September 10, 1934, in Taft, California to Harry and Marguerite Krossa. She eloped and married Richard Hilden on December 18, 1954, who proceeded her in death in 2015.

She was raised in Vacaville, California with her...

Apr 18, 2023

Sharon Ann Hart

September 12, 1963 - April 18, 2023

On the evening of April 18, 2023, Sharon passed away peacefully after several years of health issues. Sharon was surrounded by loved ones at Lompoc Valley Medical Center at the time of her passing. She was...

Apr 18, 2023

Joan Elaine Stevenson went to be with her Lord on April 18, 2023, passing peacefully in her own home at

the age of 90.

January 1, 1933, Joan was born in Alabaster, MI to parents August and Marion (Alling) Goedecke - her

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Apr 18, 2023

Ila Mae Hicks finished her course April 18 th 2023. She was born in Buena Vista, Arkansas on February 5, 1935, to Clearance Elliot and Eileen Gulley.

She was preceded in death by her parents,...

Apr 17, 2023

On Monday, April 17, 2023, beloved child, sibling, grand-child, cousin, and friend of the community, Taurean "Tauri" Lloyd Todd departed this earth at the age of twenty-eight.

Taurean could always be described as creative and artistic from an early age. They were constantly tinkering with and fixing little toys and trinkets, loved to create stop...

Apr 16, 2023

Kathleen P. MacKenzie

April 25, 1933 - April 16, 2023

Kathleen MacKenzie passed away peacefully in her home on April 16, 2023, at the age of 89.   She was born in Belvedere, Illinois.

Kitty, as we all knew her by, graduated from the University of Maryland.  She was a...

Apr 15, 2023

Kiyo Socia passed away peacefully on April 15 , 2023, at the age of 84, after a long struggle with a lung condition.

She was born in Miyako Okinawa, Japan on May 20, 1938, to Seisuki and Kame Shinjo. She is...