Obituaries

Mar 5, 2020

Mr. Ramon "Ray" Soto Castillo died in his home on March 5 , 2020, in Lompoc, California, at the age of 94. He would have turned 95 at the end of this month.

Ray is survived by his children Ramona Castillo, Reyna Castillo, and Ramon Ray Castillo...

Mar 1, 2020

Laura Chapa, 89, has gone into the loving arms of our Lord on March 1, 2020.  Laura was born in Weir, Kansas to Leonard and Mary Blake on December 3, 1930.  She is survived by her four children (Mona Chapa of Arcata, California, Robert Chapa of Austin, Texas, Chris Chapa of Solvang, California, and Kathy Baker of Colorado Springs,...

Feb 29, 2020

Ingeborg E. Moseley of Lompoc died Saturday, February 29, 2020, at the age of 92.

Inge was born April 26, 1927, in Mannheim, Germany.  She was educated in a remote high school in the Black Forest during World War II where she learned French and English.  After the war, working for the United States government as a...

Feb 29, 2020

Phyllis J. Petry of Lompoc died peacefully Saturday, February 29, 2020, at the age of 97.

Phyllis was born May 16, 1922 in York, Pennsylvania to Coleman and Elsie Livingston Leash.  Raised and educated in York, she married Austin Petry and became a military wife.  Their family was stationed at United States Air Force bases in Delaware,...

Feb 26, 2020

Denise Robin Phelps, also known as Niecy, was born on August 16, 1964, in Brooklyn, New York, to the late Martha Ann Wise, and Robert Varaues Hall. She left us suddenly at the young age of 55, February 26, 2020, in Lompoc, California. Niecy was a beloved wife, mother, daughter, sister, grandmother, and friend.

In 1967, the...

Feb 26, 2020

Nancy Suzanne Phelps of Lompoc, died Wednesday, February 26, 2020, at the age of 78.

Nancy was born in Oakland, California on March 29, 1941.  She was raised and educated in La Fayette, California graduating from Acalanes High School.  She demonstrated an interest in and a talent for art at an early age.  When she moved from...

Feb 24, 2020

Fidel Garcia Terrones Sr. (Dale)

A native of Lompoc, Fidel was born December 15, 1954, to Porfirio and Carmen Garcia Terrones. Fidel was the thirteenth child of their 18 children. He graduated from Lompoc High School, class of '72. He began employment at Vandenberg Air Force Base in his junior year. While still in high school, he...

Feb 23, 2020

Consuelo Garcia passed peacefully on February 23 rd , at the age of 93.

Born in Los Angeles in 1926, she was the third child of Ezequiel Bernal Flores and Decideria Mercado Flores.

Connie grew up in Santa Paula and moved to Lompoc at the age of 13. A graduate of Lompoc High in 1945,...

Feb 20, 2020

Jimmy (Jim) Causby, Air Force Retired Chief Master Sergeant, formerly of Bessemer City, North Carolina, and long-time resident of Vandenberg Village, passed away from pancreatic cancer on February 20, 2020. Jimmy is preceded in death by his wife Shirley of 64 years and survived by their children Bev, Karen, Jill, Mark and Rich, as well as 10 grandchildren and...

Feb 20, 2020

John Truman McCaslin May 28, 1942 – February 20, 2020

John Truman McCaslin, of Lompoc, CA passed away Thursday, February 20, 2020 due to complications of cancer at age 77.

John was preceded in death by his parents Ivan and Della McCaslin, and his beloved wife Ellen. He is survived by his three children John...

Feb 19, 2020

Murphy Wayne Patrick, Sr., born September 18, 1944 in Bakersfield, California went home to be with the Lord on February 19, 2020 in Lompoc, California.  He was preceded in death by his parents Elby Leon Patrick and Dorothy Aline (Hicks); brothers Charles Leon Patrick, Milton Cecil Patrick, and sister Sandra "Patty" Helen Matthews (Patrick); and son Murphy Wayne Patrick...

Feb 18, 2020

Diane Bondietti Morton passed away peacefully February 18, 2020, at her home in Santa Barbara at the age of 71.  Diane was born in Lompoc, California, November 16, 1948, where she grew up on her family's farm.  Diane attended a one-room schoolhouse until the sixth grade.  Always an outstanding student, she graduated from the University of California, Santa Cruz,...

Feb 16, 2020

Margaret W. Morse, Born 18 November 1925 in Sandusky Michigan, the eldest of six siblings passed away 16 February 2020. She worked various jobs, Pickle Factory in Sandusky, MI; Valley Pines Senior center in Morgan Hill, CA but really enjoyed working at the Morgan Hill Pumpkin Patch for many years watching the kids enjoy the entertainment.

She...

Feb 15, 2020

Judith Johanna (nee Steffenhagen) Moore, of Lompoc, California, was declared dead on February 15, 2020, at 7:54 PM at the age of 79, at Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital, Santa Barbara, California a few short months away from being 80, due to the culmination of many pre-existing conditions taking their toll.

She was born on April 24, 1940...

Feb 15, 2020

Joseph E. Burton, 87, of Lompoc, passed away February 15, 2020. He was a veteran of the U.S. Air Force. He graduated from Benjamin Franklin High School with an Airplane Maintenance Diploma, then joined the Air Force in 1950. After his military career he continued to work in the aerospace industry until retirement. He was preceded in death by...

Feb 12, 2020

Gloria Lucille Shanks was born November 11, 1938.  She passed February 12, 2020.

Gloria is survived by her son Jim (Judy) Shanks, daughter Stephanie (Keith) Early, brother Matthew (Holly) Charboneau, nieces Linda, Cindy, Carrie, Cheryl, Cathy, and nephew Rick, five grandsons and five great granddaughters.  She was preceded in death by an infant son James L A...

Feb 11, 2020

Pat Blaschke passed away on Tuesday, February 11, 2020 at the age of 94 years.  She was born Patsy Belle Cone in Mustang, Oklahoma on October 16, 1925.  Not overly fond of Patsy Belle, Pat later changed her name to Patricia B. Cone.  Her lifelong love of music began with her first piano lessons at the age of six.  ...

Feb 10, 2020

Betty Hamilton Thompson, 92, beloved mother and grandmother, entered eternity on Monday, February 10, 2020. Her family was with her and celebrated her life that weekend, with a beautiful time of worship, prayer, communion, songs of praise, and reflecting on Mom's faithfulness to God and her love for her family and friends.

Betty Thompson was born in...

Feb 6, 2020

"Jack" John Kain, 88 years old of Lompoc, CA passed away on February 6th, 2020 shortly following the death of his wife Judy who had passed away only three weeks earlier.

Jack was born in San Francisco, CA on April 1st, 1931. He was in the Air Force and was stationed many different places in the US...

Feb 3, 2020

Shirley Quinn Causby, 84, formerly of Bessemer City, North Carolina, longtime resident of Vandenberg Village and member of Beta Sigma Phi, passed away at Marian Medical Center on February 3, 2020, as a result of injuries from a fall in her home. Shirley is survived by her husband Jimmy of 64 years, and children Bev, Karen, Jill, Mark and...