Obituaries

Dec 25, 2017

Guy "Buck" Barker, 74 of Lompoc, died Monday, December 25, 2017 at his home after a long battle with cancer, heart attack, dementia and diabetes.  He was able to spend time with son Michael (Debra) and grandson Luke, son John (Michelle) for Christmas morning.  Wife Sharon, John and Michelle were with him when he passed.

Buck was...

Dec 24, 2017

Joan Semelsberger gently passed away on Christmas Eve. Born in Detroit, Michigan on September 19, 1927 to British immigrants, Arthur and Janetta Davidson. She was their only child. Her father was a landscape architect and her mother a medical secretary. She met and married Bert Quinn in San Francisco in 1951. After living abroad for several years, they settled in...

Dec 24, 2017

Albert C. Hernandez went home to be with his Lord and Savior on Christmas Eve, December 24, 2017. Nothing was more important to him than God first and loving his family. Whether he was with family or serving at his church, he never tired of doing for others. He showed Christ's love to all because of how Christ blessed him...

Dec 24, 2017

Amos "Sandy" Hale died peacefully in his home on December 24, 2017. He was 95 years old. Sandy was born in Chickasha, OK on March 2, 1922. He left Oklahoma at an early age and eventually ended up in Port Hueneme, CA, where he met Letha Colby. They were married in June 1942, and in October of that year he...

Dec 23, 2017

Dean lost his battle with heart failure at Cottage Hospital in Santa Barbara, California on December 23, 2017. He was born on October 16, 1947 to Clarence C. Clouse and Barbara Ella Clouse. He was the youngest of their five children. He was born and raised in Lansing, Michigan and graduated from high school in 1966. Dean then enlisted in...

Dec 22, 2017

Jerry Miller, our loving father, amazing husband, and one of the kindest souls alive, passed away unexpectedly, but so peacefully in his sleep on December 21/22nd. The Chinese culture believes that the few people who pass away in this peaceful and kind manner have lived the most honorable lives - they have 'earned' this special passage from all the good...

Dec 22, 2017

Joyce Brandon was born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on January 28, 1935, the youngest of four children born to Manuel and Jean Murphy. She was preceded in death by her three brothers, Gibby, Dan and John. After spending her childhood in Cedar Rapids, she relocated to Santa Maria, California in 1961 where she met future husband, Keith Brandon. Keith and...

Dec 22, 2017

Frances Isabel Hannah (Sippel) Wilks, a longtime resident of Lompoc, California, died Friday, December 22, 2017. Frances was born to Albert Del and Hannah Sippel on October 26, 1922, in Wiseton, Saskatchewan, Canada. She spent most of her youth as a resident of Flin Flon, Manitoba, Canada. Her family is still remembered by the local geographical feature of Sippel Hill....

Dec 20, 2017

Julia was born and raised in Bentleyville, Pennsylvania. Julia's parents emigrated from Santo Stefano DiSessanio, Italy, where her father Rosario worked in the coal mines near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. When Julia was 29 years old, she moved to Santa Barbara to live with her brother Sam and his family. Julia will fondly be remembered by her nephews and nieces, all their...

Dec 20, 2017

A funeral service will take place on Wednesday, December 27th at 1 pm at Starbuck-Lind Mortuary Chapel, a graveside service will follow at Lompoc Evergreen Cemetery.

Dec 18, 2017

Timothy "Big Tim" Bennett, 58, passed away at home on Monday, December 18, 2017 in Lompoc, California. He was born December 26, 1958 to Robert and Kay Bennett in Muskegon, Michigan. He journeyed to Lompoc, California in the late 70's where he worked in construction to become a Senior Engineer Tech. He also enjoyed umpiring for many years. The biggest...

Dec 18, 2017

A mass of Christian burial for Robert "Bobby" Martinez, 72, will be at La Purisima Catholic Church on December 27, 2017 at 10am. Bobby was born May 6, 1945 in Lompoc, California to Salvador (Salvy) and Mercedes Martinez. Bobby graduated from Lompoc High School class of 1963. After going to school to become a barber, he went on to become...

Dec 13, 2017

On Wednesday, December 13th, 2017, the family of Ricky A. Bartels received the news that Changed the lives of not only his family but so many of others as well. Husband, Father, Papa, Friend, Neighbor, and Coach, Rick was involved in a single car accident and perished. He leaves behind his wife of 40 years, Jeanette Bartels; daughter and son-in-law...

Dec 9, 2017

Frank Charles Giovanacci passed away peacefully in his home on December 9, 2017 in Lompoc, California. He was born in Santa Barbara, California and moved to Lompoc in 1942. He graduated from Lompoc High School in 1955 and played football for the Lompoc Braves. He worked 43 years at Grefco. Frank married Donna Haskett in 1955 and had four children;...

Dec 6, 2017

Linual Anthony White, Jr., 62, retired Fire Chief for the City of Lompoc, died peacefully on December 6, 2017 surrounded by his loving family and friends. Linual was born on September 7, 1955, the youngest of five children of Linual and Ann White. He was raised in Imperial County, 12 miles from the Mexican border. It was there that he...

Dec 6, 2017

John Quinton Sharpe, 82, born April 2nd, 1935 in Owasippe, North Carolina; went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, December 5th, 2017 in Lompoc, CA. He leaves behind his wife of 58 years, Teruko Masuyama Sharpe; one daughter Patricia Conner (Dutch); two grandchildren CJ Stewart, Rachel DeLaPeña (Seth); one great-grandson Aiden DeLaPeña; and one surviving sister Patricia Haynes (Titus)....

Dec 3, 2017

James Vincent Flaharty passed away on Sunday, December 3, 2017 at the age of 79 after courageously battling a long illness. Jim is survived by his wife Linda of 36 years, sons James a Flaharty, Robert S. Brown (Tammy), daughters Margaret A. Kidney, Denise E. Flaharty (Lou), Deanna L. Curran (Kevin), brother Patrick J. Flaharty, nine grandchildren, three great-grandchildren and...

Nov 29, 2017

Stanley Shappell (94), beloved husband of Kiki Shappell, was born in Des Moines, Iowa but was brought to California soon afterward, making him a semi-native son. Stan spent an adventurous "Tom Sawyer" kind of boyhood in Los Angeles back when Bellona Creek was a free, natural stream and the Baldwin Hills were uninhabited and eminently explorable. His grandmother who helped...

Nov 28, 2017

Our mother, Gladys May Williams died the morning of November 28, 2017. She had led a wonderful life of over 104 years. She was a Registered Nurse, wife to Ray Williams (deceased) and mother to four children, Judy Carpenter (Bob), Johanna Brody (George), Jane Lightfoot and John Williams (deceased). Her sole goal in life was to be a good mother...

Nov 26, 2017

A funeral service will take place on Monday, December 4th at 10 am at Starbuck-Lind Mortuary Chapel. Interment to follow at Lompoc Evergreen Cemetery.