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Lompoc, California Obituaries

Frank Charles Giovanacci

Frank Charles Giovanacci

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;...

Linual Anthony White, Jr.

Linual Anthony White, Jr.

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...

John Quinton Sharpe

John Quinton Sharpe

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)....

James Vincent Flaharty

James Vincent Flaharty

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...

Stanley Shappell

Stanley Shappell

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...

Gladys May Williams

Gladys May Williams

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...

Rosemarie Genevieve Harris

Rosemarie Genevieve Harris

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.

Rio Gabriel Sosa

Rio Gabriel Sosa

Nov 26, 2017

A viewing will take place on Tuesday, December 5th from 6-7 pm with a service at 7 pm. A Funeral Mass will be held on Wednesday, December 6th at 10 am at Queen of Angels Catholic Church. Graveside service to follow at Lompoc Evergreen Cemetery.

Joseph Mulvey

Joseph Mulvey

Nov 23, 2017

Joseph P. Mulvey of Lompoc, California, left peacefully to reunite with his daughter Cheri Von Platon, granddaughter Crystal Brecht, his parents, brothers, sister and many friends on Thanksgiving Day, November 23, 2017. Dad was born in Spokane, Washington on December 23, 1930, the "baby" of the family, to John and Loretta Mulvey. As a young child Dad was fascinated by...

Victor Anthony Sousa

Victor Anthony Sousa

Nov 22, 2017

Victor Anthony Sousa was born on November 5, 1930 to Joe and Leonilda Sousa in Santa Maria, California and died on November 22, 2017 in Lompoc, California. Victor went to Lompoc High School graduating in 1949 and the served in the United States Air Force from 1952 to 1956. Victor met and married Helen Huyck in 1957, they just celebrated...

Anthony Richard Domingos

Anthony Richard Domingos

Nov 20, 2017

Anthony (Big Tony) Richard Domingos was born to Manuel S. Domingos and Tillie Alexander Domingos at El Capitan Canyon on March 24th, 1931 and died peacefully in his home on November 20, 2017 in the care of his loving family. Growing up in Lompoc, he was a well known member of the community, and celebrated his Portuguese heritage at every...

Armande Marie Obermire Hull

Armande Marie Obermire Hull

Nov 20, 2017

Armande Marie Obermire Hull, born in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, on May 31, 1930, passed away on Monday November 20, 2017. She was born to parents Henri and Germaine Masson. She graduated from high school in 1948. She moved to Lompoc in 1950 when she married Nicholas C. Obermire. Armande was a member of Catholic Daughters of America and the Hospital...

Betty June Walker

Betty June Walker

Nov 16, 2017

Betty June Walker was born on July 23, 1931 in Hinton, Oklahoma to James H. and Ester G. Young, and died at the Lompoc Skilled Nursing Facility on November 16, 2017 after a 2 year battle with Multiple Myeloma. Betty's father was an auto mechanic and her mother was a homemaker. She grew up in the tiny town of Hinton,...

Marcial William Guerra

Marcial William Guerra

Nov 16, 2017

Marcial William Guerra passed away peacefully November 16, 2017 in Lompoc, California. He was born in Miami, Arizona and moved to Portola with his family in his formative years. He graduated from Portola High School. There after he joined the Marine Corps serving honorably during the Korean War. Following his military service, he entered college and graduated with a Bachelor...

Ramona M. Hernandez

Ramona M. Hernandez

Nov 16, 2017

Ramona M. Hernandez 3/14/22-11/16/17 It is with great sorrow that we announce the passing of our dear mother, Ramona M. Hernandez (nee Orosco) on November 16th at Lompoc Valley Medical Center. A native of Lompoc and a member of one of the largest families in Lompoc, the Macias-Becerra Family, mother was born on March 14, 1922 to Jesus and Maria...

Laura Jean Byrd

Laura Jean Byrd

Nov 12, 2017

Laura Byrd passed away peacefully on November 12, 2017 at the age of 73. She was called home to her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ and joins her beautiful daughter Debbie Decierdo in heaven. She was born in Santa Barbara on March 10, 1944 and lived there most of her life with her husband Ronny Byrd. They moved to Los...

Cynthia Mclain

Cynthia Mclain

Nov 8, 2017

Cynthia McLain entered into eternal peace at the young age of 64. When you ask anyone to describe Cynthia; the answer was always the same, "she was kind, she was a talker, she was generous to a fault, she loved to sing, she loved her dogs and cat, she was an avid Green Bay Packer fan, but most important to...

Maria L. Corral

Maria L. Corral

Nov 8, 2017

Maria Luisa Corral, 77, of Lompoc, born in San Nicolas De Ibarra, went to be with the Lord on November 8, 2017. She went peacefully surrounded by her loving family. Maria is survived by her husband of 59 years, Carlos Corral, sisters Esther Guerrero and Guadalupe Lopez, her children Maria De Jesus Corral, Ernesto Corral, Diana Alicia Corral, Karla Michelle...

Robert William Kennedy

Robert William Kennedy

Nov 2, 2017

Robert William Kennedy Sr., 76, of Lompoc passed away on Thursday November 2, 2017 at Marian Regional Medical Center in Santa Maria surrounded by his loving family. Graveside services will be held at 9:30am on Thursday, November 9, 2017, at the Lompoc Evergreen Cemetery, 600 South C Street. The Lompoc-Santa Ynez Masonic Lodge No. 262 will preside followed by military...

Billy Wayne Page

Billy Wayne Page

Oct 31, 2017

It was a bright spot on a dreary day in December when Billy entered this world in Molesworth, England. During the next few years, he traveled the world living in England, The Ryukuan Islands, and Tokyo, Japan. Billy was an avid sportsman, excelling in football, bodybuilding, and horseshoes. He played varsity football at Burkburnett Texas, Quama California High, and Tachikawa,...

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