Margaret Grace (French) Lamar
May 12, 2017
Margaret Grace (French) LaMar passed away on May 12, 2017. She was 67 years old, surrounded by her loving family and friends. Margaret, known to many as Maggie, or Mrs. LaMar to her students, had a love for skiing, and teaching children. She taught in public education for many years, and retired as a kindergarten teacher at Crestview Elementary on...
Glenda Janice Rains
May 12, 2017
Glenda Janice Rains (Jan) passed away peacefully at home ending her year long battle with cancer. She was surrounded by family and her loving husband Gerald of 59 years. Jan was born January 22, 1942, to Beatrice and Henry Rhodes in Wardell, Missouri. Gerald and Jan married May 9, 1958 in Bakersfield, California. They moved to Lompoc in 1962 where...
Charles Bernard Anthony Guest
May 10, 2017
Charles "Chas" Guest passed away peacefully on May 10th, 2017 surrounded by his loving family. Chas was born in Manchester England on February 13th, 1935 and lived through the Blitz during the heavy bombing of the industrial North during the Second World War. In 1954 he was called upon to serve Queen and Country in Her Majesty's Grenadier Guards, both...
Carl W. Robertson Sr.
May 9, 2017
On May 9, 2017, Carl W. Robertson, aged 102, joined the "man upstairs" as he often joked with family. Private First Class Carl W. Robertson was born August 14, 1914, in Worcester, Massachusetts. He attended Whitman High School where he was active in sports but dropped out to support his family during the Depression. Carl entered active duty in the...
Vernon "Vern" Lloyd Human
May 9, 2017
Vernon "Vern" Human was born in Dayton, Kentucky and died of pneumonia in Santa Ynez, California ten days after his 86th birthday. Leaving the life of dairy farming, trapping and high school sports behind, Vern enlisted in the Air Force at 18. His desire for travel was granted. He fought in the Korean War and spent time in Japan. When...
Eugene "Gene" Lewis Huseman
May 9, 2017
HUSEMAN, Retired Honorable Eugene "Gene" Lewis, a much admired and revered Legal Eagle and Santa Barbara Superior Court Judge of many years has graduated from "Life" and received his wings. He entered The Kingdom of Eternal Life and Peace on Tuesday, May 9, 2017, at the age of 84. He was the first of three children born to Louis Curtis...
Carrol D. Buford
May 8, 2017
Col. Carrol Buford, 85, left this world at 4:45am Monday May 8th, 2017. Carrol was born Dec. 4th, 1931 in Arkansas and lived a wonderful life. He joined the Air Force as a young man and retired a Colonel after 30 years of service. During his years in service he was an Air Force pilot, worked for the Houston (NASA)...
Victoria Cortez
May 8, 2017
A viewing will take place on Tuesday, May 16th from 4-8 pm, with a vigil at 7 pm, at Starbuck-Lind Mortuary Chapel. The funeral mass will be held on Wednesday, May 17th at 10 am at Queen of Angels Catholic Church. A graveside service will follow at Lompoc Evergreen Cemetery.
Brian Joseph Crudge
May 3, 2017
Brian Crudge died Feb 3, 2017, in Lompoc, California. Brian was born in San Jose, California. His father was in the United States Air Force, and the family had many tours throughout Europe and the United States. Brian won a full scholarship to San Diego State out of high school. He lived many years in Washington State, and the last...
Joan Roslyn French
Apr 30, 2017
Joan, was born on February 11, 1932 in Brooklyn, NY to Louis Becker & Sarah Libby ( Shapiro ) Becker. She had been a resident of Lompoc since February 1959. She was a graduate of Abraham Lincoln High School class of 1950and then she attended Business school. She worked first as a key punch operator then clerk typist in New...
Barbara J. Conley
Apr 28, 2017
Barbara J. Conley, 62, surrounded by family. left this earth and entered into everlasting life with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on April 28, 2017. She passed away after a brief illness. Betty and Lyle Field were blessed with the birth of their second child and only daughter, Barbara, in Vancouver, Washington, on April 29, 1954. She grew up...
Daniel "Danny" Lopez Ochoa
Apr 23, 2017
Daniel "Danny" Lopez Ochoa, 66, died on April 23, 2017. Danny was born on September 23, 1950 in Lompoc, California to Rafael Jesus Ochoa, who passed away in 1985, and mother Carmen Lopez Ochoa. He graduated in 1969 from Lompoc High School. He went in the U. S. Army soon after graduation. Danny was very proud to have served our...
Margaret Segura
Apr 23, 2017
Margaret Segura, resident of Lompoc, California passed away April 23, 2017. Margaret was born in San Acacio, Colorado on December 28, 1935. She moved to Lompoc in 1960, and was a member of Queen of Angels Catholic Church, Catholic Daughters and Lompoc Elks. Margaret is survived by her daughters Marcella (Mike Wayman) Segura of Lompoc, California, Esther (Michael) Walker of...
Nancy Jo Jones
Apr 23, 2017
Nancy Jo Jones, cherished mother, nana, and friend, passed away on April 23, 2017. She was born in Youngstown, Ohio, on January 17, 1937 to Roy and Anna Mary (Sokol) Morgan and raised in San Bernardino, California. In 1965, Nancy moved to Vandenberg Air Force Base with her then husband, Hoyt Jones. A long-time resident of Lompoc, she had a...
Thomas O. Engelhardt
Apr 22, 2017
Thomas O. Engelhardt, 88, affectionally known as "MR TOE" of Lompoc, California passed away at home on April 22, 2017, surrounded by his family. Born June 27, 1928 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin to Otto H. Engelhardt and Jean Johnson. He married Linda Banks in 1958 and they traveled the United States during his Air Force Career. Thomas earned a bachelor's degree...
David Lynn Waxman
Apr 20, 2017
David L. Waxman, 66, surrounded by family and friends, left this earth and entered into everlasting life with his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on April 20, 2017. He passed away after a brief illness. Paul and Bonnie Waxman were blessed with the birth of their firstborn son, David, in Vallejo, California, on October 11, 1950. David grew up in...
Charles Joseph Baltieraa
Apr 20, 2017
Charles Joseph Baltierra, 80, long time resident of Lompoc, went home peacefully to the loving arms of the Lord on April 20, 2017. He was the beloved husband of Maria Lydia, and son of the late Anselmo and Irene Baltierra. Charles was preceded in death by siblings Arthur and Linda. He was a loyal brother to Tom and Helen, and...
Deborah A. Dunn
Apr 19, 2017
The Rev. Canon Deborah Dunn, rector of St. Peter's, Santa Maria, and a former deployment officer for the Diocese of Los Angeles, died April 20 at Cottage Hospital, from complications of a stroke. She was 65 and had served as rector in Santa Maria since 2007. Please join in prayer for Deborah's family, especially her husband, the Rev. Michael Cunningham,...
Cirilo Sanchez
Apr 17, 2017
Lompoc-Cirilo (Cilo) Sanchez, 88, Beloved Husband, Father, Brother, Grandfather & Great Grandfather died peacefully on April 17, 2017 at home surrounded by his wife and daughters. He leaves his wife of 64 Years, Taiko Sanchez and his four daughters, Linda Timothy, Cathy Howell (Bobby), Mary Ann Sanchez and Trisha Sanchez-Villanueva (Mario). Siblings Cecilia Jebousek, Delores Wallis and Esther Roberts. He...
Eileen Marie Hegeman
Apr 11, 2017
Eileen Hegeman, 67, of Lompoc, CA, passed away peacefully in her sleep on April 11, 2017. Eileen was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on July 30, 1949. She was an accomplished cosmetologist for over 30 years in both Montana and Washington State, retiring to sunny California in 2013. An avid reader, she loved all books, especially Jonathan Kellerman and loved chatting...
