Joe H. Valencia
Jul 23, 2016
Joe H. Valencia, age 83, passed away at 6:15pm on Saturday, July 23, 2016 after a lengthy illness. Joe's large and loving family was at his side when he passed. Joe was born June 6, 1933 at Ventura County Hospital to Sammy and Julia Valencia. Joe was preceded in death by his mother Julia, who died from pneumonia, thirty days...
David Harlow Winchell, Sr.
Jul 23, 2016
David Harlow Winchell Sr. 70, died Saturday, July 23, 2016 at Lompoc Hospital following a long struggle with his health. He leaves behind his wife of 50 years, Pat Winchell, children David Winchell, Jr., Estella Forbes, and Robert Winchell, sister Peggy Johnson, and nine grandchildren, Samantha, David III, Blake, Cody, Reese, Dylan, Abigail, Wyatt, and Emerson all of which he...
"Peggy" Tosti
Jul 22, 2016
Peggy Tosti Margaret Elizabeth Tosti was born on January 4, 1936 in Lompoc, CA to James and Lillian Alexander. A life-long resident of Lompoc, Peggy graduated from Lompoc Senior High and married her high school sweetheart, Albert. They recently celebrated their 61st wedding anniversary. She was a devoted and loving wife, mother and grandmother. Peggy passed away, peacefully, on Friday,...
Stanley Myrl Sheldon
Jul 22, 2016
Col. Stanley (Stan) M. Sheldon died Friday, July 22, 2016 following a two-week hospitalization for a broken hip. He was born in Thompson, PA June 19, 1942. He leaves behind his wife of 48 years, Jessie; two brothers, Dr. Douglas Sheldon and wife Margaret; Paul Sheldon and wife Susan; two sisters, June Lambertson and husband Dick; Dr. Helen Longacre and...
Loretta Lee Loveall
Jul 21, 2016
Into Paradise…May the Angels…Lead Her. Loretta Loveall, 60, passed away on July 21, 2016 after a brief illness. She was born in Ottawa, Illinois and moved to the Central Coast with her family in 1958, where she lived out her remaining years. She worked for Raytheon in Santa Barbara, California for 35 years before retiring in 2010. Anyone who knew...
Maureen Patricia Mumaugh
Jul 20, 2016
Maureen Patricia Mumaugh, 52, was born in Monterey Park, California, on October 6, 1963, to Patricia and Michael Grillo. On July 20, 2016, after a sudden illness, she went to be with her heavenly Father. Maureen graduated from Reseda High School and lived most of her life in Ventura and Santa Barbara County cities. She and her mother, Pat, lived...
Brigitta "Gitta" Carter
Jul 19, 2016
On July 19, 2016 the world lost a beautiful person, and heaven gained a beautiful soul. Brigitta: "Gitta" Carter (nee Rebersky) was born on May 21, 1933 in Vienna, Austria. Gitta, as she was known to most of those that knew her, attended grade school in Vienna and was trained as a seamstress. She arrived in Lompoc, CA in 1958...
John A. Baxter
Jul 14, 2016
Master Chief Petty Officer (Retired) John Baxter was born in Blue Rapids, Kansas, in 1932 and died July 14, 2016. He grew up in Vermillion, Kansas. In high school he played all sports but excelled in football. Each summer during high school, John drove a combine with a harvest crew on its annual pilgrimage north from Kansas to North Dakota....
Eula Ellalene Donigan
Jul 13, 2016
Eula Ellalene (Lane) Donigan was born on October 21, 1929, to Robert and Eula Lane in Eldridge, Missouri. She passed away on July 13, 2016, in Santa Barbara, California, at the age of 86. Eula was a member of Grace Baptist Church, formerly named First Southern Baptist Church, in Lompoc. She was active in her church as a teacher, librarian,...
Martha Henneberg
Jul 12, 2016
Martha Henneberg, 96, passed away July 12, 2016, at her home of 28 years in Vandenberg Village, Lompoc following a brief illness. She was born December 4, 1919, in Nashua, Missouri, to Oscar Leon and Amanda Ethel St. John. She married George Henry Henneberg on August 31, 1941. They were married 67 years until his passing in 2008. She is...
Felicia Lavatte Brown
Jul 9, 2016
Felicia Lavatte Brown 44, was born in Stockton, CA on May 17, 1972 to James D. Brown and Dorothy Duncan. She passed away on July 9, 2016. Felicia is survived by her three children; Ronicia Simpson, Damian Simpson, and Kailani Schiavone. Five brothers and sisters; Robert Howard, Katherine Burch, Beverly Foster, Lamontt Howard, and Ronald Howard. Her mother Dorothy Duncan,...
Eric George Lemmon
Jul 9, 2016
Eric George Lemmon died on July 9, 2016 after a year-long bout with pancreatic cancer. He was born on April 29, 1943 in St. Louis, Missouri, the youngest of three children of Elizabeth Arretta Reel Lemmon and Vernon Wilber Lemmon. Following his graduation from University City Senior High School, Eric spent some time working in the retail hardware business before...
Kevin G. Buchanan
Jul 4, 2016
Former Santa Barbara resident of 39 years Kevin Gerard Buchanan, died July 4, 2016, at his home in Lompoc, California at the age of 60. Kevin devoted 41 years of his time and energy as an honest and fair automotive mechanic in Santa Barbara and Goleta. But, what Kevin enjoyed most during his life was fishing on Lake Cachuma where...
Dalores Casteel
Jul 4, 2016
Dalores Casteel was born in Vinton, Iowa on January 21, 1933 to Marvin and Leona Kerkman. As a child after walking some ways on their farm road, she caught the bus to school. While still in high school, she worked as a waitress in a local restaurant. That is where she met Noval Casteel, Sr. whom she married in 1952....
Arthur Ted Velasco
Jun 29, 2016
Arthur Ted Velasco, 59, was born on March 5th, 1957, to Carmen Banuelos and Ted Velasco in Lompoc, California. Art graduated from Lompoc High School in 1975, and served in the United States Navy from 1975 to 1979. After an honorable discharge from the Navy Art pursued a career with the United States Postal Service for 37 years. Art enjoyed...
Alison Denise Mccormick
Jun 21, 2016
Alison Denise McCormick 51, born March 20, 1965 and passed away on June 21, 2016 at her home in Ojai California surrounded by her family after a long struggle with cancer. She is survived by her father Wilbert Eastland of Tucson, AZ; siblings Terri Manning of San Diego, CA, Jeffery McCormick of Lompoc, Master Chief Petty Officer USN Shawn McCormick...
Martha Sanford Port
Jun 19, 2016
Martha Sanford Port, of Lompoc, passed away on June 19, 2016 at the age of 80. She is survived by her husband Clyde Port and her daughter, Pamela Collier. She was laid to rest on June 22, 2016 at Lompoc Evergreen Cemetery.
Mary "Midge" Blair
Jun 18, 2016
Mary "Midge" Blair of Lompoc died Saturday, June 18, 2016, at the age of 82. Midge was born April 14, 1934, in Springfield, Massachusetts to George and Sadie Ingraham. Following graduation from Springfield Technology High School in 1952, she joined the United States Air Force. She was honorably discharged in 1954. A lifelong homemaker, Midge enjoyed spending time at the...
Michelle Renee Jacinto
Jun 18, 2016
Vigil services for Lompoc native Michelle Renee Jacinto will be 6 pm Monday, June 27, 2016, in the chapel of Starbuck-Lind Mortuary. A funeral mass will be celebrated 10 am Tuesday at La Purisima Catholic Church with Rev. Tom Cook celebrating. Burial will follow at Lompoc Evergreen Cemetery. Michelle was born August 19, 1975 to Larry and Rebecca Jacinto in...
Robert Michael O'Toole
Jun 17, 2016
Lt. Col. (Retired) Robert Michael O'Toole Lt. Col. Robert (Bob) O'Toole passed away on Friday, June 17, 2016, at Serenity House in Santa Barbara. He was born November 24, 1937, in Detroit, Michigan, to Robert John and Marie O'Toole. He began his education at the University of Detroit in 1956. After receiving a Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering, he joined...
