Richard Charles Branch
Sep 20, 2015
Richard Charles Branch, Jr. departed this life into the loving arms of the Lord on Sunday, September 20, 2015. A memorial service for Richard will be held on Sunday, September 27, 2015, at 1:30 p.m. at Trinity Church of the Nazarene, 500 East North Avenue, Lompoc. Richard was born on August 25, 1936, in Ferriday, Louisiana. He was raised in...
Tony Alves Bettencourt
Sep 17, 2015
Tony Alves Bettencourt of Lompoc passed away Thursday, September 17, 2015, at the age of 92. Tony was born June 26, 1923, in Lemoore, California to Joe and Maria Bettencourt. He began working in the dairies at a young age and later worked for many years with Madonna Construction in San Luis Obispo retiring as a Highway Construction Superintendent. A...
Todd Everett Martin
Sep 11, 2015
Todd Everett Martin passed away Friday, September 11, 2015 at the age of 35 in the care of compassionate staff at St. John's Pleasant Valley Hospital in Camarillo, California. Todd was born on January 31, 1980 at Vandenberg Air Force Base. He was the third of four boys born to Jane and Joseph Martin. He attended grade school in Lompoc...
Sandra Theresa Davis
Sep 8, 2015
Sandra Theresa Davis of Lompoc died Tuesday, September 8, 2015, at the age of 62. Sandra was born February 4, 1953 in Montgomery, Alabama to Willie and Emma Davis. She graduated from an American high school in Germany while her father was stationed there. She completed her education by earning an Associate's Degree from Allan Hancock College. A 42-year resident...
Loretta Marie Yatsko
Sep 6, 2015
Loretta Marie Yatsko of Lompoc died Sunday, September 6, 2015, at the age of 71. Loretta was born September 18, 1943 in Newton, Massachusetts to Patrick and Annie Grealy. She was employed as a nurse for many years. She also worked in special education and transportation with the Lompoc Unified School District for 15 years. Formerly of Santa Ana, she...
Douglas Wayne Grames
Sep 5, 2015
Douglas Wayne Grames, Sr. was born August 13, 1937, in Cadillac, Michigan, to Earl and Marvel Grames. He met and married Carolyn Carr in October 1956. His career in the Air Force brought them to Lompoc, where he retired in 1978. Douglas lost his battle with cancer on September 5, 2015, at his home in Lompoc, CA. He is survived...
Royal Hugh Nelson
Sep 5, 2015
Royal Hugh Nelson of Lompoc died Saturday, September 5, 2015, at the age of 67. Roy was born December 21, 1947, in Macon, Georgia to Thomas and Ardella Nelson. He worked in property maintenance for the City of Santa Barbara for many years. He is survived by his wife Gwendolyn Nelson of Georgia, his sister Minnie Davison of Lompoc, his...
Darlene Bernice Mcnamee
Sep 4, 2015
Darlene Bernice McNamee of Lompoc died Friday, September 4, 2015, at the age of 81. Darlene was born June 23, 1934, to Laurence and Bernice Johnson in Grand Forks, North Dakota. Darlene married Thomas McNamee in May of 1953. Their family came to Lompoc in 1960. After Thomas' retirement as a missile technician at Vandenberg Air Force Base they operated...
Alexander Augustine Echevarria
Sep 1, 2015
Alexander Augustine Echevarria of Lompoc died Tuesday, September 1, 2015, at the age of 51. Alex was born May 22, 1964, in Santa Barbara to Ruben and Jennie Echevarria. He attended Carpinteria and Santa Barbara High Schools. He was previously employed by Sunshine Roofing Construction Company. Formerly of Santa Barbara he has been a resident of Lompoc since 2006. Alex...
June Bernice Clements
Aug 25, 2015
Our Heavenly Father called June home on August 25, 2015, three days after her 93rd birthday. June, the oldest of three sisters, was born in Los Angeles on August 22, 1922 to Alice B. Maxwell and Richard A. Wilder. June fell in love with William J. Clements, a handsome and wonderful man she met at a USO dance. They married...
Wendell Howard Minyard
Aug 24, 2015
Services for Wendell Howard Minyard. 82, of Lompoc, will be at 10:30 a.m. on Monday, August 31, 2015 at the Church of Christ, 138 N. O St. in Lompoc. Burial will follow at Evergreen Cemetery. Wendell was born March 3, 1933 in Rector, Arkansas to Albert and Pauline Minyard. The family moved to Redlands California in the mid 1940s. Wendell...
Rebecca Ann "Beki" Campanella
Aug 22, 2015
Memorial services for Rebecca Ann "Beki" Campanella, 61, of Lompoc, will be 2 pm Saturday, September 12, 2015 at the chapel of Starbuck-Lind Mortuary. A reception will follow the memorial at Del Norte Mobile Estates Clubhouse, 321 W. North Ave. Rebecca was born October 1, 1953 in Findley, Ohio to Charles and Imagene Laudenslager. She moved to Lompoc in 1987,...
Gene Keys
Aug 18, 2015
Hollis Eugene Keys of Lompoc died Tuesday, August 18, 2015, at the age of 79. Gene was born October 20, 1935, in Memphis, Tennessee to William and Jessie Keys. He was raised and educated in Searcy, Arkansas. He served honorably in the United States Air Force during the Korean and Viet Nam wars and retired in 1973. He then went...
Geraldine Brown
Aug 18, 2015
Geraldine "Chuck" Brown departed this life on Tuesday, August 18, 2015 at the age of 74. Geraldine was born May 7, 1941 in Bearden, Arkansas. She was the fourth of seven children born to the union of Melvin and Everlee Lambert. Her parents and brother Leander Ray Lambert preceded her in death. Geraldine accepted Christ into her life at an...
Richard Lee Roy Hilden
Aug 17, 2015
Richard Lee Roy Hilden of Lompoc died Monday, August 17, 2015, at the age of 83. Richard was born December 16, 1931, in Vacaville, California to Elmer and Clara Hilden, part of a pioneering family in the Vacaville area. He graduated from Armijo High School and went on to attend California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo. There he...
Carolyn "Kelly" Simmons
Aug 16, 2015
Carolyn "Kelly" Simmons died unexpectedly in Santa Barbara at Cottage Hospital on August 16, 2015 at the age of 67. Kelly is survived by her husband Bill Simmons of Lompoc; daughter Lisa Simmons of Whittier; daugter Stacey Freiwald of Virginia Beach, Virginia; son Will Simmons and his wife Dania of Aliso Viejo, California; grandchildren Jazmin Freiwald, Gavin and Dax Simmons....
Margaret Ann Fleming
Aug 13, 2015
Margaret Ann Fleming November 7, 1934 – August 13, 2015 What can you say about your mom? That she was beautiful? Intelligent? That she loved her family? And her great-grandbabies were the light of her life? That she loved her dog "Solo" and the many other dogs before him? Yes you could say all these things but that would only...
Jennie G. Trejo
Aug 13, 2015
Jennie G. Trejo, 87, of Lompoc passed away Thursday August 13, 2015 at Lompoc Skilled and Rehab. She was born May 2, 1928 in Santa Barbara, California to David and Savina Guevarra. She lived in Santa Barbara County her entire life. Jennie graduated from Lompoc High School in 1946. She was a member of Queen of Angels Catholic Church. Jennie...
Magnola "Maggie" Bohard
Jul 26, 2015
Magnola "Maggie" Bohard, 85 of Lompoc died Sunday July 26, 2015 at Lompoc Hospital after suffering a stroke. Her daughter Sharon and granddaughter Debra were at her bedside when she passed Maggie was born February 27, 1930 to Walter and Arizona (Williams) Sharp in Morris, Oklahoma. At the age of 23 she married her love Billy Jack Bohard, May 2,...
Domenico Signorelli
Jul 22, 2015
Domenico Signorelli, 87, passed away on July 22 , 2015. He was born on June 5, 1928, to Bert and Annunciata Signorelli in Lompoc, CA. He was a graduate of Lompoc High School (1946) and UCLA-B.A. Political Science (1950), and also attended graduate school at both USC and the University of California, San Francisco. He was a Special Agent for...
