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...
Marcel Andre Donars
Jul 14, 2015
Services for Marcel Andre Donars will be held at Starbuck-Lind Mortuary on Friday, July 17, 2015 at 2 PM, followed by a graveside service at the Lompoc Cemetery. Friends and family are also welcome to join the Donars family for a celebration of Marc's life at the Donars' residence at 520 St. Andrews Way in Lompoc. Marc was born March...
John "Jack" Joseph Drees
Jul 13, 2015
John "Jack" Joseph Drees was born on April 5, 1931 to Peter and Elsie Drees in Crookston, Minnesota. He passed away on July 13, 2015 in Lompoc, CA. Jack grew up in Grand Forks, North Dakota where he went through school. He graduated from high school and joined the United States Air Force. He was stationed in Germany for all...
George Franklin Gehr
Jul 11, 2015
George Franklin Gehr, 93, of Cocoa, Florida passed away July 11, 2015. He was born June 19, 1922 in Lompoc, CA to Lloyd and Ella Gehr. He is survived by his daughters, Kathleen Mulenex and Karen Dressler; sons, James Michael Gehr and John Christopher Gehr; five grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Graveside services will be held at Lompoc Evergreen Cemetery...
Elouise E Starr
Jul 9, 2015
Elouise E. Starr was born on March 16, 1931 in Fort Worth, Texas to parents Wilbert T. and Mattie May Hunt. She accepted Christ and was filled with the Holy Spirit at a tent meeting sponsored by Love Sanctuary Church of God in Christ conducted by one Elder G. E. Patterson in 1946. Attended I. M. Terrell High School graduated...
Nancy A. Brewton
Jul 4, 2015
Nancy Ann Brewton was born on October 28, 1933 in McVeytown, Pennsylvania. Her family moved to Arizona due to her father needing a dry climate for health reasons. Following WWII, they moved to China Lake Naval Ordinance Testing Center, CA. After graduation from Ridgecrest High School (1952), Nancy attended Shippensburg State Teacher College in PA for one year. Then one...
Cynthia C. Leroy
Jul 4, 2015
Cynthia LeRoy of Lompoc passed away on Saturday, July 4, 2015, at her residence in Lompoc. Cynthia was born in Los Angeles, California, on February 18, 1936, to John and Florence Colby. Cynthia spent her time as a member of St. Mary's Episcopal Church, the Girls Friendly Society, the Doll Club, and the Lompoc Art Gallery. She was a den...
Robert "Bob" Wayne Ferrell
Jun 25, 2015
Robert Wayne Ferrell, age 75, passed away peacefully on June 25, 2015, with friends by his bedside. A native of Danville, KY, he was born on March 18, 1940. He entered the United States Air Force in 1958 and retired in 1979 after 21 years of service from the 1369th Audio Visual Squadron, Vandenberg AFB, CA as an Audiovisual Media...
Joanne Lynne Artis Toledo-Warthen
Jun 24, 2015
Our Momma, JoAnne Lynne Artis Toledo-Warthen, went to Heaven while peacefully sleeping on Wednesday, June 24, 2015. She was born on November 26, 1956, to John and Louise Artis in Guam, USA. She played the flute in the school band and graduated from Lompoc High School in 1974. She married Carlos Toledo and had two daughters Chanel Toledo of Lompoc,...
Norma Jane Chierichetti
Jun 23, 2015
After a long and very brave struggle with cancer, Norma died peacefully in her home on June 23, 2015 surrounded by her loved ones. Our beloved mom, Norma was born on May 5, 1935 in Bronxville, New York to John and Edith Crane. She graduated from Eastchester High School and went on to complete a nursing program at Saint Luke's...
Katherine Saum
Jun 20, 2015
Katie Saum passed away on Saturday June 20, 2015 in the arms of her beloved daughter Nancy in Jacksonville, OR. Katie was born Katherine Sotelo in Montecito, CA March 22, 1926 to Lena Cordero Herrera Sotelo and Martin Sotelo of Santa Barbara, CA. Katie is a descendant of the Cordero Family who were one of the founding families of Santa...
Rosemary A. Hanley
Jun 20, 2015
Rosemary Ann Hanley passed away on June 20, 2015, at the age of 83. Rosemary was born November 30, 1931 in Westbury, New York. She will be remembered as a strong woman who had a gift for conversation and a quick wit. She will be missed by all whose lives she had the honor of touching. Rosemary is survived by...
Carl Edward Murphy
Jun 15, 2015
Carl Edward Murphy, 74, of Lompoc was born on August 23, 1940 in Roseville, Michigan to Wilfrid Patrick Murphy and Lempi Korhonen Murphy and passed away June 15, 2015 at the Lompoc Skilled & Rehabilitation Center. Carl was a U.S. Navy veteran, and retired from ITT Federal Electric Corp at Vandenberg AFB after 30 years. He later retired from Procter...
Arlyn Marie Inman
Jun 15, 2015
Arlyn Marie Inman, 103, passed away peacefully June 15, 2015, in Lompoc, California. Arlyn was born February 27, 1912, in St. Cloud, Minnesota, one of seven children to Thomas Lacher and Catherine Weber Lacher. She is now at peace along with her husband Wesley and son Roger. For those who knew her, life can never be the same. She will...
Joan Schlaffer
Jun 13, 2015
Joan Schlaffer, 92, a resident of Woodland, California, for 10 years, passed away peacefully at 5:40 a.m. on June 13 of natural causes under the attentive care of Yolo Hospice and the staff at The Californian Assisted Living and Dementia Care. She was born on July 19, 1922 in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, to Joseph and Mary Parent and was raised...
Gene C.S. Friis
Jun 12, 2015
Lompoc native and longtime resident Gene Friis, 87, was born May 27, 1928. Gene attended local schools and was a graduate of Lompoc High School class of 1946. Shortly after graduation, Gene enlisted in the U.S. Navy during World War II and served until his honorable discharge in 1949. At that time, he was placed on Naval Reserve status until...
Edward "Chiefie" Lyle Everett
Jun 11, 2015
Longtime Lompoc Valley resident Edward "Chiefie" Everett passed away at the age of 95. Ed was the only child of Charles Everett and Maude Fodrill Everett. As a child Ed, acquired the nickname "Little Chiefie" because his father was Lompoc's Fire Chief. Later it was shortened to just "Chiefie" and to many that remained his name. Ed and his dad...
