Ruth Diaz, 93, of Ridgecrest passed away June 19, 2015, of natural causes at Ridgecrest Regional Hospital. she had been a resident of Ridgecrest since 1954, moving from Hawthorn, Nevada.She was born February 10, 1922, and retired after working in food service for the Navy Exchange at China Lake, California. She was also a member of the Fraternal Order of the Eagles.Ruth is survived by daughters, Nese Ladassor of Ridgecrest and Diana Straka of Council Bluffs, Iowa; son, [...]
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Helen Gauze
Helen Victoria Gauze, 95, of Ridgecrest, passed away June 18, 2015, of natural causes at Ridgecrest Healthcare in Ridgecrest, California.She was born March 6, 1920, in Detroit, Michigan, and worked at a variety of jobs over the years before retiring.In her younger years she loved to play baseball. She loved parakeets, canaries and dogs as pets. Then she got into cross-stitching and she loved to iron. She was a really good caregiver with babies.Helen is survived by [...]
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Robert White
Robert L. White, 76, passed away June 7, 2015, of pancreatic cancer in Inyokern, California. He had been a Ridgecrest-area resident since 1965.Robert was born October 22, 1938, in Corpus Christi, Texas. He was an electronic engineer at NAWC, China Lake, retiring in 2003. He also served in the United States Air Force from April 1961 to April 1965.He was an avid remote control modeler and a member of the Desert Valley Vultures, enjoyed motorcycle and dirtbike riding, was a [...]
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Abundancia Madreo
Abundancia Madreo, 86, of Ridgecrest, passed away June 17, 2015, of a heart attack. She was born in Santa Cruz, Zambales, Philippines. Abundancia is survived by son Nestor Milagrosa and daughter in-law Emelita Milagrosa of Ridgecrest, son Artemid Milagrosa and daughter in-law Bonifacia Milagrosa of Ridgecrest, daughter Gloria M. Fry and son in-law Steve S. Fry of Ridgecrest; 14 grandchildren, Mark Milagrosa of Ridgecrest, Ellaine Milagrosa of Ridgecrest, John Lester [...]
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William Higuera
William John HigueraBorn October 30, 1926 in Oakland, CaliforniaDied June 18, 2015 in Ridgecrest, California. He was 88 years old.Dad loved the ocean and anything to do with it. He joined the Navy to be close to it. He enjoyed taking us to the beach as well as going to where he could spear fish and skin dive. He scuba dived and learned to windsurf! His daughters, Michele and Roxanne, went often and Dad would stop at 'Duke's Burgers' on the way home if it [...]
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Peggy Boring
On May 15, 2015, Peggy Diane Boring went home to be with the Lord and her loved ones who went before her. She went with peace in her heart and the love of the Lord on her lips and mind.Peggy was born on September 27, 1947, in Healdsburg, California, to John and Lula Stone.Peggy grew up in Trona, CA, and graduated from Trona High School. She Married Bill Brown and they had one son, Robert. Later she married Frank "Rocky" Boring and they had one son, Glen. They were [...]
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Gary Clay Babcock
Gary Clay Babcock, a physicist who helped introduce China Lake users to the computer age, died at his Ridgecrest home on June, 27, 2015. He was 78.At his request, his family will hold a small private ceremony at a later date.Born to Henry Clay and Ruth Babcock on Nov. 14, 1936, in Grand Rapids, Mich., Gary grew up in southeastern Michigan where his parents owned a series of small businesses, including a grocery store and an ice cream parlor. Gary [...]
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Elizabeth 'Lisa' Meeks
Elizabeth "Lisa" Meeks, 54, passed away on Saturday, June 20, 2015. Lisa is survived by husband, Carl, of Ridgecrest, CA, sister Anna McLain and her husband Jim McLain, and their children, Sarah and Justin of Socorro, NM; and sister Nora Barry of Albuquerque, NM. Lisa is also survived by sister-in-law Julie Meeks Zerbini, husband Tino Zerbini, and children David and Adriana Zerbini. She is preceded in death by father Charlie Barry, mother Maria Barry, father-in-law LeRoy Meeks, and [...]
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Bill Lawson
William "Bill" Kenneth Lawson, 71, beloved father, grandfather, son, uncle, friend and colleague, passed away at City of Hope in Duarte, California, on July 2, 2015.Bill was born on December 15, 1943, to Kenneth and Evalyn in Salt Lake City, Utah, and spent his youth on a farm in Kanosh, Utah. He began his civil service career as an engineering aide in 1963 in Corona, California, and in 1966 was drafted into the Army where he served for two years. A few years after returning [...]
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Gladys Lorraine Saether
Gladys Lorraine Saether went home to be with her Lord on June 30, 2015, from her grandson Todd Black’s home in Perris, CA, where his wife, Sherri, had been her devoted caregiver for the past four years. Prior to that, she had lived in Ridgecrest, CA, with her husband, Bob, their daughter, Vickie, and her husband, Bill Black.Gladys was born on December 15, 1915, the second of four daughters, to Swedish immigrant David Theodor Ericson and Mabel Olive Holmgren. Gladys [...]
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Whitney Reeve, Jr.
Whitney Page Reeve, Jr. was born September 11, 1923, the first of two sons born to Whitney Page Reeve, Sr. and Marie Woodruff Reeve. Whitney, better known as Whit, was born in Gilroy, California, and at age 2 moved with his family to Pasadena, California, where he resided for 23 years. Whit met his beloved wife, Nancy Anderson, in junior high school and married her in 1948. At that time, Whit was hired at the naval base at China Lake, California, and they moved to Ridgecrest. Whit [...]
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Freda Sue (Miller) Berry
Freda moved up to heaven to be with our heavenly Father on June 26, 2015, with a beautiful smile on her face. She was born on March 22, 1937, to the late Rev. R. C. Miller and Alpha Durnell Miller in Clovis, New Mexico, where he pastored the First Baptist Church of Melrose, NM. Freda is survived by her husband, Milburn Gayle Berry, and two sons, David and his wife, Terry, of Manor, TX, and Mark and his wife, Jennifer, who live in Canada. She is also survived by a younger brother, [...]
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Marian Kettle Sievert
Marian Kettle Sievert passed away in Ridgecrest, CA, on 3 July 2015 at the age of 92. Marian was born May 15, 1923, to William "Bill" and Mary Kettle in the farming community of Footville, Wisconsin. The family owned and worked the farm until the depression. When Marian was 8 years old they sold the farm and moved into the little town of Hanover, Wisconsin, where her father owned the local bar and grill.Marian went to business college with money that she earned by working [...]
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Patty Beckley
Patty Beckley went home to be with her father God and her mother and father here on Earth as well as her soulmate, Chuck Beckley.Patty was born Aug. 7, 1944, in Long Beach, CA. At the age of 5 her mother and father moved her to Trona, CA. She went to school in Trona until high school, when her father moved the family to Ridgecrest. She went to Burroughs High School, but dropped out in her sophomore year to get married at the age of 15 to her first husband, Richard Loper, and [...]
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Robert J. Copeland
Bob was born on August 2, 1947, in Munch, Germany, to Luise and Herbert L .Copeland. Bob’s career began in the Army in 1966, doing two tours of duty in Viet Nam. He received two Army Commemoration medals and a Purple Heart. His recovery was slow, but during that time he went to the University of South Florida, where he received a degree in business administration in 1983. He married Becky Bush and they moved to China Lake, where he was hired at the Naval Air Warfare Division. [...]
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Richard Boyle
Mr. Richard Hugh Boyle, 50, of Ridgecrest passed away July 12 of gastroesophageal cancer in Ridgecrest. He was born Nov. 17, 1964, in Encino.Richard lived in Ridgecrest for 30 years and owned Motion Tire and Wheel. He was in the business for close to 30 years. He loved to work by his tire machine, and worked in the tire business for most of his life. Richard had a love for family, friends and life. He was loved by everyone. He loved spending time with his family and friends. [...]
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Joyce (Johnson) Carty
Joyce Jeannette Carty died July 14, 2015, at home in Boulder City, Nevada, at the age of 68 following a short illness. Joyce was born in Ridgecrest, California, delivered by Dr. Drummond on July 30, 1946. She was the middle child of Zeleon E. and Mary J. Johnson. Dr. Ellis Tiffany officiated the wedding of Joyce to Robert D. Carty at the All Faith Chapel, China Lake, California, on October 10, 1964. Robert and Joyce celebrated their Golden 50th anniversary last year. [...]
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Aureliano Ortiz
Aureliano G. Ortiz, 77, passed away July 17, 2015, of natural causes at Antelope Valley Care Center in Lancaster.A memorial service will be held Friday, July 24, at 4 p.m. at Holland and Lyons Memorial Chapel in Ridgecrest.
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George Goetz
George D. Goetz passed away peacefully Sunday, July 19, 2015, in the Transitional Rehabilitation Unit of Ridgecrest Regional Hospital at the age of 75.He was born on July 21,1939, and raised in Louisville, Kentucky, one of three siblings to his parents, May and Albert Goetz. He attended the University of Louisville and graduated with a degree in electrical engineering.He moved to Ridgecrest, CA, in [...]
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Anita Moulton
Anita Marie (Wade) Moulton, our wonderful, caring, creative and beautiful mother, passed away on Monday evening, July 20, 2015. Anita was born in Quanah, Texas, on September 17, 1932, to Vivian and Cecil Wade. She was the oldest of seven children. She attended Ballinger High School and won several awards for art, sports and signing, and was a regional high school tennis champion.Upon graduation in 1951, she joined the U.S. Navy a "Wave" and [...]
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