Jack M. Pakulak Jr. passed away May 9th of 2017 at Powell Place Assisted Living in Payson Arizona. He was 87 years old.Born in Portland Oregon (1929), Jack graduated from Linfield College (1952) with a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry. He began a career at China Lake Naval Air Station in 1951, but was drafted into the Army for the Korean War. After his military service, Jack enrolled at Oregon State University, where he met his wife Mary (Schubert) Pakulak. They were [...]
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James Howard Gregory
James Howard Gregory of Ridgecrest died on May 15, 2017 at the age of 72 from melanoma cancer. Jim was born in Clarinda, Iowa, on October 26, 1944, to John and Jeannette "Evelyn" Gregory.He was raised in China Lake, California and Graduated from Burroughs High School in 1962. Jim attended Bakersfield College and Cal Poly San Luis Obispo.He is survived by his wife of 11 years Lois Killewich Gregory. He is also survived by the mother of his children, Bonnie Gregory (Zurn) [...]
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Geneva 'Jill' Lutz Cooper
Geneva "Jill" Lutz Cooper of Ridgecrest, California passed away on Friday, April 21, 2017 at the age of 88 years old. She was born on August 24, 1928 in San Luis Obispo, California to Samuel and Marion Lutz. Jill was raised in San Jose, California and graduated from San Jose High School and San Jose State with a degree in Liberal Arts and earned her teaching credential. She taught for 12 years in Castroville, San Jose and Atascadero. In 1955, she married [...]
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Wilford Wade Marley
Wilford Wade Marley, 65 of Ridgecrest, CA passed away on May 16, 2017 in Ridgecrest, CA.A celebration of his life will be held at 11 am Saturday, May 27, 2017 at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints located at 1031 South Norma. A viewing will be held and hour before at the church.Wade was born in Pocatello, Idaho to Clyde Dean and May Laray Marley on May 28, 1951. Wade moved to Ridgecrest in 1954 where he attended school and Graduated from Burroughs High [...]
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Betty Doig
Betty Doig passed away in her home in Ridgecrest, California, on May 24. She was 91 years old.A funeral Mass will be celebrated at 9 am on Saturday, June 3, at St. Ann’s Catholic Church.Visitation and rosary will be held at Holland & Lyons Mortuary on Friday, June 2, starting at 1 pm (rosary at 2:30).Betty was born and grew up in Huntington, West Virginia, the seventh (and youngest) daughter in a family of eight children. She moved to China Lake in [...]
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Walter C. Smith
Walter Smith, 82, passed away May 22, 2017.Walter was born in Boise, Idaho, where he met Rene, his wife of 60 years. He graduated from the University of Idaho with a degree in engineering. Walter has lived in Ridgecrest and China Lake (off and on) for 45 years. He worked in the Fuse department at Salt Wells where he was very proud of his role in developing the devices for various missile systems.Walter is survived by his wife Rene, his daughters Deborah and husband [...]
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Irwin 'Bud' Shull
Irwin "Bud" Shull, 95, a World War II veteran, died in Ridgecrest May 4, 2014. Bud was born Sept. 20, 1921 in Lawrence, Kansas and later moved with his family to Tucson, Arizona when he was three years old.During the Great Depression Bud's mother worked as a secretary for the Agricultural Adjustment Administration Organization that paid farmers not to grow crops. This created a need for surveyors to measure cropland not used. Bud's mother got young Bud a job surveying cropland [...]
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Helen M. Cleary
Helen M. Cleary, beloved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, great-great grandmother and friend was taken into the realms of glory on May 30, 2017. She was born in Elizabeth City, North Carolina, September 29, 1918. She was a retired bookkeeper. She came to Ridgecrest in March of 1999 to live with her daughter and husband, Janice & John Schorr after losing her eyesight to macular degeneration. She was a constant prayer warrior for the Ridgecrest Church of the Nazarene and touched [...]
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Mary Josephine (Dick) Urseth
Our family had a choice to write an obituary or let you read about our Mom in her own words. She had such an impact on the community, we thought you might like to read words she had written. Being a teacher for over 50 years, she’s read so many of your words, we thought you might like to read hers. We hope you enjoy!The third child of Ruby (Hallquist) and Lawrence Dick, I felt very special being named after my two grandmothers. I was the first girl in the family with Harold [...]
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Floyd Towner
Floyd Towner passed away on May 19, 2017.A resident of Ridgecrest, California since 1970, Floyd spent most of his professional career as a reliability engineer at Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division at Chin Lake working on missile programs for the Department of Defense.Floyd was born September 27, 1935 in the home of his parents, Floyd and Louisa Towner, just outside Savona, New York. He shared stories of growing up with an extended family of [...]
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Gloria Mae Brown
Gloria Mae (Blackburn) Brown was born in Jefferson, Iowa on December 15, 1926. She passed away at Ridgecrest Regional Hospital on June 2, 2017. She was 90 years old. She graduated from Jefferson High School in Jefferson, Iowa. Gloria met & married Jack Brown in 1944. She was the beloved mother of four children. Tasty meals were always the norm as she raised her family. She was an excellent seamstress making many beautiful things to adorn her home as well as sewing for others while using [...]
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Rose Marie Butler
July 3, 1937 - February 17, 2017
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Joyce Marie Thompson
Joyce Marie Thompson, age 75, passed away peacefully with family by her side, on Friday June 9th, 2017. Joyce was born to Dorothy and Edward Meditz on January 6, 1942 in Kansas City, KS. She later married James Riley Thompson with whom she had four children, Scott, James, Darla, and Kathy. Joyce and Jim raised many foster kids over the years and loved every one of them as if they were their own. Joyce was preceded in death by her beloved husband James Riley Thompson, siblings Michael, James, [...]
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Coy Glendon Gifford
Coy Glendon Gifford passed away June 1, 2017 at the age of 95 surrounded by family.Born on an Oklahoma farm on August 26, 1921 to Jay and Nora Gifford, Coy had 5 brothers (Perry, Melvin, Ralph, Glenn and Bill) and 5 sisters (Audis, Vera, Allene, Buena Mae and Lahretta).Coy came to California in 1940 and was drafted into the Army in 1942. He was shipped overseas to Casablanca, wounded in Anzio and hospitalized in Naples, Italy for 3 months. He was reclassified and [...]
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Lloyd Harold Johnston 'Harold'
Lloyd Harold Johnston "Harold" was born on May 6, 1924 in the city of Orange, Orange County, California. He died June 18, 2017 in Lancaster, California. Harold grew up in Southern California, attended grade school in Fullerton and graduated from Fullerton High School in 1942. Harold was a lad gifted with a very pleasant disposition and a talent for playing the piano. This was soon recognized by his aunt, Helen Johnston, a classically trained musician and piano teacher. She recognized he had [...]
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Joann Carol Velicer
Joann Carol Velicer, aka 'Jo', passed away quietly in her sleep at home with family on June 16 2017 into her new heavenly home with her lord and Savior-Jesus Christ and her Mother and Father.Jo was born and raised in 1941 in Milwaukee Wisconsin, along with her 3 brothers (Raymond, Albert, and Philip) and 3 sisters (Gloria, Erlinda, and Rebecca). Jo married Wence Velicer in 1962 and they moved to Ridgecrest in 1977.Jo had many talents and working positions throughout her [...]
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Laurie Nadine Whiting Barney
Laurie Nadine Whiting Barney passed away on June 22, 2017 surrounded by loved ones, after a seven-year battle with breast cancer. Laurie was born August 25, 1961 to Joyce and Harold Whiting in Provo, UT. As the youngest of 6 children, Laurie developed a strong love for horses as an adventurous child, while exploring the mountain near her home in Mapleton, UT. Being the youngest her responsibilities at home steadily grew as did her talents in cooking, sewing, gardening, and crafting. [...]
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Carolyn Ann Ott
Carolyn Ann Ott, 73, went home to be with the Lord on June 21, 2017 after a very long struggle with Alzheimer's disease. She was born in Klamath Falls, Oregon on April 19, 1944 as the only child of Charlie F. Essman and Louella F. Essman. The family lived in Tulelake, California where she spent her early life until going to college.Carolyn went to Southern Oregon College in Ashland, Oregon where she earned her Bachelor's Degree in Education in 1965. She began teaching Elementary [...]
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Jack H. Kirkpatrick
Jack passed away peacefully on 19 June 2017 at his home in Ridgecrest at the age of 92. Jack was born 26 September 1924 in Santa Ana California. He spent his childhood growing up in Long Beach California. He enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 1941 as an Aviation-Engine Mechanic. He spent the first few years sailing the world’s oceans keeping the Pacific Fleet’s Aircraft mission-ready serving aboard the USS Copahee, (CVE-12) and USS Bennington, (CV-20), during WWII. He enjoyed such Duty [...]
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Robert Eugene Cavenaugh
Robert Eugene Cavenaugh passed away on Saturday, June 24, at the age of 52. Robert is survived by three of his daughters, Brooke, Haley, and Tessa; his grandchildren, Bryant, Harper, Blaire, and Norah; his son-in-laws, Nathan, Andrew, and Charles; the mother of his children, Cyndi; his siblings, Kathy, Patrick, and Colleen; and his parents, Betty and Patrick.Robert lived in Redondo Beach as a young child before his family relocated to Victorville. Robert dedicated his life to [...]
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