Dave Mitchell passed away suddenly from an apparent heart attack on July 27, 2018.Born in Cedar Falls, Iowa on July 11, 1945, his family moved to California in 1954 and settled in the city of Woodland Hills. He graduated from William Howard Taft High School where he played basketball, football and track. His love for football led him to coach high school football until injuries led him on a different career path. [...]
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Doris Carroll Bost
Carroll Leach, Tinker, Bost passed away peacefully at the Heart to Heart Group Home in Reno, Nevada, on Aug. 13, 2018. She was 89 years old.Carroll was born Nov. 13, 1928, on a farm near Ellismore, Missouri, to Willie Mack and Jessie Myers Leach. She was their second daughter. Norma Eileen was their first daughter, born eight years earlier. After a sister, Joy, and a brother, Bobby, were born, the family moved to St. Louis, Missouri, where Carroll completed [...]
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Richard L. Hart
Richard L. Hart, 79, passed away on July 25, 2018, at his home in Mena, Arkansas. He was born in Fallon, Nevada.His family moved to Ridgecrest, California, in 1947 and he spent his young life and school years there. A graduate of BurroughsHigh School, he worked for the Post Office and then went through an Apprentice Program at China Lake to get a degree inPlumbing and Pipefitting at which trade he worked on [...]
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Cody Ryan Kurtz
Cody Ryan Kurtz, 17, of Ridgecrest, passed away doing what he loved, racing his dirt bike in a motocross race at Glen Helen Raceway on Sunday, 12 August, 2018. He was born on Oct. 6, 2000 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, to Kyle and Jessica Kurtz.Being an active duty military family, Cody attended many schools, including: Laguna Vista Elementary in Oxnard, California, Richmond Elementary in Ridgecrest, P.W. Engvall Elementary in Lemoore, California, Liberty Middle [...]
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Luis Viveros
Mr. Luis Viveros, age 45, passed away on Aug. 30 in his home located in Ridgecrest, California. Luis was born in Cuernavaca, Mexico on Oct. 25, 1972, and moved to Ridgecrest with his family in 1988. He obtained his bachelor’s in psychology from Ashford University and was a few classes shy of getting his master’s. Before experiencing his heart problems Luis enjoyed golfing, shooting, and playing tennis and volleyball. [...]
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Alice Martin
Alice Martin, 100, of Cottage Grove, Oregon, died Nov. 8, 2017. She was born on May 10, 1917, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to James and Nettie Howell. On Sept. 18, 1937, in Cumberland, Maryland, she and Warren H. Martin were married. She worked for the Federal Civil Service and the Social Security Administration. For 18 months, she worked in Bangkok, Thailand, with the 29th Signal Corps as a civilian employee. She received a Certificate of Accomplishment for helping process [...]
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Jack Rodgers Basden
Jack Rodgers Basden, 89, died on Thursday, Sept. 13, 2018, following a battle with colon cancer. He leaves his wife of almost 54 years, Suzanne Basden; his son, Glenn Basden of Elk Grove, California; his daughter, Mary Ellen Simoni of Dubai, United Arab Emirates; his grandchildren, Olivia, Nathan, Sophia, and Alexander; and numerous close friends.Nicknamed "Smiling Jack" by many, he was known as quite the character. There never [...]
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Sharon Kappelman
Sharon Kappelman, born May 19, 1940, to Maryan and Willis Crank, Jr. in Carrollton, Missouri, peacefully passed away on Sept. 6, 2018. She is preceded in death by the love of her life, Ellis Kappelman, and both of her parents. She moved to China Lake/Ridgecrest, California as a new bride in 1960 and remained. She is survived by her two daughters, Karen Hesterwerth (Mike) and Kathryn Kappelman, grandchildren Mandy (Eric), Mary, [...]
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Thomas George Campbell
Thomas George Campbell was born in 1954 and died on Sept. 13, 2018.He is survived by his mother, Dolores I. Campbell, and his sisters Dr. Judith L. Campbell and Virginia Campbell Zalman, all of North Carolina. He was preceded in death by his father, Thomas Carlton Campbell.Tom was devoted to his family and his nephew, Charles T. Zalman and his wife Jordan, as well as his stepdaughter, Rachelle Stacy and her two children, Kristen and Kyle.Tom was an avid [...]
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Linda Dianne Brooks
Linda Dianne Brooks was born on April 4, 1940, in Churdan, Iowa, and died on August 19, 2018, at her residence in Ridgecrest, California.She is survived by her son Joseph and Terri Brooks and her daughter Angela Brooks, all of Ridgecrest, California; her brother Keith and June Sayre of Trona, California; her brother Joseph and Carmen Sayre of Long Beach, California; her sister Wanda and Chuck Hudson of McKinleyville, California; numerous nieces and nephews; three grandkids: James, [...]
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Catherine Anne Cox Veatch
Catherine Anne Cox Veatch passed away in Tacoma, Washington, on Sept. 15, 2018. She was born in Hollywood, California, on Sept. 16, 1931 as the only child of William Henry Cox and Margaret Virginia Crockett. She attended the University of California Santa Barbara (BA Education) and Stanford University (MS Genetics). Her curiosity and openness never fatigued.She married Fred Veatch Jr. of Tacoma, Washington, in 1956. She, Fred, and their children lived in Bangkok, Thailand, from [...]
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Dr. William Robert McBride
Long time Ridgecrest and recent Orange County resident Dr. William Robert McBride passed away on Sept. 11, 2018.Bill was born May 9, 1928, in Topeka, Kansas. He was the second son of John S. and Edith M. McBride, and the younger brother of John M. McBride. Bill moved several times with his family from Topeka to Winfield, to Leavenworth, to Atchison, back to Topeka and one year in Salina before moving to Glendale, California, in 1944.After high school graduation from [...]
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Marion Cornelius Boling, Jr.
Marion Cornelius Boling, Jr., was born on Nov. 24, 1942, in Emporia, Kansas, and died on September 20, 2018, at Ridgecrest Regional Hospital, Ridgecrest, California. Marion served in the U. S. Navy from Jan. 3, 1964, to March 1, 1986. While serving on board PCF 99, in Kinh Xang Canal, South Vietnam, he sustained fragment wounds as a result of enemy attack on Aug. 1, 1970, and was awarded the Combat Action Ribbon and the Purple Heart. [...]
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Steven Vie
Mr. Steven Vie, a longtime resident of Ridgecrest, passed away on Sept. 1, 2018, in Sequim, Washington, following a courageous battle with cancer. Steve leaves behind three children: Steven (Kelly), Kelly, and David (Anne), and three grandchildren: Sutton, Miriam, and Reid.Steve and his wife of 53 years, Mary, moved to Ridgecrest in 1967 after he was recruited from the University of Arizona architectural program by the Department of Defense to work at China [...]
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Jeanette A. Christian
Jeanette A. Christian was born on 20 July 1930 in St. Louis, Missouri, to Henry and Anna (Schmid) Meyerpeter and died 29 Sept. 2018. Jeanette was the youngest of three daughters. Their mother passed away when Jeanette was 4 years old. Jeanette spent many happy days with her sisters, cousins, and other relatives growing up in St. Louis. Jeanette attended Catholic grade school and high school and was always academically at the top of her class. [...]
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Shirley Joan Morey
Shirley Morey passed away early Sunday morning, Sept. 9, at the age of 90. She was born in Bertrand, Nebraska, the fifth and youngest child of Robert and Lillie Sunblade. She grew up and attended school in Bertrand, played the clarinet in the band, sang in the choir, was a cheerleader, an honor student, and it was there that she met the love of her life. They graduated from high school together in 1946.Shirley Joan Sunblade married Rolland Joseph Morey on Sept. 22, 1946. They were [...]
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Donna Maxine Holt D'Anza
Donna Maxine Holt D’Anza, 81, of Ridgecrest, CA passed away peacefully on Oct. 5, 2018.Donna lived in Ridgecrest for over 50 years. She retired as a Budget Analyst with over 20 years of Civil Service from the Naval Air Weapons Station, in 1998.Donna was a long standing member of Grace Lutheran Church in Ridgecrest. She was also a member of the Republican Women’s Club, WACOM and Beta Sigma Phi. Donna [...]
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Robert Edward Pearce • December 12, 1935 - October 1, 2018
A resident of Ridgecrest since 1949, Robert died suddenly on Oct. 1 after living several years at Bella Sera Center. He was born in Oakland, California to Willard and Elizabeth Pearce. Besides his parents, he is preceded in death by his sister Marie Halsey (Carl) and a nephew, David Halsey (Sharon). He is survived by his brother, Harold (Darla) and niece, Jennifer Pearce of Sandpoint, ID, nephews, Greg Halsey (Suzan) of Ridgecrest, and Ron Halsey (Bridget) of Costa Mesa, CA. [...]
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Lawrence “Larry” Eugene Shrubb
Larry E. Shrubb passed away on Oct. 5, 2018, after a brief illness. A celebration of his life will be held in May 2019, in Randsburg, CA. Notice of time and place will be announced at a later date.Larry was born on May 14, 1949, in Kane, PA. In 1988, he moved to Ridgecrest, CA. There, he met his wife Marie of 25 years, in 1992. Larry and Marie married in 1993 and settled in Johannesburg, CA. From 1989 to 2004, Larry worked at the China Lake Naval Base where he retired in 2004. He [...]
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John Spencer Duff
John Spencer Duff passed away Oct. 5, 2018, at home after battling Parkinson’s Disease and Multiple System Atrophy.John was born Jan. 11, 1955, at Drummond Hospital and raised in Ridgecrest. He attended Burroughs High School where he met and fell in love with his sweetheart Cyndi Bristow. John graduated in 1973, and he and Cyndi were wed in 1974. They had three children: Heather (who died at 2 months of age), Jason, and Clint. [...]
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