Leonard (Butch) Hines, born in 1940 in Bristow Oklahoma. His family moved to Ridgecrest in 1944. He attended Burroughs High School. Butch was drafted in the Army and was a Vietnam Veteran. Upon release from duty, he went to work at Naval Weapons Center China Lake as a Mason Foreman and retired to South Lake, CA. After retirement, Butch met his good friends Fred and Nancy Norton and fished and traveled. He was well known as an avid fisherman and started the first Bass [...]
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Leonard (Butch) Hines
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Florence O. Nilson Pinto
It is with profound sadness that we share news of the passing of Florence O. Nilson Pinto, October 18, 2020. Born In Bangor, MI. to Andrew and Molly Nilson, August 16, 1929, Florence was the youngest of ten children and the first in her family to earn two college degrees: Psychology and R.N. She married Peter S. Pinto in 1951 and by December 1964, their family of seven was complete. Florence was a tireless volunteer, dedicated to improving the lives of others thru service, be [...]
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Barbara Ann (Barbie) Boutin
Barbara Ann (Barbie) Boutin, age 46, was walked to heaven by our lord on Wednesday, November 25, 2020, at Palmdale Regional Medical Center, in Palmdale, CA.She was born in 1974 at Cubi Point, Philippines, to John and Lucy Boutin, while her father was serving in the Navy. She graduated from Riverdale High School and received a degree from West Hills Community College as a Medical Assistant. She worked as a medical assistant for several years, [...]
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John Sidney Fontenot
John Sidney Fontenot, 77, of Terrebonne, OR, passed away peacefully on December 6, 2020, at St. Charles Hospital in Bend, OR after a long battle with Goodpasture syndrome.John was born on February 2, 1943. Both John and his late younger brother, David Fontenot, were born in Tucson, AZ, to the late Sidney John Fontenot and Betty Thompson. Their father passed away in a car accident when John was only 3 years old. Their mother moved the two boys [...]
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Edwin Gehres
Edwin Gehres died from COVID complications at the age of 79 on December 10, 2020.Ed was born on April 14, 1941, in Sudetenland, Germany. His family immigrated to the US in 1952 and eventually settled in Lodi, CA, where Ed graduated from Lodi High School in 1960. Upon graduation, he enlisted in the Army and was deployed to Germany where he met his wife, Sybille whom he married in 1962. Before being released from the military Ed and Sybille [...]
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George A. Bertrand, Jr.
George A. Bertrand, Jr., passed away on Sunday, December 13, 2020, at the age of 77 after contracting Covid-19. George was born in Gatesville, TX, on January 19, 1943, to father George A. Bertrand and mother Una Jewel Bertrand. The oldest of three sons, George came to California in October of 1962 to follow his father, who had moved to the state earlier. During his first week in Los Angeles, George walked into a Sav-On [...]
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Louis Carboni
Louis was born in 1943 to Albert and Josephine Carboni in Philadelphia. He moved to Ridgecrest, CA after meeting his wife who grew up in the area and he instantly fell in love with the serene and beautiful Southern California desert. He was employed by Xerox for over 35 years where he met a large number of dear friends. He enjoyed the outdoors and especially loved to ride his bicycle and compete with his friends for who could ride the most miles in a year. As is the [...]
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Margaret Ann Faith
Margaret Ann Faith, known to all as Ann, died on September 20, 2020 in Pleasanton California after succumbing to the effects of dementia. She was born in Glendale, CA in 1938, but her family soon moved to Ventura. She graduated from Ventura High School and Ventura College. After graduating she married Bill Faith and joined him in Ridgecrest, where they both worked and raised their family. Ann was active in PTA, and various other [...]
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Perry Smith Patterson, Jr.
Perry Smith Patterson, Jr., a career naval officer and retired lawyer, died peacefully at his home near Eugene, Oregon on December 10, 2020 after a long illness. He was 77.Commander Patterson was born in Coudersport, Pennsylvania on July 17, 1943, and grew up largely in the suburbs of Washington, D.C., where his father was a prominent attorney. He attended Valley Forge Military Academy, the University of Virginia, and the University of [...]
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Richard Archie “Dick” Dodge
Former Ridgecrest resident, Richard Archie "Dick" Dodge, 88, of Seabrook, N.H., died peacefully with his two children by his side on December 15, 2020, from natural causes. Dick was born February 4, 1932 in Los Angeles, and grew up in San Francisco where he graduated from Lowell High School. After high school, Dick enlisted in the U.S. Navy during the Korean war, where he served four years as an electronics technician. After his naval [...]
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Betty Joann Pritchett
Betty Joann Pritchett, 90, longtime resident of Ridgecrest, California, passed away after a brief illness on December 22, 2020, at the home of her son and daughter-in-law, Harry and Janet Pritchett, in Ridgway, Colorado.Joann was born in Ardmore, Alabama, on November 28, 1930, to W. Tilmon and Estelle Locke. She grew up in Columbia, Tennessee, and graduated from Central High School. While working in Nashville, on a blind date she met her future husband, Wilbur "Charlie" Pritchett, [...]
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Wade Allen Boyack
Boyack, Wade Allen, age 50, formerly from Ridgecrest, passed away unexpectedly at his home in Dayton, NV, on Saturday, November 28, 2020.Wade was born to Herbert Dean ‘Zeke’ and Doris Dunaway Boyack in Ridgecrest, CA, on November 26, 1970. He graduated from Burroughs High School in 1989.Wade started his career early on, in high-end, Custom Woodworking. This allowed him to relocate and gain experience while contributing to his craft, eventually becoming a [...]
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Jerry Fleming
Jerry Fleming went home to be with the Lord on Christmas Eve, December 24, 2020, at home surrounded by loved ones in Ridgecrest, California, after a long illness.Jerry was born in American Fork, Utah, on New Year’s Day in 1939. He served in the Navy from January 1960 to December 1963, and worked many jobs including law enforcement before settling down in Boron where he worked at U.S. Borax and eventually retired. He then moved to Ridgecrest with his wife in 2004. [...]
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Duane Albin Fojt
Born 9/1/1945, Died 12/27/2020
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Joel D. Adams
Joel D. Adams passed away on December 30, 2020, at High Desert Haven in Ridgecrest, California. He was 80 years old and died from complications due to COVID-19. A service will be held at a later date in 2021, when we can appropriately celebrate his life with his family and friends.Joel was born May 23, 1940, in Bath Springs, Tennessee, to Jessie Willard and Leda Mable Adams of Bath Springs, Tennessee, both of whom preceded him in death. [...]
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Paul Horace Foster
Paul Horace Foster, 90, went to be with the Lord on December 26, 2020 in his home in Inyokern, California. Paul is survived by his ex-wife Shirley Foster, and their four daughters: Michelle Armenta (estranged), Kellie Hanna, Paulette Colvert (David), and Katina Landen (Eric); 5 grandchildren and 5 great-grandchildren. He is predeceased by his grandson Ryan Colvert, October 30, 2005; great-grandson Lyrik Kirwin-Hanson, May 7, 2015 ; [...]
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Shane Stephen Smith
1969-2020
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Duane Albin Fojt
Born 9/1/1945Died 12/27/2020Born in China LakeGraduate of BHS (1963)Graduate of UC Riverside (Physics)Career at China Lake working HARM Analysis—His office space was the same room in which he was born after hospital was converted to office space.Kind and considerate friend to allLegendary chocolate chip cookiesLoved brain teaser puzzlesMember of weekly Swami Club lunch bunch--a warm group [...]
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Donald Eugene Zurn
Donald Eugene Zurn passed away at his home, surrounded by his loving family on December 28, 2020.He was born March 9, 1932, at home in Jamestown, North Dakota.In 1941 his parents moved to Vallejo, so his father could work at the shipyards supporting WW11. Don at age 11 started delivering newspapers. In April of 1946 after the war ended, his family Marion Gordon and four brothers: Gordon 2nd , Don, Dick and Tom moved to China Lake so dad could work for the Navel Ordnance [...]
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Carol Burge
Born in Cheyenne, Wyoming, Carol soon moved with her parents to Seattle, Washington, where she grew up. Her independent spirit showed up early when she went from house to house in her neighborhood to ask people if she could play their pianos. With the encouragement of a youth minister, she attended Linfield College in McMinnville, Oregon, and then accepted a job in China Lake, where she would spend the next 60 years. She arrived at China Lake (where she’d never been but which promised [...]
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