Obituaries for the Lancaster, CA Area

Feb 1, 2017

Dennis Hines of Palmdale, CA passed away on February 1, 2017. He was 57. He was a devoted husband, father, grandfather and was loved by his family and friends. A long-time resident of the Antelope Valley, Dennis was born in Johnstown, PA, and raised in Erie, PA. He earned degrees from the University of Pittsburgh with a BS in mechanical...

Feb 1, 2017

Jan 28, 2017

Founding Quartz Hill High School Band Director, Joseph (Joe) Lester Giesler, 85, passed away peacefully in Lancaster, California on Saturday, January 28, 2017. His wife and family were by his side. Joe was born on June 8, 1931 in Laramie, Wyoming to parents Norbert and Marion Giesler. He attended Laramie High School, and later graduated from the University of Wyoming...

Jan 26, 2017

Sandra Tena Kemp was born in Nashville, TN on May 11, 1944, to Melvin and Sadie Kemp. Tena was an accomplished artist, with a distinguished clientele, and generally loved life. She was survived by five children, Mark Graybill, Tim McMurray, Shiela Freeman, Robert Krakover, and Sam Krakover; seventeen grandchildren, and 3 great grandchildren.

Jan 21, 2017

Jan 20, 2017

Ruth Josephine Bergstrom was born in Oklahoma City on December 18, 1927, to Roy and Olive Bergstrom. She loved music from an early age, playing piano and viola duets with her older brother, Raymond, and, as a teenager, serving as her church’s organist. Ruth met Edmund Jones while attending boarding school in Keene, Texas, 72 years ago. They married in...

Jan 16, 2017

Evelyn M. Parzell passed away in Lancaster, Ca on January 16, 2017 at the age of 91. Evelyn was born Friday, February 13, 1925 in Buhach Colony and was one of six children to Antonio (Slim) and May D. Silveira. She attended Buhach Grade School and graduated class of 1945 from Merced High School. Evelyn worked at Merced Medical Clinic...

Jan 14, 2017

DONALD ALLEN DOMIKE Donald was born (as he said, “at a very young age”) on Sep 16, 1927 to Arthur Domike Sr. and Veneta McCarthy Domike in Santa Monica, California. Don has one brother Arthur Domike, Jr. Donald graduated Loyola High School, Los Angeles, at age 16. He earned his Radio Operators license by his 17th birthday and became a...

Jan 13, 2017

Alicia Agnes Kessler, October 18th 1932 – January 13th 2017 Saralicia Agnes Sullivan was born in Los Angeles, Ca on October 18th 1932 to William and Helen Sullivan. She passed away on January 13th 2017 at her home in Lancaster surrounded by her loving family after a valiant 15 month battle with cancer. Saralicia attended Nativity School and graduated in...

Jan 13, 2017

Edwin Lazaro Corpuz, M.D., 1962-2017. Loving son, brother, uncle, friend. He passed away on Jan 13, 2017 at the Providence Holy Cross Medical Center in Mission Hills, California. Edwin joins his father Gil G. Corpuz and is survived by his mother, Esperanza, older brother Gil Jr and wife Thelma Manguerra, younger sister, Hope and husband Dane Lariosa, and his nephews,...

Jan 12, 2017

Barbara Jean Baseggio, Lancaster, California was born on December 25th, 1941 in Sterling, Colorado and passed away on January 12th, 2017 in Lancaster, California. Barbara married Leo L Baseggio on June 23rd, 1962 and was a proud military spouse traveling with her husband wherever the Air Force took them. Left to cherish her memory are her daughter Julie Kelleher (James),...

Jan 12, 2017

Wayne Nicholas Vogel passed away peacefully in the company of his family on January 12, 2017. Wayne was born in Keota, Iowa on December 16, 1934. He married his high school sweetheart, Beatrice Bennett, in 1956, and the two of them left the farm with just the money received as gifts at their wedding, to start their life together. They...

Jan 11, 2017

Jan 8, 2017

Exequiel Pablo Pineda, Sr. was born in Manila, Philippines on April 10, 1943, and grew up with his family in Bongabon, Nueva Ecija. He went to Bongabon Central School. He graduated from Mapua Institute of Technology in Manila with a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering (BSME) in 1967. He earned his Masters in Electronics Technology in 1978 at the...

Jan 5, 2017

Jan 3, 2017

Jan 3, 2017

Harry John Regan “Jack”, 73, passed away on January 3rd, 2017 at his home in Lancaster, CA. The funeral service will be held on Saturday January 14th, at 11:00am, at Halley-Olsen-Murphy Mortuary in Lancaster. Dale Whitehead of Valley Bible Church will be officiating. Visitation will be held at 10:00am. Burial will follow the funeral at The Good Shepherd Cemetery in...

Jan 1, 2017

Vicente, Vincent, Chente, Vinny was born January 28th 1996, was called to the Lord on January 1, 2017. Vincent was born in Los Angeles California, he was a football fan, problem was he didn't stuck around any team for long, he bounced between the Cowboys, the Raiders, the Buccaneers, the Saints and finally the Rams. Vincent was so full of...

Dec 30, 2016

Phyllis Arlene Lawrence, passed away Friday the 30th of December at Antelope Valley Hospital surrounded by friends and family. A native of California, Phyllis grew up in La Puente, Ca before moving to the Antelope Valley. Phyllis, a lover of animals and nature, loved to travel, camp, and treasured visiting our Nation’s National Forests and National Parks. Over her lifetime,...

Dec 29, 2016