LeRoy Marquardt

LeRoy Marquardt, longtime resident of Inyokern, went to the big “feed barn” in Heaven on June 10, 2013. At age 82, he passed away peacefully at Loma Linda Medical Center. A celebration of LeRoy’s life will be held on Friday, June 21, at 1 p.m. . . . Read Full Story >>

Jeanette Ruth Mullis

Jeanette Ruth Mullis of Ridgecrest, died tragically in a car accident on May 26 in Cheyenne, Wyo. She was 78. Services will be Saturday, June 15, at 10:30a.m. at Our Saviors Lutheran Church. Jeanette was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. She enjoyed scrapbooking, . . . Read Full Story >>

Roswitha Pamela Schulze

Roswitha Pamela Schulze passed away peacefully on June 6, 2013, at her home in Ridgecrest, after a brief struggle with cancer. Pamela was born April 18 (year withheld at family’s request) in Bandoeng, Indonesia, the daughter of Johan Bernard deLange and Betsy Cornelia Keyner-deLange. Viewing . . . Read Full Story >>

Vivian Dalpiaz

Vivian Dalpiaz, 94, of Ridgecrest, went to be with the Lord on June 4, 2013, after a massive stroke while in the Ridgecrest Health Center. Services will be held on Wednesday, June 12, at 10 a.m. at Holland & Lyons Mortuary, with graveside services to . . . Read Full Story >>

Pat Burke -- an irreplaceable part of our history

James P. “Pat” Burke, who freely shared his passion for local history and who made a lot of that history himself, left this world to meet Jesus on June 1, 2013. He passed quietly surrounded by his family. He was 76. Memorial services will be . . . Read Full Story >>

William P. Norris

William P. Norris, a longtime resident of Ridgecrest and research chemist retired from China Lake, passed away on May 28, at age 92. Bill was born to Harry and Mabel Norris in Pagosa Springs, Colo., and he spent his childhood in the ranching community of . . . Read Full Story >>

Eleanor Louesia Brammer

Eleanor Louesia Clevinger Brammer, 79, of Ridgecrest, went to be with the Lord on May 21, 2013, after a battle with dementia. She was born in Grundy, Va., on March 4, 1934, to Russell and Mary Elsie Clivinger. Eleanor graduated as valedictorian from Grundy High . . . Read Full Story >>

Robert L. ‘Rocky’ Lane

Robert L. (Rocky) Lane was born in Ottawa, Kan. on July 19, l935 and passed away on May 29, 2013, in Ridgecrest. A memorial service will be held at the Ridgecrest United Methodist Church on Saturday, June 8, at 11 a.m. Robert lived his first . . . Read Full Story >>

Mark Swett

A birthday memorial for Mark Swett’s friends and relatives to celebrate his life will be held Friday, June 7, 2013, at 3 p.m. at the Heritage Village Clubhouse. Free parking is available in the Heritage Inn and Suites parking lot. Submitted by the family of . . . Read Full Story >>

Johns memorial service June 1

A memorial service to honor and remember the life of EODCS Timmy Johns will be held at the All Faith Chapel on June 1 at 1 p.m. Johns died as a result of injuries in a local vehicle accident on April 27. At the time . . . Read Full Story >>

Edna Mae Cantrell

Longtime resident Edna Mae Cantrell, passed away on Wednesday, May 15, in Palmdale Regional Medical Center. She was 66 years old. A memorial service was held Tuesday, May 28, at Victory Baptist Church, 242 W. Panamint Ave., Ridgecrest, with Pastor E. Benjamin Thomas, III officiating. . . . Read Full Story >>

Janet Bills

Janet Bills passed away on May 14, 2013, at age 59, with her friends and family around her. Janet was born on March 26, 1954, in Los Angeles. She worked as a hairdresser in our community for more than 20 years. She loved dogs and . . . Read Full Story >>

Thomas L. Rhamy

Lt. Cmdr. Thomas L. Rhamy, age 73, suffered a fatal heart attack Thursday, May 9. He will be honored with a military burial in San Diego on May 20. Tom was born Dec. 3, 1939, to Rolla Guy and Grace (Yeager) Rhamy in Defiance, Ohio. . . . Read Full Story >>

Thomas L. Rhamy

AJ Waid

It is with great sadness that the family of longtime resident AJ Waid announce his passing on April 28, 2013. He was 66. Lt. Horn will officiate at a Celebration of Life ceremony on May 11 at 2 p.m. at the H.K. Holland Memorial Chapel, . . . Read Full Story >>

Felisiana Herrera Almaraz

Felisiana Herrera Almaraz, former long-time resident of Ridgecrest, went to be with her beloved husband, Julian, in the arms of the Lord on Friday, April 26, 2013, at Odyssey Hospice in Las Vegas, Nev., at the age of 87. A celebration of her life was . . . Read Full Story >>

Frank Deits

Frank Deits died peacefully in April, preceded in death by Mary, his wife of 48 years. When Mary met him, she called it love at first sight – of his TR4 Triumph sports car. His mother used to say that as a youngster, he could . . . Read Full Story >>

Oline ’Chris’ Hollander

Oline ‘Chris’ Hollander Longtime Ridgecrest resident Oline “Chris” Hollander passed into the arms of Our Lord on April 24, 2013, at home with her family by her side. She was 92. Services will be held in Quanah, Texas, at a later date. In lieu of . . . Read Full Story >>

Mark Mancini

Mark Marino Mancini unexpectedly passed away peacefully April 17, 2013, in his Ridgecrest home. He was 42. A celebration of his life will be held Thursday, April 25, at 3 p.m. at Immanuel Baptist Chapel, 1201 N. China Lake Blvd. Pastor Bill Logan will officiate. . . . Read Full Story >>

Philip Beitnes

Beloved father, grandfather, great-grandfather, Philip Beitnes, passed peacefully in his sleep at home surrounded by family, on March 23, 2013, just three months shy of his 94th birthday. A celebration of his life will be held at the American Legion Post 684, on May 4, . . . Read Full Story >>