Local obituaries for Holland & Lyons Mortuary

May 1, 2023

Candelaria ( Candy) Ribultan joined her lord and savior.  She died peacefully Monday morning May 1, 2023.

She was born and raised in Philippines. She was from a small city of Candelaria on the island of Luzon. Candy was the sixth child to Venancio and Marcelina Edquiban. She was a teacher after college.  In 1954,...

Apr 28, 2023

Ronald Ray Rossi

11-19-33 to 4-28-23

Following a brief illness, the Rossi Family lost our patriarch April 28, 2023.  He lived his 89 years full of integrity and love for his family.  He is preceded in...

Apr 21, 2023

Larry Leon Jeffris, 83, passed away peacefully on 21 April 2023 at High Desert Haven. Larry was a long-term resident of Ridgecrest and retired from the NAWS after a successful career as a mechanical engineer. He enjoyed traveling in his motorhome, playing games, western movies, corn dogs, coaching and playing sports, and spending time with his family. Larry will...

Apr 20, 2023

Linda K. (Sellers, Thomas) Turner was born July 2, 1954 to Lawrence and Joan Sellers. Linda was the oldest of three children. She passed away on April 20, 2023 following a 12-month fight with a glioblastoma brain tumor. Being the child of a Navy father, they moved up and down the west coast every two to three years. During...

Apr 11, 2023

Obiturary for John "Max" Hess

John "Max" Hess passed away at Loma Linda University Medical Center on April 11, 2023. Due to an acute illness.

Max Hess was born in Red Mountain, California on August 4, 1936 to Max and Frances Hess.

Max was one of the first babies delivered by...

Apr 11, 2023

Karl Giovanne Henderson was born November 9, 1959 to Albert and Arline Henderson. He was the fifth of nine children. As a young child, he loved to fix things and worked hours figuring out what needed to be done.

Karl attended Pioneer Elementary School and Vanguard Junior High in Compton, California. His family later moved to Liberty, Texas where...

Apr 11, 2023

Estela was born the seventh child of Eduardo and Eloisa Quezada de Bustillos shortly after their arrival in Los Angeles from Chihuahua, Mexico.  Eduardo had been given the choice of death by firing squad or leaving the country by Poncho Villa himself.  Villa had felt that Don Eduardo had betrayed his trust as head of supplying the population of...

Apr 8, 2023

Mrs. Patty L. Wood (Nana) joined her heavenly father on Saturday, April 8, 2023 in Ridgecrest, CA. Born Patricia Lynn Thompson to Jesse and Lola Belle Thompson in Trona, CA on October 5, 1955. She was preceded in death by both of her parents and her sister, Nellie Thompson. Patty graduated in 1973 from Sherman E. Burroughs High School....

Apr 6, 2023

Andrea "Andy" Fay Scott, 76, of Ridgecrest, CA, passed away on the morning of Thursday, April 6, 2023, at home with her family at her side.

Andy was born on November 30, 1946, in Superior, WI to Reginald and Doris Titus. Andy and her family lived in various places including Oklahoma and Pomona, CA, but ultimately called...

Apr 2, 2023

Thomas A. Marcus Jr. passed away on April 2, 2023 from a short illness at UCI medical. He was born in 1945 in Virginia and moved to Ridgecrest in 1947. He graduated from BHS in 1963. Tom was a proud US Marine and Vietnam Veteran. Upon his return to Ridgecrest, he worked at NAWS China Lake.

Thomas...

Apr 1, 2023

Larry Michael Adams

Larry M. Adams passed away on April 1, 2023, at his home in California City, California with his wife and son by his side.  He was 80 years old.  He had been battling diabetes and IPF (Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis) for the past several years.

Larry was born on October 21,...

Mar 28, 2023

My grandmother married at the young age of eight-teen to Zebedee Adair Sr. Shortly after marriage is when she would give birth to her first child Junior and a few years later gave birth to Sharon. She was the proud military wife of Zebedee Adair Sr., and because of my grandfather's time served in the U.S. Navy, this allowed...

Mar 28, 2023

Samuel Earl Ralston

Samuel Earl Ralston passed away on March 28, 2023, at home in Ridgecrest, California.

Sam was born on October 24, 1941, in Red Mountain, California to Louis James and Pauline Ruth Ralston. He grew up in Randsburg and found creative ways to entertain himself like trying to ride...

Mar 27, 2023

Damon Thomas Bradley was born in Ridgecrest, California on September 23, 1992 to Sean Bradley and Michelle Kirschenman, he passed away unexpectedly on March 27 th , 2023.

Damon spent most of his life in Ridgecrest. He grew up playing baseball and football in the local IWV youth leagues and also rode and occasionally raced dirt bikes....

Mar 26, 2023

Michael Albert Harker passed away of natural causes on March 26, 2023, at his home in Ridgecrest, California. Michael was born to Richard Lee and Carol Jo Harker (Mooney) in Idaho Falls, Idaho on August 18, 1962. He attended Linden Park Elementary School, Clair E. Gale Junior High School and graduated from Idaho Falls High School in 1980. He...

Mar 19, 2023

Donald Carr Lewis (aka Donald Mason Brown)

1949 – 2023

Don C. Lewis, 74, passed away peacefully in his sleep in his home in Trona, California, on March 19, 2023. He was born Donald Mason Brown in Akron, Ohio, in January 1949, to Wanda Mason Brown and John Baker Brown Sr., the second of their...

Mar 17, 2023

Michael was born October 18, 1976, in Ridgecrest, California to Henry (Hank) and Linda Eberhart. He went to be with the Lord on March 17, 2023.

He attended schools locally at Vieweg Elementary School, Murray Middle School and graduated from Burroughs High School in 1994. He played soccer with the Scorpions Soccer club and at Burroughs. He...

Mar 14, 2023

Jeffery Allen Kinslow, 54, of Ridgecrest, CA, passed away unexpectedly on Tuesday March 14, 2023 at his home in Ridgecrest.

Jeff was born on June 28, 1968 in Ridgecrest to James Kinslow and Jill Sweet.

Shortly after graduating from Mesquite High School, Jeff joined the United States Air Force in 1988 and served for 8...

Mar 13, 2023

Joy Machowsky, a longtime resident of Ridgecrest, Ca, died peacefully in her home with family by her side on March 13, 2023 at the age of 70. Joy is survived by her husband of 52 years, Earl; her children, Bryan, Jacob and Melissa; her grandchildren, Jackson, Scott, Claire and JJ. Joy was one of three triplets, born  February 7, 1953...

Mar 11, 2023

Thomas Pattison, 34, of Rosamond, Ca. Returned to his heavenly father on Saturday March 11, 2023 in Rosamond Ca.

Thomas was born in Lancaster, Ca. May 25, 1988. He graduated from Desert Christian Schools in 2007. Thomas had a passion for wood working, collecting knives, making beef jerky, pickles, going to the beach, fishing, off-roading and spending...