OBITUARIES
Lee Mitchell Johnson
Mar 21, 2022
CDR Lee M. Johnson, U.S. Navy retired, passed away suddenly on March 21, 2022. Lee, born on January 5, 1963 in Nebraska and raised in Lakeville Minnesota, graduated from the University of Montana (Go Griz!) before entering the Navy in 1987 as an officer. His service took him and his family to both coasts and Hawaii over the next...
Gary Warren Davis
Mar 20, 2022
Gary went to be with the Lord March 20, 2022 at his home in Walker Pass. He was born April 4, 1934 to parents Carl and Ina Davis in Springfield, Missouri. He passed away just short of his 88th birthday after a long battle with multiple health issues. He grew up in Springfield, Missouri and went on to attend...
George Gordon Harris
Mar 19, 2022
Gordon was born in Newton, Massachusetts on October 15th, 1928. He went to be with his Savior on Saturday, March 19th, 2022. He spent his childhood in Lincoln, Massachusetts, enjoying time with family and friends. He often told stories of the boyhood antics that he participated in. At fourteen he moved to Santa Ana, California, where he met his future...
Taylor Nickole Armogida
Mar 17, 2022
Taylor Armogida passed away surrounded by her family on March 17, 2022.
Taylor is deeply loved and profoundly missed. She changed our lives without ever saying a word. Tay, you were our blessing and we are forever grateful to have had you in our lives. We will cherish all of the memories we...
Tommy Clarence Stafford
Mar 14, 2022
Mr. Tommy Clarence Stafford St of Ridgecrest, Ca passed away at home on March 14, 2022 with his wife and son Robert by his side. He moved to Ridgecrest, to take a job at Westend in September of 1969. He worked there for 24 years. He was born to Clarence and Lillian Stafford on July 21, 1945 in Fresno,...
Friedel Anna Taylor
Mar 11, 2022
Friedel Taylor was born on December 4, 1929 in Mannheim, Germany to Heinrich and Rosina Strauss and raised with love by Peter and Dorothea Fogler. On March 11, 2022, surrounded by her family, the Lord called her home.
Friedel was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Carl of 57 years, and her daughter Jean. She...
Kathleen Elizabeth Pickett
Mar 10, 2022
Kathleen "Kay" Elizabeth Pickett Beloved wife, mother, nana, and friend Kathleen Elizabeth Pickett, 85, passed away Thursday, March 10, 2022 at her Ridgecrest home surrounded by her loved ones. Kay was born December 5th, 1936 in Indianapolis, Indiana to Raymond and Alice Latham. At the age of 15, her parents moved the family to Ridgecrest, CA where she remained...
Betty Ruth Braem
Mar 10, 2022
Betty Ruth Braem left this earth and went to her heavenly home with Jesus on March 10, 2022. The youngest daughter of eleven children, Betty was born January 3, 1935 to Charles and Lula Bell Tyree in Tavares, Florida.
Betty fell in love with Jesus early in her life. Her childhood revolved around Her Beloved Father, Jesus,...
Gisela M.E. Sotomayor
Mar 3, 2022
Gisela Sotomayor of Ridgecrest, California, passed away peacefully in her home with her family by her side on Thursday, March 03, 2022, at the age of 78 after battling cancer for more than four years.
Gisela was born on October 15, 1943, in the town of Waldenburg in the province of Silesia in Germany...
Frank Edward Hill
Mar 2, 2022
Frank Edward Hill passed away at his home in Ridgecrest, CA on March 3, 2022. Frank was born to Kenneth and Dorothy Hill on June 1, 1951 in Victorville, CA. He grew up working on the family farm and served in the US Army with the 101 st Airborne Division in Vietnam. Frank was married to Jane Louise Tyler...
John Brooks Talley, Jr
Mar 2, 2022
In loving memory: John Brooks Talley JR was born on April 1 st 1932, he peacefully passed away on March 2 nd 2022 at the age of 89. He was born to his parents John Brooks Talley SR. and Marie Martin of Honolulu Hawaii where they resided until 1942 after the attack on Pearl Harbor. John Talley JR recalled...
Cornelis Van Der Hoek
Mar 1, 2022
Cornelis "Kees" van der Hoek, age 77, of Ridgecrest CA, died peacefully in his sleep at home on Tuesday March 1, 2022. Known both as Kees (Case) and Dr. Vanderhoek, he served the community for over 30 years after moving to Ridgecrest with his family in 1984.
Born in Rotterdam, the Netherlands in...
Nina Jean Sushinsky
Feb 27, 2022
Heaven gained another angel. Nina Jean Sushinsky was a loving wife, mother, and grandmother. She passed away suddenly on February 27th, 2022 at the age of 69 in Johannesburg, CA.
Nina was born on April 10, 1952 to Truman and Laurine Kosht. She grew up in Hollydale, CA and was the 4th oldest of a family with...
Alvin Lee Hill, Jr.
Feb 27, 2022
I cannot believe that the purpose of life is to be 'happy'. I think the purpose of life is to be useful, to be responsible, to be honorable, to be compassionate. It is above all, to matter, to count, to stand for something, to have made some difference that you lived at all." - Leo Rosten
Alvin...
Estella Pauline Harris
Feb 25, 2022
Estella was born in Santa Ana California on October 24th, 1928. She went to be with Jesus on Friday, February 25, 2022. She was preceded in death by her parents, Harry and Jane Dady and two older brothers. She is survived by her two younger brothers, her husband Gordon Harris, two daughters, five grandchildren, and nine great grandchildren. Her legacy...
Harriet Darlene Carson
Feb 25, 2022
Harriet Darlene Carson was born on December 6, 1934 in Moline, Illinois and passed away on the morning of February 25, 2022 in Riverside, California.
John Patrick Keller
Feb 24, 2022
Obituary for John Patrick Keller:
John Patrick Keller died 2/24/2022 outside of Boulder City, Nevada. He was born in Ridgecrest on 6/4/1974 to Alicia (deceased 2001) and Patrick Keller. He is survived by his father, stepmother Marcie, older sister, Katherine, Ralph Mathieu (brother-in-law), Jessica Arabski (ex girlfriend), and numerous Uncles, Aunts, and Cousins. John graduated in 1992...
Doris Mae Haygood
Feb 22, 2022
Doris Mae Haygood was born on October 29, 1929 in Whittier, California to Francis and Ethel Debolt. She spent many years raising her family and taking care of her home until she passed away peacefully at the age of 92 on February 22, 2022 in Ridgecrest, CA.
Richard John Silong
Feb 20, 2022
Lt Col Richard John Silong, Ret.
"Wyatt"
October 7, 1965 – February 20, 2022
Rick Silong, call sign Wyatt, was born October 7, 1965 in Northridge, CA to Peggy and John Silong. He grew up in Palmdale, CA, attended St. Mary's School and Paraclete High School, and attended both the University of Idaho...
Yvonne Norma Campbell
Feb 17, 2022
Yvonne Norma Campbell was born on March 26, 1939 in Hilo, Hawaii to William and Anna Anthony, and passed away in Palmdale, California on February 17, 2022.
