OBITUARIES
Arnold Allen Moline
May 1, 2022
Arnold Allen Moline passed away peacefully on Sunday, May 1 st , 2022, at home with his wife Edith at his side. He was born June 4 th , 1930 in Redington, Nebraska to Henry Moline and Effie Muhr, the 3 rd of 6 children. At the age of 10, they moved to California.
In 1953, he...
Deborah "Miss Debbie" Bushnell
Apr 29, 2022
She was born in Ridgecrest to her parents Wilfred "Duke" & Yvonne Campbell, at the hospital her grandfather Tony built. She spent her childhood in Tehachapi. She attended HS there however, she graduated from Mesquite HS class of 1974. She took Bank Telling class but her main interest was in the educational system. She loved to teach, do activities with...
Keith Richard & Betty Jane Sinton
Apr 25, 2022
Keith Richard Sinton, age 95 and just shy of four months, joined the Lord on April 25th, 2022, at High Desert Haven in Ridgecrest, CA. He was born on December 31st, 1926, in Elkhart, Indiana, to Charles Emmett Sinton and Goldie Isabel Davy. Keith married Betty Jane Sinton (Housour) on July 10th, 1948. Keith was preceded in death by...
Vickie Jo Forbes
Apr 8, 2022
Vickie Jo Forbes (Shumway) went to be with her Heavenly Father Friday, April 8 th , 2022 at home with her husband, Scott, by her side. She was born May 20, 1956 in Orange, California to Gordan and Betty Shumway. She lived most of her life in Ridgecrest.
She was an active member of the Church of...
Theresa Anne Vigneault
Apr 6, 2022
Deceased: Theresa Anne Vigneault
Dates: January 20, 1943 – April 6, 2022
Beloved wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, Theresa Anne Vigneault passed away in Ridgecrest, California on April 6, 2022. She was 79 years-old.
Born in Port-au-Port, Newfoundland, Canada on January 20, 1943, Theresa grew up on western shores of the Canadian provincial...
Michael Daniel Johnson
Apr 6, 2022
Michael "Mike" Johnson was born September 8, 1960 in Fontana, CA, to Peggy and Dan Johnson. He grew up in Corona until the age of 9, and attended St. Edward's Catholic School. Dan and Peggy moved the family to China Lake in 1970. Mike graduated from St. Ann School and Burroughs High School in Ridgecrest, and later attended Cerro...
Donna Rae Carter
Apr 5, 2022
Donna Rae Carter
February 7, 1947 - April 5, 2022 Donna was born in Lamar, MO, raised up in Trona, CA by her parents Ray and Flora Mae Storm, married Kenneth (Buck) Carter in Trona and they lived their lives and raised up their kids between Trona, Ridgecrest and Weiser, ID. Donna was living in Ridgecrest at the...
Barbara Lucille Auld
Apr 5, 2022
China Lake pioneers, Howard and Barbara Auld, appreciated everything the Indian Wells Valley gave them and generously gave back to their community in every way possible. In May of 1997, the board of the IWV 2000 Economic-Development Corporation unanimously named Howard and Barbara "Mr. and Mrs. Ridgecrest," celebrating 50 years of positive community involvement. On March 12, 2008, a...
Joseph Patrick Clavet
Apr 4, 2022
Joseph Clavet went to be with the Lord on April 04, 2022, at his home in Ridgecrest, with his family by his side. He is now reunited with his lovely wife Beverly. The youngest of seven children born to Charles and Mary Clavet on August 27, 1935. He is preceded in death by his wife, Beverly, his...
Mildred Ann Burk
Apr 3, 2022
Mildred Burk, of Ridgecrest, was a beloved grandmother and mother during her 75 years of life. She recently passed away on Sunday, April 3rd, 2022.
Mildred was born in Ohio to the late Philip and Mildred Wuest. Shortly after she was born, her family moved to Ridgecrest where she spent the majority of her life. She worked...
Richard D Stokes
Mar 21, 2022
Richard D. Stokes (Dick Stokes) passed into eternal life on Monday, March 21, 2022, just a few short weeks before his ninety-second birthday. Richard was born and raised in Columbus, Ohio, joining the Navy in 1950, and serving several shipboard tours during the Korean War prior to being stationed at NOTS China Lake. Once at China Lake, Richard met...
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...
