Newspaper Obit Extractions, Los Angeles and Ventura Counties
Extracted by Anita Schmidt
2006
This file is part of the
California Tombstone Project

 

Name Birth Place Age/Birth Death Burial Obit Date
Abel, Evelyn I. 'Nanny' (Weatherly) Silt, Co 7/14/1918 6/26/2005 Ivy Lawn Memorial, Ventura, CA TOS 6/28/05; 4/14/06
Acosta-Rosales, Ricardo Lived Oxnard 17 years 1/30/2005 Stabbed by Oscar Acosta Trejo, 28 TOS 1/31;2/1/05;6/22,23,24,28/06
Acosta-Rosales, Ricardo Lived Oxnard 17 years 1/30/2005 Stabbed by Oscar Acosta Trejo, 28 TOS 1/31;2/1/05;  6/23,24,28,29;9/8/06
Aguirre, Stephen Paul Fresno, CA 1/29/1966 4/3/2005 Choinumni Indian Grounds, Del Peidra, CA TOS 4/6,7,8;5/3,13/05;3/21;4/4/06
Aguirre, Stephen Paul Fresno, CA 1/29/1966 4/3/2005 Choinumni Indian Grounds, Del Peidra, CA TOS 4/6,7,8;5/3,13/05; 3/21; 11/18/06
Allen, Jeremiah Susumu Ventura, CA 4/21/1984 6/2/2004 Fillmore, CA (Faith Community) TOS 2/11;6/9,10,11/04;8/1/06
Alvarez, John D. Lived Santa Paula, CA 6/24/1921 4/24/2006 Santa Paula Cemetery, CA TOS 5/2,3/06 SSDI
Applegate, Rose Mary (Erramouspe) Lived Casitas Springs, CA 12/21/1912 3/8/2006 Ivy Lawn Memorial, Ventura, CA TOS 3/12/06 SSDI
Araujo, Gwen Lived Hayward, CA 17 years 10/4/2002 Jaron Nabors, 23,  received 11 years TOS 8/26/2006
Bader, Barbara New Haven, CT 6/23/1917 2/26/2006 Thousand Oaks, CA (Pierce) TOS 3/5/06 SSDI
Barrios, Larry Joseph Lived Camarillo, CA 37 years 7/13/2003 Ernesto Charles Hall, 29, & Ivan Dean Stine, 33 TOS 6/8,10,20,27; 7/26/06
Baumgart, Edwin Phillip Detroit, MI 8/13/1921 4/2/2004 Ojai, CA (Clausen) Lived Meiners Oaks. TOS 4/6/04;11/8/06
Beem, Donald Eugene Fillmore, CA 3/4/1935 2/4/2006 Fillmore, CA (Skillin-Carroll) TOS 2/8/06 SSDI
Benjamin Stacey Lived Pacifica, San Mateo, CA 2/25/1962 Apr-81 Killed by Donald Beardslee, 37 TOS 12/29,30/04; 1/17,19/05;
Bennett, Alfred W.     Lt. Col.          Manhattan, NY 9/7/1912 2/10/2006 Mt. Sinai Memorial, Los Angeles, CA TOS 2/21/06 SSDI
Bishop, Selina Lived Martinez, CA 10/17/1977 8/8/00 Killed by Justin Helzer (32) TOS 7/28/04 SSDI
Borelli, Leo Lived Simi Valley, CA 1/29/1917 1/6/2006 Forest Park, Chicago, IL TOS 1/12; 4/7/06/06
Buettner, Kenneth Chicago, IL 9/8/1921 8/22/2005 Santa Paula, CA (Skillin-Carroll) TOS 8/25/05; 9/30/06
Burke, Carol Lived Oxnard, CA 8/6/1952 2/16/2006 Ashes at sea TOS 3/24/06 SSDI
Burton, Adrian Ernest James Lived Oxnard, CA 33 years 12/28/2004  Shot - Oxnard, CA (Camino del Sol) TOS 12/29/04; 1/12/05 (On prior update)
Campos, Daniel Lived Oxnard, CA 21 years 4/17/04 (Orig. 4/18/04) Shot by Jose Ramirez  Charges dropped 8/06 TOS 12/3/04; 8/29/06
Caraveo, Richard A. Lived Moorpark, CA 7/25/1965 8/3/2005 Valley Oaks Mem., Westlake Village, CA TOS 8/9/05; 8/3/06
Carpenter, Heather Marie Lived Redding, CA 3/10/1981 12/17/2003 Not available LAT 8/13/03 SSDI
Carson, Natalie Santa Paula, CA 4/17/1925 Dec. 1973 Not available TOS 3/12/06 SSDI
Cervantes, Jorge Lopesz Lived Oxnard, CA 6/15/1975 8/16/2003 Ernesto Charles Hall, 29, & Ivan Dean Stine, 33 TOS 6/8,10,20,27; 7/26/06 SSDI
Christopher, Albert Socrates Kansas City, MO 1/9/1918 3/8/2006 Ivy Lawn Memorial, Ventura, CA TOS 3/21; 4/9/06
Clark, James Oxnard homeless 58 years 6/1/2001 Killed Tim Becker 19, Rocky Mattley 15, Robert Coffman 19, Christopher Dunham 19 TOS 11/5/02
Columbo, Amanda Lived Woodland Hills, CA 33 years 6/20/2006 Oxnard, CA (Camino del Sol) TOS 6/21,22,24/06
Conel, Bertha Decatur, IL 1/1/1900 1/2/1972 Ivy Lawn Memorial, Ventura, CA   Death Certificate
Conolly, Cindy Lived Sioux City, IA 49 years 6/12/2006 Run over by Oxnard police on Mandaly Beach, Oxnard TOS 6/13,14; 7/1;10/26,27/06
Covarrubias, Ana Lived Moorpark, CA 31 years 8/15/2005 Car hit by Ashley Marie Ponce, 24 TOS 8/16,17,18,21;9/8,9/;12/28/05;7/21/06
Covarrubias, Francisco Lived Moorpark, CA 35 years 8/15/2005 Family buried in Mexico TOS 8/16,17,18,21;9/8,9/;12/28/05;7/21/06
Covarrubias, Marcos Lived Moorpark, CA 10 years 8/15/2005 Family buried in Mexico TOS 8/16,17,18,21;9/8,9/;12/28/05;7/21/06
Covarrubias, Paola Lived Moorpark, CA 2 years 8/15/2005 Family buried in Mexico TOS 8/16,17,18,21;9/8,9/;12/28/05;7/21/06
Covarrubias, Sifua Lived Moorpark, CA 3 mos. 8/15/2005 Family buried in Mexico TOS 8/16,17,18,21;9/8,9/;12/28/05;7/21/06
Covarrubias, Xochitl Lived Moorpark, CA 9 years 8/15/2005 Family buried in Mexico TOS 8/16,17,18,21;9/8,9/;12/28/05;7/21/06
Craig, Frank E. Lived Hickman, CA 6/17/1918 4/22/2004 Howard Douglas Porter, 55, La Grange, CA arrested TOS 11/30/06 SSDI
Day, Jeff Lived Santa Barbara, CA 23 years 3/31/1982 Ship wreck off Anacapa Island TOS 1/29/2007
De Villers, Greg Lived San Diego, CA Not avail. 11/6/2000 Poisoned by wife, Kristen Rossum, 26 TOS 11/13/02; 3/22/06
Delmore, Rick Lived Santa Barbara, CA 25 years 3/31/1982 Ship wreck off Anacapa Island TOS 1/29/2007
Devine, III; Philip Jordan Lived Oxnard, CA 12 years 2/5/2003 Hit by trash truck on Pleasant Valley Rd. TOS 1/31/2007
Donovan, Kathleen Ann Bakersfield, CA 9/27/1970 1/18/2005 Bakersfield, CA (Greenlawn Mort.) TOS 1/19/,27,30/05;10/13/06
Dullenkopf, Douglas Charles Bethlehem, PA 5/28/1948 10/29/2005 Solvang Cemetery, CA TOS 11/2/05; 9/30/06
Faibish, Nicholas Lived San Francisco, CA 12 years 6/3/2005 Killed by pit bull dogs TOS 6/4,6/05; 8/1/06
Fairbank, Daryth  Lived California City, CA 35 years 1/31/2006 Shot by Lee Wayne Simpson, 34, NE CA City TOS 2/ /;3/5/06
Finney, John P. Lived Rosemoor, CA 4/27/1924 7/23/2005 Hiker missing since 7/23/05.  Found in Briones Regional Park, Lafayette, CA TOS 12/27/05 SSDI
Gilbert, Roy Henry Lived Moorpark, CA 7/13/1962 6/11/2006 Simi Valley, CA (Rose) TOS 6/12,23/06 SSDI
Gomez, Brian Jesus Ventura, CA 9/15/1986 9/2/04 Santa Clara Cemetery, Oxnard, CA TOS 9/8,9,11/04; 6/2/06
Gonzalez, Lorena Oxnard, CA 2/6/1982 5/25/2005 Oxnard, CA (Camino del Sol) TOS 5/27;6/3,10,14;8/23/05;11/1/06
Gower, Tamar Ellen (Chait) Los Angeles, CA 11/12/1952 8/9/2003 Died Los Angeles, CA LAT 8/13/03
Guerrero, Christopher Gabriel Ventura, CA 4/27/1958 12/12/2004 Santa Clara Catholic Cemetery, CA TOS 12/18,19/04;1/7/05;10/20;12,/30/06
Hamilton, Crystal Lived Oxnard, CA 18 years 4/21/2001 Douglas Dworak received death sentence TOS 3/15,17;4/7,12,21,22,27;711/05;4/25/06
Hamilton, Crystal Lived Oxnard, CA 18 years 4/22/2001 Drowned by Douglas Dworak, 36                 Death sentence TOS 4/27/04;2/22,27;3/15,17/05        4/5,7,12;7/1/05;4/25/06
Hawks, Jackie E. Lived Newport Beach, CA 4/26/1957 11/15/2004 Jennifer Deleon, 25, 1st degree murder TOS 11/18/2006
Hawks, Tom Lived Newport Beach, CA   11/15/2004 Jennifer Deleon, 25, 1st degree murder TOS 11/18/2006
Hendrix, Nichole Lee 'Nikki' Lived Ventura, CA 4/7/1981 10/15/1998 Stabbed by David Ziesmer TOS 4/19,26,28;5/17,18,19,24;6/10/04
Hendrix, Nichole Lee 'Nikki' (con't)           12/29/04;6/1,7,8,9;8/24/2005
Hendrix, Nichole Lee 'Nikki' (con't)           2/3;3/29,30;10/14/2006 SSDI
Hernandez, Omar Lived Moorpark, CA 1 year 8/15/2005 Car hit by Ashley Marie Ponce, 24 TOS 8/16,17,18,21;9/8,9/;12/28/05;7/21/06
Holmes, Brett C. Lived Newbury Park, CA 12/7/1982 12/24/2004 Not available TOS 12/25,28/2004  SSDI
Horowitz, Pamela (Vitale) Lived Lafayett, CA 52 years 10/16/2005 Scott Dyleski, 16, life sentence TOS 10/17,18,19,21,22,27,28/05                  8/22,29;12/9/05;9/22/06
Jordan, Alexander Lee Lived Taft, CA 3/27/1980 4/17/2004 (Orig. 4/18/04)  TOS 4/20;6/17;11/24;12/3/04; 8/29/06 SSDI
Jordan, Cynthia J. Lived Taft, CA 7/8/1981 4/17/2004 (Orig. 4/18/04)  TOS 4/20;6/17;11/24;12/3/04; 8/29/06 SSDI
Kazdin, David J. Lived Palm Beach, FL 12/31/1934 3/14/1998 Murdered by Sante & Kenneth Kimes in LA TOS 3/22/2005 SSDI
Kent, James Michael Lived Anaheim, CA 62 years 2/4/2005 Unknown -  murdered Michelle Pulsifer TOS 8/31;9/1/04;2/7[ 5/21/05
Klawitter, Jeni Marie Lived Bakersfield, CA 4/26/1999 8/29/2006 Killed by a 40 mm military grenade TOS 8/31/06
Leifur, Gary Gene Memphis, TN 9/6/1950 10/30/2005 Camarillo, CA (Pierce) TOS 11/2,4/05; ll/18/06
Lemmon, Jacqueline Louise(Ford) Downey, CA 7/24/1965 3/2/2005 Bardsdale Cemetery, Filmore, CA TOS 3/5,6/05; 4/16/06
Luna, Edith Lived Oxnard, CA 10 years 3/9/2006 Santa Clara Catholic Cemetery, Oxnard, CA TOS 3/11,15; 4/20/06
Luna, Kevin Michael Oxnard, CA 5/1/1978 1/27/2005 Died in Iraq-Ivy Lawn Mem. Ventura, CA TOS 2/3,4/05; 3/21/06
Manzano, Emanual Romero            
Maple, Sherman  SS issued CA Dec. (----) Aug. 1957 Not available   SSDI
Maple, Sherman C. Lived Newbury Park, CA 3/16/1927 3/19/2006 Oxnard, CA (Reardon) TOS 3/24/06  SSDI
Markowitz, Nicholas Lived West Hills, CA 15 years Aug. 2000 Shot by Ryan James Hoyt, Graham Pressley TOS 3/10,11,12/05;4/22/06
Markowitz, Nicholas Lived West Hills, CA 15 years Aug. 2000 Shot by Ryan James Hoyt, Graham Pressley, Jesse James Hollywood TOS 3/10,11,12/05;4/22/;10/7;11/1/06, 1/12/07
Markowitz, Nicholas (con't)       Jesse James Hollywood    
McDavid, Kenneth E. SS issued CA (hit in Westwood) 11/24/1954 6/22/2005 Hit & Run Helen Golay/Olga Rutterschmidt TOS 6/22;7/5; 8/7/06 SSDI
Minister, Steven Oxnard, CA 5/17/1987 11/2/2002 Santa Clara Catholic Cemetery., Oxnard, CA TOS 12/23/04
Minister, Steven (con't)       Unsolved murder    
Ministers, Steven Oxnard, CA 5/17/1987 11/2/2004 Santa Clara Catholic Cemetery., Oxnard, CA TOS Unsolved murder 12/23/2004
Morrison, Marolyne Lived Windsor, CO 54 years 4/3/2006 Thousand Oaks, CA (Pierce)  TOS 4/5,6,8;11/8/06
Morrison, Marolyne Lived Windsor, CO 54 years 4/3/2006 Auto acc. - Felecia Floriano charged TOA 4/6/06
Mustonen, Leo Minnesota 22 years 2/8/2006 Body found in King's Canyon National Park, CA TOS 2/5/06
Mustonen, Leo Minnesota 22 years 11/18/1942 Evergreen Cemetery, Brainerd, MN TOS 3/25/2006
Newman, Michael Angel   2003 6/25/1905 Stabed by Arthur Medina Luis TOS 6/2/2006
Oliveros, Merlin Tampol Lived Oxnard, CA 43 years 12/22/1982 Knifed by James Housley, now 40 TOS 7/22/04; 1/22;2/1/05
Palmer, Joshua M     1st Lt. Lived Banning, CA 12/28/1978 4/8/2004 Died Al Anbar, Iraq TOS 4/11/04 SSDI
Palmer, KateLynn M. Lived Chico, CA 10/16/1985 4/19/2004 Killed-wooded area of Wellesley College, MA TOS 4/23/2004  rootsweb.com SSDI
Patchett, Steven Lived Moorpark, CA 1/22/1955 6/16/2004   TOS 4/19/2006
Patchett, Steven Lived Moorpark, CA 1/22/1955 6/16/2004 Valley Oaks Mem., Westlake Village, CA TOS 6/19,21,23,24,30;4/19; 7/19/06
Patchett, Steven Kent SS MI (Lived Simi Valley) 1/22/1955 6/16/2004 Ivy Lawn Memorial, Ventura, CA TOS 6/19,21,23,24,30;4/19; 7/19/06
Patchett, Tyler Lived Moorpark, CA 10 years 6/16/2004   TOS 4/19/2006
Patchett, Tyler Lived Moorpark, CA 10 years 6/16/2004 Valley Oaks Mem., Westlake Village, CA TOS 6/19,21,23,24,30;4/19; 7/19/06
Perez, Ronnie Pena Blanca, Chihuahua, Mex. 8/30/1959 1/1/2004 Simi Valley, CA  (Rose) TOS 1/2,4/05
Phifer, Larry W. SS issued DE 9/25/1943 12/4/2004 Stabbed by Nathan Sessing TOS 12/7/04;2/2,4,11/05:6/27/06
Phifer, Larry W. SS issued DE 9/25/1943 12/4/2004 Stabbed by Nathan Sessing TOS 12/7/04;2/2,4,11/05
Phifer, Larry W. (con't)           7/6,7/06
Polk, Felix Lived Orinda, CA 70 years 10/13/2002 Alleged, stabbed by wife, Susan TOS 8/22;9/19,23;10/13,23,26;12/3/05;5/18/06
Polk, Felix Lived Orinda, CA 70 years 10/13/2002 Stabbed by wife, Susan TOS 8/2;9/19/05;
Polk, Felix (con't)           10/13;,23,26;12/3/05
Polk, Felix (con't)       Received 15 years to life   5/18; 6/17/06
Pulsifer, Michelle Huntington Beach, CA 3 years 7/4/1969 Murdered by Donna J. Prentice, mother, & James M. Kent TOS 8/31;9/1/04;2/7; 5/21/05
Reveles, Pedro "Peter" Oxnard, CA 6/18/1983 3/5/2005 Shot by Albert Carrillo, 21                         Santa Clara Catholic Cemetery, Oxnard, CA               TOS 3/6,8,10,12,28;8/31/05;10/11/06, 10/14,18,19/06
Rogers, Julie A. (Wycoff) Lived El Cerrito, CA 3/27/1958 1/31/2006 Stabbed by brother, Edward Wycoff TOS 2/1/06 SSDI
Rogers, Paul R. Lived El Cerrito, CA 9/3/1957 1/31/2006 Stabbed by Edward Wycoff TOS 2/1/06 SSDI
Rosa, Maria Cecelia  Sheriff Dept. Shot in Long Beach, CA 30 years 3/28/2006 Frank Gonzalez & Justin Flint (court 10/16) TOS 3/29,30/06
Roth, Peter Gavin Lived Ronkonoma, NY 1/30/1953 5/20/2006 Shot at Victorville nite club, Victorville, CA TOS 5/24/06
Schrader, Donald Ralph SS in CO, Lived Newbury Park, CA 5/24/1922 5/23/2003 Nepturne Society, Santa Barbara TOS 5/28/2003
Shank, Krystin Jean Agoura Hills, CA native 18 years 10/17/2005 Auto acc. - Westlake Village, CA TOS 10/18,19,23/05; 2/16/06
Shank, Krystin Jean Agoura Hills, CA native 18 years 10/17/2005 Auto acc. - Westlake Village, CA TOA 10/20/05; 10/17/06
Soma, Michael R. Lived Agoura Hills, CA 5/22/1970 12/31/2004 Shot by wife, April Soma, 44 TOS 1/2,5/05 SSDI
Sommer, Todd Lived San Diego, CA 1/1/1979 2/18/2002 Arsenic poison by wife, Cynthia TOS 10/17/05; 3/11, 7/11/06
Sommer, Todd Lived San Diego, CA 1/1/1979 2/18/2002 Arsenic poison by wife, Cynthia TOS 10/17/05; 3/11, 7/11/06;1/31/07
Stafford, Mamie R. Middletown, OH 11/18/1905 2/20/2006 Ventura, CA (Ted Mayr) TOS (SSDI 2/4/06) 12/12/05; 2/7/06
Stalnaker, Michael Lived Santa Barbara, CA 24 years 3/31/1982 Ship wreck off Anacapa Island TOS 1/29/2007
Stang, Dorothy M. Catholic Nun) Cincinnati, Ohio 6/7/1931 2/12/2005 Shot in Anapu, Brazil by Amair da Cunha, 38 TOS 4/27/06 SSDI
Starbuck, Meleia Willis Lived Berkeley, CA 19 years 7/17/2005 Shot in Berkeley by Hollis, 22 TOS 7/23;8/1;11/7/05
Szostek, Brian Allen Thousand Oaks, CA 3/3/1981 8/28/2005 Conejo Mt. Cemetery, Camarillo, CA TOS 8/29,30,31;9/1/05; 9/30/06
Teague, Kerra Ashley West Hills, CA Jan. 1986 3/24/2006 Assumption Catholic Cem, Simi Valley, CA TOS 3/29,30; 4/2/06
Thompson, Mickey Lived La Canada, CA 59 years 3/16/1988 Business partner, Michael Frank Goodwin charged TOS 11/6,7,9; 12/14,19,20/06;1/3/07
Thompson, Trudy Lived La Canada, CA 41 years 3/16/1988 Business partner, Michael Frank Goodwin charged TOS 11/6,7,9; 12/14,19,20/06;1/3/07
Vados, Paul SS issued TN (lived Los Angeles) 3/28/1926 11/8/1999 Hit & Run Helen Golay & Olga Rutterschmidt TOS 6/22;8/1;9/6/06 SSDI
Wade, Robert Lindsey Ponca City, OK 2/5/1925 1/4/2006 Ivy Lawn Memorial, Ventura, CA TOS 1/6; 12/19/06
Washington, Davaun Lived Oxnard, CA 22 years 11/28/2005 Shot in home - Jimmy Hunter arrested TOS 11/29/05;12/1,5/06
Wenrich, Karl Oxnard, CA 11/29/1966 9/30/2004 Shot by Ernesto Madrid & Joe Cortez,  TOS 10/3/04;4/14; 5/13; 9/17/05;
Wenrich, Karl Oxnard, CA 11/29/1966 9/30/2004 Ernesto Charles Hall,& Ivan Dean Stine TOS 1/21;3/4,7;6/8,10,16,20,27/7/26;8/10/06
Werner, Matthew Howard, Staff Sgt. Redwood City, CA 30 years 9/13/04 Murdered by Sgts. Aaron R. Stanley and Eric J. Colvin   TOS 9/17,21,22,28/04;3/31/7/21/05;6/10/06
Werner, Matthew Howard, Staff Sgt. (con't)     Werner grew up in Oxnard, CA    
Winchell, Terri Lived Lodi, CA 17 years 1980 Murdered by Michael Morales (death) TOS 1/27,29;2/2,8,11,14,15,16,17,18;4/13/06
Winchell, Terri Lived Lodi, CA 17 years 1980 Murdered by Michael Morales (death) TOS 1/27,29;2/2,8,11,14,15,16,17,18/06
Winchell, Terri (con't)           9/26,27,29/06
Wood, Debbie 'Ashley' (Grove) Lived Camarillo, CA 26 years 6/9/2005 Joseph Dwyer, 61,12-year prison term TOS 6/15,16,20;9/30/05;  8/25,26,29,30,31;9/1,6,8,12;11/10/06
Wright, Laura Lived Ventura, CA/Medford, OR 10/15/1905 2/23/2006 Fairhaven Cem., Santa Ana, CA TOS 2/1/2006 (Birth date corrected)
Wright, Lewis W. SS issued California 8/15/1905 5/5/1995 Not available TOS 2/1/06 SSDI  (Birth date corrected)

 

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