Santa Barbara County Obituaries

Santa Barbara County, CA
Obituaries

BLAND, GEORGE SAMPLE
George Bland Passes Suddenly Friday Morning
Funeral services were conducted here Monday for George Sample Bland, long-time Lompoc resident who passed away suddenly at his home Friday morning. Mr. Bland was a native California, being born in San Jacinto on October 10, 1873. He came to Lompoc 38 years ago to work in the oil fields and was located for 10 years at Hill Camp, the first oil discovery here. Thereafter, he was employed for five years by the Union Oil Co. on the Eefson lease as a pumper. Until his retirement, he was engaged in farming in the Lompoc valley and resided at his home on East Laurel Avenue. The deceased is survived by his wife, Mrs. Mae Bland, and a son, Roy Bland. He also leaves three sisters. They are Mrs. Agnes Lundy of Sacramento and Miss Adelina Bland and Miss Harriet Bland of Pasadena.Rev. Albert Knoll officiated at the funeral service which was held in the Starbuck chapel Monday afternoon. Serving as pall bearers were John Fraters, John Martin, Glenn Schuyler, Harry McCabe, and H. L. Mundell. [Lompoc Record, June 23, 1949. Submitted by Kathie Marynik.]

BLAND, MAY nee MOOERS
Funeral for Mrs. Bland Saturday
Graveside rites will be conducted Saturday afternoon at 2:00 o’clock in Evergreen cemetery for Mrs. Mae Bland. Mrs. Bland passed away yesterday in a Santa Barbara hospital after an illness of five year’s duration. She was born in Salina, Kansas, on January 20, 1879, and had resided here since 1908. She is survived by a son, Roy Bland of Lompoc. The Rev. Paul Hall of the Presbyterian Church will officiate at the graveside rites. [Lompoc Record, July 26, 1956. Submitted by Kathie Marynik.]

BLAND, ROY IRVIN
Services Scheduled For Roy Irvin Bland
Roy Irvin Bland of the Dal Cherri Ranch on West Ocean, passed away Sunday while visiting at 411 South H St. He was born on July 7, 1900. He is survived by Mrs. Richard B. Lundy, an aunt of Sacramento. Services will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2 PM at Lompoc Evergreen Cemetery with Rev. Kenneth Wishart of the First Baptist Church officiating. McPeek & Starbuck Mortuary is in charge of arrangements. [Lompoc Record, March 1, 1965. Submitted by Kathie Marynik.]

DAVIES, EDWARD C.
Lompoc Resident Dies in S. B.
Edward Davies, a resident of Lompoc for the past several years, died Monday night in a local hospital following a lengthy illness. He was 36 years of age and was born in Oxnard. Mr. Davies is survived by a sister, Mrs. P. H. France of Piru. Funeral arrangements, in charge of Martin J. Haider, will be announced later. [Santa Barbara Morning Press, July 22, 1936. Submitted by Kathie Marynik.]

DUNN, DAN J.
Dan J. Dunn, eldest son of Martin Dunn, living three miles south of Bellevue and brother of M. S. Dunn, of Maquoketa, died in Santa Barbara, California, October 6, 1885, after a brief illness, aged 34 years. –[Bellevue Leader, Maquoketa Excelsior, October 17, 1885. Submitted by Ken Wright.]

FRANCE, KENNETH CARL
Killed In Action
Kenneth Carl France, Machinist’s Mate, First Class, son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Howard France of Piru, is listed as dead in the Pacific war theater. He was previously reported a prisoner of war.[Submitter’s note: official date of death is October 24, 1944. Oxnard Press-Courier, July 19, 1945. Submitted by Kathie Marynik]

MUNDELL, HENRY LEROY BUD
H. L. Mundell
LOMPOC—Services for H. L. “Bud” Mundell, 82, of Lompoc will be at 11 AM Friday in the Starbuck-Lind Mortuary Chapel. The Rev. Ernest Freund of the First Presbyterian Church will officiate. Masonic rites will be performed by John Paulson of Lompoc Masonic Lodge. Private inurnment will be at Lompoc Cemetery.Mr. Mundell was born March 8, 1905 in Santa Monica and moved to Lompoc in 1941 from Oxnard. He owned and operated a plumbing business and ranched in the Santa Rita area for many years where he raised cattle and quarter horses. He was a past master of Lompoc Lodge 262 F&AM where he was honored in August with the Hiram Award for his years of outstanding service to the lodge and community. He was also a member of Lompoc Shrine Club, Al Malaikah Shrine, and Santa Barbara Scottish Rite Bodies. He was a past patron of Miguelito Chapter 176, Order of the Eastern Star, Lompoc, and was serving as Worthy Patron of Santa Ynez Valley 506 OES. He was also a member of the Oxnard Methodist Church and a life member of the Lompoc Elks Lodge. Mr. Mundell died Tuesday at his home.Survivors include his wife of 59 years Mildred Mundell of Lompoc; three daughters, Donna Williams and Barbara Cabral, both of Lompoc, and Kathryn Werst of Delano; 10 grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren.Contributions may be made to the J. Clifford Lee Cancer Fund, c/o Order of the Eastern Star, 420 East Fir Avenue, Lompoc 93436. [Lompoc Record, Wednesday, September 30, 1987. Submitted by Kathie Marynik.]

ORENA, MARIA ANTONIA nee DE LA GUERRA LATAILLADE
Daughter of Historic De la Guerra Passes in Nintieth year of life. Mrs. Gasper Orena Was of Stock That Joined Spanish Rule in California With American.
Mrs. Gaspar Orena, the last surviving child of Don Jose de la Guerra y Noriega, who a century ago was the Spanish comandante of the presidio of Santa Barbara and built the historic de la Guerra mansion, died at 5 o’clock yesterday afternoon at the residence, West Victoria Street. The funeral will probably take place Thursday from the Church of Our Lady of Sorrows, and the interment will be in Calvary Cemetery. Mrs. Orena, highly beloved by all who knew her and many who knew her charities, was one of the few links between Santa Barbara’s very earliest and present period. Mrs. Orena wasborn in Santa Barbara, September 30, 1827, and consequently was in her 90^th year. Her historic father came to California from Spain in 1811. He married Maria Antonia Carrillo, the daughter of Don Jose Raymundo Carrillo, who at that time was the comandante of the presidio here. Don Jose de la Guerra was the next to the last comandante under Spanish rule, which came to an end in 1810. She was born in the old presidio, and a portion of the building still stands at the northwest corner of Santa Barbara and Canon Perdido streets. The room can still be seen, facing Santa Barbara Street. Her given name was the same as her mother, Maria Antonia. She was twice married, the first time in the early forties to Don Cesare Lataillade, who died in 1849. She married Don Gaspar Orena in 1854. By the first marriage she had three children and by the second, ten. Following were her brothers and sisters: Jose Antonio de la Guerra, Francisco, Paldo, Miguel, Juan, Joaquin, Antonio, Maria, Marta Teressa de la Guerra Harinell, Maria Augustus de la Guerra Ord, Anita de la Guerra Robinson. She is survived by the following children: C. E. Lataillade, Dario Orena, Orestes J. Orena, Arturo G. Orena, Mrs. Serena O. de Koch. Mrs. Acadia T. Richard, also eighteen grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Mrs. Orena was the youngest of the children of her family. It was a couple of years following her birth that the historic de la Guerra mansion was completed. But they all lived in it during the most romantic period in the history of California. It was during the wedding of her sister Anita to Robinson that Dana happened to Santa Barbara and this event he described so delightfully in “Two Years Before the Mast.” Mrs. Orena was unostentatious in her charities. The family has cared and distributed money from her purse. Her health and mentality were good in advancing years. She only became seriously ill with pneumonia last Saturday, and the end came very quietly yesterday. She was conscious to the last. [NEWSPAPER: unknown,1917. Submitted by Kathie Marynik]

RICH, HARRIET BLANCHE nee HAMILTON
Harriet Rich
Mrs. Harriet Blanche Rich, 71, of 1005 N. Milpas St., a resident here since 1930, died Sunday in a local hospital after a long illness. Born in Los Angeles, Jan. 27, 1902, Mrs. Rich was married to Theodore F. Rich in 1922. They moved to this city eight years later where he died in 1963. She was a member of the Native Daughters of the Golden West, Tierra De Oro Parlor 304, and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Shirley Jean Sowell of Santa Barbara and Mrs. Mary Lee Moore of Goleta; seven grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. Funeral services conducted by the LDS Church will be in Welch-Ryce Associates chapel at 1 PM Thursday. Private committal in Forest Lawn Cemetery will follow. Friends may remember the Santa Barbara Heart and Lung Institutes, PO Box 63036. [Santa Barbara News-Press, October 30, 1973. Submitted by Kathie Marynik]

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