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Recent Obituaries
Santa Barbara County and surrounding areas
Joseph Phillip Lovett
Aug 14, 2024
Joe Philip Lovett, 75 years old, passed away on Aug. 14 at Cottage Hospital. He was surrounded by life-long friends in his final hours.
Joe was born in Long Beach, California on June 4, 1949. When he was 10 years old, his family moved to Carpinteria, where he attended Aliso and Canalino Schools,...
Maria Luz Renteria
Jul 10, 2024
Maria Luz Renteria, 87, beloved matriarch of the Renteria family, passed away peacefully on July 10, 2024, lovingly surrounded by family. She is preceded in death by her husband, Alfonso Renteria. She is survived by her six children, Claudia Renteria, Martin Renteria (Lorena), Maria Stiles (Forrest), Silvia Unzueta (Miguel), Lucy Renteria and Poncho Renteria as well as sixteen grandchildren...
Donald Lee Ballard
Jul 6, 2024
Donald Lee Ballard was born January 17th, 1946. On July 6th, 2024 Donald entered eternal rest.
No services will be held, but please share a memory or condolences below.
Thomas Villa
Jun 27, 2024
On June 27th , 2024, Thomas "Tom" Timothy Villa, beloved dad, daddy, grandpa, papa, tio, nino, compa and veijo went to be with the Lord for all of eternity. Tom passed into the Lord's arms surrounded by his loving family.
Born to Paul and Frances Villa in Santa Barbara on January 24, 1949, Tom lived most of...
Rafaela Hernandez
Jun 25, 2024
Rafaela was born 91 years ago in Durango, Mexico but lived most of her life in Santa Barbara. She worked for Acme Laundry, Mission Linen as a Technic but one of her favorite places to work was at the Mission Theater where Mexican movies were shown and where she once met her idol, Vicente Fernandez. She participated every year...
Jesus Manuel Resendiz
Jun 8, 2024
~ Services Below ~
Graveside Service In Mexico Following Services in Santa Barbara
Jose Diaz Corral
May 30, 2024
José Diaz Corral, the youngest of six children, was born on Dec. 31, 1941, in Tepehuanes, Durango, Mexico. He has been a resident of Goleta for the past 65 years.
On Aug. 26, 1967, José married his beautiful bride Dolores at Saint Raphael Catholic Church in Goleta. They lovingly raised four boys MartÃn, José, Adolfo and Nohel...
Roberto Hernandez Lopez
May 13, 2024
Roberto Hernandez Lopez, 88, of Santa Barbara passed away peacefully on the morning of May 13, 2024, surrounded by his family at home. Roberto was born in Nayarit, Mexico, on Feb. 15, 1936.
Roberto was a family man first and foremost, and a strong pillar of life and knowledge. He enjoyed life and never took the moments...
Esperanza Murguia Bobadilla
Apr 24, 2024
Services Below
Burial in Jalisco Mexico, After Services in Santa Barbara.
Edward Fields
Apr 11, 2024
So much can be said about Edward Fields, an archivist by occupation, but also an archivist in his very nature and soul. Ed was uniquely intelligent, fiercely loyal, driven with an unmatched moral compass and code of honor. He was a mentor, a son, a brother, an uncle, a friend and a colleague. But perhaps the single most important...
Luis Angel
Apr 5, 2024
Luis was born in Santa Barbara to Ramon Zarate and Teresa Angel, the 4th of 8 children in the family. As a 2nd generation native of Santa Barbara, he attended Franklin Elementary, Santa Barbara Junior High and graduated from Santa Barbara High School in 1973. Luis enjoyed fishing with his brothers and sisters and loved treasure hunting...
Eloisa Emilia Gonzalez
Mar 26, 2024
Eloisa Emilia Gonzalez, 98, died peacefully at her home in Carpinteria, Calif., on March 26, 2024.
She was born in Santa Barbara on Aug. 3, 1925.
The funeral Mass will be celebrated on Monday, April 1 at 10 a.m. at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Carpinteria, followed by interment...
Margie Yahyavi
Jan 28, 2024
Margie Yahyavi passed away peacefully in Santa Barbara on Sunday, Jan. 28, 2024 with her loving family by her side.
Margie was born in Sebring, Florida, in 1955. At the young age of five, Margie and her family moved to Santa Barbara, a place that would become her lifelong home and the canvas...
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