~Santa Maria High School
Santa Maria, CA~
Santa Maria, CA~
Photo by Chris Jones
If a Fallen Classmates has a cause of death listed it has been given by a family member, link, or obituary.
CLASS OF 1924
*Julia Emilia Martines-Stornetta- (Class of '24)
CLASS OF 1927
*Lorraine W. Zanetti- Passed December 10th 1995 (Class of '27)
CLASS OF 1932
*Walter R. Manfrina- Passed August 6th 2014 (Class of 1932)
CLASS OF 1933
*Mabel Louise Briscoe- Passed November 30th 2006 (Class of '33) see more about Mabel
*Nina C. Maguire- Passed April 10th 1991 (Class of '33)
CLASS OF 1934
*Mabel Lucille Dias- Passed March 13th 2019 (Class of '34)##
CLASS OF 1936
*John Waller, He Served During World War II- Passed May 21st 1982 (Class of '36)
CLASS OF 1938
*Toshiko Iriyama, 106 years old - Passed February 4th 2021 (Class of '38)
CLASS OF 1939
*Esther Fagerbourg Esther- Passed April 19th 2012 (Class of '39)
*Pauline Frances Lownes Novo- Passed November 18th 2020 (Class of '39/'40)
CLASS OF 1940
*Allen L. Evans- Passed October 15th 2019 (Class of '40)?
*Donald C. Melby- Passed October 8th 2006 (Class of '40) see more about Don
CLASS OF 1941
*Arthur J. Nelson Sr.,U.S. Navy, World War II Passed December 28th 2017 (Class of '41)
*Ernest C. Wineman, Jr.- Passed July 9th 2017 (Class of '41)
*Ervin Melvin Hartman,PFC, US Army Air Corps- Passed July 15th 2017 (Class of '41)
*Isabel Marie Machado- Passed July 18th 2017 (Class of '41)###
CLASS OF 1942
*Dorothy Rose Delmartini- Lindsey- Passed October 11th 2005 (Class of '42)
*Madeline Diani-Bianch- Passed April 10th 2018 (Class of '42)
CLASS OF 1944
*Maureen D. MacMahon-Morgan- Passed September 7, 2021 (Class of '44)
CLASS OF 1943
*Wilma R. Maretti- Passed July 11th 2007 (Class of '43)
CLASS OF 1945
*Alexander R. Ontiveros, U.S. Navy- Passed January 1st 1999 (Class of '45)
*Gene A. Teixeira- Passed May 19th 2020 (Class of '54)
CLASS OF 1944
*Clarence Albert Donati, U.S.Army- Passed March 15th 2018 (Class of '51)##
*Martin Cordova Ramos, U.S. Army- Passed July 31st 2017 (Class of '44)
CLASS OF 1946
*Belva Lee "Bobbie" Marston-Wiese- Passed August 21st 2017 (Class of '46)####
*Don “Doni” Costa- Passed October 15th 2019 (Class of '46)
*Joseph "Joe" Avila Silva, Army Air Corp- assed April 28th 2003 (Class of '46)
http s://www.findagrave.com/memorial/144039878/joseph-avila-silva
*Margaret Cook- Passed March 2020 (Class of '46)
*Mary Louise Stornetta-Longest- Passed August 1st 2020 (Class of '46)
*Michiko Nishino- Passed March 28th 2018 (Cass of '46)## She Attended El Camino High also.
CLASS OF 1947
*Donald Dalton Bridges- Passed June 11th 2012 (Class of '47)
CLASS OF 1948
*Carol Rhodabarger Heitz (Foust) - Passed September 19th 2018 (Class of '48)##
*Manuel Dutra Silva, U.S.Army- Passed from Natural Causes April 5th 2018 (Class of '48)##
CLASS OF 1949
*Albert "Al" Bettiga, U.S. Marine Corp- Passed July 19th 2017 (Class of '49)##
*James "Jim" Howard Draper- Passed March 8th 2019 (Class of '49)##
CLASS OF 1950
*Charles Baird "Mike" Billington - Passed June 18th 2009 (Class of '50) see more about Mike
*Gordon Dean "Hap" Sweet, U.S. Air Force- Passed
October 5th 2020 (Class of '50) https://www.dudleyhoffmanmortuary.com/obituaries/obituary-listings?obId=18582038
*Patricia A. Childers- Passed August 26th 2019 (Class of '50)?
CLASS OF 1951
*Cecil "Gene" Davis, U.S. Navy- Passed March 13th 2018 (Class of '51)##
*Genie Gildesgard Austin- Passed June 26th 2017 (Class of '51)###
*Joseph Gerald Domingues, U.S. Navy-Passed September
26th 2020 (Class of '51) https://www.dudleyhoffmanmortuary.com/obituaries/Joseph-Gerald-Domingues?obId=18475303#/celebrationWall
*Ola Mae Coykendall- Passed April 7th 2021 (Class of '51)
CLASS OF 1952
*Carol Anne Dryden-Edie- Passed February 28th 2019 (Class of '52)
*Eleanor M. Wickenden- Passed November 29th 2020 (Class of '52)
*Francis “Mickey” Pardo- Passed March 7th 2021 (Class of '52)
*Kenneth Wayne Veatch, U.S. Navy- Passed May 4th 2021 (Class of '52)
*Norman L. Burke- Passed June 10th 2008, U.S. Air Force Veteran (Class of '52) see more about Norman
*Phyllis Arline Hanna- Passed March 23rd 2018 from Natural Causes (Class of '52)##
*Richard Dean Edie- Passed November 2nd 2021 (Class of '52)
CLASS OF 1953
*Ellen Barlogio-King- Passed October 29th 2013 (Class of '53)
*Joseph Centeno- Passed October 14th 2021 (Class of '53)
*Stephen “Steve” Vernon Simas- Passed March 25th 2021 (Class of '53)
*Virginia Rita Sanchez - Passed October 23rd 2018 (Class of '53)##
CLASS OF 1954
*Gary Howard Cossa, Sr., U.S. Navy- Passed October 14th 2019 (Class of '54)
*John Anthony Roffoni- Passed October 1st 2020 (Class of '54) https://www.dudleyhoffmanmortuary.com/obituaries/obituary-listings?obId=18576435
*Thomas "Tim" Alsworth Shafer, U.S. Army- Passed October 22nd 2020 (Class of '54)
CLASS OF 1955
*Beverly Lorraine Grennan- Passed November 30th 2020 (Class of '55)
*Charles “Chuck” Hebard, U.S. Navy- Passed March 8th 2021 (Class of '55)
*William M. "Bill" Baldiviez, U.S.Army Reserves-Passed April 6th 2018 (Class of '55)##
CLASS OF 1956
*Gerald Andre Freitas, U.S. Navy-Passed November 17th 2006 (Class of '56)
*Sandra Lee Simas- Knotts- Passed July 18th 2017 (Class of '56)####
*Virgie M. Hawkins- Passed October 6th 2020 (Class of '56) https://www.dudleyhoffmanmortuary.com/obituaries/obituary-listings?obId=18574231
CLASS OF 1957
*Barbara Ann Casselman- Passed June 25th 2001 (Class of '57)
*James A. "Jim" Enos- Passed July 29th 2020 (Class of '57)
*Roy Hamilton Jr- Passed October 2nd 1997 (Class of '57)
*Sharon Lee Tomasini-Romero - Passed February 28th 2021 (Class of '57)
CLASS OF 1958
*Nadine Carol Groppetti-Buentiempo- Cancer, August 30th 2021 (Class of '58)
*Thomas Alfred Hamill- Passed October 13th 2019 (Class of '58)
CLASS OF 1959
*Fredrick Albert Asmussen- Passed July 23rd 2010 (Class of '59) see more about Fred
*Ora Mae Gass- Passed August 3rd 2017 (Class of '59)
*Peter Lucero- Passed April 11th 2011 (Class of '59) see more about Mr. Lucero
*Ray John Leon, Jr.- Passed August 15th 2012 (Class of '59) see more about Ray
*Rosemary 'Rosie' Porter Doud- Passed September 1st 2017 (Class of '59)###
CLASS OF 1960
*Charles M Pritchett- Passed February 27th 2021 (Class of '60)
*Melinda Berning- Breast Cancer, September 5th 2008 (Class of '60)
CLASS OF 1961
*Doug Chase-Alzheimer's, October 30th 2017 (Class of '61)###
*John Barlogio, Sr.- Passed September 24th 2012, U.S. Army Veteran (Class of '61) see more about John
*Nicasio "Nick" Rudolfo Ugsang Jr., U. S. Army- Passed November 4th 2021 (Class of '61)
*Ronaldo "Ron" Ronnie" Irving Alliani- Passed December 20th 2008 (Class of '61)### AGHS too
CLASS OF 1962
*Charlie “Boy” Cossa- Passed March 25th 2018 (Class of '62)##
*David “Dave” H. Elliott, Vietnam Veteran, Army MP- Passed November 25th 2020 (Class of '62)
*George Edward "Ed" Ehmen- Passed July 28th 2017 (Class of '62)
*James "Jimmy" Ray Weaver- Cancer, February 4th 2021 (Class of '62)
*Maynard “Bud” Beall- Passed February 26th 2021 (Class of '62)
*Philip B. Verdin-Passed May 20th 2017 (Class of '62)###
*Thomas Lionel Twyford - Specialist Four, United States Army, Passed during Vietnam War,
April 29th 1968, Born October 2nd 1944 http://www.virtualwall.org/dt/TwyfordTL01a.htm
CLASS OF 1963
*Jerry Don Weatherly-Parkinson's & Dementia, August 12th 2021 (Class of '64)
*Kathie Ann Alvarez- Passed July 2010 (Class of '63) see more about Kathie
CLASS OF 1964
*Gloria A. Diaz-Amarillas- Passed Away In Her Sleep After a Short battle of Cancer, September 29th 2020 (Class of '64)
*Darlene Kay Alliani- Passed October 23rd 2010 (Class of '64)
*Mario Perea- Passed July 20th 2015 (Class of '64)
*Pearl Ann Lawag- Passed March 17th 2004 (Class of '64)
*Roger Michael Neal- Pneumonia and Dementia, April 12th 2023 (Class of '64)
CLASS OF 1965
*Dallis Day Richardson- January 27th 2021 (Class of '65)
*Robert "Andy" Anderson Wooten Jr.- Passed May 1st 2021 (Class of '65)
CLASS OF 1966
*David Edward Garcia- Kidney Cancer, 2009 (Class of '66)
*Marie Josephine Russo- Passed August 9th 2014 (Class of '66)
CLASS OF 1967
*Ernest "Ernie" Urias- Passed August 3rd 2017 (Class of '67)
*Guillermo "Bill" Munoz- Passed January 7th 2009 (Class of '67)
*James Joesph Allen- Passed after a courageous fight from complications due to surgery
March 8th 2012 (Class of '67) see more about Jim
*Juanita Lara Ybarra- Passed July 28th 2017 (Class of '67)##
*Rita Reginer-Yvarra- May 12th 2013 (Class of '66/'67)
CLASS OF 1968
*Marc Steven Lundgren- Heart Attack, September 4th 2011 (Class of '68/'67)? see more about Marc
*Ronald Raul Vasquez- Passed February 1st 2014 (Class of '68)
CLASS OF 1969
*Jeffrey Williams- Motorcycle Accident, April 12th 2013 (Class of '69)
CLASS OF 1970
*Peggy Ann Lanini-Passed October 25th 2020 (Class of '70)
*Sally Jo Ridenour- Hendryx- Passed November 16th 2020 (Class of '70)
CLASS OF 1972
*Donald Ray Grigg- Natural Causes, March 10th 2019 (Class of '72)
*Esther E. Balderama-Passed October 8, 2005 (Class of '72)
CLASS OF 1973
*Kathi Ann Peoples Barnes-Passed September 9th 1955 (Class of '73)
https://www.dudleyhoffmanmortuary.com/obituaries/obituary-listings?obId=21127573
*Vickie Jean Murray- Passed April 4th 2018 (Class of '73)##
CLASS OF 1974
*Frank Robert Tanore, Jr- Passed May 16th 2017 after a long courageous fight of an illness (Class of '74)##
CLASS OF 1975
*Albert “Mike” Furtado- Passed December 4th 2021 (Class of '75)
*Stanford Junior McFadden- Passed January 16th 2021 (Class of '75)
CLASS OF 1976
*Gregory Castillo Jr, - U.S. Navy, Cancer, May 2oth 2012 (Class of '76) see more about Greg
*Mark Robert Stone- 10 Month Battle With Brain Cancer, May 17th 2005 (Class of '76)
CLASS OF 1977
*John M. Davis, U.S. Marine Corps- Motorcycle Accident, May 22nd 1982 (Class of '77)
CLASS OF 1979
*Ernie S. Valles “Pardu”- Passed October 30th 2019 (Class of 78/79?)
*Jody Luther Wyckoff- Congential Heart Failure, May 8th 2013 (Class of '79)
CLASS OF 1980
*Alex Sanchez- (Class of '80)
*Blas Torres- (Class of '80)
*Bobby McGee- (Class of '80)
*Doug Reid- (Class of '80)
*Eddie Regalado- (Class of '80)
*Gary Moss- (Class of '80)
*Georgia Cambria- (Class of '80)
*Holly Ralston- (Class of '80)
*Jackie Krelle- (Class of '80)
*Jay Avery- (Class of '80)
*Jeff Grocott- (Class of '80)
*Kenny Kendrick- (Class of '80)
*Lynette Steck- (Class of '80)
*Lynn Beas- (Class of '80)
*Maria Perez- (Class of '80)
*Mark Mahia- (Class of '80)
*Mary Augustin- (Class of '80)
*Marylou Martinez- (Class of '80)
*Misty Lynn Howell-Ingram- Passed August 31st 2022 (Class of '80)
*Nathan Howarter- (Class of '80)
*Nathan Trevarrow- (Class of '80)
*Paula Hernandez- (Class of '80)
*Raymond Enriquez- (Class of '80)
*Robert Miranda- (Class of '80)
*Rosalinda Medina- (Class of '80)
*Roy Duran- (Class of '80)
*Sammy Galindo- (Class of '80)
*Scotty Wilson- (Class of '80)
*Sylvia C. Hernandez- Passed March 10th 2018 (Class of '80)##
*Sylvia Santana- (Class of '80)
*Tammy Duran- (Class of '80)
*Terri Titsworth- Class of '80)
*Tim Watts- (Class of '80)
*Tony Barraza- (Class of '80)
*Tricia James- (Class of '80)
CLASS OF 1982
*Jeffrey Dorsey Gill- Cancer, April 10th 2021 (Class of '82)
CLASS OF 1984
*Bobby Perea- Passed Suddenly at Home, September 11th 2017 (Class of '84)###
CLASS OF 1986
*Amy Josette Estrada- Passed November 20th 2020 (Class of '86)
*Charles “Chuck” Larry Miller Jr.- Passed Suddenly & Unexpected, October 26th 2020 (Class of '86)
*Ronald "Butch" Garcia-Passed October 2nd 2020 (Class o'86)https://www.dudleyhoffmanmortuary.com/obituaries/obituary-listings?obId=18583774
CLASS OF 1987
*Daniel Jay McCall- Passed September 8th 1987 (Class of '87)
CLASS OF 1989
*David Daniel Sanchez- (Class of '89)
*Juan 'Johnny' Castillo- Passed February 13th 2018 (Class of ‘89)
CLASS OF 1993
*Cheryl Jeanne Haas- Passed March 4th 2000 (Class of '93)
*Nathan "Nate Dizzel" Masalta-Passed December 4th 2020 (Class of '93)
*Raymond Armenta- Single Car Accident (Class of '93)
CLASS OF 1994
*Benjamin J. Castro- Passed October 11th 2020 (Class of '94)
CLASS OF 1995
*Jason K. Badenell- Passed August 18th 2005 (Class of '95)
CLASS OF 1997
*Alondra "Ally" G. Esquivel- Killed by a Drunk Driver July 7, 2017 (Class of '97)###
*Jacob Ray Dorado- Car Accident July 15th 2017 (Class of '97)
*Omar R. Bick- Passed March 26th 2018 (Class of '97)##
CLASS OF 1999
*Justin Adam Goodchild- Passed February 27th 2018 (Class of '99)###
CLASS OF 2001
*Anthony Forrest Barrios Sr- Passed June 2018 (Class of '01)##
CLASS OF 2002
*Jared Rose- Passed October 5th 2020 (Class of '02)
CLASS OF 2003
*Christopher A. Echavarria- Passed July 23rd, 2021 (Class of '02)
CLASS OF 2005
*Jessica Ernie Aragon Maldonado- Passed December 28th 2020 (Class of '05)
CLASS OF 2007
*Jeffrey Allen Paxton-Diabetes February 16th 2012 (Class of '07)##
*Sirc Ramses San Juan Dionisio, U.S. Navy-Passed April 5th 2021 (Class of '07)
CLASS OF 2011
*Tatiana Castro- Car Accident, June 6th 2013 (Class of '11) see more about Tatiana
CLASS OF 2013
*David P. “Bobo” Bourbon III- Passed November 28th 2020 (Class of '13)
*Jade Dodson- Car Accident, June 18th 2013 (Class of '13) see more about Jade
TEACHERS & STAFF
*Barbara A. Wenk- Dedicated Teacher and Administrator in the Santa Maria School District for over 30 years, Passed September 12th 2017
*Joan “Joanie” Carol Edwards, Basketball Coach- Passed September 11, 2022
*Lois Elaine Galligan-Santillan, Girl's Soccer Coach -Passed January 21st 2024
*Melton McMorris, Sr. - WW II Veteran, Economics Teacher, Passed May 24th 2013
see more about Mr. McMorris