All Obituaries

Heriberto Martinez passed away Monday, December 4, 2023 in Oxnard. Visitation will be held from 4:00 to 8:00 p.m. Wednesday, December 20 at Reardon Funeral Home, 511 N. A St. Oxnard. Rosary will begin at 6:30 p.m. Funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10:00 a.m. Thursday, December 21 at St. Anthony's Church, Oxnard. Interment will follow at Santa Clara Cemetery, Oxnard.

Jose “Joe” Lucero Sr., 75, passed away Tuesday, November 28, 2023 surrounded by his loved ones after a lengthy illness. He was born November 26, 1948 to Valentin and Augustina Lucero in Oakland, CA and, when he was 5 years of age, his family moved to Ventura County. He worked for Seaboard Lemon Association (now Saticoy Lemon Packing House) for 35 years until retiring in 2010. Joe was a big sports fan, his favorite teams being the L.A. Lakers, San Francisco Giants, Denver...

Andrea Lugo passed away Monday, November 27, 2023 in Oxnard.  Services will be held at 10:00 a.m. Saturday, December 16 at Reardon Funeral Home, 511 N. A St., Oxnard. Interment will follow at Santa Clara Cemetery, Oxnard.

Manuel Simonet Chavira Jr, 58, passed away among family on November 20, 2023, in Ventura. His last years, months, days, and hours were filled with kindness, gratitude, and thanksgiving. He was a gentle soul who was patient and kind to a fault. Manuel fought stage four cancer for the past 5 years. Retiring in 2019, to manage his treatment schedule and tend to his girls, Simonet and Pasirus. He loved to cook breakfast in the morning and was a savant at ordering take out, when the day was...

Samuel Cabello Jaramillo, passed away unexpectedly on Tuesday, November 14, 2023 at the age of 68. He was born on January 18, 1955 in Zináparo in the state of Michoacán, Mexico. Samuel immigrated to the United States at the young age of 15 along with his parents and several brothers and sisters and called Oxnard, California home for several years. As a young man, he did what most Mexican immigrants did, and worked in the fields following crops up and down the state of...

Esther Vera Villicaña passed away on November 13, 2023 after a long illness. Esther was born on June 13, 1933 in Oxnard, and grew up on the Leonard Ranch on the corner of Victoria and Gonzalez Road. She attended primary, middle and high school in Oxnard, graduating from Oxnard High School in 1952. Esther met the love of her life, our father, Ramon Villicaña, her senior year in high school and married him, on January 2, 1956; our parents were married 68 years until our...

Maria Estela Magana, 71, died Wednesday, November 8, 2023 in Oxnard, following a lengthy battle with diabetes. She was born December 13, 1951 in Michoacan, Mexico and was a 45-year Ventura County resident. Maria was a homemaker and enjoyed spending time with her grandchildren and great-grandchild. She is survived by her husband of 56 years, Armando Ambriz Magana; children: Sonia Magana, Rocio Castellon, Armando Magana Jr., Allister Magana, and Miguel Magana; ten grandchildren; and one...

Terra Leah Cramer, 44, of Ventura, passed November 7, 2023, with her family and friends by her side. Terra was born May 28, 1979 in Oxnard, CA to Gerald and Constance Rowe (Ellis). Since family was everything to Terra, she was fortunate enough that her mother remarried Fernando Dominguez, after her father passed, and her family grew. Terra attended Santa Clara High School, where she graduated in 1997, she received her AS from Ventura College, and was working towards her BS from Grand Canyon...

Carolyn Hayden Grote died Tuesday, November 7, 2023 at her home, the Ventura Townehouse. She was born December 10, 1923 in Brockton, MA to Russell and Dorothy Hayden. Carolyn and her brother Russell were placed in a Methodist orphanage in Williamsville, NY when she was 8 years old as it was during the depression and times were hard. It was there that she became a Christian. When she was 13 and times got better, Carolyn and her brother went to live with her aunt, uncle, and father in...