Carpinteria’s Josephine Villegas recently turned 104, surrounded by loved ones; a lifetime resident, she was born in Carpinteria on March 25, 1920. Until her retirement, she worked at Josten’s. Villegas is featured in the “Voces de Old Town Carpinteria” documentary and on the new mural that …
Longtime Carpinteria Bob Fuji – who has lived in Carpinteria since the 1970s – recently celebrated his 90th birthday at Bates Beach. Fuji, whose birthday is March 9, 1934, told CVN that he is blessed with all the friends that he has and is very thankful to everyone.
Carpinterian Mary Ota turned 105 on Thursday, March 21, surrounded by her neighbors and loved ones. According to a Coastal Views News piece published in March 2022, Ota was born in Los Angeles California in 1919; she spent her childhood in Sierra Madre, California, and moved to Carpinteria a…
Sissy Taran – dressed as Glinda, the good witch – celebrated her 79th birthday at the Alcazar Theatre on Sunday, Nov. 26. Surrounded by her friends and family, Taran watched “The Wizard of Oz,” with everyone donned in costumes for the magical affair.
Tyson Willson, left, pictured alongside his friend Rich Medel, right, celebrated his 92nd birthday this week. Willson worked as a teacher at Carpinteria Jr. High School, which was then located at Main School, from 1955–1963, teaching social studies and science. He also worked as a counselor,…
Mary Ota was born in Los Angeles, California, on March 21, 1919. She spent her childhood in Sierra Madre, California, and finished high school in Arizona. She married Tom Ota on Jan. 20, 1950, and moved to Carpinteria which at the time was still called a village by many.
Phyllis Hansen celebrated her 99th birthday on Feb. 27 with a backyard barbecue and the company of her family, including her four children and their spouses, three grandchildren, five nieces and nephews, 10 great nieces and nephews, and four great-great nieces and nephews.
Stephanie McAnnally celebrated her sweet 17 at Carpinteria State Beach with a surprise sunset picnic. McAnnally’s mother, Elizabeth, invited the teen’s friends and decorated a beach blanket with tea lights, candles and candy. “Under the fairy lights, the kids enjoyed sweets, fresh fruits, a …
Carpinterian Tyson Willson will turn 91 on June 25. Willson was principal of Carpinteria Middle School between 1960 and 1990. Willson is doing great, his son Tyler told CVN.
Baby Boden was born on April 1, 2021 at 12:11 a.m. at Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital. He weighed 6 pounds 12.3 ounces and measured 20 inches long. He joins his very excited big brother, Cannon, and parents, Rose Deacon Brown and Kacey Brown. Baby Boden’s maternal grandparents are Leigh and T…
Former Carpinteria Middle School secretary Phyl Hansen celebrated her 98th birthday on Saturday, Feb. 27, with a drive-by birthday party at the Carpinteria Community Church parking lot. Hansen is a familiar face for many lifelong Carpinterians and enjoyed distanced visits from friends and fa…
Longtime Carpinteria resident Barbara McCurry celebrated her 105th birthday on Jan. 12. Known as the “Carpinteria Waffle Lady,” for many years, McCurry opened her home to friends, neighbors and family on Star Pine Road every Saturday morning for a waffle breakfast. On her birthday, McCurry e…
Evelyne (née Bastlin) Houdek, a resident of Carpinteria since 1987, turned 100 on Jan. 9. Houdek was born in Chicago, and after marrying her late husband Larry in 1941, she moved to White Bear Lake, Minnesota, and raised three daughters. After Larry retired, the Houdeks moved to Carpinteria,…
Virginia “Ginny” Margaret Ashford was born on Jan. 30, 1925 in Amherst Junction, Wisconsin. In 1968, Ashford and her husband Jim purchased their home in Carpinteria where she raised eight children. Known as GG by her 18 grandchildren and 35 great-grandchildren, Ashford worked in a welding fa…
To celebrate Barbara Hurd’s 96th birthday, family members reserved the Alcazar Theatre marquis. “It was a joy, people honked their horns, stopped by to chat and yelled happy birthday from across the street,” said Hurd’s granddaughter Katelyn Kirchner.
“…if you are among the very young at heart,” Frank Sinatra sang, and at 99-years-young, Alma Heck (with her daughter Karen Cornelius) knows just what he meant. She has lived in Carpinteria and served First Baptist Church for 51 years.
Carpinteria resident Wilma Heiderrich turned 90 on May 23. Heiderrich was born in 1930 and has lived in Carpinteria for five decades, moving to town with her late husband Fred in 1972.
Recently, the Hansen family gathered in Carpinteria to celebrate Phyllis Hansen’s 97th birthday. Family members came from as far as Alaska and enjoyed the Carpinteria sun while toasting Phyllis. Family members included: Risa Hansen Claypool of Eureka; Scott Claypool of Ukiah; Kevin Hansen of…
Barbara “The Waffle Lady” McCurry and her great grandchild Penelope “Penny” Rowe celebrated their joint birthday on Friday, Jan. 12, at The Palms surrounded by family from Carpinteria, Ventura and Van Nuys. Penelope turned eight and Barbara celebrated her 103rd.
Bob and Amanda George of Carpinteria have a new baby boy, Eli Donald George. Born on Feb. 9, weighing 7 lbs. 11 oz. and measuring 18 ¾ inches, Eli’s older siblings are Hannah and Nico, and his grandparents are Ed and Lynn George of Carpinteria and Don Nicolato of Buckeye, Ariz.
Barbara “The Waffle Lady” McCurry and her great-grandchild Penelope “Penny” Rowe celebrated their joint birthday on Jan. 12 at The Palms surrounded by family from Carpinteria, Ventura and Van Nuys. Rowe turned 7 and McCurry turned 102. McCurry is known as “The Waffle Lady” because for years …
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