 1903 - 2003 (99 years)
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| Name |
Cecelia Leon |
| Born |
23 Sep 1903 |
Globe, Arizona, USA  |
| Gender |
Female |
| Died |
1 Jun 2003 |
Lompoc, California, USA |
| Buried |
Lompoc Evergreen Cemetery, Lompoc, Santa Barbara County, California, United States |
| Person ID |
I6795 |
Family Tree |
| Last Modified |
8 Oct 2024 |
| Family 1 |
Lyman Henry Sweet, b. 14 Dec 1902, Kearney, Nebraska, USA , d. 12 Dec 1973, Yucca Valley, California, USA (Age 70 years) |
| Married |
9 Jul 1924 |
Los Angeles, California, USA |
| Children |
| + | 1. Leatrice Bernice Sweet, b. 8 Jul 1926, Huntington Park, California, USA , d. 25 Jan 2013 (Age 86 years) |
| + | 2. Mary Elizabeth Sweet, b. 10 Jun 1931, Los Angeles, California, USA , d. 21 May 2006, Santa Barbara, California, USA (Age 74 years) |
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| Last Modified |
8 Oct 2024 |
| Family ID |
F17207 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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 | Born - 23 Sep 1903 - Globe, Arizona, USA |
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 | Married - 9 Jul 1924 - Los Angeles, California, USA |
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 | Died - 1 Jun 2003 - Lompoc, California, USA |
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 | Buried - - Lompoc Evergreen Cemetery, Lompoc, Santa Barbara County, California, United States |
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| Obituary & Death Notice |
 | Cecelia Sweet
Cecelia Sweet
A funeral Mass for Cecelia L. Sweet, 99, of Lompoc, will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Thursday, June 5, 2003 at La Purisima Catholic Church with the Rev. Richard Vega officiating. Burial will follow at Lompoc Evergreen Cemetery.
Mrs. Sweet was born Sept. 23, 1903, in Globe, Ariz., to Bernabe and Narcissa Leon. During World War I1, she worked at the Long Beach Shipyard and later was employed with Taylor Fashions in South Gate, Calif. for 35 years. In 1972, she and her family moved to Lompoc and became active parishioners at La Purisima Catholic Church and she was also a member of American Legion Post 211 Auxiliary. Cecelia's tailoring skills as a seamstress kept her busy with dressmaking and crocheting. She also enjoyed sketching portraits and landscapes.
She died Sunday, June 1, 2003 at the Convalescent Care Center.
Survivors include her daughters, Leatrice Sweet and Mary Elizabeth Leyden both of Lompoc and Raymond L. Febrero of Fairbanks, Alaska; 11 grandchildren, several great-grandchildren, five great-great-grand- children and numerous nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband, Lyman H. Sweet; sisters, Lena, Ruth, Theresa and Margaret; and a brother, Joseph.
Contributions may be made to American Legion Bill Proud Post 211, 636 No. H St., Lompoc 93436. Services are in the care of Starbuck-Lind Mortuary.
This is a paid advertising feature offered by the Lompoc Record. For more information, call 736-2313, Ext. 142 or 144.
--The Lompoc Record, Lompoc, California, June 3, 2003 Page 3 |
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