This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/JW.2ADE/8168 Message Board Post: Daily Independent newspaper Ridgecrest CA Kern County May 1, 2005 DIANNE MARIE KOMOCAR 1964-2005 Longtime Ridgecrest resident Dianne Marie Komocar passed away Wednesday April 27, 2005 at Ridgecrest Regional Hospital after a long and brave battle with cancer. She was 41. Memorial services are scheduled for Tuesday May 2, at 2 pm at the First Baptist Church, 1350 S. Downs St. Pastor Ray Teston will officiate. Dianne was born April 18, 1964 in Pacoima. She moved to Ridgecrest in 1988. She was an avid crafter and designed many beautiful pieces of jewelry from glass beads and crystals. She sahred her many crafts with the family and friends. She also enjoyed collecting miniatures, windchimes and colored glass bottles. She is survived by her beloved daughter Daniell and her life partner Gary Leonard of Ridgecrest, her mother Dorothy Clapham and brothers Steven and Micky Clapham of Barstow, brother and sister-in-law Tom and Rose Clapham of Oregon and numerous aunts, uncles and cousins. She was especially close to best friends Rinda Williams and Terry Bryan, and will be deep missed by Jeff Komocar. She was proceded in death by her father Leroy Clapham. News Review newspaper Ridgecrest CA May 3, 2005 DIANNE MARIE KOMOCAR 1964-2005 Longtime Ridgecrest resident Dianne Marie Komocar passed away Wednesday, April 27, 2005 at Ridgecrest Regional Hospital after a long and brave battle with cancer. She was 41. Memorial services are scheduled for Tuesday, May 3 at 2 pm at the First Baptist Church, 1350 S. Downs St. Pastor Ray Teston will officiate. Dianne was born April 18, 1964 in Pacoima. She moved to Ridgecrest in 1988. She was an avid crafter and designed many beautiful pieces of jewelry from glass beads and crystals. She shared her many crafts with her family and friends. She also enjoyed collecting miniatures, windchimes and colored glass bottles. She is survived by her beloved daughter Daniell and her life partner Gary Leonard of Ridgecrest, her mother Dorothy Clapham and brothers Steven and Micky Clapham of Barstow, brother and sister-in-law Tom and Rose Clapham of Oregon, and numerous aunts, uncles and cousins. She was especially close to best friends Rinda Williams and Terry Bryan and will be deeply missed by Jeff Komocar. She was preceded in death by her father Leroy Clapham.