Eperanza “Hope” Darbyshire-Mileham

Esperanza “Hope” Darbyshire-Mileham, passed away peacefully surrounded by her family and friends on May 26, 2012.

Hope was born on August 16, 1973 in Tacoma Washington to Lawrence Allen Darbyshire and Sonnia Romero Darbyshire. Hope was raised in Santa Barbara and graduated from Santa Barbara High School in 1992. She married the love of her life Dwayne Richard Mileham on April 5, 2003.

Hope was fun loving, energetic, had an incredible love for music and lit up any room with her presence. Hope is survived by her loving husband Dwayne Mileham, mother Sonnia Darbyshire-Waugh (Stacy), sister Vivian Elbert (Charles, Gabriel, Michael) and brother Luis Mendez (Shelly, Jacqueline, Myles, Julia) aunts and uncles and many other family members.

The Funeral Mass will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Friday, June 15 at St. Raphael church (5444 Hollister Ave.)