Jose Alfredo Rodriguez
Sep 26, 2013
Jose Alfredo Rodriguez was born in Bakersfield, California on February 2, 1981 to Ervin and Herlinda Rodriguez. Jose was a resident of Wasco and he completed 7th grade. Jose Alfredo Rodriguez is preceded in death by his father, Ervin Luis Rodriguez, December 10, 2010; brother, Luis Jose Rodriguez, August 17, 1997. He is survived by his mother Herlinda Rodriguez;...
Arnold Guerra-Montemayor
Sep 22, 2013
Arnoldo was born November 8, 1965 in Cerralvo, Nuevo Leon, Mexico to Daniel and Senaida Guerra. He died September 22, 2013, in Wasco CA. He was 47 years old. He leaves behind his son, Edwardo Guerra, mother, Senaida Guerra, Brothers, Daniel, Fernando, Edwardo Guerra and sisters, Blanca Hernandez, Dora Gonzalez, Minerva Benavides, Lidia Guerra and Naita Benavides. Arnold was...
Linda Diane Waters
Sep 19, 2013
Mom passed peacefully and went home to be with God on Thursday, September 19, at age 56. She was born in Wasco, California to Melvin and Billy Menser. She grew up in Wasco where she was well known for her nick name fender bender which was given to her by her friends. Linda became a bank teller where she...
Billie Rae Thurman
Sep 15, 2013
On September 15, 2013, The Lord called Billie (Rankin) Thurman home. I have fought the good fight, I have finished the course, I have kept the faith (2 Timothy 4:7) Billie Thurman was born September 3, 1935 in Bakersfield CA. Her family moved to Shafter, California in 1933, for a short while finally settling in Wasco, California. Billie graduated...
Connie Louise Neumann
Sep 14, 2013
Connie Louise Neumann was born in Shafter, California on December 11, 1936 to Clarence Edward and Laura Ellen (Dirksen) Tanksley. She was married to Carl J. Neumann and raised two daughters. Connie worked as a homemaker for 60 years. She was 76 old when she passed away on September 14, 2013 in Bakersfield, California. Connie is preceded in death...
Rosalie Marie Derry
Sep 13, 2013
Rosalie Marie Derry, born August 20, 1935 passed away on September 13, 2013 at the age of 78. She was born in Shafter, California to John and Ruby Sade. She attended Rio Bravo Elementary and graduated from Shafter High School. She married her high school sweetheart, Billy Ray Derry, on February 4, 1954 and were married fifty-six years and...
Loretta Wood
Sep 11, 2013
Loretta Wood, age 70 of Hilltop, passed away September 11, 2013 in Bakersfield, California. She was born September 6, 1943 to Thelma and Buford Pearson of Jefferson City, Missouri. Loretta never met a stranger in her life. If you knew her your life was rich. She was one of a kind. She had a very dear friend whom she...
Frank B. Preston
Sep 11, 2013
Frank Brown Preston went home to be with his Lord and Savior on September 11, 2013. Frank was born on January 27, 1926, in Elk City, Oklahoma, to Ernest Ray and Virginia Lee Preston. Frank and his family moved to California in 1943. Frank served his country in the United States Navy in the South Pacific from 1944-1946. Frank...
Odell 'Bully' Barton
Sep 11, 2013
Odell "Bully" Barton passed away September 11, 2013 in Shafter, CA at the age of 67. He was born January 14, 1946 in Safford, Arizona to Warren and Pearl Barton. He moved to the Shafter area at seven years old and attended school in Shafter. He married Sherry Kellenberger in 1992 in Wasco, CA. He was an auto mechanic...
Ruby Ann Bartell
Sep 8, 2013
Ruby Ann Bartell, a lovely, refined lady, was born on a farm near Hillsboro, KS on October 4th, 1918. She was the oldest of seven children – five girls and two boys. A few years later, the Friesen family moved to Chicago in time for her to start grade school. By the time she was ready to graduate from...
Rebecca Nell Cluff
Sep 8, 2013
Rebecca Nell Cluff was born on November 19, 1969 in Yerington, NV, to Larry and Cecilia Cluff. She was raised in Yerington and Ely, NV, moving to Shafter, CA in 1984. She graduated from Shafter High School in 1988 and went on to attend Cal State Stanislaus and Cal State Bakersfield, earning her Bachelor's degree and secondary teaching certification....
Eleanor Jane Scarbrough
Sep 7, 2013
Born in Whittier, CA, to Leigh F. Barrows and Jeanette Reger, Eleanor and her six sisters were raised in Los Hills, CA, on the Universal Oil Company lease where her father was the superintendant. A graduate of Wasco High School and Taft Junior College, Eleanor joined the U.S. Marine Corps in 1944, serving in North Carolina, Oklahoma, and California...
Jose Quezada
Sep 6, 2013
Jose F. Quezada nacio en Manuel Villalongin, Michoacan, Mexico el 25 de Mayo, 1938 ha Francisco y Matiana Quezada. Jose se caso con Leonila Diaz y tuvieron ocho hijos. El trabaja haciendo mesa y planteros de cemento por 15 años. Jose vivio en el condado de Kern por 8 años. Jose Quezada es precedido en muerte por sus padres...
Charlotte Ann Allison
Sep 4, 2013
Charlotte Ann Allison was born in Firebaugh, California on November 6, 1943 to Homer & Juanita (Thomas) Smith. She raised four children Brent, Steve, Danny and Jill. Charlotte worked in the Lancaster School District as a Custodian for 20 years. Charlotte was 69 years old when she passed away on September 4, 2013 in Lancaster, California. The Funeral Service...
John W. Caton
Sep 3, 2013
John W. Caton was born May 21, 1930 in Bennington, Oklahoma, one of seven children born to Pearle (Raney) and William J. Caton. John grew up in Oklahoma and entered the US Army and served in the reserve after his active duty. After his military service, John settled in Shafter in 1949 where he met his future wife, Juanita...
Petra Flores Hinojosa
Sep 2, 2013
Petra Flores Hinojosa was born August 1, 1944 in Mexico to Francisca and Pedro Flores. She married Jesus Hinojosa on January 1, 1963 and they moved to Wasco in 1964. Petra worked in agriculture during the harvest seasons at various packing sheds in the area for over 20 years; many of those years at the Belridge Garlic Company. She...
Ricardo Caudelero
Aug 30, 2013
Ricardo Caudelaro was born on July 5, 1991 and passed away on August 30, 2013. He was born in Bakersfield, raised in Arvin where he had a lot of friends that he would help with just about anything. He never expected anything in return, he took after his dad. Ricardo played baseball at the age of eight, where he...
Paul Dean Tiner
Aug 30, 2013
Paul Dean Tiner went to be with his Lord and Savior Friday August 30, 2013 at 7:12AM at the San Joaquin Memorial hospital in Bakersfield, CA. Paul was 82 years old and was a loved husband, dad, grandpa, brother, uncle and friend. He was born on March 1, 1931 in Ada, OK. Paul was a member of the Wasco...
Fern Irene Gaede
Aug 28, 2013
On August 28, 2013 Fern Gaede passed into eternal life to be reunited with her beloved husband, Harvey. Fern was born on March 14, 1916 in Lodi, California to Dan and Margaretha Wendland. In 1923 the family, including sisters Edna and Erma, moved to Shafter, California to farm. Fern attended Richland Elementary and graduated from Shafter High School in...
Luther Leroy Hampton
Aug 26, 2013
Luther "Boots" Hampton was born January 31, 1926 in Soper, Oklahoma, to James Lee Hampton and Minnie Bell Dickson. Boots and his family moved from Oklahoma to New Mexico, and finally to Arizona where he completed the eighth grade. During the war, Boots worked as a bookkeeper in an Arizona alfalfa mill. Eventually Boots and his brother Clarence came...
