Fern Ella Benson
May 7, 2013
Fern Ella Benson was born in Oklahoma, on December 3, 1931 to Roy & Ester (Kelly) Williams. Fern worked as a homemaker for 62 years. In accordance to her family's wishes there was no service for Fern Benson, who passed away on May 7, 2013 in Bakersfield, California at age 81 years.
Stephen Clark Beatty
May 3, 2013
Stephen Clark Beatty was born in Boston, Massachusetts, on July 19, 1942 one of three children born to Elizabeth Bradley and Earl Beatty. When Steve was 9 years old the family moved to Los Altos, California and later to Santa Barbara where he graduated high school. Steve was a welder and worked for Weyerhaeuser and later retired from A.C....
Joe Lee Holbert
May 2, 2013
Joe Lee Holbert passed away on Thursday, May 2, 2013 in Bakersfield, CA at the age of 74. He was born on January 3, 1939 to William Lee "Rab" & Mildred Joe (Bailey) Holbert in Abernathy, Texas, their only child. Joe graduated from Arvin High School in 1956. On January 12, 1957, he married his high school sweetheart, Faye...
Ronald Eugene Wiseman
May 2, 2013
Ronald Eugene Wiseman was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma on September 15, 1930 to Wilburn and Pauline (Brewer) Wiseman. Ronald worked as a Minister for 60 years and held a Masters Degree. Ronald Wiseman was 82 years old when he passed away on May 2, 2013 in Bakersfield, California. He was a resident of Shafter, California. In accordance with...
Dortha Marie Rogers Mann
Apr 30, 2013
DORTHA MARIE RODGERS MANN, 82, of Las Vegas, passed away April 30, 2013, in Las Vegas, Nevada. She was born October 25, 1930, in Bakersfield, California, and resided in Las Vegas, California and Alaska over her lifetime, where she worked as a legal secretary. Dortha was a loving wife, mother, sister, sister-in-law, aunt, as well as friend to all....
Temple Joe Bivins
Apr 30, 2013
Joe was born in Marlow, Oklahoma and moved to Arvin, California when he was 1 year old. He worked as truck driver transporting agricultural products. He worked for various trucking companies and was also a self-employed owner/operator. Joe was a hard worker and worked until the age of 81 years old. Joe is survived by his wife of 63...
Bill Roman Crosby
Apr 29, 2013
Bill was born in 1928 in Paw Paw, Oklahoma to Ira Francis and Sarah Daisy Crosby. He was the second of four children. At the age of 8 in 1936 the family fled the Dust Bowl and moved to Wasco, California. Times were tough due to the depression but the family persevered. Bill attended Wasco Schools and graduated from...
James 'Jim' Richard Swann
Apr 27, 2013
James Richard Swann born on June 22nd 1938 in Maywood, CA. The second of two children to Laura and Paul Swann. Jim and his sister Pat got to see alot of the world because his father was a pipe line welder and traveled to follow his work. Death was April 27th 2013 in Wasco, CA surrounded by family and...
Susan Renae Myers
Apr 21, 2013
Susan was born in Vallejo, California to Linda Hamilton and William D. Perry, M.D. on June 25, 1970. She went home to be with the Lord April 21, 2013 after a valiant and long battle with cancer at USC Norris Hospital in Los Angeles, California. Susan was preceded in death by her father, William Perry M.D., her grandmother Opal...
Eva A Sutton
Apr 19, 2013
Eva A Sutton, 91 year old Checotah resident, died Friday, April 19, 2013 in Eufaula, Oklahoma. She was born on Tuesday, September 27, 1921 in Checotah, Texas to John and Beulah (Chonico) Hall. She grew up in Roland, Oklahoma where she attended school until the fourth grade. Eva became a farm laborer and the married Thurman Sutton on Saturday,...
Leland Wallace Bergman
Apr 17, 2013
Leland Wallace Bergman was born on May 27th, 1916 to Henry and Mary Bergman in Marion, Kansas. He was raised on a farm in Hillsborough. With the farming and financial trouble the dustbowl brought, their family moved to Texas. Shortly after, around the age of 18, he traveled to California with twenty-one dollars in his pocket, along with his...
Karla Urrea
Apr 17, 2013
Karla Urrea was born in Bakersfield, California on April 17, 2013 to Jesus Ramon Urrea & Karla Maria Lopez. In accordance with her family's wishes there was no service for Karla Urrea, who passed away on April 17, 2013 in Bakersfield, California.
Michael Joseph Silva
Apr 8, 2013
Michael Silva was born in East Los Angeles, California on October 10, 1982 to Carlos and Margarita (Sanchez) Silva and grew up in San Gabriel Valley attending Park West Continuation School in Pomona. That is where he met his future wife, Annie Sanchez. They moved to Shafter in August of 2000 and were formally married on June 17, 2002...
James Carol Strange
Apr 8, 2013
James Carol Strange was born in Lawton, Oklahoma on June 9, 1948 to Sammie Carol & Ruth Lenora (Hammers) Strange. James was business owner of a computer technical support company for 20 years. He served his country proudly in the Navy and also enjoyed spending time on the golf course. James Strange was 64 old when he passed away...
Mitchell Scott Deatherage
Apr 5, 2013
Mitchell Scott Deatherage January 7, 1992- April 5, 2013 Our wonderful son, Mitchell Scott Deatherage, born on January 7, 1992, in Bakersfield, California, was called back to our LORD, on April 5, 2013. Mitch was an awesome young man. Everyone who met him, even for a moment, loved him, and considered him a friend. He had a great sense...
Oralia B. Garcia
Apr 4, 2013
Oralia B. Garcia was born in Harlingen, Texas on September 22, 1929 to Daniel & Teresa (Melendez) Barraza. Oralia worked at home as a homemaker for 50 years. She was 83 old when she passed away at home on Thursday April 4, 2013 in Shafter, California. Oralia was a resident of Shafter, California. Oralia was survived by her sister...
Albert Ray Prince
Apr 1, 2013
Albert Ray Price was born May 3, 1927 in Earl, Arkansas to Pearl (Burnett) and Bawdy Prince. Albert raised chickens, chopped wood and hauled lumber as a young man in Arkansas. He married Genevia Van Winkle August 12, 1950 in Newport, Arkansas and they brought their family to Wasco in 1965. Albert went to work for Howard Hay Company...
Marilyn Lee Carey
Mar 30, 2013
Marilyn Lee Carey was born in Dallas, Texas on December 2, 1937 to Minnie May Biggs. Marilyn worked as a homemaker for 55 years. She was 75 years old when she passed away on March 30, 2013 in Shafter, California. In accordance to her family's wishes there were no services held for Marilyn Lee Carey.
Mr. Patrick M. Mcclain
Mar 29, 2013
Patrick Michael McClain (58), a 7 year resident of Yucca Valley and 58 year resident of California passed away on March 29, 2013. He was born on September 24, 1954 in Glendale, CA to William Junior McClain & Florence Martha Thompson. He served his country as a Sailor in The US Navy. He worked as a Supervisor at the...
Pauline Heredia Chavez
Mar 27, 2013
Pauline Heredia Chavez, age 92, died on Wednesday, March 27, 2013. Pauline Heredia Chavez was born in Michoacán, Mexico on February 16, 1921 to Pablo and Marcelina (Facio) Heredia. She lived in Shafter C.A., Pauline worked as an electronic assembler and farm laborer. Pauline was an active member of St. Teresa's Catholic Church and a lifelong member of the...
