Juan Manuel Romero
Aug 3, 2013
Juan Manuel Romero November 11, 1948 – August 3, 2013 Beloved husband, father, grandfather, brother, father in law, brother in law, uncle, cousin and friend. Juan was born in Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico. Juan Had one brother, Ernesto Romero and six sisters: Rosario (Chayo) Romero, Ernestina Estrada, Lucia Ruis, Margarita Solorio, Maria Guadalupe Romero, Brunilda Jacobo. Juan also had...
Teddy Michael Worsham
Aug 3, 2013
Teddy Michael Worsham was born November 22, 1944 in Bristow, Oklahoma the youngest of 6 children born to Thomas and Dorothy (Wray) Worsham. The family moved to Shafter in 1946 and Mike grew-up and attended Shafter elementary schools and Shafter High School with the Class of 1963. Mike married Paula Sue Rodgers March 26, 1964 in Bakersfield. Mike was...
Augustina Salazar Hena
Aug 2, 2013
Augustina "Augie" Salazar Hena March 27, 1951 - August 2, 2013. Augie was born in Brownsville, Texas on March 27, 1951 to Catarino and Otilia Salazar. As the 2nd child of 17, she grew up following crops as a migrant farm worker along with her family who eventually settled in Earlimart California in 1962. Despite an early life filled...
Adan Espinoza Jimenez
Jul 31, 2013
Adan Espinoza Jimenez was born in Mexico, on January 28, 1974 to Francisco Espinoza Lopez and Maria Aurelia Jimenez Sanchez. Adan worked in agriculture as a Farm Laborer for 17. Adan was 39 old when he passed away on July 31, 2013 in Bakersfield, California. He was a resident of Shafter, California. A visitation was held on Saturday August...
Burl Leon George
Jul 31, 2013
Burl Leon George was born to Albert and Susie George on November 8, 1923 in Louisville, Tennessee, and went home to be with our Lord on Wednesday, July 31, 2013. Burl was one of six brothers and one sister. He spent his younger years in Maryville, Tennessee until he moved to Pismo Beach, California to go to work for...
Natina G. Harkleroad
Jul 30, 2013
Natina G. Harkleroad Natina was born Jan. 4, 1917, in Jackson County, Oklahoma and went to be with our Lord on July 30, 2013. Natina was the only daughter, with 5 brothers, born to Charlie and Macie Boyd. The Boyds were simple farmers in Oklahoma and Arkansas. Their home was built on a strong Christian faith that she held...
Federico C. Alarcon
Jul 30, 2013
Federico was born in 1931, to Manuel and Elvira Alarcón in Presidio, Durango, Mexico. He was the oldest of 11 children. As a young man he came to the United States to earn a living and to help his family in Mexico by sending back money. He met Tomasa Tarango who had caught his eye because of her leather...
Armando Moreno Gonzalez
Jul 25, 2013
Armando Moreno Gonzalez, 60, of Shafter, CA, passed away on Thursday, July 25, 2013. Born in Westlaco, TX to Alberto & Esperanza Gonzalez, he lived most of his life in Shafter, CA. Armando was a passionate man who enjoyed being a truck driver. His hobby was to play in his brothers' band and watching the Dallas Cowboys play. He...
Tildon Wayne Ketcherside
Jul 24, 2013
Tildon Wayne Ketcherside was born on February 29, 1940 in Russellville, Arkansas and returned home to the Lord on July 24, 2013. Wayne's family moved to Porterville, California in 1946 where Wayne attended the local grammar school and high school. Wayne enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 1957 and was honorably discharged July 10, 1961 from the USS Lexington....
Betty June Horn
Jul 23, 2013
Betty June Horn was born in Ellensburg, Washington on May 16, 1931 to Harold and Dolly Payne. Betty was a teacher at Lost Hills School for 27 years. She held a BA in elementary education from Washington State University. Betty was 82 years old when she passed away on July 23, 2013 in Bakersfield, California. She lived her life...
Carol Arlene Bruce
Jul 21, 2013
In accordance to her family's wishes there was no service for Carol Arlene Bruce, who passed away on July 21, 2013 in Bakersfield, California at age 83.
Ouida E. Sloas
Jul 19, 2013
Ouida E. Sloas was the first born daughter of Joe H. Copeland and Lizzie M. Ford in West Fork, Arkansas. Ouida is preceded in death by husband Burl VanZandt of Wasco, Ca, George Ashbaugh of Shafter, CA, and John L. Sloas Sr. of Shafter, CA; son David K. VanZandt of San Jose, CA; ; brothers Foster F. Copeland and...
Alfredo Montoya-Urias
Jul 19, 2013
Corinthians 15:22 "For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive." Brothers and sisters, today we lost a great man that made the saying "taking the shirt off his back to help others" an understatement. No matter how hard and rough he himself had it, his mind was in helping others first. But...
Rosa Marie Garcia
Jul 18, 2013
Rosa Maria Garcia was born in Colton, California on November 26, 1935 to Anthony Padilla & Delfina (Diaz) Padilla. She married David Garcia and raised their 4 children. Rosa was a homemaker for 51 years. Rosa was 77 years old when she passed away on July 18, 2013 in Delano, California. She was a resident of Shafter, California. She...
Alicia Escudero Leyva
Jul 15, 2013
Mrs. Leyva passed away July 15, 2013 in Delano California, she was born April 27, 1948 to Rafael and Virginia Escudero in Las Cruses, Chihuahua, Mexico. Mrs. Leyva was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, aunt, cousin and friend to many. She leaves behind her loving husband, Rafael Leyva, and daughters,Brenda, Angela and Cynthia;grandchildren, nieces, nephews, cousins, and many friends....
Frank Dywane Dickens
Jul 12, 2013
Frank Dickens was born October 19, 1959 one of four children born to Odean and Ruth (Hanson) Dickens. He lived in Santa Cruz before settling in the Shafter-Wasco area. He attended Shafter elementary schools and graduated from Shafter High School with the Class of 1977. Frank worked in agriculture for Jackson and Perkins, Armstrong Rose Growers and Britz Simplot....
Gregory J. Cole
Jul 12, 2013
Gregory J. Cole was born in Bakersfield, California, on August 21, 1960 to Doyle and Jessie (Elmore) Cole. He was raised in Shafter and attended Shafter High School. Greg served hi s country proudly in the Navy. He was married to Christine L. Ott for 23 years and raised their 5 children together. Greg worked in the oil field...
Clayton Carl Hurst
Jul 9, 2013
Clayton Carl Hurst age 44 from Shafter, CA passed away on July 8th from an accidental drowning in the Kern River. Clayton Carl Hurst was born in Bakersfield, CA on May 25th 1969 to his father Doyle Dale Hurst from Oklahoma and his mother Helen Marie Hurst from Texas. He enjoyed his years on this earth serving his many...
David Lee Wagner
Jul 5, 2013
David was born on Oklahoma City, Oklahoma on August 8, 1937 to Gerald H. Wagner and Ruth E. Humphrey. He was raised in Oak Glen, California and attended grade school and elementary school in Yucaipa. David graduated from Redlands High School where he excelled in football and played a special position created for him. He then went on to...
Ruth Mary Ridgeway
Jul 5, 2013
Ruth passed away peacefully surrounded by her family, on July 5, 2013, at Evergreen Bakersfield from complications of Alzheimer's dementia. Born Ruth Mary Sharrock on January 12, 1920 in Muskogee, Oklahoma, Ruth married Roy W. (Bill) Ridgway in 1940 in Grants, New Mexico. They met while working at the Harvey House where Ruth was a waitress and Bill was...
