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Jose - Puente Medina
Feb 19, 2013
Jose Puente-Medina was born May 28, 1925 in Puerto del Monte, Guana Juato, Mexico one of six children born to Rafaela (Medina-Ruiz) and Jose Puente-Lole. Jose was raised in Puerta del Monte and came to California as a Bracero to work in the fields and provide a better life for his family. He moved to Wasco in 1986 after...
Belia Gonzalez Hernandez
Feb 18, 2013
Belia Gonzalez de Hernandez was born February 26, 1921 in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico to Rames and Juliana Gonzalez. She came to Shafter in 1961 and raised her family. Belia enjoyed going to the casinos. She was a happy lady and loved to make her grandsons laugh. She will be loved and missed by all the family. Belia was...
Darrell Gene Stone
Feb 18, 2013
Darrell Gene Stone was born on October 14, 1928, in Bakersfield, California to Arthur & Leona Stone. Darrell passed away on February 18, 2012 in Bakersfield, California. Darrell served in the United Stated Navy WWII. He is preceded in death by his loving wife Rita Stone. He is survived by his sons Marshal & Harrell Stone and daughter Celesta...
Jesus Espinoza
Feb 16, 2013
Jesus Espinoza August 3, 1932 - February 16, 2013 Jesus Espinoza was born August 3, 1932 in Phoenix, AZ. Jesus passed away on February 16, 2013 in Bakersfield, CA. She is preceded in death by her three children Francisco Leon, Alma Leon and Bertha Guillen. She is survived by her loving husband of 33 years Juan Espinoza and her...
Dwayne Kelly Epps
Feb 16, 2013
Dwayne Kelly Epps was born January 29, 1957 in Bakersfield, California, one of three children born to Jane (Meyers) and Waylon Kelly Epps. He grew up in Santa Cruz and graduated from Los Gatos High School and immediately enlisted in the US Army. He served from 1973 to 1977 in Germany. Dwayne returned to Bakersfield and joined his father...
Antonio "Tony" Garza
Feb 14, 2013
Antonio was born on June 3, 1943 and passed away on Thursday, February 14, 2013. Antonio was a resident of Joshua Tree, California.
Harold Charles Freedman M.D.
Feb 14, 2013
Harold Freedman was born in Brooklyn, New York, to Rose Weithorn Freedman and Eli Freedman. He attended PS 87 in Brooklyn and Franklin K. Lane High School. At age sixteen he passed the New York State Board of Regents Test and was admitted to New York University where he was elected to the Pre-Medical Honor Society and was graduated...
Thomas Anthony Klecker
Feb 12, 2013
Thomas was born on July 1, 1946 and passed away on Tuesday, February 12, 2013. Thomas was a resident of Yucca Valley, California.
Maria G. Delgado
Feb 12, 2013
Maria was born on December 13, 1942 in Guanajuato, Mexico to Jose and Juana Garcia. She passed away on February 12, 2013 with her family by her side. Maria is preceded in death by her four children, Raul Gonzalez, Jose Gonzalez, Marina Gonzalez and San Juan Gonzalez. Maria is survived by her loving husband Erasmo Delgado, children Raul Gonzalez,...
Stella Loya Buckelew
Feb 11, 2013
Stella was born on July 6, 1927 and passed away on Monday, February 11, 2013. Stella was a resident of Lancaster, California.
Ms. Elaine Thomas Flaningam
Feb 10, 2013
Ms. Flaningam was born on November 19, 1960 and passed away on Sunday, February 10, 2013. Ms. Flaningam was a resident of Yucca Valley, California at the time of passing.
Raymond L Wilcox
Feb 9, 2013
Raymond L. Wilcox died at age 76 in Bakersfield, California on Saturday February 9, 2013 due to natural causes. He was born July 6, 1936 in Roscoe, Texas to the parents of Oscar and Martha Wilcox. He married November 16, 1958 to Joanne McCleod (deceased in 2003). He is survived by sons, Steven and Michael; brother, Martin; sisters, Mae...
Mary Sue Scott
Feb 7, 2013
Mary was born to the late Albert and Hazel Jones in Van Buren, Arkansas. She married the late Louis Rice in 1957 in California. In 1966 they divorced and she moved back to Arkansas where she worked for Whirlpool for 15 years before retiring. In 1988 she moved back to Bakersfield, California. She worked for Frito Lay before retiring...
Josefina 'Pepa' Martinez
Feb 7, 2013
Josefina Martinez was born April 25, 1955 in Durango, Mexico to Pedro & Maria Flores. Josefina went to be with the Lord on February 7, 2013. She is survived by her two sons Frankie Valenzuela, Sebastian Martinez and her daughter Stephanie Mendez. She will be greatly missed but never forgotten. Services will be held on Wednesday, February 13, 2013...
Barney Richard Brown
Feb 6, 2013
Barney was born on August 11, 1933 and passed away on Wednesday, February 6, 2013. Barney was a resident of Port Coquitlam, British Columbia.
Magdalena Arevalo
Feb 6, 2013
Magdalena Arevalo was born on May 22, 1935 in Michoacan Mexico to Simon and Brijidia (Ubiedo) Resendiz. She was resident of Wasco and worked as a laborer for 40 years. Magdalena was a loving wife and mother, she was always grateful for everything she had and she enjoyed dancing and singing on a stage. She will be greatly missed...
Lillie Mae Hill
Feb 6, 2013
Lillie was born on October 1, 1947 and passed away on Wednesday, February 6, 2013. Lillie was a resident of Yucca Valley, California.
Jacquelyne Y. Johnson
Feb 6, 2013
Jacquelyne Y. Johnson was born in Reeves, Georgia on June 11, 1922 to Charles and Lois (Hightower) Ebers. Jacquelyne married Paul Whitney Johnson and raised two beautiful children. Jacquelyne held a Bachelors Degree in nursing was a dedicated pastor's wife and loving mother to her children Paul Jr and Camelia Johnson. Jacquelyne Johnson was 90 years old when she...
Grace Louise (Froese) Gehle
Feb 4, 2013
Grace Gehle was born in Bakersfield on August 5, 1946, the third child of Albert and Helen (Nickel) Froese. Two more girls, Nancy and Donna, were born to join Grace, her brother Art and big sister, Carol. The 5 children were born in seven years, and their young mother and handsome father raised these children on a farm located...
Enedina 'Esther' Marquez Lopez
Feb 4, 2013
Enedina "Esther" Lopez, was born on March 29, 1926. She passed away peacefully at her home in Pixley, after a short illness, on February 4, 2013. Esther was born in Edna, Texas and moved with her family to Shafter in 1950. She married Tiofilo Lopez in 1953. They made their home on the ranch in Pixley. After Tiofilo's death,...

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