Veraq Ray
Aug 14, 2011
Veraq was born on May 11, 1941 and passed away on Sunday, August 14, 2011. Veraq was a resident of Landers, California.
Charlotte Sue Hokit
Aug 14, 2011
Charlotte Sue Hokit was born May 2, 1949 at Ft. Smith, Arkansas one of three children born to Pearl Thelma (Sutton) and Fred Page Carson. The family moved to Wasco when Charlotte was an infant and she grew up in Wasco attending local elementary schools and graduating from Wasco Union High School with the Class of 1967. Charlotte worked...
Charlotte Gardner
Aug 14, 2011
Charlotte was born on November 6, 1940 and passed away on Sunday, August 14, 2011. Charlotte was a resident of Landers, California.
Eugene (Gene) Dirksen
Aug 14, 2011
Gene was born in Griggs County, North Dakota and moved to Shafter in 1934. His parents were Paul and Erna Dirksen. He graduated from Shafter High in 1949 and attended Bakersfield College until he joined the Navy in 1950. Gene served on the USS Princeton during the Korean War and was honorably discharged in 1954. He married the love...
Betty Hadwin
Aug 13, 2011
Betty was born on December 21, 1923 and passed away on Saturday, August 13, 2011. Betty was a resident of Yucca Valley, California.
Marshal E. Crouch, Jr.
Aug 13, 2011
Sonny passed away August 13, 2011 at home. He was born in Essex, Missouri on November 25, 1934 to Marshal E. Crouch Sr., and Beatrice (Woodruff) Crouch. Sonny moved to Wasco in 1974 and worked as a car salesman for various dealerships in the area. Sonny enjoyed being a long-time member of the Elks Lodge. He also enjoyed coaching...
Mary Catherine Ellison
Aug 13, 2011
Mary Catherine Ellison April 30, 1931 – August 13, 2011 Mary Ellison was born on April 30, 1931 in Athens, Alabama. to John and Brownie (Oxley) Miller. She passed away August 13, 2011 in Bakersfield, CA. Mary Ellison is preceded in death by her mother Brownie Oxley, father John Miller, daughter Bonnie Jean and her loving husband Homer Lee....
Joseph Anthony Karam
Aug 12, 2011
Joseph Anthony Karam was born October 24, 1929 in Utica, New York, to Michael and Nazero (Habuk) Karam. Joseph lived in Bakersfield, California, for over 60 years and worked for the City of Bakersfield in Public Works for 32 years. Joseph never married but treated his niece and nephews as if they were his own, taking them on many...
Billy Ross
Aug 12, 2011
Billy was born on April 20, 1942 and passed away on Friday, August 12, 2011. Billy was a resident of Yucca Valley, California.
Guadalupe Falcon Rangel
Aug 11, 2011
Surrounded by family, Mr. Rangel died unexpectedly four days after celebrating his 82nd birthday. Born in Deming, New Mexico to the late Esteban and Juana Rangel, he was the oldest of seven children. When he was two years old, the family returned to Guanajuato, Mexico. At the young age of 15, he and his younger brother(Dionicio) came to the...
Chris Anthony Gonzales
Aug 11, 2011
Chris Anthony Gonzales October 6, 1968 – August 11, 2011 Chris Anthony Gonzales was born to Ray Anthony Gonzales and Jo Ann (Park) Gonzales on October 6, 1968, and departed his earthly home on August 11, 2011. Throughout life Chris has been an example of hard work and dedication to everything he has done. Spending his youth involved in...
Lois Lorraine Mahaney
Aug 11, 2011
Lois was born in Putman, Missouri to Charles and Retta (Webber) Lewis. She married Holt Stripling in Washington state, and the couple came to Wasco in 1969. After Holt's passing, Lois married Orval Mahaney in February of 2001 at Bakersfield, CA. Lois was thoughtful woman; she was a people pleaser, always concerned for others. She was a great cook...
Petra Gonzalez Garcia
Aug 10, 2011
Petra Gonzalez Garcia was born May 15, 1931 in Cerralvo, NL, Mexico, to parents Manuel and Luisa (Pruneda) Gonzalez. Petra married Jose Leonardo Garcia in Cerralvo in 1949. She came to live in Shafter in 1983. She was a religious woman, spending a significant part of her time praying the Holy Rosary and reading her Bible; she also enjoyed...
Jimmy Lee Cole
Aug 10, 2011
Jim Cole was born on September 17, 1933 in Stigler, Oklahoma. He passed away unexpectedly in his home at the age of 77 in Shafter, California on August 10, 2011. Jim was the oldest of 8 siblings. The family moved from Oklahoma to California when he was 9 years old. After graduation from Wasco High in 1951, he joined...
Joseph Roman Beelner
Aug 10, 2011
Joe Beelner was born February 2, 1954 in Slayton, Minnesota one of five children born to Joyce (Peterson) and Roman Beelner. The family moved to Wasco in 1965 and Joe attended St. John's School and graduated from Wasco Union High School with the Class of 1972, where he was named "Best Personality" in the Senior Favorites. It was this...
Jack Giocchino Ficara
Aug 9, 2011
Jack was born on February 4, 1943 and passed away on Tuesday, August 9, 2011. Jack was a resident of Yucca Valley, California.
Hazel Ida Waters
Aug 8, 2011
Grandma or Grammi was born February 21, 1932 in Eufala, Oklahoma. She was the seventh daughter of nine siblings plus a half brother. Hazel was the baby of all the brothers and sisters. She cleaned the house at a young age due to helping take care of family needs. Hazel was from a time when the wash board was...
Bertha Moreno Espinoza
Aug 4, 2011
Bertha Moreno Espinoza was born February 25, 1932 in Jerome, Arizona born to Juan Moreno and Laura (Pompa) Moreno. She was a twin sister to eleven siblings. Bertha married Robert Espinoza in Glendale, Arizona; they were married for nine years until Robert passed away in 1966. She became a single mother at the age of 34, caring for her...
Salvador Cervantes Cejas
Aug 4, 2011
Salvador Cervantes Cejas, was born in San Antonio, Guaracha, Michoacan, Mexico to Emilia (Ceja) and Eliseo Cervantes. Salvador worked in agriculture for 40 years. He is preceded in death by his parents. He is survived by his lovely wife Etelvina (Yepez) Cervantes; son, Salvador C. Yepez, Jr.; daughters, Irma, Cecilia, Maria Guadalupe, Maria De Lourdes, Gabriela, Sandra, Leticia, Maribel...
Albert Francis Ross Rosplock
Aug 2, 2011
Albert Francis Rosplock Nov. 28, 1927-Aug. 2, 2011 Mail carrier, 83 Albert Francis Rosplock, a 22-year resident of Joshua Tree, died Aug. 2, 2011 at Emeritus Care Facility in Rancho Mirage. He was 83 years old. The son of Frank Rosplock and Frances Kosloski-Rosplock, he was born Nov. 28, 1927, in Elmira, N.Y. Mr. Rosplock was an automotive mechanic,...
