Mary Lou Sninsky
Jul 1, 2011
Mary Lou Sninsky quietly fell into eternal sleep on July, 2011 in Shafter, CA. She was born in Colgate, Oklahoma on October 10, 1930 to Rhoda (Dickerson) and Ed Shekells, one of l0 children. She was a housewife for 60 years and resided in Kern County since 1983. Mary Lou Sninsky was preceded in death by her brother Paul...
Baby Emma Phelps
Jun 30, 2011
Baby Emma was born on June 30, 2011 and passed away on Thursday, June 30, 2011. Baby Emma was a resident of Twentynine Palms, California.
Hector Garza
Jun 30, 2011
Hector Garza August 21, 1954 - June30, 2011 Hector Garza has gone home to be with our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ; born August 21, 1954, the fifth of eleven children born to Margarita and Eustacio Garza. He was 4 years old when he came to Kern County, attending McFarland High School thru 1971. Hector was a devout Christian...
Reford Don Hatridge
Jun 27, 2011
Reford Don Hatridge October 18, 1937 - June 27, 2011 Reford Hatridge was born on October 18, 1937, to Robert Eugene Hatridge and Alpha (Duke) Hatridge in Oklahoma. They came to California in 1942. Reford would later be in the first graduating class of 1955 at Arvin High School. Reford became owner of the Weedpatch Arco and Bi-Rite Liquer...
Demple Ann Amos
Jun 25, 2011
Demple passed away peacefully surrounded by her loving family. Demple was born in Deport, Texas to Willie and Mary Esther Mitchell. In May of 1948, leaving the complexity of the family farm of her grandfather Simpson Lemar Cowley, the family relocated from Hugo, Oklahoma to Shafter, California driving in a 1946 fully equipped Ford including running boards and water...
Bernard Claire Covey
Jun 25, 2011
Bernard Claire Covey passed away peacefully on June 25, 2011. Services will be held on Thursday, June 30, at 12noon at Our Lady of Perpetual Help, 124 Columbus. Msgr. Mike Braun will officiate and interment will follow at Bakersfield National Cemetery, Hwy 58 & Hwy 223. Barney was born in Marshfield, Oregon, one of 14 children to Louis Wellington...
Diana Santa Cruz
Jun 24, 2011
Our loving mother, grandmother, sister, aunt "tia" and friend Diana Santa Cruz passed away on June 24th, 2011. Diana was born in Bakersfield on September 22, 1949, one of 3 daughters born to Celia Chavez and Joe Santa Cruz. Diana worked for many years as a dog groomer at The Proud Pooch. Any opportunity that came by for a...
Betty Evelyn Camp
Jun 23, 2011
Betty Evelyn Camp, of Fresno, CA, passed away on June 23, 2011. She was born in Gaffney, South Carolina, on July 17, 1928, the second daughter of James and Lula Albright. Betty moved to Wasco upon her marriage to John Camp on August 29, 1950 where she spent the next 59 years before moving to Fresno in 2009 to...
Jose Luis Montoya
Jun 23, 2011
José Luis Montoya, falleció el 23 de Junio, 2011 en la edad de 64 anos, 4 meses y 28 dÃas en Bakersfield, California. El nació en Elimon, Sinaloa, el dÃa 26 de Enero, 1947, uno de 7 hijos(as) de Ramona (Richerth) y Domingo Montoya. Llegando al condado de Kern hace 40 anos comenzó a trabajar como tractorista en los...
Kathryn Flanery
Jun 22, 2011
Kathryn was born on November 13, 1925 and passed away on Wednesday, June 22, 2011. Kathryn was a resident of Yucca Valley, California.
Antonia Escalante Beltran
Jun 22, 2011
Antonia Escalante Beltran passed away quietly in her home on June 22, 2011; born in Bakersfield California on May 25, 1930 to Rafaela (Lucero) and Francisco Escalante, she migrated to Kern County with her parents. She was a farm laborer for many years traveling throughout California during the peak times of various crops; in her later years she found...
Lawrence Arthur Schneider
Jun 21, 2011
Lawrence Joseph Schneider was born March 25th 1927, in Pierce City Missouri and passed away on June 21st 2011 in Bakersfield, CA. His family moved to California 6 months after his birth. At age 9, they moved to Troutdale Oregon. Our country was fighting WWII when he was drafted into the army on May 26th, 1945. He was 18...
Apolonia Gonzalez Layva
Jun 20, 2011
Apolonia Leyva October 06, 1946 – June 20, 2011 Apolonia Leyva was born on October 06, 1946, in Mexico to Giliberto Gonzalez and Luz Peres. She passed away June 20, 2011, in Bakersfield, CA. Apolonia was a loving wife, mother and grandmother and we will miss her dearly. Apolonia is survived by her husband Antonio Leyva, sons, Jose Leyva,...
David H. Strange
Jun 20, 2011
David Harold Strange was born April 18, 1948 in Lake Village, AR., to parents Audrey (Pack) and Ernest Strange. He graduated from Bakersfield High in 1965, and then completed his Associate's Degree at Bakersfield College in 1967. David then served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War from 1968-1970. He owned and operated Ed's Auto Parts and U-Haul...
Apolonia Gonzalez Leyva
Jun 20, 2011
Apolonia Leyva October 06, 1946 – June 20, 2011 Apolonia Leyva was born on October 06, 1946, in Mexico to Giliberto Gonzalez and Luz Peres. She passed away June 20, 2011, in Bakersfield, CA. Apolonia was a loving wife, mother and grandmother and we will miss her dearly. Apolonia is survived by her husband Antonio Leyva, sons, Jose Leyva,...
Robert Arthur Hannagan
Jun 17, 2011
Robert Arthur Hannagan, a loving father, husband, grandfather and friend passed away in Roseville, California, at the age of 91. Born March 15, 1920, in Stockton, California, Bob was the only child of Arthur and Amy Ziegler Hannagan. He graduated from Kern County Union High School in 1937, where he excelled in track and field. He completed his AA...
June Florence Smithson
Jun 16, 2011
Graveside services for June Smithson, age 75, of Lamont, California were Thursday, June 23, 2011, 10 am, in the outdoor chapel at Arvin Cemetery. June was an amazing and strong woman that always had a smile on her face. She enjoyed hours of gardening, reading her scriptures, watching gospel programs and spending time with her family and friends. The...
Maria Rincon Santana
Jun 15, 2011
Maria R. Santana was born on April 27, 1950 to Ramon and Refugio Rincon in Los Naranjos, Jalisco, Mexico. On November 28, 1967 she married the love of her life Silbano Santana in Los Naranjos, Jalisco, Mexico. Maria was a homemaker who loved spending time with her family. She enjoyed making people laugh and on weekends riding the bus...
Vernon L. Isaac
Jun 14, 2011
Vernon was born to Simon B. and Lena Heppner Unruh on April 17, 1929 in North Battleford Saskatchewan, Canada. After the death of his parents, Vernon was adopted by Abe F. and Susie Isaac of Shafter California. He attended Maple Elementary school and graduated from Wasco High School in 1948. Following graduation Vernon went to work on the family...
Macedonia M. 'Celia' Dominguez
Jun 14, 2011
Macedonia M. Dominguez (Celia) was born on September 12, 1924, in Colorado City, Texas, to Eusebio and Micaela Marin. In 1943 her family migrated from Texas to Bakersfield; she was active in her faith with Our Lady of Guadalupe Church since 1952. She passed away on June 14, 2011. Services will be on Monday, June 20, 2011; commencing with...
