Joan Billie Bauerle
Apr 8, 2011
Joan Billie Bauerle April 8, 2011 - July 10, 1931 Homemaker, 79 Joan Billie Bauerle, a 31-year resident of Yucca Valley, died April 8, 2011, at Desert Regional Medical Center. She was 79 years old. The daughter of William Albert Thomas and Ruth Geraldine Powell, she was born Date of birth: July 10, 1931. A homemaker for 58 years,...
Billy Joe Buckley
Apr 8, 2011
Bill Buckley, former command master chief at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center hospital and former manager of the Combat Center golf course, died April 8, 2011, at City of Hope Hospital in Duarte after a years-long battle with lung cancer. He was 76. A resident of Twentynine Palms since 1976, he was a loving husband to his...
Bertha Marquez
Apr 7, 2011
Bertha Marquez passed away April 7, 2011 just days shy of her 63rd birthday. She was born on April 10, 1948 in Jalisco Mexico to Antonio Marquez + and Consuelo Romo. At a very young age, Bertha moved to Los Aldamas, Nuevo Leon with her family. In 1975 she relocated to Wasco, California to join her parents and several...
Dortha 'Jeane' Sowder
Apr 6, 2011
Jeane was born to Zena Rodgers and Jess Fair on August 7, 1923, in Mt. Ida, Arkansas. She was raised by Jess and Nellie Fair. Jeane married Luther Sowder on August 27, 1945 in Okemah, Oklahoma. The couple moved to Shafter in 1953. Jeane worked for Douglas Aircraft for over 30 years. Her hobbies included reading, storytelling and travel....
Laura Jean Hathcock
Apr 6, 2011
Laura Jean Hathcock was born June 9, 1924 in Henrietta, Oklahoma to Viola (Fulton) and Henry Judd. She married Cleo Hathcock in Chickasha, Oklahoma and they moved to Wasco in the late 1940's. Laura enjoyed working as a homemaker all her life; she was a good seamstress, made doll clothes and many other craft projects, and loved tending her...
Mary Pauline Kyle
Apr 6, 2011
Mary Pauline Kyle 1926 - 2011 Longtime Bakersfield resident and beloved mother, grandmother and great-grandmother Mary Pauline Kyle, 84, passed away at her residence at The Lodge at Maple Creek in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Wednesday, April 6, 2011. She was born in Cowlington, Oklahoma, September 11, 1926, to John and Kate Holeman. She lived in Oklahoma during the dustbowl...
Betty Jean Key
Apr 6, 2011
Betty Jean Key was born August 29, 1929 in DeValls Bluff, Arkansas to Minnie (Benson) and Earl Dollar. Betty grew up and attended schools in Arkansas. Betty married Floyd Key March 30, 1946 and they moved to Arizona for a short time before settling in Wasco in 1950. Betty worked as a waitress for over 50 years, working at...
Lois Ann Kruger
Apr 5, 2011
THIS IS WRITEN BY LOIS ANN KRUGER I WAS BORN ON 2-13-1959 ON A FRIDAY IN REEDLEY AT THE OLD REEDLEY HOSPITAL, WHICH BECAME PLEASANT VIEW CONVELSANT HOME. I WAS THE 4TH CHILD OF PETE AND SALOME BARTEL. I WAS BORN A LITTLE LATER IN THEIR LIVES SO MY BROTHER AND SISTERS WHERE ALSO OLDER. I GUESS THEY WHERE...
Dallas Austin Mccurdy
Apr 4, 2011
Dallas Austin McCurdy was born May 15, 1931 in Okemah, Oklahoma to Allie (Sexton) and William McCurdy, one of seven children. The family moved to Santa Paula, California when Dallas was fifteen years old then to Wasco one year later. Dallas married Patricia McConathy on July 6, 1953. Dallas was a hard worker all his life working in agriculture...
Louie Clifford Epp
Apr 4, 2011
Louie Clifford Epp was born to Rudolph Franklin Epp and Katherine B. (Scaroni) Epp on August 28, 1921 in Shafter, California. He along with his sister, Pearl grew up in this area, living in their home on Tulare Avenue in Shafter. Louie graduated from Maple Elementary School in 1935 and Wasco Union High School in 1939, and then attended...
Richard Lewis Boatwright
Apr 1, 2011
Richard Lewis Boatwright was born December 14, 1943 in Bakersfield California to Ruby Ellen (Force) and Amos Marion Boatwright. He served in the US Army and stationed in Fort Bliss Texas where he met his beautiful bride Susan (Jimenez) swept her off her feet; spent their honeymoon driving to Kern County. They started their family while he was a...
Alyne Gragg
Apr 1, 2011
Alyne Gragg was born July 18, 1927 to Cora (Chilton) and Benjamin Young in Berwyn, Oklahoma, one of 12 children. Alyne moved to California at the age of 20, and married Roland D. Gragg in 1948 in Sanger. They moved to the Shafter area in 1959. Roland passed away in 1984. Alyne married R.L. Gragg in 1986 and he...
Mrs. Elizabeth San Nicolas Muna
Apr 1, 2011
Mrs. Muna was born on July 8, 1964 and passed away on Friday, April 1, 2011. Mrs. Muna was a resident of Twentynine Palms, California at the time of passing.
Jesus Aguilar-Reynoso
Mar 30, 2011
Jesus Aguilar-Reynoso was born on December 5, 2010 to Rocio (Reynoso) and Jorge Aguilar in Los Angeles, California. He entered God's Heavenly Cradle March 30, 2011. Jesus Aguilar-Reynoso is survived by his parents, Rocio and Jorge Aguilar; brother, Jorge Aguilar; sisters, Maria Jose Aguilar, Veronica Monserrat Aguilar and Rocio Aguilar; grandparents, Leocadio Aguilar and Herminia Santillan; Micaela Arreola and...
Hazel Viola Bohham
Mar 28, 2011
Hazel Viola Honham was born December 28, 1917 to Willie and Martha (Wilcox) Wilhite in Snyder, Oklahoma. She passed away March 28, 2011. Interment was in Ringo Cemetery, Ringo, Texas.
Alberto 'Beto' Hernandez
Mar 27, 2011
Alberto was born in Santa Maria, CA on October 7, 1997 to Jose M. and Gloria (Corral) Hernandez. Beto was in the 7th grade at Rio Bravo Greeley School; he enjoyed playing soccer, singing and horseriding. He was such a friendly and outgoing child; he really enjoyed meeting and talking to all kinds of people. He will be so...
Morris 'Moises' Gabriel Nazaroff
Mar 27, 2011
Morris "Moises" Gabriel Nazaroff born in Baja California on December 19, 1953 to Maria P. (Samarin) and Gabriel M. Nazaroff. He came to Kern County with his parents as an infant, attended the local schools and graduated from Wasco High School in 1972. In his earlier years, he worked as a labor worker for various farms, noted as one...
Enrique Hernandez Sanchez, Sr.
Mar 27, 2011
Enrique Sanchez 80, passed away peacefully surrounded by his family on March 27, 2011. He was born in San Francisco Cajones, Oaxaca, Mexico on July 16, 1930. He was a long time member of the First Baptist Church in Arvin. Enrique is preceded in death by his beloved wife Rosa Sanchez who went to be with the Lord in...
Michael Gerome Foster
Mar 26, 2011
Michael Gerome Foster was born December 9, 1957, to Jesse Lee and Eloise (Eiland) Foster, in Mississippi. He was a resident of Cleveland, Ohio, for many years. In accordance with his family's wishes there were no services for Michael Gerome Foster, age 53, who passed away in Bakersfield, California, on March 26, 2011.
Carolyn Ann Larue
Mar 24, 2011
Carolyn Ann LaRue was born in Arkansas on January 31, 1946. She was raised by parents Ed and Altie (Beggs) Cook. In the mid 1950's the family moved to Shafter where Carolyn attended local schools. She married Frenchy LaRue on November 22, 1981 in Bakersfield, CA. She was the proud owner/operator of the Red Wagon Café for 20 years;...
