Lois E Beller
Jan 8, 2011
Lois Edna Beller left this world and her family she loved so much on January 8, 2011; born in Muldrow, Oklahoma on August 9, 1923 to Mattie Leona (Pruitt) and Joseph Edgar Ruckman. She was raised with her seven siblings in Muldrow, where she attended school. They came to California in 1940 via the bay area. She met and...
Pierre 'Pete' Etchegoimberry
Jan 8, 2011
Pierre "Pete" Etchegoimberry was born June 3, 1920 in Helette, France in the Basque region. Pete has been a resident of Bakersfield for the last 50 years, first working as a sheepherder and later he began his own landscaping business. He liked watching motorcycle racing and sporting events. Pete also enjoyed fishing in Bishop. Pete married Florence Nell Curry...
Lupe M Valles
Jan 8, 2011
Lupe Melendez Valles was born May 26, 1931 in Arvin, California to Secundina (Marquez) and Rafael Melendez. She grew up and attended school in Digiorgio, later earning her high school degree in 1978 after attending night school. She valued education and decided to continue her education at Bakersfield College, attending college at the same time as 4 of her...
Joseph Thomas Powers
Jan 7, 2011
Joseph Thomas Powers, a 10-year resident of California and one-year resident of Yucca Valley, died Jan. 7, 2011, in Yucca Valley because of an accident. He was 36 years old. The son of Donald Nolan Powers and Linda Parker Tyree, he was born April 28, 1974, in Biringham, Ala. Mr. Powers was a windmill technician for AES Wind Generation...
Rosa Maria Perez
Jan 5, 2011
Rosa was born to Manuel and Hortencia Garza in Edinburg, Texas. At the age of five she and her family moved to Kern County, and finally settled in Shafter. Rosa married Gerardo Perez on April 4, 1994 in Wasco. Rosa dedicated her time to her taking care of those around her. She was a great cook, and especially enjoyed...
Emiliano Isaiah Pimentel
Jan 5, 2011
Emiliano Isaiah Pimentel was born January 10, 2010 in Bakersfield, California to Diana Pimentel and John Perkins. He is survived by is parents, Diana and John; brothers, Johnny and Julian; sister, Kaitlyn; grandparents, Dena Walker & husband Will, Paul Perkins and wife Nina and Eleanor Ascencio, all of Bakersfield; great-grandparents Bill and Theresa Cottingham of Bakersfield and John and...
Gary Dwayne Dodgen
Jan 4, 2011
Gary Dwayne Dodgen was born on August 10, 1953, in Bakersfield, CA. He was the youngest child of Jack and Joyce Dodgen. He was a 1971 graduate of Wasco High School and proudly served his country in the United States Army during the Vietnam War. Gary is survived by his parents, Jack and Joyce Dodgen of Bakersfield,; sister Brenda...
Doice 'Buck' Cox
Jan 4, 2011
Doice "Buster" Cox was born October 27, 1916 in Lexington, Oklahoma to Nora and Solomon Cox next to the youngest of 10 children. He served in the United States Army during World War II from April of 1942, to October of 1945. Doice worked for Monolith Cement Plant for 27 years and also had Jeans Market in Arvin for...
Jose Martinez Lopez
Jan 3, 2011
Jose "Joe" Martinez Lopez March 20, 1925 – January 3, 2011 Jose Martinez Lopez was born March 20, 1925 in Lawson, Texas to Marcos (Martinez) and Julio Lopez. The family moved to California first to Kings County in the Corcoran area then settling in Shafter in 1965. Joe worked for Santa Fe Railroad as trackman for 32 years retiring...
Brenda Denise Garrett-Lee
Jan 2, 2011
Brenda "MeMa" Denise Garrett – Lee, age 55, passed away at the Life House in Bakersfield on January 02, 2011. Brenda was born in Wasco, California May 05, 1955 to Elmer and Gloria Jean Brown. She lived in the Bakersfield area most of her life, with a career in auto sales. Survivors include her husband Wayne Lee of Bakersfield;...
Phillip Eugene Zachary
Jan 2, 2011
Phillip E. Zachary July 9, 1934 – January 2, 2011 To Phillip Eugene Zachary belonged the highest of tributes: those who knew him the best admired him the most. This remarkable man with a brilliant mind and a servant's heart was welcomed by his beloved Lord Jesus on Sunday morning, January 2, 2011. He was 76 years old. His...
Sandra Helen Mathews
Dec 31, 2010
Visitation is Wednesday, January 5, from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at Peters Funeral Home, Shafter, California. Funeral Services will be held Thursday, January 6, at 11:00a.m. at Peters Funeral Home with interment at Shafter Memorial Park for Sandy Mathews, 68, who passed peacefully surrounded by her family on December 31, 2010. Sandy was born in Buttonwillow, California to...
Rosa Armendina Carrillo
Dec 29, 2010
Rosa Armandina Carrillo was born in Piedras Negras, Cahuilla, Mexico on March 17, 1951 to Maria Dolores (Lira) and Filiberto Valdez, one of six sisters. She was raised in Texas and came to California at the age of 18, she met Gilberto Carrillo and fell in love with him; they married in Kern County on June 24, 1972. She...
Leslie Wendell Armstrong
Dec 26, 2010
Les Armstrong was born September 14, 1948 to Iva (Carson) and Charlie Armstrong in Portageville, Missouri, he was the youngest of 10 children. When Les was 9 years old the family moved to Shafter and he attended Shafter elementary schools and graduated from Shafter High School with the Class of 1966. Les went on to attend Bakersfield College before...
John Alexander Mulligan
Dec 26, 2010
John Mulligan, 88 years old, passed away peacefully at his home on Sunday, December 26th, surrounded by his family and dreaming of the life he had loved, especially his days raising honeybees. John was born in Selma, California, later moving to Delano where he raised his family and was co-owner of Mulligan Furniture Company with his brother George. Eight...
Pauline Margaret Hanson
Dec 20, 2010
Pauline Margaret Hanson, 91, of Yucca Valley, died December 20, 2010. She was born to Ralph and Lillian Eastman, March 14, 1919, in Glendale, CA. Her father Ralph Eastman died at an early age and her mother remarried in 1936 to C. H. Jacobs of Fallbrook, CA. Pauline graduated from Fallbrook High School in 1936. She married the late...
Arnold Funk
Dec 20, 2010
Arnold Funk was born June 10, 1922, to Jacob and Nellie Funk, in Shafter, California, and went home to be with his Lord on December 20, 2010. In his early childhood, the family moved to Coldwater, Texas. During the Dust Bowl years, Arnold's family moved back to Shafter, California. From an early age, Arnold was always a very hard...
Melvin Dale Williford
Dec 20, 2010
Melvin Dale Williford was born August 19, 1916 in Hornersville, Missouri to Vallie (Biffle) and Fred Williford, one of four children. The family moved to Arvin in 1925. Melvin graduated from Kern High School with the Class of 1934 and went on to attend Bakersfield College. He worked for the railroad and Belridge Oil before entering the US Army...
Robert Thomas Miller
Dec 18, 2010
Robert Thomas Miller, age 51 of Pine Mountain Club, passed away December 18, 2010. He was born in Colorado to Florence Margaret (Barlow) of Massachusetts and Charles Henry Miller of Michigan on July 15, 1959. He was a Video Engineer in the entertainment industry and was a resident of Kern county for 15 years. Per his family's request there...
Glenda Sue Worsham
Dec 17, 2010
Visitation will be held Tuesday December 21st, 2010 from 2 to 8pm at Peter's Funeral Home, 844 East Ledro Hwy, Shafter. Graveside service will be held on Wednesday December 22, 2010 at 2pm at Shafter Memorial Park. Glenda Sue Worsham was born in Eufaula Okalahoma on August 25th, 1930. As a child, she lived in Bakersfield and later resided...
