Elias Velarde
Apr 14, 2011
Elias Velarde was born May 23, 1939 in Colorado City, Texas to Frances (Garcia) and Alberto Velarde, Jr. one of six children. The family moved to Shafter when Elias was an infant and he grew up in Shafter and attended Shafter schools. Elias married Lupe Sabedra April 17, 1960; they would have celebrated 51 years of marriage this Sunday....
Julia Stojka
Apr 14, 2011
Julia was born on August 3, 1922 and passed away on Thursday, April 14, 2011. Julia was a resident of Yucca Valley, California.
Martha Juarez Martinez
Apr 13, 2011
Martha Juarez Martinez January 30, 1941 – April 13, 2011 Martha Juarez Martinez was born January 30, 1941 in Indio, California to Consuelo (Gonzales) and Jose Juarez. They moved to Bakersfield shortly after she was born and she has lived here since. Martha married Mario C. Martinez August 19, 1963 and this summer would have been their 48th wedding...
Katsuko Hutchinson
Apr 12, 2011
Katsuko was born on September 20, 1932 and passed away on Tuesday, April 12, 2011. Katsuko was a resident of Joshua Tree, California.
Alberto Sosa Parra
Apr 11, 2011
Alberto Sosa Parra October 1, 1954 – April 11,2011 Alberto Sosa Parra was born October 1, 1954, in Yuriria, Guanajuato, Mexico, to Antonio and Maria Carmen (Parra) Sosa, and passed away April 11, 2011, in Bakersfield, California. He came to the Arvin area 1n 1986, and worked in the agricultural industry for 25 years. Recitation of the Holy Rosary...
Mr. Robert "Cowboy Bob" Vanden Hout
Apr 11, 2011
Mr. Vanden Hout was born on August 1, 1931 and passed away on Monday, April 11, 2011. Mr. Vanden Hout was a resident of Yucca Valley, California at the time of passing.
Anna Horsefield
Apr 9, 2011
Anna was born on October 7, 1924 and passed away on Saturday, April 9, 2011. Anna was a resident of Yucca Valley, California.
Lillian Isabell Kennedy
Apr 9, 2011
Lillian Isabell Kennedy was born October 13, 1917, in Pennsylvania, to Jack and Cecilia (McCavett) Goff. She was a homemaker for 73 years and a resident of Bakersfield, California, for 54 years. In accordance to her family's wishes there were no services for Lillian Isabell Kennedy, age 93, who passed away at her residence in Bakersfield, on April 9,...
Sergio Ernesto Ocampo
Apr 9, 2011
Sergio Ernesto Ocampo March 24, 1985 – April 9, 2011 Sergio Ernesto Ocampo was born in Jalisco, Mexico to Sergio and Herminia (Alvarado) Ocampo. Sergio and his family came to Wasco when he was 3 years old; he attended Wasco local schools and graduated from Wasco High School in 2003. Sergio loved listening to music and enjoyed playing the...
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...
