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...
Nicolaza Torres Vazquez
Dec 14, 2010
Nicolaza Torres Vazquez was born April 22, 1925 to Pastor and Maria (Torres) Vazquez in Shafter California. She worked as a farm laborer her entire life. Nicolaza was a very religious woman, and prayed constantly. She was an avid reader, and especially enjoyed reading about historical periods; her favorite topic to read about was English Monarch history. Nicolaza is...
Richard Lee Spanel
Dec 13, 2010
Richard Lee Spanel was born to Leo Anton & Luella Marie (Olsen) Spanel in Broken Bow, Nebraska on October 31, 1944. Richard passed away at home, surrounded by his loved ones, on December 13, 2010. At fourteen years of age, Richard moved to Kern County with his family and graduated Wasco High in 1963. He loved camping and riding/racing...
Ervin Luis Rodriguez
Dec 12, 2010
Ervin Luis Rodriguez was born in Puerto Rico on April 10, 1949 to Adriana (Rivera) and Galo Rodriguez. He left Puerto Rico and came to the Wasco in 1980, via Florida, where he and his wife, Herlinda, continued raising their family. He was a strong and hard agriculture laborer, he retired from Jackson & Perkins after working with them...
Allen C. Charlier
Dec 8, 2010
Allen C. Charlier Dec. 20, 1944-Dec. 8, 2010 Banker, 65 Allen C. Charlier, a lifelong resident of California and 24-year resident of Yucca Valley, died Dec. 8, 2010, at Hi-Desert Medical Center in Joshua Tree. He was 65 years old. The son of Melvin Charlier and Coletta Goldy Kensinger, he was born Dec. 20, 1944, in Bell. Mr. Charlier...
Thomas Ricardo Corona
Dec 7, 2010
Thomas Ricardo Corona was born in Bakersfield, California to Maria (Ojeda) and Joel Corona. He entered God's heavenly Cradle December 7, 2010. Thomas Ricardo Corona is survived by his parents Maria and Joel Corona; brother, Joel Corona, Jr.; sisters, Monique Corona, and Betsaida Corona; grandparents, Luis Fernando Corona, Felipa Esparza, Estela Ojeda, and Jose Ojeda Funeral Service will be...
Leo Lawrence Boiteux
Dec 5, 2010
Leo Lawrence Boiteux was born August 26, 1918, in Los Angeles, California, to Leo Aloysius and Ida (Vogel) Boiteux. He was a reference librarian for 40 years and a resident of California City, California, for 12 years. In accordance to his family's wishes there were no services for Leo Lawrence Boiteux, age 92, who passed away at his residence...
Flora Dominguez
Dec 2, 2010
Flora Dominguez was born in Chupicuaro, Gto. Mexico to Gregorio and Elvira (Guerrero) Perea. Flora married Juan Dominguez on January 1, 1965 in Acambaro, Gto. Mexico. She worked in farm labor for over forty years, working with many different crops. Flora loved to travel to her home town Chupicuaro, and kept in close touch with her family and friends...
Jana Lynn Rasley
Nov 30, 2010
JANA LYNN RASLEY 39, WAS BORN IN BAKERSFIELD CA ON JUNE 6, 1971 TO Karolyn Kay DUERKSEN AND ROBERT MILLWEE. JANA WAS A HOMEMAKER FOR 13 YEARS. SHE LIVED IN KERN COUNTY FOR 39 YEARS. JANA LYNN RASLEY PASSED AWAY ON NOVEMBER 30, 2010 IN BAKERSFIELD CA.
June Dorothy Follstad
Nov 29, 2010
June Dorothy Follstad Homemaker, 70 June Dorothy Follstad, a 70-year resident of California and 28-year resident of Joshua Tree, died Nov. 29, 2010, at home. She was 92 years old. The daughter of Frank A. Scheer and Ann Weber-Scheer, she was born Dec. 1, 1918, in Dubuque, Iowa. A homemaker for 60 years, Mrs. Follstad was a volunteer at...
Rodrigo Lopez Gonzalez
Nov 28, 2010
Rodrigo Gonzalez was born December 7, 1948 in Miguel Aleman, Tamaulipas, Mexico to Maria Del Jesus (Lopez) and Rodrigo Gonzalez, one of 8 children. He grew up in Elsa, Texas graduating from the local elementary and high school. He went on to graduate from ATM Vocational School in heavy equipment repair and maintenance. Rodrigo served our country during the...
Jack Everett Croak
Nov 27, 2010
Jack Everett Croak was born September 7, 1934, to William and Anna (Lewis) Croak. He was a Casino Manager for 50 years and a resident of Tehachapi, California, for 12 years. In accordance to his family's wishes there were no services for Jack Everett Croak, age 76, who passed away at his residence in Tehachapi on November 27, 2010....
