Leonard Jones
Aug 26, 2010
Leonard Jones passed away on August 26, 2010 at the age of 70. Leonard was born on April 24, 1940 to Dovie and David Jones, in Oklahoma. Leonard came to California with his family in the late 1940's. Leonard became a truck driver and he spent 35 years working with heavy machinery in construction and agriculture. He was a...
Billy Ray Derry
Aug 26, 2010
Billy Ray Derry passed away on August 26, 2010 at the age of 76. Billy was born in Oklahoma on June 28, 1934, to Kiawana and Willie Derry. Billy moved to Shafter with his family when he was about 10 years old. He travelled around for work in his younger years but no matter where he went, he always...
Wanda Mae Gibson
Aug 25, 2010
Wanda Mae Gibson was born December 21, 1944, in Checotah, Oklahoma, to Ernest and Lucy Mae (Youngblood) Smith. The family moved to Kern County, California, while she was still a baby. She spent her entire life here. In accordance with her family's wishes there were no services for Wanda Mae Gibson, age 65, who passed away in Bakersfield, August...
Linda Ladine Martin
Aug 24, 2010
Linda Ladine Martin passed away on August 24, 2010 at the age of 62. Linda was born on November 12, 1947 to Eunice and Roy Harp, in Bakersfield, Ca. Linda spent her life as a caring and loving mother and grandmother. Linda was a devoted member of the Jesus Saves Church. She enjoyed decorating especially for the church during...
Buffy Suzanne Balentine
Aug 23, 2010
Buffy Suzanne Balentine was born July 12, 1972 in Wasco, California to Peggy (Crosby) and James Steve Balentine. She attended Wasco schools and various nursing classes, then went on to be lead therapist at Enchantment Resort in Sedona, Arizona before returning to Kern County and Santa Maria. She was a spiritual girl, full of spirit and a fun-loving gal....
Larry P. Robertson
Aug 19, 2010
Larry Robertson was born on August 10, 1927 in Prescott, Arizona to Ruth (Pettigrew) and Fred Robertson. Larry gave his life to Jesus and was saved by the blood at age 15 in Glendale, Arizona. Larry graduated from Paso Robles High School and he served our country during World War II in the US Navy from 1943 to July...
Gloria Becerra De Zamora
Aug 15, 2010
Gloria Becerra De Zamora was born on October 1, 1962 in Salvatierra, Guanajuato, Mexico to Aurora (Lopez) Becerra and Ubertino Becerra. Gloria was a strong woman with moral principles, very honest, brave and a fighter. She was a woman that she always knew how to defend her ideals; she had a big heart, very sweet, generous and always willing...
William Raymon Mcbryant
Aug 14, 2010
William Raymon McBryant was born December 25, 1935, in Mojave, California, to Robert and Ileta (Mace) McBryant. He was a production supervisor in the chemical industry for 20 years and a resident of Mojave his entire life. In accordance to his family's wishes there were no services for William Raymon McBryant, age 74, who passed away at her residence...
Emiliano I Duran
Aug 8, 2010
Emiliano I. Duran was born on August 8, 1954 in Reynosa, Tamaulipas, Mexico to Juanita (Infante) Duran and Crespin Duran. He married the love of his life Petra (Garcia) in Texas in 1970, they settled in Wasco, where worked as a contractor with local farmers for 40 years. He was a proud family man, a hard worker and loved...
Jose Antonio Rodriguez
Aug 7, 2010
JOSE ANTONIO RODRIGUEZ WAS BORN IN MICHOACAN MEXICO ON MARCH 23, 1985 TO, JOSE RODRIGUEZ MORENO AND JOSEFINA TAPIA URIBE. JOSE ANTONIO RODRIGUEZ WORKED IN AGRICULTURE FOR 10 YEARS. JOSE ANTONIO A RESIDENT OF BUTTONWILLOW COMPLETED THE 12TH GRADE AT THE LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL. JOSE ANTONIO WAS ONLY 25 YEARS OLD WHEN HE PASSED AWAY ON AUGUST 7, 2010...
Donald H. Averill
Aug 4, 2010
Donald H. Averill Mechanical Engineer, 97 Donald H. Averill, a 40-year resident of California and Yucca Valley, died Aug. 4, 2010, at Ingleside Lodge assisted-living facility. He was 97 years old. The son of Plummer M. Averill and Olive Dodge, he was born Jan. 20, 1913, in Wilton, Maine. He was raised on a farm in Maine and owned...
Roberta L. Schellenberg
Aug 1, 2010
Roberta L. Schellenberg went to be with Jesus Christ on August 1, 2010 surrounded by her loving family at the age of 81. She was born in Bakersfield on November 28, 1928 to parents Edward Gustus and Lydia Marie Kruger. She lived in Shafter and the Bakersfield area her entire life. She was married for 49 years to Lawrence...
Rosalie K. Lott
Jul 31, 2010
Rosalie K. Lott, a 25-year resident of Yucca Valley, died July 31, 2010, at home. She was 90 years old. The daughter of Joseph Kashuba and Rose Kashuba, she was born Oct. 22, 1919. A homemaker, she was married to Alfred Lott for 45 years. She enjoyed crocheting, sewing, cooking, baking and spending time with all her children, grandchildren...
Alicia Rodriguez Ruiz
Jul 29, 2010
Alicia Rodriguez Ruiz was born in mexico on October 20, 1942 to Felipe R. Almagner and Jovita R. Mata. Alicia Ruiz worked in agriculture for 40 years. Alicia Ruiz was 68 years old when she passed away on 7/29/10 in bakersfield, Ca. She was a resident of Shafter, CA. The mass of the resurrection was officiated by padre Lucas...
Antonio Cabrera Martinez
Jul 26, 2010
Antonio Cabrera Martinez was born on October 18, 1948 in Puerta Del Monte, Guanajuato, Mexico to Carmen and Francisco Cabrera. Antonio came to Wasco in 1971 He married the love of his life Amelia (Gallardo) in Mexico, they were married 44 years. Antonio enjoyed dancing and gardening, he liked sharing the vegetable he grew in his vegetable garden with...
William 'Bill' Goertzen
Jul 25, 2010
William "Bill" Goertzen was born in Oklahoma, the sixth of eleven children on March 21, 1916, to Jacob Goertzen and Anna Shierling Goertzen. On July 20, 1941, Bill and Martha were married. The Goertzens were married for 69 years, and lived in California for their entire married life. They are survived by three children, Chris Prine, Bill and wife,...
Harry Frederick Krauter
Jul 24, 2010
Fred Krauter passed away peacefully on July 24, 2010 after a short illness. He was born May 15, 1917 in Bucyrus, Ohio, the second of Harry and Esther Krauter's eight children. In 1925 the family moved to Bakersfield and eventually bought a farm near Arvin. Fred graduated from Bakersfield High School in 1935. He joined the army in the...
Erna Nichols
Jul 22, 2010
Erna A. Nichols, a 11-year resident of Twentynine Palms, California died at home Thursday, July 22, 2010. She was 84 years old. The daughter of Karl and Sophia Schroeder, she was born July 7, 1926 in Mecklestedt, Germany. She worked at Drake University as a chef. She was an avid doll collector. Her husband of 30 years, Ronald Nichols,...
Viola H. Dirksen
Jul 21, 2010
Viola H. Dirksen was born on June 6, 1913 in Goodrich, North Dakota and settled in Shafter in 1934. She was 1 of 4 daughters born to John and Mary (Reiswig) Baumbach. On August 1, 1933 she married Simon "Sam" Dirksen at the Seventh Day Adventist Church in Shafter. Viola was proud of her over 40 year career as...
