Javier Juan Rocha
Dec 13, 2009
Javier was born February 9, 1974 in Delano, California to Aureliano and Angelina Rocha. He was raised in McFarland until his teenage years. He then moved to Wasco, California and he enjoyed spending the majority of his time with his family and friends. He had many hobbies, which he loved, including his most beautiful concrete art work, some of...
Bonnie Pruitt
Dec 13, 2009
Bonnie Pruitt 1923 – 2009 Our loving mother went home to be with the Lord Dec 13, 2009. There she will rejoice with husband Frank and son Benny. She was born in Rufe, OK. to Margaret and John Benson. She moved to California in 1954. She leaves behind four daughters: Judy Weaver and husband Roger of Shafter, Donna Pruitt...
Ms. Florence Marshall
Dec 13, 2009
Ms. Florence Marshall, 97 Homemaker Ms. Florence Marshall, a native of California of 97 years, a 44-year resident of Yucca Valley and 29 Palms, Calif., died on December 13, 2009 at home of cancer. She was 97 years old. She was born on October 02, 1912 to Ray Johnson and Aldena B. Miller in Sacramento, Calif. Florence Marshall was...
Martha Louise Epp Goertzen
Dec 10, 2009
Martha Louise Epp Goertzen was born the third of four girls on December 4, 1922, in Shafter, California to Peter and Elizabeth Epp. Martha attended Richland and Maple schools, graduating from Wasco High School in 1940. On July 20, 1941 Martha and Wm Goertzen were married in the Shafter Mennonite Brethren Church. The Goertzens were married for 68 ½...
Mr. Thomas Edward Ryan
Dec 10, 2009
Mr. Ryan was born on October 11, 1922 and passed away on Thursday, December 10, 2009. Mr. Ryan was a resident of Twentynine Palms, California at the time of passing.
Rogelio Ortiz Valdez
Dec 10, 2009
Rogelio Ortiz Valdez passed away 12/10/2009 in Wasco California. He was born to Maria Dolores Valez and Antonio Ortiz Morales on July 17, 1963. Rogelio was an agriculture farm laborer for 15 years. Visitation for Rogelio Ortiz Valdez, age 46 of Wasco, will be held Sunday, December 20,2009 from 2 to 8 pm at Peters Funeral Home Chapel. Burial...
Sandra Jean Bernhardt
Dec 9, 2009
Sandra Jean Bernhardt was born in Vancouver, Washington on October 5, 1953 to Wilma Irene (Schultz) and Alfred Benjamin Carlson. She was a secretary in the educational field for 20 years and a resident of Vancouver for 56 years. In accordance to her family's request services for Sandra Jean Bernhardt, age 56, who passed away in Bakersfield on December...
Roark Davis Randolph
Dec 9, 2009
Roark Davis Randolph entered eternal life on December 9, 2009. He was born in Bakersfield, California on July 1, 1958. Though his life would seem too short to many, those who were touched by Roark understood that the quality of his existence far exceeded the length of time that he walked among us. Roark loved his family more than...
Ms. Norma Ruth Staten
Dec 9, 2009
Norma Ruth Staten Projects Coordinator, Assistant Principle, Teacher, 89 Published: Thursday, December 17, 2009 11:42 AM CST Norma Ruth Staten, a 67-year resident of California and a 29-year resident of Yucca Valley, died Dec. 9, 2009, at home. She was 89 years old. The daughter of Elmer Shepardson and Rose E. Morris-Shepardson, she was born Aug. 5, 1920, in...
Elmer 'Ivan' Reich
Dec 8, 2009
Elmer "Ivan" Reich was born in Tallahanee, Oklahoma on January 25, 1924 to Atlas Immagene (Rose) and Ammon Hanford Reich. He was one of thirteen siblings. He married his beautiful wife, Alice (Reed) on September 4, 1943. He then moved to the Tulare area where he pulled cotton bowls and many other jobs to put food on his families...
Mildred Elizabeth Allen
Dec 8, 2009
Mildred Allen, 78, of Bakersfield, CA went to be with the Lord on December 8, 2009. Mrs. Allen was born in February, 1931 to Floyd and Vesta Smith in Short, OK, the third of seven children. The family moved between Oklahoma, Arkansas and Missouri during the next several years. Mildred quit school in the middle of seventh grade to...
Lucy Alderete
Dec 4, 2009
Lucy Alderete June 17, 1917 – Dec 4, 2009 A celebration of the life of our Mother Lucy Alderete will begin with a Rosary Tuesday 12/8/09, 7pm at Hopson-Anspach Mortuary. The celebration will continue Wednesday 10:30 at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church 609 E. California Ave. Mom went home peacefully to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ,...
Lela Kathryn Kliewer
Dec 4, 2009
Lela Kathryn Kliewer passed away on December 4th at the age of 82. Lela Kathryn Jackson was born in Elmore City, Oklahoma in 1926 to Dessie Regina Masterson and Baker Neal Jackson. She lived in Shafter since 1946. She met her future husband, Jake Kliewer, while working in Los Angeles during W.W.II. They were married in Roswell, New Mexico,...
Juanita Mae Ramay
Dec 3, 2009
Juanita Mae Ramay passed away December 3, 2009 in her residence. She was born in Hugo, Oklahoma on March 31, 1931 to Otha (Cody) and Luther Masser. She came to her hometown of Shafter as a young teenager, attended and graduated from Shafter High School in 1949, the same year she married her wonderful husband Hardy Ramay Jr. They...
