Sharon Lea Noble
Nov 29, 2009
Sharon Lea Noble passed away November 29, 2009. She was born in Wisconsin on August 24, 1944 to Meuriel (Reich) and Andrew Jablonski and raised in Tacoma WA where she met and married Kenneth in 1964. They made their way to Shafter in 1986 where they've called home for the past 24 years. Sharon was a wonderful wife, a...
Carlos Ochoa
Nov 29, 2009
Carlos Ruiz Ochoa March 20, 1947 – November, 2009 Carlos Ruiz Ochoa was born on March 20, 1947 to Sara and Guillermo Ochoa in San Antonio Guaracha, Michoacan, Mexico. He was was a farm laborer for 48 years. He married Consuelo Ochoa and had four children. Carlos is preceded in death by his parents, Sara and Guillermo Ochoa and...
Joseph Wallace Turner
Nov 29, 2009
Joseph Wallace Turner was born and raised in Canton, Ohio, and graduated from St. John's High School in 1942. He entered the Navy in 1943 and served until 1946. He met Margie at the first of which became many dances and they were married in 1949. They followed Joe's job with PacBell to a new job in California in...
Leonardo - Encinas Acosta
Nov 26, 2009
Leonardo (Chano) Encinas Acosta was born in Ciudad Morelos, Baja California on June 21, 1978 to Rosa Elena (Acosta) and Daniel Araujo Encinas. He came to Kern County at the age of 2 years old, along with his eleven (11) siblings he was raised here in Shafter where he attended the local schools. Family was always first, whenever there...
Johnny Lloyd Timmerman
Nov 25, 2009
Johnny Lloyd Timmerman of Wasco, CA died on November 25, 2009 of natural causes. Johnny was born in Medford, Oregon on June 9, 1959 to Douglas & Vivian Timmerman. Most of Johnny's life was devoted to being ranch manager of Timmerman Farms. He spent a lot of his time with his family, or out shopping for treasures. He also...
Hattie Marie Roberts
Nov 23, 2009
Hattie M. Roberts was born February 3, 1912 in Grand Valley, Oklahoma one of nine children born to Sarah Eliza (Wauson) and Josephus MacGuthric Montgomery. Shortly after Hattie was born the family moved to Missouri, then to Brownfield, Texas. Hattie met her husband George Shellie Rosamond in Brownfield, Texas. Despite their age difference, George was over twenty years her...
Matilde Gonzalez Monarrez
Nov 22, 2009
Matilde Gonzalez Monarrez was born February 24, 1930 in Topeka, Kansas to Saturnina (Gutierrez) And Rafael Gonzalez. She married Salvador Monarrez August 2, 1953 and they celebrated 57 years of marriage this year. Matilde and Salvador worked as migrant farm laborers in New Mexico and Texas before settling in Lamont. Matilde's family loved her cooking and baking, persimmon cookies...
Charles Alvin Dickey
Nov 21, 2009
Charles Alvin Dickey was born June 14, 1928 in Azuza California to Lola Mae (Campbell) and Thomas Charles Dickey. He was the oldest of 4 children, raised in Arvin and attended the local schools. Charles enlisted with the Army in 1945 as a paratrooper and a demolition specialist. He met Velta (Davis) in 1951 and they married in 1966;...
Jose Bravo
Nov 19, 2009
Jose Bravo was born in Tangancicuaro Michoacan on September 12, 1957 to Jovita (Arteaga) and Alfredo C. Bravo. He came to Wasco at the age of 6 years and attended the local schools, was on the Wasco High School wrestling team and graduated in 1976. Jose was a handy man willing to fix anything that was broken, worked on...
Beta Lou Price
Nov 19, 2009
Beta Lou Price was born in Ardmore, Oklahoma on November 16, 1932 to Zuelma (Smith and Samuel Royal. She came to California with her family in 1943 at the age of 11 and attended the local schools in Arvin. She was a homemaker, loved her family and friends. Always there for support when ever anyone needed anything, she was...
Robylee Butler Del Rio
Nov 14, 2009
Robylee Butler Del Rio Mar 20, 1922 - Nov 14, 2009 Robylee Butler was born in Harrisburg, Illinois to parents Letta and Roscoe Butler. As a railroad worker, Roscoe relocated his family to Bakersfield two years later, where Robylee lived for the remainder of her life. She married Joseph Stanley Chaffin prior to WW II and had 3 sons...
Eddie Ocampo
Nov 13, 2009
Eddie Ocampo December 5, 1999 – November 13, 2009 Eddie Ocampo was born December 5, 1999 to Herlinda (Landeros) and Hector Ocampo in Bakersfield, California. Eddie attended John Prueitt Elementary School. He enjoyed playing soccer at school with his friends; he liked wrestling, and playing marbles. Eddie is preceded in death by his grandparents, Eduardo Ocampo and Guadalupe Rivera....
Ms. Alice Ann Church
Nov 12, 2009
Ms. Alice Ann Church, 72 Certified Nurse's Aid Ms. Alice Ann Church, a native of Seattle, Wash., a 40-year resident of California and a 10-year resident of Morongo Valley, Calif., died on November 12, 2009 at Desert Regional Medical Center of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. She was 72 years old. She was born on May 15, 1937 to Basil...
Roy Joseph Burke
Nov 11, 2009
Roy J. Burke was born in Canada to Verna and Joseph Burke. Roy served the US Navy for 2 years During World War II and was honorably discharged in southern California where he settled. He enjoyed a 35 year career with Chrysler working on the manufactures lines. Roy and Verna Tankersley met in Hunting Park and married in 1953....
Lloyd Sidney Unruh
Nov 9, 2009
Lloyd Sidney Unruh peacefully left this world and entered into the arms of his Heavenly Father Nov. 9th, 2009. Lloyd was born on July 13, 1933 to Sam and Dora Unruh in Bakersfield, CA. He attended Greeley Elementary and Bakersfield High School. He married Barbara Becker on Aug. 7, 1953. Together they had three sons: Gary, Doug, and Brian....
Matt Villafranca Soto
Nov 5, 2009
Matt you left behind many memories, friends and family on earth, see you in God's Garden…………. Matthew Villafranca Soto was born January 13, 1979 in his home town of Bakersfield, to Janie (Villafranca) and Robert F. Soto. The middle of three children, he had the most energy, outgoing and humor to spare. Matt had sports talent that just came...
Rose Marie Vono Freeman
Nov 5, 2009
Rose Marie Dieter was born April 11, 1929 to Michael Dieter and Theresa Wagner Dieter in Freeburg, Missouri. She moved to Wasco with her family when she was 5 years old. She attended St. John's Parochial School and Wasco Union High School, class of 1946. That same year, she met the love of her life, Michael Vono. They married...
Carmen Sabala
Nov 4, 2009
Carmen Sabala July 16, 1926 – November 4, 2009 Carman Sabala was born July 16, 1926 to Joseph Sanchez and Esther Barboza Sanchez in Wasco, California. She attended Wasco elementary schools and Wasco High School. She married Sam Sabala and they continued to make Wasco their home where they raised their family. Carmen worked in agriculture all her life....
