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....
Carl Neumann Jr.
Nov 3, 2009
Carl Neumann Jr. 1927-2009 Mr. Carl Neumann Jr. of Bakersfield passed away November 3, 2009 at the age of 82. He was born July 21, 1927 in Medford, OK. to Mr. Carl and Elizabeth(Gaede) Neumann. Carl had worked for many years as a cropduster for Hallmark and Garriot Cropdusting and was a Navy veteran. He is survived by his...
Mary Esther Chandler (Petty)
Nov 3, 2009
Mary Esther (Petty) Chandler fell asleep in her Lord's hands on Tuesday night, November 3, 2009. She was born in Collinsville, Oklahoma to Stella (Barrell) and Samuel Houston Deaver. She came to Lamont California where she and Mr. John Love Petty III exchanged wedding vows on May 14, 1938 and had two lovely daughters. Mary was a homemaker a...
Evelyn Ruth Meyer
Nov 2, 2009
Evelyn passed away suddenly on November 2, at Kaiser Hospital in Vallejo, California. Evelyn was born on August 23, 1927 in Bessie, Oklahoma. She attended elementary schools there and then graduated from high school in the nearby city of Cordell. She met her husband, Roger Meyer, at a young people's convention in 1946. They were married in Bessie on...
Freddy Dean Posey
Nov 2, 2009
Fred went to Heaven to be with his family already there. Viewing is Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009, from 2-8 p.m.,at Peters Funeral Home in Shafter. Graveside services will be held on Thursday, Nov. 5, at 11:00 a.m., at Shafter Cemetery. Survivors include his wife, Tina; his sons, Fred and Chris; his daughters, Desiree, Teresa, Katie, and Tina; 11 grandchildren;...
Isabelle G. Arreola
Oct 31, 2009
Isabelle G. Arreola was born in Mexico, on December 30, 1918 to Maria (Lugo) and Anatacio Gallegos. In 1937 Isabelle married Pedro Arreola in Shafter where they raised their five children. She attended to family over the course of her life as a homemaker; ready to take charge, no matter how small or large the task. Isabelle faithfully attended...
Mrs. Donna Marie Myers
Oct 30, 2009
Mrs. Donna Marie Myers, 64 Mrs. Donna Myers, a 45 year resident of California and a 11 year resident of Joshua Tree died on October 30, 2009 at Home. She was 64 years old. She was born on September 11, 1945 to Jimmy Roberts and Levenia Jones in Wichita Falls, Texas. She was also the step-daughter to Dudley Vanhorn....
Ima Jo Anderson
Oct 29, 2009
Ima Jo Anderson was born July 4, 1934 in Tulsa, Oklahoma to Verna Mae Burke and Marion David Tankersley. Her family moved to Huntington Park, California around the year 1945 where she graduated from Huntington Park High. She worked at Hoyett's sandwich shop one summer where she met her husband of 36 years. Dwayne Anderson. She raised her four...
Donald Wayne Powers
Oct 28, 2009
Donald Wayne Powers passed away October 28, 2009. He was born October 7, 1937 in Chickasha, Oklahoma to Daisy (Tyler) and Clarence Powers. He was wonderful husband, a devoted father, grandfather and great grandfather who was loved throughout his life. He was barber in Bakersfield for 43 years, his love humor and laughter will be missed by all who...
William Jefferies Brown, Iii
Oct 28, 2009
William J. Brown was born in Boston, Massachusetts, to Eunice and William Brown, Jr. He graduated from Lake Worth High School, Florida with the Class of 1952 and continued his education at Virginia Polytechnic Institute. He served his country in the US Marine Corp in 1954 and followed with reserve duty. He worked as a design engineer for Jacobs...
Luis - Pimentel
Oct 27, 2009
Luis Pimentel, padre querido, nació 26 de Mayo, 1928 en El Rancho La Joya, Michoacán, México murió 27 de Octubre, 2009. Te has ido pero en nuestros corazones nunca te irás. Siempre estarás con nosotros. Gracias por todo lo que nos distes y nos enseñaste en esta vida. No te vas solo, te llevas nuestros pensamientos y pronto volveremos...
James Milford Waldrip
Oct 21, 2009
James Waldrip went to be with his precious Savior on Oct. 21, 2009. Through the course of his health struggles over the last two months, he often proclaimed to family and friends that he was ready to make heaven his new home. He spent most of his last days praying unselfishly for others, and proclaiming his love for Jesus...
