Lois L. Smith
Nov 18, 2008
Lois L. Smith, a California resident for 58 years and a 35-year resident of Yucca Valley, died Nov. 18, 2008, at home. She was 90 years old. A native of Canada, she was born to M. Roy Waldrop and Cecil Dunn (Wyles) on Dec. 9, 1917. A teller, she retired from the banking business, in which she worked for...
David C. Stogden
Nov 18, 2008
David C. Stogden was born May 31, 1917 in Alamogordo, New Mexico to Thomas and Julia (Carrillo) Stogden. David served our country during World War II attaining the rank of Private First Class with the Troop C 5th Cavalry. He moved to Bakersfield after serving in the military and began a 35 year career with Southern Pacific Railroad. He...
Darryl Robert De Lattre
Nov 17, 2008
Darryl Robert DeLattre 1966-2008 Darryl was born on October 18, 1966 to Patsy Heriford and William DeLattre. He graduated from Shafter High School, and resided in Bakersfield with his two daughters. He passed away on November 17, 2008 in Ensenada Mexico. Darryl was a strong minded person with a big heart and you always knew where you stood with...
Richard Phillip Russell, Sr.
Nov 17, 2008
Richard Phillip Russell Sr., U.S. Marine, 55. A funeral Mass for Richard Phillip Russell Sr. will be celebrated at 9 a.m. Nov. 24 at Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church on the Twentynine Palms Marine base. A graveside service will follow at 1:45 p.m. at Riverside National Cemetery's Staging Area No. 4. Mr. Russell died Nov. 17, 2008, in...
Kimberly Ruth Murphy
Nov 15, 2008
Kim was born in Wasco, California to James and Deborah Zimmermann. She left this world for God's kingdom on November 15th. Kim graduated from Arvin High School class of 1982, and spent 16 years working for the Postal Service. She is preceded in death by her grandparents Ruth and Lloyd Sheley and by her father. Kim leaves behind her...
Ella Mae Walker
Nov 13, 2008
Ella Mae Walker was born January 6, 1924 in Creek County, Oklahoma to Nora (Williams) and William Fincher. Ella came to Shafter during WWII and made a home to raise her family. She and her late husband, Dee, were very involved and active with the Church of Christ. Ella is survived by her children, Jeannie Walker of Bakersfield, Dee...
Bernard Glenden Lebeau
Nov 12, 2008
Bernard Glenden LeBeau was born on August 2, 1921, to Dorilda and Edward LeBeau in Marshall, Minnesota. Ben joined our Lord on November 12, 2008, attended by his beloved wife, Elizabeth, at their new home in Bakersfield, California. From his earliest years through high school, Ben worked with his family on their dairy farm at a time when electricity...
Nadely Mariah Gutierrez
Nov 12, 2008
Nadely Mariah Gutierrez was born October 6, 2006 in Bakersfield and entered God's Heavenly Cradle on November 12, 2008 in Madera. Nadely is survived by her mother, Kassandra Breanne Bailey; father, Abram Daniel Gutierrez; grandparents, Amanda & Fernando Torres, Scott Sherrill, Maria Romero and Ignacio Gutierrez; great-grandparents, Jerry Bailey, Rose Bailey, Marcelino & Lilia Torres, Beverly Davis, Albertina Mendoza,...
Frank Garcia Galvan
Nov 11, 2008
Frank G. Galvan was born January 30, 1945 in Brawley, California to Augustine and Lucy (Garcia) Galvan. His family moved to Fresno and he graduated from Washington High School, Easton and went on to attend Fresno State. Frank had been a resident of Arvin for the last 30 years, working for John Kovacevich and Dole Packing as an independent...
Gilberto Garza Hinojosa
Nov 9, 2008
Gilberto was born on November 28, 1953 in La Candelaria, Nuevo Leon, Mexico to Adolfo Sr. and Elmina. He passed away peacefully on November 9, 2008, after a long battle from the results of a brain stem stroke. Gilberto has now gone to be with his Heavenly Father. He loved the ocean, now with no pain he soars as...
Antonio - Chavez
Nov 5, 2008
Antonio Chavez was born November 5, 2008 in Yuriria Guanajuato, Mexico to Herlinda (Gomez) and Salvador Chavez. He married Gricelda Gonzalez in October of 1978 in Mexico then came to Arvin in 1989. Antonio was a family man he did the cooking for all the family gatherings and adorned his home with music and laughter. He had a wonderful...
Matthew Dale Kennedy
Nov 5, 2008
Matthew Dale Kennedy was born in Bakersfield on April 12, 1982 to Debra Kay (Ried) and Raymond Dale Kennedy. Matthew is survived by his wife Ashley Marie Presley and two loving daughters, Katherine Marie, 3 years old and Mattalyn Denise, 7 weeks old; mother, Debra Kennedy, father Raymond Dale Kennedy, step-mother Shawna M. Kennedy; Grandparents Bernice Ried and Gary...
Paulo H. Martinez
Nov 4, 2008
Paulo Martinez was born June 23, 1920 in Hacieda El Pelar, Mexico and moved with his family to Texas when he was three years old. The family then moved to California when Paulo was a teenager, first living in Tulare County before settling in Kern County. Paulo married Ofelia Palomo of Shafter on July 6, 1942 and they raised...
Dian Lorraine Roden
Nov 4, 2008
Dian Lorraine Roden died Nov. 4, 2008, in her Yucca Valley home of ovarian cancer. She was 88 years old. The daughter of James Blaine Fullerton and Carolyn Marie Daughtery, she was born April 14, 1920, in Los Angeles; she was a lifelong resident of California and a 10-year resident of the Morongo Basin. Mrs. Roden was an accountant...
Larree “Mary” Hicks
Oct 31, 2008
LarRee "Mary" Hicks, a native of New Mexico, a 58-year resident of California and a 10-year resident of Yucca Valley, died Oct. 31, 2008, at Hi-Desert Medical Center. She was 74 years old. She was born to George Ford and Ethel Irene Graves on Feb. 15, 1934. Mrs. Hicks was a crossing guard for the Riverside Police Department for...
Amelia Singh Castaneda
Oct 26, 2008
Amelia is now with the Lord and the love of her life, Luis S. Castaneda, daughter, Dora, son, Luis and daughter Angie. A viewing will be held Thursday, October 30, 2008 from 8:30am to 10am at Hopson-Anspach Family Mortuary followed by a service at 10am. A graveside service will be held at 11:30 at Union Cemetery. Amelia resided in...
Manuel Gomez Morales, Jr
Oct 26, 2008
Manuel Gomez Morales, Jr. beloved son and brother passed away in Arvin, CA on October 26, 2008. He was born August 4, 1987 in Mexico to Eva Morales and Manuel Gomez. Manuel was most remembered by his smile, which was contagious, he greeted everyone with a big smile; he loved listening to music and cruising. Manuel enjoyed getting together...
Cecilia Villarreal Munoz
Oct 25, 2008
Cecilia was born November 22, 1921 to Gilberto T. and Cecilia (Rodriguez) Villarreal in Bryan, Texas. She came to California in 1939 and married her husband of 65 years, Raul R. Munoz on June 12, 1943 in Delano. Raul's job in construction took them to many different towns throughout California including, San Jose, Stockton, Los Angeles and San Andreas...
Paul Nungaray Loza
Oct 25, 2008
Paul Loza, age 80, was born December 9, 1927 to Policarpo and Hilaria (Nungaray) Loza in Clarkside, Arizona. He came to Wasco when he was seventeen. Paul worked for Wasco Concrete Pipe Co. for twenty-five years and for Farm Pump and Irrigation for twenty years. Paul liked to BBQ, going out to the coast and loved spending time with...
Ila M. Ellison
Oct 24, 2008
Ila M. Ellison was born May 23, 1922 in Oklahoma to Bertha (Wyrick) and Walter Rowland. She came to Merced California at the age of 16, in 1938 with her parents. She married James L. Smith and they had three children, and then widowed. She later married A.C. Ellison, who preceded her in death in 1981. Ila is survived...
