Ciriaco Gonzalez Soto
Mar 19, 2008
Ciriaco Gonzalez Soto was born September 11, 1943 in Nuevo Chupicuaro, Guanajuato, Mexico to Jose S. and Maria (Gonzalez) Soto. He married Esther Dominguez. He worked as a farm laborer his whole life. He enjoyed gardening and was a man with a smart sense of humor. He was a very likeable and charming man that people were drawn to....
Abel Gonzalez Salinas
Mar 17, 2008
Abel González Salinas, age 54, was born in San Rita, Jalisco, México to Epigmenio and Maria Luz (Salinas) González. He married his wife, Maria R. (Garcia) Gonzalez in 1976 in Mexico and came to Wasco in 1983. He worked for Paramont for about twenty years. Abel was a hardworking man who liked to travel to the coast. He is...
Irma Cecilia Fogarty
Mar 17, 2008
Rosary and Mass will be held March 24th at 10am at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church for Irma Cecelia Fogarty. Irma was born in Plum City, Wisconsin and received her registered nurse's degree from St. Mary's School of Nursing in Superior, Wisconsin in 1938. She worked at Madison General Hospital, then left for sunny California to work...
Reuben Alvarez Garcia
Mar 15, 2008
A visitation for Reuben will be held on March 18, 2008 from 3-9pm at Hopson-Anspach Family Mortuary. A Rosary and Mass of a Christian Burial will be held Wednesday, March 19, 2008 at St. Josephs Catholic Church, at 10:00am, for Reuben A. Garcia, 81, who passed away in Bakersfield on March 15, 2008 with his children by his side....
Concepcion Elizondo
Mar 12, 2008
Concepcion Elizondo was born in Lalagitas, Nuevo Leon, Mexico, to Manuel and Altagracia Cantu on December 11, 1928. She married Humberto Elizondo in 1948, and the couple came to Wasco in 1962. Concepcion loved family gatherings and her grandchildren. She was known for her homemade tortillas, menudo, and her families favorite, Arroz con Pollo. Concepcion was an avid church...
Martha Melinda Perez
Mar 11, 2008
Martha Melinda Perez was born in Bakersfield, California to Benito and Maria Perez on August 26, 1995. Martha was your typical 12 year old girl, she loved playing, sports, music and running during P. E. She attended Thomas Jefferson School and was currently in the 7th grade. Martha loved and was greatly loved by her family. Martha is survived...
Patricia Mae Stringham Wiedmann
Mar 11, 2008
On March 11, 2008, Patricia Mae Stringham Wiedmann, surrounded by her loving family, went to be with the Lord and the family that preceded her. She was blessed with a full and rich life, loving husband of 63 years, and loving and admiring family. Patricia was born in Bakersfield to Angie and Elwood Stringham on April 7, 1924. The...
Beulah Lawler
Mar 10, 2008
Beulah Lawler went to meet her Lord and Savior on March 10, 2008, at the age of 97, in Visalia, California. She was a homemaker, loving wife, mother, grandma, great grandma and great-great grandma. She was born to Jason and Nora Smith on July 25, 1910 with twin sister Eulah. She married Harvey Lawler on August 4, 1928 in...
Paul Lester Moreland
Mar 10, 2008
Paul Lester Moreland was born September 27, 1927 in Stigler, Oklahoma to Joe and Rella (Ballard) Moreland. He grew up and received his education in Oklahoma and later moved to California. Paul settled in Kern County living in Wasco and Bakersfield for the last 40 years. He worked for the California Department of Forestry as a fireman for 12...
Joseph Charles Pusateri Jr.
Mar 7, 2008
On March 7, 2008 Joseph Charles Pusateri passed away at Westchester Gardens. His recent passing was a result of his decline in health over the last few months. Joe was 89 years old having been born in Lockport, New York on June 17, 1918. Joe was a veteran having faithfully served his country during World War II in the...
Jane Ann Long
Mar 5, 2008
Jane Ann Long passed away at her residence in Wasco, CA on March 5, 2008. Services will be conducted at Trinity Lutheran Church, 1643 Palm Avenue, in Wasco, CA on Wednesday March 12, 2008 at 1pm. Jane Ann Long was born on February 18, 1921, in Okeene, Oklahoma. She was one of sixteen children of Louis and Callie Lee...
Cletta Marie Deatherage
Mar 4, 2008
Cletta Marie Deatherage was born April 9, 1939, in Camargo, Oklahoma, to James and Jettie Littlejohn. Marie married Donald Worth Deatherage on June 15, 1956, in Delano. The couple lived in Delano for 18 years and eventually moved to Lost Hills. Marie along with her husband, D. W. were very active in the Lost Hills community. She was living...
Aurelia Maria Rico
Mar 4, 2008
Aurelia M. Rico was born in Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico, to Juan and Isabel Alcantar, on November 28, 1919. She married Asuncion Rico and they shared 25 happy years together before his death in 1978. Aurelia moved to Wasco in 1987. Aurelia enjoyed life and was happiest when tending to her home, she loved cleaning and washing dishes, working in...
Arleigh Johnson
Mar 3, 2008
Arleigh Eugene Johnson was born September 23, 1938, to Nick and Ellen Johnson. Arleigh lived in Shafter most of his life. Arleigh was known as a great artist, he enjoyed bartending, food service and gardening. Anything Arleigh did was meticulous. He had a great sense of humor; no one told a joke like Arleigh. Arleigh is survived by his...
Hazel Marie Willard
Feb 28, 2008
Hazel Marie Willard was born April 24, 1938 to Virgil and Arlin (Buttress) Wiedower in Wasco, California. She grew up in Wasco and attended Wasco elementary schools and graduated from Wasco High School with the Class of 1956. She married Blaine Willard December 23, 1960 and they made Buttonwillow their home. Hazel worked for 23 years as a rural...
Roy L. Mccourt
Feb 26, 2008
Together again, his sweetheart welcomed him into heaven's gate on February 26, 2008. Roy was born in Vernon, TX on Feb. 1, 1929 to Florence and Henry McCourt. He was the youngest of three children. Soon after, the family moved to Casa, AR. Roy grew up fishing and hunting in the beautiful mountains of Arkansas with his father. It...
Tessie Jewell Mccormick
Feb 25, 2008
Tessie McCormick, longtime resident of San Leandro, California, died February 25, 2008 in Salinas, California, at the age of 87. She was preceded in death by her father, James Franklin Baggs, her mother, Dora Mae Baggs, her brother, I. Wesley Baggs, her sister, Anna Rogers, and her husband, J. Orman McCormick. Graveside services under the direction of Peters Funeral...
Gracie Marie Crook
Feb 25, 2008
Gracie Marie Crook was born March 9, 1933 in Lonoke, Arkansas to Luther and Marie (Dunlap) Chambers. She was a resident of Rosamond, California where she served her family as a homemaker. She loved to camp, sew, craft, cook and enjoyed her children and grandchildren. She was a loving wife to Harold and a remarkable mother to Ronnie, Sandy,...
Max Carldean Coleman
Feb 24, 2008
Max Carldean Coleman was born in Charleston, Arkansas on April 18, 1914 to Ed and Daisy (Hunter) Coleman, both formerly of Arkansas, but moved to Wasco in the early 1930s to start farming. Max joined the Navy in 1933 where he saw time on the Yangsee River on a gun boat while the Japanese were shelling Shang-Hi. Max served...
Anselmo Prado
Feb 24, 2008
Anselmo Prado was born April 21, 1934 in Mesquitez, Nayarit, Mexico to Francisco and Gregoria (Hernandez) Prado. He married Maria de Jesus Zepeda June 15, 1955. Anselmo worked as a farmer in Mexico and moved his family to Lamont in 1988. He worked in agriculture on various farms and then retired from Grimway in 2001. Anselmo loved to dance...
