Ignacio Sarabia Sanchez
Oct 26, 2007
Ignacio Sarabia Sanchez October 26, 1945 – April 11, 2007 Ignacio S. Sanchez was born October 26, 1945 in Obregon, Senora, Mexico to Ignacio and Trinidad (Sarabia) Sanchez. He married Yolanda Ortiz on May 19, 1967 and came to the United States looking for a better future. He got hired with CMC Engines as a mechanic in Ventura County....
Emilio Cortez
Oct 25, 2007
Emilio Cortez was born November 18,1961 in Aguanuato Michoacan, Mexico to Audon and Aurora (Vallandares) Cortez. In May 1984 he married his love, Maria Mata. Emilio loved horses and participated in Rodeos while he was in Mexico. When he moved to California he started his career in agriculture working for Bolthouse, Grimway, Sunview and Giumara. Emilio was preceded in...
Roberto Eduardo Garcia
Oct 25, 2007
Robert was born in Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico. He was raised in Mexico with his parents, Manuel and Maria. He came to the United States and married Alicia Loera on July 16, 1988. Roberto was a hard-working man and truly enjoyed his career as a shop foreman for Sun Pacific. He loved his wife and son dearly and treasured...
Efren Lopez
Oct 25, 2007
Efren Lopez was born May 25, 1961 in Noria de Mosqueda, Guanajauto, Mexico to Jose and Maria (Ariola) Lopez. He has been a resident of Lamont for 16 years, working for Duncan Farms and Sunview. He married Maria Teresa Arellano in 1990. He loved to spend his free time playing with his children. He will be dearly missed by...
Apolonia G. Rodriguez
Oct 24, 2007
Apolonia G. Rodriguez was born in Coahuila, Mexico, to Refugio and Maria Garcia on February 9, 1908. She moved to Pharr, Texas where she attended school and eventually met and married Gonzalo Rodriguez. The couple lived briefly in several states (Colorado, Arizona, Arkansas, Michigan and Oregon) before finally settling down in 1954, in Buttonwillow. Apolonia enjoyed crocheting, knitting, and...
Derham Mohamed
Oct 20, 2007
Derham Mohamed was born April 20, 1956 in Yemen. His family moved to California when he was 13 years old. He met Yolanda Castro in 1981 and they were married in 1982. Derham owned Hadda Market and J & M Market in Arvin and worked very hard in the business and for his family. Derham loved his family and...
Frank Bejarano Meraz
Oct 17, 2007
Frank Bejarano Meraz was born January 30, 1917 in Beaumont, California to Francisco and Victoriana Meraz. He grew up in the San Bernardino area and later moved to Delano and Pond. The last seven years Frank has lived in Wasco with his daughter. Frank answered the call to serve his country during World War II serving in the Army...
Evelyn Bosworth
Oct 15, 2007
Our loving mother, grandmother and great-grandmother has joined her beloved husband, Gifford and her 13 brothers and sisters in heaven. Evelyn was born in Edgely, North Dakota into a large, loving family. In 1934 she and her sister hitch-hiked from Dubuque, Iowa to Los Angeles. She met her husband on the trip and they were married for 34 years...
Grace Virginia Hughes
Oct 15, 2007
Grace Virginia Hughes was born November 24, 1927 in Goodman, Wisconsin to Henning and Catherine (Lange) Swanson. Grace's future husband Roy Hughes was released from World War II in California and after an intense letter writing campaign convinced Grace to come to California to get married. She finally agreed to come on January 1, 1947 and three days later...
Alberto Llamas Camacho
Oct 13, 2007
Alberto Camacho was born in Guadalajara Mexico. He moved to Bakersfield in 1957 and worked for Guimmarra farms for 45 years. Alberto enjoyed fishing, bar-b-queuing, eating Mexican food and taking trips in the Winnebago. He was a friendly man who enjoyed talking with others. Alberto was preceded in death by his wife Mary Ellen Camacho and parents, Manuel and...
Virginia Rose Yocum
Oct 12, 2007
Virginia Rose Yocum was born July 10, 1925 in Tacoma, Washington. She moved to Porterville, California in 1953 where she made her home until moving to Shafter to be with her son for the last year when her health began to fail. In her younger years she worked in the potato sheds, as a waitress and as a caretaker...
Eva Marie Dixon
Oct 10, 2007
Eva Maria Dixon was born April 14, 1929 in Paducah, Kentucky to Bert and Clara (Faughen) Ogborn. Eva moved to Holtville, California and later settled in Wasco in 1964. She served her family as a homemaker and was faithful to the Pentecostal Church of God in McFarland until her health failed. Eva loved her family and collecting pictures of...
Robert 'Bob' Carder Coe
Oct 8, 2007
Robert Carder "Bob" Coe was born March 21, 1922 to Charles and Marian (Holmes) Coe in Sanger, California. He moved to Wasco at an early age and attended Wasco Union High School, graduating in 1941. Bob served as First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army Air Corp as a multi-engine instructor, a B17 pilot and a B29 pilot from 1944...
Dorothy Catherine Hill
Oct 7, 2007
Dorothy Catherine Hill was born on July 5, 1930, to Denver and Hazel Lewis in Etowah, Oklahoma. She was raised in Marked Tree, Arkansas and married Norman Hill on November 19, 1947, in Hernando, Mississippi. They couple moved to Shafter in 1949, and in 1962 they moved to Rosedale. Dorothy was a nurse's aide at Mercy Hospital on Truxtun...
Othel Gelene Guinn
Oct 7, 2007
Othel was born to Oscar and Ida Bell Root in Okemah, Oklahoma on January 22, 1930, and passed away in Bakersfield, Ca. on October 7, 2007 after a lengthy illness. Othel was one of five children and was preceded in death by her parents and three brothers, Vernon, Dane and Hoyt Root. She has one remaining sister, Josie Gibbens...
Josefa Gutierrez
Oct 5, 2007
Josefa Gutierrez was born March 10, 1928 in Reynosa, Tamalipas, Mexico and was adopted and raised by Pedro and Concepcion (Pena) Gutierrez. She married Pedro Gutierrez April 12, 1948 in Mexico and they moved to Pharr, Texas. They settled in Wasco in 1964. Josefa served her family as a homemaker and was a busy mother raising 12 children of...
Sabrina Gean Fontes
Oct 5, 2007
Sabrina Wheeler Fontes was born October 19, 1955 to Randall and Emma (Whitley) Wheeler in Moline, Illinois. She grew up and went to school in Missouri and her family moved to Buttonwillow when Sabrina was 17 years old. Sabrina married Arnold Fontes May 14, 1976 and they made their home in Wasco. Sabrina enjoyed being a homemaker and when...
Consuelo Treviño Gallegos
Oct 5, 2007
Consuelo was born on November 17, 1927, to Lucas and Tirza (Gauna) Treviño in Montemorelos, Nuevo Leon, Mexico. She married Manuel Gallegos on September 5, 1947, in Mexico. Consuelo loved her Lord and was happiest when at church, reading her bible and having fellowship with the church ladies. She loved her family and enjoyed family gatherings. Consuelo was preceded...
Marion 'Bill' William Coats
Oct 4, 2007
Bill Coats was born in Greenville, Texas on March 27, 1935, to Henry and Marie Coats. He married Eloise Dossey on January 6, 1956, in Dallas and shortly after they moved to Shafter. Bill was employed by S. A. Camp for 38 years as a pump installer. Bill enjoyed deer hunting and fishing with his son, Jimmidon. He loved...
Lois Holloway
Sep 30, 2007
Lois Holloway was born February 4, 1914 in Wicks, Arkansas to Rufus and Fannie (Harrison) Sargent. Lois was raised in Arkansas and came to California living in Richmond then Delano and settling in Wasco in 1945. Lois married Herman Johnson in Arkansas in 1932 and he preceded her in death in 1945. She then married Henry Massingill in 1948...
