Alfred J. 'Smitty' Smith
Dec 8, 2007
Alfred J. Smith was born July 1, 1915 in Eastland County, Texas to Pleasant and Lela Smith. Smitty came to California at an early age. During World War II he worked at Cal Ship on Terminal Island. Smitty was owner/operator of Smitty's Garage in Shafter for 45 years. Smitty was the only charter member left of the Shafter Lions...
John Henderson Campbell
Dec 7, 2007
John Campbell was born June 14, 1939 to Tex and Icie Campbell, in Bakersfield. He graduated from McFarland High School. John was employed by Kern County Department of Parks and Recreation. He eventually became an owner/operator of a private security company. John enjoyed the outdoors and hunting. He was a generous man and loved children. John was a member...
Juana I. Duran
Dec 6, 2007
Juana Infante Duran was born October 151923 in Guanajuato, Mexico to Jose and Florencia (Mendez) Infante. She lived many places including Nuevo Lerdo, Mexico, Reynoso, Mexico and Texas before moving to California in 1972. She worked in agriculture for many different farm labor contractors. Her family has good memories of Sundays at Lake Woollems for picnics, bar-be-cues, watermelons and...
Joan Marie Aldridge
Dec 6, 2007
Joan Marie Aldridge was born December 1, 1963 in Wasco, California to James and Leta Mae (Frantz) Waldrip. Joanie attended Wasco elementary schools and graduated from Wasco Union High School with the Class of 1981. She went on to graduate from business college in Fresno. Joanie worked for Production Credit in Wasco and Glendale Savings and Loan in Bakersfield....
Baltazar Perez Garcia
Dec 3, 2007
Baltazar Perez Garcia was born May 11, 1973 in Mexico to Ernesto and Maria Trinidad (Perez) Garcia. He moved to Arvin with his family as a young child and attended Arvin elementary schools and Arvin High School with the Class of 1991. Balta was self-employed as a handyman doing construction and repairs for the last 8 years. Balta enjoyed...
Edmundo Miranda Hernandez, Jr
Dec 3, 2007
"Mundo" (Jr), age 44, was born in Bakersfield, California and raised in Arvin. Mundo received his GED and attended Bakersfield College. Mundo married Elizabeth Hernandez on June 24, 1989, and had two children, Pricilla and Mundito. Mundo worked as a handy man starting at age 21. Mundo was well known in Arvin by the people. He was a very...
Dorothy Elizabeth Shields
Nov 30, 2007
Dorothy Shields was born in Bakersfield, California on March 16, 1933 and went to be with her Savior November 30, 2007. Dorothy was preceded in death by her husband, Paul. Dorothy leaves behind her beloved sons, Ben and wife, Becky, Paul and wife, Rose; as well as grandsons, Jarrad and wife, Sarah, Scott and David, and her only granddaughter,...
Julian Vasquez Tijerina
Nov 29, 2007
Julian Tijerina was born January 28, 1936 In Jourdanton, Texas to Juan and Rosaura (Vasquez) Tijerina. He grew up in Texas and moved to Arizona, before settling in California. Julian lived in Shafter for 10 years and Wasco for the last 23 years. He married Margaret Nunez Lopez November 11, 1967 in Arizona. Julian was a hard worker who...
Antonio Garcia Garcia
Nov 29, 2007
Antonio Garcia was born in Rincon del Chino, Zamora, Michoacan, Mexico, to Maximiliano and Maria Garcia on July 5, 1941. He married Celia Garcia Yepez on October 19, 1963. He came to Bakersfield in 1985, with 4 of his children; and a few years later Celia joined them with their other 4 children. He worked with Grimmway as a...
Michael Jess Tiger
Nov 28, 2007
Michael Jess Tiger was born November 11, 1967 in Wasco, California to Jack Tiger and Charlotte Osborn Tiger McPhetridge. He grew up in Wasco and graduated from Wasco High School with the Class of 1985 and attended Bakersfield College. He worked for Save Mart in Wasco for 5 years and then began his 12-year career as a correctional officer...
Robert Ybarra
Nov 21, 2007
Robert Ybarra was born November 4, 1949 in Sacramento, California to Serafin and Margaret (Dingman) Ibarra. He was raised in Arizona then come to work for Jackson & Perkins in Wasco in 1967. This is when he met Maria Martinez and they were married August 26, 1968. Robert went to work for Rancher's Cottonseed Oil and became a member...
Eloisa Perez Lopez
Nov 21, 2007
Eloisa Lopez, age 88, was born November 18, 1919 in Yuma, Arizona to Cornelio Verela and Sarah (Gonzales) Perez. She came to Arvin, California in 1952 and in the early 1980's she moved to Bakersfield where she lived with her daughter. She worked was a farm labor during the summers. Eloisa was a raiders fan she enjoyed crossword puzzles,...
Betty Lou Ellis
Nov 18, 2007
Betty Lou went to be with her Heavenly Father Sunday morning, 11/18/07, after living a joyous and healthy eighty-six years. Born November 14, 1921 to Lemuel and Louisa Mussetter in De Smet, South Dakota, she moved with her family to Wasco in 1935 where her father found gainful employment building homes in the Wasco area. She graduated from Wasco...
Eliseo Martinez Gonzalez
Nov 15, 2007
Eliseo was born in Los Ramones, Nuevo Leon, Mexico, to Crecencio and Bruna Gonzalez on September 13, 1944. The family moved to Caruthers, California in 1956, and Eliseo help his family financial working in the grapes. He married Minerva Gomez on January 9, 1966, in Shafter. Eliseo worked as a farm laborer for Bergman and Isaac for 23 years...
Robert Henry Jackson
Nov 15, 2007
Bob was born November 15, 1935 to Percy and Anna Jackson in Rosiclare, Illinois. He passed away suddenly, yet peacefully, at home on his 72nd birthday. As a young man, he moved to Wyoming where he worked as a cowboy until joining the U.S Army, 11th Airborne Division, serving in Augsburg, Germany. He returned to Wyoming where he worked...
Joyce Marie Jameson
Nov 12, 2007
Joyce Marie Jameson 07/26/1940 – 11/12/2007 Joyce Marie Jameson was born in Bakersfield, on July 26, 1940, to William and Lizzie Jameson. The family lived in Shafter for 11 years and eventually relocated to Porterville. Arrangements were under the direction of Peters Funeral Home. Interment was private. Please sign Joyce's guest book at www.goldenvalleymemorialcare.com.
Eddie Floyd Lane
Nov 12, 2007
Eddie Floyd Lane was born June 6, 1942 in Monroe, Oklahoma to Floyd and Mary (Williams) Lane. In 1944 the family moved to California and Eddie attended local elementary schools and graduated from Shafter High School with the Class of 1960. Eddie entered the Army in 1964 and was honorably discharged in 1970. During his time in the service...
George Watson Jr.
Nov 12, 2007
George Watson Jr., "Red" as he was called by everyone, passed in his sleep after a lengthy battle with cancer. He was born in Marshfield, Wisconsin to George and Marie Watson on December 25, 1934. He was a hard working man who could do just about anything he put his mind to. He served in the Wisconsin National Guard...
Christopher Joseph Johnson
Nov 9, 2007
Christopher Joseph Johnson was born February 28, 1978 in Bakersfield, California to Johnathan and Mary (Wankum) Johnson. A life-long resident of Bakersfield he attended Horace Mann Elementary School, Compton Jr. High and graduated from East High School with the class of 1996. In his youth he attended St. Joseph's Catholic Church where he received his First Communion. He married...
Juan Lorenzo Velarde
Nov 9, 2007
Juan Lorenzo Velarde was born May 8, 2006 in Bakersfield to Juan Velarde and Denise Garcia. Juan Lorenzo is survived by his parents; brothers, Oscar and Eric; sisters, Maura and Kimberly; grandparents, Jesus and Manuela Martinez and Maura Ruiz, all of Lamont; and by many loving aunts, uncles, cousins. A funeral service will be held Thursday, November 15 at...
