Beatrice Thompson
Nov 9, 2007
Beatrice was born to John and Ida (Ogden) Kinsey on April 7, 1911, in Indian Territory, Oklahoma. She married Jack Thompson in 1931 and they moved to Shafter in 1937 during the Dust Bowl era with her two young sons. The times were hard but Jack was able to build a two-room dirt floor house for them to live...
Eva R. Estavillo
Nov 8, 2007
Eva Estavillo was born on June 11, 1944, to Alex and Cedra Estavillo in Shafter. She attended the local schools and eventually moved to San Jose. While in San Jose Eva was employed as a school bus driver until her health failed. Eva enjoyed playing bingo and going to the casinos. She also enjoyed traveling and going south of...
Clay Edward Panter
Nov 8, 2007
Clay Edward Panter was born October 23, 1927 in Wasco, California to Ed and Bertha (Ratzlaff) Panter. He attended local schools and graduated from Wasco Union High School with the Class of 1945. He was drafted into the Army in 1945 and served in World War II as a clerk for the Chaplin's Division stationed in the Phillipines, earning...
Rachel Level
Nov 2, 2007
A funeral service has been scheduled for Saturday, November 10, 2007, 1pm at Peters Funeral Home chapel in Wasco with interment following at Wasco Memorial Park for Rachel Level, 75, of Wasco who passed away November 2, 2007. Visitation will be Friday from 2-8pm at the funeral home. Rachel was born September 15, 1932 in Texarkana, Texas, the third...
Harvey Harry Harbison
Nov 2, 2007
Harvey was born on December 13, 1920 in Jasper, IN and passed away November 2, 2007 in Shafter, CA with his wife by his side. He and his two brothers were raised in an orphanage in Petersburg, IN and he graduated from high school in Evansville, IN in 1939. In 1941 he entered the army in Kentucky and was...
Refugio Varella Torres
Nov 1, 2007
Refugio Varella Torres was born July 4, 1929 in Brownsville, Texas to Ricardo and Isidra (Villareal) Torres. Refugio worked from a very young age and entered into the Army. He worked in Germany cleaning mines in the late fifties. Refugio moved to Arizona where he worked for Mormon Church Farms for forty-two years until his retirement. Refugio married Mary...
Emil Henry Struemph
Nov 1, 2007
Emil Henry Struemph was born January 6, 1927 in Freeburg, Missouri to Henry Jay and Gertrude Ann (Richter) Struemph, one of 10 children. He served his country in the Merchant Marines during Would War II from 1943 to 1945 and answered the call to service again, this time in the Army during the Korean Conflict from 1950 to 1952...
Frank Lee Escobedo, Jr.
Oct 31, 2007
Frank Lee Escobedo, Jr. was born in Torrington, Wyoming, to Frank and Rose Escobedo, on August 2, 1958. The family came to Shafter when Frank was in his early teens. He attended both Shafter and Wasco High. He married Eva Trujillo on October 14, 1984, in Shafter, Ca. Frank worked as a warehouse distribution supervisor for several years, but...
Patricia Macneil
Oct 28, 2007
Patricia "Pat" Mac Neil was born in Nova Scotia, Canada. She received her education at St. Joseph's School of Nursing where she became a registered nurse. She was a long time resident of Shafter. Before her retirement, she worked for several years at Golden Living Center (Shafter Health Care), where she was the Director of Nursing for twenty years....
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...
