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...
William (Bill) Sage Ready
Sep 30, 2007
William (Bill) was born in Miami, Oklahoma to John and Florence (Sage) Ready. At age two Bill's family moved to Kansas City, Missouri, where he would later graduate from the University of Missouri. After graduation he served 4 ½ years in the U.S Navy during World War II attaining the rank of a Lieutenant Commander. After the war Bill...
Nora Eskew
Sep 30, 2007
Nora Eskew, age 91, safe in the arms of Jesus, arrived in paradise at 10:45am, on Sunday, September 30, 2007. She was a loving mother, grandmother, great grandmother, great great grandmother. Nora was preceded in death by two husbands, Raymond F. Wilson and Arvil "Pete" Eskew; two brothers, Oscar and Jack Cross; one granddaughter, Ronda Jean Clark. She is...
Tomas Gomez
Sep 29, 2007
Tomas Gomez was born in San Luis, Potosi, Mexico, on October 31, 1950, to Leocadio and Ignacia Gomez. He married Maria Esquivel on April 29, 1972, in Lequetio, Coahuila, Mexico. The couple moved to Lost Hills in 1993, and he began working for Paramount Farming Co. Tomas loved spending time puttering around his home and yard. He loved animals...
Flora Ruth Tolbert
Sep 29, 2007
Flora Ruth (Townsend) Tolbert was born May 2, 1924 in New Mexico to Mr. and Mrs. Chester Townsend. The family moved from New Mexico to Colorado then Arizona before settling in California. Flora married Elmer E. Ledbetter in 1938 and he preceded her in death in 1958. Flora later married Harold Tolbert and he preceded her in death in...
Alicia Camargo
Sep 28, 2007
Alicia Camargo was born December 24, 1978 in Wasco, California to Alberto and Eva (Vargas) Camargo. She grew up in Shafter attending Shafter elementary schools and graduating from Shafter High School with the Class of 1997. She worked from the Chevron Station at Lerdo & Hwy 99, the Texaco Station on Seventh Standard Road and also for Sun World...
Everett William Stanley, Sr.
Sep 27, 2007
Everett William Stanley was born November 11, 1932 in Ringold, Oklahoma to Samuel and Ida (Calloway) Stanley. He moved to California in 1948 and back to Oklahoma for a short time before returning to Lamont permanently in 1960. He and Lily Belle Johnson were married June 2, 1952 in Las Vegas. Everett worked in agriculture and as a truck...
Alex Escobedo
Sep 25, 2007
Alex Escobedo was born in Bakersfield, Ca, on March 19, 1963, to Jose and Anita Escobedo; one of a set of triplets. He was raised in Delano and attended Cecil Avenue Junior High and graduated from Delano High Class of "81"; he also attended Bakersfield College. Shortly after college he moved to Bakersfield, and had been employed for the...
Robert Martin Bongberg
Sep 25, 2007
Robert Martin Bongberg passed away Tuesday afternoon in Shafter. Robert, known as Bob (Doc) to his friends, had been a resident of Shafter for over 50 years. Bob was predeceased by both parents, five siblings, and his only daughter, Janet Stockton. He spent his final days surrounded by family and loved ones in the Carrington Care Facility in Shafter....
Maxie Augustine Graves
Sep 24, 2007
Maxie Augustine Graves was born August 20, 1931 in Amagon, Arkansas to Milford and Gracie Opal (Casey) Van Oven. She was raised in Arkansas where she and Vernie Graves were married on May 17, 1945. They later moved to Michigan and settled in Californian in 1964. Maxie, known as "Teenie" enjoyed the outdoors and the majesty of the mountains....
Ruth Bergen
Sep 24, 2007
Ruth was born in Einlage, Paraguay on December 31, 1955, the 3rd of four girls. The family immigrated to Canada in 1956 settling in Calgary, Alberta. She was raised in a Christian home, the daughter of a Mennonite teacher and minister. She married Greg Bergen in December 20, 1979 eventually settling in Shafter. She was born to teach and...
Frances Ann Hartz
Sep 22, 2007
If one's life is measured by the number of friends and lives that are touched, then Frances Hartz's life was full and complete. She was born in Gregory, South Dakota, where she met the love of her life, Fred Hartz. Together they were frontier farmers, raised five children, spread their love to two grandchildren and two great grandchildren, weathered...
