Feb 22, 2024

Leona Merle Grant was born in Sallisaw, OK on October 20,1926. Merle is the daughter of Maxie & Besse Wasson. The family moved to Wasco in 1932, where she attended Wasco schools and graduated from Wasco High School in 1944. She became a Life Member of the California Scholarship Association.

Merle married Loran S. Grant, whose parents...

Feb 21, 2024

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Feb 19, 2024

Donald D. Klassen, fondly known as Don, passed away on February 19, 2024, surrounded by his family. He was born to Jacob and Marie Klassen, in Shafter, California. Don was the youngest of six children. After graduating from Shafter High School in 1955, he dabbled with a few different occupations until finding his lifelong passion in carpentry, which led...

Feb 18, 2024

Feb 17, 2024

Helen Marie Pankratz was born March 29,1940 in Hutchinson, KS to Helen and Andrew Pankratz. There were two children in the family; her sister, Sara Ann, was a year and a half older. They were poor, but they didn't know it at the time. During her childhood on the farm, she had many cherished memories. At a young age,...

Feb 16, 2024

Feb 15, 2024

Leonard Dunn was born on April 26,1943 to parents Willie and Rutha Dunn, in Little River Arkansas. Leonard attended local Elementary and High School in King County and received his High school diploma from Compton Adult school.

Leonard met and married Wilma Ruth Hogan. To this union six children was born: Leonard Dunn Jr, Tammy Dunn, Larry...

Feb 14, 2024

Mary Maxine Horton was born on April 24th, 1932 in Bristow, Oklahoma and went to her mansion in the sky from this earth on February 14th, 2024 at her home in Wasco, Ca with family. She was survived by 6 kids, Sonny Horton, Bobby Horton (Theresa), Daniel Horton (Ellen), Michael Horton, Gwen Furgerson(Kelvin), Benjamin Horton(Toni),16 grandkids Jodi Sanchez(Tony), Alan...

Feb 13, 2024

Feb 11, 2024

Eldalene Maurine Peters was born in Bakersfield, CA on November 8, 1941, to Richard H. and Ethel E. Douglas of Wasco. She married Glenn G. Peters, the love of her life, on July 29, 1967, they shared 44 years together.

Eldalene (Mom) attended Wasco elementary schools and graduated from Wasco Union High School in 1959. Mom also...

Feb 10, 2024

Feb 9, 2024

On August 4th, 2001, God gifted us with Hannah Grace Jerez. On February 9th, 2024, He took her home. Hannah was a sweet soul. Her caring and loving spirit was undeniable by all who knew her. She was full of love and extended it to those around her. If anyone was hurting, she was always ready to comfort them....

Feb 8, 2024

Feb 7, 2024

Magdalena "Maggie" Dabbles age 74, of Shafter, CA passed away peacefully at home on February 7, 2024.

She was born in Sundown Texas on March 28, 1949 to Hilario Dabalos and Luisa Garza.

Maggie moved to California in 1987. She worked as a Cafeteria Aide for 31 years. She loved her job at Grow Academy....

Feb 7, 2024

Martha Peters went to be with her Lord and Savior on February 7, 2024, in Shafter. Martha was born June 22, 1933, in Hillsboro, Kansas to Frank and Sarah (Zielke) Penner, the 11th of 13 children. The family moved to Dinuba in 1943 and Martha attended Immanuel High School and met her future husband, Clarence W. Peters. They married...

Feb 5, 2024

Feb 4, 2024

Kenneth Edward "Eddie" Waldron was born in Wasco, CA on November 14, 1957. He passed peacefully on the early morning of February 4, 2024, in Lenexa, KS.

Eddie grew up in the Central Valley of California and spent most of his life in Bakersfield, CA before moving to KS in 2020. He worked for Kern Oil Refinery...

Feb 3, 2024

Lee A. Jones passed away surrounded by her three children on Saturday February 3, 2024. She was born Lee Antoinette Bittner on December 21, 1950 in Grinnell, Iowa to Lyliane and Donald Bittner.

Lee was the 3rd of 9 children and in the early 1960's, the Bittner family relocated to Goleta, California. Lee graduated from San Marcos...