Pauline 'Skeeter' Brown
Sep 21, 2007
Pauline Brown was born February 2, 1915 in Arkansas to Fred and Bessie (Perryman) Wood. The family moved to Wasco and Pauline attended Wasco elementary schools. Pauline then moved to Oklahoma where she met Samuel Edmond Brown. Ed and Skeeter were married February 13, 1932 in Bristow, Oklahoma and in 1933 returned to Wasco. Skeeter served her family as...
Lillian Mae Sharp
Sep 20, 2007
Lillian Mae Sharp was born in Alex, Oklahoma, on November 25, 1925, to James and Bessie Lewis. She came to Shafter in 1948, and married Earl Sharp on January 27, 1953. Lillian helped support the family by working during her marriage for Armstrong Nursery (formerly Germaine's) and in the potato fields for Bill Gladden. She enjoyed quilting, and loved...
Loretta J. Dunnahoe
Sep 19, 2007
Loretta Dunnahoe, age 62 of Shafter, Ca, beloved mother, grandmother, daughter, sister and aunt died peacefully at home surrounded by her family. She was preceded in death by her brother, Charles; parents, Phyllis and Brownie Coleman. Loretta was born on July 2, 1945, in Wasco, Ca, to Phyllis and Brownie Coleman. Loretta grew up in Shafter. She worked as...
Salvador Lopez
Sep 17, 2007
Salvador Lopez was born December 30, 1944 in Yuriria, Xoconoxtle, Mexico, to Jose and Olivia Lopez. He married Irene Nunez December 11, 1963 in a small town called El Cimental in Mexico. Salvador was very family oriented. He enjoyed spending time with his family. Salvador leaves behind his wife Irene Nunez of 43 years; his siblings and their spouses,...
Angela Josefina De La Fuente
Sep 16, 2007
Angela Josefina De La Fuente was born in Bakersfield to Eric De La Fuente and Maria Rivas. Don't think of me as gone away, my journey has just begun. Life holds so many facets, this earth is only one. Just think of me as resting from the sorrows and the tears, in a place of warmth and comfort, where...
John Leon Prueitt
Sep 15, 2007
John Leon Prueitt was born October 16, 1915 in Douglas County, Missouri to William and Clara (Denny) Prueitt, one of 10 children. The family moved to California in 1925 and settled in Lindsay where John graduated from high school. John attended Porterville Junior College and then graduated from Fresno State University with a degree in education and a minor...
Daniel Brice Howard
Sep 11, 2007
Daniel Brice Howard was born March 27, 1924 in Rondo, Arkansas. He worked as a farm hand in Arkansas but when his country called, he entered the US Navy in 1944 attaining the rank of Seaman First Class. Daniel was honorably discharged in 1946 in California where he decided to stay. Daniel married Geraldine Frances Odem October 31, 1949...
Jose Bladimir Romero
Sep 8, 2007
Jose Bladimir Romero was born September 5, 1955 in La Union, El Salvador to Gregorio and Fidelina (Velasquez) Romero. He immigrated to California to the Bakersfield area 27 years ago and settled in Lamont. He married Joanna Alvarez in 1989. He worked for Grimway Farms, first doing farm labor then becoming a mechanic, working on forklifts and other equipment,...
Sarah Linda Suderman
Sep 5, 2007
Sarah Linda (Funk) Suderman was born April 26, 1915 in Hillsboro, Kansas to Paul and Eva (Balzer) Funk. She was married to Ezra Suderman and they moved from Kansas to Shafter in 1954. She was a life-long member of the Mennonite Brethren Church and shared her musical talent as church organist, pianist and member of the choir in Hillsboro...
Beulah Byrd
Sep 4, 2007
Beulah Ann (Baxa) Byrd was born in Albion, Kansas, to Mathew and Anna Baxa on May 30, 1922. She moved to Bakersfield in her early 20's. She met Floyd Byrd while working as a nurse and they were married in 1955, and they moved to Wasco shortly after their marriage. Beulah also worked for a time for an insurance...
Albert Carrasco
Sep 3, 2007
Visitation will be held at Peters Funeral Home in Wasco for Albert Carrasco, 53, on Saturday, September 8 from 2-8pm. Recitation of the Holy Rosary will begin that evening at 6pm. Albert passed away September 3, 2007 in Bakersfield. Albert was born November 11, 1953 in Bakersfield to Abelardo and Pauline Carrasco. He grew up in Wasco and attended...
Alfredo Santos-Ceja
Sep 3, 2007
Alfredo Santos-Ceja was born in Uruapan, Michoacán, Mexico to Jose and Zeniada (Ceja) Santos, on September 3, 2007. He came to Shafter in 2005, and had been working as a farm laborer. He enjoyed playing basketball and volleyball and traveling. Alfredo was a very happy person, he loved to make people laugh, and he enjoyed dancing. Alfredo was preceded...
Bernice Reed Turpin
Sep 3, 2007
Bernice Corene (Reed) Turpin was born in Corona, California, to James and Ruby Reed, on July 17, 1933 and shortly after the family moved to Shafter. Bernice attended Shafter elementary schools and Shafter High School. On December 7, 1949 she and William Reed were married and they continued to make Shafter their home until 1959 when they moved to...
Jose Angel Contreras
Sep 2, 2007
Jose Angel Contreras was born August 8, 1963 in Bakersfield to Jose and Maria Luisa Contreras. He grew up in Lamont and attended Lamont elementary schools and Arvin High School. He worked all his life as a mechanic and in auto salvage. He worked for Payless Auto Wrecking, American Auto Wrecking and A-1 Auto Wrecking in Bakersfield and Simpson...
Joe Carl Duke
Aug 30, 2007
Joe Carl Duke went home to be with his Lord on August 30, 2007. He was born to Winsea and Dona Duke on March 29, 1932, in Stratford, Oklahoma. He married Joy Adams on June 9, 1954, in Oklahoma, and the couple came to Wasco in 1957, and they moved to Shafter in 1971. Joe worked for Wasco Elementary...
Ray Armijo
Aug 30, 2007
Born January 20, 1925 to Theodore and Frances Armijo in Bakersfield, CA. Ray grew up in Bakersfield, attending local Catholic Schools. He joined the Marines and then the Army as a Light Machine Gunner, proudly serving a tour of duty during WWII. He received the Purple Heart and several other distinguished medals. He married his one true love, Emma,...
Jose Carmen Busio
Aug 29, 2007
Jose Carmen Busio was born in Mission, Texas, to Carmelo and Amparo Busio, on March 19, 1944. He moved to California living in Santa Rosa, and eventually Shafter in 1997. He married Josefina Ramirez in Reno, Nevada on September 1, 1990. Jose worked as a truck driver hauling asphalt for most of his adult life. He was employed by...
Mabel Louise Cramer
Aug 29, 2007
Mabel Louise Bibb was born December 3, 1919 in Redland, Sequoyah County, Oklahoma to Charles Moses and Fannie Jane (Johnson) Bibb. She passed away August 29, 2007 after a lengthy illness. Mabel taught school for 51 years. She began her teaching career in 1941 at little school in Vian Bottom, Oklahoma. She came to California in 1949 to teach...
Myrtle Jane Rhoads
Aug 27, 2007
Myrtle Jane was born in Dewitt, Missouri, to Daniel and Sarah Mann on October 16, 1911. She married Eugene Rhoads on March 10, 1929, in De Queen, Arkansas. The couple moved to Shafter in 1942. Then they moved to Escondido in 1952, and they both worked for Convair Air in San Diego until 1964. They eventually returned to Shafter...
Dollie Sue Adams
Aug 25, 2007
Dollie Sue Adams (Pee Wee to friends and family) was born in Mulberry, Arkansas on March 16, 1931. She was preceded in death by her husband of 53 years, Billy John Adams; parents, Jim Kirby and Eula Cobb; and sister, Dottie Davis. She is survived by her daughter, Juneita Hand of Bakersfield, son, Robert Adams of Bakersfield, son, Mickey...
