Lloyd Bowman
Feb 19, 2022
Lloyd Bowman went to heaven on February 19, 2022. He was born on the family farm in McFarland, CA to Samuel and Maude Bowman, the youngest of 5 children. His family had relocated to McFarland from the Inglewood area in the early 1900s to homestead previously unfarmed land. They moved to McFarland to join other relatives and Church of...
Steven Wilson
Feb 15, 2022
Steven Noel Wilson was born July 5th,1968 in Bakersfield, CA to Noel Wilson and Janice (Putnam) Wilson. He moved from his earthly home to his heavenly home with his Lord and Savior February 15th, 2022. He was raised two miles south of Shafter with his two younger brothers, Sam and Jay. Steve attended Richland Schools and graduated from Shafter...
Mary Lou Annin
Feb 12, 2022
Mary Lou Annin was born on May 14, 1936, in Stockton, California to Clarence R. Annin and Eleanor Louise Annin. Mary Lou joined her sister, Allice Ann Annin five minutes after Alices' birth. These two sisters followed their 4-year-old brother Donald Russell Annin. Because Mr. Annin was the principal of Calaveras Union High School in San Andreas at the...
Fernando Alaniz Ochoa
Feb 7, 2022
Fernando Alaniz Ochoa "Fernie" - Coach Alaniz - was born in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico on February 14, 1972. He resided in Wasco, California and taught high school and coached the varsity boys' basketball team at McFarland High School. He passed away on Monday February 7th alone in his classroom while on his prep period. He was getting everything ready...
Kenneth Gene Kroeker
Feb 3, 2022
Kenneth Gene Kroeker (83), passed away on February 3rd, 2022, while at his home in Bakersfield. Ken was born on March 12th, 1938, in the notorious neighborhood of Smith's Corner in the town of Shafter, CA. Ken was the youngest of five children, all born to Jake and Annie Kroeker, both of Shafter. Ken attended school in Shafter, later...
Catalina A Hernandez
Jan 30, 2022
Catalina "Katie" Hernandez March 9, 1935 – January 30, 2022 Our loving mom, Catalina "Katie" Hernandez, 86, passed away on January 30, 2022. She would always let us know how blessed she was by her children: Anthony Moreno; Monica and Jim Molica; Melinda and Jamison Jacobs and, her grandchildren: Antonio & Cynthia Padilla, Abigail Padilla, Mario Moreno, Marco Moreno,...
