This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Macht, Van Hoosan, Kezirian, Pontius Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/GW.2ADE/906 Message Board Post: Child of Mary VAN HOOSAN and John MACHT From: The Bakersfield Californian May 3, 1995 Visitations will be held Wednesday from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. in the Mish Funeral Home for Paul Thomas Macht, 70, who died April 29 in a Bakersfield hospital after a brief illness. There will be no formal funeral service, and at his request he will be cremated in the Mish Funeral home Crematorium and his ashes will be placed at a later date. Mr. Macht was born in Kerman and had lived in Kern County for forty five years. He was an accountant for over forty five years with many water districts, most recently with Cawelo Water District. He was a veteran of World War Two, was a member of the American Legion Post No. 26. He is survived by his beloved wife of over forty five years, Jan Macht; his two sons, C. Vincent Macht, and Thomas Christopher Macht, both of Bakersfield; his brothers John, Julian, Charles, Fritz, and Albert Macht; this two sisters Rose Kezirian of Rolinda and Frieda Pontius of Kingsburg; also many nieces, nephews and many dear friends.