This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Cemetery Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/JW.2ADE/8532 Message Board Post: Desert Memorial Park Cemetery Ridgecrest CA Kern County Funeral Home Record Lot: D-4, Sec. 28, Blk. 1 Interred: Madeline Gordon Staud aka Casey Color: Cauc Age: 68 years, 2 months, 25 days Place of birth: Not given Date of birth: July 7, 1907 Sex: F Place of death: Loma Linda, CA Date of death: Oct. 2, 1975 Name and address of undertaker: Hughes, Loma Linda, CA Desert Memorial Park Block 1, Row I, Space 46 Headstone: Madeline G. Staud Beloved Wife and Mother July 7, 1907 - Oct. 2, 1975 Relieve cascading roses with initial S on left side, rose in lower right corner, raised letters

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Cemetery Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/JW.2ADE/8531 Message Board Post: Desert Memorial Park Cemetery Ridgecrest CA Kern County Funeral Home Record Lot: B-4, Sec. 26, Blk. 1 Interred: John Crenshaw Williams Color: Cauc Age: 57 years, 6 months, 26 days Place of birth: Mississippi Date of birth: Oct. 12, 1910 Sex: M Place of death: Ridgecrest CA Date of death: May 8, 1968 Name and address of undertaker: Lyons Mortuary, Ridgecrest CA Desert Memorial Park Block 1, Row J, Space 16 Headstone: John C. Williams Beloved Husband and Father 1910 1968 Relieve Masonic emblem, scroll work top and bottom, raised letters

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Cemetery Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/JW.2ADE/8530 Message Board Post: Desert Memorial Park Cemetery Ridgecrest CA Kern County Funeral Home Record Lot: D-6, Sec. 29, Blk. 1 Interred: Janet Ellen Kilroy Color: Cauc Age: 13 years, 9 months, 20 days Place of birth: New Jersey Date of birth: May 4, 1954 Sex: F Place of death: Ridgecrest CA Date of death: April 24, 1968 Name and address of undertaker: Lyons Mortuary, Ridgecrest CA Desert Memorial Park Block 1, Row I, Space 60 Headstone: Jane Ellen Kilroy Beloved Daughter and Sister 1954 1968 Relieve angel praying at foot of cross on left, flowers at base of cross, raised letters

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/JW.2ADE/8238.1.2 Message Board Post: Thank you very much.

I would like an obituary for Clyde Churchwell who died on May 4, 1993 in Bakersfield and was buried at Greenlawn Memorial Cemetery.... any help is very much appreciated. Sharon

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Lambert Classification: Death Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/JW.2ADE/8508.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Here is the only John Lambert that died in Mendocino Co. between 1905 - 1929 according to the CA Death Index: LAMBERT, John age: 46 yrs county: 23 (Mendocino) date of death: 16 Oct 1905 filed w/state: 1905 state file #: 721 Good luck in your search! Sharon Kern Co. Volunteer

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/JW.2ADE/8508.1.1 Message Board Post: Yes Sharon, you are right! I posted the message in haste. I did not think that Fort Klammath was in Kern county but info I had gave that impression. I now believe he died in Ukiah, Mendocino Co, his obit was in a paper there. His daughter Fay Taylor lived in Randsburg. But the date of his death is still confusing. So back to the drawing board! Thank you very much for your help.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Lile, Anderson Classification: Death Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/JW.2ADE/8529 Message Board Post: Robert Young Passes Away Monday Robert E. Young, 50,of 2062 Panamint Street, Mojave passed away following a heart attack Monday afternoon, Sept. 8 at his residence. He had worked a three hour shift For Blanchard Shell Service that morning and had worked part time since a year ago last April. His employer, Mr. Blanchard said he thought Bob hadn't been feeling well since he had been sorta groucny lately and that sure wasn't normal for Bob. His wife Nelle, chief operator for Pacific Telephone Co. in Mojave found him lying on the couch when she came home from work and being unable to rouse him called Mojave Ambulance Service and the hospital. Both responded and he was pronounced dead by the doctor. Bob was temporarily retired from the U.S. Air Force, a veteran of almost twenty years of service. He was a resident of this area for 11 years. He is survived by his wife Nelle, a stepson Olin R. Lile; one sister, Mrs. Calvin Anderson of Augusta, Arkansas; three brothers, Paul and John also of Arkansas and Selwyn of Oxnard, Calif. Military services are in charge of Edwards AFB and will be held Saturday Sept. 13 at 10:00 a.m. in the Community Church Mojave with M/Sgts. Paul, A. Anderson, Lloyd M. English, Jr., Arthur S. Jacobson, Jess W, McCormick, George W. Smith and T/Sgt. Frederick L. Davis acting as, pall bearers. Interment will be in the West Side Cemetery at Taft on Monday Sept. 15, 10 a. m. with Turner Funeral Home of Mojave in charge of arrangement. Posted by East Kern Genealogical Society Courtesy of Mojave Desert News California City, Kern, CA Published: 11 Sep 1958

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Chenard, Anderson, Riley Classification: Death Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/JW.2ADE/8528 Message Board Post: Local Resident Passes Away Lillian Elizabeth Wright 68, who resided at 16241 I Street, Mojave, was taken in death Thursday, March 19, 1959 in a Bakersfield Hospital. She was born in Illinois but had lived in California for the past twenty years. Mrs. Wright was associated with the Chicago Daily News prior to her arrival in Mojave in 1940. She also worked for, the old Mojave Record, which.ceased publication many years ago. Survivors include three sisters, Catherine Chenard, Mojave; Mrs. Vivian Anderson and Miss Jean Riley, both of Illinois; three brothers, John L., Edward T. and Francis Riley of Illinois. Also one son-in-law who resides in Bakersfield. Rosary was recited at 8:00 p.m. Sunday. March 22 at Payne & Son Funeral Home. Requiem Mass was offered Monday at 10:00 a.m. in St. Francis Church, Mojave, with Msgr. Silvana Baquedano as celebrant. Interment followed in Mojave District Cemetery. Posted by East Kern Genealogical Society Courtesy of Mojave Desert News California City, Kern, CA Published: 26 Mar 1959

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Death Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/JW.2ADE/8527 Message Board Post: Wooten Killed; Joe Moniz Ends Life By Poison The entire town of Mojave was shocked by the news last Thursday, March 5, of the deaths of Harold Wooten and Joe Silva Moniz, whose bodies were discovered by three friends in a home occupied by the two men at 1801 Richard Avenue in Mojave Gardens. The two men, former partners in the Pioneer Club at Mojave, died from a murder-suicide according to evidence found by Sheriff’s Deputies and Coroner Stan Newman. The bodies were discovered at 12:30 p.m. when Glen Taylor, Elmer Noble and I. M. Sullens went to the house, and unable to rouse the occupants, forced open a bedroom window. Looking inside they saw the nude body of Wooten on the floor between the bed and a clothes closet. They immediately called the Mojave Sheriff’s substation and Sgt. Dick Ledwidge and Deputy Dick Nelson came to start the investigation. They found Wootens body shot three times, in the bedroom and the body of Moniz wearing only shorts, lying face down in the living room. Coroner Stan Newman and Sheriff’s Homicide Investigator Lt. Al Cordero said Moniz possibly died from a self administered dose of poison. A careful search of the premises however, failed to reveal any poison. A long rambling note written by Moniz after taking poison, read in part “May God forgive us both” and “Harold we will meet in Heaven”. Miss Bertha Wells, friend of Moniz, told the investigators she had left the house about 3:00 a.m., after helping Joe pack some of his personal effects preparatory to moving. She said Wooten went to bed after a hot quarrel with Moniz about finances and other business matters. Investigators theorize that Moniz went into the bedroom sometime after 3:00 a.m., fired a shot into Wooten, who was sleeping. Wooten stumbled from the bed and Moniz fired two more shots as the wounded man lunged at him. Wooten fell forward in a kneeling position, his face to the floor. Moniz then went into the front room, took the poison, placed the .38 revolver on the coffee table and sat down to write the suicide note. The bodies were taken to Turner Funeral Home and then transferred to Kern General Hospital for autopsy which was conducted the following day. Coroner Newman said the autopsy failed to reveal the type of poison taken by Moniz although it was thought to be a slow acting type. A Los Angeles laboratory is currently making further tests but a telephone call to Newman revealed their report is not expected for about a week. Wooten was a leading businessman, being active in civic and service organizations. He was a director in the Mojave Chamber of Commerce, a trustee in the Elks Lodge and a member of the Lion’s Club. A further investigation is scheduled at the sheriff’s office today, March 12. Posted by East Kern Genealogical Society Courtesy of Mojave Desert News California City, Kern, CA Published: 12 Mar 1959 Burial Services Graveside services for Joe Moniz were held Tuesday, October 17 at 2:00 p.m. in the Randsburg District Cemetery. Joe was born Feb. 21, 1921 in Massachusetts and had been a resident of the Mojave area for 11 years. He died from a self administered dose of Secobarbital, a type of sleeping pill, according to a Los Angeles Laboratory. Kern County authorities ordered: the test after the bodies of Moniz and his former business partner, Harold Wooten, were found March 5 in a home on Richard Avenue which was shared by the two men. Posted by East Kern Genealogical Society Courtesy of Mojave Desert News California City, Kern, CA Published: 19 Mar 1959

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Death Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/JW.2ADE/8526 Message Board Post: Boy Dies After Basketball' Game Ray Arnold Woodall, 16, a senior student at Desert High School, Edwards, died Tuesday, Dec. 9, 1958 after a hot game of basketball during Physical Education. According to a coroner's report, the boy complamed of feeling ill after the game and the coach told him to lie down for a while. He lost conciousness and fell off the bench he was lying on. Attempts to bring him back to conciousness were unsuccessful and he was taken to Dr. P. A. Pesehler's office where he was pronounced dead on arrival. An autopsy performed in Bakersfield was inconclusive and further tests will be necessary before a cause of death will be announced. He was born October 26, 1942 in Cameron, Okla. and lived with his parents at 27200 Hwy. 466, Boron, where his father is employed at U. S. Borax and Chemical Company. . Survivors include his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Woodall, a brother, Charles Donald of San Jose and two sisters, Mildred and Patricia of Boron. Funeral services will be held Friday, December 12, at 2:00 p.m. in Church of Christ, Boron, with Hugh D. Counts officiating. Turner Funeral Home, Mojave, is in charge of arrangements. Posted by East Kern Genealogical Society Courtesy of Mojave Desert News California City, Kern, CA Published: 11 Dec 1958

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Longman, Bohannan, Vestal, Clark Classification: Death Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/JW.2ADE/8525 Message Board Post: Joe Williams Fatally Injured. In Utah Mishap John Joseph Williams, brother of Matt Williams of Mojave, was instantly killed last Saturday near. St. George, Utah when hit by a truck as he was crossing the highway. He and Umberto Cappello were reported as having gone deer hunting. The car ran out of gas and as Joe crossed the highway in search of gasoline, was hit and fatally injured. He was born August 10, 1917 in Grove Springs, Mo, and is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Williams of Hartville, Mo. Also surviving are 5 brothers, Matt, of Mojave; Chese of Kansas; Lemuel of Tulsa, Okla.; Neb of Sawtelle and David of Albany, Calif.; 4 sisters, Mrs. Bill Longman of Sweet Grass, Mont.; Mrs. W. A. Bohannan, Star, Idaho; Mrs. Floyd Vestal, Lebannon. Mo.; and Mrs. Merle Clark of Bellflower, California. Services will be held today (Thursday) in the Community Congregational Church at 2:00 p.m. with Rev. James C. Thompson officiating. Interment will be in Mojave District Cemetery with Turner Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. Posted by East Kern Genealogical Society Courtesy of Mojave Desert News California City, Kern, CA Published: 06 Nov 1958

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Death Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/JW.2ADE/8524 Message Board Post: Boyd Welder Dies - In Auto Wreck Boyd A. Welder, 20, a resident of Rosamond Trailer Park and an employee of Crescent Carbon Co. was pronounced DOA at Mojave Medical Center early Wednesday morning, July 9, following an auto accident. CHP Officer Kenneth R. DeLaMarr, who investigated the accident, said Welder was driving south on the. Mojave Tropico Rd. about 1.1 miles north of Rosamond Blvd. when apparently a right front tire blew out causing the driver to lose control and the vehicle rolled over. Time of the accident was given as 1:40 A.M. Two passengers in the wrecked car were also injured. These were Lancaster residents, Joseph Anthony Bechtel, 21 and Terry Lee Fox, 15. All were brought to Mojave Medical Center by Mojave Ambulance Service. The body of Welder was removed to Turner Funeral Home where funeral arrangements are pending. Posted by East Kern Genealogical Society Courtesy of Mojave Desert News California City, Kern, CA Published: 10 Jul 1958

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Sullivan, Sermon, Stoddard Classification: Death Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/JW.2ADE/8523 Message Board Post: Conrad Walker Called By Death Conrad William Walker passed away at his home from natural causes on Saturday, Jan 17 after a lengthy illness. He was born in Midvale, Utah but had been a California resident for the past thirty-five years with twelve of those in Mojave. Connie formerly operated the Disposal Service some years ago selling it to the present owner. He was very proud of the modern truck which he made a special trip to purchase. Connie lived at 16114 L Street and built his own home and two rentals on the rear of the lot. He was a quiet man and liked by all who knew him. He was employed as a custodian by Kern County. Mr. Walker is survived by his wife Velma, one son, Garnet Sullivan, a brother Rudger Walker of Oxnard and two sisters, Mrs. Mary Sermon, and Mrs. Maggie Stoddard of Wilmington, Calif. Also two grandchildren, Terry and Judy. Funeral services were held on Tuesday, Jan. 20 in the Congregational Church with Rev. James Thompson officiating jointly with Mojave Elks Lodge No. 2059. Interment was in Mojave District Cemetery with Turner Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. Posted by East Kern Genealogical Society Courtesy of Mojave Desert News California City, Kern, CA Published: 22 Jan 1959

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Willet, Willety, Kendrick, Dayton, Norton Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/JW.2ADE/8522 Message Board Post: Boron Resident Passes Away Elsie May Vary, 63, passed away July 13, 1958 at her residence in Boron. She had lived there six years and for ten years previous to that had taught school in the Turlock, California school district. She was born December 25, 1885 in Livermore, California and is survived by five sons, two of which work for P.C.B. at Boron. P. Willet, foreman and Otis G., Asst. Supt.; L. Willey, Moab, Utah; Cloise E. Kendrick, Idaho; Veryl V., Dayton, Ohio; only living sister, Mrs. Ruth Norton of Turlock and 7 grandchildren. Services were held Wednesday, July 13, 1958, 10:00 a.m. in the First Baptist Church of Boron with Rev. J. Earl Reavis officiating. Interment was in Joshua Memorial Park in Lancaster with Turner Funeral Home, Mojave, in charge of arrangements. Posted by East Kern Genealogical Society Courtesy of Mojave Desert News California City, Kern, CA Published: 17 Jul 1958

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Death Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/JW.2ADE/8521 Message Board Post: Clarence Steussy Dies In fire ' Clarerce H. Steussy, a long time resident of Boran and dealer in Propane Gas died Friday morning in Mojave Medical Center from burns suffered in a fire that practically destroyed his place of business on the old mine road. near Gephart Elementary School. According to a reliable source, Mr. Steussy was unloading a 500 gallon propane tank from a truck when it slipped and fell, spilling liquid gas out of the safety valve; This gas is in liquid state while contained but changes to gas as soon as air is mixed with it. Some spark or other agent set off the gas and Mr. Steussy was enveloped by flames. The Boron Fire Department responded, as well as the volunteers and the badly burned man was given first aid by Dr. Faulkner and rushed to Mojave Medical Center. Both pieces of fire equipment from Mojaye were dispatched to assist as well as more equipment from Edwards Air Force Base, but this type of fire, according to firemen, is one that is much better left burning because of the very nature of the gas. Estimates of damage were around $250,000 including five trucks and many drums of gasoline and diesel fuel. Posted by East Kern Genealogical Society Courtesy of Mojave Desert News California City, Kern, CA Published: 10 Jul 1958

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Thieret Classification: Death Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/JW.2ADE/8520 Message Board Post: Frank Stanton Dies Suddenly Frank H. Stanton, 64, passed away near Kramer last Sunday while on a picnic. He had been a resident of Tehachapi for the past 22 years and worked for the State of California, as a Correctional Officer at the prison near Tehachapi until his retirement a year ago. Mr. Stanton was born January 9, 1894 in Pinckneyville, Ill., but spent a great deal of his life in California. Survivors include his widow, Ruby; two brothers, Oscar and Craig both of Illinois; and a sister, Mrs. Rebecca Thieret of Ashton, Mississippi. Services will be held in St. Malachy's Catholic Church in Tehachapi on Thursday, April 24 at 1 :00 p.m. Graveside services will be held under the auspices of the American Legion with interment in Tehachapi Catholic Cemetery. O'Donnell Funeral Home of Barstow is in charge of arrangements. Posted by East Kern Genealogical Society Courtesy of Mojave Desert News California City, Kern, CA Published: 24 Apr 1958

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Death Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/JW.2ADE/8519 Message Board Post: Michael Sorter Dies In Auto Accident. Michael Jay Sorter, who resided with his parents at Kayo Trailer Court was killed late Saturday afternoon in an automobile accident. Sorter was the driver of a car that raced over an embankment on a county road near Hart Park east of Bakersfield last Saturday afternoon. The driver was dead when taken to a hospital. . He is survived by his parents and a brother Merle according to reliable information. Services were held Tuesday in Bakersfield. Surviving the crash was Gary Marcus Andrews also of Mojave. Andrews was listed as the owner of the car but he was not driving. The same road has claimed at least a dozen lives in the past 10 years because of sharp curves and rolling terrain. Posted by East Kern Genealogical Society Courtesy of Mojave Desert News California City, Kern, CA Published: 12 Jun 1958

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Death Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/JW.2ADE/8518 Message Board Post: Pictured above are the remains of a truck after it landed upside down in Oak Creek. The driver, Tommy Joe Smith of Bakersfield was driving the truck, a Chevrolet flatbed loaded with seed potatoes, going south on the Tehachapi - Willow Springs Road near the intersection of Oak Creek, when either from a black-out, or mechanical failure the truck went out of control. It left the highway and toppled over and over, coming to rest in Oak Creek. The driver was killed and his remains were taken to Bakersfield. A stepbrother took charge of the damaged vehicle which was towed to a local garage. The accident occurred on Friday, May 15, at about 6:15 p.m. 21 May 1959

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Death Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/JW.2ADE/8517 Message Board Post: Man Killed On Railroad Tracks The decapitated body of a man identified as Ephraim Encinas Renteria was discovered by Deputy McClellen and special R.R. agent Eldon Smith last Tuesday night 9½ miles west of Mojave by train mileage. Conductor Cox of S.P. freight train 808 first noticed the body and called in on his radio. Authorities believe he probably fell to his death from a moving train sometime before 10:30 p.m. when the call was received. Identification showed the man 1ad lived in Stockton, Calif. and used P. O. Box 3112 for mail. Other men on the scene were Joe Loux, claims agent, Louie Levandoskje and Deputy Coroner Ross Jones who ordered the body removed to the Turner Funeral Home in Mojave. We understand an inquest will be held today (Thursday) at 2:00 o' clock in the, afternoon. Posted by East Kern Genealogical Society Courtesy of Mojave Desert News California City, Kern, CA Published: 08 May 1958