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/7849 Message Board Post: Looking for descendants or information on Howard Millard Inghram s/o Millard Lewis Inghram; b 15 May 1929 Delano, Kern, CA.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Brown, Andrade, Gross, Benson, Jennings Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/JW.2ADE/7847 Message Board Post: Lillian “Louise” Pengilley Lillian Louise Pengilley was born January 3, 1920 in Herrin, Illinois and passed away March 24, 2005 in Roseville, California. She was the wife of 68 years of the late John Robert Pengilley, who passed away in January of this year. She was mother of Yvonne and husband Robert Brown of Shingle Springs, Betty and husband Jesse Andrade of Shingle Springs, and Phyllis Gross of Mojave, sister of Evelyn Benson of Alabama and Floyd Jennings of Illinois. She had 9 grandchildren, 25 great-grandchildren, and 17 great-great-grandchildren. She is also survived by many nieces and nephews. Lillian and John lived and raised their family in Mojave from 1945 until 2004. She worked hard as a waitress for many years and put everyone before herself. Even though she didn’t play golf, she spent many Saturdays at the course cooking hamburgers. Her family was very important to her and she was a great help in the raising of grandchildren. Private family services were held. Memorials may be ma! de to Shriner’s Hospital for Children, 2425 Stockton Blvd., Sacramento, California 95817. Arrangements by Green Valley Mortuary.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/JW.2ADE/7846 Message Board Post: William M. “Mike” Nash III William M. “Mike” Nash III, 69, of California City, died April 15, 2005, after a short illness. Born in Camden, New Jersey, Mike served his country as a combat cameraman in the Vietnam War. After leaving the military, Mike moved with his family to Fernley, Nevada, where he worked first as a journalist, then as a public information officer and manager for the State of Nevada. Mike retired from government work in 1987 to pursue a career in photography, opening a studio in Santa Monica and serving as a supervising photographer at Edwards Air Force Base. Mike moved to California City in 1994 and has since been a proud lifetime member of the VFW, lifetime member of the Marine Corps League and a member of the American Legion. Mike is survived by his wife Joanne of California City, son Steve of Houston, Texas, son Mike of Dickinson, North Dakota, daughter Sheena of Sacramento, and five grandchildren. A memorial service is planned for Wednesday, April 20, 2005, at the VFW Post in California City. Posted by East Kern Genealogical Society Courtesy of Mojave Desert News, California City, Kern, CA Published: 21 Apr 2005

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Strauss, Kliewer, Howe, Zimmerman Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/JW.2ADE/7845 Message Board Post: STRAUSS DANIEL Born: 06/24/1904 M SOUTH DAKOTA Mother: KLIEVER Father: STRAUSS Died: KERN 11/26/1955 Age: 51 yrs The Bakersfield Californian, Monday, November 28, 1955 Pg. 40 ~OBITUARY NOTICES~ STRAUSS, Daniel - Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 10 a.m. at the Robert l. Jones Chapel in Wasco for Daniel Strauss, 51, who died at his home, 18474 Shafter Ave., Shafter, Nov. 26. Interment will be in Shafter Cemetery. Strauss, a native of South Dakota, had lived in Shafter 34 years. He was a mechanic by trade. Survivors include his mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Strauss; two sisters, Mrs. Alvena Howe and Mrs. Elizabeth Zimmerman, all of Shafter and a brother, John Strauss of Eureka.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Strauss, Warner, Rude, Kliewer Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/JW.2ADE/7844 Message Board Post: STRAUSS JOHN CHARLES Born: 08/13/1905 M OHIO Mother: KLIEWER Died: KERN 09/16/1989 age: 84 yrs The Bakersfield Californian, September 19, 1989 ~OBITUARIES~ STRAUSS, John Charles A graveside service will be held at Greenlawn Southwest Memorial Park, 2739 Panama Lane at Freeway 99 on Wednesday, Sept. 20 at 11:30 a.m. for John Charles Strauss, 84, who passed away Sept. 16, 1989 in a Bakersfield hospital. Rev. Steve Fast will officiate. Mr. Strauss was a native of Ohio and had resided in Kern County 60 years. He was a carpenter and was last employed in maintenance at Greeley Schools. Survivors include his wife, Bertha Strauss of Bakersfield; son and daughter-in-law Levi J. and Clara Strauss of Idaho Falls, Idaho; daughter and son-in-law, Velda and Allan Warner of Renton, Washington; daughter, Joanne Rude of Boulder Creek, CA; seven grandchildren and sister-in-law, Suzanne Strauss of Oregon. Greenlawn Southwest Mortuary Funeral Directors

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/7723.2.1 Message Board Post: Sharon: Thank you so much. Joel was my grandfather's 1st cousin(never met him) and I have some of his photos as a young boy. Now I will try and locate some of his family and share. Penny NM

I'm sorry to report that there was no obit found in 1992 for the following person in the Bakersfield Californian..... TIBBET ERNEST ALFRED born: 11/18/1909 M CALIFORNIA mother: BRELSHFORD died: FRESNO 07/30/1992 age: 82 yrs requested by: CMGregg@aol.com Sharon Kern Co. Volunteer

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Tibbet, Tibbett Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/JW.2ADE/7392.7 Message Board Post: Bakersfield City Directories: 1899: Tibbett, E. res. cor. 21st & Q Tibbett, G., Constable, res. 21st & Q Tibbett, W. laborer, cor. 8th & K ----------------------------- 1900: Tibbet, Ed, saloon, 1225 20th st., res. 722 21st St. Tibbet, George A. (City Marshall) res. 124 20th St. Tibbet, W. M., res. 716 K St. ------------------------------ 1902-03: Tibbet, Ed, proprietor Eagle Saloon [1223 20th St] res. 722 21st St. Tibbet, J. A., student, res. 716 K St. Tibbet, W. E., special officer Land Company, res. 716 K St. ---------------------------- 1904-05 Tibbet, Bert M., policeman, r. 124 20th Tibbet, Edward, r. 722 21st St. Tibbet, Rebecca, Mrs., r. 1003 L. St. Sharon Kern Co. Volunteer

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Tibbet, Tibbett Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/JW.2ADE/7392.6 Message Board Post: The Bakersfield Californian, Wednesday, Dec. 2, 1964 Pg. 13 PIPEFULS by Jim Day Lawrence Tibbett electrified the music world overnight and became famous at the Metropolitan Opera in New York when, after understudying the great Scotti, he went on in the role of Ford for the opera Falstaff. He became a page-one story throughout the nation. But to those of us in Bakersfield and Kern County, where Tibbett was born, it was more than a musical sensation, it was a local boy making good and on his way to becoming one of the greatest baritones of all time. A few weeks ago an Australian girl wrote and asked me where she could get more records of Tibbett's magnificent voice. I queried Bert M. Tibbet Jr., here, a cousin of the late Lawrence, and who sang with him at the Metropolitan. As a result of this odd coincidence, coming about through a note from an Australian girl, I talked to Mr. Tibbet here and through his courtesy in the following story many details about the life of the late great Lawrence are revealed for the first time. Bert Tibbet, a last surviving relative, gives details of his cousin's life: Lawrence was the youngest of four children born to Ellen McKenzie Tibbet and William Tibbet - there were three boys and one girl, Jessie, Ernie, Lena and Lawrence. Jessie was the first Tibbet singer, a tenor, to appear in public. Lena was a lyric soprano with no desire to perform. Ellen and William, the parents, sang in church for years. William was a deputy sheriff of Kern County, Calif. He was killed in line of duty April 19, 1903. Both parents were of pioneer stock. The story of the gun battle with the outlaw McKinney has been told many times. Lawrence was born in Bakersfield, Kern County, Calif., Nov.16, 1896, at Eighth and K streets. The home is intact and is owned now by the Martinis. After the death of his father, Lawrence's mother moved the family to Long Beach, Calif. where she ran an apartment house for a time in 1906. Jessie studied vocal and piano at this point and became a beautiful McCormack-type singer in great local demand. He did not like the idea of his mother having to work so went to the mines in Chloride, Ariz., where they still tell of the boy who ran the hoist at the mine and would sing to the miners as they went in the shaft to change shifts. In later years Jess sang with Murphy's Comedians, however he would not stay with it. Ellen Tibbet was bound to have a singer in the family, so she started Lawrence on the piano, which he studied for years. He studied voice with Professor Dupwee, founder of the LA Orpheus Club of 90 male voices and with this club he was the soloist. The professor, after coaching Lawrence for years, advised him to go to New York, but did not live to hear or see his pupil's debut at the Metropolitan Opera. In the later years of Lawrence's boyhood his mother moved to Highland Park where she operated the Frances S. Beauty Shop to supply her and Lawrence with the necessities of life that he might continue his studies. He was a member of the famous wonder class in the LA grammar school that went through Manual Arts High and USC together. Some of whom were James Doolittle, great American ace, Ralph Bunce, the American peace negotiator, Goodwin Knight, former governor of Californian and many more. Lawrence sang at the Grauman's million dollar theater in downtown Los Angeles for $25 a week along with silent films. He won his doctor's degree in music. He also excelled in Shakespeare and won acclaim in the dramatic arts. He was an expert swimmer and a heavyweight boxer. The feeling of sponging from mother got him as it did Jess and in 1916 he joined the oil rush to Fellows, Calif. and went to work at the old Wallace refinery for the Wilshire Oil. His brother Ernie was plant superintendent. While running the pipe machine and covered with oil and dirt he quit and stated he would not work again - he would sing. World War I broke out and Lawrence joined the Navy, was assigned to the Asiatic fleet and after the war he took up his art in earnest. He went back to the Orpheus Club and the choir at the Wilshire Presbyterian church, James G. Warren, father of Eleanor Remick Warren, the composer, became interested in Lawrence at this period having been informed of the possibilities of the young singer by Rupert Hughes, the writer who had hired the first wife of Lawrence as his secretary to help the family along. Mr. Warren agreed to assist Lawrence financially if he would place himself under Mr. Warren's direction as to his career and hire Eleanor Remick Warren as his accompanist for the first year's concert tours. It was agreed and Lawrence had to post his life insurance with Mr. Warren. This was later returned and Lawrence kept his part of the bargain to the letter. He also paid back all the money loaned him except a check for $500 Mr. Warren kept for a memento. Mr. Warren stated to me that Lawrence did not know of the check being unpaid. Study began under this arrangement with Frank La Forge the great coach and accompanist of New York who had many friends at the opera. he had been accompanist to Madame Alda. After a time with La Forge the accompanist quit; so did Lawrence. He went to study with Rupert Hughes' brother Felix. Felix taught his pupils to bellow like bulls and Mr. Warren, hearing of the change in teachers, too Grace, the wife of Lawrence and flew post haste to New York. He met Lawrence i the hall at the Felix Hughes studio and informed Lawrence that all monies were withheld until Lawrence returned to La Forge. Lawrence fumed and so did Warren who headed back toward the elevator. Lawrence called to him stating he would go back to La Forge. Shortly after this incident La Forge arranged an audition before Guillo Gatti-Cazzi, the Met's impresario and husband of Madama Alda, the great soprano. Guillo, after hearing Lawrence, said that there was need for further study and more maturity. Madame Alda was furious. She declared the Met needed new blood and this young singer was just the one to give the needed shot in the arm. Guillo after some thought decided Lawrence could understudy Scotti who wanted to retire. During the playing of Faust, Scotti walked off the stage and told Lawrence to go on. He sang the Ave de Quitte and finished the role of Valentine. The plaudits were encouraging but Lawrence was still far from being forward and did not take his curtain calls. Later during the playing of Falstaff, he sang as Ford and with great gusto and beauty. During the curtain calls Caruso and Scotti pushed Lawrence onto the stage alone. John McCormack, the great Irish tenor was up in the gallery and he called out "Gibbet, the young American boy is the one you want," and the applause and bravos were deafening! He had his hear's desire - the world was his! Through the years after innumerable successes he was acclaimed the greatest dramatic baritone of all time along with Caruso as the greatest tenor. Lawrence was on the stage the last three performances of the great Caruso. He reported it was the most pitiful sight as the great singer bled at the mouth and attempted to finish the opera. Later he went to Italy to view the body of Caruso in Alcohol with a new suit and lying there as if alive. Lawrence was sick. He said they would never do that to him, that he would be cremated and he was cremated. Tibbett consulted with a numerologist and attached the extra "t" to his name making it Tibbett. He received the greatest remuneration of any single singer, a million dollars for five month's work in South America. He made the pictures Rouge Song with Katheryn Dale Owen, Cuban Love Song, with Lupe Velez, New Moon with the Met star Grace Moore, The Prodigal with Esther Ralston. I, Bert Tibbet, sang with my cousin in the Metropolitan. His concerts were all successful esthetically and economically. His concerts were particularly great because of the beauty of his voice and his robust vocal ability. His facial expressions on the concert stage were unexcelled. His records were high priced and good sellers but for some reason held off the market in later years. His 25 years with the Metropolitan Opera in New York were filled with many triumphs. The Met received it's "shot in the arm" from the greatest baritone of all time! He once stated that Rosa Ponselle, the great Met soprano with the long range, had the most perfect production vocally of any known human. She now lives in Baltimore, retires." Sharon Kern Co. Volunteer

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Tibbet, Callahan, Lawrence, Baker, Hoke, Larsen Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/JW.2ADE/7392.5 Message Board Post: HISTORY OF KERN COUNTY by Wallace M. Morgan The Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, California; 1914 Mrs. REBECCA TIBBET - Among the very first settlers on Kern Island and a pioneer of Kern county is Mrs. Rebecca Tibbet, who came hither on March 1, 1864, with her husband and four children. Grandma Tibbet, as she is called, was born in La Grange county, Ind., July 31, 1835 and was the daughter of Nathaniel and Annie (Lawrence) Callahan, natives of Delaware and Ohio, respectively. In her native county Rebecca Callahan was brought up and received her education in the local schools of the day. There she was married April 24, 1853 to Edward Tibbet, a native of Ohio. The week after their marriage they started on their honeymoon trip which arrangement included a trip by boat to St. Joe, Mo., and thence they crossed the plains by the overland trail with ox teams, being en route from May 3 until November 25, when they arrived at San Gabriel mission. They located in Arroyo Seco, now Pasadena, then a Spanish grant, where Mr. Tibbet was engaged in cutting wood, which he disposed of in Los Angeles. In 1864 they located on Kern Island and purchased an eighty acre farm from Colonel Baker and later homesteaded one hundred and sixty acres adjoining, all of which now adjoins the city on the south. They paid for the eighty acres by raising beef, beans and vegetables, and afterward continued farming and stockraising. Mr. Tibbet died in 1879, at fifty-two years of age. Since her husband's death she continues to reside at her old home, making it her residence except when she visits her children. She became the mother of twelve children, seven of whom grew up as follows: Eliza, Mrs. W. T. Hoke, of Los Angeles; George, deceased, at one time city marshal of Bakersfield; William, who was killed by the desperado McKinney while performing his duty as a deputy sheriff; Alfred, who died at his home near Bakersfield October 26, 1913; Emma, Mrs. C. P. Larsen, who resides in Bakersfield; Edward, also of Bakersfield; and Burton M., of Taft. Mr. and Mrs. Tibbet were pioneer members of the Methodist church and assisted in organizing the First Methodist Episcopal church in Bakersfield, in which Mr. Tibbet was trustee and class leader as well as superintendent of the Sunday school. About twenty years ago, when the Salvation Army was organized in this city, Mrs. Tibbet became a member and has since been active in the cause. Sharon Kern Co. Volunteer

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Tibbet, Hoke, Larsen Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/JW.2ADE/7392.4 Message Board Post: TIBBET, BERTON M. spouse: F age: 64 Yrs county: 15 date: 6/9/1939 requested by: CMGregg@aol.com The Bakersfield Californian, June 10, 1939 BERT TIBBET, KERN PIONEER, TAKEN BY DEATH Bert Tibbet, member of one of Bakersfield's oldest families and with a historic record as a peace officer in Kern County, passed away at the family residence, 416 I street, this morning after a 10 months illness. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 o'clock Monday morning at the Flickinger-Digler Chapel and interment will take place in the family plot in Union Cemetery. Berton Mills Tibbet was a native of Bakersfield, born in 1876 at the original Tibbet homesite, just south of this city. He was educated in the public schools of Bakersfield and when he grew to manhood became associated with the sheriff's office and with the constabulary of the sixth township, which included the City of Bakersfield. It was in that connection that he played a prominent and heroic part in the slaying of McKinney, the outlaw who a few moments before had shot to death his brother, W. E. Tibbet, the father of Lawrence Tibbet, famous Metropolitan baritone. On K Street The tragedy occurred at a joss house on K street near Twenty-first in Old Chinatown. mcKinney had recently been acquitted on a murder charge in Bakersfield and made his way to his old home in Porterville, where he killed another man and escaped to Arizona. But after two years and the commission of a third crime he returened to California and officers here heard of him as being in the South Fork country. Aposse was sent on his trail. McKinney made his way down the Kern River canyon into Bakersfield and was hidden in the joss house by a friend, Al Hulse, whose life later came to a tragic end in the county jail. Bert Tibbet was one of the posse that surrounded the hoss house and his brother, Will, in company with City Marshal T. J. Packard, went into the back entrance seeking the hunted man. McKinney shot them both ot death and was in turn killed by Bert Tibbet who was stationed in the rear of the house. Elected Marshal Following this tragedy, Mr. Tibbet was elected City Marshal of Bakersfield and subsequently was a deputy under different law enforcement administrations, both in this city and upon the West Side. In later years the deceased maintained a detective office, first on the West Side and later in this city and became widely known throughout the state. An interesting feature in connection with this tragedy had to do with the recent visit of Lawrence Tibbet to this city. At his Uncle Bert's home the latter produced the gun which had been used to slay his father's slayer and the baritone carried the gift with him to his home in New York. Besides his widow, Mrs. Florence Tibbet, Mr. Tibbet is survived by three sons, Berton Tibbet, Jr., of Pasadena; Jack Tibbet of Taft, and Harry Tibbet of this city. He also is survived by two sisters and a brother, Mrs. Eliza Hoke of Venice; Mrs Emma Larsen of Bakersfield and Edward Tibbet, Bakersfield. Surviving grandchildren are Betty and Donald Tibbet, children of Jack Tibbet; Nancy, Gloria, Berton III, Marjorie Ann and Alberta Tibbet, children of Berton Tibbet, Jr., and Neville Lynn, the daughter of Harry Tibbet. Mr. Tibbet's parents, the late Edward and Rebekah Tibbet came over the plains by oxcart in 1863 from Ohio. In addition to his other interests, Mr. Tibbet became connected with the development of mining and oil lands. The Reverend Grover Ralston will deliver the eulogy. FUNERALS TIBBETT - Funeral services for Berton Mills Tibbett, 63, prominent Kern County pioneer, who died Friday at his residence, 416 I street will be held Monday morning at 10;30 o'clock in the Flickinger-Digler chapel with the Reverend Grover Ralston officiating. Burial will be in Bakersfield Memorial Park. Sharon Kern Co. Volunteer

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Tibbet, Condon, Poe Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/JW.2ADE/7392.3 Message Board Post: TIBBET BERTON M born: 12/24/1901 M CALIFORNIA died: KERN 09/07/1972 age: 71 yrs The Bakersfield Californian, Saturday, September 8, 1972 Pg. 7 BERT TIBBET DIES; SERVICES PENDING Services are pending for Bert M. Tibbet, former law enforcement officer and singer, who died Thursday after a long illness. Mr. Tibbet, 71, was a cousin of the late Metropolitan Opera singer, Lawrence Tibbett. Mr. Tibbet was born in Bakersfield Dec. 24, 1900. As a young man, following his education in Taft and Bakersfield, Mr. Tibbet went to Hollywood where he sang and appeared in several motion pictures. He returned to Kern County in 1939, served a police chief of Maricopa and was a deputy with the Kern County Sheriff's Department. He also maintained his singing career, appearing locally at events and was active in civic life. In later years he was active in security work. In the 1940s he was known as the singing bartender in the old Hotel El Tejon's Penthouse. He unsuccessfully ran for Kern County sheriff in 1962. Mr. Tibbet was chairman of the North of the River Association Self-Government Committee which attempted to incorporate the area. He resided at 606 1/2 Belmont Avenue. Survivors include the widow, Ethel; a son, Bert Mills Jr., Pasadena; daughters, Mrs. Gloria Condon and Marjorie Tibbet, Pasadena, and Mrs. Nanch Poe, Whittier; 19 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Burial will be in Union Cemetery. Mish Funeral Home is handling arrangements. The Bakersfield Californian, Sunday, Sept. 10, 1972 ~OBITUARY NOTICES~ TIBBET, Bert M. - Services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday in the Mish Funeral Home - Oildale, for Bert M. Tibbet, 71, 606 1/2 Belmont Street, who died Sept. 7 in a Bakersfield hospital after a long illness. The Rev. Clyde Skidmore of the First Southern Baptist Church will officiate and interment will follow at Union Cemetery. Mr. Tibbet, a native of Bakersfield, lived in Taft as a youngster and went to the first Taft high School. He joined the U.S. Navy when he was 17. He later worked for a detective agency in Orange County and Pasadena. Mr. Tibbet went to Hollywood where he sang and appeared in several motion pictures singing in a quartet with Bing Crosby and as a member of the crew of The Captain Blood movie. He carried ice to housewives of Bakersfield from 1937 to 1939, but an auto accident ended this career with an injured leg. He was known as the singing bartender in the Hotel El Tejon penthouse. He then became a police chief of Maricopa and was a deputy with the Kern C! ounty sheriff's office. He was employed by the Alert Merchants Patrol for eight years and in 1968 illness forced him into retirement. He was a member of the North of the River Association Self-Government Committee which attempted incorporation of the North of the River area. Pallbearers will be Herb Dodd, Ed Myers, Ned Pope, Al Loustalot, Harley Stumbaugh and C. P. Fidler. Honorary pallbearers will be Carl Bockman, Joe Carroll and Art Cross. Sharon Kern Co. Volunteer

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Tibbet, Sherman Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/JW.2ADE/7392.2 Message Board Post: TIBBET JESSE ALBERT born: 06/15/1882 M CALIFORNIA mother: TIBBET father: TIBBET died: SAN BERNARDINO 05/07/1943 (buried Bakersfield) age: 60 yrs requested by: CMGregg@aol.com The Bakersfield Californian, Saturday, May 8, 1943 Pg. 7 PIONEER KERN RESIDENT DIES Opera Star's brother, Jesse A. Tibbet, Passes Death came yesterday at Rand District Hospital to Jesse Albert Tibbet, age 60 years, member of a pioneer Kern family and brother of Metropolitan Opera Star Lawrence Tibbett. The mining engineer and long time resident of Randsburg was born in Bakersfield in 1883 and lived all of his life in this county. He was the son of the late Mrs. William Tibbet and Officer William Tibbet, whose murder 40 years ago in the line of duty avenged by his brother, the late Bert Tibbet, constitutes one of the heroic stories of Kern's early days. Mr. Tibbet is survived by a daughter, Miss Frances Tibbet of Los Angeles, a son, William M. Tibbet, Los Angeles; two brothers, Lawrence M. Tibbett of New York City and Ernest L Tibbet of Burbank; a sister, Mrs. Betty Sherman of Mobile Ala., and a granddaughter, Judith Fay Tibbet, Los Angeles. Funeral services will be held at Doughty-Calhoun-O'Meara Chapel at 2 o'clock on Tuesday afternoon, with the Reverend Ralph cox, rector of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, officiating. Interment will be in the family plot in Union Cemetery. Bert Tibbet, cousin of the deceased, will be the soloist, accompanied at the organ by Mrs. Pearle Smith. Sharon Kern Co. Volunteer

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Ross, Wheat, Collins, Barnhardt, Roe Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/JW.2ADE/7843 Message Board Post: Surname: Ross Given name: Claude Alec newspaper date: 6/4/2002 Type of Information: obit Requested by: lrawley@houston.rr.com The Bakersfield Californian, June 4, 2002 ~OBITUARIES~ Claude Alec Ross April 3, 1832 - June 1, 2002 Graveside funeral services under the direction of Arvin Funeral Home will be conducted on Wednesday, June 5, at 10 a.m. at Greenlawn Southwest Cemetery for C. A. Ross, age 70, who passed away June 1 at home. Rev. Allen Palm of the First Assembly of God Church will officiate and interment will follow. Visitation will be held Tues., June 4 from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. at Arvin Funeral chapel. C. A. was born April 3, 1932 in Blanchard, Oklahoma to Claude and Lillian Ross. He moved to Arvin as a young boy and attended Arvin elementary schools and graduated from Arvin High School. While at Arvin High School he was a star football player and also played on the basketball team. He married Wilma Dutton Oct. 14, 1953 in Arvin. In 1967 he opened Budget Furniture and after 28 years retired in 1995. He was a born storyteller and historian, being interviewed by both radio and newspapers regarding the history of the 'grapes of wrath' era, in the Arvin-Lamont area. The Dust Bowl Days and life at Sunset Labor Camp were his specialty. He was a humble man who never boasted, was always working and his kindness and generosity towards people was unsurpassed. He was the Patriarch of the family and everyone always looked up to him. He is survived by his wife of 48 years, Wilma of Bakersfield; son, Steven Ray Ross of Bakersfield; daughters Sherri Wheat and Debra Collins, both of Bakersfield; brother, Kenneth Ross of Boron; sisters Helen Barnhardt of Bakersfield and Irene Roe of Boron; 2 grandchildren, Steven Alec Ross and Savannah Whitney Ross. He was preceded in death by brother, Gene K. Ross in 1968. Sharon Kern Co. Volunteer

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Burch, Mills, Winter, Barnett Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/JW.2ADE/7723.2 Message Board Post: BURCH JOE W born: 06/01/1909 M OKLAHOMA died: KERN 08/30/1975 age: 66 yrs Requested by: azaeox3@cybermesa.com The Bakersfield Californian, Monday, September 1, 1975 Pg. 26 ~KERN COUNTY OBITUARY NOTICES~ BURCH, Joel W. - Services will be held in Hillcrest Mortuary Chapel Tuesday at 9 a.m., for Joel W. Burch, 66, 8205 Filmore Avenue, who died Aug. 30. The Rev. Cecil White of Fairfax Southern Baptist Church, will officiate. Mr. Burch was born in Oklahoma and had resided in Kern County 34 years. He is survived by the widow, Mildred; 3 daughters, Sharon Mills and Shelly Winter of Bakersfield and Dorothy Barnett of Texas; brother, H. W. of Oklahoma; Sharon Kern Co. Volunteer

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Smith, Naylor, Noyes, Hawkins, Daughtery Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/JW.2ADE/7842 Message Board Post: SMITH PORTER E born: 04/11/1901 M TEXAS died: KERN 05/25/1975 age: 74 yrs requested by: kiledijon@pacifier.com The Bakersfield Californian, Tuesday, May 27, 1975 Pg. 32 ~KERN COUNTY OBITUARY NOTICES~ SMITH, Porter E. - Graveside services will be held in Hillcrest Memorial Park Wednesday at 9:30 a.m. for Porter E. Smith, 74, who died May 25. The Rev. David G. Joyner of Liberty Christian Center will officiate. Mr. Smith was a 37-year resident of Kern County and was last employed at San Joaquin Cotton Oil Co. Survivors include the widow, Eunice, 2 daughters, Evelyn Naylor and Betty Noyes of Bakersfield; 5 brothers, Ted of Childress, Tex., Glenn of Houston, Gordon of Albuquerque, NM, Durward of Fresno and Lester of Dallas, 2 sisters, Mae Hawkins of Muleshoe, Tex., and Bobbie Daughtery of Dallas, 2 grandsons and a granddaughter. Hillcrest Mortuary. Sharon Kern Co. Volunteer

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Wainwright, Huddlest, Samuels, Moran Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/JW.2ADE/7841 Message Board Post: WAINWRIGHT SAMUEL P born: 02/07/1872 M ARKANSAS mother: HUDDLEST died: KERN 06/19/1964 age: 92 yrs Requested by: stuart@ortrackm.missouri.org The Bakersfield Californian, Saturday, June 20, 1964 Pg. 22 ~OBITUARY NOTICES~ WAINWRIGHT, Samuel Perry - Funeral services will be conducted in the Memorial Chapel at Greenlawn Mortuary at 3 p.m. for Samuel Perry Wainwright, 92, 10921 San Fernando St., Lamont, who died June 19 in a Bakersfield rest home. The Rev. Richard Bastear, minister of the Community Methodist Church, Lamont will officiate at the services and interment will follow in the Garden of Roses Section at Greenlawn Memorial Park. Mr. Wainwright, a native of Arkansas, had resided in California for 21 years and Kern County 16 years. He had been a night watchman for a year and was last employed by Anderson Tool Company. Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Ayleen Samuels of Van Nuys and Mrs. Mildred Moran of Lamont; two sons, George E. of Arkansas and Paule E. of Washington; and four grandchildren. Sharon Kern Co. Volunteer

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Wainwright, Fluty, Samuels, Moran, Smith Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/JW.2ADE/7840 Message Board Post: WAINWRIGHT MYRTLE E born: 06/25/1879 F ARKANSAS mother: FLUTY died: KERN 05/04/1962 age: 82 yrs Requested by: stuart@ortrackm.missouri.org The Bakersfield Californian, Saturday, Ma513, 1962 Pg. 25 ~OBITUARY NOTICES~ WAINWRIGHT, Myrtle Edith - Funeral services will be conducted Monday at 3 p.m. in the Memorial Chapel at Greenlawn Mortuary for Myrtle Edith Wainwright, 82, of 10921 San Fernando Street, Lamont, who died May 4 in a Bakersfield hospital. Rev. Dick Bastear will officiate, assisted by Rev. R. H. Timberlake. Interment will follow in Greenlawn Memorial Park. Mrs. Wainwright was a native of Arkansas and had resided in California 19 years, 14 years in Kern County. Survivors include her husband, Samuel P. of the home address; two daughters, Mrs. Ayleen Samuels of Van Nuys, and Mrs. Mildred Moran of Lamont; three sons, George E. of Arkansas, Rex H. of Oklahoma, and Paul E. of Washington; a sister, Mrs. J.P. Smith of Van Nuys and four grandchildren. Sharon Kern Co. Volunteer

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Cole, Clark, Harms, Kelson, Brockus Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/JW.2ADE/7839 Message Board Post: COLE ROLLAND T born: 05/14/1884 M died: KERN 03/11/1968 Age: 83 yrs Requested by: Genz1@aol.com The Bakersfield Californian, Wednesday, March 13, 1968 Pg. 30 ~OBITUARY NOTICES~ COLE, Rolland T. - Services will be held tomorrow at 11 a.m. in the Mish Funeral Home chapel for Rolland T. Cole, 83, of 308 West Warren Avenue, who died Monday in a Bakersfield hospital. The Rev. Glenn D. Puder, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, will officiate at the chapel service will officiate at the chapel service with private interment to follow. Mr. Cole had lived in Kern County for the past 58 years and was a retired farmer. Survivors include two sons, Albert G. of Redwood City, Larry N. of Oxnard; three daughters, Mrs. Rosamond Clark of Durango, Colo., Mrs. Wynona Harms of Blackfoot, Idaho, Mrs. Nyla Kelson of Salt Lake City; a brother, Earl Cole of Fillmore; a sister, Mrs. Bessie Brockus of Fillmore; four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Mish Funeral Home, Oildale. Sharon Kern Co. Volunteer

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Cole, Genz, Moisling, Miller Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/JW.2ADE/7838 Message Board Post: COLE EMILY EVANGELINE born: 05/05/1888 F ILLINOIS mother: GENZ father: MOISLING died: KERN 11/02/1955 age: 67 yrs Requested by: Genz1@aol.com The Wasco News, Thursday, November 3, 1955 Page 1 Mrs. R. T. Cole Dies; Funeral on Sautrday Mrs. Emily Evnageline Cole, 67, a local farm wife, died Wednesday evening in a Bakersfield hospital. She had been in ill health for some time. The funeral has been announced for 10 a.m. Saturday and will be held at the Robert L. Jones Funeral Home. Burial will be in the Bardsdale Cemetery at Fillmore. Mrs. Cole was born in Illinois. The family came to Wasco in 1920 and were among the early settlers to develop the ranch land north of Wasco. The cole home is on annin avenue at Gromer. Survivors include her husband, Rolland T. Cole; two daughters, Dr. Nyla Cole of Salt Lake City and Mrs. Wynona Miller of Redondo, Wash.; a son, Albert Cole of Compton; and a grandson, Larry Cole of Reno, Nevada. Sharon Kern Co. Volunteer