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/7684 Message Board Post: Body of Clyde Short Discovered The body of Clyde Short, reported missing three months ago by Mrs. Dottie McAllister, was found last Saturday afternoon in the weeds near the old dump at Red Mountain. Identification was made by Slim Riffle and two other men whose names we were unable to learn. Clyde was an old-age pensioner and was well known in Mojave; having been a miner most of his life. He had worked for Mrs. McAllister for some time and when he didn't show up anywhere she was sure something had happened to him. Mr. Short is survived by a niece in San Bernardino and other relatives in Santa Monica. Graveside services will be held Saturday, May 22, at 10:00 under direction of O'Donnell Funeral Home of Barstow. Interment will be in the Hermosa Cemetery at Colton, Calif. Posted by East Kern Genealogical Society Courtesy of Mojave Desert News California City, Kern, CA Published: 21 May 1953

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/7683 Message Board Post: Coroner Finds Vernon Rogers Death Suicide When Vernon C. Rogers, asst. superintendent of the Pacific Coast Borax Co. in Boron, failed to show up for work Monday A.M., December 29, Pete Conte, Lowell Clegg and another man went to his home to investigate. They found Mr. Rogers unconscious from a bullet wound in the head. A doctor was called but the victim died at 12:20 p.m. without regaining consciousness. A .38 calibre automatic pistol was beside him and there was no indication of foul play. No one heard the shot fired. Rogers had been despondent and in ill health since the death of his wife in July of 1951 and friends had been worried about him. He was born in Minnesota in 1905 and left no children. He had been employed at P. C. B. the past 15 years, seven of them in Boron. The body was removed to the O'Donnell Funeral Home in Mojave and prepared for burial in Grandview Memorial Park, Glendale, California, on Wednesday, December 31, 1952. A coroner's inquest held in the conference room at P. C. B. revealed the cause of death to be self inflicted. It was conducted. by Coroner Norman E. Houze with Deputy Coroners Ross Jones and Frank Keleher assisting. Sgt. Bud Miller conducted the investigation for the Sheriff's office. Posted by East Kern Genealogical Society Courtesy of Mojave Desert News California City, Kern, CA Published: 01 Jan 1953

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/7682 Message Board Post: Private Plane Crash Kills Two A pilot and. a passenger of a light private plane lost their lives as a result of a crash at Ridgecrest Airport, Monday evening at 6:.30 PM. The pilot, Verne Disney and the passenger, George W. Pratt. were both civilian employees of the China Lake Naval Test Station. Mr. and Mrs. B. W. Keller, eye witnesses to the accident, stated that they had stopped to watch the plane landing, but it overshot the runway, banked over sharply and went into a dive. Both men were thrown clear of the plane but were pronounced D.O.A. at the Ridgecrest Hospital. Posted by East Kern Genealogical Society Courtesy of Mojave Desert News California City, Kern, CA Published: 29 May 1952

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: McLennan, Classification: Death Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/JW.2ADE/7681 Message Board Post: Lethal Dose of Rat Poison Fatal to Child Carl Thomas Polk, age two years, of Pasadena, died at the Mojave Medical Center Tuesday, May 12th several hours after drinking a bottle of rat poison. The little boy, with his parents was visiting at the C. O. McLennan home, his grandparents, in Rosamond when the youngster found the poison. He was brought to Mojave Medical Center for emergency treatment and thr Fire Dept. was called when a resusitator was needed. He died in spite of all efforts to save him The body was first taken to the O'Donnell Funeral Home but later removed to Kern General Hospital for post mortem examination by County pathologist Robert Huntington, Jr. Posted by East Kern Genealogical Society Courtesy of Mojave Desert News California City, Kern, CA Published: 14 May 1953

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Kramer, Carter, Olive, Gottman Classification: Death Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/JW.2ADE/7680 Message Board Post: Services Set For Floy Papenberg The many friends of Mrs. Floy Elizabeth Papenberg will be saddened to learn that she passed away February 1, here in Mojave. Mrs. Papenberg was born October 26, 1910 at Syracuse, Kansas and had been a resident of Mojave for the past eight years. She was employed as cook at the Mojave Hospital some time ago. Funeral services will be held at the Community Congregational Church, (today) Thursday, Feb. 5 at 2:00 P.M. under direction of the O'Donnell Funeral Home, Reverend Stanley H. Addison officiating. Interment will follow in the Mojave Cemetery. Mrs. Papenberg was a member of Eastern Star, Chapter No. 188, Tehachapi Lodge No. 313, F.&A.M. and Order of the Amaranth, Ct. No. 97, Mojave. The deceased leaves her husband John H. Papenberg and three sons, Robert and Donald of Mojave, Calif., and John of Buffalo, New York; her mother, Mrs. Effie M. Kramer of Bakersfield, Calif.; two sisters, Golda Carter of Los Angeles and Anna Olive of Bakersfield; a brother William R. Gottman of Gardena and two grandchildren. Posted by East Kern Genealogical Society Courtesy of Mojave Desert News California City, Kern, CA Published: 06 Feb 1953

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Fuller, Sanchez, Pulos, Melendez, Camenana, Della Cruz, Trujillo, Quesada, Classification: Death Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/JW.2ADE/7679 Message Board Post: Simon Melendez Services Held Simon Edwardo Melendez, age 66, resident of Mojave for 19 years passed away after a long illness on April 3rd in a Bakersfield hospital. Mr. Melendez, who was employed by the Santa Fe Railroad Company here until Oct. 31, 1950 began his railroading career at the age of 12 in Chihuahua, Mexico for the Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Railroad. At 17, in 1913, he was made foreman of a section gang.. It was at this time that Melendez became innocently involved in a revolution which began that year. Revolutionists forced him and his crew at gun point, to destroy railroad bridges and, communications, along the right of way. The revolters also confiscated their food supplies leaving them in dire need. Shortly after, the Nationalists, learning of Melendez’ part in the sabotage and thinking him in sympathy with the revolutionists came to his home with the intentions of hanging him on the spot. His life was spared, when' his wlfe, Maria hid the only available rope, a lariat, in a corn grill. He was then seized and taken to jail. Once again he was saved from death when railroad officials interceded for him and sent him and his wife to the United States. On reaching the U. S. he was employed by the Santa Fe RaiI-Needles, as a foreman. In 1929 he resigned and moved to Kelso Valley where he worked for two years for the Uhion Pacific Railroad. Returning to the Santa Fe Company, he worked and lived in several other towns in the desert area before coming to Mojave in 1933. The Melendez home at 63 E K Street, was built by Mr. Melendez in 1945. He and his wife Maria celebrated their 48th'wedding anniversary in August of last year. Surviving Mr. MeIendez in addition to his wife Maria Reyes Melendez are daughters: Mrs. Irene Fuller and Mrs. Audrey Sanchez of San Bernardino; Mrs. Sarah Pulos and Miss Marcella Melendez of Mojave; sons: Manuel of San Bernardino.; Joseph of Mojave; sisters;. Mrs. Augustina Camenana, Mrs. Yssac Della Cruz, Mrs. Niolasa Trujillo, Mrs. Sirila Quesada all of Victorville; and Miss Casimura Melendez of Mexico. Also surviving are 24 grandchildren. Rosary services were held Saturday 8:00 P.M. with Postmaster Barney Finnin officiating on Sunday. at 8:00 P.M. with the Rev. John J. Kennedy of Tehachapi officiating. Mass services were Monday at 9:00 A.M. at the St. Mary’s of the Desert Church Mojave. Interment at the Mojave Cemetery was officiated by Rev Father J. Kennedy and under the direction of O'Donnell Funeral Home. Posted by East Kern Genealogical Society Courtesy of Mojave Desert News California City, Kern, CA Published:10 Apr 1952

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Barnett, Dishneau, Rainwater, Milnar, Kinzle Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/JW.2ADE/7678 Message Board Post: Jennie Emerich passed away on March 11, 2005 at home after a long-time illness. She was born on July 7, 1933 in England to Thomas and Mary Elizabeth Barnett and had resided in Boron for the past 39 years. Jeannie loved to walk into a room just to see who would be there. Her smile would warm up anyone’s heart. She loved her grandchildren and great-grandchildren with all her heart and raised her children with a lot of love. She was a manager for T-Jays Restaurant in the 1990s where she became everyone’s mom. She will forever be in our hearts and dreams must go on. She was predeceased by her husband Corky Emerich and Bill Rainwater. She is survived by her children, Steven Dishneau and Hank Dishneau, both of Boron, Marie Dishneau, Tony Rainwater of Boron, Dorothy Rainwater of Bakersfield, stepdaughters, Patty Milnar and DeAnne Kinzle, 14 grandchildren and 7 great-grandchildren. Jennie asked that there be no services but wished to be remembered in your thoughts and that donations be made to a hospice of your choice. Place of Interment will be in England. Arrangements by Stickel Mortuary-Mojave. Posted by East Kern Genealogical Society Courtesy of Mojave Desert News California City, Kern, CA Published: 07 Apr 2005

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/7392.1 Message Board Post: The Age, May-June, 1903. FIGHT WITH AN OUTLAW. A DESPERATE SITUATION. TWO MEN KILLED. ANOTHER BADLY WOUNDED A telegram, dated Bakersfield (Cal.), 19th April, published in a San Francisco contemporary, gives an account of a desperate fight against an outlaw, which involved the certain loss of two lives and dangerous injury to a third man. The desperado, Jim McKinney, who terrorised this valley for months last year, and who had been chased clear across Arizona and back into his old haunts in this city, was cornered in a Chinese joss house here today, and after a desperate fight was killed, with his gun in his hand. McKinney had often boasted that he would rival Outlaw Tracy, and that he would never surrender to the officers of the law. He certainly showed the same desperate courage as Tracy, and he was equally handy with rifle or shot gun. Before he fell in his tracks, he mortally wounded Deputy Sheriff W. E. Tibbet and badly injured City Marshal Packard. The fight occurred within a block of the business centre of Bakersfield, and created the greatest excitement. The fight took place in a two-storey brick house, a combination joss house and opium joint, on the east side of L Street, south of 21st Street. The officers received a clue that McKinney was in the house, and a few minutes past 9 o'clock Sheriff Kelly, Sheriff Collins of Tulare, Sheriff Lovin of Mojave County, A.T., City Marshal Jeff Packard, Deputy Marshal Ernest Etter and Deputy Sheriffs Will Tibbet, Bert Tibbet and Gus Tower surrounded the premises. There was no sign of life about the house, and Packard and Will Tibbet decided to enter. They went by the front door, and for a minute all was silent within. Then suddenly the shooting began. The outlaw had been trailed to his lair. There was a rapid discharge of firearms, and a number of officers rushed towards the rear entrance to lend assistance. Etter and Bert Tibbet were the first to break down the narrow doorway that separated the back yard from the alley. As they burst into the yard McKinney was standing just within the doorway. Will Tibbet lay on the ground bleeding from his wounds, and Packard was at the corner, where a passage turns into the toilet, returning the fire. Etter fired with a pistol as McKinney showed his head in the doorway, but missed. Bert Tibbet, just behind, fired a charge of buckshot into the outlaw's head, and, leaping upon the steps, he fired a second barrel into the quivering form. McKinney fell like an ox, and was a dead man before he received the second charge. His blood poured out on the floor in the narrow hallway, his gun lay by his side. The desperado died as he had lived. Immediately after this battle the most intense excitement prevailed in the city. This was increased when Marshall Packard was brought in a buggy along 19th Street on his way to his home, bleeding profusely, and still further, a few minutes later, when a bus arrived at Baer's drug store with the bleeding form of Will Tibbet. The wounded man was taken into Baer's drug store and physicians summoned, but it took but a glance to show that the officer was wounded unto death. A rifle ball had entered his right side, penetrating the abdominal cavity. The wounded man was perfectly conscious. He told those present how he was wounded, though it was evident he was suffering the most intense agony. An half hour later he was taken upstairs to the Southern Hotel, and there, surrounded by his family, he died shortly before 1 o'clock. He talked rationally to his wife and mother until the end. City Marshal Packard was driven to his home on 17th Street, and Drs. Shaffer, Carson, Crease, Mitchell and Bentley were quickly summoned in attendance. Packard was suffering keenly, but his mind ran constantly on the injury Tibbet had received. "I'm not worrying about myself," said the marshal, "but, my God, they got Bill! I know they got Bill!" Mrs. Packard was at church, and the marshal directed that someone hurry to her and assure her that he was not badly wounded. Then he fainted from the intensity of the pain. An examination showed that his right arm was badly shattered by a charge of buckshot, and he had an ugly wound on the left side of the neck, where a rifle ball ploughed its course. This wound, is not considered dangerous. The wounded man is suffering intensely from the wound in the neck, but strong hopes are entertained of his recovery. The house where the battle took place is a two-storey brick building, known as the Chinese and American Association, and the front part is occupied as a joss house and opium den, and the rear and cellar as a lodging place. (Age, May 20, 1903) -------------------- EL MONTE CEMETERY (aka Savannah Pioneer Cemetery and Savannah Memorial Park) Established circa 1851 Rosemead, Los Angeles County, California Apr 19, 1904 [Biography of Jonathan Tibbet] FORTY-NINER TIBBET DEAD Built the First House in the El Monte Country. Started West Overland in 'Forty-six and Survived Perils of Hostile Indians, Stampeding Buffalo Herds and Other Evils of the Desert. Sold Eggs at One Dollar Each. One of the early pioneers of the State passed away yesterday in the death of Jonathan Tibbet in Santa Monica. Notable as a warrior and skilled in the art of merchandizing, he came to California with the first rush of gold seekers, and laid the foundation of a fortune by ministering to the needs of the men in the mining camps. [ Jonathan Tibbett’s Grasshopper Quartz Mill ] Mr. Tibbet descended from Colonial stock. He was born in Michigan in 1824. He was a tiller of the soil of his father's farm until, in early manhood, he married Miss Phoebe Point. The young couple turned their faces westward, and in 1846 started overland for the far West. Surviving many attacks of hostile Indians, stampedes of buffaloes and the other perils of the desert, they made their way into El Dorado county and located at Indian Diggings. He opened a store and hotel and also engaged in mining. Prices of edibles ran high in those days. Eggs sold for $1 each. A small pie sold for $1, and other things in proportion. In the fall of 1850 they had accumulated a snug sum with which they returned to Ohio and purchased a big farm. In 1853 the California fever overtook them again, and they came to the southern part of the State and settled near what is now El Monte. That vicinity was then known as the "Plains." The first house in that neighborhood was built with lumber hewed from trees felled in the mountains. The lumber was brought down to the edge of the valley on pack animals and hauled from there by wagons. The house, now a picturesque ruin, still stands on the main road from Los Angeles, about three miles west of El Monte. At that location Mr. Tibbet started extensive teaming operations, and dispatched trains into Arizona and Nevada. Mrs. Tibbet died in 1892, and was buried in Savannah Cemetery, where the body of the husband will also be laid. There are three surviving children, Mrs. William Snoddy of El Monte, J. F. Tibbet of Riverside and Mrs. P. N. Arnold of Palms. Mr. Tibbet was an uncle of Will Tibbet, the officer killed in the fight with outlaws at Bakersfield not long ago, and Bert Tibbet, the deputy marshal of that city, who rushed into the thick of the fight and killed the notorious desperado. The body of Tibbet lies in the same room where he was wedded only ten weeks ago. On the first day of February last he appeared at Undertaker Guidinger's parlors in Santa Monica. Accompanying him was Soffie Ramsted, aged 45. Tibbet's was 79. Their mission was to be united in marriage and as they had the necessary papers, Mr. Guidinger, who is also City Recorder, tied the knot in the presence of the grim witnesses that now pillow the head of the groom.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: SAUER, ROGERS, KERN, RADDE, REGALADO Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/JW.2ADE/7677 Message Board Post: Seeking information on a DARLENE REGALADO, regarding family members in Michigan. She posted her e-mail on Rootsweb, but its no longer good. Anyone out there in California know of her. If you do have her e-mail me.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Smith, Harlow, King, Castle Classification: Death Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/JW.2ADE/7676 Message Board Post: SMITH HERBERT ROLAND born: 01/17/1917 M OKLAHOMA mother: KING father: SMITH died: KERN 02/18/1951 age: 34 yrs requested by: kiledijon@pacifier.com The Bakersfield Californian, Monday, February 19, 1951 Pg. 17 & 20 Cabbie Jailed in Slaying of Rival for Wife's Love A 28-year-old taxicab driver was held today after sheriff's officers found a man fatally beaten in the home of the suspect's estranged wife. Herbert R. Smith, 34-year-old cook of 2026 Potomac street, died at Kern General Hospital, 3:55 a.m. Sunday of head injuries. Mrs. Emma Jean Harlow, 29, 897 South Mr. Vernon avenue, told sheriff's officers she was a witness to the early Sunday morning attack on the sleeping victim. Deputies arrested her husband Randall F. Harlow of 2328 Eighteenth street at the Yellow Cab Company office, 1301 Eighteenth, about an hour before the victim's death. Married a Month Mrs. Harlow, mother of two small children by a previous marriage, said she married Harlow last December 15. They separated a month later. The arresting deputies, Wilbur Giese and Fred Peterson, lodged Harlow in the county jail for investigation of a murder charge. Mrs. Harlow said she was asleep in a rear bedroom and that Smith was in a front bedroom when she was awakened by noises in the front part of the home. It was about 12:50 a.m. Sunday, she stated. She recounted she first saw her (pg 20): estranged husband in the hallway and saw him return to Smith's room and reappear in the hallway several times. She rushed to a telephone but Mrs Harlow continued, Harlow stopped her from making a call for an ambulance. Beaten Against Floor Smith, she said, was picked up bodily and his head poiunded on the floor after Harlow struck him with fists and feet. "I was forced to look at him," Mrs. Harlow said, "but I covered my face with my hands. He was bleeding very much and it was awful." When it was seen that Smith was seriously hurt, she said her husband helped her nurse the victim and Harlow told a telephone operator to send an ambulance. Deputies Wilbur Giese and David Head were first to arrive. they questioned the Harlows and then left after being told Smith had been hurt in a fight with an unidentified man. Harlow left in a cab for work and was arrested at 2:40 a.m. after investigating officers further questioned the wife. The attack took place in the home of Mrs. Harlow's parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Castle, who left Saturday to visit friends in Oklahoma. Attacked in Sleep Deputy County Coroner Nolan Clay said Smith apparently was struck while asleep and did not regain consciousness during the assault. County Coroner Norman Houze said an autopsy performed by Dr. Robert Huntington, county pathologist, disclosed death was the result of a "subdural hemorrhage due to blows on the head." Smith's auto was parked outside the Castle home. His assailant entered through a window of the locked house, Clay said. Smith had been staying with a brother, Porter and other family members at 2026 Patomac, Porter Smith said he had been employed as a cook at San Rafael and was on a visit here. The body will be sent to Texas for burial after a coroner's inquest. Two sons and a divorced wife of the victim live at Dallas, Texas. Other survivors are his parents, Mr. and Mrs. George M. Smith of Dallas; six brothers, Porter of 2026 Potomac, Durward of Sonoma and Ted, Lester, Glen and Gordon , all of Dallas; and three sisters, Leta, Bobbie and Mae, all of Texas. Sharon Kern Co. Volunteer

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: McGinn Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/JW.2ADE/7531.1.1 Message Board Post: Sharon, Thank you very much for all your time and effort in getting this obit for me. As it turns out, this is my cousin. Now I know he has surviving family and a daughter! I can not tell you in words how very precious this information is. I am grateful to you for providing this information to me. I can't put into words how much this means to me. Thank you, Thank you! Bonnie

I'm sorry to report that there was no obit located for the following people in the Bakersfield Californian. OGDEN ROBERT EDWIN born: 12/09/1915 M TENNESSEE mother: STAHL died: KERN 10/15/1992 age: 76 yrs requested by: _linux47@joimail.com_ (mailto:linux47@joimail.com) OGDEN LILLIAN ELIZABETH born: 07/22/1917 F COLORADO mother: STAHL father: CAMPBELL died: KERN 07/25/1993 age: 76 yrs requested by: _linux47@joimail.com_ (mailto:linux47@joimail.com) Sharon Kern Co. Volunteer

I'm sorry to report that there was no obit located for the following person in the Bakersfield Californian. LEOFFLER LEO NICKLAS born: 04/10/1917 M NEBRASKA mother: ZURCHER died: KERN 08/19/1985 age: 68 yrs requested by: _jczervas@earthlink.net_ (mailto:jczervas@earthlink.net) Sharon Kern Co. Volunteer

I'm sorry to report that there was no obit located for the following person in the Bakersfield Californian. CHAMPAGNE ALAN L born: 11/29/1939 M RHODE ISLAND died: SAN LUIS OBISPO 03/11/1972 Bakersfield resident and KC Probation Ofcr. age: Unknown Requested by: _calfeeder@netzero.com_ (mailto:calfeeder@netzero.com) Sharon Kern Co. Volunteer

I'm sorry to report that there was no obit located for the following person in the Bakersfield Californian. Gravella Wells age: 70 yrs county: 10 date: 4/9/1935 requested by: jsfoster1865@yucca.net Sharon Kern Co. Volunteer

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Asencio, Mantooth, Taylor Classification: Death Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/JW.2ADE/7675 Message Board Post: ASENCIO FLORENCE L born: 04/11/1933 F OKLAHOMA mother: MANTOOTH father: TAYLOR died: KERN 10/27/1994 age: 61 yrs requested by: linngen@sbcglobal.net The Bakersfield Californian, October 29, 1994 ~DEATHS~ Florence L. Asencio, 61, Porterville, Oct. 27 in Delano. Parkview Mortuary, Delano Sharon Kern Co. Volunteer

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Richmond, Flickinger, Yevrovich Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/JW.2ADE/7674 Message Board Post: The Bakersfield Californian; 2004 Index Surname: RICHMOND Given name: Edna Wilbur Publication date: 2/15/2004 Type of Entry: obituary Death Date: 2/8/2004 Place of Death: Louisville, Kentucky Requested by: BJosep6275@aol.com Bakersfield Californian, February 15, 2004 ~FUNERALS~ Edna Wilbur Richmond Serices: Sat., Feb. 21, 11 a.m. Edna Wilbur Richmond, 84, was born on September 6, 1919, in Providence, Rhode Island and died on February 8, 2004, in Louisville, Kentucky. Edna played many roles in her lifetime, but the most important ones to her were those that had to do with human relationships. She was a devoted wife, a generous and loyal friend and mentor and most especially a loving and caring mother. Edna was proud of her institutional affiliations. She graduated from Pembroke College at Brown University in 1941, with degrees in Art and Music, and soon after joined the Women's Auxiliary Army Corps, in which she achieved the rank of First Lieutenant. She often spoke fondly of her service, which remained one of the important and cherished memories of her life. After World War II, she earned a Teaching Credential and Master's Degree in Education from Wayne State University in Detroit and much later (in her sixties) picked up a second Master's Degree, this time in Family and child Counseling from California State University, Bakersfield. Edna's deepest love was reserved for her husband, Dr. Robert Richmond, and their five children, of whom she was immensely proud. she successfully imparted her love of he arts to al of her children, as well as a profound belief in the importance of social justice, the environment, and service to the community. Her most significant period of social activism was the 1970's, when she involved herself heavily in the effort to prevent the construction of a nuclear power plant in Wasco and led the effort to improve traffic safety near Bakersfield Schools. (The stop light at the corner of Oswell and Pico is her personal achievement.) In her final years, she immersed herself in the Unitarian Universalist Association Fellowship of 'Bakersfield, a source of deep and devoted friends. In recent decades, Edna derived great pleasure from writing poetry and self-published two volumes of her verse. She was preceded in death by her husband and her grandson, Bucky. She is survived by her children, Judith Flickinger, Robert Richmond Jr., Frank Richmond, Lynn Yevrovich, and Stephen Richmond and seven grandchildren. A memorial service celebrating her life will be held Saturday, February 21, 11:00 a.m., at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Bakersfield.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: McGinn, Stotts Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/JW.2ADE/7531.1 Message Board Post: Here is the obit you requested for the following person. Surname: McGinn Given name: Joshua Steven newspaper date: 1/8/2002 Type of Information: obit Requested by: bonsmail@yahoo.com Bakersfield Californian, Tuesday, January 8, 2002 ~FUNERALS~ Joshua Steven McGinn 1973 - 2001 Born July 20, 1973 and went home to the arms of His Heavenly Father, December 31, 2001. Joshua has left to cherish the memory of him; his beloved wife Denisa; precious daughter Ashley; and loving mother Lynn mcGinn; grandparents, Joe and Patricia Stotts; as well as many aunts, uncles, cousins and friends. Joshua was preceded in death by his father Steven Roy McGinn. Joshua was a graduate of Bakersfield High School, attended Santa Monica College and took courses at UCLA. He moved to Los Angeles 9 years ago working as a Personal Trainer at a Brentwood gym for the past 8 years. He was actively pursuing his lifelong passion for the written word and was a very gifted writer. His personal studies led him on a journey to search out the meaning of love, life and His God. Private services are being held in Los Angeles. In lieu of flowers, if desired, contributions can be made to the Trust Fund for his daughter Ashley McGinn at the Bakersfield City Employees Federal Credit Union. Joshua - Just as you have asked... I will set your ashes to the sea Because my heart knows You are already free The peace in my heart is knowing You are in God's Heaven now, Waiting for me. I will hold you in my memories So precious, so dear And in that way - you will Always be near I say good-bye to you My precious son, knowing That God's love upon your Face is now glowing Love, Mom

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Williams, Moore, Mahan, Wiseman, Schaefer, Bell, Renfrow, Grant, Renz, Molina Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/JW.2ADE/7673 Message Board Post: Bakersfield Californian Deaths & obits- 2001 Surname: Williams Given name: Lyle Everett Newspaper Date: 7/11/2001 Type: obituary Requested by: kkmarynik@hotmail.com Bakersfield Californian, Wednesday, July 11, 2001 ~FUNERALS~ Lyle Everett Williams Services: Fri., July 13, 10 a.m. A Celebration of Life Service will be held Friday July 13, 2001 at 10:00 a.m. at the First Congregational Church in Wasco for Lyle E Williams. Rev. Mike Bradley and Rev. William Fox will officiate the service and Interment will follow at Wasco Memorial Park. Lyle was born October 11, 1905 in Auburn, CA to John and Mabel Moore Williams. He died July 6, 2001 in San Luis Obispo, CA, after a short illness. He held his first job, at age twelve, in Panoche, CA in a magnesite mine. He also worked on ranches, was a fireman on the "Klamath Queen" Dredger and he hunted Mountain Lions, to help his parents and siblings during the Great Depression. In 1922 he installed Diesel Engines at the power Generating plant in Tonopah, Nevada. While in Tonopah he was also a Clerk Operator for Western Union, where he became good friends with "Death Valley Scotty", Alice Faye and Douglas Fairbanks. Upon returning to California, he became partners with his friend Harry Wilkinson in a Water Well Drilling business in Gilroy. In 1929 he married Vivian Mahan in Santa Cruz, CA and they had one son, Hugh. In 1936, Harry and Lyle expanded their Well Drilling business to Wasco, CA. He eventually owned his own drilling co. and was in business for over 55 years! . In 1945 Lyle married Ruth M. Wiseman at Minter Field, CA and they were married until her death in 1984. Lyle was one of the Founders of the California Drilling Contractors Association and was President in 1968. He served on the Board for 20 years. During this time the name of the Association changed to the California Ground Water Association. Lyle was also a member of the First Baptist Church in Wasco and The First Congregational Church in Shafter. Lyle and Ruthie supported numerous Missionary's and students with monetary help throughout their lives. He was preceded in death by his son, Hugh Leslie Williams, his loving wife, Ruthie M. Williams, his parents, 6 sisters and 2 brothers. He is survived by his devoted daughter-in-law and son-in-law, Georgia and Bill Schaefer of Los Osos, CA; his loving grandchildren Kelly and Michele Williams of Pueblo, CO; Laurie Williams of Bakersfield, CA and Maridee Williams Bell of Morro Bay, CA. Sisters, Mabel Renfrow of Hollister, CA and Ruby Grant of Wasco, CA. Devoted sister-in-law and brother-in-law Nina and Robert Renz of Hollister, CA. 5 great grandchildren, Christopher Williams, Stephanie, Allison and Nicholas Molina and Alexa Bell. Donations may be made to Hume Lake Christian Camps, Youth Scholarships, 5545 E. Hedges, Fresno, CA 93727 Peters Funeral Home, Wasco Sharon Kern Co Volunteer

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Crow, Stephens, Wilcox, Collins, McAllister, Miller, Jackson, Hobbs Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/JW.2ADE/7672 Message Board Post: CROW LESTER YOUNG born: 08/09/1895 M GEORGIA mother: STEPHENS died: KERN 02/07/1980 age: 84 yrs requested by: jcrowg@sbcglobal.net The Enterprise, Feb. 14, 1980 Pg. B4 (Serving Boron, California City, Edwards AFB, No. Edwards, Mojave, Rosamond and trade area.) Lester Y. Crow rites Conducted Funeral rites were held Saturday, Feb. 9 at the 1st Baptist Church in Bakersfield for Lester Y. Crow, 84, a long-time resident of Boron. Born in Homer, Georgia, August 9, 1895, Crow died Feb. 7 in his residence in Boron. Services were officiated by Rev. Clyde B. Skidmore, interment followed in Greenlawn Memorial Park in Bakersfield. Crow had been a barber for 50 years prior to his retirement. He also served his country in the U.S. Army during WWI. Crow was one of the 13 original founders of the First Southern Baptist Church in Bakersfield. Survivors include: his wife, Etta Mae; four daughters, Oreda Wilcox, Hospital Administrator for the boron Citizens Hospital, Roberta Collins of Hayward, CA, Dorsey McAllister of Santa Cruz, CA and Janice Miller of Jamesville, CA. Also surviving are two sisters, Inez Jackson of Madera, CA and Hattie Hobbs of Arkansas, a brother, Colonel Crow of Jackson, CA, eight grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. Arrangements were handled by Stickel Mortuary, Mojave. Sharon Kern Co. Volunteer