Here is the obit you requested for the following person: Smith, Mary E. spouse: MP age: 64 years county: 15 (Kern) Date of death: 12/13/1923 requested by: dbohrman@prodigy.net Bakersfield Californian Thursday, December 13, 1923 Pg. 13 Mother of Mell Smith is Called by Death With the death of Mrs. M. P. Smith, which occurred at an early hour today, Bakersfield lost one of its best loved citizens Mrs. Smith lived in Bakersfield since April 1898, coming to this city from Rolis county, Missouri where she was born in 1859. She was married at the place of her birth, August 10, 1879 and during the years of her residence here has proved one of East Bakersfield's most popular matrons. She is survived by her husband, M. P. Smith, who is a member of the Bakersfield police force, a son, Mell Smith of the California market and a granddaughter, Mrs. John Robinson, who resides in Arkansas, Kansas and who will be remembered here as Mill Pauline Breene. A son-in-law, Will Breene, lives here and a sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Keithley resides in San Francisco. Several nieces and nephews also survive. Mrs. Smith was a member of St. Joseph Altar society of East Bakersfield and was also affiliated with the Neighbors of Woodcraft. The body is at the family home at 517 Pacific street. Funeral arrangements will be announced later from the Payne and Son mortuary. Sharon Kern Co. Volunteer **************Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape. http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp00300000002489

Here is the obit you requested for the following person: Glass, Linnie, B spouse: F age: 75 county: 15 died: 10/7/1938 requested by: KBaseball8@aol.com Bakersfield Californian Tuesday, October 11, 1938 Pg. 13 Glass - Services for Mrs. Linnie M. Glass, 3031 San Emidio street, were conducted at 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon at Payne & son chapel with the Reverend John Murdoch officiating. Burial was at Greenlawn. Sharon Kern Co. Volunteer **************Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape. http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp00300000002489

Here is the obit you requested for the following person: Bon, Latona A. spouse: J age: 50 yrs county: 15 DOD: 6/11/1937 requested by: KBaseball8@aol.com Bakersfield Californian Saturday, June 12, 1937 Pg. 9 Mrs. Anna L. Bon Claimed by Death Mrs. Anna Latona Bon, 50, wife of Mark H. Bon, former Bakersfield railroad man and for the past 12 years a restaurant operator at Famosa, died last night at a local hospital. Mrs. Bon was a native of Pleasant Valley, Pa. Since coming to Kern County, she had become affiliated with the Christian Science church, and the auxiliaries of both the Spanish American War Veterans and the Veterans of Foreign Wars. Mrs. Bon leaves in addition to her husband, a son, Frank, her mother, Mrs. Linnie Glass and a brother, H. R. Glass, all of Bakersfield. Funeral services will be conducted at Payne & Son chapel Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock under direction of the Christian Science church. Interment will be in Greenlawn Memorial Park. Sharon Kern Co. Volunteer **************Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape. http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp00300000002489

Here is the obit you requested for the following person: WIMBERLEY ANDREW B born: 01/21/1893 M MISSOURI died: KERN 03/11/1973 age: 80 yrs requested by: Linda nowata@q.com Bakersfield Californian Monday, March 12, 1973 Pg. 31 Wimberley, Andrew Burton - Services for Andrew Burton Wimberley, 80, will be held at the chapel of Jones-Wasco Funeral Home, Tuesday at 3 o'clock with Rev. Paul B. Orndoff of the Chgurch of the Nazarene, Wasco, officiating. Mr. Wimberley, a native of Wright County, Mo., was born Jan. 21, 1893. He died at a hospital in Wasco March 11. He married Stella Dotson in Spiro, Oka., in 1917. In 1943 they came to Wasco after farming for himself in Oklahoma. His widow is the only survivor. Pallbearers will be Edgar Tiner, Charlie ???(lg ink smudge), Elmer Tiner, Bates Jackson, ??rry Carr, and John Menees. Interment will be in Wasco Memorial Cemetery. Sharon Kern Co. Volunteer **************Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape. http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp00300000002489

While moving on to the next obit, I found the following article for a Gary Fred Ray. : Bakersfield Californian Monday, March 12, 1973 Pg. 31 Johannesburg man found dead An inquest is pending in the apparent suicide of Gary Fred Ray, 37, 311 Comstock Street, Johannesburg, found dead in his pickup truck on the Red Rock-Randsburg Road, 1/8 mile south of Highway 395, at 10:05 p.m. Saturday Deputies said Ray's chest wound apparently was self-inflicted with a .22 caliber revolver. Ray's family includes a wife and 16-year-old son. Sharon ------ In a message dated 1/16/2008 6:22:55 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, DULCICH6@aol.com writes: RAY FRED G born: 09/01/1888 M IOWA died: KERN 06/01/1971 age: 82 yrs requested by: dearme58@yahoo.com The Bakersfield Californian Friday, June 4, 1971 Pg. 46 Ray, Fred Grant - Services will be held in the Stahl Funeral Home, Newkirk, Okla., for Fred Grant Ray, 82, 631 Monroe, Arvin, who died Tuesday in a Bakersfield hospital. Interment will be in the Newkirk Cemetery. Mr. Ray was a native of Iowa and resided in Kern County many years. Survivors include his wife Ollie and a daughter, Lula Patrick of Oklahoma. Greenlawn Mortuary. Sharon Kern Co. Volunteer **************Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape. http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp00300000002489

Here is the obit you requested for the following person: PIERSON OLGA A born: 10/10/1884 F died: KERN 08/05/1971 age: 86 yrs requested by: hanse078@umn.edu The Bakersfield Californian Friday, August 6, 1971 Pg. 51 Pierson, Olga A. - Services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday in the Mish Funeral Home, Oildale, for Olga A. Pierson, 86, of 9300 Kern Canyon Road Space 85, who died Thursday in a Bakersfield convalarium. Rev. Ted Stone, pastor of the Fruitvale Community Church, will officiate and cremation will be private with inurnment at a later date. Mrs. Pierson was a native of Norway and was born Oct. 10, 1884 and had lived in Bakersfield for the past 17 years. She was a homemaker for over 60 years. Survivors include two sons, Roy Howard Anderson of Bakersfield and Walter Anderson of Mesa, Ariz.; brothers, Walter Berg and Alfred Woll, both of Chippewa Falls, Wis.; a sister, Mrs, Ruth Weber of Chippewa Falls. Mish Funeral Home, Oildale. Sharon Kern Co. Volunteer **************Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape. http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp00300000002489

Here is the obit you requested for the following person: RAY FRED G born: 09/01/1888 M IOWA died: KERN 06/01/1971 age: 82 yrs requested by: dearme58@yahoo.com The Bakersfield Californian Friday, June 4, 1971 Pg. 46 Ray, Fred Grant - Services will be held in the Stahl Funeral Home, Newkirk, Okla., for Fred Grant Ray, 82, 631 Monroe, Arvin, who died Tuesday in a Bakersfield hospital. Interment will be in the Newkirk Cemetery. Mr. Ray was a native of Iowa and resided in Kern County many years. Survivors include his wife Ollie and a daughter, Lula Patrick of Oklahoma. Greenlawn Mortuary. Sharon Kern Co. Volunteer **************Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape. http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp00300000002489

Here is the obit you requested for the following person: DUNMORE JESSIE J born: 07/03/1913 M died: KERN 05/22/1968 age: 54 yrs requested by: dixieskydiver@gmail.com The Bakersfield Californian Saturday, May 25, 1968 Pg. 34 Dunmore, Jessie James - An hour of meditation will be held Sunday at 6 p.m. in the chapel of Rucker's Mortuary for Jessie James Dunmore, 54, 1908 Brook Street, who died Wednesday in a Bakersfield hospital. Last rites will be held Monday at 10 a.m. in the chapel of Rucker's Mortuary, 301 Baker Street, with the Rev. N. Thompson of Saint Emanuel Baptist Church officiating. Interment will follow in Union Cemetery. Mr. Dunmore was a native of Aynor, S.C. He had lived in Bakersfield 22 years. He was a veteran of World War II. Survivors include the widow, Mrs. Mary Ellen Dunmore of San Diego and a son Herman of San Diego, and three grandchildren. Pallbearers will be Willard Adkins, Harry Cobbs, F. M. Moland, Robert Crawford, Lindsey Hollins and Royal Mershon. **************Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape. http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp00300000002489

Hello listers & requesters, I think that most of you have heard my moaning and groaning over the necessity of babysitting workmen for multiple repairs on my new house. When we moved in at the end of January 2007 we had no idea it would still be ongoing for nearly a year. Just as that was beginning to thin out, my husband had surgery on his right shoulder and was laid up for 6 weeks. He was back at work for about 2 weeks when he had a heart attack while working on a job in Missouri. During his convalescence he joined me on my library treks to search for obits and he finds it very boring. During all of this I also cared for 3 of our grandsons, ages 1 yr, 2 yrs, & 4 yrs, M-F while their parents taught school. I want to tell you all how much I appreciate your patience in regard to all the obit requests I accepted for Kern County between November of 2006 and now. I have finally finished the lookups and will now commence the transcribing. Needless to say, I will need to space them out to some degree, I don't want to inundate the lists, and I doubt I could even do them all in a month of transcribing 24/7. For those that have/had asked for news articles connected with the death obit, I will be doing those last. In fact, if necessary, I might even scan them and post them to the Kern County Message board where you can read them for yourself. Thanks again, Sharon Kern Co. Volunteer **************Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape. http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp00300000002489

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: rlbatty Surnames: Delaney Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.california.counties.kern/14649.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Thank you very much - I did find a very good obit for her online somehow, don't even know how I did it, but I got the info. Again, thank you so much Darlene Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: metaphor Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.california.counties.kern/14649.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: The obituary is very brief. You might contact the mortuary to inquire about additional information. Bakersfield Californian, The (CA) - November 6, 2004 Deceased Name: Barbara Delaney Barbara Delaney, 78, Bakersfield, Nov. 3. Visitation 2 to 5 p.m. Nov. 7, Hillcrest Memorial Park & Mortuary; services 2 p.m. Nov. 8, Hillcrest Memorial Chapel. Hillcrest Memorial Park & Mortuary. Copyright, 2004, The Bakersfield Californian Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: rlbatty Surnames: Delaney Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.california.counties.kern/14649/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Found info on a woman who died but cannot find the obit, is there anyone there who can find this obit for me. I tried the links in this forum but cannot find the obit. Thank you for any help Darlene - my email is rl.batty@comcast.net Obituary for Barbara Joan Delaney Name: Delaney, Barbara Joan Died: November 3 2004 in Bakersfield Buried: Hillcrest Memorial Park, Bakersfield Source: The Bakersfield Californian (Bakersfield, CA) Kern Co. CA - November 7, 2004 Notes: Obituary Undertaker/Funeral Home: Hillcrest Mortuary, Bakersfield Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: argoos Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.california.counties.kern/14648.1.1.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Sharon, I wasn't awaire of the fact that this topic was connected to Kern county. When i signed on to this site, i think i didn't read the topic. My interest lies whit this family, which emmigrated to Grand Rappids, Michigan. As this is the one person i cannot find info of, but know that he moved to America. I've not checked the site of Grand Rappids yet, this is the first thing i'll do after answering you. About other relatives Vandermeulen, i do know that there were more which emmigrated to America, but they are from annother "string" of my familytree. These persons are also on my list, but one at a time. Thanks for your tip. Kind regards, Arnold Goossensen Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: skdulcich Surnames: Vander Meulen, Steensma Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.california.counties.kern/14648.1.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: When you post to a message board, the replies have to be posted there also. I think, when you siad that "I've got a default reply back," that you tried to reply to the default email address for the board and that address is only for posting and not replying. The topic of this message board is Kern County, California. Since this is the board you chose to post your original query about this family, your query is supposed to have some connection to the topic of the board. That is why we both have asked what the connection is between your Vander Meulen family and Kern County in California. We volunteers can be more helpful with our resources here in Kern Co. if we know what the connection is. Was there something in particular that made you decide to post on the Kern Co. board? Since they were in Grand Rapids Michigan, have you checked that message board? Or have you checked the GenWeb pages for that county in Michigan? www.usgenweb.com There are no names that I'm aware of for me to send to you so you can see if there is any relationship to yours. What Kern county family do you refer to when you said, "don't know if this family is in any way related to the family in Kern County, California." Sharon Kern Co. Volunteer Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: argoos Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.california.counties.kern/14648.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Sharon, I did sent a reply, but i've got a default reply back. The answer was: I don't know if this family is in any way related to the family in Kern County, California. If possible, could you sent me some names, so i can see if these names are related to names in my familytree. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: argoos Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.california.counties.kern/14648.2.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: L.s. Please, do sent me the transcriptions. I'm looking forward to it. You can sent it to: argos (dot) leo (at) planet (dot)nl Kind regards, Arnold Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: skdulcich Surnames: Vander Muelen Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.california.counties.kern/14648.1.1.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I have located and attached the WW1 draft card for Jacob Vander Muelen, husband to Winnie. Sharon Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: skdulcich Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.california.counties.kern/14648.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Glad someone is finding stuff! But you didn't answer either of us about how these people are connected to Kern County, California. Did they move later in life? Did one or more of their children go to California? Sharon Kern Co. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: argoos Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.california.counties.kern/14648.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Sharon, i've just received a reply from someone, regarding the arrival in the year 1910 on the boat SS Celtic from Liverpool. Furthermore info about Jakob (now Jake) Vandermeulen in the 1920 US Census with wife Minnie. I'm sending this person an e-mail as well. Names of the children: Bertha (15), Margaret (13), Andrew (12), Sophie (10), Tressa (7), Sanford (5), Jake (3). Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: skdulcich Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.california.counties.kern/2750.3/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Your post from May 2002 may have already been answered, but I thought I'd give you a couple of places you might try if you are still searching. In California we have the CA Death Index that is from July 1905 to 2000 and is online. Then from 2001 thru 1005 the obits in Kern County newspaper The Bakersfield Californian have been indexed and are online also. Here is the CADI: http://www.vitalsearch-ca.com/gen/ca/_vitals/cadeathm.htm Here is the obit index (scroll down a little): http://cagenweb.com/eb/kern/ Sharon Kern Co. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.