This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Mills, Harnisch, Bostedt, Mills Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/JW.2ADE/8477 Message Board Post: Gene Glenn Young April 10, 1925 – June 26,2005 Gene Glenn Young, born April 10, 1925, in Bakersfield, passed away at home Sunday, June 26, after a brief illness. Gene was a life-long resident of Kern County. He attended East Bakersfield High School where he served as student body president in 1943-44. Gene married Pat Mills in 1946, and they were married for 59 years. Gene served Kern County for 40 years with the U.S. Forest Service, Kern County Fire Department and the Kern County Sheriff’s Department, where he was captain in charge of search and rescue and substations. Capping his public service career, he served as Kern County supervisor (District 3) for 12 years. Gene was proud to serve Kern County with honesty and integrity and always had the public’s best interest at heart. Gene and Pat retired to the Kern River Valley in 1984, where he remained active in the Kern River Valley Historical Society and the Kern Valley Habitat Club. Gene loved the Kern River Valley where he enjoyed his family and friends, but he was always ready for a spontaneous road trip to visit his daughter and her children in Arizona. Gene is survived by his wife, Pat; son and daughter-in-law, Grant and Terrie Young; daughter and son-in-law, Gena (Peggy) and Gary Harnisch; 10 grandchildren; sister, Joy Bostedt and her husband and family of Idaho ; brother, Jeff Young and wife Kim of Washington; and brother-in-law and good friend, Dan Mills and his wife Jewel of Tehachapi. The family will have a private service and in lieu of flowers, they request donations be made to the Kern River Valley Search and Rescue Unit. Posted by East Kern Genealogical Society Courtesy of Tehachapi News Tehachapi, Kern, CA Published: Volume 106 - No. 13 July 13-19, 2005