This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Killian, Franklin, Classification: Death Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/JW.2ADE/8484 Message Board Post: Last Rites Held For Mr. Joe Actis Joe Actis, 69, a long time resident of the Mojave area, passed away February 26, 1959 in Mojave Hospital after a short illness. He was born in Italy and came to the United States about 1914 to settle in Pennsylvania where he worked as a coal miner. Later on, in about 1918, he came to Bakersfield to work for Southern Pacific RR and after a short time transferred to Mojave. Joe was a resourceful man and practically carved a living out of the desert for his family, working on the railroad and as a miner at the Golden Queen Mine. He also built Actis Camp 7½ miles south of Mojave where he retired several years ago, In 1957 he and Mrs. Actis erected a new home on Backus Road, west of the dump. Survivors include his widow, Marie, two sons, Reno and Tony of Mojave; two daughters, Mrs. Mary Killian of San Francisco and Mrs. Stella Franklin Jr. of Washington, D.C.; one brother and one sister in Italy and several grandchildren. Rosary Services were held Saturday, Feb. 28 at 10:00 a.m. Funeral services were held later at Doughty Calhoun O'Meara Chapel, with Howard D. Fench, past president of F.O.E. No. 93, Bakersfield, officiating. Interment was in Union Cemetery, Bakersfield. Posted by East Kern Genealogical Society Courtesy of Mojave Desert News California City, Kern, CA Published: 05 Mar 1959