This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Blanco, Ferris, Classification: Death Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/JW.2ADE/7771 Message Board Post: Old. Timer. Mike Pappas Found Dead Mr. Mike Pappas passed away Friday, July 17, 1953. He was found lying dead behind the counter of his store on Highway 16 by a friend between 2 and 3 p.m. His daughter Esther had been home on a visit and she and her cousin Alice had gone down to Alice's home about 1:30 p.m. and were later informed of his death. . His body was brought into Mojave by the O'Donnell Funeral Home and then taken to Bakersfield by Payne and Son Mortuary. He was buried at Greenlawn Cemetery on Wed., July 22 at 10 a.m. Mike came to America from Greece in 1909. He stayed a short time in New York with friends and then moved to the desert at Haiwee near Little Lake, where he worked for the Southern Pacific Railroad and lived with an uncle. He then moved to Garlock in 1918 where he was foreman on the railroad until 1923. He went to Saltdale as a contractor for two years. He then moved to Cantil and became foreman on the railroad for five years. In the meantime he married Miss Rose Blanco of Bakersfield. He quit the railroad and built the home near the hills in 1930, where he has lived until the time of his death. He was a member of the Red Rock School Board and served this office faithfully. He leaves a daughter, Mrs. Esther Ferris and a son Franklyn, also a. brother and his family, Mr. and Mrs. George Pappas and their family, Bill, Rudy, Mary, Pete, Johnny, Linda and Alice. Mike .had many friends on the desert and his cheery "hello" will be missed by everyone. Posted by East Kern Genealogical Society Courtesy of Mojave Desert News California City, Kern, CA Published: 23 Jul 1953