This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Tibbet, Condon, Poe Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/JW.2ADE/7392.3 Message Board Post: TIBBET BERTON M born: 12/24/1901 M CALIFORNIA died: KERN 09/07/1972 age: 71 yrs The Bakersfield Californian, Saturday, September 8, 1972 Pg. 7 BERT TIBBET DIES; SERVICES PENDING Services are pending for Bert M. Tibbet, former law enforcement officer and singer, who died Thursday after a long illness. Mr. Tibbet, 71, was a cousin of the late Metropolitan Opera singer, Lawrence Tibbett. Mr. Tibbet was born in Bakersfield Dec. 24, 1900. As a young man, following his education in Taft and Bakersfield, Mr. Tibbet went to Hollywood where he sang and appeared in several motion pictures. He returned to Kern County in 1939, served a police chief of Maricopa and was a deputy with the Kern County Sheriff's Department. He also maintained his singing career, appearing locally at events and was active in civic life. In later years he was active in security work. In the 1940s he was known as the singing bartender in the old Hotel El Tejon's Penthouse. He unsuccessfully ran for Kern County sheriff in 1962. Mr. Tibbet was chairman of the North of the River Association Self-Government Committee which attempted to incorporate the area. He resided at 606 1/2 Belmont Avenue. Survivors include the widow, Ethel; a son, Bert Mills Jr., Pasadena; daughters, Mrs. Gloria Condon and Marjorie Tibbet, Pasadena, and Mrs. Nanch Poe, Whittier; 19 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Burial will be in Union Cemetery. Mish Funeral Home is handling arrangements. The Bakersfield Californian, Sunday, Sept. 10, 1972 ~OBITUARY NOTICES~ TIBBET, Bert M. - Services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday in the Mish Funeral Home - Oildale, for Bert M. Tibbet, 71, 606 1/2 Belmont Street, who died Sept. 7 in a Bakersfield hospital after a long illness. The Rev. Clyde Skidmore of the First Southern Baptist Church will officiate and interment will follow at Union Cemetery. Mr. Tibbet, a native of Bakersfield, lived in Taft as a youngster and went to the first Taft high School. He joined the U.S. Navy when he was 17. He later worked for a detective agency in Orange County and Pasadena. Mr. Tibbet went to Hollywood where he sang and appeared in several motion pictures singing in a quartet with Bing Crosby and as a member of the crew of The Captain Blood movie. He carried ice to housewives of Bakersfield from 1937 to 1939, but an auto accident ended this career with an injured leg. He was known as the singing bartender in the Hotel El Tejon penthouse. He then became a police chief of Maricopa and was a deputy with the Kern C! ounty sheriff's office. He was employed by the Alert Merchants Patrol for eight years and in 1968 illness forced him into retirement. He was a member of the North of the River Association Self-Government Committee which attempted incorporation of the North of the River area. Pallbearers will be Herb Dodd, Ed Myers, Ned Pope, Al Loustalot, Harley Stumbaugh and C. P. Fidler. Honorary pallbearers will be Carl Bockman, Joe Carroll and Art Cross. Sharon Kern Co. Volunteer