This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Bond, Oates, Christy, Barker, Bailey, Martin, Maupin, Richardson, DeLaTorrieante Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/JW.2ADE/7867 Message Board Post: William Howard Steffen Feb. 6. 1948 – April 17, 2005 A memorial service was held Saturday, April 23, at Country Oaks Baptist Church for William Howard Steffen, 57, who passed away on April 17 at his home in Tehachapi. Steffen was born on Feb. 6, 1948, in Aurora, Ill. to William C. and Alice Steffen. He served in the United States Army from 1965 to 1971. He was employed by General Electric, working at Edwards Air Force Base as an A.E. tech welder for 25 years. He fell in love with Tehachapi and moved here eight years ago from the Rosamond area. In 1994, he married Katherine May Bond. He was an active member of the Country Oaks Baptist Church. Steffen is survived by his wife, Kathy of Tehachapi; son, Richard Oates and fiancee Chrystal and daughter, Tracey Lancaster, all of Maryland; stepson, Jack C. Christy of Visalia; stepdaughter, Sherri Barker of Oxnard; sisters, Ruthie Bailey, Anita Martin, Shelly Maupin, Dale Lynn Richardson, Tammy DeLaTorrieante and their husbands and families; brother, Gary Jacks and his friend Melinda Muir; sisters-in-law, Sandi Betterton and Donna Porter and their husbands; two grandchildren; six stepgrandchildren; and several nieces and nephews. Reverend Andrew Walker officiated at the service. Wood Family Funeral Service handled the cremation arrangements. Posted by East Kern Genealogical Society Courtesy of Tehachapi News Tehachapi, Kern, CA Published: Volume 106 - No. 2 April 27-May 3, 2005