This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Bakke, Classification: Death Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/JW.2ADE/7925 Message Board Post: George Stemwedel Called By Death George (Lou) Stemwedel passed away June 8 at 3:20 a.m. in Mojave. He was born in Hayti, South Dakota on August 30, 1910 and came to California 20 years ago. He farmed in Tehachapi for about 8 yrs., and then went to Rosamond where he had been farming and mining, Mr. Stemwedel is survived by his wife Hazel R., one son George and three brothers, Robert W. of South Dakota, Lloyd E. of North Dakota and Keneth E. of South Dakota. Also surviving is one sister, Mrs. Dorraine Bakke of Fergus Fall, Minnesota and both parents who had only recently arrived in Rosamond for a visit. Funeral services will be held in O'Donnell Funeral Home Chapel on Friday, June 11, at 2:00 p.m. with interment in the Mojave Cemetery. Posted by East Kern Genealogical Society Courtesy of Mojave Desert News California City, Kern, CA Published: 10 Jun 1954