This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: skdulcich Surnames: Lucas, Clarke, Evans, Pettinger, Ham, Hanson, Garrard Classification: obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.california.counties.kern/14619.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Here is the obit you requested for the following person: LUCAS DON DEHAN born: 09/16/1897 M OREGON died: KERN 03/29/1979 age: 81 yrs requested by: dgswan99@accessus.net message board: Dorothy Swanson44 Bakersfield Californian Friday, March 30, 1979 Pg. F7 Lucas, Don D. - Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday in The Hopson Mortuary chapel for Don D. Lucas, 81, 6305 Desert Hills Ave., who died March 29 in a Bakersfield hospital. The Rev. Glenn Puder, pastor emeritus, will officiate. Interment will be in Greenlawn Cemetery. Lucas was a native of Harbor, Ore., and had lived in California and Bakersfield since 1920. He was a veteran of World War I serving in the Navy. In 1923, he established the post office at Wheeler Ridge. He was in the oilwell supply business for 16 years, later developing and operating his own oil production company in Kern River oilfields. He retired to his ranch in Oregon in 1951. He was active in fish and game conservation and was a member of Footprinters and Eagles. Survivors include his wife, Margaret; a son, Gerald D. of Bakersfield; two daughters, Mary Patricia Clarke of La Canada and Elizabeth Ann Evans of Lafayette; 15 grandchildren, nine great-grandchildren; three brothers, Patrick H.! of Red Bluff, George H. Pettinger of Red Bluff and John Pettinger of Myrtle Point, Ore., and two sisters, Mabel-June Ham of Bandon, Ore., and Mildred Elizabeth Hanson of Bountiful, Utah. Pallbearers wil be the grandsons, Donald Garrard, Dwight Clarke, Don D. Lucas II, Patrick Lucas, Mark Evans, John Evans, Jerald Lucas Clarke, Edmund Clarke Jr. and Larry Lucas. Donations may be made to a health improvement organization of the donors choice. Sharon Kern Co. Volunteer Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.