Owen William Spears, 87 passed away peacefully in Porterville, CA. October 11, 2011. Owen was born March 11, 1924 in Yell County, Arkansas to John and Maude Spears. Owen met and married Marie (Pate) Spears in 1946. Owen lived a long life and worked many jobs to support his family. He became a sub-foreman at the former Lindsay Ripe Olive plant, in Lindsay, CA. where he retired after 20 years. He loved baseball, his team was the SF Giants and when they were out of season he loved his SF 49rs. He was an avid Pool player and won many tournaments. Owen made many friends in his 87 years. Owen will be dearly missed by all who knew and loved him. Owen is survived by his wife, Marie (Pate) Spears of 65 years. His children include two daughters, Maudine (Spears) Grenfell, of Porterville, CA., Kathleen (Spears) Dodd of MO., two sons Jody Spears of Porterville, CA., and Donald Spears and wife Kathie Spears of Stockton CA. He had six grandchildren Mark and Lupe Wells of Porterville, CA., Jeremy and Yelena Hogan of Bloomington, IN, Loraine (Hogan) and Jake Pipkin of Porterville, CA, Melissa Grenfell and Adina Feemster of Porterville, CA, Shannon (Spears) and Jason Gustaveson of San Diego, CA., and Mathew Spears of San Diego, CA. Nine great grandchildren and one great, great grandchild. He also leaves behind many beloved nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his father, mother, three sisters and one brother and his son Donald Spears. Visitation will be held on Saturday October 15 from 8am to 10am, chapel service will follow at 10am at Whitehurst Peters Loyd. Interment will be private. In lieu of flowers, please send donations to Parkinson's stem cell research. The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research. Church Street Station, P.O. Box 780. New York, NY 10008-0780. Published in The Porterville Recorder from October 14, 2011 to October 13, 2012 Picture available at http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/recorderonline/obituary.aspx?n=owen-william-spears&pid=154071265#fbLoggedOut.