Here is the obit you requested for the following person: MCWHORTER ROSA E born: 08/24/1893 F ARKANSAS mother: WOLLARD died: KERN 05/29/1966 age: 72 yrs (mailto:oden@clab.net) requested by: ruety@cox.net The Bakersfield Californian newspaper Wednesday, June 1, 1966 Pg. 35 McWHORTER, Rosa Etta - Services will be conducted in the Memorial Chapel, Greenlawn Mortuary, Thursday at 1:30 p.m. for Rosa Etta McWhorter, 72, 3823 Pioneer Drive, who died May 29 in a Bakersfield hospital. The Rev. B. C. Barrett will officiate at the services and interment will follow in the Oak Hill Section, Greenlawn Memorial Park. Mrs. McWhorter, a native of Arkansas, had resided in California 25 years and Kern County 19 years. She had been an elementary school teacher for 30 years and before retirement was last associated with the Delano schools. Mrs. McWhorter was a member of the town and Country Baptist Church, the Order of the Eastern Star, 426, Donaldson, Ark., and of the California Retired Teachers Association. Survivors include two daughter, Mrs. Helen McDonald, Arkansas, and Mrs. Evelyn Hodges, Bakersfield; a sister, Mrs. Frances Fowler, Compton; seven brothers, Robert Bollen, Wilmington, Sam, Fred and J. D. Bollen all of Arkansas, Grady Bollen, Reedley, Clarence Bollen, Oklahoma and Clardy Bollen, Torrance; 10 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. Sharon Kern Co. Volunteer

Here is the obit you requested for the following person: SATTERFIELD GEORGE W born: 02/03/1887 M OKLAHOMA mother: MISKELL died: KERN 05/07/1964 age: 77 yrs requested by: leesh@valornet.com The Bakersfield Californian newspaper Friday, May 8, 1964 Pg. 34 SATTERFIELD, George W. - George W. Satterfield, 77, died may 7, in a Bakersfield hospital. He was born in Oklahoma and had lived in this area for the past 27 years. His address was 657 Myers St., Arvin. Services will be Saturday, May 9, at 10 a.m. in the First Baptist Church under the direction of H. R. Borgsdorf Mortuary. The Rev. Charles W. Jones will officiate. Interment will follow in Arvin Cemetery. He is survived by his widow, Millie; three sons, Bert and Mitchell of Arvin and Jack of Bakersfield; four daughters, Mrs. Opal Barker and Mrs. Gladys Karestan both of Bakersfield, Mrs. Jewel Hobbs of Dinuba and Mrs. Pearl Scott of Antioch; a sister, Bessie Nora of Bakersfield; 27 grandchildren and 44 great-grandchildren. Sharon Kern Co. Volunteer

Here is the obit you requested for the following person: KEYS HENRY born: 06/22/1891 M ARKANSAS mother: HALL died: KERN 06/05/1965 age: 73 yrs requested by: LKMCELROY@aol.com The Delano Record newspaper Thursday, June 10, 1965 Pg. 6 HENRY KEYS SERVICES SET FOR TODAY Services will be held today, at 2 p.m. at the Delano Mortuary for Henry Keys, 1511 20th Ave., who passed away suddenly at his home Sunday. The deceased had been a resident of Delano since 1847. He was born in Arkansas on June 22, 1891. Survivors include his wife, Dillie and children, Henry, Tulare; Curtis, Oregon; Jean Snow, Delano; Billie Jo, New Jersey; Vera Currier, Louisiana; Wanda Ainsworth, Oregon; LaVonda K., Delano; Vivian Sadoy, of Delano and Juanita and Lorreta Chaney of Texas. Also a brother Joe of Texas and 15 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren. Sharon Kern Co. Volunteer

Here is the obit you requested for the following person: SATTERFIELD MILLIE MAY born: 12/06/1889 F OKLAHOMA died: KERN 03/17/1980 age: 90 yrs requested by: leesh@valornet.com The Arvin Tiller newspaper Wednesday, March 19, 1980 Pg. 5A SATTERFIELD Services will be conducted this morning at graveside in the Arvin District Cemetery for Millie May Satterfield, 90, of 236 Haven Drive, Arvin, who died March 17. The Rev. Merel Guess, pastor of the Arvin Freewill Baptist church officiated. Satterfield was a native of Oklahoma. She was a resident of Arvin since 1936. Survivors include three sons, Bert of Arvin, Jack of Bakersfield and Mitchell of Arvin; four daughters, Opal Barker and Gladys Glenn of Bakersfield, Jewell Hobbs of Washington and Pearl Scott of Antioch; four brothers, Les Underwood of Arvin, Bob and Lynn Underwood of Bakersfield and Bill Underwood of Palm Springs; two sisters, Ethel Krumseck of Arvin and Ora Brown; 27 grandchildren, 37 great-grandchildren and 35 great-great-grandchildren. Sharon Kern Co. Volunteer

Here is the obit you requested for the following person: WHEAT IKE born: 10/15/1872 M ARKANSAS mother: RAINY died: KERN 10/24/1962 age: 90 yrs requested by: _genea@crosstel.net_ (mailto:genea@crosstel.net) The Bakersfield Californian newspaper Thursday, October 25, 1962 Pg. 46 WHEAT, Ike - Funeral services will be held Friday at 10 a.m. in the Chapel of Doughty-Calhoun-O'Meara Mortuary for Ike Wheat, 90, Rte. 5, Box 422, Lamont, who died Oct 24 in Bakersfield. The deceased was a native of Arkansas and had lived in Kern County for the past 25 years. Survivors include three sons: Andy Wheat of Corcoran, Emmett Wheat of Tahlequah, Okla., and Harvey WIheat of McAllistar, Okla., one daughter, Mrs. Tildah Sterle of Lamont. He also leaves 16 grandchildren, 21 great-grandchildren, and one great-great-grandchild. Interment will be Tuesday, Oct 30, in The Oak Hills Cemetery, McAllistar, Okla. Services are under the direction of Doughty-Calhoun-O'Meara Mortuary. Sharon Kern Co. Volunteer

One more correction for digest subscribers: the ONLY place you need to use the "D" is when you subscribe. Sending an unsub request to SOCAL-request@rootsweb.com will unsub you (after you click the link in the email reply) regardless of how you are subscribed. Listmom heading off for another much-needed cup of coffee ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I forgot to mention, the new software, Mailman, requires you to click on a link to complete UNSUBcription (not SUBscription). So when you send a "request" message, you will receive an email back with instructions on completing your UNSUB. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ We have a new feature thanks to the beta test which may simplify things for SOCAL-ers. You may have noticed you only see "SOCAL@rootsweb.com" on your messages and digests (no more "-L"). From now on, the posting address is simply SOCAL@rootsweb.com and the default subscription address is SOCAL-request@rootsweb.com. The default mode is "list" version. If you sub or unsub from the "digest" version, you will use the old SOCAL-D-request@rootsweb.com. Digesters, please note: if you are having difficulty with receiving digests or the appearance of them let me know. I'm having to manually check "plain" for digest subscribers. Thanks! ps for those of you on my other lists such as NORCAL which are NOT in beta test, the above changes do not apply. You will still use "L" for posting and sub/unsub to list. -- Yvonne Bowers, Sonoma, CA. Listmom, WebMom NORCAL, SOCAL, CA-CORNISH NORCAL LIBRARY http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~yvonne/norcallib.html NORCAL Genealogy Index http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~yvonne/NORCAL%20index/ -- Yvonne Bowers, Sonoma, CA. Listmom, WebMom NORCAL, SOCAL, CA-CORNISH NORCAL LIBRARY http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~yvonne/norcallib.html NORCAL Genealogy Index http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~yvonne/NORCAL%20index/

I forgot to mention, the new software, Mailman, requires you to click on a link to complete UNSUBcription (not SUBscription). So when you send a "request" message, you will receive an email back with instructions on completing your UNSUB. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ We have a new feature thanks to the beta test which may simplify things for SOCAL-ers. You may have noticed you only see "SOCAL@rootsweb.com" on your messages and digests (no more "-L"). From now on, the posting address is simply SOCAL@rootsweb.com and the default subscription address is SOCAL-request@rootsweb.com. The default mode is "list" version. If you sub or unsub from the "digest" version, you will use the old SOCAL-D-request@rootsweb.com. Digesters, please note: if you are having difficulty with receiving digests or the appearance of them let me know. I'm having to manually check "plain" for digest subscribers. Thanks! ps for those of you on my other lists such as NORCAL which are NOT in beta test, the above changes do not apply. You will still use "L" for posting and sub/unsub to list. -- Yvonne Bowers, Sonoma, CA. Listmom, WebMom NORCAL, SOCAL, CA-CORNISH NORCAL LIBRARY http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~yvonne/norcallib.html NORCAL Genealogy Index http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~yvonne/NORCAL%20index/ -- Yvonne Bowers, Sonoma, CA. Listmom, WebMom NORCAL, SOCAL, CA-CORNISH NORCAL LIBRARY http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~yvonne/norcallib.html NORCAL Genealogy Index http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~yvonne/NORCAL%20index/

We have a new feature thanks to the beta test which may simplify things for SOCAL-ers. You may have noticed you only see "SOCAL@rootsweb.com" on your messages and digests (no more "-L"). From now on, the posting address is simply SOCAL@rootsweb.com and the default subscription address is SOCAL-request@rootsweb.com. The default mode is "list" version. If you sub or unsub from the "digest" version, you will use the old SOCAL-D-request@rootsweb.com. Digesters, please note: if you are having difficulty with receiving digests or the appearance of them let me know. I'm having to manually check "plain" for digest subscribers. Thanks! ps for those of you on my other lists such as NORCAL which are NOT in beta test, the above changes do not apply. You will still use "L" for posting and sub/unsub to list. -- Yvonne Bowers, Sonoma, CA. Listmom, WebMom NORCAL, SOCAL, CA-CORNISH NORCAL LIBRARY http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~yvonne/norcallib.html NORCAL Genealogy Index http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~yvonne/NORCAL%20index/

Is there a genealogy society in Sun City, CA? I want to visit a friend in who lives in Sun City, CA and I wanted to combine it with a speech to the genealogy group. So could someone please get me touch with a Society in that area? Thanks in advance, Liz Stookesberry Myers

You might try this. It was listed under Riverside and San Bernardino County Genealogical Societies: (Sun City) Genealogy Club of Sun City, P.O. Box 175, Sun City, CA 92586 - (951) 244-0229 If that doesn't work, here is a link to the societies that are in the area. http://www.cagenweb.com/sl/riverside/Gen-Hist%20Socs.htm Good luck! -----Original Message----- From: socal-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:socal-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of LizStookes@cs.com Sent: Thursday, July 06, 2006 6:51 AM To: socal@rootsweb.com Subject: [SOCAL] Sun City, CA Is there a genealogy society in Sun City, CA? I want to visit a friend in who lives in Sun City, CA and I wanted to combine it with a speech to the genealogy group. So could someone please get me touch with a Society in that area? Thanks in advance, Liz Stookesberry Myers

Here is the obit you requested for the following person: UNDERWOOD IDA BELL born: 08/18/1873 F ARKANSAS mother: CARRIER father: NUNLEY died: KERN 12/18/1956 age: 83 yrs requested by: _leesh@valornet.com_ (mailto:leesh@valornet.com) The Bakersfield Californian Newspaper Thursday, December 20, 1956 Pg. 39 UNDERWOOD, Ida Bell - Funeral services for Mrs. Ida Bell Underwood, 84, will be held in the chapel of the H. R. Borgsdorf Mortuary Friday at 10 a.m. The Rev. Edwin L. Kopper will officiate and interment will follow in Union Cemetery. Mrs. Underwood was born in Washington County, Ark., and had been a resident of Arvin for the last 20 years living at 1316 Royal St. She died in a Bakersfield hospital Dec. 18. Survivors include three daughters, Mrs. Millie Satterfield, Mrs. Ora Gibson and Mrs. Ethel Krumsiek, all of Arvin; seven sons, Les, Bob and Lynn of Arvin, Joe of Venice, Ray of Visalia, Tom of Port Chicago and Bethel of Torrence; brother Sidney Nunley of Arvin; 45 grandchildren, 68 great-grandchildren and 16 great-great-grandchildren. Pallbearers will be Woodrow Plott, Lloyd Curtis, C. H. Turner, John Sellers, John Hubb and Al Moran. Sharon Kern Co. Volunteer

Here is the obit you requested for the following person: UNDERWOOD VIRGIL FRANKLIN born: 09/05/1896 M OKLAHOMA mother: NUNLEY father: UNDERWOOD died: KERN 04/08/1956 age: 59 yrs requested by: _leesh@valornet.com_ (mailto:leesh@valornet.com) The Bakersfield Californian Newspaper Tuesday, April 10, 1956 Pg. 31 UNDERWOOD, Virgil F. - Funeral services for Virgil F. Underwood, 59, will be held in the chapel of the H. R. Borgsdorf Mortuary Wednesday at 2 p.m. Rev. Edwin L. Kopper, pastor of the Assembly of God Church will officiate and interment will follow in the VFW plot of Union Cemetery. Underwood was born in Muldrow, Okla., and was a resident of Arvin for 14 years. He lived at 549 Meyers St., and was a veteran of World War I. He died April 8 in a Bakersfield hospital following a lengthy illness. Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Jewel Dean Dondren of Bakersfield; 2 sons, Laebert of Bakersfield and Buel of Wasco; his mother, Mrs. Ida Underwood of Arvin, 2 sisters, Mrs. Millie Satterfield of Arvin and Mrs. Ora Gibson of Redlands; 7 brothers, Bob and Les of Arvin, Tom of Port Chicago, Joe of Venice, Ray of Visalia, Bethel of Torrance and Lynn of Anchorage, Alaska; 9 grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews. Pallbearers will be Clyde Turner, Woodrow Plott, Leonard Myers, Johnnie Sellers, Alec White and Al Moran. Sharon Kern Co. Volunteer

Here is the obit you requested for the following person: TOURPIN MARY LAURA born: 06/21/1870 F CALIFORNIA mother: PERRY father: MCVICAR died: KERN 01/09/1944 age: 73 yrs requested by: _Nolin.Christensen@marriott.com_ (mailto:Nolin.Christensen@marriott.com) The Bakersfield Californian Newspaper Tuesday, January 11, 1944 Pg. 11 TOURPIN, Mary Laura - Funeral services for Mary Laura Tourpin, 73, who died January 9 at her home in Tehachapi will be conducted Wednesday at 2 p.m. at the Hopson Chapel with the Reverend Charles Opie officiating. Cremation will be in Bakersfield Memorial Park. Mrs. Tourpin was a native of Tehachapi. She is survived by two sons, Laurance S. Tourpin of Tehachapi and William E. Morrow of El Monte; a daughter, Ethel Shelton of Bakersfield; eight grandchildren adn four great grandchildren; a brother, Ted Hendrickson of Bakersfield; a sister, Emma Lovejoy of Roseville and several nieces and nephews. Sharon Kern Co. Volunteer

Here is the obit you requested for the following person: FERGUSON MACILLE WADINE born: 10/27/1914 F OHIO father: HANNON died: KERN 05/15/1942 age: 27 yrs requested by: _ZHorn58228@aol.com_ (mailto:ZHorn58228@aol.com) & _ron_kate_simmons@worldnet.att.net_ (mailto:ron_kate_simmons@worldnet.att.net) The Bakersfield Californian Newspaper Saturday, May 16, 1942 Pg. 11 FERGUSON, Macille Wadine - Services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Monday in Flickinger-Digier Chapel for Mrs. Macille Ferguson, 27, who died Freday in a local hospital. Mrs. Ferguson was a resident of Bakersfield for two years. She is survived by her husband, Robert W. Ferguson of Bakersfield and her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Emmett Hannon of Omaha, Neb. Services will be conducted by the Reverend N. A. Christensen. Sharon Kern Co. Volunteer

Here is the obit you requested for the following person: RAINS PRUDIE ANN born: 03/10/1893 F OKLAHOMA mother: BAGGS father: WHEAT died: KERN 04/12/1941 age: 48 yrs requested by: _genea@crosstel.net_ (mailto:genea@crosstel.net) The Bakersfield Californian Newspaper Tuesday, April 15, 1941 Pg. 15 RAINS, Prudie - Last rites for Mrs. Prudie Rains, 47-yr-old Shafter matron, were held yesterday at 10 o'clock at the Janzen funeral chapel at Shafter. Mrs. Rains, a resident of that community for the past 3 years, passed away Saturday in a Bakersfield hospital. The Reverend Sam Wilcoxen of the Independent Orthodox Missionary Baptist Church in Shafter officiated, with burial following in Hanford cemetery. In addition to her husband, Arch Rains, surviving relatives include her father, Ike Wheat of Corcoran; two sons, Ramon and Calvin Rains; two daughters, Elva Lee and Mamie Lou Rains, all of Shafter; two brothers, Andy wheat of Coalinga and Harvey wheat of Visalia and a sister, Mrs. Furman Steele of Shafter. Sharon Kern Co. Volunteer

Here is the obit you requested for the following person: BEWICK CHARLES ARTHUR born: 06/08/1885 M MINNESOTA father: BEWICK died: KERN 11/26/1940 age: 55 yrs requested by: _JSpangler99@aol.com_ (mailto:JSpangler99@aol.com) The Bakersfield Californian Newspaper Thursday, November 28, 1940 Pg. 21 BEWICK FUNERAL SET FOR FRIDAY Funeral services for Charles A. Bewick, 55, prominent Kern County agricultural expert, who died Tuesday night at his Wasco home, 749 Cedar street, will be held Friday at 10 a.m. in the Jensen Funeral Home, Wasco, with burial in Bakersfield Memorial Park. Pallbearers will include Agricultural Commissioner Lewis A. Burtch, Buford L. Fox, Charles W. Grimm, Ed, C, Grimm, Charles D. Wylie and John J. Hare. Honorary pallbearers include C. S. Morley, S. T. McCawley, Dewitt Demming and L. J. Kanstein. The county agricultural commission office will be closed during the time of the funeral, in honor of Mr. Bewick who for more than 16 years, was agricultural commission inspector for the Wasco area, beginning April 25, 1925 and continuing until his recent illness. Sharon Kern Co. Volunteer

Here is the obit you requested for the following person: HOPKINS DONALD RAY born: 07/06/1945 M CALIFORNIA mother: HENRY father: HOPKINS died: KERN 02/19/1954 age: 08 yrs requested by: _Rsmith224@aol.com_ (mailto:Rsmith224@aol.com) The Bakersfield Californian Newspaper Monday, February 22, 1954 Pg. 28 HOPKINS, Donald Ray - Funeral services will be observed at 10 a.m. tomorrow in the Armstrong Mortuary Shafter, for Donald Ray Hopkins, 8-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Alvin C. Hopkins, Rt. 4, Box 319, who died Feb. 19 in a local hospital. The Rev Cecil Pool will officiate. Burial will be in Shafter Cemetery. The deceased was a native of Bakersfield, He is survived by his parents; grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Hopkins of Bakersfield and Mr. and Mrs. Tandy Henry of Tipton; three brothers, Edward with the U.S. Air Force, Alvin Jr. and Robert, the latter two of Bakersfield; and two sisters, Josephine and Nona Jean, both of Bakersfield. Sharon Kern Co. Volunteer

Here is the obit you requested for the following person: FLEMING ZELLA MAY born: 05/10/1876 F IOWA mother: HARDY father: JACKSON died: KERN 07/21/1951 age: 75 yrs requested by: _scout11bravo@msn.com_ (mailto:scout11bravo@msn.com) The Bakersfield Californian Newspaper Monday, July 23, 1951 Pg. 31 FLEMING, Zella May - Funeral services will be held for Mrs. Zella May Fleming, 76, 128 1/2 Woodrow Street, North-of-the-River, at 3 p.m. Wednesday in the chapel of the Greenlawn Mortuary, with the Reverend Lynn Wood officiating. Interment will be in Greenlawn Memorial park. Mrs. Fleming, who died July 21 in a local hospital had resided in Bakersfield for three years. She is survived by her husband William; a son, Bernie L Fleming of Ventura; two daughters, Frana F. Blair of North-of-the-River and Eathel Fletcher of Iowa; eight grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Funeral arrangements were made by the Greenlawn Funeral Home. Sharon Kern Co. Volunteer

Here is the obit you requested for the following person: Findley, Thornton age: 83 County: 15 DOD: 5/30/1929 requested by: _prettiestinwl@hotmail.com_ (mailto:prettiestinwl@hotmail.com) The Bakersfield Californian Newspaper Friday, May 31, 1929 Pg. 17 RETIRED RANCHMAN CALLED BY DEATH Thornton Findley, 83, Bakersfield resident for the past 12 years, died last night at the home of his niece, Mrs. S. Lackey, 814 Oregon street. Deceased was a retired rancher, and had lived in the state for more than 50 years. Mr. Findley is survived by three nephews, Charles Rody, Tulare, Willis Rody of Los Angeles, and A. H. Rody of Oakland. He is survived also by two nieces, Mrs. S. Lackey of Bakersfield and Mrs. F. M. Busby of Tulare. The body is at the Hopson mortuary, preparatory to its removal to Tulare tomorrow afternoon, where funeral services and interment will take place early next week. Sharon Kern Co. Volunteer

Here is the obit you requested for the following person: UNRUH ANNA D Born: 04/09/1877 F REST (OTHER) Mother: MARTINS Father: FAST Died: KERN 04/02/1958 Age: 80 yrs The Bakersfield Californian Newspaper Friday, April 4, 1958 Pg. 30 UNRUE, Anna D. - Funeral services will be held Monday at 2 p.m. at the Armstrong Mortuary, Shafter, for Anna D. Unrue, 80, 17899 Popular Ave., Shafter, who died April 2 at her home. The Seventh-day Adventist Church will officiate and interment will be in the Shafter Cemetery. Mrs. Unrue was born April 9, 1877 in Germany and had been a resident of Shafter for 24 years. Mrs. Unrue was engaged in farming in Shafter, the work she has been doing since the death of her husband some years ago. Mrs. Unrue is survived by her sons, Albert Unrue and Arthur Unrue, both of North Dakota, and Walter Unrue of Tupman; daughters, Elsie Unrue and Leona Unrue, both of Shafter. Armstrong Mortuary Shafter is in charge of funeral arrangements. Sharon Kern Co. Volunteer