Here is the obit you requested for the following person: HEROD MARY AMELIA born: 08/08/1868 F CALIFORNIA mother: deleted in compliance with CA law father: MAY died: KERN 09/28/1944 age: 76 yrs requested by: [email protected] The Bakersfield Californian, Friday, September 29, 1944 Final Rites Planned for Mary A. Herod Final rites for Mary A. Herod, 76, Kern County pioneer, who died September 28 at a local hospital will be held September 30 at 2 p.m. at Doughty-Calhoun-O'Meara chapel, the Rev. John Buus of Panama Congregational Church officiating. Interment will be in the family plot of Union Cemetery. Mrs. Herod was born in Healdsburg, August 8, 1868, and lived in Bakersfield for 70 years. She and her husband James Herod who died June 25, 1943, were pioneer ranchers in the Panama District and conducted a dairy business for many years. Surviving Mrs. Herod are her sons, Lester E. Herod, Bakersfield; Roy M. Herod, merchant marine; 6 grandchildren of Bakersfield and 6 great grandchildren of Bakersfield; a brother, Will May, Bakersfield; a sister, Mrs. Cora Bowen, Maricopa. Sharon Kern Co Volunteer