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    1. obit result - MAY, A - Kern Co
    2. Here is the obit you requested for the following person: Amelia Hulda (ALEXANDER) MAY died 17 Oct 1920 Kern Co, CA (age 72) requested by: [email protected] The Bakersfield Californian, Monday, October 18, 1920 Pioneer of Panama District is Called Amelia Hulda May, pioneer of the County and very well known in the Panama District and in Bakersfield passed away yesterday afternoon. The deceased was the daughter of Charles Alexander, a pioneer of the state who came to Californian and located in what is now Sonoma County in the fifties. Mrs. May was born Sept. 18, 1849, in St. Clair County, Illinois and her early childhood was spent in Sonoma. In 1867, she married Frank P. May and in April 1872 she and her husband came to Kern County, locating in the Panama District where they engaged in general farming and stock raising. Six children were born to the union, three surviving. Mrs. May was a devoted Christian woman and was an active worker in the Methodist Episcopal Church of Bakersfield. She is survived by William H. May of Glendale, Arizona, Mrs. James Herod of Panama and Mrs. John Bowen of Maricopa. The funeral services will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock from the Chapel of Payne-O'Meara. SAME PAPER, SAME DAY: Obituaries Mrs. Amelia May Mrs. Amelia May, aged 72, died at Panama yesterday after a long illness. She had lived in this vicinity 49 years and is survived by two daughters, Mrs. A. Herrod of Panama and Mrs. John Bowen of Maricopa, and a son, William May of Phoenix, Arizona who was present when she died. Funeral arrangements have not been completed. Payne-O'Meara are in charge of the body. Sharon Kern Co Volunteer

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