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OBITUARIES FROM 'THE KERN VALLEY SUN' NEWSPAPER
Kern River Valley, Lake Isabella, Kern County, California
VOLUME IX
1991 - 1992 Indexed
FAMILY HISTORY LIBRARY 35 NORTH WEST TEMPLE SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH 84150
DATE MICROFICHED AUG 2 7 1997
PROJECT and G.S. FICHE # CALL # ZLIB 7-10s 18362 6038262
by
The Clan Diggers Genealogical Society of the Kern River Valley
1995
v. 9
Donated to the Family History Library by
CLAN DIGGERS GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY
PO BOX 531
LAKE ISABELLA CA 93240
31815 8/88 Printed in USA
INTRODUCTION AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The Obituaries listed within does not include all deaths in the Kern River Valley, only those published in the 'Kern Valley Sun' newspaper. The first year available and copied was 1969 and this is a continuing project.
The gathering of Obituaries in book form was compiled throught the efforts of the Clan Diggers Genealogical Society of the Kern River Valley, with the permission of the publishers of the 'Kern Valley Sun' newspaper. We would like to express our appreciation to these publishers for their cooperation, without which we could never have started this project.
It is our hope that this gathering of Obituaries will simplify the search for information on the relatives or friends that have gone before us and will further the interest in Genealogy.
The SURNAME INDEX includes only the name of the person deceased and does not include other persons that may be mentioned in the obituaries.
CLAN DIGGERS GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY P. O. BOX 531 LAKE ISABELLA, CA 93240
Compiled and arranged by Jim and Phyllis Piper Indexed by Martha Allington
THIS PROJECT IS DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF
MAMIE FRANCES (CARPENTER) HENDRICKS
Mamie F. Hendricks
Memorial services were held Thursday, November 17, 1994 at the Library in Lake Isabella for Mamie F. Hendricks of Lake Isabella. Mamie was born August 17, 1913 in St. Joseph, Missouri and passed away November 9, 1994 in Mt. Mesa.
Mamie was married to Steve Hendricks in 1932 and had 49 years together until he passed away in 1981. She was a clerk at the U.S. Post Office in San Jose for 20 years before retiring in 1978. Mamie was a member of the NARF, Senior Nutrition, the Clan Diggers and the NSDAR.
She is survived by her sister and brother-in-law Alice and Cecil Dale of Lake Isabella; her brother-in-law and sister-in-law John and Judy Hendricks of Mt. View, Calif .; also many neices and nephews and grand neices and grand nephews. Arrangements by Valley Mortuary
NSDAR
The Kawaiisu chapter of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution held a memorial service for Mamie Hendricks on Nov 17 at the Library in Lake Isabella. The service was presented by Marian Adkins, Regent. Attending the service were her sister, Alice and Cecil Dale of Lake Isabella and family; brother-in-law John and Marie Hendricks of Mt. View, Calif., and family; and three neices, Mamme and Mike Markieviez of Albuquerque, N.M. and family, Janet and Robert Gibson of San Jose and family, and Cherrie Rubnankara and son of Sacramento. Also present were many friends and members of the NARF, Clan Diggers, NSDAR, and Senior Nutrition. Mamie was a charter member of the Senior Nutrition organization. Nadelle Getting announced that Mamie's name would be placed on a plaque at the Senior Center in Lake Isabella. Mamie was an active and faithful member of our chapter. The offices she held in four years as a member were Chaplain, Registrar, Lineage Research, Membership and press book chairman. During the memorial service red, white, and blue carnations were placed by our members. The hall was decorated in red, white, and blue. Refreshments were served by Phyllis Piper and Marge Laskowski.
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Jessie Irby
A funeral service was con- ducted Wednesday, Dec. 26 at the Valley Mortuary Chapel for Jessie Irby of Bodfish, officiating was Rev. John Carpenter, Pastor of the Church of the Nazarene, Lake Isabella. Mr. Irby passed away Dec. 23 at Kern Valley Hospital in Mt. Mesa.
He is survived by his wife of 67 years Mary of Bodfish; daughter Belle Layhon of Southlake; sons Don of Oregon and Carl of Bod- fish; four grandchildren.
Mr. Irby had been a resident of the Kern River Valley for the past 20 years. Born June 25, 1902 in Texas, Jesse Norman Irby was 88 years of age.
Interment at the Kern River Valley Cemetery. Arrangements by Valley Mortuary.
George W. Simmons
A funeral service was con- ducted Wednesday, Dec. 26 at the Valley Mortuary Chapel, Lake Isabella for George Simmons of Bodfish. Officiating were officers of KRV Post 7665 Veterans of Foreign Wars and Chapter 54 Disabled American Veterans with eulogy by Joel Astor. Mr. Simmons passed away Dec. 20 at the Kern Valley Hospital, Mt. Mesa.
He is survived by his wife of 30 years Ardeth of Bodfish; daughter Georgette Simmons of Anaheim; grandaughter Karenia of Anaheim; sisters Emma Myers and Cissie White, both of Ohio. George Simmons was a U.S. Army Veteran of the Korean War who served with the Air- borne Infantry. He had been a full time resident of the Kern River Valley for the past five years. Born May 12, 1930 in Mt. Vernon, Knox County, Ohio. George Williams Simmons was 60 years of age.
Interment at the U.S. National Cemetery Riverside, CA. Ar- rangements by Valley Mortuary.
Dorothy Ellen Hill
A family memorial service was conducted at the Valley Mortuary Lake Isabella on Monday, Dec. 24 for Dorothy Hill of Wofford Heights. Mrs. Hill passed away Dec. 18 at the Kern Valley Hospital, Mt.Mesa.
She is survived by her husband of 38 years Forrest of Wofford Heights; son Dave of Twain Harte, CA, Greg of Boise, Idaho, Ron of Kelseyville, CA; daughter Cheryl Cozad of California and two granddaughters Stephanie and Shannon. Mrs. Hill had been a resident of the Kern Valley for the past 17 years.
Born Dec. 2, 1933 in Blandord. Massachusetts, Dorothy Ellen Hill was 57 years of age. Inter- ment at the Kern Valley Cemetery. Arrangements by Valley Mortuary.
Helen M. Vaughn
Helen M. Vaughn of Wofford Heights passed away Dec. 15 at the Kern Valley Hospital, Mt. Mesa. She is survived by her hus- band Keith of Wofford Heights; son Michael of Wofford Heights; daughter Carol Lindquist of Wof- ford Heights; four sisters residing in Southern California; two grandchildren, Douglas and Scott and five great- grandchildren.
Helen Vaughn was a member of the Kern Valley Women's Golf Club and had been a resident of Kern County her entire life. Born June 24, 1914, Helen Marian Vaughn was 76 years of age. Cremation arrangements by Valley Mortuary.
Royse L. Brooke
Royse Brooke of Havilah pass- ed away Dec. 17 at the Kern Valley Hospital in Mt. Mesa.
He is survived by his sons James of Aiken, South Carolina, Ronald currently residing in Ger- many; daughter Manya of Greenbelt, Maryland; five grandchildren.
.Royse Brooke is preceded in death by his late wife Helen deceased in 1983.
Born Dec. 31, 1914 in Well- ington, Collingsworth County, Texas, Royse Lynn Brooke was 75 years of age.
Interment of cremated re- mains at the Memphis Cemetery, Memphis, Texas. Cremation ar- rangements by Valley Mortuary.
Harold J. Trainor
A Mass of Christian burial was celebrated Thursday, Dec. 27 at the St. Jude Parish Catholic Church, Wofford Heights for Harold Trainor of Southlake. Celebrant of the mass was Mon- signor Anthony G. Herdegen, Pastor of St. Jude Parish. Mr. Trainor passed away Dec. 22 at Kern Valley Hospital, Mt. Mesa.
He is survived by his wife Mar- jorie of Southlake; son Timothy of Los Angeles; sister Dorothy Haas of Wisconsin and nieces and nephews in Michigan and Mon- tana. Harold Trainor served with the U.S. Army during WW II in the Aleutian Islands. In 1946 he was commissioned as a 1st Lieutenant. Born Oct. 24, 1914 in Madison, Wisconsin, Harold John Trainor was 76 years of age.
Interent at the Kern River Valley Cemetery with prayers and consecration of the grave by Monsignor Herdegen. Ar- rangements by Valley Mortuary.
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Wednesday Jan. 9, 1991
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Sophie Poelke
Services were held for Sophie Poelke, 96, of Bismarck, North Dakota, at the Church of the Nazrene, Denhoff, with the Rev. John Bergstrazer officiating. Burial will be in Goodrich Cemetery. She died Dec. 17 in a Bismarck nursing home.
Sophie Hornbacher was born April 18, 1894, at Marion, S.D .. The family moved to a homestead near Goodrich in 1900. She married Henry Poelke on June 26, 1918. They farmed near Denhoff until 1927, when they moved into Denhoff. She worked as a seamstress. Mr. Poelke died in 1958. Sophie moved to Wofford Heights in 1983. In 1990, she entered Missouri Slope Lutheran Care Center in North Dakota.
She is survived by one son, Ar- nold, Boise, Idaho one daughter Mildred Kissee, of Wofford Heights, one brother Ted, Fargo; six grandchildren, 17 great- grandchildren and one great- great grandchild.
Wednesday Jan. 9, 1991
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Terry Post
Terry L. Post, born June 9, 1951 in Riverside, CA and died after a brief illness on Dec. 20, 1990 in Kansas City, MO.
Terry was a resident of the Kern Valley from 1961 to 1969 dur- ing which time he attended Woodrow Wallace Elementary School and was a 1969 graduate of Kern Valley High School.
He is survived by his wife, Karla and his parents Carroll and Betty Post of Jacksonville, FL; a sister, Carol Brazell, also of Jacksonville; three children, Tanya, Aaron and Stephanie; niece Kimberly Brazell and nephew, Jeffery Fiddler; uncle Jamie Maddox and aunt Darita Folsom.
Memorial services were held Dec. 22 in Overland Park, KS. Cremation followed the service.
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"Pappa" Schmidle
Guillermo G. Schmidle known to his friends in the valley as "Pappa" passed away Dec. 31 at the Kern Valley Hospital. He is survived by his sons G.J. Bill Schmidle of Hacienda Heights; Gus Schmidle of Judsonia, Arkansas; daughter Alexandra Pavon of Apple Valley; sister Maria Elena Galan of Buenos Aires, Argentinia; 12 grand- children and
2 great- grandchildren.
Pappa has been a resident of the Kern Valley for the past eight years. He was a retired industrial chemist who worked in the metal plating industry for more than 40 years. Here in the Kern River Valley, Pappa was an ac- complished artist and member of the Kern River Valley and Bakersfield Art Association. He signed all of his paintings "Pap- pa"
Born Dec. 27, 1916 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Gullermo Gustavo "Pappa" Schmidle was 74 years of age.
Interment of cremated re- mains in family plot, Judsonia, Arkansas. Cremation ar- rangements by Valley Mortuary.
Edwin L. Hooper
Edwin L. Hooper, a retiree of Richfield Oil Co. and a 24-year resident of Weldon, passed away on Thursday on Jan. 3. Graveside services were conducted by Loyal Order of Moose were held at Hillcrest Memorial Park in Bakersfield.
In the 1970s, Hooper helped to organize the Kern Valley React and with the support of his wife Evelyn, became dedicated members. She preceded him in death in 1979.
He is survived by a daughter Barbara Haubenbeck of Fuller- ton; sons Edwin Jr., of Sun City and Fred of Ontario; 9 grand- children, 16 great grandchildren and 1 great-great grandson.
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Wednesday Jan. 16, 1991
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Jim Carter
A funeral service was con- ducted Thursday, Jan. 3 at the Valley Mortuary Chapel in lake Isabella for Jim Carter of Onyx. Officiating was Joel Astor. Mr. Carter passed away Dec. 30 at the Kern Valley Hospital in Mt. Mesa. He is survived by his wife of 37 years Barbara of Onyx; daughters Teresa Robbs of Ridgecrest, Diana Paver of In- diana; mother Ellen Carter of Lake Isabella; sisters Willa Crump of Lake Isabella, Jeanne Hillim of Oroville, Shirlee Blakemore of Riverside and two grandchildren, Rebecca of Ridgecrest and Joseph of Indiana.
Jim Carter retired Sept. 1990 from the Engineering Prototype Dept. at NWC China Lake where he had worked for about 30 years. He was a U.S. Army Veteran who served during the Korean conflict.
Born May 18, 1929 in Sweet- water. Texas, Jimmy "Jim" Carter was 61 years of age. In- terment at the Kern River Valley Cemetery where Jim's flag was presented to the KRV Chapter 19 of the Pearl Harbor Survivors Assoc. Arrangements by Valley Mortuary.
Kenneth Lopeman
Kenneth Lopeman of Mt. Mesa passed away Dec. 29 at the Kern Valley Hospital.
He is survived by his wife of 61 years Eunice of Mt. Mesa; son Kenneth of Colorado, son Ray- mond of Utah, son Donald of Arizona; nine grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren.
Born Nov. 1, 1907 in Cash Coun- ty, Missouri, Kenneth Edwin Lopeman was 83 years of age. Cremation arrangements by Valley Mortuary.
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Robert Leake
A Mass of Christian burial was celebrated Friday, Jan. 4 at the St. Jude Parish Catholic Church in Wofford Heights for Robert Leake of Weldon. Celebrant of the Mass was Rev. Monsignor An- thony Herdegen, Pastor of St. Jude Parish. Mr. Leake passed away Dec. 30 at the Kern Valley Hospital.
He is survived by his wife of 54 years, Fern of Weldon; five daughters, Jean Perin of Irvine, Pat Mardis of Onxy, Barbara Rogers of Huntington Beach, Paula Sainz of Dallas, Texas, Doloris Prentice of Alabama; two sons, John of Wilmington and Gary of Torrance; 22 grand- children and 6 great-
grandchildren.
Robert Leake had been a resi- dent of the Kern River Valley for the past 8 years having moved here from Hawthorne. He was retired from Northrop Corp. Born Oct. 30, 1916 in Brinkley, Monroe County, Arkansas, Robert Ed- ward Leake was 74 years of age.
Interment at the Kern River Valley Cemetery where con- secration of the grave was ac- complished by Monsignor Herdegen. Graveside prayers were delivered by officers of KRV Moose Lodge No. 498 of which Leake was a member. Ar- rangements by Valley Mortuary.
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Avis Earlene Wilhite
Services were held January 20 in Ridgecrest for Avis Earlene (Byrum) Wilhite of Ridgecrest,, who died January 9 at the Ridgecrest Community Hospital. She was 78.
Born May 31, 1913 in Durham, Oklahoma, she lived in the Ridgecrest area from 1944 to 1948 and from 1952 to present. She retired in 1972 after 20 years with the technical information depart- ment of the China Lake Naval Weapons Center.
Mrs. Wilhite is survived by her husband Roy of Ridgecrest; three daughters, Janet Byrum of Lake Isabella, Donna Byrum- Klavir of Redondo Beach and Judith K. Judith of San Fran- cisco; a son-in-law, Chauncey Smith of Bodfish; brother, Elmer Gooden of Aguanga; eight grand- children, Paul Scholz of Arl- ington, Va, William Smith of Woodenville, Wash. Michael Byrum of Tucson, Ariz, Kathy Aycock of Peru, Robin Byrum of Lake Isabella, John Smith of San- ta Maria, David Kroes of Los Angeles and Joshua Klavir of Santa Cruz and three great grandchildren.
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Betty Jean Holliday
Betty Jean Holliday "Betty Boop" died January 15 at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital. She resided in Lake Isabella for the past 24 years.
She was active in the Grand- mother's Club, Mountain Airs CB club, Ladies of the Moose. She also worked for Kern Valley High School in the cafeteria.
Mrs. Holliday is survived by her husband of 43 years, Don of Lake Isabella; two sons John and Carol Holliday of Vancouver, WA and Tom and Cheryl Holliday of Ridgecrest; 6 grandchildren, Sandi, Christine, Kerry and John II of Vancouver; Joshua and Don of Ridgecrest. She is also surviv- ed by many friends and relatives. Cremation arrangements by Valley Mortuary.
Agnes Katherine Wright
Services were held Jan. 16 at the Hillcrest Memorial Park in Bakersfield for Agnes Katherine Wright.
Mrs. Wright was born August 23, 1907 in Clairton, Pennsylvania and died January 13.
Interment was held at the Parkview Memorial Park in Bakersfield.
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Wednesday Jan. 23, 1991
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Environmentalist Ardis Walker dies
By Kathe Malouf Kern Valley Sun
Ardis Walker, the Kern Valley's best known resident whose commitment to the preser- ving the environment predated today's popular movements, died last week at the age of 89.
Walker had held a number of careers during his life, including newspaper correspondent, judge, county supervisor, innkeeper, author of local history and ac- complished poet. But perhaps Walker will best be remembered for his 40-plus years of conserva- tion work. Ardis and his wife Gayle worked nearly 20 years to establish the Golden Trout Wilderness on the Kern Plateau.
Ardis Manly Walker was born in the mining town of Keyesville in April, 1901. His parents, William Brandon and Etta Mae Bole-Walker were both born in Kernville. Ardis was the third generation of Walkers to live on the Kern River. He boasted of his famous granduncle, Joseph Red- ford Walker, a well known scout and explorer and discoverer of Walker Pass. His uncles Newt, Tom, Phil and Jim were local gunfighters. Newt Walker, who Ardis affectionately called "My shootin' uncle" is said to have shot and killed two men on the main street of Havilah. One of the men had a long-standing feud with the Walkers and the other was a gunman hired to kill Newt Walker.
Ardis Walker
Ardis Walker attended the one- room school house in old Isabella. As a child he was fascinated by poetry. He said he used to walk home and think up his own rhymes, reciting them aloud. His love for poetry stayed with him through his lifetime.
Walker graduated with honors from the University of Southern California as an electrical engineer in 1927 and joined the staff of Bell Telephone in New York City.
In a 1982 Kern Valley Sun inter- view, Walker said "I enjoyed my time In New York, but was glad to know that I would not be spen- ding the rest of my life there. I longed for the mountains and suf- fered a nostalgia for the hills where I was raised."
But it was while he was in New York that he met Edna Under- wood, who he credited as his mentor for his publications of quatrains and poetry. "She told me that writing quatrains was like ( hiseling on steel; into it you
condense a philosophy of a lifetime."
Walker completed is first book, simply titled 'Quatrains' in 1930, published by the House of Stockwell in London. The second edition of Quatrains was publish- ed in 1971.
After five years of city life, Walker returned to the Kern Valley. It was after he returned to the valley in 1932 that he met and began courting Gayle Mendelssohn, then a Kernville school teacher.
Walker often told the story that during his courtship to Gayle, she had a chance to go to the Mediter- ranean. When she asked Ardis for advice whether she should go, he encouraged the trip. But to make sure she would not forget him, he mailed love sonnets to her - one was waiting for her at every port. They were married soon after her return in June of 1937.
In 1932, Walker worked as a the features writer for Bakersfield Californian.
In the late 1930s, Ardis entered the world of politics. Like other endeavors, he was successful in the field. He served as judge of the First Judicial District of Kern County from 1938 to 1948. In 1948, he was elected Kern County
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Walker was a champion of both environment and poetry
Supervisor, a term he held until 1952.
Gene Tackett, who served as First District Supervisor from 1978 to 1986 said he first met the Walkers while campaigning in Havilah.
"I had done my research of the area and knew that a man nam- ed Ardis Walker had served as supervisor from 1948 to 1952. But I figured that anyone who had been supervisor that long ago was no longer around," Tackett said. "That's when we (Tackett and his wife, Wendy) met the Walkers. We became really good friends. They were very suppor-
tive of me politically. Ardis had a big impact on me. He was one of a kind."
From 1953 to 1964, Ardis and Gayle ran the Kernville Inn, which later became the River- view Lodge, along the Kern River. After the sale of the lodge, Ardis returned to what he called his 'first love,' poetry. "Poetry is so shaped that it causes a special emotional response on the part of the one who reads it. Otherwise it is only a rhymed essay," Walker once said. "I like to think that I say something that causes people to feel that emotion."
Ardis and Gayle worked side- by-side on many projects, one of which was the formation of the Kern Plateau Association in 1940. Also in the 1940s, they worked to get a high school for the Kern Valley. In 1954, they were in- strumental in creating the annual Whiskey Flat Days celebration. In 1960, they sat on a committee to gain State Park status for Red Rock Canyon. As a couple, the Walkers were also instrumental in forming the Kern Valley Historical Society in 1967.
Ardis and Gayle were honorary life members of the Kern Valley Historical Society and Kern River Valley Art Association.
Ardis's work in conservation received wide recognition. He was listed in the International Who's Who; was awarded the Service Award from the Kern County Fish and Game Protec- tive Association in 1962; honored by the Kern County Board of Supervisors as "Citizen of the Year" in 1967 and by California State Senate in 1973, for his work for natural resources and conservation.
Ardis was awarded the Na- tional Wildlife Federation Award for his conservation work and in 1980, he was honored by Pacific Flyfishers as "an artist in conservation."
Ardis was one of the founding members of the Death Valley 49er's and a charter member of the Kern Valley Rotary Club, formed in 1962.
Ardis and Gayle didn't have any children, but "adopted" many Kernville residents. Two of those "adoptees" are Keith and Bess Pringle.
"Ardis was a kind person, but he was also staunch. If he believ- ed in something, he didn't care if
he said something to make you mad or not. If he believed in something, you knew it," Bess Pringle said of Ardis. "He was a super man, one you were glad to have known. But he was terribly lonesome after Gayle died."
Gayle died on Sept. 6, 1988. In many of his love poems and son- nets, Walker referred to Gayle as "his inspiration."
"Ardis and Gayle were both very precious people who did a lot for others. Ardis had a great sense of humor; he loved to tease people. And he hardly ever got mad," said his niece June Walker Price. "He was a very giving per- son," she said. During the past few months, Price said Walker talked a lot about being with "his Gayle."
Another close friend, Bill Jenkins, said he will remember Walker for his work for the environment.
Walker published many books of poetry, quatrains, haikus, history and love sonnets.
One book, "Love Harvest," a series of love poems, includes many of his poems written to Gayle.
Along with his niece, June Walker Price, Walker is surviv- ed by a second niece, Vivian Walker Miller of Woody, nephew Bud Walker of Bakersfield and three generations of great nieces, and nephews.
There will be no funeral ser- vice; a memorial service will be held in a few weeks.
Memorial contributions can be made to the Kern River Valley Museum Memorial Plaque, the Walker Endowment fund, or the Sequoia Litigation fund. All of the above may be sent in care of the Kern River Valley Historical Society, P.O. Box 651, Kernville, CA 93288 .---
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OLGA KERR
A funeral service was conducted Friday Jan. 11 at the Committal Chapel of the Kern River Valley Cemetery for Olga Kerr of Lake Isabella. Officiating were officers of KRV Chapter 643 Order of the Eastern Star of which Olga was a member. Mrs. Kerr passed away Jan. 9 at the Kern Valley Hospital. She is preceded in death by hus- band Ben deceased Oct. 19, 1982 and survived by her sister in law Ophelia of Lake Isabella; nephew John Lychner of Missouri, niece Henrietta Tokar of Ohio; friends Bill Braden and Lulu Morris both of Lake Isabella.
Born May 26, 1907 in Jefferson County, Missouri, Olga Freda Kerr was 83 years of age.
LEE M. BOWLER
A memorial service was con- ducted Saturday, Jan. 19 at the Valley Mortuary Chapel, Lake Isabella for Lee Bowler of Kernville. Officiating was Rev. James Lee pastor of the Valley Community Church of Lake Isabella.
Mrs. Bowler passed away Jan. 1 at the Kern Valley Hospital, Mt. Mesa.
She is preceded in death by her husband Edward G. Bowler, de- ceased in 1981 and son Kenneth D. Lamer deceased in 1990.
She is survived by her daughter Jeanne Bruckman of Kernville ;: granddaughters Charon of Bodfish, Carolyn of Little Rock, Lori Beth of Ohio; five great-grandchildren and six great-great-grandchildren.
Born Jan. 2, 1910 in Ashtubula, Ohio, Lee Mildred Bowler was 81 years old. Cremation arrangements by Valley Mortuary.
WILLIAM R. ASKREN
William Askren of Bodfish passed away Jan. 22 at the San Joaquin Care Convalescent Hos- pital where he was a resident for most of the past two years. Bill Askren retired to Kern County af- ter spending 30 years with the Santa Fe Railway. He was an avid fish- erman and a Mason for more than 60 years.
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