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KERN VALLEY SUN
Thursday Mar. 9, 1972
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Services March 4 For Jane Britain, 66, of Isabella
Services were held Saturday (Mar. 4) for Mrs. Jane M. Brit- ain, 66, of 2516 Flower St., Lake Isabella, at Hillcrest Memorial Park, Bakersfield. She died Mar. 1 in a Bakersfield hospital. Rev. R. Dale Brown of the First Baptist Church of Lake Isabella offiicated.
Mrs. Britain was born in Warren, Ohio, and had resided in Kern County for the past 35 years.
She is survived by her hus- band, Orville; a son, Hal Brit- ain of Bakersfield; three daugh- ters, Mrs. Betty Branson o f Fairbanks, Alaska, Mrs. Jane McNeil of Fullerton and Mrs. Joyce Ball of Pasadena; eight grandchildren and three great- grandchildren.
Thursday Mar. 16, 1972
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Thursday Mar. 23, 1972
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Last Rites for Herbert Snape Of Lake Isabella
Services were held Tuesday (Mar. 14) at Valley Mortuary Chapel for Herbert Snape, 74, of Lazy Lane, Lake Isabella. He died Saturday at Kern Valley Hospital.
Sister Jeannette Kastorff of St. Peters Episcopal Mission, Kernville, officiated at the chapel services. Members of World War I Barracks officiated at the interment at Kern River Valley District Cemetery.
Mr. Snape was a retired aer- onautics engineer who was on the staff of Vands, Pasadena, many years. He moved to the Kern Valley about 15 years ago. He was born in Patterson, N.J.
His survivors are his wife, Eleanor of Lake Isabella; a brother, Neil Snape of Tom's River, N.J .; and three sisters.
Services Today for Archie Roberts 66, of Kernville
Services will be held at 1:00 p.m. today (Mar. 23) at Rain- bow Chapel. Roschills, Whittier for Archie D. Roberts, 66, of 313 Siretta, Kernville. He died Monday at Kern Valley Hos- pital.
Mr. Roberts moved to the Kern Valley about a year ago following his retirement from the maintenance staff at Glen- dale Hospital.
He is survived by his wife, Bertie; two sons, William H. Ringer of Kernville and John Ringer of El Monte; and 5 grandchildren.
Arrangements are by Valley Mortuary, Lake Isabella.
Lake Flume Claims Life Of Youth, 7
Isabella Lake claimed the life of another victim Sunday (Mar. 5).
He is Bobby Miles, 7, of 1012 Lawson Rd., Bakersfield.
He drowned in less than six feet of water in the Borel Flume which borders the lake at this point near Boulder Gulch Campground. His body was dis- covered by unidentified camp- ers and recovered by Sheriff's Investigator Bill Shuell.
The boy was on an outing with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Miles. They said a search for him was launched after he was missing about 20 minutes.
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KERN VALLEY SUN
Thursday Mar. 30, 1972
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Robert Blanton, 81, Lake Isabella, Rites in Oildale
Private services were held Mar. 22 in Oildale for Robert Blanton, 81, of Lake Isabella, who died Mar. 20 in a Bakers- field hospital. Cremation fol- lowed. '
Mr. Blanton was a native of South Carolina and had lived in the Kern Valley for six years. He was a retired teacher and was employed by the Long Beach city school system more than 22 years.
He was a veteran of World War I and was a member of the Masonic Lodge of Long Beach.
Survivors include hisil wif Rita.
Arrangements were by Mish Funeral Home, Oildale.
Last Rites for Valley Pioneer, Rose Miranda, 74
Requiem mass was celebrat- ed Mar. 22 for Rose Cecelia Miranda, 74, of Weldon at St. Jude's Catholic Church, Wof- ford Heights. She died Mar. 18 in a Bakersfield hospital.
Rev. James Murphy was the celebrant for the mass, and Rev. Daniel DeDominicis offic- iated at the preceeding rosary al Doughty - Calhoun-O'Meara Mortuary in Bakersfield.
Mrs. Miranda was born in the Kelso Valley and had re- sided in the Ker Valley all of her life.
Survivors include two daugh- ters, Mrs. Carlotta Stone of Weldon and Mrs. Loena Begay of Sacramento: 10 grandchild- ren and children.
four great-grand-
Graveside Rites For Dewey Fipps, 59, Wofford Hts.
Graveside services were held Monday (Mar. 27) at Kern Val- ley District Cemetery for Dew- ey E. Fipps, 59, of Hunterville Trailer Park, Wofford Heights. He died Mar. 23 at Kern Valley Hospital following a heart
attack.
He was a retired engineer. formerly employed at Port Hueneme by the U. S. Navy and a Kern Valley resident the past 12 years.
Members of Kern Valley VFW Post 7665 officiated at the ser- vices.
Mr. Fipps is survived by his wife, Martha ;. a son, Frank Thompson of Bakersfield; four daughters, Sandra Vantassel and Sharon Miskewitz, both of Lamont, Caren Williamson of Bakersfield and Patricia Royal of Arvin; four sisters, Lottie Marshall and Opal Longcrier of Lamont, and Bonnie and Ger- trude Fipps of Stockton; four brothers, Ray, Bill and Bob of Lodi and Buster of Stockton; and nine grandchildren.
Arrangements were by Va !- ley Mortuary, Lake Isabella.
Thursday Mar. 30, 1972
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Eva Fleming, 48, Of Lake Isabella Dies in Hospital
Mrs. Eva Dean Fleming, 48. a resident for the past six months of Lake Isabella, died Saturday (Mar. 25) at Mercy Hospital, Bakersfield. Her hus- band, George, is manager of the produce department at the
Safeway Store.
Services were held Wednes- day (Mar. 29) at the Myers Funeral Chapel in Exeter. In- terment followed at Exeter Dis- trict Cemetery.
Mrs. Fleming is survived by her husband; a son, Thomas Tippitt, in the Armed Forces in Korea; four daughters, Ear- lene Larson of Colorado, Carole Holliman of South Dakota; San- dra Tippet of Salt Lake City and Genell Tippet of Lake Isabella; two brothers, Isaac Payne of Visalia and Jessie Payne of Farmersville; and five sisters, Mozelle Tucker of Visalia, Edith Powell of El Monte, Dithula Cornelison of Farmersville, Norma Lee Frazier of Visalia and Ina Marie Barnes of Boron.
Thursday Mar. 30, 1972
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KERN VALLEY SUN
Thursday Apr. 6, 1972 OBITUARY
Services Saturday For Ed Coughran, 38, Johnsondale
Graveside services were held Saturday (April 7) for Edward M. Coughran, 38, of Johnson- dale. He died Friday at Kern General Hospital following a heart attack. Father James Murphy of St. Jude's Catholic Church officiated at the services.
Mr. Coughran was a resident of Johnsondale the past eight months and was employed by Sierra Tree Farms as a loader. He is a long-time Kern Valley resident and former employee of the Onyx Ranch. He was born in Bakersfield and served in the U. S. Army from 1953 to 1955.
He is survived by his wife, Maxine Adeline; two daughters, Shirley Marie and Janet Sue; a son, Edward Jr .; two brothers, Don of Lake Isabella and Jack of Bakersfield; three sisters, Lillian Coughran of Bishop, Mrs. Marjorie Albitre of Gran- ite Station and Mrs. Elizabeth Shadden of Bakersfield.
Pallbearers were Jerry Car- ter, Monty Bencoma, Ernie Al- bitre, Leonard Hanning, Arthur Esponda, Raymon Ellerman, Virgil Eller and Jim Andres.
Arrangements were by Dough- ty - Calhoun - O'Meara, Bakers- field.
Thursday Apr. 6, 1972
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Chicago Services For Mrs. Cecelia Drechsel, Isabella
Funeral services were held Monday (April 3) in Chicago for Mrs. Cecelia Drechsel, 67, 6500 Ceed Lane, Lake Isabella. She died Mar. 28 in a Bakersfield hospital.
The requiem low mass in Chi- cago was followed by her inter- ment at St. Adalbert's Ceme- tery .. Niles, Ill. A prayer ser. vice was held for her Sunday at Mish Funeral Home, Oildale.
Mrs. Drechsel was a home- maker and a member of St. Jude's Catholic Church, Wof- ford Heights. She was a native of Chicago and had lived in Kern County the past 21 years.
She is survived by her hus- band, Ernest Edward Drechsel.
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KERN VALLEY SUN
Thursday Apr. 27, 1972
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Kern Leader Dies On Hawaii Trip
John Brown, 52, of Mountain Mesa, long time resident and friend of the valley passed away late Sunday night of a suspected coronary while on a plane to Hawaii.
Brown is survived by his wife, Dorothy; two sons, Douglas who is employed by Tech-color in Los Angeles,and Dennis, a student at Bakersfield College; a daughter, Linda who is attending the University of Utah. He is survived by two grandchildren, David, age four and Dorinda, 10 months, children of Douglas and Donna Brown of North Holly- wood.
John Brown was born in Kentucky in 1922, a son of a Baptist minister. During the Second World War he served in the Navy, being stationed at the Great Lakes Naval Station, north of Chicago.
The Brown family moved to Burlando Road in Kernville from Oxnard over 18 years ago when John Brown bought the Kernville Lumber Co., then located in old Kernville. Last fall, after finish- ing his new house, he moved to Mountain Mesa.
It is difficult to list all the activities and honors that he has been a part of in this valley. He had nearly inexhaustable energy.
He was a scoutmaster, a Third Degree Mason, president of the Kernville Chamber of Commerce and a member of the Lions Club.
To John Brown the two most important activities were work- ing for his church and the youth of the valley. He was one of a handful of people who built the First Baptist Church on Lake Isabella, 12 years ago. There he held every office obtainable. He taught Sunday school, held the posts of deacon and chairman of the first combined board of directors for the church, was a trustee and unfailing church- goer.
Brown studied intently with plans of working with young people upon his retirement. According to Don Lucas, princi- pal of Kern Valley High School, John was. "Very school-cons- cious and believed in quality education." He participated in the Parent-Teacher Club when his own children attended the high school. He contributed to the fund for the football field lights and other important projects.
Two friends of John Browns, Lois and George Fetter fondly knwon to valley residents as "Mom and Pop" have known him for 23 years. "Johnny is going to
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be missed by the entire valley, he was a wonderful man; always - interested in everything the went on and participated 1 everything." recalled Mon Fetter.
One of the highest compliments paid to him happened years ago when he and his wife Dorothy had their picture in a local newspaper under the heading. "Know your local businessmen." His small son, ton young to read, saw the photo and remarked, "That's the man who knows all about Jesus."
Jim Ash, a teacher at the high school may have summed it all up when he said, "He was a real fine Christian man, and he was a prominent and honest business- man."
Funeral services will be held tomorrow in the Lake Isabella Baptist Church at 3 p.m.
Obituary
Nellie Milligan
LAKE ISABELLA-Services were held Friday, April 21 for Nellie Doris Milligan, 70, of Lake Isabella at the Valley Mortuary Chapel. She was interred at the Old Kern Valley Cemetery in Wofford Heights.
She was born in Onyx on Jan. 6, 1902 in the same house where her mother, Charlotte Andress Pet- typool was born.
Mrs. Milligan is survived by her husband, William H. Milligan of Lake Isabella, one daughter, Harriet Gwen of Stockton, and one son Ray Milligan of Oragran- de, New Mexico. Also surviving are her sister, Gertrude Suhre of Wofford Heights, her mother, Charlotte Pettypool of Wofford Heights, nine grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
She joined the old Kernville Methodist Church at age 7, later becoming a Sunday School teach- er there. She joined Highland Chapel when it was built, and was their first Sunday School Super- intendent.
For 8 years, she was elected Lay Member to attend the annual California-Nevada Conference at the University of the Pacific, and also founded the Kern Valley Gem and Mineral Society.
KERN VALLEY SUN
Thursday May 4, 1972 OBITUARY
Thursday May 4, 1972
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Heart Attack Takes Roy L. Hoebeck, 42
Services were held Friday (April 28) at the Kern Valley District Cemetery for prominent Elks Lodge
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member and Bodfish Oaks resident Roy Louis Hoebeck, 42. He died of a
heart attack on his birthday, April 27, at Kern Valley Hospital.
Officiating at the services at the Valley Mortuary Chapel and at the interment at the Kern Valley District Cemetery were officers of Kern Valley Elks Lodge 2358.
Mr. Hoebeck retired to Bodfish Oaks six years from J.V. Sprks Co., paper box manufacturers in the, Los Angeles area, following the develop- ment of a heart condition ,
He was active in the Elks Lodge and was named recently as a five-year trustee, corresponding secretary and editor of the monthly "Pony Ex- press." He was born in Tarentum, Pa., in 1930.
He is survived by his wife, Donna, president of the Lady Elks; a daughter, Mrs. Kandy McWilliams; two sons, Rory and Wayne, both of Bakersfield; and two grandchildren.
Ralph V. Mareno
Graveside services were held at the Kern Valley District Cemetery Tues- day (May 2) for Ralph Valentine Mareno, 56, a resident of Valley View Mine in the Saddle Springs area of the Piute Mountains. He was stricken Sunday while enroute to the mine.
He had been a resident of the area seven years and during much of that time had worked the mine.
Members of the Kern River Valley Search & Rescue posse attempted to aid Mr. Mareno.
He is survived by his widow, Althea. He was born in California Feb. 14, 1916.
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KERN VALLEY SUN
Thursday May 4, 1972 OBITUARY
Funeral Rites Held In Anaheim
Funeral services were conducted in Anaheim last month for Larry Ray Waddle, 25, son of Mrs. Patricia Reade of Kernville, who died in Anaheim April 17.
Waddle was born in 1946 in Los Angeles. He attended school in Redondo Beach, finishing high school in the U.S. Army.
Larry Ray Waddle
While at Fort Polk, La., Waddle suffered injuries during a training exercise. As a result he spent three years in the Veterans Hospital in Sepulveda. While serving in the Army, Waddle was awarded three medals for military excellence.
He is survived by his mother, Mrs. Reade; a brother Dennis, of Lawn- dale; an uncle, Thomas Hughes of Los Angeles and two aunts, Mrs. Winnie Bechtel and Mrs. Olean Ackermann of Santa Rosa.
Burial was held at the Veterans' Cemetery in Los Angeles.
Thursday May 4, 1972
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Pauline M. Wilson
Graveside services were held at the Kern Valley District Cemetery April 22 for Mrs. Pauline M. Wilson, 96, of Wofford Heights. She died April 20 in a Quartz Hill hospital.
Mrs. Ruth Desmond, reader for the Wofford Heights Church of Christ, Scientist, officiated.
Mrs. Wlison was born in Hillsboro, Ill. moved to Los Angeles in 1905 and to Lancaster in 1941. She was a Wofford Heights resident the past seven years.
Survivors include daughter, Katherine Seminario and a son, James E. Wilson, both of Wofford Heights; four grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.
Arrangements were Mortuaries, Mojave.
by Stickel
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KERN VALLEY SUN
Thursday May 11, 1972
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Thursday June 8, 1972
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Services For Ruby K. Hansard Planned Monday
Services will be held at the Hillcrest Mortuary Chapel, Monday at 1 p.m. for Ruby K. Hansard, 72, of Mt. Mesa District, Lake Isabella, who died May 5, 1972 in Lake Isabella. The Rev. Tom W. Toler, D.D. of the First Christian Church will officiate.
Mrs. Hansard was born in Hico, Texas and had resided in Kern County for the past nine years. She was associated with the First Christian Church of North Hollywood; the Shinn Chapter of Masonic Lodge and the Pink Ladies from Mt. Mesa Hospital.
Mrs. Hansard is survived by her husband, Robert of Lake Isabella; a daughter, Mrs. Kaye Verrell of La Habre; three sons, Jackson H. of North Hollywood, Donald R. and William G. both of Van Nuys; three sisters, Mrs. Margaret Cooper of Big Springs, Texas, Mrs. Sarah Lee Kramer of Knoxville, Tennessee and Miss Frances J. Hellums of Austin, Texas; two brothers, J.V. Hellums of Scotland and David Hellums of Houston, Texas.
Interment will be in Hillcrest Memorial Park.
Thursday June 1, 1972
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Funeral Rites Said For Clara Askren
Funeral services for Clara M. Askren, 63, of Bodfish were conducted Wednesday, May 24, at the Valley Mortuary in Lake Isabella.
The Rev. Willard Van Fosson of the Methodist Church officiated. Intern- ment was at the Glen Abbey in Cpula Vista.
Mrs Askren died of a heart attack on Saturday, May 20. She was stricken when she came out of the beauty shop in Kernville and was pronounced dead on arrival at the Kern Valley Hospital,
in Lake Isabella.
Born in Ontario, Canada in 1909, Mrs. Askren moved to Bodfish seven years ago from National City. She was formerly employed at Sequoia Motor Lodge.
She was an active member of Eastern Star and the Historical Society.
She is survived by her husband, W.R. Askren, five sons, two daugh- ters, 13 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Mrs. Jack Ewing Funeral Is Held
Vera L. Ewing, wife of the founder of Kernvllle's Ewings of the : Kern, died in Las Vegas June 1. Funeral services were held Monday in Las Vegas where she and her husband Jack Ewing had lived for two years.
Mrs. Ewing, 62, had been quite ill for several years, friends said. She
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MRS. JACK EWING
had been a patient in the DeBakey Clinic of Methodist Hospital in Houston for three months.
She is survived by her husband of 5240 Burnham St., Las Vegas: daughter Ruth Shaw of Wofford Heights and three grandchildren. Her brothers are Verl Hart and Vaughn Hart of Dallas, Texas; Veroy Hart and Vernon Hart of Phoenix. Her sisters are Vesta McGee and Valma Samlor of Los Angeles; Vernell Eisenhart of Anaheim; Virginia Kitterman, Venice Zasloff and Cynthia Rexroad of Las Vegas.
Mrs. Ewing served for many years as
hostess for the Kernville restaurant. In 1968 she was named Lady of the Year by the local Rotary Club.
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KERN VALLEY SUN
Thursday June 15, 1972 OBITUARY
KING DROWN, FUNERAL HELD WEDNESDAY
On thursday, Norval King of Wofford Heights was graduated from Kern Valley High School, He was going to continue his education at Bakersfield Junior College, On Friday (June 9) at 3:30 p.m., the 18 year old drowned in the Kern River. King had been swimming with friends at Gold Ledge Camp, 12 miles north of Kernville, According to Mike Prodan, His best friend, he was a good swimmer and went often.
King climbed a 20-foot high rock on the west side of the river and started to dive off, John McNally, Tulare County Sheriff, reported. The young man fell backward on the rock, hitting his head and then slipped into 20 feet deep water.
Divers Ken Gates and Don Brown of the U.S. Forest Service recovered the body. Also involved in the search was the Kern Valley Search and Rescue, California Highway Patrol officer Verbie Pierce and sheriff McNally. The Tulare County Coroners office listed the cause of death as drowning. Funeral services were to be held Wednesday at 1 p.m. at the Valley Mortrary Chapel, with internment to follow at the Kern Valley District Cemetery.
He is survived by a brother, John L. King of Bakersfield; a sister, Deanna Ellen Watts of Taft; and a grand- mother, Berti Bowman of Wofford Heights; and an uncle, Harold Bertrand of Wofford Heights. To honor King's memory, students at the Kern Valley High School and others have decided to set up a scholarship foundation in his name. Interested persons can contact Mike Prodan, P.O. Box 403, Wofford Heights, or Bob Lambert, P.O. Box 626, Lake Isabella.
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KERN VALLEY SUN
Thursday July 6, 1972 OBITUARY
Man Shot Dead in Onyx
A 38-year-old Mt. Mesa man was shot and killed July 4 at 3:40 p.m. by his father-in-law, according to Kern County Sheriffs deputies.
Bruce Gene Hines, 41 McCray Road, was found lying in the front yard of the home of Harold Ferd Crossno, 66 Rocky Hill Rd., Onyx. He had three bullet wounds in the abdomen area.
He was pronounced dead at Kern Valley Hospital. Coroner's inquest was to have been held July 6 or 7 in Lake Isabella.
No arrests have been made. Investigating the case are deputies
Bill Shuell and Sgt. Norman Hylton. According to Mrs. Verda Hines, 41, her husband was shot several times by her father shortly after he entered the house. The weapon used was a .38 cal. revolver.
Crossno, who suffered a stroke anu is confined to a wheelchair, reported to sheriffs deputies that Hines had made several threats on his life. He said he had felt a blow on his shoulder and had fired five shots.
Thursday July 13, 1972
INQUEST
Hines Inquest
An inquest into the death of Bruce Hines of Mt. Mesa will be conducted this week, according to Bill Lot, Kern County deputy coroner.
No specific day and time had been set as of Tuesday.
Hines was found dead July 4 in the front yard of the home of Harold Ferd Crossno, 66, Rock Hill Road, Onyx. He had three bullet wounds in his abdornen.
According to Kern County Sheriff's deputies, Crossno reportedly fired five shots at his son-in-law, after he felt a blow on his shoulder.
No arrest has been made pending the coroner's inquest.
Lot sald the findings of the inquest will either be that Hines died at the hand of Crossno by other than accidental means or by accidental means.
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Thursday July 13, 1972
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PEARSON KILLED
Levi "Cap" Pearson, 64, an employee at the Johnsondale mills, was killed July 2 when he lost control of his pickup truck. He was found by U.S. Forest Service men by Balance Rock.
Pearson, who had been employed by the Whitney Division of America Forest Products since 1984, worked as a cleanup man.
Funeral services were conducted at Myers Funeral Chapel in Porterville on July 5.
He is survived by his wife, Clarabell, of Porterville; six brothers, Vernon and Bill Pearson, both of Porterville, R.P. Pearson, of Hayward Roy and Hershel Pearson, both of Modesto, and Carl Pearson of Morro Bay; and one sister, Mrs. Icy Roberts of Downey
Thursday July 27, 1972
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SERVICES HELD FOR CROSSNO
Funeral services for Harold F. Crossno of Onyx were to have been conducted July 25 at 1 p.m. at the Valley Mortuary. The Kernville Masonic Lodge officiated.
Crossno, 66, died July 21 at 10:40 p.m. at Kern Valley Hospital after suffering a cerebral hemorrhage and a heart attack.
Born in Charleston, Ark., Crossno came to California in 1936. He worked as general superintendent for the California Cotton Corp. He was president and member of the board of directors for the International Cotton Oil Mills Association, a trade organ- ization, and a founder of the West Coast chapter of the associetion. He was also a Mason and Shriner. Crossno came to Kern Valley three years ago.
He is survived by his wife; a daughter, Verda Hines of Mt. Mesa; four grandchildren; and one brother, Ray James Crossno of Florida.
Thursday July 20, 1972 OBITUARY
Services Held For Mrs. Coombs
Funeral services for community leader, Ruth Coombs of Kernville, were to have been conducted yester- day (July 19) at 10 a.m. at the Valley Mortuary in Lake Isabella. The Rev. Richard Magness of the Foursquare Church of Wofford Heights was to have officiated. Burial followed at the Old Kernville Cemetary.
Mrs. Coombs of 142 Sirretta St. died of Cancer July 16 at Kern Valley Hospital. She was 75.
Long active in community affairs she was president of the World War I Ladies Auxiliary at the time of ber death and was past noble grand of the Rebekah Lodge 365 and had been district deputy grand marshal of the Rebekah. drill . team.
She was also a long-time member and former treasurer of the South Fork Woman's Club. Shei was. a member and former church secretary of the Kernville Methodist Church.
She had also been treasurer of the Kernville Community Ditch Assocla- tion for the past 15 years
She also took an active part in business affairs of the community through her service as a director of the Kern Valley Credit Union from 1956 until her retirement was an- nounced at the annual credit Union dinner in April.
During her early years in Kernville she was employed at Ewings' on the Kern, at the Isabella Marina, and at the Pala Ranches Motel.
She was married to Franklin B. Cory on Sept. 13, 1926, in Oxford, Ohio. where they were engaged in farming for 30 years. In early 1956 they retired and came to Kernville and began building a house on Sirretta Street. Cory died suddenly on Oct. 27, 1956, and she was left to complete the house and make a place for herself in Kernville.
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KERN VALLEY SUN
Thursday Aug. 3, 1972
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Services Held For LaRock
Funeral services for Irving Forrest LaRock of Riverkern were conducted July 22 at Valley Mortuary in Lake Isabella by Felix Olivetti of Jehovah's Witnesses. LaRock was buried at Inglewood Park Cemetery.
He died of a heart attack on July 20. He was pronounced dead on arrival at Kern Valley Hospital. He was 74.
LaRock came to the valley in 1962 after he retired from his job as a security guard at Columbia Studios. Before that, he had been a highway patrol officer.
A native of Maine, LaRock came to California and lived in Tarzana and Maywood.
He is survived by his wife, Anna; two sons, Kenneth LaRock of Daly City and Allan LaRock of Anchorage, Alaska; and two grandchildren, Kevin and Janice LaRock.
Craig Funeral Held Aug. 2
Funeral services for Ernest Craig, 79, of Lake Isabella were to have been conducted Aug. 2 at 10 a.m. at Valley Mortuary Chapel. The Kern River Valley Elks Lodge officiated.
Internment will follow today at Rose Hills Cemetery in Whittier. The World War I Barracks of Disabled American Veterans in Compton will officiate.
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