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Peggy was born April-30, 1920 in Redding, Pennsylvania, to Mary Hummel and Fred Otstot. She served our country during World War It as a 1st Lieutenant in the . Army Air Corpistrom 1943 to 1946 She moved to California in 1948 to North Hollywood, where she met and married Warren "Bud" Howard Vermeer. Their marriage took place in Yuma, Arizona on February 16, 1952.
She and Bud moved from Reseda, California, to the Kem River Valley in January 1985 where they set up their home in Squirrel Valley. She felt that this was the best place in the world. She knew that she had found the perfect place and told all her friends! She loved to work in her yard and grew flowers of all kinds and colors. Peggy was an excel- lent seamstress, creating clothing for all of her family. She loved to dance and was very good at it. Peggy was a garage sale fanatic where she always met a lot of new friends. She belonged to the VFW Auxiliary, Ladies of the Elka, La-
dies of the Moose, Eagle Ladies Auxiliary, American Legion, White Shrine, Women's Auxiliary Army Corps Chapter #10.
Peggy is survived by Bud, her husband of more than 44 years; their son, Michael Vermeer of Los Angeles; daughters Linda LaBlue of Lake Isabella, Marijane Downey of Simi Valley, and Sandy Kerneghan of Placerville. She is also survived by two brothers, Harold and Fred Otstot. There are eight grandchildren.
Arrangements made by the Lake Isabella Funeral Home, the Bonewell family, a Golden Rule Funeral Home.
Edgar Alvin Wood, III
Edgar Alvin Wood, age 76, was bom in Rhode Island on October 11, 1919, to Edgar and Genevieve Wood, Il. He received his schooling while living in Rhode Island. He entered the U.S. Army and served his country in Germany as an M.P. from 1942 to 1947. He was so proud to have served his country he even bought a used Army Jeep.
After leaving the service, Edgar moved to California in 1956, set- tling in Lomita. He moved to Tor- rance In 1970 where he married his wife Velma and they moved to the Kern River Valley in 1982, after retiring from Borg Wamer, the company he had worked for since leaving the service.
Edgar loved lifel His favorite pasttime was dancing and he es- pecially loved Halloween. He and Velma won first prize at the senior dance for the funniest couple. He also loved to camp and enjoyed panning for gold and, being a rock hound, enjoyed lapidary work, often making rings, lapel pens and other jewelry.
He had an overt sense of humor and was extremely well-read and maintained an active mind. In addition to his loving wife, Edgar is survived by daughters Barbara Happ of Long Beach; Shirley Wood of Laguna Hills; Marcia Gann and Carolyn Correa; sons Robert of Forrest Hills, Califomia; and Paul of Los Angeles; sister Charlotte Borders of West Palm Beach, Florida; and brother John of Cumberland, Rhode Island. His sister Marilyn Gabellian, preceded him in death. Edgar will be greatly missed by his family and many friends.
Services were held at Highland Chapel, United Methodist Church, on May 1, 1996, with Pastor Floyd Castillo officiating.
Arrangements were made by the Lake Isabella Funeral Home, the Bonewell family, a Golden Rule Funeral Director.
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Marion Rose Sorrick
Private arrangements were made for Marion Rose Sorrick who passed away on May 7, 1996, at her home in Weldon. Marion was born September 3, 1926, in Washington.
She has been a resident of the Kem River Valley for 17 years and was known as "The Cookie Lady." Many people in the valley enjoyed the lovely gifts she made and gave away. She loved to play bingo and had made many friends.
Marion is survived by her hus- band Emest Sorrick of Weldon; her son, Michael Curie of New Jersey; daughters Barbara Weaver of Colorado and Jeanie Henry of Oregon; step-daughters Sandra Feldman of Weldon; Janice Bennett of San Marcos; and Shirley Floody of Floriday; 14 grandchildren and six great- grandchildren.
Arrangements by Valley Mor- tuary.
Anyta E. Davies
As requested no services are planned for Anyta Davies. who passed away after a brief illness at home on Thursday, May 9, 1996.
Anyta, a 20-year resident of Lake Isabella, was bom in 1926 at Hannibal, Missouri, and moved to Califomia in 1940. She married in 1954 and lived in the Los Angeles area before moving to Lake Isa- bella.
A beloved wife, 'mother, grandmother and friend, she is survived by her husband, Earl Davies, of Lake Isabella; a daughter Debbie Davies of Los Osos; a son and daughter, Greg and Karen Moore, of Santa Maria; a grandson, Sean Moore, also of Santa Maria; a grandson and granddaughter, Chris and Tracy Moore; and great-granddaughter Mckenzie Moore, of Puyallop, Washington.
Inumment will take place at Dudley-Hoffman's in Santa Maria at a future date.
Arrangements by Valley Mor- tuary.
Joseph L. George" Arri =
Joseph L. "George" Ani, bom April 24, 1915, in Rhode Island, passed away at the San Joaquin Hospital in Bakersfield, Califor- nia, on April 25, 1996, at the age of 81.
George moved with his parents to Pomona, Califomia, at the age of five. He went to school and graduated from the Pomona School District.
He served in the U.S. Navy and was honorably discharged in 1944. After the Navy, George, with his brother Chuck, owned and oper- ated the A & A Towing Service in Pomona for several years.
George loved to fish, so he and his wife Marge moved to Lake Isabella, California, in May of 1980.
He was a member of the Eagles Lodge #3156 and the VFW, where he and Marge made many long and lasting friends.
George is suvived by his wife, Margaret "Marge"; two stepsons, Lloyd and Jerry Torrey of Pomona; six grandchildren and two great- grandchildren.
Interment will be at sea by the Neptune Society. Any donations should be made to the American Heart Association.
Esther May Hewitt
Graveside services were held at Hillcrest Memorial Park on Fri- day, May 10, 1996, at 1:00 p.m. for Esther May Hewitt, age 85. Officiating was Associate Pastor Robert Hardman from the Com- munity Covenant Church of Santa Barbara. Burial followed at Hillcrest Memorial Park in Bakersfield, California. à
Esther was bom on January 3, 1911, in Napa, Califomia. She was a pilot during World War II, dock- ing ships in the Vallejo port. She had been a resident of Oroville, California, for eight years and a devoted housewife for the past 60 years. Esther passed away from natural causes on May 6, 1996, at the Olive Ridge Care Center. She was predeceased by her husband of 54 years, Clifford, in 1987.
Survivors include her son Rob- ert Hewitt of Oroville, Califomia; son Clifford Hewitt, of Norco, California; brother Roy Standard of Napa, California; six grandchil- dren and four great-grandchildren.
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Frances Belinda Watson
Memorial services will be held at a later date for Frances Belinda Watson of Onyx who passed away on May 16, 1996, in Mt. Mesa. She was born on January 17, 1911, in lola, Kansas.
She lived most of her life in Kansas and has lived the past three years in the Rancho Sierra area in Onyx. She had a great love for animals, especially her dog. She will be buried in the Gilmore family . plot in lola, Kansas.
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Frances is survived by herneph -. ews Rollie Hull of Onyx; Robert Hull of Tillanok, Oregon; Charles Rich- ard Gilmore of New Zealand; and Lester Gilmore of Southern Califor- nia; and several great nieces and nephews.
Arrangements by Valley Mortu- ary.
James Bartley Hoffman
James Bartley Hoffman passed away on Saturday, May 4, 1996, at St. Mary's Hospital in Long Beach, Califomia, after a long battle with cancer.
He was bom in Garden Grove, Califomia, on May 29, 1959. He moved to the Kern River Valley, with his parents, Donald C. and Sondra M. Hoffman, and brothers Donald Clayton, Jr., and John P. in 1975. He attended and graduated from Kern Valley High School in 1977. He worked as a cashier, at- tendant manager at several Arco self-service stations in Bakersfield, while attending Bakersfield College pan-time, studying accounting. Af- ter several years, he moved to the Long Boach area to study and be- come a cosmetologist. He studied at "Flavio Beauty Colleges," and became an instructor. His health began to fade, and he became self- employed, to enable him to work ao much as he was able to.
Jim enjoyed fishing as his favor- ite sport and hobby. He spent many pleasant times fishing the Kem River and Isabella Lake.
In addition to his parents and brothers, Jim is survived by his sister-in-law Johnel Trotter Hoffman of Wofford Heights; grandmother Mardie Hall of Northridge, Califor- nia; godparents Fred T. and Joan Andree of Reseda, California; and numerous loving cousins, aunts, uncles and friends.
Arrangements were handled by the Cremation Society of the South Bay in Redondo Beach, California. The family plans a private ceremony on May 29, 1996, to remember Jim on what would have been his 37th birthday.
Maxine Lola Kanyuck
Maxine Lola Kanyuck entered etemal life on May 14, 1996, in Corona, California, where she had been a patient at the Life Care Center for a number of weeks.
Maxine was bom on January 29, 1918, in Fyie, Alabama to William and Lola Livingston, receiving her education there. She later moved to Baltimore, Maryland, then to Ari- zona, and in 1961, to Orange County, California, where she met George Kanyuck.
George and Maxine settled in Lakewood, where he worked for Northrup Aircraft and Maxine worked as an electronic production planner for Hughes Aircraft. They began to visit the Kem River Valley on weekends and moved here to Weldon upon retirement in 1978.
Maxine leaves her beloved husband, George; two daughters Joan Dicosdo or San Diego and Doscine: Ferguson of Spokane, Washington; plus faur grandohil- dren and five great-grandchildren.
A graveside service was held at Kern River Valley Cemetery on Saturday, May 18, 1996.
Arrangments entrusted to ine care of the Lake Isabella Funeral Home, the Bonewell family, a Golden Rule Funeral Home.
Delmar Stanley Hayes
Delmar Stanley Hayes, age 78, of Wofford Heights, passed away at his Wofford Heights residence on April 30, 1996. Mr. Hayes was an electrical contractor for 23 years.
He is survived by his wife Geor- gia of Wofford Heights; son and daughter-in-law Chuck and Nikki Hayes of Mt. Shasta; son and daughter-in-law Russell and Margo Hayes of Santa Barbara; and daughter and son-in-law Charlyn and Frank Krammer of Bakersfield; grandchildren Alica, Vicki and Christopher. Mr. Hayes was a great- grandfather and a great-great- grandfather. Other survivors include his step-son Steven Horgan; step- daughter Billie Jean Lofty; grandson George; and brother Darrell Hayes of Cypress, California.
Memorial services were held Thursday, May 9, 1996, at the Kem River Valley Masonic Lodge in Kernville at 11:00 a.m.
Hillcrest Mortuary was in charge of the arrangements.
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Herbert Mason Reynolds, Sr.
Herbert Mason Reynolds, age 83, of 61 Wildwood Drive, Wofford Heights, Califomia, diedat 1:38a.m., Tuesday, May 14, 1996, of cancer at the Kern Valley Hospital. Ser- vices were held at 10 a.m. on Satur- day, May 18, 1996, at the Highland Chapel United Methodist Church in Lake Isabella, California.
"Herb" was born in Millerton, lowa, on July 24 - the day you plant turnips back in lowa, he always said - in 1912, the year the luxury liner Titanic struck an iceberg and sank. "Herb" did much better than the mighty, powerful and unsilinavit luxury liner that sank on its maiden voyage taking most of the people it was responsible for down with it. He faced the storms and hidden ice- bergs of life with a steady hand, strong heart and even witty nature from the day he was born of the union of Perry James Reynolds and Nora Elizabeth Mason, his mother and father. He was one of their eleven children.
He married Marybelle Friedmeyer of Des Moines, lowa, on May 2, 1936, and they raised three sons. The boys were sure that he was unsinkable as he prepared them to face life's responsibilities. But they also found from the written word of God that "To every thing there is a sesaon, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;" and "All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again." The Titanic's hull is rusting at the bottom of cold waters of the North Sea having failed in her responsibilities. On the other hand, we all know that "Herb" has fulfilled his responsibili- ties as God has intended and has gone to a far better resting place.
"Herb" lived 41 years in lowa, and 42 years in Califomia, andmade many journeys between the two. He will make his last trip back to be laid to rest next to Marybelle who preceded him in 1985. A graveside memorial will be held at 2:00 p.m., May 25, 1996, at the Rest Haven Cemetery in West Des Moines, lowa. He lost a son, James Fredrick, in a tragic accident in 1974 who remains at peace in California. He lost his second spouse, Majetta "Midge" Lozier in 1990, a long time family friend. She is at peace in Des Moines also.
He was also preceded in death by his mother, father and three sisters Evah, Ruby and Nina, as well as a brother, Woodrow, all of lowa.
Survivors are two of his sons, Donald of Garden Grove, Califor- nia; and Herbert, Jr. of Wofford Heights, California; four of his brothers, Everett of Greeley, Colo- rado; Horatio "Ray" of Silver Spring, Maryland; Darrell of Lenox, lowa; Francis of Des Moines, lowa; and two sisters Ruth Adam of Pocatello, Idaho; and Imogene Miller of Corning, lowa. Also six grandchil-
dren and four great-grandchildren. Arrangements by Valley Mortu- . ary.
Geraldine Evangeline Soto
Geraldine Evangeline Soto was born on April 25, 1911, to American Indian parents. She was very proud of her heritage. "Beadie" as she was known to all of us, was preceded in death by two sisters, Victoria Bates and Isabel White; a daughter Viola DeLa Rosa and a grandson Wayne "Hoot" Allen Phelan.
Survivors are husband Manuel Soto; sons Joseph Gomez Jr., Manuel Jr., Gilbert, Ronald, Leslie and Wade Soto, and their respec- tive wives; daughters Esther Warnock, Gladys Galvan and Sandra Parker, and their respective husbands. She also left behind 35 grandchildren and numerous great- grandchildren.
Beadie was a resident of Simi Valley for over 50 years. She was a frequent visitor to our Kern River Valley and loved the area. Her last wishes were to bring her ashes back to the valley. She will be greatly missed by all. Love you, Ma.
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Davis T. Loyd
Private arrangements were made for Davis T. Loyd who passed away on May 18, 1996 in Bakersfield, Califomia. Mr. Loyd was bom on August 10, 1907 in Hardy, Arkansas and has been a resident of the Kern River Valley for the past 18 years.
He was a member of the Ma- sonic Lodge #827 and the Shriners, and the Scottish Rite, VFW and Retired Federal Employees, also the Friends of the Library and the Historical Society.
Davis is survived by his wife, Irma Coker-Loyd; his niece Mary Ann Brewer of Morro Bay, Cali- fomia; and nephew Mike Peters of Newberry Park, California. Ar- rangements by Valley Mortuary.
Delbert "Tex" Hooper
A graveside service was held on Tuesday, May 21, 1996, at 11:00 a.m. at Hillcrest Memorial Park for Delbert Hooper, age 83, who passed away on May 16, 1996, in Bakersfield.
Delbert was born in Mckinney, Texas, on August 12, 1912. He moved to Kem County in 1976 and has spent the last 20 years in the Kern River Valley, living in Wof- ford Heights.
He is survived by his three daughters: Beckie Scott and her husband Tom of Bakersfield; Kathy Pettit of Bakersfield; and Pat McCall of Norwalk; one son Delbert Donald Hooper and his wife Hedy of Corpus Christi, Texas; nine grandchildren and numerous great-grandchildren.
Delbert "Tex" Hooper was pre- ceded in death by his wife Bertha Hooper. He will be greatly missed by his family and all who knew him.
Hillcrest Memorial Park and Mortuary Funeral Directors of Bakersfield.
Florence Bushfield Kennelty
Florence Bushfield Kennelty entered eternal life on May 22, 1996. She was bom May 19, 1919 to Jocoph and Tillie Buchfiold in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, where she received her schooling. She was married September 13, 1941 in Cumberland, Maryland to Frank Kennelty. Frank preceded Flo- rence in death on January 24 of this year. Florence and Frank moved to the lake area in 1967. She worked as an RN at the Kem Valley Hospital. She enjoyed reading and loved her hobby of making latch-hook rugs. She adored her cat, Morris, and loved to spend time with him.
She is survived by her son Frank and his wife Tonia of Bakersfield; 2 grandsons, Travis of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and Nick of Bakersfield; also one sister, Naomi Steele of Latrobe, Pennsylvania. A memo- rial service was held on Tuesday, May 28, 1996, in the Rose Chapel of the Lake Isabella Funeral Home.
Florence will be missed by all who knew and loved her.
Services were entrusted to the Bonewell family of the Lake Isa- bella Funeral Home, a Golden Rule Funeral Director.
Oathy Garland Horne
Oathy Garland "Dub" Home, age 92, passed away in Kem Valley Hospital on May 14, 1996. Dub was born in McGregor, Texas, on January 31, 1904. He retired inc 1966 from Southern Californiam Edison Company after 24 years as a service repairman. He moved to Kem County in 1980 and had lived in Mountain Mesa the past 16 years. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge.
Dub is survived by his daughter and son-in-law, Jane and Art Tibbetts of Squirrel Valley; grand- daughters Patty Siler of Stateline, Nevada; Penny Vieau of Abilene, Texas; and Carla Fulton of Sebastabol, Califomia; and two great-grandchildren, Ashlee and Connor Vieau. He was preceded in death by his wife, Mattie Bickel.
There will be no services at the request of the deceased.
Arrangements were entrusted to the Bonewell family of the Lake Isabella Funeral Home, a Golden Rule Funeral Director.
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Edward Kenneth Janssen
Edward Janssen enteredinto etemal rest on Memorial Day, Monday, May 27, 1996, at his home in Lake Isabella. He was 89 years of age.
He was bom in lowa City, lowa, on January 27, 1907, to Richard and Enga Janssen. Edward received his education in Wellsburg, lowa, graduating from Wellsburg High School, where he was a star bastketball player. He attended four years of college in the state of lowa.
Edward came to Califomia in 1940 and settled in Altadena. He married his lovely wife, the former Esther Marie Carpenter in Las Vegas, Nevada. He played professional basketball for a time, eaming $25 per game, somewhat less than pro- fessionals earn today.
He had a career in law en- forcement and security. He re- tired from Hughes Aircraft as a security officer in 1967 and they moved to Lake Isabella in 1969. Edward was also involved as a professional bowler in the se- nior division of bowling.
Edward is survived by his wife, Esther; son, Charles Janssen of Nevada, lowa; six grandchildren; three great- grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews. A daugh- ter, Lenore Torrence preceded him in death .. At his request, there were no memorial ser- vices. Inumment was private.
Arrangements were en- trusted to the care of the Lake Isabella Funeral Home, the Bonewell family, a Golden Rule Funeral Director
Marguerite Chappell
Marguerite Chappell passed away early in the moming of May 31, 1996. She was 94 years old. Bom on August 9, 1901, to Robert and Laura Palmer in Porterville, Califor- nia, Marguerite moved to Kem- ville in 1904. She attended school through the eighth grade in both Kemville and South Fork.
an accident in 1933. He had loaned a gun to a friend who was returning it, when it fired striking Walter, causing his death. Marguerite became Postmaster in Weldon from 1941-1946 and raised her chil- dren alone until her marriage to William Daniel Chappell in 1944.
Survivors include her hus- band, William Chappell; along with her son Leonard Alexander of Weldon; and daughter Anette Staats of Twin Oaks, Califor- nia. Her daughter Marjorie Mecham preceded herin death. Marguerite is also survived by 12 grandchildren; eight great- grandchildren; and her sister Virginia Rhoades, who has owned and operated Paul's Place in Weldon for the past 55 years.
Marguerite could tell many stories concerning the early days of this area. She used to play around an old oak tree which still stands above the new part of the Kern River Val- ley Cemetery in Wofford Heights. She also told how she would hear the bells on her father's team of horses thus knowing her father was retum- ing home with his wagon. She related that many Chinese min- ers were buried at the old cem- etery and how they would place food on the graves at Christ- mas time. Most, if not all of them, have been retumed to China.
She would tell of how her
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father would run cattle up along the Kem River above Kernville. She often went along with him, staying overnight along the river. Her father owned the Palmer Ranchin Weldon which still exists today. Marguerite was known as the Mountain
She married Walter Alexander in 1919 and they Lady and she loved her flow- lived at the Weldon store, which ers. She was from the old stock of those who worked hard all their lives. She will be greatly is still standing next to the South Fork School in Weldon. Walter ran the store there and met with missed by all whose lives she touched.
Services were held graveside at the old Kem Val- ley Cemetery on June 4, 1996, at 11:30 a.m. Pastor Floyd Castillo officiating.
Arrangements were en- trusted to the care of the Bonewell family of the Lake Isabella Funeral Home, a Golden Rule Funeral Home.
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Valda Lois Logan
Valda was born February 2, 1917, in Allison, lowa, the last of seven children bom to Elias Garfield and Emma Louise (Hoffman) Willis. She passed away on May 6, 1996, at Kem Valley Hospital in Mountain Mesa, California, due to com- plications resulting from a stroke suffered in the early morning hours on May 5.
She was preceded in death by her loving husband and com- panion of 54 years, John W. 'Bud" Logan in 1994. she is survived by her devoted son Jonathan and daughter-in-law Betty of Kernville; her adoring granddaughter Valda Marie and her husband FC2 Brian James Milam, USN, whose love and attentiveness she treasured; and great-grandson Jonathan James, who was indeed the apple of his Nanna's eye and the source of her greatest hap- piness and pleasure, all of Port Hueneme, Califomia; loving sis- ter-in-law Rose Marie Jeffus of Chatsworth, California; several nieces and nephews and great nieces and great nephews.
Val will be missed by her many friends who were drawn to her by her love for people and life, her fine moral charac- ter, loyalty to friends, devotion to family, and quick response and generosity to those in need.
Val's "up and at'em" attitude about work and her love for animals was due in no small part to her being raised on a farm. She enjoyed relating those experiences, both comi- cal and practical, especially those including her many "ad- ventures" with her Indian pony "Colonel."
She graduated high school
1 in 1935, and later moved to California, where prior to meet- ing and then marrying John on October 28, 1939, she worked at jobs a bit unusual for most women of that time. One was as an assignment writer for a periodical under her own by- line. Another was as a demon- stration driver for Sterling Mo- tor Co., taking prospective cus-
tomers out for practical appli- cation demos in the big trucks sold for use in earth moving projects. The idea Sterling pro- moted was "If this lady can handle this big rig ... " While not one to either appreciate or par- ticipate in self-promoting brag- gadocio, Val did enjoy relating the experience of how she won a $100 wager with a member of the Kaiser Steel family that she couldn't drive a Sterling rig up "Sugar Mountain."
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During WWII, Val worked in the Aircraft factories. After the war, she was busy with the responsibilities of caring for the newest member of the family.
In early 1951, she returned to the work force with Sears- Roebuck and Co. in San Fernando, Califomia. In 1960, Val began working for Kahr Bearing Corp. as Office Man- ager. Shortly thereafter, in re- viewing the books kept by the previous manager, she located an error in the payment of com- pany taxes amounting to tens of thousands of dollars. While time restrictions did not allow for a full refund, quite a sub- stantial amount was refunded by the IRS.
As Office Manager, she was known for being just as quick to defend one of her staff as she was to make sure everyone completed the work expected of them. She set the example in appearance, manner and pro- fessionalism she expected from her staff.
Val was an optimist who was quick to evaluate situations to see what could be done to im- prove matters. She would al- ways try to defuse potentially explosive situations but never at the expense of compromis- ing right principle. She was an accomplished conversational- ist, always more interested in conversations of substance than gossip.
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