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Maurice Kelsie “Bud” Wilson Jr., 83, of Bakersfield, passed away Nov. 27, in Bakersfield. Peters Funeral Home, Shafter. Richard Amador, 70, of Bakersfield, passed away Nov. 29, in Bakersfield. Peters Funeral Home, Shafter. Betty McLeod, 93, of Wasco. Graveside service Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023, 10 a.m. at Wasco Memorial Park. Peters Funeral Home, Wasco. Louis Tamayo Velasquez, 93, of Shafter, passed away Nov. 30, in Shafter. Peters Funeral Home, Shafter. Perfecto Urias Garcia, 60, of Bakersfield, passed away Nov. 25, in Bakersfi...
Gloria Soto, 41, of Wasco, passed away Nov. 12, in Wasco. Peters Funeral Home, Wasco. Donavon Diaz, 18, of Shafter, passed away Nov. 10, in Bakersfield. Basham & Lara Funeral Care, Shafter. Magdalena Fuentes Cortes, 84, of Wasco, passed away Nov. 7, in Bakersfield. Basham & Lara Funeral Care, Shafter. Emma M. Vigil, 66, of Wasco, passed away Nov. 14, in Bakersfield. Basham & Lara Funeral Care, Shafter. Celica Penaloza Tabares, 79, of Wasco, passed away Oct. 25, in Bakersfield. Basham & Lara Funeral Care, Shafter. Alfonso...
Juan Carlos Mata Delgado, 53, of Lost Hills passed away Oct. 29, in Bakerfield. Peters Funeral Home, Wasco....
Nancy Kelley, 80, of Prineville, Ore., passed away Oct. 13, in Prineville. Peters Funeral Home, Shafter. Randolph Tripp, 88, of Wasco, passed away Oct. 19, in Wasco. Peters Funeral Home, Wasco. Patsy Romero, 79, of Bakersfield, passed away Oct. 20, in Bakersfield. Peters Funeral Home, Shafter. Jessie Balderas, 78, of Shafter, passed away Oct. 23, in Bakersfield. Basham-Lara Funeral Care, Shafter. Alfredo Nunez, 74, of Wasco, passed away Oct. 24, in Bakersfield. Basham-Lara Funeral Care, Shafter. Martha Garcia Ceja, 50, of...
Adam Cuevas, 16, of Delano, passed away Sept. 30, in Wasco. Peters Funeral Home, Wasco. Maria E. Segura, 73, of Wasco, passed away Oct. 9, in Wasco. Peters Funeral Home, Wasco. Joseph J. Pelle, 61, of Bakersfield, passed away Oct. 8, in Bakersfield. Peters Funeral Home, Shafter....
Susan D. Bravo passed away on Oct. 10, 2023. Born in 1953, she was the daughter of Babe and Adel Durando and sister to Mary, Richard and Tim. She attended Mount St. Mary’s College after finishing at Wasco High School, graduating with a BSN in 1975. In 1976, she married Keith Bravo at St. Sebastian’s Catholic Church in Los Angeles. After he finished his internal medicine and pediatrics residencies in Springfield, Mass., they moved to Bishop in 1989, where their two sons were born. In 1999, the family moved to Ste...
Sylvia Gonzalez Gonzalez, 76, of Bakersfield passed away Sept. 26, in Bakersfield. Peters Funeral Home, Shafter. Wilber Alexander Recinos Guardado, 35, of Wasco passed away Sept. 23, in Wasco. Peters Funeral Home, Wasco....
Patricia Ann Miller, of Shafter, was welcomed into the arms of her Lord and Savior on Sept. 23, 2023, with all her children by her side. Patricia was born May 2, 1938, in Santa Anna, Texas, to parents, James and Iona Price. At a young age, she moved to San Francisco, along with her parents and younger sister, Jackie. They resided in San Francisco during World War II, until eventually settling in Kern County around the age of 9.. She remained in Kern County for the majority of...
Keith Steven Henderson, 69, passed away on Sept. 19, 2023, at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles, after a long battle with Hodgkin's lymphoma. He was born on Nov. 8, 1953, in Berkeley, to Ernest Henderson and Marjorie Anderson. Keith grew up in Richmond. After high school, he attended Santa Barbara City College in Santa Barbara, where he received an associate of science degree in hotel, motel and restaurant management. He worked for Wasco Affordable Housing as a...
On Sept. 12, 2023, at approximately 10 p.m., Jessie Lee Rosales, brother, father and grandfather, passed away at age 74 from prolonged health complications and surviving a stroke that left him partially immobile and further complicated his health. Jessie was born on Sept. 13, 1949, in Bakersfield, to Floyd and Maxine Rosales. He was the fifth of 12 siblings reared in Shafter, where he attended school and helped with farming chores and pursued ranching cattle. He was a cowboy...
Vaughan Justice, 85, of Tehachapi, passed away Sept. 9, in Tehachapi. Peters Funeral Home, Shafter. Maria Teresa Perez, 73, of Wasco, passed away Sept. 12, in Bakersfield. Peters Funeral Home, Wasco. Patricia Isabel Marquez, 60, of Bakersfield, passed away Sept. 14, in Los Angeles. Peters Funeral Home, Shafter....
Raquel Acosta, 46, of Shafter, passed away Sept. 7, in Bakersfield. Basham & Lara Funeral Care, Shafter. Linda Moody, 51, of Shafter, passed away, in Shafter. Basham & Lara Funeral Care, Shafter. Ricardo Olivo, 67, of Shafter, passed away Sept. 7, in Shafter. Basham & Lara Funeral Care, Shafter. Angel Acosta, 58, of Shafter, passed away Sept. 9, in Shafter. Basham & Lara Funeral Care, Shafter. Carolina Garcia Ramirez, 90, of Bakersfield, passed away Sept. 14, in Bakersfield. Peters Funeral Home, Shafter. Manuel Enriquez...
Visitation: Monday, Sept. 25, 2023, 3-7 p.m., Peters Funeral Home, Wasco. Graveside service: Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2023, 1 p.m., Wasco Memorial Park...
Robert Mettler died peacefully in his sleep on Sept. 16, 2023, after years battling cancer. Born in Shafter in 1936, Robert grew up on his dad’s farm. After graduating from Shafter High, he attended Stanford University and Bakersfield College before moving to Los Angeles in the 1950s, working in the fledgling semiconductor industry. During his early career, he supervised semiconductor assembly operations in Hong Kong. By the mid-1960s, he’d settled in Belmont Shore, where he lived for the rest of his life. After more tha...
On Sept. 12, 2023, at approximately 10 p.m., Jessie Lee Rosales, brother, father and grandfather, passed away at age 74 from prolonged health complications and surviving a stroke that left him partially immobile and further complicated his health. Jessie was born on Sept. 13, 1949, in Bakersfield, to Floyd and Maxine Rosales. He was the fifth of 12 siblings reared in Shafter, where he attended school and helped with farming chores and pursued ranching cattle. He was a cowboy ranch hand for various large cattle companies such...
Gene Oliver was born June 14, 1955, in Wasco, to parents Jack and Nelda. He passed away peacefully on Sept. 16, 2023, after bravely battling many health issues. From childhood and throughout his life, Gene enjoyed playing sports, hunting, fishing and truly living life with family and friends. After graduating from high school, Gene attended Taft Junior College and Cal State Stanislaus to pursue a degree in education, as well as continuing his baseball career. He was very instr...
Robert Mettler died peacefully in his sleep on Sept. 16, 2023, after years battling cancer. Born in Shafter in 1936, Robert grew up on his dad’s farm. After graduating from Shafter High, he attended Stanford University and Bakersfield College before moving to Los Angeles in the 1950s, working in the fledgling semiconductor industry. During his early career, he supervised semiconductor assembly operations in Hong Kong. By the mid-1960s, he’d settled in Belmont Shore, where he lived for the rest of his life. After more tha...
Gabriel Gomez, 69, of Lost Hills, passed away Sept. 5, in Lost Hills. Peters Funeral Home, Wasco....
Karen Preston was born on April 23, 1942, in Kansas. Karen passed away on Aug. 17, 2023, at Memorial Hospital in Bakersfield. Services will be held Saturday, Sept. 2, at 10 a.m., at the Church of Christ, 850 Minter Ave., in Shafter....
Spencer Stockell Harris, 75, of Shafter, passed peacefully on Aug. 13, 2023, at his home with his wife, Tammy Harris, by his side. Spencer was born on December 8, 1947, in Chattanooga, Tenn., where he grew up with many neighborhood friends with whom he maintained lifelong relationships. He graduated from Chattanooga Central High School and earned a bachelor of science degree at the University of Tennessee, Chattanooga. After graduation, he moved to Wyoming where he met Tammy,...
Irene Arreola Perales, 84, passed away on Aug. 2, 2023, after she suffered a stroke earlier in the year. She passed away peacefully into the arms of Jesus surrounded by her loving family. Irene was born on Nov. 4, 1938, in Shafter, to Alice (Herrera) and Felix Arreola. Irene had five siblings. She grew up in La Colonia in Shafter. She always said small-town living and having family was the best. She was a dedicated mother, one of a kind. Irene was a Girl Scout and Boy Scout...
Donald Paul Warkentin, 73, died peacefully on Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2023. He was born March 14, 1950, in Bakersfield, to Katherine (Bestvater) and Aaron Warkentin. He lived almost his entire life in Shafter. He attended Shafter High School, class of 1969. Don learned how to drive a car, and after his father passed in 1973, Don faithfully drove his mom to the grocery store each week. He helped with the shopping, cooking and cleaning. He also mowed the lawn, did outdoor tasks and...
Jamie “Moe” Torres Jr., 66, of Wasco, passed away Aug.22, in Bakersfield. Peters Funeral Home, Wasco. Benito Ortega Rodriguez, 88, of Bakersfield, passed away Aug. 23, in Bakersfield. Peters Funeral Home, Shafter. Eva Ornelas, 64, of Wasco, passed away Aug.26, in Bakersfield. Peters Funeral Home, Wasco. Ruby Joyce Self, 92, of Bakersfield, passed away Aug. 25, in Bakersfield. Peters Funeral Home, Shafter. Geraldine B. Brown, 87, of Wasco, passed away Aug. 28, in Bakersfield. Peters Funeral Home, Wasco....
Robert Harold Merz was born to Eula Wilson Merz and Martin Robert Merz on Nov. 21,1933, in McFarland. Robert went to be with our Lord Jesus Christ on Aug. 18, 2023, at the age of 89. Robert was preceded in death by his parents, his brother Frederick, grandson Stephen Matthew Merz, first wife Caroline, second wife Donna Dalke Lynch Merz and third wife Vivian Handel Baze Merz. He is survived by his brother Martin Daniel Merz (Joan), son Stephen Merz (Marcia), Rebecca and Kathlee...
Ruby Violet Haworth, 91, of Shafter passed away August 16, in Bakersfield. Peters Funeral Home, Shafter....
