Do you like my hat? Shelly Ann Rinehart of Bodfish, Calif., passed away on August 5, 2018, surrounded by friends and family. Shelly was born to Larry and Ranelle Kirkpatrick on March 4, 1966, in Palm Springs, Calif. She is the eldest of three children. Shelly met her first love Steve Rinehart in 1981 in […]
My beautiful mother, June Underwood, went to be with the Lord on August 9. She was a wonderful soul. She loved her family, her friends and her church. She and my father spent many wonderful years in the Kern Valley. I know she was greeted by all of her loved ones when she passed those […]
By Tracy Renee Lee My husband and I go to a movie and out to dinner every Tuesday. Unlike most couples, our weekends are almost always filled with funerals and Mondays are insanely backlogged with paperwork. That makes Tuesday our weekend. It is the slowest day of the week for us and it is the […]
Alberta Garrett was called home to be with the lord on July 25, 2018, at the age of 76. Her life begins here in the Kern River Valley January 22, 1942, where she went to South Fork Elementary and Kern Valley High. Later she went on to meet her husband James Garrett. They married on […]
She lived her life of 89 years regardless of how it affected anyone else. She has surviving children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. There will be no services.
Suzanne “Sue” Paulette Williams, 65, of Weldon, Calif., passed away July 23, 2018, in Bakersfield, Calif., with her family by her side. She was born to the late Donald and Lois Sanders on April 15, 1953, in San Luis Obispo, Calif. She was married to Raymond “Ray” Williams, Sr., in August of 1979 Sue and […]
Diane Wolney (DeDe) passed away at the young age of 83 on July 11, 2018. She passed away with family by her side at the caring and loving facility Bakersfield Rehabilitation Center. Diane was born in Glendale, Calif., on November 3, 1934. She was the second child of four. Her parents were James B. and […]
By Tracy Renee Lee Six weeks ago, my sister-in-law was diagnosed with stage four breast cancer. This devastating announcement was unexpected. She and my brother rushed off to a cancer treatment center in another state. We have great expectations that her treatment there will prove miraculous. I traveled to Louisiana this weekend to see my […]
Jane Vehrencamp was called home to be with the Lord on July 9, 2018, at the age of 96. Her life began in Woodstock, Va., and it was here that she met Forrest Vehrencamp. They were high school sweethearts and were married in Clearwater, Fla., in 1943, where Forrest was serving in the United States […]
By Tracy Renee Lee Yesterday evening, my husband and I had the opportunity to attend a lovely intimate concert. Well, 20 minutes of it anyway. My husband purchased tickets to a concert about three weeks ago and as the days past, we had a funeral scheduled for the exact same day. The concert began at […]
