Memorial services honor Alvis Paul Smith at Shafter High
Special memorial services were held at 3 00 p m Friday December 15 at Shafter High School Auditorium for Alvis Paul Smith 55 who died December 12 in his home Attendance surpassed 500 including students The service was conducted by Herb Watkins Sr an elder of the Shafter Church of Christ with a eulogy by Richard Froelick A quartet of Shafter High School faculty performed Crossing the Bar and Rock of Ages Organist Marcia Krause played the prelude and recessional Pallbearers and honorary pallbearers were named Smith's life included a long tenure at Shafter High School as auditorium technician and staffer who mentored students Interment followed at Shafter Memorial Park Memorials to Shafter High School Scholarship Fund or American Cancer Society.
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Belridge Oil Company
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Shafter Memorial Park
Shater High Scholarship Fund
American Cancer Society
Service for Nettie Ford Held in Shafter
Services were held at 2 p.m. Saturday in Mish Funeral Home Shafter for Nettie Ann Ford 88 of 411 Holtby Road who died December 13 in a Bakersfield hospital after a long illness Burial will be in Shafter Memorial Park She was a Kentucky native who lived in Shafter and Bakersfield since 1940 and was a Freewill Baptist member Survivors include three sons Ivin L Lamont J C Orem Utah and R Bakersfield three daughters Thelma Woodard Alma Jones and Evelyn Jones a sister Julia Allen 20 grandchildren 37 great grandchildren and 28 great great grandchildren
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Holtby Road
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Kentucky
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Orem
Utah
Thelma Woodard
Alma Jones
Modesto
Evelyn Jones
Santa Maria
Julia Allen
Rosedale Mennonite Brethren Church
Carol Ann Phipps
Ucla Medical Center
David Plett
Phipps
Fresno State University
Dale Phipps
Allen Phipps
David Caetano
Gary Chambers
Daryl Elrich
Carl Nikkel
Mark
Fresno
Don Loewen
Anna Schmidt
Elizabeth Loewen
Steven Loewen
Sandra Loewen
Agee Funeral Home
Graveside service for Connie Faye Nichols
Connie Faye Nichols, 42, of Oceano, will have graveside services on Wednesday, December 20 at 2:30 p.m. at Shafter Memorial Cemetery. Jerry Rodgers of the Church of Christ in Fresno will officiate.
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Rosary for Roman Eledesna and funeral service
Funeral rites are set for Roman Eledesna 69 of Riverside with a rosary December 20 at 8 p.m. at Agee Funeral Chapel and a December 21 service at 10 a.m. with clergy Rev. John Delany and Rev. Lee Baca officiating. Interment follows at Shafter Memorial Park. Eledesna died December 17 in a Bakersfield hospital. born in Texas, long-time Shafter resident. Survivors include widow Dora, son Alfredo Delgado, stepdaughters Janita Gonzales Maria Perez Delia Delgado, sister Manuelita Martinez Eledesna, eight grandchildren. funeral handled by Sunset Funeral Chapel in Grover City.
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Alex Oklahoma
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Belridge Farms
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Alfredo
Delgado
Arvin
Janita Gonzales
Maria C. Perez
Delia Delgado
Manuelita Martinez Eledesna
Rick Gene Nichols
Sandra Sue Hill
Savannah Georgia
Brenda Kay Segura
Bulah Teague
Orince Teague
W.D. Hendricks
Grover City
Jerry Hendricks
San Jose
Alma Inman
Los Angeles
Sharon Pierce
Sunset Funeral Chapel
Potter services set for Robert E. Potter in Shafter area
Robert E. Potter 81 died December 17 in Ceres California. Services 12 noon at Church of the Nazarene West Lerdo Highway with interment at Shafter Memorial Park. Survived by wife Molly and multiple children in Oklahoma Arizona Florida Texas and California. Potter a World War I veteran and retired carpenter formerly lived in Shafter then Modesto.
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Ceres California
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Shafter
Modesto
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Rosary and Mass Held for Jesus Rome Plaza
Jesus Rome Plaza 69 of Shafter died December 10. Rosary was recited December 12 at 7 and Mass December 13 at 10 in Saint Therese's Church. Rev. Gage officiated. interment followed. Plaza lived in Shafter 36 years and belonged to Saint Therese's. Survivors include wife Claudia, mother Maria De La Luz, seven sons and two daughters, a sister, and other relatives.
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