Death Notice Bertha Neufeld of Shafter Dies at 68
Bertha Neufeld of Shafter died June 16 in Bakersfield. Services were held June 17 at Shafter Mennonite Brethren Church with Pastor Dave Gerbrandt officiating. Interment followed at Shafter Memorial Park. She was born November 19, 1907 near Weatherford Oklahoma and long her family lived in British Columbia Kansas Michigan Oklahoma and California before settling in Shafter. She married Oliver Neufeld on August 4 19 and he died in 1987. Survived by sons Chester and Mary Neufeld of Shafter and Wendell and Elfriede Neufeld of 5.
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Peters Funeral Home
Shafter
Ulysses
Neufeld
Oliver Neufeld
Michigan
Cimmaron
North Shafter
Kern Crest Manor
Oliver
Bertha
Chester
Mary
Shafter, Nce
Elfriede
Shafter Library Hosts July Summer Activities
The Shafter branch of Kern County Libraries presents weekly summer events for youth every Tuesday and Thursday at 2 p.m. in July. A Fourth of July Storytime is set for July 3 and a July 17 Magic on Mars show features Michael Kennedy. For details call 746-2156 or visit 236 James.
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Shafter
Kern County
Michael Kennedy
James
Buril Fain Graveside Rites Held in Shafter California
Buril Fain 59 of Shafter died June 28 in Los Angeles. Graveside services were July 1 at Shafter Memorial Park at Peters Funeral Home. Born September 4, 1937 in Eufala Oklahoma he worked in construction as a water truck operator helped build the California Aqueduct and Interstate Five. He belonged to Teamsters Local 87 Bakersfield. He hunted fished raised cattle and horses. Surviving: wife Manparster Rosedale and Jim Fain of Lamont sisters Edith McMorries and husband. Memorial donations to American Cancer Society in care of St Vincent Medical Center Los Angeles.
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Peters
Shafter Memorial Park
Buril Fain
Shafter
Fain
Los
Eufala
Oklahoma
Curtis Fain
Raffler Opal (Brown) Fain
California Aqueduct
Interstate Five
Teamsters Union
Bakersfield
Spencer’s
Red Wagon
Fdncadhole
Manparster
Rosedale
Jim Fain
Lamont
Edith McMorries
Hus
American Cancer Society
St. Vincent Medical Center
W. Third Street
Los Angeles
Spiritual Arms as Nations Decline and Churches Rise
A column argues that military cutbacks signal a broader decline while religious faith offers resistance. It invokes biblical prophecies from Luke, 2 Thessalonians, Zechariah, and Revelation to claim churches act as light against darkness as America weakens and a revived empire looms, warning that national hope rests with congregations.
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Jesus
Satan
Father
Heaven and
Earth
Babes
Apostle Paul
Israel
Zechariah
America
Daniel
Roman Empire
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Dennis L. Campbell
D.C
C. M. Chan
D.D.S
James St
Espanol
Wasco
Donna
Shafter Press
Wasco Tribune
Wasco Family Dentistry
Dedicated Dental Systems, Inc
Mark Thomas
D.D.S. E
Dentista Para
Toda
la Familia
7Th Street
California
Loy Low
Ford
Dodge
Douge Span
Walker Street
Stringham’s
Shafter Kern Inty
AIC
E. Lerdo Hwy
Women's Medical Center
Syed Rizvi
Philipp R. Meléndez
M.D
27Th Street
Suite
James Street
Dr Moon
Alicante Street
Lament
Lee
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