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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1988
Page
9
The LAPD funseekers list birthdays and anniversaries for June 1988 and announce a June 24 trip to Lori Brock Museum costing $2 with a 10:30 a.m. departure and 1:30 p.m. return. Friday features Willy Wonka at 10 a.m. at the Vet's Hall with 75 cent admission. contact 746-3303 for details.
Events listed for June 22 to June 28 include a Veterans Hall gathering on Wednesday at 12 p.m. in Shafter Wasco area, May Festival Committee meeting on Thursday at 7 p.m., Shafter Buttonwillow Chamber meeting at 7 p.m. in the chamber office, Shafter Chamber of Commerce lunch at the Shafter Motel, Shafter City Council session at City Hall, and a Tuesday Rotary lunch at the Shafter Motel.
A God centered drug and alcohol program reports an 86 percent cure rate at its Shafter residential center for men. The group also operates facilities for women and another center for men in the Southern region. Soroptimist members elected Louise Jones and Pam McElroy as directors.
Funeral services for Dewitt Clinton Coodey age 81, who died June 18, 1988 in Bakersfield, will be held Tuesday June 21 at the Shafter Memorial Park graveside. Officiating is David Morris of the Shafter Church of Christ. Coodey, born February 23, 1907 in Porum Oklahoma, moved to Wasco in 1941. Survivors include wife Ava of Oildale, four sons Bill, Eugene, Charles, and Joe, daughter Patricia Campbell, 25 grandchildren, many great and great great grandchildren.
Hilda Ann Handel aged 80 of Shafter died June 11, 1988 in Arroyo Grande. Funeral services were held June 17 at Peters Funeral Chapel in Shafter with Rev. Robert Stubbe officiating and burial at Shafter Memorial Park. Born in Lodi, she moved to Shafter in 1919, later lived in Lodi, and resided in Grover City near the end. Survivors include husband Edwin of Lodi, daughters Norma Brown of Grover City and JoAnn Johnson of Bakersfield, brother Fred Schnaidt, sister Leah Stoller, and five grandchildren.
Monroe Buddy Banks, 71, died June 12 1988 in Bakersfield. Services were held June 15 1988 at Peters Funeral Chapel with Rev James Van Valkenburg and the American Legion at Shafter Memorial Park. He was born in Soper Oklahoma, a WWII veteran and retired carpenter. Survivors include two sisters Lil lie Mae Watts and Lu Ellen Rice a stepson Marvin Dane a brother-in-law two nieces one nephew two great nieces and two great nephews.
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