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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1996
Page
8
Shafter AARP 2809 will meet at the Veterans Hall March 18 at noon for a potluck meal. Members with last names A through L bring salad or dessert for 10, M through Z bring a main dish for 10, plus table service. John Stockton, WADD director, will present. Food due by 11 45 a.m.
Teeter family members Lee and Wanita Riggs and Mabel Ashmore joined daughter and granddaughter Vicki Neuman Teeter in Las Vegas for the associate degree of nursing class of 1995 pinning. A candlelight ceremony and buffet followed for about 30 relatives. Neuman Teeter’s son Jeffrey Daughrity traveled from Columbia, SC to celebrate.
A local notices page lists birthdays and wedding anniversaries for Ellen Janzen Lisa Rodriguez Edna Schaffer Amanda Brooks Tom White Sandy Wiedmann Rosie Wiens David Jason Zachary Jarrod McPhetridge R L Gragg Art Penner Jack Groves Mavis Dalke Josephine Larimer Gene Guenther Megan Tisler Gary Henley Robert Sbrusch and Lisa Sbrusch across March 13 to 19 with posthumous acknowledgment for Josephine Larimer.
Thurman Perry Bruce 80 of Shafter died March 2 1996 in Bakersfield. Funeral services were held March 5 1996 at Peters Funeral Home for Bruce born April 1 1915 in Mena Arkansas to Dee and Suzanne Bruce. He married Opal Harris in 1939 and settled in Shafter. A foreman in Shafter Wasco area, he enjoyed hunting and his dogs. Survivors include wife Opal, children Thurman Jr Stella Donna Virginia and Perry Bruce, 11 grandchildren and 18 great grandchildren. Preceded in death by Charles Dean Bruce in 1961.
Graveside services for infant Roberto Torres Aguilar were held March 12, 1996 at Shafter Memorial Park. He died March 7 in Bakersfield. parents Marco Aguilar and Elva Torres of Shafter survive with numerous aunts uncles and cousins. Fr. Thomas O Neill of St Therese's Catholic Church officiated.
Eulalah May Fowler 68 of Shafter dies March 9 and funeral services are scheduled for March 14 at 2 p.m. at Peters Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Jim Glasco officiating. Interment will follow at Shafter Memorial Park. Survivors include husband Roy Fowler, daughter Gloria Jean Rose, brother Claude Persinger, and grandson Daniel Lindsay. Born February 8, 1928 in Alhambra to Roy and Verda Persinger, she lived in Watsonville and worked at the telephone company and Kern Crest Manor before homemaking and church service.
Police blotter items list prowler at 174 West Orange with Guzman Manro born 01 15 1973. Vandalism at Manne Park involving juveniles. loitering by Robert Carlos Guillen. pedestrian check on Rachael Ramirez. traffic stop leads to vehicle tow for Leonardo Morales. Earl Weygle cited after warrants. Patricia Madera and others named in area check. Warrants served for Jose Garcia and Stephen Watson. peace disturbance tied to Earl Weygle with vehicle towed. Everett Bynum stopped. Ramirez listed with Fiatz at Valley and Atlantic.
Shafter events include monthly and weekly gatherings. Depot tours by appointment with Denni Pearson or Stan Wilson. Weekly crafts at W C Walker Senior Center with Barbara Tisler. Woman's Aglow meets second Monday at Veterans Hall. Bible study at Valley Bible Church Tuesdays and a daytime City Hall prayer gathering for all churches.
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