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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1991
Page
5
Obituaries detail Frank Contreras 79 of Shafter who died November 10 in Riverside after cancer, with survivor list including Ramona, children, grandchildren, and siblings. Funeral held November 20 at Peters Funeral Home. Additional notices cover Patricia Lee Cox 51 of Carson. Thurman Keeter 81 of Shafter. LaVerne Irene Turner 68 of Bakersfield, with survivors, service details, and burial at Shafter Memorial Park.
Shafter launches its annual leaf and brush recycling program as fall arrives. City crews will pick up piles from streets or behind homes for transfer to the composting site near the wastewater treatment facility. Residents should rake leaves to the street with a three foot gutter gap and place brush behind houses or in alleys, with piles no longer than nine feet and three feet apart. Christmas trees will also be recycled after the holidays to cut landfill waste.
Laidlaw Environmental Services will host a Tuesday December 10 public participation meeting at 7 p.m. at the Buttonwillow Senior Center to explain how the public process will work for proposed modifications and to clarify the distinction between process and the project. No project details or pros and cons will be discussed at this session.
George E. Knisel, 86, died November 15 in Bakersfield. Graveside services were held November 19 at Shafter Memorial Park officiated by Rev. Larry Cluff of the United Methodist Church of Shafter. He was born December 26, 1904 in Abilene Kansas and was a self employed chemical engineer in the petroleum field for twenty years. He was preceded in death by his wife Emma in 1989. Survivors include two stepsons Bob Hogue and Jack Hogue of San Antonio Texas and one stepdaughter Pat White of Shafter.
Memorial services were held November 11 at Peters Funeral Home chapel in Shafter for Jesus Jess Garcia Ramirez 33 who died November 10 in Bakersfield. Rev Villapando and Rev Larry Jarza officiated with commital in Shafter. Ramirez born October 27 1958 in Batown Texas lived in Shafter and Long Beach before a banking recruiting career. Survivors include parents Jesus and Carolina Ramirez of Shafter eight sisters and four brothers.
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