Obituaries

Feb 26, 2022

Gregory Fotis was born June 6, 1925 to William A. and Julia Fotis, both of Greece. He lived his entire life in Bakersfield, attending local schools including BHS, and he was always proud to be a Driller. After WWII, he went on to complete his higher education at both Bakersfield College and UC Berkeley, where he earned two Bachelor's Degrees...

Feb 24, 2022

Paul Louis Rodrigues, a Heavy Equipment Mechanic and a life-long resident of Bakersfield, CA, passed away unexpectedly on February 24, 2022 at the age of 45.  

 

Paul worked for Quinn Caterpillar in Bakersfield, CA for over a decade.  If you asked Paul about his job, he’d say “I’m the best mechanic they have.”  In his spare time, Paul could...

Feb 22, 2022

ANTONIA BARBOZAMay 6, 1923 February 22, 2022Our beloved Mother Antonia (Tonia) Barboza was born May 6, 1923 in Raymondville, Texas. She passed peacefully in the presence of family in her home on February 22, 2022, early morning. Like most women of her time mom's role was to care for her growing family. As a homemaker and hard working mother, mom...

Feb 11, 2022

Feb 11, 2022

Gabriel Belluomini was born in Bakersfield California to Italian emigrant parents Peter and Elena Belluomini on January 13, 1940. He left us on February 11th to reunite with his parents as well as his older brother Monsignor Ralph Belluomini and sister Angela Brumley.

Gabe grew up enjoying being with his father and uncle working in one of the family businesses,...

Feb 3, 2022

Elizabeth Catherine Stewart passed away peacefully at home with her family on February 3, 2022, after a valiant fight with breast cancer. From her holiday debut, Liz seemed destined to live out loud at every opportunity. At an early age, she embraced any activity available to her: dance, soccer, 4H, choir, Brownies - you name it, Liz would want to...

Feb 2, 2022

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Jan 31, 2022

Raul Medina “Roy”1951 - 2022Roy was born on November 24, 1951 in San Angelo, Texas and passed away in Bakersfield on January 31, 2022. He was raised in Arvin, California and attended Arvin High School. In 1971 Roy was drafted to the U.S. Army, serving as a Military Police. He was stationed in Germany and Hawai’i where he and his wife Diane...

Jan 29, 2022

Melvin Roy (Mel) Waldrop passed away peacefully surrounded by loved ones at his Bakersfield home on January 29, 2022 at the age of 72.

 

Mel was born in Bakersfield on September 28, 1949 to Roy (Dick) and Bonell Waldrop. He was the second of three children.  Mel grew up in the Delano/Earlimart area of Kern County where he...

Jan 27, 2022

Ellen Bilman passed away peacefully at home in Bakersfield, California surrounded by her loving family.  She was 88 years old; born July 1933 in Lexington, Kentucky.  Loved and predeceased by her 93-year-old father Frank C. Byers in 1998, her 92-year-old mother Dorothy Byers in 2003, and her younger sister Christine Byers in 2011.

 

Ellen had always enjoyed singing...

Jan 25, 2022

Jan 25, 2022

Affectionately known as Ro or Pa by family and friends, Romaine was born on March 3, 1933 in Visalia, California to Paul and Leda Cote, and was the youngest of thirteen children. Romaine graduated from Visalia High School in 1951 and attended College of the Sequoias on a Building Trade Scholarship.  Upon graduation he was drafted into the United States...

Jan 22, 2022

Jess Andrew Miranda passed away on Saturday, January 22, 2022. He was 73 years old. Jess was born on November 15, 1948 in Bakersfield, California to Margaret “Peggy” Barron and Jesus R. Miranda. Jess was a proud veteran of the United States Marine Corp. Serving his country during the Vietnam War. After his military career he spent thirty years as...

Jan 20, 2022

Evelyn was born a farmer’s daughter and was destined to be a farmer’s wife.  She was born January 11, 1929 at the home of her parents, Jack and Hilda Rossi, in Old River. And except for a short time in the Fairfax area, she never left Old River. She grew up on her parents’ small dairy and farm and she...

Jan 14, 2022

A private service will be held at a later date at Bakersfield National Cemetery.

Jan 12, 2022

Candess Margaret Strategos

11/02/1946 – 01/12/2022 Candess was born on November, 2nd 1946 in Memphis Tennessee to Sidney and Margaret Bailey and grew up in Benton Harbor Michigan. On July 31st 1966 she married her husband of 55 years James Strategos, of Los Angeles California, at the Greek Orthodox church in her home town in Michigan. They made their life...

Jan 11, 2022

DON SUVERKROP: APRIL 14, 1925 to January 11, 2022

The journey of a creative engineer began when Don Suverkrop would accompany his father, Lew Suverkrop on trips to his oil lease near Taft, California. There he would learn from Lew, all about the mechanical aspects of drilling rigs of the 1930s Kern Oilfields. From this, he developed an interest in...

Jan 10, 2022

Lawrence Keith Haycock was born February 7, 1946 in Lake County, California to Donald and Minnie Haycock. He is survived by his daughter Katie, and his brothers and sisters: Tom, Georgia, Raymond and Mary. He is also survived by many nieces and nephews and great nieces and nephews. 

Keith grew up on a farm outside of Mettler, California. He graduated...

Jan 6, 2022

Devoted Wife, Mother, Grandmother, and Educator

Betty Ann Spencer passed away peacefully at home on January 6th surrounded by her loving family. She was 82 years old. Born in Arvin on April 19, 1939, she was the oldest of four children. Betty eventually moved to Bakersfield with her parents where she grew up playing the organ and piano in church....

Jan 5, 2022

DOROTHY CAROL RAINEY

(June 23, 1928 – January 5, 2022)Dorothy “Sally” Carol Rainey passed away on January 5, 2022 in Bakersfield, CA. She was 93years old.Sally was the third-generation matriarch of the pioneer Burke family in Kern County. She grewup on the Standard Oil Lease and graduated from Kern County Union High School in 1946. Sallycompleted her education at UC Berkeley,...