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Kern County Obituaries
CHUMLEY, EVELYN ROSE nee SISSON
Evelyn R.
Chumley
Graveside services
will be held Friday, November 15 at 2:00 PM at Smith Mountain
Cemetery, Dinuba, for Evelyn R. Chumley, 73, who passed away
November 11, 1996 in Bakersfield. Evelyn was born in Tulare and
attended Tulare schools and graduated from Tulare High School in
1940. She lived in Lake Isabella for several years and was a
former resident of Tulare, Delano, McFarland, and Tehachapi. She
was a retired Kern County Municipal Court Clerk.She
was preceded in death by her husband William L. Chumley on March
9, 1981. She is survived by her sons Donald R. Chumley, Lake
Isabella, and David L. Chumley, Madera; daughter, Sharon R. Eoff,
Lake Isabella; 9 grandchildren; 3 great-grandchildren; and
sister, Marilyn Constance, Sanger.Visitation will be Friday at
Dopkins Chapel, 189 So. J Street, Dinuba, from 8:30 AM to 12:30
PM. Remembrances may be sent to Parkinsons Disease Valley Parks
Support Group, 1426 East Michigan, Fresno 93704, or American
Cancer Society, Tulare County Unit, 120 Murray, Visalia 93291.
Bakersfield Californian, 11/13/1996. Submitted by Kathie Kloss
Marynik.
CHUMLEY, WILLIAM LEONARD
CHUMLEY,
WILLIAM L.—Funeral services will be
held Thursday at 2:00 PM at Dopkins Chapel, Dinuba, CA. Burial
will be in the Smith Mountain Cemetery, Dinuba. Mr. Chumley was
a native of Texas and had lived in Tehachapi. He was a building
inspector for Kern County for 10 years, had served in the Marine
Corps during World War II, and was a member of the Lion’s Club
in Tehachapi. He is survived by his wife, Evelyn of Tehachapi;
two sons, David L. Chumley of Madera and Donald R. Chumley of
Barstow; daughter, Sharon R. Eoff of Lake Isabella; nine
grandchildren; two sisters, Pauline Rager of Dinuba, and Georgia
Todd of Kingsburg; and two brothers, Eugene Chumley of Visalia,
and Gary Chumley of Fresno. Bakersfield Californian,3/11/1981.
Submitted by Kathie Kloss Marynik.
DAVIS, GEORGE
George F. Davis, a wool buyer well known in Idaho, Oregon,
Washington and California, died recently in Bakersfield, Cal.
Mr. Davis had personally attended to the business of Koshland &
Co. at Pendleton during wool seasons. [The islander. (Friday
Harbor, Wash.), May 07, 1896. Submitter by K. Torp]
HAMILTON, ERMA
GERTRUDE nee MARINE
Hold Last
Rites For Erma Hamilton ~Funeral
services for Erma G. Hamilton, former Mojave resident for 30
years and a charter member of Mojave Rebekah Lodge, was held
Tuesday March 20 in Forrest Lawn Memorial Park. Mrs. Hamilton
was the widow of Truman Hamilton, who served as constable for 20
years from 1920 to 1940. She is survived by a daughter, Mrs.
Harriet B. Rich, Burbank, two sisters, Nora Mundell and Myrtle
Moore, and a brother, George Marine. The Mohave Desert News,
3/22/1956. Submitted by Kathie Kloss Marynik.
HAMILTON, TRUMAN WORTHY
Truman
W. Hamilton Passes On~
All Mojave was shocked to learn yesterday afternoon of the
sudden death of Truman W. Hamilton who for the past 18 years has
served Mojave faithfully in the role of peace officer of the 11th
township, Kern County. Mr. Hamilton was known far and wide as a
fearless officer in the performance of his duty, and his brother
officers will miss his counsel in matters pertaining to the
enforcement of the law.He recently underwent treatment at the
local hospital for a heart ailment but was thought to be so much
improved and to be able to return to his duties. Yesterday he
went about his business in the usual manner and as was his
custom came home for lunch at around noon. It was while resting
that along toward 2 o’clock he suffered a sudden heart attack
and succumbed. He leaves his wife, Irma, and a daughter, Mrs.
Ted Rich of Santa Barbara to mourn his demise. He was a member
of Mojave Lodge No. 457 IOOF. Funeral arrangements had not been
made at the time of going to press. Mumaw Funeral Parlors at
Lancaster have charge of the arrangements to which place the
body has been taken. Unknown newspaper published on
4/25/1940. Submitted by Kathie Kloss Marynik.
HANEY, JOHN WOODWARD
Services were held today at Erickson and Brown Chapel, Taft, for
John Woodard Haney, 91, 108 Shattuck Street, Taft, who died in a
Bakersfield hospital Sunday. Interment was in West Side District
Cemetery. Survivors include a son, Oliver, of Long Beach; a
daughter, Woodye Ray Pilgrim, Bakersfield; two grandsons and
five great grandchildren; and a sister, Brandy Robertson of
Altus, Okla. Bakersfield Californian 12/16/1971. Submitted
by Kathie Kloss Marynik.
LANDSBOROUGH, WILLIAM LLOYD
W. L. Landsborough
Word has been received of the death of William Lloyd
Landsborough, 67, at one time an assistant cashier of the
People’s Bank at Eighth and J streets and then a grain elevator
employee in Yolo County for years. Landsborough died Monday in
his Bakersfield home, and services were held in that city
yesterday. He had lived there two years. He was born in Florin,
the son of the late L. M. and Agnes Landsborough and the
grandson of James Rutter. His grandfather was one of the first
agriculturists in the state successfully to irrigate orchard
land and is believed to have planted the first Tokay grape vines
in California. In 1914 W. Landsborough was married to Mayna Cook
of Colusa, Colusa County. He operated a vineyard and orchard in
Florin for many years. He leaves a son, Bill Landsborough, and a
daughter in Bakersfield; five grandchildren; brothers, Tom R.
Landsborough of Florin and Ted Landsborough of Sebastopol,
Sonoma County; and sisters, Mrs. Amy L. McCraney of El Cerrito
and Mrs. George Booth of Connecticut.[Sacramento
Bee, 9-27-1956. Submitted by Kathie Marynik.]
MACAULEY, EDITH
Taft Girl Succumbs to Crash InjuriesTAFT,
June 9—Edith Macaulay, 16, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. A.
Macaulay of Taft, passed away at 5 o’clock Sunday morning from
injuries received a month ago when a car in which she was riding
crashed into another car on the Taft-Fellows highway. Miss
Macaulay, a student at the Taft Union High School, was riding
with Phil Kirkpatrick and Miss Dorothy Peterson, when the car
which Kirkpatrick was driving skidded on the wet pavement and
crashed into a car driven by Mrs. O. A. Tabor of Fellows. Mrs.
Tabor suffered a broken leg and badly broken knee and is still
confined to her bed. Miss Peterson suffered a broken pelvis bone
and is now able to be out on crutches. Kirkpatrick was only
slightly injured.Funeral services
for Miss Macaulay will be held Tuesday morning at the Taft
Undertaking Company parlors, with burial in the IOOF plot at
Union Cemetery. The Bakersfield Californian, 6/9/1930. Submitted
by Kathie Kloss Marynik.
MACAULEY, JOHN ANGUS
John
A. Macauley Dies at Taft Home
TAFT, July 16—Stricken with a sudden illness, John Angus
Macauley, 55, resident of Taft for more than 20 years, died last
night at his home, 222 B Street. Macauley, a native of Boston,
was formerly connected with the Standard Oil Company but had
been in the insurance business in Taft for several years.He
leaves his widow, Mrs. Una Macauley,
residing at the family home, and a brother, Alexander Macauley
of Taft. The body is at Taft Funeral Home, where funeral
arrangements are being completed. The Bakersfield Californian,
7/16/1937. Submitted by Kathie
Kloss
Marynik.
Meldora Mixon
Newspaper Name: Shafter Press
Date of Obit: 16 Dec 1970
Submitted by: Donna Jenkins, Email Address: rdjenkins@sbcglobal.net
Mixon, Meldora -- Services will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. in the chapel at Mish Funeral Homes - Shafter for Meldora
Mixon, 89, of 253 East Euclid Avenue, Shafter, who died Dec. 14, in a Wasco convalarium after a long illness. Homer
Giffard, minister for the Shafter Church of Christ, will officiate and interment will follow in Shafter Memorial
Park. Mrs. Mixon was a native of Alabama and had been a resident of Shafter 26 years. She was a homemaker for over
69 years. She was a member of the Church of Christ. Survivors include three sons, John E. Mixon of Atoka, Okla.,
Brown Mixon of Bakersfield, Garlin Mixon of Taft, and Foster Mixon of Shafter; three sisters, Mrs. Claudia Smith
of Ada, Okla., Mrs. Perlie Villines of Semi. Okla., and Mrs. Versie Harrison of Tonkawa, Okla.; 16 grandchildren
and 34 great-grandchildren. Pallbearers will be Keith Mixon, Larry Mixon, Ray Jenkins, Ron Pelham, Bonnie Lewis
and Ronald Perry.
Arthur Hoagland, Civic Leader, Succumbs at 82
Bakersfield Californian, March 27, 1959
Submitted by Marji Turner at marjisangels@bellsouth.net
Arthur E. Hoagland, 82, 322 South Chester Ave., a leader for many years in city and county development, and pioneer
rancher of the Edison District, died early today at a Bakersfield hospital. Mr. Hoagland, who retired from business
in 1940, suffered a stroke at his home last evening from which he failed to rally.
Mr. Hoagland, was born July 7, 1876, in Rolla, Mo., and spent his early years in the midwest. As a young man he
worked on the railroads, coming west before the turn of the century. He came to Bakersfield in 1898 and entered
ranching in the Falison District.
He held a partnership for a number of years with the late. L. C. Ross in the old Rainier Bottling Works, a business
closed out with the advent of the prohibition era. He turned his business abilities to the operation of a garage
during the 1920’s but also continued his own farming interests. He joined the Miller & Lux Co., engagin in
real estate sales about the time Buttonwillow was being developed in the 19020’s.
While engaged in business enterprises, Mr. Hoagland gave much of his time to civic interest. He was president of
the Kern County Chamber of Commerce for seven years in the 1930’s and had great faith in the ultimate growth of
the city and county as one of the most potential areas in the state. He was president of the Kern County Farm Bureau,
engaging in activities leading to water development and other services for farmers. He served a foreman of the
Kern County Grand Jury, and was for a number of years chairman of the Kern County Democratic Central Committee.
He was president of the Bakersfield Aerie of Eagles in 1910 and was eligible for a 55-year membership pin in that
organization at the time of his death. He was a member for more than 30 years in the Bakersfield Elks Lodge. He
enjoyed many friendships among sportsmen, and in early years, was a member of the Custaie Gun Club at Lebec and
of the Kern County Fish and Game Association. During his years of retirement he enjoyed hunting and fishing until
he suffered a broken leg which curtailed his activities.
Mr. Hoagland is survived by his widow, Maude Evelyn, who resides at the family home; by two daughters, Mrs. Helen
Little of Van Nuys; and Mrs. Evelyn Dennis of Bakersfield and by three sons, Arthur Bruce of Bakersfield, Eugene
Ros of Avennl; an Kenneth W., assistant city attorney. He is also survived by 14 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.
He is also survived by a brother, Homer Hoagland of Sun City, Kan., and by a sister, Mrs. Ida Hawkins, of Long,
Beach.
Funeral services will be conducted Monday at 10 a.m. at the Payne & Son Funeral Home with the Rev. Glenn D.
Puder officiating. Internment will be in the family plot at Union Cemetery.
Pallbearers will include Perry Brite, Bert Mahan, Lloyd Frick, Forrest Frick, Lawrence Hourse, A. R. Hoisington
of Morro Bay, Harry Gill and Jack Vanderlei. Honorary ballbreares will include Tom Hildreth of San Luis Obispo;
Bob Dear, Harry Thompson, Lawrence Weill, Guy Hughes, Dr. Jospeh K. Smith, Arthur Theile.
Kenneth Hoagland
Bakersfield Californian - April 14, 1996
Submitted by Marji Turner at marjisangels@bellsouth.net
Helped secure water supply from Tenneco by Scott Forter, Californian Staff writer
Kenneth Hoagland, a former city attorney who helped his hometown gain a secure water supply when Bakersfield bought
the rights to Kern River water in the 1970s, has died. He was 78. “He was a very bright attorney who did a find
job for the city, “ said former Bakersfield City Manager Harold Bergen, who worked with Hoagland on the water deal.
Hoagland represented the city when it sued Tenneco West, which owned large amounts of farmland in what today is
southwest Bakersfield, asserting the city had a right to water from the Kern River. The lawsuit ended with a settlement.
The city paid Tenneco $17 million for the water rights, storage capacity in the Lake Isabella reservoir and 3,000
acres of settling ponds near California State University, Bakersfield.
“It ensured the city had a water supply,” Bergen said by telephone from his home in Trout Lake, Wash. “Bakersfield
is one of the only cities in the state that has a very adequate supply of water.”
Hoagland, who retired as city attorney in 1980, died of heart failure Friday in a Santa Barbara hospital. He had
lived in nearby Carpinteria since leaving the city attorney post. No memorial service will be held. Family and
friends held a private wake Saturday. Hoagland’s ashes will be scattered in the Pacific Ocean.
In his 20 years as city attorney, Hoagland developed a reputation as a sharp legal mind who did not mince words.
“He was direct in his responses,” former Bakersfield City Councilman Richard Stiern said. “He did not mush-mush
around.” Hoagland was drawn into some of the city’s political battles of the 1960’s, including the city’s celebrated
effort to prevent Padre Hotel owner Milton “Spartacus” Miller from renting the upper floors of his concrete-walled
hotel because he did not have a fire sprinkler system. The case went to the State Supreme Court, where the city
prevailed. Hoagland also played a key role in helping the city initiate redevelop projects in downtown Bakersfield.
“He was a top-notch attorney,” said retired city official William Jing, who served as public works director while
Hoagland was city attorney.
Kenneth William Hoagland was born Sep. 5, 1917 in Bakersfield. He graduated from Kern County Union High School
in 1935. Four years later he graduated from the University of Southern California, where he had roomed with fellow
Bakersfield resident Romain Clerou, who later became a physician. Hoagland joined the U. S. Navy in 1941 and served
as an aviator, piloting seaplanes in the South Pacific. He was involved in the pivotal Battle of Midway. He received
several medals when he was honorably discharged in 1946. He earned a law degree from Hastings School of Law in
1953. He returned to Bakersfield and began working as a Kern County deputy district attorney.
Hoagland was a member of the Navy reserves for 20- years. A tennis player, he was a member of the Racquet Club.
He also was a dove hunter.
Survivors include two daughters, sons, as well as 11 grandchildren and his cat Tommy.
[names of survivors omitted as they are living]
SCHNEIDER,
CHARLOTTE
Charlotte, age 71, passed away on
February 11, 2011. She was born on February 28, 1939 in
Bakersfield, CA to JC Stevens and Pauline (Payne). She was
owner of National Cooling Products. Charlotte is preceded in
death by her husband Gary. She is survived by a son Gary
Brent who tragically passed away a day after his mother. She
is survived by a daughter, Shari Cornelius; a son, John
Brett Schneider & wife Lisa; a brother, Samuel Stevens;
grandchildren, Erica, Holden, & Jacklyn Schneider, Erin,
Emily, Savannah, Cory, Connor & Katie Cornelius;
step-grandchildren, Stephen & Nicholas Sellars;
great-grandchildren, Skyler and Alisha Schneider. Service to
celebrate her life will be 2:00 PM, Saturday, February 19,
2011, at Buchanan Funeral Service Chapel. [Unknown
Newspaper, submitted by J. Rice]
WATTS, ALBERT
CLINTON
Services for
A. C. Watts, 79, will be held at 2 PM tomorrow in the Erickson &
Brown Funeral Chapel, Taft. Burial will be in the West Side
Cemetery. The Rev. Paul J. Smith, pastor of the Taft Heights
Assembly of God Church, will officiate at the chapel, and
military rites will be held at the cemetery. Mr. Watts, who died
March 25, was born in Oblong, IL. He had lived in Taft 58 years.
He is survived by the widow, Edith May; 2 sons, Richard G.
Newhall and LeRoy A. of Los Angeles; a daughter, JoAnn Cosgrove
of Santa Rosa; a brother, Otto of Oblong; 6 grandchildren; and a
great-grandson. A former employee of Standard Oil Company, Mr.
Watts was later with the US Geological Survey. He was a World
War I veteran, having served in France. He was a member of Post
70 of American Legion, VFW, Black Gold Post 1998, and WWI
Veterans, and served each organization as commander. He was
active 19 years in the Boy Scouts of America where he served as
district commissioner. During World War I, he was appointed
supervisor of the Ground Observer Corps. He was second
lieutenant California State Guards and became the zone courier
and a dispatch bearer for the Office of War Information during
World War II. [Bakersfield
Californian, 3-28-1977. Submitted by Kathie K. Marynik]
WILLIAMS, HUGH LESLIE
WILLIAMS,
HUGH L.—Services were held today in
the First Congregational Church, Wasco, for Hugh L. Williams,
44, who died Nov. 4 in a Wasco hospital. Interment was in Wasco
Memorial Park. Pastors Mark V. Clark, Rick Cruse, and John C.
McClure officiated. Mr. Williams, born in Hollister, made his
home in the Wasco area 17 years. He was a self-employed well
drilling contractor, served in the Korean War, and was a member
of the Associated Drilling Contractors and the First
Congregational Church. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made
to the American Cancer Society, First Congregational Church in
care of the Hugh Williams scholarship fund. Survivors include
the widow, Georgia; a son, Kelly of Wasco; 2 daughters, Laurie
and Maridee, both of Wasco, and his parents, Lyle Williams of
Wasco and Vivian Carter of Santa Maria. Pallbearers will be
James Penner, Delbert Bowles, Delroy Deniston, George Kent,
Larry Wedel, and Robert Rangs. Honorary pallbearers will be
Ronald Wright, Leroy Allen, Joe Fulwyler, Irvin Barr, and
Kenneth Wedel. Jones Funeral Home, Wasco. Bakersfield
Californian. 11/7/1975. Submitted by Kathie Kloss Marynik.
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