Serving the community since 1922
Serving the community since 1922
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Josephine “Josie” Sanchez-Andrade passed away March 25, 2023, at Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles. Josie was born June 12, 1955, in Wasco, to Jose Reza Sanchez and Tomasita Medrano Sanchez. Josie grew up in Wasco. She attended St. Johns School for elementary school and graduated 8th grade in 1969; then she went to Wasco High School and graduated in 1973. After high school, she attended Bakersfield College, where she received her AA in child development and became a preschool teacher. During her years of teaching preschool, she taught at Sem...
Gwendolynne Marie Reimer Aug. 22, 1927 – April 12, 2023 Gwendolynne Marie Reimer was an only child born Aug. 22, 1927, to Rheba and Christian Ummel on the plains of Kansas, and went to be with her Lord and Savior April 12, 2023, in Bakersfield. After a brief childhood on the farm, the family moved to Los Angeles during the dust bowl, and then to Shafter. In 1947, she married Willis Leslie Reimer at the Shafter Mennonite Brethren Church. She earned a bachelors degree from Fresno State in 1948. She lived out her faith in service to others at e...
