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  • Eleine Soriano

    The Shafter Press|Jan 17, 2019
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    Eleine Soriano was born June 13, 1995 in Compton to Esmeralda and Bernardo Soriano. In the summer of 2000, the family moved to Shafter in hopes of a fresh start and a new way of life. Eleine attended Shafter High School, where she excelled in academics and was very involved in numerous school activities such as swimming, basketball and art. She also participated in Folklorico dance. As a junior, she was awarded runner up in the Distinguished Young Woman competition and graduated with honors in...

  • Death notices

    The Shafter Press|Jan 10, 2019

    Eleine Soriano, 23, of Shafter, passed away Jan. 9, 2019, in Wichita Falls, Texas. Services pending. Basham & Lara Funeral Care, Shafter. Daniel Miller, 31. of Bakersfield, passed away Jan. 10, 2019, in Bakersfield. Peters Funeral Home, Shafter....

  • Gary Lee Worsham

    Jan 3, 2019

    Gary Worsham, the son of the late Owen Lee and Pauline Worsham, passed away December 29, 2018 in Visalia. He was 65 years old. Gary was born June 6, 1953 in Bakersfield. He grew up in the Buttonwillow and Shafter area, moving to Tulare about 10 years ago. Gary leaves behind his children, Jessica and Josh, three stepchildren, his grandchildren, and his sisters Brenda (Jim), Sharon (Jerry) and Beverly. Services will be held at Peers Funeral Home, 132 W. Kern Ave. in Tulare on Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2019, at 10 a.m.. A brief memorial will be held...

  • Rutin "Magoo" Herrera

    Jan 3, 2019

    It is with great sadness that the family of Rutin "Magoo" Herrera announces his passing after a tough battle. He entered the outskirts of Heaven on Sunday, Dec. 23, 2018, at the age of 62. Magoo will be lovingly remembered by his best friend, Marsha, and children Lola, Wanda, Richard and Anthony. Magoo will be fondly remembered by his six grandchildren: Samantha, Willy, Anthony, Mathew, Joel, Natalie and Athena; by his siblings: Rudy, Tommy, Jesse, Anna, Willie & Cindy & the souls he saved in...

  • Norma Bea Janzen

    Jan 3, 2019

    Norma Bea Janzen was born Nov. 22, 1930 in Balko, Okla., and passed away Dec. 29, 2018 in Bentonville, Ark., of cancer. Norma married Harlo Janzen on Oct. 13, 1949, and lived in Balko, where they raised their family. They enjoyed traveling and being with friends and family. In later years, they moved to Fairview, Okla., and Shafter, where Harlo died of cancer in 1990. Norma was a committed and loving wife, mother and grandmother who loved the Lord. She was known as a prayer warrior wherever she...

  • Death notices -- Dec. 27, 2018

    The Shafter Press|Dec 27, 2018

    Ruby Danner, 81, of Bakersfield, passed away Dec. 19, 2018, in Bakersfield. Peters Funeral Home, Shafter....

  • Linda Denise Sharp

    Dec 27, 2018

    Linda Sharp was born to Betty and Thell (Ted) Adams in Los Angeles on June 10, 1954. She passed away at the home of her daughter, Jamie, on Dec. 20, 2018, surrounded by her family and loved ones, after fighting cancer for nine months. Linda was a lifelong resident of Shafter, where she met and married the love of her life, James Sharp, on Dec. 21, 1968. Together, they had three children, Audrea, Jamie and James (Jimbo). Linda enjoyed being a homemaker her entire life and raising her children, and many other children that called her Mom. She mad...

  • Blanche Cremer Stepp

    Dec 27, 2018

    Blanche Cremer Stepp passed away of natural causes surrounded by her loving family on Dec.16, 2018 in Shafter. Stepp was 95, and a resident of Shafter for over 60 years Stepp was born in Bakersfield on June 8, 1923. She was the youngest of nine children born to Alice and James Cremer. She was raised in Bakersfield, where she graduated from Kern County High School and Bakersfield College. She met her future husband, Capt. Lee R. Stepp, at a USO dance at Gardner Field near Taft during World War...

  • Death Notices - Jan. 3, 2019

    Dec 27, 2018

    Guadalupe Landeros, 87, passed away Dec. 25, 2018 in Bakersfield. Basham & Lara Funeral Care, Shafter. Norma Lewis, 83, of Bakersfield, passed away Dec. 29, 2018 in Bakersfield. Peters Funeral Home, Shafter. Milford Z. Mitchell, 91, of Bakersfield, passed away Dec. 26, 2018 in Bakersfield. Peters Funeral Home, Shafter....

  • Death Notices -- Dec. 20

    Dec 20, 2018

    Victor Leon Coronel, 85, of Shafter, passed away Dec. 9, 2018, in Bakersfield. Peters Funeral Home, Shafter. Sylvia Esparza, 56, of McFarland, passed away Dec. 13, 2018, in Delano. Peters Funeral Home, Shafter. Estanislada Garza Garza, 102. of Shafter, passed away Dec. 11, 2018, in Shafter. Peters Funeral Home, Shafter. Ruperto Perales, 75, passed away Dec. 15, 2018, in Shafter. Services pending. Basham & Lara Funeral Care, Shafter. Blanche G. Stepp, 95, of Shafter, passed away Dec. 1, 2018. Peters Funeral Home, Shafter...

  • DEATH NOTICES

    Dec 13, 2018

    Victor Leon Coronel, 85, of Shafter, passed away Dec. 9, 2018. Peters Funeral Home, Shafter. Ava Bernal Marquez, infant, passed away Nov. 19, 2018, in San Francisco. Services pending. Basham & Lara Funeral Care, Shafter. Rodolfo Ramirez, 27, passed awaty Dec. 2, 2018, in Bakersfield. Services pending. Basham & Lara Funeral Care, Shafter. Arturo Uribe, 39, of Wasco, passed away Dec. 5, 2018. Peters Funeral Home, Wasco....

  • Theresa Oropeza 1963-2018

    Dec 13, 2018

    Theresa Lynn Oropeza, 55, of Shafter, passed away on Dec. 2, 2018. She was the daughter of the late Frank and Dana Isaac. She is survived by her partner, Kenny Barnes; sister, Billie Isaac; daughter, Krissi (Jared) Sobyra; sons, David (Kelly) Oropeza, Dustin (Brittany) Oropeza and Jesse (Kassie) Oropeza; and 13 grandchildren, Jakob, Kolton, Autumn, Christopher, Paislee, Maycee, Dustin, David, Isael, Steven, Ashton, Cameron and Hayden. Theresa was a ray of sunshine. She will be greatly missed by...

  • IN MEMORIUM: Bill Cole

    Jamie Stewart, The Shafter Press|Dec 13, 2018

    Wasco lost a treasure recently with the passing of Bill Cole. Bill lived in Wasco for almost all of his 83 years, becoming a fixture in town, be it as owner of a business or just being an ordinary man who was considered extraordinary by those who knew him. He was known as "just plain old Bill" around the city, and he was loved by everyone who had the pleasure to know him. Bill moved to Wasco when he was 10 years old, living until then in Oklahoma. He graduated from Wasco High School in 1953. Aft...