All Obituaries

Molly Ann Macrate  July 23, 1952 – December 4, 2019 Molly lived her life in her terms, every step of the way.  She was born and raised in Long Beach, California where she gained her love for the ocean, growing up fishing, boating, and surfing.  She went to Brethren High School and graduated in 1970.  Her love of fashion design and the arts took her to school at Bauder Fashion College and Diablo Valley College where she met her first husband, Greg Mudge and started...

Sharon Bernice Wilmoth Zachary March 13, 1948 – November 16, 2019   Sharon was born on March 13, 1948 in Tuskahoma Oklahoma and was a native resident of Buffalo Valley Oklahoma and Taft, California. Sharon was a devoted Christian that loved going to Church, enjoyed fishing, and watching her Country Western Movies and Shows. She was also a devoted fan of the Oklahoma Sooners. Sharon grew up riding horses, and was proud of her Indian Heritage being Choctaw. Some of her most...

  Herbert Gene Uhles was born in Qulin, MO to John and Amy Greer. Gene held may jobs throughout his life, including farming, butchering, carpentering Gas station owner, maintenance; but the job reflected back on was his time as custodian and bus driver at Maricopa Unified School District where he formed many life long relationships with the students, parents, teachers and many, many others. He was a long-time member of Lakeview Southern Baptist Church which later merged with...

Twenty-Third Psalm The Lord is my shepherd: I shall not want… He maketh me to lie down in green pastures; He leadeth me beside the still waters… He restoreth my soul: He leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for His name’s sake… Yeah, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for Thou art with me; Thy rod and Thy staff, they comfort me. Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: Thou anointest my...

Edwin Warren Hardt 1948-2019   Edwin Warren Hardt peacefully passed away on August 23, 2019, surrounded by friends and family and his loving wife of 46 years Brenda Hardt.   A Military Funeral Service has been scheduled Friday, August 30, 2019 at 10:45 AM at the Bakersfield National Cemetery, 30338 E Bear Mountain Boulevard, Arvin, CA 93203 Family and Friends can meet at Erickson & Brown Funeral Home, 501 Lucard St., Taft, CA. 93268 for Freedom Riders escort to the...

                                 A message from Joy I’m Free Don’t grieve for me, for now I’m free I’m following the path God has laid you see. I took His hand when I heard him call I turned my back and left it all. I could not stay another day To laugh, to love, to work, to play. Tasks left undone must stay...

Nancy Jacqueline Mathews   Born August 12, 1928 Died July 16, 2019   Born in Fort Smith Arkansas, Nancy moved to Taft, CA in 1930 and lived there until her 87th year at which time she moved to Bakersfield. She graduated from Taft High School in 1946 and attended vocational nursing school in Long Beach CA where she met her future husband William H Mathews of Wharton, Texas. They were married in Honolulu, Hawaii at the Royal Hawaiian Hotel in 1948.  They bore 3 children...

Hazel Ruth Davis 1928 - 2019 Hazel Ruth Casparis was born February 7, 1928 and passed away July 15, 2019. A native of Taft, Hazel lived most of her life in town, only moving to the Los Angeles area in her later years to be near her daughter, Joan.  At the age of 19, Hazel married fellow Taft native Charles Davis. Their union lasted 36 happy years until Charles's untimely death. Never one to slow down, Hazel remained active in the community as a volunteer at Taft's West Side...

Della Mae Bench August 10, 1937 - June 26, 2019 A Memorial Service will be held at Erickson & Brown Funeral Home, Taft on Wednesday, July 3rd 2019 at 10:00 am for former Taft resident Della Mae Bench, 81. Rev. Mark Roberts, Pastor of the Celebration Church of the Northwest, will officiate the service. Della Mae was born in Fellows, California, on August 10th, 1937 to Boyd William and Opal Bethell, and passed away in her home on June 26th, 2019. Della and Donald Bench owned and...