Obituaries

Jack Aron Oergel — November 5, 1933 to June 16, 2020

From the July 3, 2020 Edition

In the early morning of June 16, 2020, Jack Aron Oergel, 86, died at his home in Frazier Park, California.

Born November 5, 1933, in Royal Oak, Michigan, Jack was the only child of Howard …

Anna Kathe Cavey — July 13, 1941 to May 25, 2020

From the June 12, 2020 Edition

Anna Kathe Cavey peacefully passed away at home on Monday May 25, 2020.

Anna was born July 13, 1941, in Dayton, Ohio to Lawrence Charles Kathe and Elizabeth Marie Kathe.

She was married June 19, …

Reed Leroy Barnes — August 22, 1951 to May 6, 2020

From the May 22, 2020 Edition

Reed Leroy Barnes, 68, passed away peacefully surrounded by his family at his home in Lebec, California on May 6, 2020. He died of complications of rheumatoid arthritis.   Reed was born on August 22, …

Nick Charles Adams — June 4, 1951 to December 16, 2019

From the March 6, 2020 Edition

Nick Charles Adams passed away peacefully December 16, 2019, with his wife Sheree beside him at Brookdale Senior Living in Bakersfield. He was 68, and had been battling metastatic malignant melanoma for nearly two years

Gloria ‘Gigi’ Day — June 20, 1928 to February 12, 2020

From the February 28, 2020 Edition

Gi loria Day (known to friends and family as Gigi) died peacefully in her sleep on February 12 in Claremont, California, from acute myeloid leukemia. She was 91.

Born to Julius and Frieda (Schneider) Kasten …

Raymond Terrill Long — December 11, 1946 to October 15, 2019

From the December 20, 2019 Edition

On October 15, longtime Mountain Communities resident Raymond Terrill Long passed away at his home in Lebec.

Ray was born on December 11, 1946 in Somerset, Pennsylvania to Ray and Phyllis (Kaufman) Long. He grew up in …