Kern County CA Archives Obituaries.....[Bivens] Palla , Ruth Lee      December 6, 2005
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The Bakersfield Californian 
Palla, Ruth Lee     
1915 - 2005 
 
Ruth Lee Palla 
Services: Sat., Dec. 10, 9:00 a.m. 

Funeral services will be held at St. Philip the Apostle Catholic Church on 
Stockdale Highway, for Ruth Lee Palla who passed away December 6, 2005, in 
Bakersfield, CA. Interment will follow at Greenlawn Southwest Cemetery. Ruth 
was born January 17, 1915 to Katherine and James Bivens. At the age of five 
Ruth lost her father. Times were hard and her mother could not care for all of 
her children, so Ruth and one of her sisters were put in an orphanage in Hot 
Springs, Arkansas. When Ruth was ten years old her mother came for her and her 
sister and moved the family to California. In 1933 Ruth met and married Alfred 
Palla. Ruth and Alfred became pioneer farmers in the Buttonwillow area, where 
they raised their three sons. After losing a son, Jerry, in 1958, Ruth and 
Alfred moved to Bakersfield. Alfred continued to farm in Buttonwillow. Ruth 
and Alfred were married for 62 years. Alfred died in 1995. Ruth loved to cook, 
make ceramics, create rugs, garden and play the organ. She also tutored 
students in English. Ruth was a founding member of the St. Marys Altar Society 
in Buttonwillow. Ruth is survived by her two sons, Alfred Palla Jr. and his 
wife, Janette of Buttonwillow, Don Palla and his wife, Cathy of Bakersfield; 
grandchildren, Sharon and Albert Ghilarducci, Diane and Sam Ghilarducci, Mark 
and Lori Palla, Kastle and Ryan Watson, Seri Palla, Haley Palla; and 7 great-
grandchildren. Ruth is also survived by her faithful friend, Mildred Velez. 
She was preceded in death by her husband, Alfred; her son, Jerry Lee; and all 
of her six siblings. Pallbearers will be her grandsons, Sam Ghilarducci and 
Albert Ghilarducci and great-grandsons, Samuel and Jarred Ghilarducci, Jason 
Ghilarducci and Daniel Palla. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be 
made to CASA of Kern County, 2000 24th Street, Suite 130, Bakersfield 93301 or 
Alzheimers Disease Association (ADAKC), 5500 Olive Drive, Building One, 
Bakersfield, CA 93308. 

Doughty-Calhoun-OMeara Funeral Directors 
Legacy.com

Published in the Bakersfield Californian on 12/9/2005.  


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