Kern County CA Obituary Project Obituaries.....(Bogle) Aitken , Mildred "Millie"  March 20, 2005
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The Bakersfield Californian
Mildred "Millie" Aitken

Services: Thurs., Mar. 24, 1:30 p.m.



Graveside funeral services will be held in the West Side District Cemetery on 

Thursday, March 24, 2005, at 1:30 p.m., for Mildred "Millie" Aitken, 89. 

Mildred Bogle Aitken was born in Atwood, Tennessee on February 20, 1916 and 

passed away on March 20, 2005, in Bakersfield. 



She is survived by her husband, Kenneth and her two stepchildren, Darlene 

Raine of Lake Almanor and Karen McGee of Modesto. Mrs. Aitken is also survived 

by her four grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. She attended the 

McKenzie Tennessee schools. After graduation she studied nursing at University 

of Tennessee in Memphis. When she received her RN degree she worked as a nurse 

in the Universitys John Gaston Hospital. When World War II broke out she 

joined the Army Nurse Corp and was sent to England during the blitz and later 

to France. She was attached to the 68th General Hospital in the City of 

Nancey. When she returned to the United States after the war she attended 

Vanderbilt Universitys Public Health Nursing Program receiving a Masters 

degree in August of 1947. While at Vanderbilt she became acquainted with a 

dentist from Bakersfield who urged her to apply to the Kern County Health 

Department. Mildred served Kern County as a Public Health Nurse for a period 

of time, then joined the Standard Oil Company as a visiting nurse for 16 

years. Returning to the Health Department she retired from nursing in 1983. 

Mildred married Kenneth Aitken on April 1, 1950. They lived at 602 Washington 

for many years. They traveled in Europe, the Orient, China, Russia and finally 

Egypt.



In lieu of flowers the family suggest donations be made in Mrs. Aitkens name 

to your favorite charity or the Alzheimers Association. Those who wish to pay 

their respects may do so at the Erickson & Brown Funeral Home on Wednesday 

from 3:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. and again on Thursday from 9:00 a.m. to noon.



Erickson & Brown Funeral Home 



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