Kern County CA Obituary Project Obituaries.....Davis Dukes, Beverly Ann  May 15, 2005
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The Bakersfield Californian 
Beverly Davis Dukes
May 6, 1930 - May 15, 2005

Beverly Ann Davis was born on May 6, 1930 at Alturus, CA to Joseph and Elaine 
Todd Davis. Before she began school, they had moved to Mentone, CA where she 
attended school in Redlands from Kindergarten through High School. Following 
graduation from Redlands High School in 1948 she attended Randolph Macon 
Womans College in Lynchburg, VA for two years, then came home to Redlands to 
complete her college work and graduated with a teaching credential from the 
University of Redlands in 1952. 

Following her college graduation in 1952, Beverly was employed by the Kern 
High School District as a teacher of physical education and health at 
Bakersfield High School. Her first year was interesting as the gyms and other 
facilities at the high school had been leveled by the earthquake of preceding 
summer. The creative staff of the physical education department taught classes 
in the bus barn, at parks, along the areas between the Santa Fe tracks and 
16th Street and any other available open space.

On December 21, 1963 she was married to Fred Dukes, a principal in the 
Bakersfield City School District. She resigned her teaching position at the 
close of the 1963-64 school year to stay at home and soon became very active 
in her church and the community. She was very involved in the work and mission 
of College Heights Congregational Church until its merger in February 1997 
with First Congregational Church of Bakersfield, United Church of Christ and 
has continued as an active member until her passing. Her special interests 
were with the local and world-wide missions of her church.

Beverly was a member of the Board of the YWCA at the time their new building 
was constructed at 17th and M Streets. She also served as a board member of 
other community based organizations including the Kern Epilepsy Society, the 
Volunteer Center and the United Way. She has been very involved with Kern 
County Camellia Society, The Kern Division of the California Retired Teachers 
Association, The Sixty Plus Club at CSUB, the Kern Committee for Heifer 
International, and lately with Kern Habitat for Humanity. She was a busy 
worker.

Beverly is survived by her husband of over forty-one years, Fred Dukes; by 
several cousins in Oregon and Washington; and by Freds family of two brothers 
and three sisters and many nieces and nephews.

Services will be on Wednesday, May 18 at 2:00 p.m. at The First Congregational 
Church of Bakersfield, United Church of Christ, Stockdale Highway and Real Rd. 
For those who wish, contributions may be made to the Music Fund of First 
Congregational Church, 5 Real Road, 93309; The Kern Division Retired Teachers 
Scholarship Association, 9705 Chirtsey Way, 93312-5617; or to the Fred and 
Beverly Dukes Endowed Scholarships at either the California State University 
Foundation, 9001 Stockdale Highway, 93311-1099; or The Bakersfield College 
Foundation, 1801 Panorama Drive, 93305, or as desired. 


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