Kern County CA Obituary Project Obituaries.....Delzer, Fred  April 25, 2005
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The Bakersfield Californian 
Fred Delzer
June 28, 1917 - April 25, 2005

Services will be held at 10 a.m., Friday, April 28, 2005, at the Grace 
Reformed Church, 420 Columbus St., for Fred Delzer, 87, who passed away April 
25, 2005. 

Fred was born June 28, 1917, in Freeman, South Dakota, to Karl and Maria 
Delzer joining a family of 7 brothers and 2 sisters, joined The Conservation 
Corp. and worked on Mt. Rushmore from 1934 to 1935, coming to California in 
1937. In 1939, he married the love of his life, Aletha Spitzer. He farmed from 
1940 to 1970. Fred was a very active man, he was a Volunteer Fireman, Edison 
School Board Trustee, and 49-year Life Member of the Elks Club #266 where he 
was active with the bingo fundraisers, a Charter Member of the Grace Reformed 
Church where he taught Sunday School, was a Church Deacon and Treasurer.

Fred is survived by his loving wife of 67 years, Aletha; daughters and sons-in-
law, Gloria and Roger Pitney of Greensboro, NC, and Marilyn and Ben Durham of 
Bakersfield, CA; grandchildren, Brian Pitney and wife, Muriel of Richmond, VA, 
Michael Pitney and wife, Kathryn of Greensboro, NC, Rhonda Howard and husband, 
Dale of Ashville, NC, Neil Durham and Jason Durham of Bakersfield, CA; also 4 
great-grandchildren, Jacob, Grace, Alixandra and Freddie.

The family would like to thank Estella Alanso and Bakersfield Memorial 
Hospital 4th and 5th floors for their outstanding care and compassion.

We will miss dear Fred and treasure many wonderful memories. We are comforted 
to know he had a good life here on earth and is now at home with the Lord.

Mission Family Mortuary 


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