Kern County CA Obituary Project Obituaries.....Fernandez, Marshall  June 21, 2005
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The Tehachapi News 
Marshall Fernandez
Dec. 2, 1931 – June 21, 2005

Marshall Fernandez was born in the famous mining town of Dawson, N.M. in l931. 
He grew up in Stockton and attended Lafayette, Jackson, Stockton High School 
and Stockton College. 

He was a member of the Naval Reserves during the Korean War. He worked as an 
airplane mechanic for Tiger Air Lines in L.A. Moving to Camas, Wash. in 1961, 
he worked at Crown-Zellerbach and was an active member of the Associated Pulp 
and Paper Workers Union, Local 1225 as a negotiator, interpreter and editor of 
the union newspaper. He went to Chile to assist building a paper mill.

In the early 1980s, he returned to California and worked for the National Farm 
Workers Service Center as an electrician and carpenter, building the first 
radio station for Radio Campesina, collaborating with Cesar and Richard Chavez.

A tireless advocate for parents and students in the Tehachapi schools, he 
helped build arts, science and literacy programs and served on the Wells 
Elementary Site Council and District Attendance Review Team.

In the late 1990s, Marshall moved to Castroville and continued his volunteer 
activities focusing on public schools, literacy, and land-use issues.

A life-long activist and mentor, he worked as a campaign manager for 
candidates at the state and local level in Washington state, was president of 
the Tehachapi Democrats in California, and continued to work for Democratic 
initiatives and candidates wherever he lived. He was active with the JayCees 
and the Knights of Pythias.

He loved the arts, music, photography, crossword puzzles and traveling. He was 
extremely devoted to his family, especially his children and grandchildren. In 
his retirement, he raised his daughters Erica and Maria Elizabeth.

Loving husband of Mary Mecartney, father of eight children, 14 grandchildren 
and four great-grandchildren.


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Volunteer submission - No relation to the deceased.
http://www.tehachapinews.com/obits.html
Volume 106 - No. 12
July 6-12, 2005


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