Kern County CA Obituary Project Obituaries.....[Fossati] Pensar , Agnes Louise      June 2005
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The Bakersfield Californian 
Pensar, Agnes Louise     
1912 - 2005 
 
Agnes Louise Pensar 
Services: Tues., June 28, 11:00 a.m. 

Agnes Louise Pensar, a 4th generation Californian, was born to Eleanora and 
John Fossati, 93 years ago, on May 24, 1912, in the home and family winery her 
great-grandfather built in Placerville, California. She attended school in 
Placerville until the thirties when she went to the University of California, 
Berkeley. Agnes grandmother funded the money for her college education, where 
she was one of a handful of women in her graduating class. While attending 
college she met her husband, Frank J. Pensar, a chemical engineering student. 
During the depression years, Agnes drove a dynamite truck and taught school in 
Smithflat, Placerville. That school was located near the 3 Mile House, a pony 
express station her grandmother operated during the late 19th century. In the 
late thirties, as a young bride she moved to Sonoma Valley, where she lived 
until she moved to Bakersfield two years ago. Agnes was artistically gifted. 
She was a lace maker, a knitter, and a hand weaver. She spoke five languages. 
She had an inordinate amount of horticultural knowledge; planting and 
organizing her garden which she lovingly shared with her family and friends. 
Agnes life could be defined by one word: Family. Her legacy is two daughters 
and one son, Patricia Wilson and husband, Gary of Shafter; Anne Hodges and 
husband, Chris of San Luis Obispo; Bill Pensar and wife, Peg of Lemon Cove; 
four granddaughters and one grandson: Aarin Wilson, Michele McManus, Jill 
Tallec, Jennifer Hodges and Stephen Hodges; seven great-grandchildren, Taylor, 
Mallory and Wilson Hansard, Michael and Joseph McManus, Bryan and Scott 
Tallec. Agnes will be missed. Her blankets, sweaters, and scarves made with 
love will help us hold her tight to us. Our gardens will bloom with her 
memory. We will be celebrating her life at a Mass of Christian Burial on 
Tuesday, June 28, 2005, at 11:00 a.m., at St. Leos Church in Sonoma, 601 West 
Agua Caliente Rd. In lieu of flowers, donations can be sent to The Green 
Hotel, P.O. Box 1088, Shafter, CA 93263. 

Peters Funeral Home-Shafter 
Legacy.com

Published in the Bakersfield Californian on 6/23/2005.  


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