Kern County CA Obituary Project Obituaries.....Rojas, Nancy Carole October 12 2004
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The Bakersfield Californian 
Nancy Carole Rojas
Dec. 1, 1957 Oct. 12, 2004

A memorial service will be held at the First Presbytrian Church, 1705 17th St. 
on Friday, October 29, 2004, 2:30 p.m. 

Nancy was born in Bakersfield to Frances and John Rojas. She started school 
when she was 2 years old at John Tracy Clinic in Los Angeles, followed by 
preschool for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing at McKinley School. At that time 
only oral language was taught, so she attended California School for the Deaf 
in Berkeley where she graduated with honors. She attended Gallaudett 
University in Washington, D.C. and graduated with a degree in Biology. She was 
also active in their Deaf Theater and performed in two plays and helped with 
the costumes.

Nancy worked with her special and dear friend, Ann Jones, who was a teacher 
for deaf students. She also helped tutor deaf students and hearing students 
who wanted to learn sign language.

Nancy was preceded in death by her father, John Rojas. She is survived by her 
mother, Frances Rojas; brother, John and wife, Marietjie; sisters, Linda and 
husband, Bill Thomas, Anita Rojas, Patti and husband, Mike Madden, Nina and 
husband, Bob Millar; aunts and uncles, Capt. Herbert L. Johnson, USN and wife, 
Adonis, Eustace and Georgia Rojas; cousins, Harry Johnson and son, Ben, Garth 
and Mark Rojas, Andrea Herbst, Stacy Mattson, Laura, Katherine, and Julianne 
Thomas, John, Alexa Madden, Seana, Austin, Jared and Katie Johnson, and a 
loving aunt, Bernice Corwin in Loma Linda.

Nancy and her family were appreciative for the dedicated, and exceptionally 
wonderful care given to her by Dr. Nancy McNamara and dearest friend Faye 
Wilkie. She was a member of the American Legion Aux. 282, NAD, TDI, CSUB and 
Gallaudett Alumnae. She will be remembered by the Gift of Life and all those 
lives she touched. We are comforted knowing she is reunited with her father in 
Heaven.

There will be a scholarship fund set at Bakersfield College for a student 
studying to be a teacher or interpreter for the Deaf. Bakersfield College, 
1801 Panorama Dr. 93305, in care of DeAnn Sampley, Deaf studies, for Nancy 
Rojas Scholarship. 


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