Kern County CA Obituary Project Obituaries.....(Ung) McWilliams, Gwendolyn October 24 2004 ********************************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/obits/obitsca/obitsca.htm ********************************************************** File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: K T bluewolf@onemain.com October 28, 2004, 11:53 pm The Bakersfield Californian Gwendolyn (Ung) McWilliams May 23, 1937 October 24, 2004 Services will be held Friday, October 29, 2004, 2:00 p.m., at Hillcrest Memorial Park. Born and raised in Bakersfield, Gwenn attended East High School and Bakersfield College. She was preceded in death by her father, James Wah Ung and her mother, Lillian Lee Ung. Gwenn is survived by her life partner and husband, B.L. McWilliams. Together they operated McWilliams Bail Bonds in Visalia and Bakersfield for many years. Prior to that she worked for the Fox Theater Chain as a bookkeeper along with Mac who was manager of the California Theater in Bakersfield before both were transferred to Los Angeles where she was Data Entry Supervisor for Fox West Coast Theaters. She is survived by one sister, Jerri C. McPhetridge and her husband, Ralph; brothers, James Richard Ung and Charles Daniel Ung and many nieces and nephews. Gwenn descends from a long line of early Chinese pioneers to Kern County and longtime residents of this area, many of which are aunts, uncles cousins and many friends. Gwenn enjoyed traveling with her husband across the country many times over through business or pleasure. She was always ready to go at a moments notice and had toured through 49 of 50 states only missing Alaska and having seen all but one of the National Parks of the USA. Additional Comments: Volunteer submission - No relation to deceased. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ca/kern/obits/gob2385ungmcwil.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/caobfiles/ File size: 2.1 Kb