Kern County CA Obituary Project Obituaries.....Chamberlin, Waive B. November 3 2004
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The Bakersfield Californian 
Waive B. Chamberlin
Services: Tues., Nov. 9, 2 p.m.

Services will be held Tuesday, November 9, 2004, 2:00 p.m., at St. Ansgars 
Lutheran Church, 72 E. San Joaquin, Salinas, California. Burial will be in the 
Greenlawn Cemetery in Bakersfield, California. 

Waive B. Chamberlin, 89, was born in Medaryville, Indiana on March 28, 1915; 
she died November 3, 2004, at the Ridge, Salinas, CA. When she was 18, she 
married a widower with four young children. She raised them as her own. They 
always called her Mom and said, There are no step-mothers here. She spent her 
life in service to the Lord and to her church. After the death of her husband, 
she fulfilled a life-time dream and became a Parish Worker/Lay Associate with 
the Board of American missions, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. She 
served eighteen congregations in California and Arizona, three of which she 
helped form. After her retirement, she moved to Salinas to be near her family 
and worked for J.C. Penney.

She was always involved with music and directed many childrens choirs. She 
also was the founder of Chamberlins Westernaires, a family band and taught 
piano, as well.

Waive was preceded in death by her husband, Lyle G. Chamberlin; children, 
George L. Dutch Chamberlin, Claire W. Irish Chamberlin, Gwyn Degner and 
William Bill Chamberlin. She is survived by her son, Ted (Leanne) Chamberlin 
of Salinas and Donna Worne of Southern California; thirteen grandchildren and 
several great-grandchildren. She is also survived by her sister, Vivian Byers, 
Francisville, IN.

Visitation begins Monday 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., at the Struve 
and Laporte Chapel, 41 W. San Luis Street, Salinas, CA.

Memorials may be sent to Alliance on Aging or St. Ansgars Lutheran Church, for 
more information: www.struveandlaporte.com

Struve and Laporte Chapel

(831) 424-0311 


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