Kern County CA Obituary Project Obituaries.....Pitman, Laura Lela  November 6 2004
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The Bakersfield Californian 
Laura Lela Pitman
11/20/1912 11/6/2004

Although Lela lived in Bakersfield only a short time, she had many friends at 
Glenwood Gardens Independent Living. She also received loving care at The 
Samaritans. The family wishes to thank Bucky and his staff for all their 
efforts to make her life comfortable. 

Born in Clarinda, Iowa, in 1912, Lela grew up on a family farm. Her 
experiences on a farm in rural Iowa were important to her, and she often 
reminisced about them. She attended Maryville Teachers College in Missouri, 
but had to interrupt her education because of the Depression. She finally 
completed her studies with a B.A. in Education at San Francisco State 
University thirty years later.

In 1932 she married George Pitman in North Platte, Nebraska, and then later 
moved to Denver, Colorado. There, her two children were born: Larry Pitman, 
current resident of Bakersfield, and Lois Pitman, now living in San Francisco.

In 1944 the family moved to California. After a period as a homemaker, Lela 
resumed her career as a teacher. She taught for thirty years in Richmond and 
Union City, California.

After retirement, Lelas time was devoted to collecting antiques, needlework, 
watching tennis on television and reading her mystery novels. She is survived 
by her son, Larry; daughter, Lois; Marialuisa Figueroa, Claudia Pereyra and 
two grandsons, Andrew Pitman of San Francisco and Jonathan Pitman of Pinole, 
California.

Consistent with her wishes, there will be no service and her remains will be 
interred in the family crypt in Hayward, California.

Greenlawn Mortuary Funeral Directors 


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