Kern County CA Obituary Project Obituaries.....(Weisel) Huggins , Polly Jean December 9 2004
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The Bakersfield Californian 
Polly Jean Huggins (Weisel)
Services: Sat., Dec. 18, 

Polly Jean Huggins died peacefully in Bakersfield on December 9, 2004 after a 
sixteen year battle with Parkinsons. She was 78. 

Born in Phoenix, Polly grew up in Manhattan Beach, graduating from Redondo 
Beach High and attending USC where she was a member of Delta Gamma. At USC she 
met husband John Huggins. They had been devoted to each other for 55 years 
prior to his death.

Pollys life was one of unselfish dedication to her family and her community. 
Many Bakersfield Associations benefited from the talents of this intelligent, 
vivacious, and tireless woman who was called by one colleague a leading 
volunteer in the community. Hours of volunteer time were spent at the Kern 
County Museum, Cunningham Art Gallery, Welfare Department, CALM, and on Boards 
of the United Way and Community Connection for Childcare. She served on the 
Grand Jury and, as a member of the Junior League, helped establish the 
Volunteer Center before becoming its first Executive Director. One of her 
dreams which came to fruition was to give non-profit organizations that did 
not have their own offices a place from which to work. St. Pauls Episcopal 
Parish also benefited from Pollys enthusiasm and organizational skills as she 
volunteered as a bookkeeper and taught Sunday School. An excellent bridge 
player, Polly enjoyed travel, the beach, USC athletics, and the Dodgers and 
Angels.

She is survived by her four children, Christi Seminoff (Tom), Darcie Larman 
(Charles), Brad Huggins (Kathleen), Mark Huggins (Teresa Adams); nine 
grandchildren; two great-grandchildren and her brother, Lyon Weisel.

Polly approached her illness with the same quiet determination and strength 
with which she approached life, worrying more about its effect on others than 
on her. She has left an indelible mark on all of us.

A memorial service is scheduled at St. Pauls Episcopal Parish on December 18, 
2004. In lieu of flowers donations may be made to St. Pauls Episcopal Parish, 
Optimal Hospice, or the Parkinsons Disease Foundation.

Doughty-Calhoun-OMeara

Funeral Directors 


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