Kern County CA Obituary Project Obituaries.....(Bergen) Larson, Elcy B. January 13 2005
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The Bakersfield Californian 
Elcy B. Larson
1920 - 2005

A chapel service will be held for Elcy Larson, age 84, on Monday, January 17, 
2005, at 1 p.m., at Peters Funeral home with burial to follow at Shafter 
Memorial Park. 

Elcy Larson, who lived in Shafter for all but two years of her 84 years, died 
on Thursday, January 13 after a brief illness.

Born Elcy Bergen in Mayes County, Oklahoma, on December 14, 1920, she was the 
daughter of Jacob and Gertrude Bergen. The family moved to California when 
Elcy was 2, settling first on a farm in the Rio Bravo area and then moving to 
a house on Lerdo near the intersection of Shafter and Central Avenues, where 
her father operated a service station. Elcy graduated from Shafter High School 
in 1938. She worked at the soda fountain at Stringhams Drug Store and has the 
distinction of having been Shafters very first car hop.

During World War II, she had a blind date with a young Air Force cadet, who 
was stationed at Minter Field. His name was Dick Larson, and six months later 
the two were married. After 6 weeks of marriage, Dick was sent to the European 
theater for two years. The plance he flew to Europe was a B-17 called The 
Elusive Elcy. During the war, Elcy worked at Superior Oil Company. When Dick 
returned from the war, he devoted himself to farming and local politics 
(including four years as Shafter Mayor) and Elcy settled into being a 
homemaker and mother. 

A real people person, Elcy had many friends of all ages. She was a good 
listener, who always took the time to lend an ear to peoples problems and 
share a laugh. A longtime tradition with her friends was the weekly therapy 
sessions at Mexicali in Bakersfield. While Elcy always insisted she was not a 
joiner she had many years of good times as part of the Lions Club Auxiliary 
(The Lady Lions), the Twenty-one Club, the Birthday Club, and the Flat Tire 
group. She also enjoyed regular bridge games with her friends. Over the years, 
family and friends cherished the clever poems she regularly wrote to mark 
every occasion, big or small.

Elcy was preceded in death by her husband of 51 years, Dick; brothers, Pete 
Bergen, Walt Bergen, and Harry Bergen; and her twin sister, Lilly. She is 
survived by her sister, Elizabeth Peters of Lynnwood, Washington; her brother, 
Roland Bergen of Morro Bay; her son and daughter-in-law, Mark and Tanya Larson 
of North Las Vegas, Nevada; her son and daughter-in-law, Scott Larson and 
Teresa Fahey of County mayo, Ireland; two grandsons, Sean Hansen and wife, 
Sara, and Zachary Larson; three granddaughters, Melissa Peterson and husband, 
Luke, Natalie Larson, and Maggie Larson; a great granddaughter, Lilly 
Peterson; a great grandson, Blaze Hansen, and many nephews and nieces, all of 
whom she loved very much.

At the familys request, donations may be made to the Lions Clubs Richard 
Larson Scholarship or to the American Cancer Society. 


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