Kern County CA Obituary Project Obituaries.....Marchant, George S. January 18 2005
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The Bakersfield Californian 
George S. Marchant
1916 - 2005

Graveside services will be held Saturday at 11:00 a.m. in Union Cemetery for 
George S. Marchant, 88, who died January 18, 2005. Visitation will be held in 
the Mission Family Mortuary, 531 California Avenue, from 9:00 a.m. till 5:00 
p.m. today.

George was born October 3, 1916 in Windom, Texas and moved here with his 
family as a child. In 1936 he graduated from Kern County Union High School. A 
year later he married his high school sweetheart, Madeline Bertolaccini. 
During World War II, George was a Sergeant in the 1901 St. Aviation Engineer 
Battalion in the Asiatic Pacific Theatre of Operations and served in Korea. 

George and Madeline raised two children and were long time members of the 
Oildale community. George owned and operated his own welding business in 
Oildale for over 40 years and worked for several major oil companies including 
Texaco and Getty until his retirement in 1981. He was a 3rd Degree Mason and a 
member of the Caledonia Lodge. He loved to collect old things going to yard 
sales and tinkering with anything mechanical.

He is preceded in death by his loving wife of over 58 years Madeline, his 
infant daughter, Carolyn, and his sister, Vivian Carlson. He is survived by 
his son and daughter-n-law, Ron and Charlene Marchant; his daughter and son-in-
law, Carol and Ray Norman; his three grandchildren, Grant and Tracy Marchant 
and Matt Norman. His great-granddaughter Adrian Norman and a sister and 
brother-in-law, Hazel and William Slikker.

George was devoted to his family and will greatly missed by them.


Mission Family Mortuary 


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