Kern County CA Obituary Project Obituaries.....(Barton) Nickell, Allyson Kim January 18 2005 ********************************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/obits/obitsca/obitsca.htm ********************************************************** File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: K T bluewolf@onemain.com January 21, 2005, 2:47 pm The Bakersfield Californian Allyson Kim (Barton) Nickell 07/25/1953 - 01/18/2005 Kim (Barton) Nickell was born in Avenal, California to Jim and Kathryn Barton. Her family moved to Bakersfield where she attended elementary schools Frank West, Caroline Harris, and Curran Jr. High. She graduated from West High School in 1971. Kim took business classes at Bakersfield College and worked for many years as a bookkeeper at the El Tejon Pharmacy, a job at which she excelled. She devoted much of her life to her work and to raising her son, Michael Garner. In 1993 ill health caused Kim to retire from the workforce. That same year she married David Nickell. Dave and Kim enjoyed their years together as husband and wife. Their happiness together serves as an example to everyone so blessed as to know them. Kim loved working crossword puzzles, tending her five dachshunds, and the time she spent with her family. Kim leaves a large extended loving family that deeply feels her loss and celebrate her life. She is survived by her husband, David Nickell; her son, Michael Garner; her parents, Jim and Kathryn Barton; her brothers and their wives, Larry and Laura Barton and Tom and Alice Barton; her sister and her husband, Laurel and Mark Britton; her grandmother, Beatrice Barton and many aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces and nephews. In rememberance of Kim you may send donations to the Arthritis Association of Bakersfield, 1800 Westwind Dr., Bakersfield, CA 93301. Services for Kim will be at 11:00 A.M., Saturday, January 22, 2005 at Westminster Presbyterian Church, 2080 Stine Rd. Additional Comments: Volunteer submission - No relation to deceased. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ca/kern/obits/gob4832bartonni.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/caobfiles/ File size: 2.3 Kb