Kern County CA Obituary Project Obituaries.....Long, Harry E.  March 1, 2005
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The Bakersfield Californian 
Harry E. Long
11/15/1922 - 3/1/2005

Harry E. Long, of Shell Beach, died in his home on March 1st, at age 82. Born 
in Bakersfield, California, he attended what was then Kern Union High School, 
where he excelled in football, track and socializing. Most summers he spent 
with his grandmother at the Oceano Pavilion, which she bought in the 1930's 
and ran as a dance hall, dinner house, and local landmark on the beach. Harry 
attended St. Marys College and was a dominant player on the football team 
until the outbreak of WWII, when he enlisted in the Marine Corps, serving in 
both the First Defense Battalion, as well as the Third Marine Division. 
Returning home after the war, he married his high school sweetheart, Nora 
Brite, and raised two children, first in Bakersfield, and then in the 1960's, 
moving his family to the coast he loved. He worked as an electrician (IBEW) 
for more than 50 years in both Kern and San Luis Obispo counties, with a short 
time out to start the Surfside Restaurant with his brother Joseph. He was a 
founding member of the Oceano Elks Lodge, an avid golfer at Black Lake and San 
Luis Bay Golf Clubs, and at one time, a great dancer with the Squire and Dame 
Dance Club. He was also one of the founding members of the Eleven Oclock 
Christmas Tree Association. 

He is survived by a daughter, Beth and her family of Whidbey Island; a son, 
Jeff and his family of Eureka, as well as two brothers-in-law, (Ed and Bert), 
numerous nieces, nephews, cousins, and many good friends.

An informal gathering of family and friends is planned at his home on March 
12th, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. At his request there will be no funeral, and he 
will be quietly interred at Los Osos Valley Cemetery next to his wife, Nora.

In lieu of flowers, remembrance can be made in his name to Hospice Partners of 
the Central Coast, with special thanks to Donna Silva, RN.

We Miss You, Harry 


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