Kern County CA Obituary Project Obituaries.....(Hess) Etcheverry , Norma June 5, 2005
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The Bakersfield Californian 
Etcheverry, Norma     
1921 - 2005 
 
Norma Etcheverry 
Nov. 11, 1921 - June 5, 2005 
Services: Thurs., June 9, 10 a.m. 

Mass of the Christian Burial will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, June 9th 
at St Francis of Assisi Catholic Church for Norma Etcheverry who passed away 
June 5, 2005. Father Ralph Belluomini will officiate. Interment will be at 
Greenlawn Memorial Park. Norma was born the second daughter of Fred and Ala 
Hess who owned a cattle ranch in Austin, Nevada. Norma spent her early 
childhood years there and then moved to the Tehachapi area. She graduated from 
Tehachapi High School and attended Bakersfield College. She met and married 
Phil Etcheverry and they were married 53 years until his death in 2000. After 
their marriage he bought a ranch in Eureka, Nevada, just 50 miles from where 
she had spent her childhood. She loved the ranch and spent every summer with 
the family working there. Norma was a devoted mother to her four children. She 
raised them with an appreciation for hard work and education. The time they 
spent together in the summers on the ranch was the most important thing in her 
life. She loved to ride horseback with her children and took pleasure in the 
ranch life away from their busy life in California. She enjoyed reading and 
listening to the Dodgers on the radio in the evenings. During the school year 
when the family lived in Bakersfield, she played bridge with several bridge 
groups and was known for her keen wit and competitive edge. She worked in the 
Mercy Hospital Auxiliary and was a member of the St. Francis Altar Society for 
many years. She was also an honorary life time member of the Kern County 
Basque Club. She is survived by her son, Jim Etcheverry; daughters and sons-in-
law, Frances and Dave Peterson, Lisa and Mark Hance, and Julie and Garret 
Randolph; grandchildren, Mark Carroll and wife, Rebecca, Kevin Peterson, Nick 
and Grace Etcheverry, Alexis and husband Jason Hatcher, Patrick and Allison 
Frazier, Vincent and Justin Randolph; and great-grandchildren, Elyse Carroll 
and Jackson Hatcher and her beloved terrier, Max. She is also survived by her 
sister, Helene Nelson of Sonora. Pallbearers will be Mark Carroll, Kevin 
Peterson, Nick Etcheverry, Patrick Frazier, Harold Thornburgh and Jim 
Sakowski. In lieu of flowers donations in her name may be made to the charity 
of your choice. 

Legacy.com

Published in the Bakersfield Californian from 6/7/2005 - 6/8/2005.  


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