Kern County CA Obituary Project Obituaries.....(Holt) McIllwain , Geraldine May 19, 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 May 22, 2005, 6:36 pm

The Bakersfield Californian 
McIllwain, Geraldine     
1920 - 2005 
 
Geraldine McIllwain 
June 22, 1920 - May 19, 2005 

Funeral services will be conducted by Peters Funeral Home for Geraldine 
McIllwain, age 84, on Monday, May 23, 2005, at 10 a.m., at Shafter Jesus Saves 
Pentecostal Church of God. Pastor L.V. Lawson will officiate at the service 
and interment will follow at Shafter Memorial Park. Geraldine was born in 
Dunklin County, Missouri, to Newton and Letha Holt. She attended various 
schools while traveling the migrant farm circuit of Arizona, California and 
Missouri. She married Clyde McIllwain on February 17, 1937, in Missouri, and 
the couple came to Shafter in 1945. Geraldine was an excellent cook and known 
for her delicious coconut cream pies, cobblers and other deserts. She raised 
her children and helped supplement the family income by chopping cotton and 
picking potatoes. She was a member of the Jesus Saves Church and enjoyed the 
Ladies Quilting Group. Geraldine was preceded in death by her husband, Clyde 
in 1998; her daughter, Opal Arguedas in 1996; her infant son, Ralph David. She 
is survived by her children and their spouses, Ronnie and Darlene McIllwain; 
Carolyn and Robert Ashe, Vonnie and Gary Jones all of Shafter, Barbara and Jed 
DeVoe and Sandy and Cecil Eagle all of Bakersfield; brothers and their wives, 
James and Jean of Shafter, Glen and Annette of Bakersfield, Tommie and Jewel 
of Missouri and Donald and Christine of Kentucky; sister, Martha and husband, 
George Seidel of South Carolina; 13 grandchildren and 14 great- grandchildren 
and 2 great-great-grandchildren; and many other loving family members. 

Peters Funeral Home-Shafter 
Legacy.com

Published in the Bakersfield Californian on 5/22/2005.  


Additional Comments:
Volunteer submission - No relation to deceased.
http://www.legacy.com/bakersfield/LegacyHome.asp


File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ca/kern/obits/holtmcil7787gob.txt

This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/caobfiles/

File size: 2.5 Kb