Kern County CA Archives Obituaries.....Oyler-Honeycutt, Lola Jean  January 6, 2006
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The Tehachapi News
Lola Jean Oyler-Honeycutt

Sept. 15, 1930 – Jan. 6, 2006

A memorial service for Lola Jean Oyler-Honeycutt, who passed away on Jan. 6 in 
Bear Valley Springs, was held on Wednesday, Jan. 11, at the Wood Family 
Funeral Service Chapel. The service was officiated by pastor Jerry Powers of 
the Tehachapi Church of the Nazarene. A graveside service at Pioneer Cemetery 
in Modesto followed.

Lola was born on Sept. 15, 1930 in Selma to Roscoe and Maude Woolley. In 1936, 
the family moved to the Salem, Ore. area where Lola attended elementary and 
high school. She spent many of her childhood years working there with her 
family as a farm laborer picking fruit and hops. The family relocated to the 
Fresno area in 1946 where Lola attended both the Selma and Caruthers high 
schools. After graduating in 1948, she harvested grapes and cotton as well has 
working at the Libby’s cannery in Selma.

In 1951 she met her future husband, Jack Oyler, whom she married in 1955. She 
worked on the family’s Madera ranch alongside her husband, a cattle rancher, 
all 24 years of their married lives. Among many other tasks, Lola helped with 
irrigation and loading of hay as well as feeding, marking and branding cattle 
until Jack passed away in 1979.

Lola was an exceptionally hard worker and when she remarried in 1984 to 
Thornton Honeycutt, a Modesto walnut farmer, she continued her duties as a 
farm wife by cracking and selling walnuts from the family’s orchard.

Lola was a member of the Christian Women’s Club. She was a compassionate and 
caring woman who took into her Madera home those in need, a ministry in which 
she was supported by husband Jack. Lola was caregiver for both her ailing 
husbands. She was a great cook and was especially known for the turkey dinners 
she would prepare and serve to he cowboys during roundup. 

Lola loved to garden and was known for her beautiful roses. She also loved to 
sing, crochet, knit, embroider and to make items to share with her 
granddaughters. Lola enjoyed the hunting and fishing trips she took with her 
husbands, each of whom were dedicated sportsmen. Over the years, Lola was able 
to make memorable trips with family members to the East Coast, Hawaii, Oregon, 
British Columbia and a cruise from Catalina Island to Ensenada, Mexico.

Lola lived each day to the fullest and she treasured her family, lifelong 
friends and the church. She will be deeply loved and missed by all. We love 
you, Mom.

Lola is survived by brother, Steve Woolley of Visalia; daughters, Janice Oyler-
Ratzlaff of Tehachapi and Joanna Oyler-Hodge of Fresno; sons, Henry and Jack 
Oyler Jr. of Madera, John Oyler of Fresno, Bruce Oyler of Crowley, Texas and 
Mike Grady of Fall River Mills; sons, Bart and Bob Honeycutt of Modesto; 
daughter, Marilyn Honeycutt-Byrd of Groveland; grandchildren, Stephanie and 
Julie Ratzlaff, Henry Oyler Jr., Jay and Joy Oyler, Keith, Kevin, Eric and 
John Hodge and Christine Oyler; and numerous great-grandchildren.

Lola was preceded in death by her parents; sisters, Marjorie Andersen and 
Geraldine Bass; brother, Glenn Woolley husbands, Jack Oyler and Thornton 
Honeycutt; sons, Bill and Jim Honeycutt; and daughter, Zettie Honeycutt-Kinter.

Wood Family Funeral Service handled the arrangements.



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Jan. 18-24, 2006 


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