Kern County CA Obituary Project Obituaries.....(Pyle) Buchanan Finn, Nona E.  March 13, 2005
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The Bakersfield Californian 
Nona E. Buchanan Finn
May 14, 1918 - March 13, 2005

Services: Thurs., Mar. 17, 2:00 p.m. 

Nona would like her friends and family to gather at her graveside in the 
Hillside Section of Greenlawn Cemetery on River Blvd. at 2:00 p.m. on 
Thursday, March 17th to celebrate her life. Nona passed away on Sunday, March 
13, 2005.

Nona was born in Bakersfield on May 14, 1918, to Louise A. and Thomas P. Pyle. 
She was the first of four daughters. She attended local schools, graduating 
from Kern County Union High School in 1935. In 1995, at the 60th Reunion of 
the Class of 1935, there were only four attendees who had begun kindergarten 
together at Fremont School. Nona was one of them.

Nona spent most of her life in Bakersfield. She lived in Edmonton, Alberta, 
Canada for 4 years during the oil boom where she and her husband established 
and operated bush camps for drilling crews of various oil companies. Returning 
to Bakersfield in 1961, she began working in the accounting office at Kern 
General Hospital (now KMC), where she remained for nearly 15 years before 
transferring to the Agricultural Commissioners office. She retired in 1981.

Nona was a member of the Kern County Employees Retirement Association, St. 
Marks United Methodist Church and the Bakersfield African Violet Society. She 
won many ribbons and trophies for growing these beautiful plants. She also 
participated as a judge at national conventions of the African Violet Society 
of America.

Nona was preceded in death by her sisters, Marilyn Shambaugh and Leila Mae 
Boots Parsons. Survivors include her sister, Betty A. Dwyer of Bakersfield and 
her four children: daughter and son-in-law, Vicki L. (Buchanan) and Warren C. 
Ringer of Woodland Hills, CA; son and daughter-in-law, Gene T. and Carolyn 
Buchanan of Pahrump. NV; son and daughter-in-law, Hardy L. and Christina 
Buchanan of Hauser Lake, ID; daughter and son-in-law, Dr. Stacey L. (Buchanan) 
and David Garry of Las Vegas, NV; eleven grandchildren and eight great-
grandchildren.

The family especially wishes to thank the staff at Columbus Estates where she 
was so proud to live during the last 6 years; her granddaughter, Lori Miller, 
for her loving care and continuous support of her grandmother. They also wish 
to thank the nursing staff at Memorial Hospital who were so kind and 
considerate during her final hours.

Visitation will be held Wednesday, March 16, 2005 from 4-8 p.m. at Mish 
Funeral Home, 120 Minner Ave., Oildale, California. 


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