Kern County CA Obituary Project Obituaries.....Richert , Reinald Milford May 27, 2005
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The Bakersfield Californian 
Richert, Reinald Milford     
1921 - 2005 
 
Reinald Milford Richert 
Services: Thurs., June 2, 11 a.m. 

A memorial celebration of the life and homecoming of Reinald Milford Ray 
Richert, 83, will be held at Laurelglen Bible Church, 2801 Ashe Rd. Pastor 
Roger Poppen will officiate. Reinald was born on June 16, 1921 in Buhler, 
Kansas and passed away at his home in Bakersfield on May 27, 2005. Reinald 
made Jesus Christ the Lord of his life at a young age. He graduated from Bell 
High School in Los Angeles. Reinald was baptized at the age of 18 and became a 
member of the Mennonite Brethren Church in Los Angeles where he met and 
married Martha Jean Hiebert on November 21, 1942. Reinald worked for Decca 
Records and later served in the Army Medical Corp during WWII before moving to 
Bakersfield and beginning a career with P.G.& E. that would last for 39 years. 
Reinald and Martha were blessed with three sons: Bill, Chuck, and Jeff. 
Reinald became a member of the Mennonite Brethren Church in Bakersfield and 
later Laureglen Bible Church. He had a life-long love of music and performed 
as a soloist and as a member of numerous quartets and mens vocal groups and 
choruses. He also loved sports, especially baseball and U.S.C. Trojan 
football. Reinald spent his retirement years holding hands with his wife of 62 
years, traveling, working on home projects and attending his grandchildrens 
sports events. Reinald is preceded in death by his son, Chuck; sister, 
Dorothy; and brother, John. He is survived by his wife, Martha; sons, Bill and 
Jeff; daughters-in-law, Teddy, Coleen, Merrilyn; brothers, Vic, Don, Ed; 
sister, Cathy; grandchildren, Jon, Joe, Michael, David, Matthew, Isaac, Regan, 
Zoe, Danielle; and great-grand-children, Aiden, Tyson, Charles, Drew, Cayd and 
Michaela, In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Laureglen Bible Church 
Missions. One thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I 
may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the 
beauty of the LORD -Psalm 27:4-5 

Greenlawn Mortuary Funeral Directors 

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Published in the Bakersfield Californian on 6/1/2005.  


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