Kern County CA Obituary Project Obituaries.....[Stiltz] Free, Gaye Fanthus      July 3, 2005
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The Bakersfield Californian
Free, Gaye Fanthus     
1913 - 2005 
 
Gaye Fanthus Free 
Services: Sun., July 10, 12:00 p.m. 

Gaye Free passed away at her home in Three Rivers, CA on July 3, 2005. Gaye 
was born on December 10, 1913 in Exeter, to Marion Jack and Mamie Maxon 
Stiltz. She graduated from Exeter High School. In 1940 Gaye married the late 
Ralph Lewis Fanthus, a sales engineer for Kobe, Inc. and moved to Bakersfield 
in 1948. Gaye was active in the PTA, Bakersfield Mothers Singers, Bakersfield 
Americanism Center and was an active supporter of the Bakersfield Swim Club 
for which her daughters competed. She also assisted in the organization of 
various social activities for the American Petroleum Institute, division of 
Mechanical Engineers (AIME) of which her husband was an active member. Widowed 
in 1965, Gaye was remarried in 1968 to Herbert William G. Free, and moved to 
San Mateo, CA where she resided until moving to Three Rivers in 1995. Gaye is 
survived by her daughters, Yvonne Fanthus Vonderaye of Portland, OR and Yvette 
Fanthus Haworth of Three Rivers, CA; grand-daughter, Tanya Vonderaye; 
stepdaughters, Whilma Holcomb and Wendy Free Smith; stepgrandchildren, 
Kimberly Rogers, Candi Craven, Craig Nipps, Erik and Ryan Smith; numerous 
nieces, nephews and 4 great-grandchildren. Services will be held at Noon on 
Sunday, July 10, 2005 at Evans-Miller Mortuary, 425 North Kaweah Ave, Exeter, 
CA with private burial at Exeter Cemetery on July 11, 2005. 

Evans-Miller Exeter Chapel 
559) 592-5161 
Legacy.com

Published in the Bakersfield Californian on 7/8/2005.  


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