Kern County CA Obituary Project Obituaries.....(Swentkofske) Guinn, Kathleen ‘Kitty’ Marie April 19, 2005
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The Tehachapi News 
Kathleen ‘Kitty’ Marie Guinn
Aug. 7, 1924 – April 19, 2005

Kathleen “Kitty” Marie Guinn passed away after a brief illness in a 
Bakersfield hospital on April 19. 

Kitty was born and raised in Remer, Minn. She and her twin were the oldest of 
five children. She married and moved to Bakersfield in 1944. The family later 
moved to Tehachapi in 1955, where as a homemaker she raised her children. 

Kitty is fondly remembered as being sweet, kind and friendly. For many years, 
she resided with her son, David, and was always seen sitting in a chair in 
their front yard on Curry Street with her little dog by her side, smiling, 
chatting and waving to passersby, whether it be friends, family, neighbors or 
strangers. 

Kitty loved to watch baseball and liked to keep up with the news. She and her 
dear friend and best buddy, Margaret Iverson, could be seen around town, 
lunching, walking, or just visiting. 

When her children were young, the family made many road trips to visit 
relatives in Oklahoma and Minnesota, but Las Vegas was always one of Kitty's 
favorite places to visit and she could happily spend many hours there playing 
the nickel slot machines. 

Kitty is survived by her sons, David Guinn of Tehachapi and Dennis Guinn and 
wife Jennifer of Henderson, Nev.; daughters, Claudia and husband Louie 
Villacana of Bakersfield and Carrie Quiroga of Tehachapi; brothers, Tom 
Swentkofske and wife Barbara and Dan Swentkofske and wife Marlene from Grand 
Rapids, Minn; eight grandchildren, Casey and Candice Villacana, Nikki Franko, 
Katie Perkins, Logan Quiroga,  Jessica Guinn and Brent and Jeff Spradlin; as 
well as 11 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her beloved 
daughter, Cathy Spradlin, and sisters, Sandra Cooksley and Jacqueline Garrett. 

Private services were held at the home of her daughter in Tehachapi on Sunday. 
Kitty was loved and will always be missed. May God bless her. 

Wood Family Funeral Service handled the cremation arrangements.


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