Kern County CA Obituary Project Obituaries.....Talamantez, Mike  April 15, 2005
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The Bakersfield Californian 
Mike Talamantez
Services: Tues., April 19, 10 a.m.

Mike Talamantez passed away peacefully at home on April 15, 2005, at 90 years 
old. 

Mike was born November 26, 1914, in Yuma, Arizona, to Miguel and Nieves 
Talamantez. His family moved to California around 1920 to find work in farm 
labor. Mike, the only son of seven children, lived and attended school in 
Visalia, and then settled in Delano around 1932, where he became a successful 
farm labor contractor. Mike relocated, first to Laton around 1945, and then to 
Fresno before returning to Delano in 1980. 

Mikes greatest enjoyment came from working and keeping his hands busy, so when 
he retired in his 60s, he turned to carpentry and doing handymans work well 
into his 80s. 

Mike Talamantez was preceded in death by his parents, Miguel and Nieves 
Talamantez; sisters, Maria, Marianna, Mickey, and Angie; and sons, Mike Jr., 
Mike II, and Michael Talamantez. He is survived by his wife, Nellie 
Talamantez; two sisters, Rosa Alba and Victoria Ortega of Delano; one son, 
Richard Talamantez of Fresno; daughters, Adeline Ortega of Santa Ana, Vera 
Reyes of Tehachapi, Olivia Castro of Bakersfield, Irma Delk of Henryetta, 
Oklahoma, JoAnn Jackson of Felton, and Sylvia Main of Sisters, Oregon. Mike 
had sixteen grandchildren and thirty-one great grandchildren.

The family would like to thank Gambro Dialysis, Odyssey Hospice Care, and 
Pastor Patrick Roberts for the prayers and care they gave to Mike. 

Graveside services will be held Tuesday, April 19, 2005, at 10 a.m. at North 
Kern Cemetery. There will be no mass. 

Father Beers of Guadalupe Catholic Church will be presiding at the graveside. 


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