Kern County CA Obituary Project Obituaries.....[Weyand] Carter Watanabe, Grace A. June 23, 2005 ********************************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/obits/obitsca/obitsca.htm ********************************************************** File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: K T bluewolf@onemain.com June 26, 2005, 4:24 pm The Bakersfield Californian Watanabe, Grace A. "Carter" 1919 - 2005 Grace A. Watanabe (Carter) Services: Tues., June 28, 1:30 p.m. A Memorial Service will be held in Greenlawn Memorial Chapel, 3700 River Blvd., Tuesday, June 28, 2005, at 1:30 p.m., for Grace A. (Carter) Watanabe, 86, who passed away June 23, 2005, in Bakersfield. Pastor Milt Cole will officiate. Mrs. Watanabe was born in Lodi, California on June 21, 1919 to Gus and Julia Weyand and spent most of her life in Kern County. Grace married Robert (Bob) L. Carter on August 7, 1938 in Shafter. During this time, she and Bob had four children, Kenneth, Gerald, Cheryl and Robert (Bobby). Bob passed away on January 4, 1978. Grace married Tom Watanabe on November 11, 1982, and enjoyed their life together with friends, family and their youngest grandchild, Daniel. Tom passed away on October 3, 1996. Grace is survived by three of her children, Ken and Nancy Carter of Escondido, Gerald and Ardith Carter of Eureka and Cheryl and Jim Wilkerson of Hemet; and stepchildren, Stephen and Jean Watanabe of Bakersfield and Stuart and Chris Watanabe of Lomita; ten grandchildren and 18 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, her brothers and sisters, her two husbands, one son-in- law and her son, Robert. In lieu of flowers contributions may be made in her memory to Beverly Manor Convalescent Hospital, Hoffman Hospice or your favorite charity. Greenlawn Mortuary Funeral Directors Legacy.com Published in the Bakersfield Californian on 6/26/2005. Additional Comments: Volunteer submission - No relation to deceased. http://www.legacy.com/bakersfield/LegacyHome.asp File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ca/kern/obits/weyandca8175gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/caobfiles/ File size: 2.3 Kb