Obit of Bozarth, Carl - Garvin County, Oklahoma

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::Memorial Park Cemetery--Wasco TX

Bozarth, Carl

Peters Funeral Home will conduct a graveside funeral service on 
Friday, November 10 at 1pm at Wasco Memorial Park for Carl Bozarth, 
age 75, of Wasco who passed away November 6, at home. Pastor Jimmie 
Nixon of the Shafter First Missionary Baptist Church will officiate 
and interment will follow. Mr. Bozarth was born June 25, 1931 in 
Stratford, Oklahoma to William and Alma Fanny (Ward) Bozarth. He 
moved to California in 1948 living in Shafter then the Buena Park 
area before settling down in Wasco in 1962. He married Eva June 
Howard September 2, 1950. Carl owned and operated the gas station on 
the corner of Hwy 46 and Poplar from 1962 until 1998. It was first 
branded Atlantic Richfield, then Arco, Texaco finally becoming 
Bozarth's Tire & Lube. He was the last full service station in Wasco. 
He enjoyed playing baseball, pinball machines, shuffleboard, pool and 
poker, but his favorite hobby was horse racing. In his younger days 
he also enjoyed hunting. Carl was a simple man with simple needs, his 
job, home and the love of his family. He enjoyed special moments with 
his grandchildren and they were a source of joy and pride for him. 
His is survived by his wife of 56 years, Eva Bozarth of Wasco; 
daughter, Cathy Colbert and husband, Thomas of Wasco; sons, Carl 
"Nate" Bozarth and wife, Tammy of Bakersfield and Jerry "Bruce" 
Bozarth and wife, Terri of Wasco; sisters, Alice Johnson of Concord, 
Rena "Imogene" Boney of Shafter and Louise Howard of Monroe; brother, 
Jerry Don Bozarth of Wasco; 8 grandchildren, Nicky, Taryn, Ashlyn, 
Michael, Ryan, Tyler, Carlyn and Kaitlyn; 1 great-grandson, Luke; and 
a host of other loving family members, including many nieces and 
nephew and friends. He was preceded in death by his parents; mother-
in-law, Thelma Howard; sister, Mildred Thompson; brothers, Thomas, 
W.O., Jim and Robert "Bud". Donations may be made in Carl's name to 
Hoffmann Hospice, 5300 California Ave., Suite 1, Bakersfield, CA 
93309. Carl Bozarth June 25, 1931 - Nov. 6, 2006 Peters Funeral Home-
Wasco

Published in the Bakersfield Californian on 11/8/2006.
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