Obit of Gregg, Lois Lillian Osborn  - Jackson County, Oklahoma

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Gregg, Lois Lillian Osborn

Lois Lillian Osborn Gregg May 27, 1921 - Mar. 16, 2007 Lois Lillian 
Osborn Gregg was born May 27, 1921, in Altus, Oklahoma to Allie and 
Lottie (Gray) Cummings. She was raised in Altus and graduated from 
Altus High School with the Class of 1939. Two years later the family 
moved to Shafter and she met and married Charles Osborn April 17, 
1942. They lived in Wasco until moving to Oxnard in 1977. Lois and 
Charles were blessed with four children, but suffered the loss of 
their son, Ronnie Osborn, February 20, 1978 in an airplane accident. 
Lois worked for Wasco schools cafeteria and as a lab assistant at 
Biofirm in Wasco. She later worked as an administrative assistant for 
Jay Atkinson with the Kern County Building Permits Office. When her 
husband, Charles, passed away August 1, 1987, Lois started 
volunteering as a bereavement counselor with Hospice in Ventura and 
met Frank Gregg whom she married October 15, 1988. While living in 
Port Hueneme she earned her real estate license and sold real estate 
in the area for a short time. She was a former member of the Wasco 
Missionary Baptist Church and was active with the United Methodist 
Church of Port Hueneme, where she served with Harmony, the Women's 
Ministry. She also volunteered with the Kiwanis of Port Hueneme. Lois 
and Frank moved back to the area three years ago to be with family 
and he preceded her in death December 6, 2006. Lois is survived by 
her children, Gary Osborn and wife, Linda of Las Vegas, Sharon Fulmer 
and husband, Sam of Florence, Oregon and Charlotte McPhetridge and 
husband, Joe of Bakersfield; brothers, Ray Cummings and wife, Elvina 
of Bakersfield, Bill Cummings and wife, Jane of Visalia, Earl 
Cummings and wife, Sylvia of Shafter; sisters, Laverne Hiebert of 
Shafter and Charlene Parsons of Las Vegas; 9 grandchildren, 21 great- 
grandchildren and 5 great-great- grandchildren. Funeral service will 
be Wednesday, March 21, 10:00 a.m., at Peters Funeral Home, 844 E. 
Lerdo Hwy., Shafter followed by a graveside committal at Shafter 
Memorial Park. Pastor John Ross of the Westside Family Fellowship 
will officiate. A visitation will be held at Peters Funeral Home on 
Tuesday, March 20, from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. Please sign Lois' guestbook 
at www.clarmar.com Peters Funeral Home, Shafter

Published in the Bakersfield Californian on 3/18/2007.
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