Obit of Percival, Gene E. - Unknown County, Oklahoma

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::Delano Cemetery--Delano CA

Percival, Gene E.    

Gene E. Percival was born on January 16, 1923 in Oklahoma to Forest 
and Mable Percival. As a child, he moved with his family to the 
Imperial Valley and then to Visalia. He attended College of the 
Sequoias and joined the Navy in 1943. He served proudly in World War 
II as a Navy pilot aboard the U.S.S. New Jersey. After leaving the 
Navy at the end of the war, he farmed in the Central Valley and 
worked for Knudsen Creamery. In 1956 he moved his family to Delano, 
CA, and began his 30 year career with Anderson Clayton Co., managing 
cotton gins in Tulare County. He enjoyed reading, hunting, golfing 
and most of all, spending time with his family. He is survived by his 
wife, Elizabeth, of 63 years; his brothers, Lynn and Don; his 
daughters, Lynda Sorensen and Pamela Fabulic; grandchildren, Layne 
Logan and wife, Karee, Lynell Carlson and husband, Carl, Leif Logan 
and wife, Kami, Levi Logan and wife, Wendi, Joshua Fabulic and 
fiancée, Brandi Burns, and Andria Clements and husband Brad; and 
great-grandchildren, Kayti, Aaron, Kaylee, Austin, Kody, Ashlynd, 
Faith, Allison, and Logan. He was preceded in death by two sisters, 
Thelma and June. A graveside memorial service will be held Friday, 
September 14th, at 11:00 a.m., at Delano Cemetery. Viewing is 
scheduled for Thursday, September 13th, from 6-8 p.m., at Delano 
Funeral Home. Gene E. Percival "Dappy" Jan. 16, 1923 - Sept. 8, 2007

Published in the Bakersfield Californian on 9/11/2007.
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