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Surname: Ross
Given name: Claude Alec
newspaper date: 6/4/2002
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The Bakersfield Californian, June 4, 2002
~OBITUARIES~

Claude Alec Ross
April 3, 1832 - June 1, 2002

Graveside funeral services under the direction of Arvin Funeral Home
will be conducted on Wednesday, June 5, at 10 a.m. at Greenlawn Southwest
Cemetery for C. A. Ross, age 70, who passed away June 1 at home. Rev. Allen Palm of
the First Assembly of God Church will officiate and interment will follow.
Visitation will be held Tues., June 4 from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. at Arvin Funeral
chapel.
C. A. was born April 3, 1932 in Blanchard, Oklahoma to Claude and
Lillian Ross. He moved to Arvin as a young boy and attended Arvin elementary
schools and graduated from Arvin High School. While at Arvin High School he was a
star football player and also played on the basketball team. He married Wilma
Dutton Oct. 14, 1953 in Arvin. In 1967 he opened Budget Furniture and after
28 years retired in 1995. He was a born storyteller and historian, being
interviewed by both radio and newspapers regarding the history of the 'grapes of
wrath' era, in the Arvin-Lamont area. The Dust Bowl Days and life at Sunset
Labor Camp were his specialty. He was a humble man who never boasted, was
always working and his kindness and generosity towards people was unsurpassed. He
was the Patriarch of the family and everyone always looked up to him.
He is survived by his wife of 48 years, Wilma of Bakersfield; son,
Steven Ray Ross of Bakersfield; daughters Sherri Wheat and Debra Collins, bot of
Bakersfield; brother, Kenneth Ross of Boron; sisters Helen Barnhardt of
Bakersfield ad Irene Roe of Boron; 2 grandchildren, Steven Alec Ross and Savannah
Whitney Ross. He was preceded in death by brother, Gene K. Ross in 1968.

Sharon
Kern Co. Volunteer

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