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Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Kern County

Index to Locations Bakersfield Greenlawn Memorial Park Bakersfield Union Cemetery Keene Cesar Chavez National Monument Greenlawn Memorial Park Bakersfield, Kern County, California Politicians buried here:   Thomas Harold Werdel (1905-1966) — also known as Thomas H. Werdel — of Bakersfield, Kern County, Calif. Born in Emery, Hanson County, S.Dak., September 13, 1905. Member of California state assembly 39th District, 1943-47; U.S. Representative from California 10th District, 1949-53; defeated, 1952; candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1952; States Rights candidate for Vice President of the United States, 1956. Died, from complications of diabetes, in Bakersfield, Kern County, Calif., September 30, 1966 (age 61 years, 17 days). Interment at Greenlawn Memorial Park.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   Walter William Stiern (1914-1988) — also known as Walter W. Stiern — of Bakersfield, Kern County, Calif. Born in San Diego, San Diego County, Calif., March 8, 1914. Democrat. Veterinarian; member of California state senate, 1959-86 (34th District 1959-66, 18th District 1967-86); alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1960. Died in Bakersfield, Kern County, Calif., February 21, 1988 (age 73 years, 350 days). Interment at Greenlawn Memorial Park.   The Walter W. Stiern Library, at California State University Bakersfield, is named for him.   See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   Arthur A. Arvizu (1927-1997) — of Bakersfield, Kern County, Calif. Born in Arvin, Kern County, Calif., February 11, 1927. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; fire fighter; president, Kern County Fire Fighters Union; chair of Kern County Democratic Party, 1964-66; delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1968, 1972 (alternate). Catholic. Died December 5, 1997 (age 70 years, 297 days). Interment at Greenlawn Memorial Park.   Relatives: Son of Arthur Ortiz Arvizu and Rachel (Vargas) Arvizu; married, August 17, 1950, to Mary Frances Schemmel.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial Union Cemetery 730 East Potomac Avenue Bakersfield, Kern County, California See also Findagrave page for this location. Politicians buried here:   Sylvester Clark Smith (1858-1913) — also known as Sylvester C. Smith — of Bakersfield, Kern County, Calif. Born near Mt. Pleasant, Henry County, Iowa, August 26, 1858. Republican. Newspaper editor; member of California state senate, 1894-1902; U.S. Representative from California 8th District, 1905-13; defeated, 1902; died in office 1913. Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif., January 26, 1913 (age 54 years, 153 days). Interment at Union Cemetery.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial   Charles Averill Barlow (1858-1927) — also known as Charles A. Barlow — of San Luis Obispo, San Luis Obispo County, Calif.; Bakersfield, Kern County, Calif. Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, March 17, 1858. Democrat. Member of California state assembly, 1892-93; U.S. Representative from California 6th District, 1897-99; delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1912 (member, Platform and Resolutions Committee), 1920. Died in Bakersfield, Kern County, Calif., October 3, 1927 (age 69 years, 200 days). Interment at Union Cemetery.   Relatives: Married to Julia Lillis Caldwell.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial   Dwight Lyman Hulse (1908-1990) — also known as Dwight L. Hulse — of Arcadia, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born in Missouri, March 16, 1908. Mayor of Arcadia, Calif., 1955-56. Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif., November 4, 1990 (age 82 years, 233 days). Interment at Union Cemetery.   Relatives: Married to Vernette Julia White.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Clarrise Haberfelde Reavis (c.1898-1989) — also known as Clarrise Haberfelde Main — of Bakersfield, Kern County, Calif. Born about 1898. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1932. Female. Died in 1989 (age about 91 years). Interment at Union Cemetery.   Relatives: Married to J. Ogden Reavis. Cesar Chavez National Monument Keene, Kern County, California Politicians buried here:   Cesar Chavez (1927-1993) — also known as César Estrada Chávez — of Delano, Kern County, Calif. Born in Yuma, Yuma County, Ariz., March 31, 1927. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; farm worker; co-founded the National Farm Workers Association, which became the United Farm Workers; delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1968. Catholic. Mexican ancestry. Awarded posthumously the Medal of Freedom, in 1994. Died in San Luis, Yuma County, Ariz., April 23, 1993 (age 66 years, 23 days). Interment at Cesar Chavez National Monument.   Relatives: Married, October 22, 1948, to Helen Fabela.   Cross-reference: Paul Schrade   See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial

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