Kern County Obituaries

William E. Bumgardner

Submitted by Don Stowell; 13 Feb 2008

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Source Unknown; 10 Dec 1953

Wm Bumgardner Passes Away

William E. Bumgardner, 61, died Friday, November 27 at the home of a daughter, 
Mrs. Icle Smith of 2079 Porter Street in San Bernardino. He was a native of 
Cromwell, Okla. and a resident of Boron, Calif. for the past seven years having 
been employed by the Pacific Coast Borax Company. 
He is survived by his widow, Mrs. May Bumgardner of Boron, six sons, Ralph, Joe, 
Bobbie Dale all of Boron, and Noah of San Bernardino and Otis of Sunnyvale, Calif.
Three daughters, Icle Smith of San Bernardino, Darlene Fairchild of Boron and 
Imogene Poage of Wewoka, Okla; one brother, Sam Bumgardner of Washington D.C. and 
12 grandchildren.
Funeral services were conducted Tuesday, Dec. 1st at the Boron Mines recreation 
hall with the Rev Clell Horton officiating with the assistance of Rev. Kenneth 
Lawson of the Boron Assembly of God Church.
Opal Shelton and Opal Saucer sang �Sweet Hour of Prayer�, �In the Garden� and 
�Previous Memories�, Genevieve Deborah accompanying on the piano. Interment 
followed in the Barstow Cemetery, pall bearers were Chuck Baldwin, Ernest Shelton,
Sut Robertson, B.B. Potts, Bob Blair and Elmer Price.