Kern County Obituaries

Juanita Alfretta Smith-Lasker

Submitted by Don Stowell; 13 Feb 2008

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Mojave Desert News; 12 Sep 1996

Juanita Alfretta Smith-Lasker was born on November 18,1921 to Mae and Frederick 
Jones, Sr. in Cincinnati, Ohio. She attended Cummins Elementary and Withrow High 
School and Los Angeles Trade Technical College. She was known affectionately to family 
and friends as "Presh," Nita" and "Nana."
She married Charles Lasker on December 12, 1971 and relocated to dream home in 
California City where she acquired a host of friends and acquaintances. Charles remained 
her devoted and loving husband until her demise.
Juanita worked for a number of years as a cosmetologist then she pursued advanced studies 
to become a masseuse. This led her to becoming an entrepreneur in Kern County. Nita retired 
in 1990.
She leaves to cherish her memory her husband Charles; son Gustave S. Smith, Jr. and 
wife Shirley; daughter Sandra Delahoussaye-Bonds and husband Manville; sisters Ruby 
Conner and husband Earl, and Elaine Henderson and husband Percy of Forth Worth, Texas; 
brothers Fred Jones, Jr. and wife Maria, and Donald Jones and wife Marian sister-in-law Opal 
Jones of Sacramento, California; eight grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; many nieces, 
nephews, and cousins; and a host of friends.
She will be greatly missed by all who knew her and loved her.
Funeral services were held September 4, 1996 at Memorial Chapel, Rose Hills Memorial 
Park, Whittier, California.

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