Kern County Obituaries

Betty Lois Vaughn

Submitted by Don Stowell; 13 Feb 2008

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Source Unknown; 19 Mar 1953

Girl Killed in Accident Near Oak Creek
Miss Betty Lois Vaughn, 17, who lived at 401 So. Curry St., Tehachapi died in Mojave 
Medical Center at 11:25 P.M., Sunday, March 15. Her death came eight hours after the car she 
was driving turned over on Oak Creek Road west of the aqueduct.
A passenger, Larry Lake, 19, of 525 E. D St. also of Tehachapi was treated for minor injuries 
and released Sunday afternoon. Investigation of the accident was by Russ Troxler, California 
Highway Patrolman.
O'Donnell ambulance brought both young people to the Mojave hospital and the body of the 
girl was taken to the O'Donnell Funeral Home. 
Funeral services for Miss Betty Vaughn, who was born in Fayetteville, Ark., September 5, 
1935 were held at 2:00 P.M. Wednesday, March 18 in Tehachapi. Rev. T. Gorden Siebold, paster 
of the First Baptist Church there officiated at the ceremony which was under the direction of 
O'Donnell Funeral Home.
Interment was in the Tehachapi Protestant cemetery.