Kern County Obituaries

Dora Mell Killingsworth

Submitted by Don Stowell; 13 Feb 2008

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Dec. 8, 1919 – Oct. 16, 2004
Graveside funeral services were held on 
Wednesday, Oct. 20 at the Tehachapi Public 
Cemetery - Eastside for Dora Mell Killingsworth, 
84, who passed away in Bakersfield on Oct. 16.
Dora was born on Dec. 8, 1919, in Chillicothe, 
Texas to Phillip and Edna Durham. She was 
married to Marion Killingsworth on Oct. 20, 
1937, in Quanah, Texas. They moved to 
Tehachapi in 1949, where she was employed by 
Tehachapi Cleaners for six years. She was an 
active member of the First Baptist Church of 
Tehachapi from 1952 to 1998, when she and her 
husband moved to Bakersfield to live with their 
daughter.
Dora will be remembered as a peacemaker, 
Sunday School teacher and an avid quilter. She 
was a "Godly" example of a wife, mother, 
grandmother and friend.
Dora will be missed by many left behind, but 
received and welcomed in heaven by her 
husband of 65 years, Marion; 2 sons, Woodrow 
and Gerald; and two great-grandchildren, 
Kirsten and Timothy; a brother; and six sisters.
Dora is survived by her daughter Paula Bozarth 
and husband Jim; grandchildren Kevin Bozarth 
and wife Jeri, Kyle Bozarth and wife Alisha, Greg 
Killingsworth and wife Noelle, and DeLynn 
Killingsworth; 10 great-grandchildren, all of 
Bakersfield; sister Alice Howes of Hatch, N.M.; 
and numerous nieces and nephews.
Brother Jack Lee officiated at the service. Wood 
Family Funeral Service handled the arrangements.

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