Kern County Obituaries

Edith Laverne Prentice

Submitted by Don Stowell; 13 Feb 2008

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Mojave Desert News; 11 Jan 1996
 
Edith Laverne Prentice, 85 year old California City resident, died on January 5, 1996 in 
California City, ^ She was born on February 18, 1910, in Brighton, Tennessee.
Laverne enjoyed her career as a nurse in Los Angeles County hospi tals and at Olive View 
Hospital in the San   Fernando   Valley   before   her retirement.
Vern, as her friends called her, was a member of Victory Baptist Church and enjoyed her 
retirement home at Desert Jade with her puzzles and needlepoint to keep her busy.
Her husband, Aubrey Prentice, whom she married on December 4, 1926, predeceased her.
She is mourned by her sister, Margaret Byford, Wilson, Arkansas; her daughters, Mildred 
Sanders, California City, Doris Mendannall, West Plains, Missouri and Pat Page, Redlands, 
California; her sons, Buzz Prentice, Highland, California and Jim Prentice, Redlands, Cali 
fornia.
Mc-Ma was a special grandma to her 18 grandchildren, 33 great grandchildren and 4 great 
great grandchildren and she will be sadly missed by her family who extend a special thank you 
to Sarah, who was Laverne's Care Giver.
Memorial services were held for Laverne on January 10, 1996 at 11 a.m. at the John 
Germane Funeral Home with interment following at Woodlow Cemetery in Haiti, Missouri.
Special memorial services will be held at the Victory Baptist Church for Laverne on January 
20, 1996 beginning at 11 a.m.

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