Dottie Edna Ganey West was born in Parham, LA March 22, 1919, to Mr. Andrew and Emma Ganey. She came to Exeter, CA when she was 2 years old, where she got her education and married the love of her life, Bernie West. She and Bernie were married for 60 years.
Bernie was employed by Sunkist Orange and was later transferred to Pomona, CA where he worked for many years. Edna was employed by Dr. Harry Simpson, doing dental work. Later Bernie was transferred to Santa Paula, where he and Edna worked for Birky Real Estate.
They had one daughter, Jacqueline West Manley, who resides in Santa Paula. Jackie presented them with four grandchildren: Teri Manley Suzuki, Ventura CA; Barry Gene Manley, Niles, MI; Sherry Manley Dreher, Ventura, CA; and Cheryl Manley-Orm, Ventura, CA. Edna and Bernie have 12 great-grandchildren, and three great-great grandchildren. Additional survivors include one lovely sister, Reba Shanes; and many nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be held at Life Way Baptist Church, 673 W. Santa Paula St., Santa Paula, CA, Friday June 21, 2013 at 11 a.m. Burial services will be held at Santa Paula Cemetery next to Bernie. In lieu of flowers, please make donations to Life Way Baptist Church and School.
Mary Louise Woodruff
1926 - 2013
Mary Louise (Armenta) Woodruff was born in Phoenix, Arizona in 1926 to Elizabeth (Bessie) and Francisco Armenta. She was the wife of two good and loving men, Manuel Z. Castaneda and James (Woody) Kenneth Woodruff. She was the mother of seven children.
She devoted many years to civic organizations such as the Ojai Valley Mexican Fiesta, and various committees of the Ojai City Council. She worked with the youth of Ojai in the 60s and 70s with Y.E.S., with young dancers for the Ojai Valley Mexican Fiesta, and students in classrooms in Ojai and Santa Paula. She worked at Ojai Elementary as a teacher’s aide for many years, then later in Santa Paula. She worked as a switchboard operator at Gray Gables for over 20 years.
She was an amazing seamstress and tailor and loved to work in her gardens. She loved music and dancing and traveling.
She was preceded in death by her husband, James Kenneth Woodruff, her parents, four brothers and a granddaughter. She is survived by her brother Robert Aranda; her children John Ruiz, wife Donna, Adriana Girard, Colleen Conrad, husband George, Paulette Ritcher, James Woodruff, wife Cordelia, Christine Lewis, husband Russell, and Mary R. Woodruff; 18 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren. She left this life to join her loved ones that have gone before her.
Funeral Mass is Friday June 28th at 11 a.m. in St. Thomas Aquinas Church, Ojai. A Rosary will be held before mass at 10:30 a.m. Arrangements under the direction of Joseph P. Reardon Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Ventura.
