Obituaries

Ethel Anthony, retiree, passes away

Ethel Anthony wearing a sunhat and brightly colored dress with greenery in the background.
Ethel Anthony

Ethel Anthony, retired health care records supervisor, passed away Nov. 17, 2023.

Anthony, a Bakersfield native, worked for 20 years at the Wasco State Prison-Reception Center before retiring in 2006.

“Ethel was loved and will be greatly missed by all those who knew and worked with her throughout the years,” according to a statement issued by the prison.

She is preceded in death by her husband of 29 years, James Anthony, who passed away in 2017. She is survived by a son and daughter as well as eight grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.

Services were held Dec. 4 in Bakersfield.


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