Graveside services will be held in Greenlawn Memorial Park, 3700 River Blvd., for Mildred Eloise Pardue.

Mildred Cox Pardue was born in Foss, Oklahoma, on February 23, 1910, to Charlie and Cora Cox. She graduated from Dell City High School in 1928. She married Ray Pardue in Cordell, Oklahoma, on May 26, 1930. They had one child, a daughter, born in South Dakota, on May 2, 1931. They came to Kern County on April 17, 1934, and have lived here ever since. She has lived in Bakersfield for 69 years.

Mildred is survived by two granddaughters, Susan Patrick of Bakersfield and Lori Bartley of Vermont; three great grandchildren, Natalie Lovitt, Even Bartley and Owen Bartley; two great great grandchildren, Christopher Lovitt and Jordan Bartley. She was preceded in death by her husband, Ray, of 57 years, on April 6, 1987, and her only child, a daughter, Dolores Thomason on August 24, 1965, and a granddaughter, Janet Sizemore on January 9, 1993.

Mildred spent 35 years cooking in local cafés. She was also a devout member of College Heights Congregational Church for 17 years and is now a member of First Congregational Church.

Visitation begins Thursday, 2:00 - 9:00 p.m.

Greenlawn Mortuary Funeral Directors

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