Brian Robert Wold

1978 - 2010

Brian Robert Wold 1978 - 2010 Chapel Services for Brian Robert Wold will be held on Thursday, Dec. 30, 10:00 a.m. at Greenlawn Mortuary, 3700 River Blvd. Born in Ottumwa, Iowa on December 25, 1978, Christmas morning to Sue Ellen Swaim and Daniel Ray Wold. Brian grew up in Ottumwa, Iowa and attended Ottumwa High School. After graduation he attended Simpson College from 1997 - 2000 and then transferred to the University of Iowa. He graduated from the University of Iowa, Henry Tippie School of Business, Iowa City, Iowa in 2002 with a degree in Marketing. After graduation Brian moved to Los Angeles, California and worked for Pitney Bowes from 2002 - 2004. While working at Pitney Bowes he met his beautiful wife Kamarie Ann McGrew through her brother-in-law. He then took a new job for Eli Lilly and Company and moved to Bakersfield, California as a Pharmaceutical Sales Specialist for the Bakersfield Territory. Having a very successful career and managing a large geographic territory, Brian achieved top 10% sales in 2006 and 2nd highest trial rate in California out of 60 reps in new product launch. He took his territory from 481st in ranking to 188th in his first nine months with Eli Lilly. He married Kami McGrew on May 26, 2008 on a Wedding Cruise on Carnival Lines out of San Diego, California. Brian is survived by his wife, Kami; sons, Carson Freng, eight years old and Tayden Wold, 19 months. Also surviving Brian are his brother, Cody Bedford, 27 years; sisters, Amy Wold- Schlotter, 27 years, Lauren Bevan, 15 years old; both parents and grandmothers, Dorothy Wold, 94 years old and Patty Peebler, 74 years old. Brian was an avid sports fan and loved the Hawkeyes, Bears and Cubs, every chance he got he would go to Iowa City to watch his beloved Hawkeyes. Brian and Kami ask that any donations, in lieu of flowers, be made to an educational fund set up for Tayden Wold and Carson Freng at Wells Fargo, City of Hope, or www.caringbridge.org. Greenlawn Mortuary www.bakersfield.com/obits