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Emmey Harkins Obituary
July 2, 1924 April 1, 2005
Services will be held Wednesday, April 6, 2005, at 1:30 p.m. in Greenlawn Memorial Chapel, 3700 River Blvd., for Emmey Granny Harkins, 80, of Bakersfield, who passed away April 1, 2005, in Bakersfield. Chaplain Gary Bashor will officiate, and interment will follow in Greenlawn Memorial Park.
Granny was born on July 2, 1924, in Barton County, Missouri. She was raised in Carthage and moved to California in 1943. Granny met her beloved husband of over fifty years, Gene Pop Harkins, in Ventura. Together they moved to Bakersfield in 1962, where they have remained ever since.
Granny, as she was known by all, was an active member of the Shell Retirees Club and the Kern County Boat and Ski Club. She enjoyed socializing at all the local coffee shops, where she never met a stranger. Her greatest joy of all was spending time with her family, especially with her grandchildren and great grandchildren. She fell in love with soccer through watching her grandson, Jeff, and became known as Bakersfields Soccer Granny. Her commitment to soccer continued through her great granddaughter, Samantha, whom she also followed into tennis. In recent years, she has been a fixture at Parkview Julian Convalescent Home, where she dedicated her days to taking care of Pop.
Granny is preceded in death by her parents, Andrew and Mildred Liles; and her grandparents, George and Nora Crawford. She is survived her husband, Gene Harkins; her daughter and son-in-law, Dixie and Gary Scheidemantel; granddaughter, Wendi Hasha; granddaughter and grandson-in-law, Shelley and Michael Georgino; grandson and granddaughter-in-law, Jeff and Amanda Scheidemantel; and great grandchildren, Samantha and Michael Georgino, Ryan Elizabeth Hasha, and future Scheidemantel baby to be born in July. She is also survived by her sisters, Georgia Reis and Rose Bishop; and numerous nieces and nephews.
Visitation will be Tuesday, April 5, 2005, from 2-9 p.m. at Greenlawn Mortuary, 3700 River Blvd.
Granny touched the lives of everyone she met
and will be greatly missed by all.
Greenlawn Mortuary Funeral Directors
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