09-26-1945 to 05-30-2018
Dave passed away after a forty-year battle with Multiple Sclerosis. He lived in Bakersfield his entire life and was in the class of 1964 at North High. He was then deployed in the Navy on the Piedmont Tender Destroyer from 1966 to 1968 where he learned his welding skills that he used throughout his career. He could imagine, engineer, and build most anything and used his skills to build many projects. Later he was self-employed with a pressure wash and monument business.
Dave leaves behind his daughters Julie Shaw and her husband Glen, and Jill Churchwell, Grandchildren, Casey and Allison Shaw, Brother Don Churchwell and multiple Churchwell family relatives. He was preceded in death by his parents Bill and Sarah and brothers, Bill and Ronnie Churchwell.
Special thanks to the Nurses and CNA’s at Golden Living in Shafter for caring for our Dad since 2011. Please make any donations to the MS Society, Optimal Hospice or Animal Rescue of choice.
Please join us in a Celebration of Life Memorial to be held at the home of Glen & Julie Shaw, 6727 Lindsay Road, Bakersfield CA on Saturday June 9th at 5:00.
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