Richard Lopez Dies of Gunshot
Richard H. Lopez, 28, who made his home at 15212 Nadene St. in Mojave was pronounced dead on arrival at Kern Valley Hospital in Mt. Mesa last Friday evening, from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Kern Co. Sheriffs deputies from Kernville were called to the scene at Lake Isabella, reported that the angle of the wound almost certainly ruled out any question of foul play.
Lopez was on a fishing trip accompanied by Blanche McGarry and Phil Raynor, both of Mojave. Miss McGarry told the deputies that she saw Lopez put the .22 caliber, 9 shot revolver to his head and pull the trigger. Lopez was standing near the edge of the lake, about 25 ft. from the camper truck that the party was using.
Mojave Desert News 6/10/1971 page 8
Services HeId for Richard Lopez
Funeral services for Richard Holguin Lopez on Monday, June 8th.
Mr. Lopez was born in Newhall, Calif but had lived in Mojave almost all his life. He was 28 at the time of his death. He was born May 9, 1943, and passed away on June 4, 1971.
He made his home in Mojave at 15212 Nadeau St. He had been employed by the, L.A. Department of Water and Power at the Castaic Dam.
He is survived by his father, Roberto Lopez; his mother, Mrs. Julia Castro, Bakersfield; two brothers, Bobby and Tony, also of Bakersfield; a sister, Joan H. Garlett, Corona, Cal; and his grandfather, Manual Q. Holguin, Texas.
The 10:00 a.m. services were conducted in the Stickel Mortuary Chapel by the Rev. James Maloney of St.Francis Catholic Church. Interment was in the Mojave Cemetery.
Mojave Desert News 6/10/1971
Richard H. Lopez, 28, who made his home at 15212 Nadene St. in Mojave was pronounced dead on arrival at Kern Valley Hospital in Mt. Mesa last Friday evening, from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Kern Co. Sheriffs deputies from Kernville were called to the scene at Lake Isabella, reported that the angle of the wound almost certainly ruled out any question of foul play.
Lopez was on a fishing trip accompanied by Blanche McGarry and Phil Raynor, both of Mojave. Miss McGarry told the deputies that she saw Lopez put the .22 caliber, 9 shot revolver to his head and pull the trigger. Lopez was standing near the edge of the lake, about 25 ft. from the camper truck that the party was using.
Mojave Desert News 6/10/1971 page 8
Services HeId for Richard Lopez
Funeral services for Richard Holguin Lopez on Monday, June 8th.
Mr. Lopez was born in Newhall, Calif but had lived in Mojave almost all his life. He was 28 at the time of his death. He was born May 9, 1943, and passed away on June 4, 1971.
He made his home in Mojave at 15212 Nadeau St. He had been employed by the, L.A. Department of Water and Power at the Castaic Dam.
He is survived by his father, Roberto Lopez; his mother, Mrs. Julia Castro, Bakersfield; two brothers, Bobby and Tony, also of Bakersfield; a sister, Joan H. Garlett, Corona, Cal; and his grandfather, Manual Q. Holguin, Texas.
The 10:00 a.m. services were conducted in the Stickel Mortuary Chapel by the Rev. James Maloney of St.Francis Catholic Church. Interment was in the Mojave Cemetery.
Mojave Desert News 6/10/1971
Richard Lopez Dies of Gunshot
Richard H. Lopez, 28, who made his home at 15212 Nadene St. in Mojave was pronounced dead on arrival at Kern Valley Hospital in Mt. Mesa last Friday evening, from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Kern Co. Sheriffs deputies from Kernville were called to the scene at Lake Isabella, reported that the angle of the wound almost certainly ruled out any question of foul play.
Lopez was on a fishing trip accompanied by Blanche McGarry and Phil Raynor, both of Mojave. Miss McGarry told the deputies that she saw Lopez put the .22 caliber, 9 shot revolver to his head and pull the trigger. Lopez was standing near the edge of the lake, about 25 ft. from the camper truck that the party was using.
Mojave Desert News 6/10/1971 page 8
Services HeId for Richard Lopez
Funeral services for Richard Holguin Lopez on Monday, June 8th.
Mr. Lopez was born in Newhall, Calif but had lived in Mojave almost all his life. He was 28 at the time of his death. He was born May 9, 1943, and passed away on June 4, 1971.
He made his home in Mojave at 15212 Nadeau St. He had been employed by the, L.A. Department of Water and Power at the Castaic Dam.
He is survived by his father, Roberto Lopez; his mother, Mrs. Julia Castro, Bakersfield; two brothers, Bobby and Tony, also of Bakersfield; a sister, Joan H. Garlett, Corona, Cal; and his grandfather, Manual Q. Holguin, Texas.
The 10:00 a.m. services were conducted in the Stickel Mortuary Chapel by the Rev. James Maloney of St.Francis Catholic Church. Interment was in the Mojave Cemetery.
Mojave Desert News 6/10/1971
Richard H. Lopez, 28, who made his home at 15212 Nadene St. in Mojave was pronounced dead on arrival at Kern Valley Hospital in Mt. Mesa last Friday evening, from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Kern Co. Sheriffs deputies from Kernville were called to the scene at Lake Isabella, reported that the angle of the wound almost certainly ruled out any question of foul play.
Lopez was on a fishing trip accompanied by Blanche McGarry and Phil Raynor, both of Mojave. Miss McGarry told the deputies that she saw Lopez put the .22 caliber, 9 shot revolver to his head and pull the trigger. Lopez was standing near the edge of the lake, about 25 ft. from the camper truck that the party was using.
Mojave Desert News 6/10/1971 page 8
Services HeId for Richard Lopez
Funeral services for Richard Holguin Lopez on Monday, June 8th.
Mr. Lopez was born in Newhall, Calif but had lived in Mojave almost all his life. He was 28 at the time of his death. He was born May 9, 1943, and passed away on June 4, 1971.
He made his home in Mojave at 15212 Nadeau St. He had been employed by the, L.A. Department of Water and Power at the Castaic Dam.
He is survived by his father, Roberto Lopez; his mother, Mrs. Julia Castro, Bakersfield; two brothers, Bobby and Tony, also of Bakersfield; a sister, Joan H. Garlett, Corona, Cal; and his grandfather, Manual Q. Holguin, Texas.
The 10:00 a.m. services were conducted in the Stickel Mortuary Chapel by the Rev. James Maloney of St.Francis Catholic Church. Interment was in the Mojave Cemetery.
Mojave Desert News 6/10/1971
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