January 25, 1926 – March 17, 2019
Born in San Jose, CA
Resided in Hollister, CA
Carol Jean Bacon passed away in a residential care facility in Hollister at the age of 93. She was born in San Jose and lived over 85 years in San Benito County. She came here from Campbell in 1933. She is a graduate of San Jose State and St. Luke’s Hospital School of Nursing San Francisco in 1947, a member of the Methodist Church, San Benito Co. Cattlewomen, Bear Valley Home Dept., California State Cattlewomen’s Assoc-Scrap Book Chairman, and The Native Daughters of the Golden West. She is preceded in death by her husband, Horace Bacon Jr who died in 2002.
She is survived by her children, Jean Barrett (John) of Hollister, Susan Tonjes (Steve) of Discovery Bay and John Bacon of Elk Creek, MO, her brother, Jerry Kennedy (Anita) of Casa Grande, AZ and 8 grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren. She is preceded in death by her siblings, Stephen Kennedy, Giles “Bud” Kennedy and Richard Kennedy and her son, Alan Bacon. She is also preceded in death by her parents, Cecil Giles “Pat” and Fay Kennedy.
Friends can pay their respects from 5:00 PM until 8:00 PM at Black Cooper Sander Funeral Home on Thursday, March 21, 2019. Funeral services will be on Friday, March 22, 2019 at 1:00 PM at the funeral home with interment to follow at the IOOF Cemetery.
Donations are preferred to Alzheimers’s Association c/o Black Cooper Sander Funeral Home.
To send flowers or a remembrance gift to the family of Carol Bacon, please visit the Black-Cooper-Sander Funeral Home Tribute Store.
