Robert S. Jaggers
1909 - 1980 (71 years)-
Name Robert S. Jaggers Born 21 May 1909 Los Angeles County, California 
[1, 2, 3, 4] Gender Male Occupation foreman, oil worker Census 1940 Kern County, California Died 10 Dec 1980 Bakersfield, Kern County, California [2, 3, 4] Buried West Side District Cemetery, Taft, Kern County, California [3, 4] Person ID I3155 Hedges Last Modified 14 Apr 2023
Father Gurney H. Jaggers, b. 20 Feb 1879, Indiana , d. 8 Jun 1917, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California (Age 38 years) Mother Pearlie Irene Alkire, b. 17 Jan 1885, Vermilion County, Illinois , d. 20 Jul 1965, Indiana (Age 80 years) Married Abt 1917 Family ID F744 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Ethel Minerva Decker, b. 26 Apr 1908, Kalida, Putnam County, Ohio , d. 16 Jul 1993, Bakersfield, Kern County, California (Age 85 years) Married 29 Oct 1928 [3] Last Modified 18 Feb 2018 Family ID F1415 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Born - 21 May 1909 - Los Angeles County, California 
Census - 1940 - Kern County, California 
Died - 10 Dec 1980 - Bakersfield, Kern County, California 
Buried - - West Side District Cemetery, Taft, Kern County, California = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Notes - Services will be held Saturday at 10 a.m. in the Sunset Chapel of Taft Funeral Home for Robert S. Jaggers, 71. The pastor of the Taft Heights Assembly of God Church will officiate in the services.
He was born May 21, 1909 in Los Angeles to Gurney and Pearley Jaggers, and died Wednesday, December 19, 1980, in a Bakersfield hospital.
Wilmington was his home until 1928 when he moved to Taft. He and the former Ethel Decker were married here Oct. 29, 1928.
He had served in the Sheriff's Department for two years before going to work for Safe Oil Co. in 1938. In 1940 he returned to law enforcement, serving as night sergeant for the Taft Police Dept. He left the department in 1956 to start his own Merchants Police and Protective Patrol, two years later in 1958 adding Jagger's Burglar Alarms to his business. He retired and sold his merchants Patrol in 1972, however remained active as manager in the Jagger's Burglar Alarm Co., which is currently owned by his son.
In addition to his wife Ethel, he is survived by a son, two sisters, five grandchildren and one great great grandson, and many other relatives in the Los Angeles area.
Serving as casket bearers will be fellow officers of the Taft Police and Sheriffs Departments. Interment will follow the services in the West Side Cemetery.
Friends who wish to pay their respects may call this evening and prior to services at the Taft Funeral Home.
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- Services will be held Saturday at 10 a.m. in the Sunset Chapel of Taft Funeral Home for Robert S. Jaggers, 71. The pastor of the Taft Heights Assembly of God Church will officiate in the services.
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