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  • UPDATED OBITUARY: Julia Garcia Escalante

    Feb 18, 2021

    Julia Escalante passed away on Feb. 21, 2021 in Shafter, after a brief illness at 92. She was born in Lone Star in Fresno County, to Juan and Maria Araiza, on April 6, 1928. Julia's father worked for the Santa Fe Railroad in the heart of the San Joaquin Valley. As fate would have it, this railroad led Julia and her family to Shafter, where they settled and made a home. After her mother's unexpected passing, she helped raise her brothers and sisters, even though she was still a young girl...