GAYE DEAN KINDER

December 17,1934- November 29, 2020

Gaye (G-Baby) Dean Kinder was born December 17,1934 to Doyle and Alma Kinder. She passed away on November 29, 2020 at her home that she loved in Bakersfield, CA. Gaye was born and raised in Comanche, Oklahoma. She was the oldest of her two brothers Jerry and Larry Kinder. Gaye attended Comanche High School with some of her best friends, Ruthie Dunlap, Bonnie Taylor, Chili, Beverly and Pauline. While at Comanche High Gaye was a member of the women’s basketball team. Gaye married at the age of 17 and moved to Bakersfield to start a family.

Gaye was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, sister, aunt and a kind friend to everyone she met. She was a long-standing member of the bowling community in Bakersfield. She was feisty, strong, dependable, full of spunk, selfless and always put others before herself. She loved to drive up to Eagle Mountain Casino and gamble, playing cards on Monday night, travel up and down California to watch her granddaughters play sports, yelling at the refs during live and televised volleyball or basketball games, The Lakers, Dr. Pepper, showing people her #1 finger, Trump, Facebook and her puppy dogs.

Gaye will live on in the hearts and memories of surviving family members, daughter, Vikki Robinson; sons Terry Tabbytosavit and Jack Tabbytosavit; grandsons Matthew Tabbytosavit and Dennis Tabbytosavit; granddaughters, Dani Robinson, Stevi Robinson, Samantha Sazama, Ivy Tabbytosavit, Jackie Tabbytosavit and Amy Tabbytosavit.

A celebration of life ceremony will be held on her birthday, December 17th at 11:30am at 3617 Redlands Drive. Anyone who knew Gaye and loved her is invited to attend and help us celebrate her life and her birthday!

Please note, we will be following COVID Guidelines and will be practicing social distancing. www.bakersfield.com/obits