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The Tehachapi community lost a very good man last week. A man known for his intelligence, insight, unfailing courtesy and rock-solid dependability, Lars Oberg was a son of Tehachapi who grew up here (Tehachapi High School, Class of 1953), made a career in the valley, raised his beloved family here and was enjoying his well-deserved retirement. Lars was killed on Oct. 16 in a multi-vehicle collision during a blinding sandstorm in the Antelope Valley. He had recently turned a youthful 72 and was working on his second career with the Honda testing facility when he and fellow employee Jack Crawford were caught up in a devastating highway pile-up that cost them their lives and injured 10 others. Lars came to Tehachapi in the 1930s when he was just a toddler. His father, Bertil “Bert” Oberg was a plant manager at the Monolith Portland Cement Company. Lars loved Tehachapi and formed lifelong friendships with John Squires,   Curtis Madding, and other old-school...
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