Alhiser-Comer Mortuary
Joan Ruth LaChusa Kersten
Joan Ruth LaChusa Kersten
January 13, 1959 - March 22, 2007
Escondido, California

Visitation: 5:00 p.m. to the start of the funeral service March 30, 2007 at Pauma Indian Tribal Hall in Pauma Valley
Funeral Service: 10:00 a.m. March 31, 2007 at Pauma Indian Tribal Hall
Graveside Service: following service March 31, 2007 at Pauma Valley Cemetery
Mrs. Kersten is survived by her husband of 12 years Wayne Kersten; daughters Maurisa LaChusa and Carla LaChusa; brothers Rudy Sandoval (Roberta), Gabriel "Butch" Kitchen (Sonya); sisters Florence LaChusa, Evelyn Miranda-White, Dolores Kitchen, and Gina Peters (Stephen "Stinky"); and one grandson

She lived on the Pauma Valley Indian Reservation all of her life. She was a homemaker. She worked at the Pauma Casino for four years. She enjoyed cooking, making flour tortillas, reading devotionals, crosswords, animals and spending time with her nieces and nephews.

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