Funeral services for Oct. 23, 2012
By The Bakersfield Californian
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The Californian provides free death listings using information supplied by local mortuaries. The in-depth notices that follow are paid obituaries and remembrances. These listings must be purchased by 2 p.m. To place an Obituary or In Loving Memory, call 395-7302. Full obituaries are posted at Bakersfield.com at 9 p.m. on the day before publication.
Services pending
Edith C. Addington, 95, Bakersfield, Oct. 22. Greenlawn Mortuary.
Hortencia Velasco Bautista, 68, Delano, Oct. 22. Lane Family Funeral Home, Delano.
Robert Andrew Busby, 52, Bakersfield, Oct. 12. Kern River Family Mortuary, Oildale.
Louis Joseph Danesi, 77, Bakersfield, Oct. 21. Mission Family Mortuary.
Joyce Ann Dunn, 65, Bakersfield, Oct. 17. Basham Funeral Care.
Geraldine E. Fleeman, 91, Calabasas, Oct. 19 in Bakersfield. Kern River Family Mortuary, Oildale.
Nancy Ruth House, 83, Bakersfield, Oct. 22. Greenlawn Mortuary.
Leland Isaac Kroeker, 82, Shafter, Oct. 22 in Bakersfield. Peters Funeral Care, Shafter.
Betty Ruth Leach, 69, Bakersfield, Oct. 20. Basham Funeral Care.
Eugene Carroll Peterson, 45, Bakersfield, Oct. 21. Mission Family Mortuary.
Donni L. Rector, 38, Bakersfield, Oct. 21. Kern River Family Mortuary, Oildale.
Mary Lavern Risner, 83, Lamont, Oct. 20. Hillcrest Memorial Park & Mortuary.
Services scheduled
Aurora Abuyen, 79, Delano, Oct. 18. Visitation 12:30 to 4:30 p.m. with rosary 2:30 p.m. Oct. 28, Delano Mortuary; Mass 9 a.m. Oct. 29, St. Mary's Church. Delano Mortuary.
Edward Terry Desjarlais, 74, Bodfish, Oct. 19. Service with full military honors 12:30 p.m. Oct. 24, Bakersfield National Cemetery. Mission Family Mortuary.
Antonia Estavillo, 68, Wasco, Oct. 21 in Bakersfield. Visitation 2 to 8 p.m. with rosary at 6 p.m. Oct. 25; Mass 10 a.m. Oct. 26, St. John's Catholic Church; interment Wasco Memorial Park. Peters Funeral Home, Wasco.
Matthew Feliscian, 30, Bakersfield, Oct. 17. Visitation 4 to 8 p.m. with rosary 6 p.m. Oct. 26, Delano Mortuary; Mass 8 a.m. Oct. 27, St. Mary's Church, Delano; interment North Kern District Cemetery, Delano. Delano Mortuary.
Paul Reyes Hernandez, 25, Lamont, Oct. 17 in Bakersfield. Visitation 5 p.m. with rosary 7 p.m. Oct. 24, at family residence, 7712 Phillip St., Lamont; service 10 a.m. Oct. 25, St. Augustine Catholic Church, Lamont; interment with full military honors to follow at South Kern District Cemetery, Arvin. Alma Funeral Home & Crematory.
Ann Jackson, 85, Taft, Oct. 19 in Bakersfield. Visitation 5 to 8:30 p.m. with rosary and vigil service 7:30 p.m. Oct. 23, Erickson & Brown Funeral Home Chapel; service 11 a.m. Oct. 24, St. Mary's Catholic Chuch, Taft; burial West Side District Cemetery, Taft. Erickson & Brown Funeral Home, Taft.
Mariano T. Jimenez, 59, Bakersfield, Oct. 16. Visitation 4 to 7 p.m. with rosary 6 p.m. Oct. 25, Greenlawn Southwest Celebration of Life Chapel; service 10:30 a.m. Oct. 26, Sacred Heart Catholic Church. Greenlawn Southwest Mortuary.
Maxine Beverly Klassen, 86, Shafter, Oct. 21 in Bakersfield. Graveside service 10 a.m. Oct. 26, Shafter Memorial Park; memorial service 11 a.m. Oct. 26, Mennonite Brethren Church. Peters Funeral Home, Shafter.
Juan Antonio Lopez, 45, Hemet, Oct. 17 in Duarte. Visitation 4 to 8 p.m. with rosary 6 p.m. Oct. 25, Delano Mortuary; Mass 10 a.m. Oct. 26, St. Jude's Church, Earlimart. Delano Mortuary.
Elena Luna Orozco, 81, McFarland, Oct. 16 in Bakersfield. Visitation 4 to 8 p.m. with rosary 6 p.m. Oct. 23, Delano Mortuary; Mass 10 a.m. Oct. 24, St. Elizabeth's Church, McFarland; interment North Kern District Cemetery. Delano Mortuary.
Aurora Rodriguez, 84, Delano, Oct. 18. Visitation 5 to 7 p.m. Oct. 23, Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church; Mass 9 a.m. Oct. 24, Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church; burial to follow at North Kern District Cemetery. Lane Family Funeral Home, Delano.
Ruth Carol Sexton, 65, Bakersfield, Oct. 6. Memorial service 11 a.m. Oct. 27, Word of Life Fellowship. Bakersfield Funeral Home.
Mary Petra Soltero, 84, Delano, Oct. 18 in Bakersfield. Mass and rosary 1 p.m. Oct. 29, Our Lady of Guadalupe Church, Delano; interment North Kern District Cemetery. Delano Mortuary.
James Rodney Williams, 75, Bakersfield, Oct. 22. Service 1 p.m. Oct. 26, St. Timothy's Church, Morro Bay. Benedict-Rettey Mortuary, Morro Bay.
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