Funeral services for March 30, 2012
By The Bakersfield Californian
TO OUR READERS
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
Paul William Hannaman, 84, Bakersfield, March 28. Neptune Society Cremation.
Lilo Isaac, 77, Bakersfield, March 29. Greenlawn Southwest Mortuary.
Jong Baek Kim, 85, Bakersfield, March 27. Greenlawn Southwest Mortuary.
Eliazar Urbina Lara, 47, Bakersfield, March 28. Basham Funeral Care.
John E. Neal, 74, Bakersfield, March 29. Greenlawn Mortuary.
George David Nelson, 79, Shafter, March 28. Neptune Society Cremation.
John Soria, 91, Bakersfield, March 28. Basham Funeral Care.
Services scheduled
Gilbert Lee Dowda, 73, Bakersfield, March 28. Visitation 1 to 5 p.m. March 30, Mission Family Mortuary. Mission Family Mortuary.
Roy Gafner, 84, Wasco, March 28. Graveside service 10 a.m. April 7, Wasco Memorial Park. Peters Funeral Home, Wasco.
Pauline C. Hunter, 96, Bakersfield, March 28. Graveside service 2:30 p.m. April 2, Greenlawn Cemetery. Greenlawn Mortuary.
Davied Pearl Leak, 88, Bakersfield, March 27. Memorial service 11 a.m. March 31, Peters Funeral Home; private interment. Peters Funeral Home, Shafter.
Doroteo Mendoza Lopez, 46, Bakersfield, March 22. Visitation 6 to 11 p.m. with wake service 7 p.m. April 1, Basham Funeral Care Chapel; chapel service 11 a.m. April 2, Basham Funeral Care Chapel; interment at Greenlawn Cemetery. Basham Funeral Care.
Raymond Junior McDonnor, 64, Mulberry, Ark., March 26. Service 1 p.m. March 31, Freewill Baptist Church, Shafter. Mission Family Mortuary.
Bettye Jean Fredenburg-Myers, 89, Bakersfield, March 28. Visitation 4 to 8 p.m. March 30, Hillcrest Mortuary; graveside service 1 p.m. March 31, Hillcrest Memorial Park. Hillcrest Memorial Park & Mortuary.
Yadira Ornelas, 23, Bakersfield, March 26. Visitation 4 to 8 p.m., rosary 5 p.m. April 1, Greenlawn Southwest Mortuary; service 1 p.m. April 2, St. Joseph Catholic Church. Greenlawn Southwest Mortuary.
Waufield Douglas Shinn, 66, Bakersfield, March 28. Private services. Basham Funeral Care.






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