Funeral services for April 28
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
Rubye Mae Ash, 76, Bakersfield, April 26. Beloved Care Funeral Services.
Norma J. Ferris, 96, Bakersfield, April 27. Greenlawn Southwest Mortuary.
Donald Warren Gregory, 64, Bakersfield, April 21. Kern River Family Mortuary, Oildale.
Baldemar Perez Gutierrez, 77, Bakersfield, April 27. Basham Funeral Care.
Ulisher Frank Hardimon Sr., 85, Bakersfield, April 26. Rucker's Mortuary.
Charles Dewayne Kinne, 50, California City, April 23 in California City. Lake Isabella Cremation & Funeral Society.
Jose Garcia Maldonado, 24, Bakersfield, April 26. Basham Funeral Care.
Francis E. McDermott, 94, Bakersfield, April 27. Basham Funeral Care.
Judy Merry, 68, Bakersfield, April 18. Mish Funeral Home.
Morris Moore, 62, Bakersfield, April 27. Mish Funeral Home.
Sheila Pryor, 54, Bakersfield, April 26. Rucker's Mortuary.
Jacob Rodriguez, 61, Bakersfield, April 27. Peters Funeral Home, Shafter.
Ronald Norman Watson, 72, Boron, April 26. Rucker's Mortuary.
Services scheduled
Jean Rene Arduain, 70, Bakersfield, April 25. Visitation 4 to 7 p.m. April 30, Greenlawn Mortuary; Catholic funeral rites 9 a.m. May 1, St. Francis of Assisi. Greenlawn Mortuary.
Maria Felic Arias, 86, Bakersfield, April 25. Visitation 5 to 11 p.m. with rosary at 6 p.m. April 29, Basham Funeral Care; Mass 10 a.m. April 30, St. Joseph Catholic Church. Basham Funeral Care.
Genevieve Alysse Gamboa, 22, Bakersfield, April 25. Visitation 5 to 9 p.m. May 2, Basham Funeral Care; church service 10 a.m. May 3, Canyon Hills Assembly of God Church. Basham Funeral Care.
Wanda Louise Hampton, 79, Taft, April 23 in Bakersfield. Memorial service 1 p.m. May 2, Erickson & Brown Funeral Home, Taft. Erickson & Brown Funeral Home, Taft.
Joe Lutz, 66, Bakersfield, April 25. Visitation 4 to 8 p.m. May 1, Mish Funeral Home; service 11 a.m. May 2, Mish Funeral Home Chapel. Mish Funeral Home.
Jaye Bea Smith, 81, Wofford Heights, April 12 in Wofford Heights. Service 11 a.m. April 28, Mountain View Southern Baptist Church, Lake Isabella; graveside service 12:30 p.m. April 28, Kern River Valley Cemetery, Wofford Heights. Sierra Valley Mortuary, Lake Isabella.
Ivan Miller Thor, 89, Bakersfield, April 25. Graveside service 1 p.m. April 30, Hillcrest Memorial Park. Basham Funeral Care.
Susan Self, 71, Bakersfield, April 25. Visitation 5 to 8 p.m. May 3, Doughty-Calhoun-O'Meara Funeral Directors; graveside service 11 a.m. May 4, Greenlawn Cemetery. Doughty-Calhoun-O'Meara Funeral Directors.
Bernice "Kate" Woods, 91, Claremore, Okla., April 27 in Claremore, Okla. Service 2 p.m. May 1, Harvest Time Worship Center, Adair, Okla. Stephens Memorial Chapel, Inc., Pryor, Okla.






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