Funeral services for Jan. 19, 2013
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
Viola Arechiga, 89, Bakersfield, Jan. 17. Basham Funeral Care.
Robert L. Custer, 81, Northridge, Jan. 17. Mission Family Mortuary.
Elogia P. Hidalgo, 84, Arvin, Jan. 17 in Bakersfield. Arvin Funeral Home.
Sedelta H. Johnson, 73, Bakersfield, Jan. 17. Greenlawn Mortuary.
Miguel Sanchez Pineda, 64, Arvin, Jan. 17 in Mexico. Arvin Funeral Home.
Services scheduled
Hazel Berger, 74, Bear Valley Springs, Jan. 12 in Bakersfield. Rosary 6 p.m. Jan. 21, St. Malachy Church, Tehachapi; Mass 10:30 a.m. Jan. 22, St. Malachy Church; graveside service 12:30 p.m. Jan. 22, Bakersfield National Cemetery, Arvin. Wood Family Funeral Service, Tehachapi.
Margarita H. Cortez, 78, McFarland, Jan. 15 in Delano. Visitation 4 to 8 p.m. with rosary 6 p.m. Jan. 21, Delano Mortuary; Mass 9 a.m. Jan. 22, Our Lady of Guadalupe Church; interment at North Kern District Cemetery. Delano Mortuary.
Lorene Lee Culliton, 91, Bakersfield, Jan. 12. Graveside service 2 p.m. Jan. 22, Greenlawn Southwest Cemetery. Greenlawn Southwest Mortuary.
Joe. H. Davis, 87, Taft, Jan. 16 in Bakersfield. Visitation 3 to 8:30 p.m. Jan. 22, Erickson & Brown Funeral Home, Taft; service 10 a.m. Jan. 23, Bakersfield National Cemetery. Erickson & Brown Funeral Home, Taft.
Robert Allen Mac Gregor, 60, Bakersfield, Jan. 15. Celebration of life 2 p.m. Jan. 19, Mission Family Mortuary Greatroom. Mission Family Mortuary.
Philip Timothy Jeffers, 84, Bakersfield, Jan. 10. Service with Full Military Honors by the U.S. Marine Corps 1:15 p.m. Jan. 22, Bakersfield National Cemetery. Mission Family Mortuary.
Francis Edward Marr II, 78, Bakersfield, Jan. 12. Graveside service with Full Military Honors 10:45 a.m. Jan. 22, Bakersfield National Cemetery, Arvin. Kern River Family Funeral Mortuary, Oildale.
Norma Schmedding, 88, Bakersfield, Jan. 17. Service 10 a.m. Jan. 25, Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church. Greenlawn Mortuary.
Rev. Michael Frank Vinson, 60, Bakersfield, Jan. 12. Visitation 4 to 8 p.m. Jan. 21, Liberty Christian Center; service 11 a.m. Jan. 22, Liberty Christian Center; graveside service to follow at Greenlawn Southwest Cemetery. Sierra Valley Mortuary, Lake Isabella.
Raymond Zanoff, 81, Bakersfield, Jan. 16. Graveside service 2 p.m. Jan. 21, Hillcrest Memorial Park. Mish Funeral Home.
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