Funeral services for Sept. 6
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.
No services
Hazel Owens, 74, Tehachapi, Sept. 2. Bakersfield Funeral Home.
Virginia Lee Waller, 73, Tucson, Ariz., Sept. 3 in Bakersfield. Neptune Society Cremation.
Services pending
Guillermo Ayala Deleon, 51, Delano, Sept. 1 in Bakersfield. Lane Family Funeral Home, Delano.
Miguel Guadian, 73, Bakersfield, Sept. 3. Basham Funeral Care.
Kenneth McClanahan, 85, Bakersfield, Sept. 5. Basham Funeral Care.
Joe W. Rowan, Jr., 67, Maricopa, Sept. 2. Erickson & Brown Funeral Home, Taft.
Services scheduled
Dolores Lucy Azevedo, 64, Shafter, Sept. 3. Visitation 4 to 8 p.m. with rosary 7 p.m. Sept. 6, Peters Funeral Home; Mass 10 a.m. Sept. 7, St. Teresa's Catholic Church; interment at Shafter Memorial Park. Peters Funeral Home, Shafter.
Shenazzar Frazier, infant, Bakersfield, Sept. 2. Service 10 a.m. to noon Sept. 7, Cherished Memories Memorial Chapel; interment to follow at Union Cemetery. Cherished Memories.
Julio Alvaro Gallegos, 73, Bakersfield, Sept. 3. Visitation 5 to 9 p.m. Sept. 7, Basham Funeral Care; chapel service 11 a.m. Sept. 8, Basham Funeral Care Chapel; interment at Hillcrest Memorial Park. Basham Funeral Care.
Lawrence A. Kurtze, 67, Bakersfield, Sept. 2. Visitation 4 to 7 p.m. Sept. 10, Greenlawn Southwest Mortuary; service 10 a.m. Sept. 11, Sacred Heart Catholic Church. Greenlawn Southwest Mortuary.
Lynn Luiz, 64, Glendora, Aug. 21. Celebration of life 4 p.m. Sept. 8, Eagles Lodge, Azusa. Oakdale Memorial Park Mortuary, Glendora.
Jared Ra'Shun Larell Roberts, 23, Bakersfield, Sept. 2. Visitation 3 to 7 p.m. Sept. 6, Jesse E. Cooley, Jr. Chapel; service 11 a.m. Sept. 7, Emmanuel Temple Church; interment at Union Cemetery. Jesse E. Cooley, Jr. Funeral Service.
Richard Russell, 75, Bakersfield, Sept. 1. Memorial service 11 a.m. Sept. 8, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 5500 Fruitvale Avenue. Bakersfield Funeral Home.
Orland Smith "Smitty," 87, Bakersfield, Sept. 2. Visitation 4 to 7 p.m. Sept. 10, Greenlawn Southwest Celebration of Life Chapel; service 10 a.m. Sept. 11, Greenlawn Southwest Celebration of Life Chapel. Greenlawn Southwest Mortuary.
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