Funeral services for Sept. 25, 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.
No services
Sherrie Lynn Anderson, 65, Bakersfield, Sept. 21. Basham Funeral Care.
Services pending
Adela Abdul, 69, Oxnard, Sept. 21 in Bakersfield. Hillcrest Memorial Park & Mortuary.
Kenneth Best, 75, Bakersfield, Sept. 24. Greenlawn Mortuary.
Maria Baltazar Castaneda, 89, Bakersfield, Sept. 22. Mish Funeral Home.
Molly Claire Dyar, 68, Juneau, Alaska, Sept. 22 in Bakersfield. Lane Family Funeral Home, Delano.
Elvira V. Euresti, 64, Bakersfield, Sept. 21. Greenlawn Southwest Mortuary.
Rosie Saucido Garza, 86, Bakersfield, Sept. 24. Mission Family Mortuary.
Jossie Irene Long, 75, Fellows, Sept. 22. Greenlawn Southwest Mortuary.
Thomas M. Luna, 77, Lamont, Sept. 24 in Bakersfield. Beloved Care Funeral Services.
John Gunn Matteson, 42, Bakersfield, Sept. 20. Kern River Family Mortuary, Oildale.
Pamela J. McKay, 59, Bakersfield, Sept. 24. Greenlawn Mortuary.
Oscar Obad, 37, Delano, Sept. 24. Lane Family Funeral Home, Delano.
Trinidad C. Ortiz "Scooby," 33, Bakersfield, Sept. 22. Basham Funeral Care.
Sam E. Underwood, 87, Taft, Sept. 23. Neptune Society Cremation.
Hans Nisula Weberling, 9, Bakersfield, Sept. 21. Kern River Family Mortuary, Oildale.
Richard B. White, 68, Taft, Sept. 22. Mish Funeral Home.
Services scheduled
Yvonne Marie Bilbey, 38, Taft, Sept. 6. Memorial service 1 p.m. Sept. 26, Westside Believer's Fellowship, Taft. Bakersfield Funeral Home.
Aurora Aldana Fontes, 82, Buttonwillow, Sept. 22 in Bakersfield. Visitation 4 to 8 p.m. with rosary 6 p.m. Sept. 26, Mish Funeral Home Chapel. Mish Funeral Home.
Kimberly Lynn Hattabaugh, 46, Bakersfield, Sept. 17 in Los Angeles. Visitation 2 to 10 p.m. Sept. 28, Basham Funeral Care; chapel service 10 a.m. Sept. 29, Basham Funeral Care Chapel; interment at Arvin Cemetery.
Emzy Wayne Harris, 73, Wasco, Sept. 19 in Delano. Visitation 9 a.m. to noon; graveside service noon Sept. 27, Shafter Memorial Park. Peters Funeral Home, Shafter.
Daaiyah Islam, 67, Bakersfield, Sept. 21. Service 11 a.m. Sept. 25, The Chapel Rucker's Mortuary; graveside committal service 1:15 p.m. Sept. 25, Bakersfield National Cemetery, Arvin. Rucker's Mortuary.
Bradley Todd Jackson, 42, Bakersfield, Sept. 16. Memorial service 5 p.m. Sept. 29, Dove Creek Church. Bakersfield Funeral Home.
Luz Elena Montoya, 57, Tehachapi, Sept. 21. Rosary 6 p.m. Sept. 28, Wood Family Funeral Service, Tehachapi; service 9 a.m. Sept. 29, St. Malachy Catholic Church, Tehachapi. Wood Family Funeral Service, Tehachapi.
Raul Morales, 36, Bakersfield, Sept. 12. Service 10 a.m. Sept. 25, Mission Family Mortuary Greatroom. Mission Family Mortuary.
Jean Carolyn Richardson, 66, Bakersfield, Sept. 2. Visitation 1 to 7 p.m. with meditation 7 p.m. Sept. 26, The Chapel of Rucker's Mortuary; service 11 a.m. Sept. 27, The Chapel of Rucker's Mortuary; interment at Union Cemetery. Rucker's Mortuary.
Ernestine Shepard, 89, Bakersfield, Sept. 23. Memorial service 1 p.m. Sept. 29, St. John's Lutheran Church. Basham Funeral Care.
John G. Williams, 88, Lamont, Sept. 20. Visitation 1 to 5 p.m. Sept. 25, Mission Family Mortuary Fireside Room; burial with full military honors 1:15 p.m. Sept. 26, Bakersfield National Cemetery. Mission Family Mortuary.
Karen Yankovich, 61, Wasco, Sept. 19 in Delano. Memorial service 2 p.m. Oct. 5, Peters Funeral Home. Peters Funeral Home, Wasco.
Michael Gene Young, 48, Bakersfield, Sept. 19 in Lone Pine. Visitation 1 to 5 p.m. Sept. 25, Mission Family Mortuary Greatroom; celebration of life 2 p.m. Sept. 26, Mission Family Mortuary Greatroom. Mission Family Mortuary.
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