Funeral services for Sept. 28, 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
Christopher Gonzales, 23, Bakersfield, Sept. 26. Basham Funeral Care.
Garrett Michael Hughes, 40, Bakersfield, Sept. 25. Cherished Memories Memorial Chapel.
Phoenix Daniels Miles, infant, Bakersfield, Sept. 23. Greenlawn Mortuary.
Don William Shelton, 68, Bakersfield, Sept. 26. Greenlawn Mortuary.
Paula Jo Spradling, 65, Bakersfield, Sept. 26. Kern River Family Mortuary, Oildale.
Luis Alonso Zamora Villa, 31, Taft, Sept. 8. Mission Family Mortuary.
Services scheduled
John D. Andreas Jr., 82, Delano, Sept. 20. Visitation 8 a.m. with service 9:30 a.m. Sept. 29, Church of Our Saviour; burial to follow at North Kern District Cemetery, Delano. Lane Family Funeral Home, Delano.
William Bush, 86, Bakersfield, Sept. 26. Graveside service 11 a.m. Oct. 2, Greenlawn Cemetery. Greenlawn Mortuary.
Molly Claire Dyar, 68, Juneau, Alaska, Sept. 22 in Bakersfield. Memorial Mass 9:30 a.m. Sept. 29, St. Phillip's Catholic Church, Bakersfield. Lane Family Funeral Home, Delano.
Jazmenique Breanna Harris, 21, Bakersfield, Sept. 19. Visitation 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. with meditation 7 p.m. Sept. 28, The Chapel of Rucker's Mortuary; service 10 a.m. Sept. 29, St. john Missionary Baptist Church; interment at Union Cemetery. Rucker's Mortuary.
Staci Anne Holcomb, 24, Bakersfield, Sept. 22. Visitation 4 to 8 p.m. Oct. 2, Mish Funeral Home; graveside service 10 a.m. Oct. 3, Hillcrest Memorial Park. Mish Funeral Home.
Thomas H. Sparks, 76, Bakersfield, Sept. 25. Visitation 5 to 9 p.m. with wake service 7 p.m. Sept. 30, Basham Funeral Care; chapel service 10 a.m. Oct. 1, Basham Funeral Care Chapel; interment at Hillcrest Memorial Park. Basham Funeral Care.
Jack McClure White, 86, Kernville, Sept. 23. Memorial service 11 a.m. Oct. 1, Kernville United Methodist Church. Sierra Valley Mortuary, Lake Isabella.






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