Funeral services for Feb. 7, 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.
No services
Paul David Aguiar, 70, Glennville, Feb. 3. Mish Funeral Home.
Sarah Christensen, 75, Bakersfield, Feb. 3. Mish Funeral Home.
Lola Schaff, 94, Bakersfield, Feb. 4. Mish Funeral Home.
Anthony White, 56, Bakersfield, Jan. 28. Beloved Care Funeral Services.
Jean Lois Yerkey, 86, Bakersfield, Feb. 2. Neptune Society Cremation.
Services pending
Joseph Marion Ducato, 89, Bakersfield, Feb. 6. Hillcrest Memorial Park & Mortuary.
James Henry Fitch, 72, Bakersfield, Feb. 1. Kern River Family Mortuary, Oildale.
Mabel Claire Stockton Homfeld, 91, Mesa, Ariz., Jan. 25. Hillcrest Memorial Park & Mortuary.
Christina Morrison, 65, Bakersfield, Feb. 1. Alma Funeral Home & Crematory.
Vickie Rene Nokes, 59, Bakersfield, Feb. 5. Doughty-Calhoun-O'Meara Funeral Directors.
Belen Rivera, 89, Delano, Feb. 4. Delano Mortuary.
Marie Louise Sahargun, 84, Bakersfield, Feb. 4. Kern River Family Mortuary, Oildale.
Paul Shelton, 61, Bakersfield, Jan. 31. Basham Funeral Care.
George Washington Spears, 78, Bakersfield, Feb. 6. Basham Funeral Care.
Harmon White, 77, Bakersfield, Feb. 5. Greenlawn Southwest Mortuary.
Services scheduled
Charles Lonnette Bell, Jr., 31, Bakersfield, Jan. 27. Visitation 5 to 7 p.m. Feb. 7, Rising Star Baptist Church; service 10 a.m. Feb. 8, Rising Star Baptist Church; interment at Greenlawn Southwest Cemetery. Beloved Care Funeral Services.
Randolph Bertholf, 95, Bakersfield, Jan. 29. Memorial service 11 a.m. Feb. 9, First Assembly of God Church. Mish Funeral Home.
Francis Louise Chambers, 64, Bakersfield, Jan. 22. Memorial service 10:30 a.m. Feb. 9, Calvary Bible Church. Mish Funeral Home.
John Patrick Chapman, 63, Bakersfield, Feb. 3. Graveside service 10 a.m. Feb. 8, Bakersfield National Cemetery. Greenlawn Mortuary.
Vernon L. Chappel, 56, Bakersfield, Jan. 27. Visitation 3 to 6 p.m. Feb. 8, The People's Missionary Baptist Church; service 11 a.m. Feb. 9, St. John Missionary Baptist Church; interment at Wasco Cemetery. Beloved Care Funeral Services.
Erasto Colon, 66, Bakersfield, Feb. 3 in Lamont. Visitation 2 to 4 p.m. Feb. 7, Basham Lamont Funeral Care, Lamont; second visitation 5 to 9 p.m. with rosary 7 p.m. Feb. 7, Saint Augustine Catholic Church; Mass 10 a.m. Feb. 8, Saint Augustine Catholic Church; interment at Arvin Cemetery.
Diana Leigh DeWeese, 55, Delano, Feb. 1. Private services. Delano Mortuary.
Gerald "Jimmy" Everitt Dyer, 81, Tehachapi, Feb. 1. Rosary 10 a.m. Feb. 9, Wood Family Funeral Service, Tehachapi; graveside service 2:30 p.m. Feb. 9, Good Shepherd Cemetery, Lancaster. Wood Family Funeral Service, Tehachapi.
Margaret Ann Dyer, 64, Bakersfield, Jan. 20. Memorial service 11 a.m. Feb. 9, Shafter Memorial Park. Kern River Family Mortuary, Oildale.
Betty J. Fain, 81, McFarland, Feb. 1 in Delano. Private services. Delano Mortuary.
Juana Domulot Gloria, 77, Delano, Feb. 4. Visitation 4 to 8 p.m. Feb. 13, Delano Mortuary; service 9 a.m. Feb. 14, Delano Mortuary Chapel; interment at North Kern District Cemetery, Delano.
Ruby O. Lane, 79, Bakersfield, Feb. 5. Visitation 3 to 8 p.m. with meditation 7 p.m. Feb. 8, Deliverance Church of God in Christ; service 10 a.m. Feb. 9, Compassion Christian Center; interment at Union Cemetery. Rucker's Mortuary.
Ron L. Lozano, 68, Bakersfield, Jan. 27. Graveside service 2 p.m. Feb. 1, Bakersfield National Cemetery. Doughty-Calhoun-O'Meara Funeral Directors.
Robert Machado, 80, Bakersfield, Feb. 4. Private services. Basham Funeral Care.
Gertrude N. McCaslin, 81, Bakersfield, Feb. 5. Memorial service 6 p.m. Feb. 7, Greenlawn Southwest Chapel. Greenlawn Southwest Mortuary.
Steven Michael, 56, Bakersfield, Feb. 3. Graveside service 10 a.m. Feb. 9, Greenlawn Southwest Cemetery. Greenlawn Southwest Mortuary.
Kathryn Bassett Proctor Perkins, 101, Bakersfield, Feb. 4. Graveside service 11 a.m. Feb. 11, Hillcrest Memorial Park. Kern River Family Mortuary, Oildale.
Thomas Daniel Pinkham, 61, Bakersfield, Feb. 2. Service 9:30 a.m. Feb. 9, Hillcrest Memorial Park. Hillcrest Memorial Park & Mortuary.
Gurmel Singh Pooni, 75, Bakersfield, Feb. 1. Service 10 a.m. Feb. 16, Greenlawn Southwest Chapel. Greenlawn Southwest Mortuary.
John Henry Salgado, 58, Delano, Feb. 1 in Bakersfield. Visitation 4 to 8 p.m. Feb. 10, Delano Mortuary; graveside 10 a.m. Feb. 11, North Kern District Cemetery. Delano Mortuary.
Trudy Tomlinson, 64, Bakersfield, Feb. 2. Private services. Basham Funeral Care.
Juanita M. Wimberly, 98, Clovis, Feb. 4. Graveside service 11 a.m. Feb. 9, Union Cemetery. Mish Funeral Home.






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