Funeral services for Feb. 9, 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
Sarabjit K. Bling, 44, Ridgecrest, Feb. 8 in Bakersfield. Greenlawn Southwest Mortuary.
Jeffrey Bart Cantrell, 45, Bakersfield, Feb. 6 in Shafter. Greenlawn Southwest Mortuary.
Juanita Dalrymple Fisher, 97, Bakersfield, Feb. 7. Kern River Family Mortuary, Oildale.
Felix Aceves Ortega, 80, Bakersfield, Feb. 8. Basham Funeral Care.
Rodney Lee Prestridge, 63, Bakersfield, Feb. 7. Beloved Care Funeral Services.
Beatriz F. Sepeda, 78, Bakersfield, Feb. 7. Basham Funeral Care.
Ab'dulu Sha'balu, 67, Visalia, Jan. 30. Basham Funeral Care.
Services scheduled
Magdalena Arevalo, 77, Wasco, Feb. 6 in Delano. Rosary 5 p.m. Feb. 10, St. John's Church; visitation 6 p.m. Feb. 10 at residence, 313 Saguaro Court, Wasco; Mass 10 a.m. Feb. 11, St. John's Church; interment at Wasco Memorial Park. Peters Funeral Home, Wasco.
Lennie Odella Black, 80, Tehachapi, Feb. 3. Committal service 12:30 p.m. Feb. 11, Bakersfield National Cemetery. Kern River Family Mortuary, Oildale.
Jack Garth Hays, 85, Prescott, Ariz., Feb. 3. Memorial service 1 p.m. Feb. 16, Prescott United Methodist Church, Prescott, Ariz. Heritage Memory Mortuary, Prescott, Ariz.
Edeina Marquez Lopez, 86, Pixley, Feb. 4 in Pixley. Visitation noon to 8 p.m. with rosary at 6 p.m. Feb. 11, Peters Funeral Home, Shafter; Mass 10 a.m. Feb. 12, St. Therese's Church; interment at Shafter Memorial Park. Peters Funeral Home, Shafter.
Jon Alan Marshall, 70, Bakersfield, Feb. 5. Celebration of life 1 p.m. Feb. 18, His House of Refuge Church. Neptune Society Cremation.
Mary Sue Scott, 74, Bakersfield, Feb. 7 in Shafter. Memorial service 11 a.m. Feb. 12, First Southern Baptist Church. Peters Funeral Home, Shafter.
Eufemiana M. Vicente, 89, Earlimart, Feb. 6. Visitation 4 to 8 p.m. with rosary at 6 p.m. Feb. 22, Delano Mortuary; Mass 8 a.m. Feb. 23, Our Lady of Guadalupe Church; interment at North Kern District Cemetery, Delano. Delano Mortuary.
Janice Marie Vontz, 73, Buttonwillow, Feb. 5. Visitation 7 p.m. Feb. 11, St. Mary's Catholic Church, Buttonwillow; service 10:30 a.m. Feb. 12, St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church. Doughty-Calhoun-O'Meara Funeral Directors.
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