Funeral services for February 22, 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
Esther Louise Keith, 90, Bakersfield, Feb. 16. Mish Funeral Home.
Michael John Schoger, 76, Bakersfield, Feb. 10. Mish Funeral Home.
Betty Pearl Stark, 47, Bakersfield, Feb. 10. Mish Funeral Home.
Services pending
Charles Robert Bridgford, 71, Bakersfield, Feb. 10. Mish Funeral Home.
Florene M. Canode, 74, Bakersfield, Feb. 18. Kern River Family Mortuary, Oildale.
Margaret Rose Conlin, 95, Tehachapi, Feb. 21. Wood Family Funeral Service, Tehachapi.
Dylan Paul Handy, 21, Bakersfield, Feb. 20. Mission Family Mortuary.
Bobbie Jean Johns, 80, Visalia, Feb. 20 in Fresno. Salser & Dillard Funeral Chapel, Visalia.
Alphus James Kearns, Jr., 92, Bakersfield, Feb. 18. Mish Funeral Home.
Michael Laboca, Jr., 44, Delano, Feb. 20. Lane Family Funeral Home, Delano.
Doris Lewis, 83, Bakersfield, Feb. 20. Basham Funeral Care.
June C. Rosellini, 85, Bakersfield, Feb. 20. Greenlawn Mortuary.
Autumn Rose Vizcarra, 30, Bakersfield, Feb. 16. Mission Family Mortuary.
Neta Rae Weed, 78, Bakersfield, Feb. 20. Kern River Family Mortuary, Oildale.
James E. Wood, 90, Friendswood, Texas, Feb. 20. Greenlawn Southwest Mortuary.
Services scheduled
Louise Anderson, 88, Bakersfield, Feb. 18. Service 2 p.m. Feb. 23, Greenlawn Southwest Mortuary.
Ernest B. Carabajal, 89, Bakersfield, Feb. 15. Visitation 5 to 9 p.m. with rosary 7 p.m. Feb. 28, Basham Funeral Care; Mass 10:30 a.m. March 1, Our Lady of Guadalupe Church; interment at Hillcrest Memorial Park.
Lidia M. Cavazos, 87, Arvin, Feb. 18 in Bakersfield. Visitation and rosary 1 to 9 p.m. Feb. 22, Mission Family Mortuary Greatroom; Mass 10 a.m. March 1, St. Pius X Catholic Church, Weslaso, Texas; burial to follow at Campacuas Cemetery, Mercedes, Texas.
Edna Mae Gilbert, 73, Shafter, Feb. 19 in Bakersfield. Visitation 2 to 8 p.m. Feb. 22, Peters Funeral Home, Shafter; private interment. Peters Funeral Home, Shafter.
Jocelyn Lopez, infant, Delano, Feb. 16. Graveside service 9 a.m. Feb. 22, North Kern District Cemetery, Delano. Lane Family Funeral Home, Delano.
Wayne S. Proctor, 88, Bakersfield, Feb. 18. Memorial service 1 p.m. Feb. 22, Southwest Christian Center. Greenlawn Southwest Mortuary.
Maria Magdalena Reza, 78, Wasco, Feb. 17 in Bakersfield. Service 10 a.m. Feb. 22, Iglesia Del Nazareno, Wasco; burial to follow at Wasco Cemetery.
Venita Ann Thomas, 56, Bakersfield, Feb. 17. Visitation 5 to 8 p.m. Feb. 22, Kern River Family Chapel; graveside service 1 p.m. Feb. 23, Hillcrest Memorial Park.
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