Funeral services for March 3, 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.
No services
Richard Ed Murray, 74, Bakersfield, Feb. 26. Neptune Society Cremation.
Richard E. Polson, 72, Fresno, Feb. 25. Cherished Memories Memorial Chapel Fresno.
Services pending
Ruby Marie Fowler, 99, Shafter, March 2. Peters Funeral Home, Shafter.
Glen Roy Francis, 70, Bakersfield, Feb. 28. Greenlawn Southwest Mortuary.
Services scheduled
Thomas W. Elliot, 92, Bakersfield, Feb. 28. Funeral service 11 a.m. March 8, Hillcrest Memorial Park. Hillcrest Memorial Park & Mortuary.
April Marie Embrey, 23, Bakersfield, Feb. 7. Memorial service 11 a.m. March 4, Cherished Memories Memorial Chapel, 701 34th St., Bakersfield. Cherished Memories Memorial Chapel.
Alvin L. Petris, 68, Bakersfield, Feb. 28. Visitation 4 to 8 p.m., rosary 6 p.m. March 7, Hillcrest Memorial Chapel; funeral service 1 p.m. March 8, Hillcrest Memorial Chapel. Hillcrest Memorial Park & Mortuary.
Marie Elodia Piceno, 51, Fresno, Feb. 25. Visitation 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., services 2 p.m. March 9, Cherished Memories Memorial Chapel, 3000 E. Tulare St., Fresno; private interment. Cherished Memories Memorial Chapel.
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