Funeral services for March 11, 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
Stella Mae Bickerstaff, 81, Mountain Mesa, March 7. Hillcrest Memorial Park & Mortuary.
Esteban P. Hidalgo, 65, Arvin, March 9. Arvin Funeral Home.
Mary I. Kuzminski, 96, Bakersfield, March 9. Greenlawn Mortuary.
James Gregory Meacham, 81, Bakersfield, March 7. Hillcrest Memorial Park & Mortuary.
Jack Hubert Pettijohn, 80, Bakersfield, March 6. Hillcrest Memorial Park & Mortuary.
Manuel De La Rosa Sr., 82, Buttonwillow, March 10. Doughty-Calhoun-O'Meara Funeral Directors.
Donald Allen Shaw, 78, Bakersfield, March 8. Hillcrest Memorial Park & Mortuary.
Janie L. Toy, 78, Bakersfield, March 9. Greenlawn Southwest Mortuary.
Services scheduled
Feliciana Chavez, 93, Lamont, March 9. Visitation 4 to 7 p.m., rosary 6 p.m., March 14, Greenlawn Southwest Mortuary. Service 10 a.m. March 15, St. Augustine Church in Lamont. Greenlawn Southwest Mortuary.
Helen Myres Dirks-Lindsey, 94, Bakersfield, March 6. Visitation 3 to 6 p.m., meditation 6 to 7 p.m. March 12, The Chapel of Rucker's Mortuary. Service 10:30 a.m. March 13, Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church, 805 California Ave. Interment Hillcrest Memorial Park. Rucker's Mortuary.
Marion J. Simpson, 87, Bakersfield, March 8. Service 2 p.m. March 15, graveside Greenlawn Memorial Park. Greenlawn Mortuary.
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