Funeral services for Dec. 6, 2012
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
Marjorie K. Court, 55, Wofford Heights, Dec. 3. Kern River Family Mortuary, Oildale.
Willie Mae Kellett, 92, Bakersfield, Nov. 25. Mish Funeral Home.
Beverly Snow, 85, Bakersfield, Nov. 29. Mish Funeral Home.
Services pending
Annie Ruth Brizendine, 76, Bakersfield, Dec. 4. Basham Funeral Care.
Nona Brooker, 88, Bakersfield, Dec. 4. Mish Funeral Home.
Otto Frank, 80, Sun Lakes, Ariz., Dec. 1 in Bakersfield. Mish Funeral Home.
Jack Leroy Ogle, 74, Shafter, Dec. 5 in Bakersfield. Peters Funeral Home, Shafter.
Sean Osborne, 42, Bakersfield, Dec. 3. Mish Funeral Home.
Jerry Ramsey, 76, Bakersfield, Dec. 5. Basham Funeral Care.
Gemelia Annette Thompson, 68, Wasco, Dec. 4 in Bakersfield. Rucker's Mortuary.
Frances Torres, 89, Bakersfield, Dec. 5. Mish Funeral Home.
Terrance D. Venus, 19, Bakersfield, Dec. 4. Beloved Care Funeral Services.
Services scheduled
Mason Roy Cook, infant, Bakersfield, Dec. 4. Visitation 6 to 8 p.m. Dec. 7, 7th Standard Pentecostal Church of God; service 10 a.m. Dec. 8, 7th Standard Pentecostal Church of God; interment at Shafter Memorial Park. Kern River Family Mortuary, Oildale.
LaVerne Davis, 80, Bakersfield, Nov. 22. Memorial service 10 a.m. Dec. 7, Greenlawn Chapel; interment at Greenlawn Cemetery. Arvin Funeral Home.
Sandra Ellen Finch, 57, Bakersfield, Nov. 20. Memorial service 11 a.m. Dec. 8, First Presbyterian Church. Mish Funeral Home.
Estella Hering, 90, Bakersfield, Dec. 27. Memorial Service 11 a.m. Dec. 8, Mish Funeral Home Chapel. Mish Funeral Home.
John L. Hubbard III, 66, Bakersfield, Dec. 1. Visitation 1 to 8 p.m. Dec. 6, Mission Family Mortuary; rosary 9:30 a.m. with Mass 10 a.m. Dec. 7, Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church. Mission Family Mortuary.
Leo Johnson Jr., 35, Bakersfield, Nov. 23. Visitation 5 to 8 p.m. Dec. 6, Rising Star Baptist Church; service 10 a.m. Dec. 7, Rising Star Baptist Church; interment at Greenlawn Southwest Cemetery. Beloved Care Funeral Services.
Joaquina (Jackie) Lopez, 77, Bakersfield, Dec. 1. Visitation 4 to 8 p.m. with rosary 6 p.m. Dec. 10, Greenlawn Southwest Celebration of Life Center; service 10 a.m. Dec. 11, St. Francis Church. Greenlawn Southwest Mortuary.
H.W. Mudge, 89, Bakersfield, Dec. 4. Visitation 4 to 7 p.m. Dec. 6, Greenlawn Mortuary; graveside service 11 a.m. Dec. 7, Greenlawn Cemetery. Greenlawn Mortuary.
Gail Yvonne Pedersen, 75, Bakersfield, Dec. 1. Service 1 p.m. Dec. 11, Hillcrest Memorial Chapel. Hillcrest Memorial Park & Mortuary.
Maria Perez, 84, Bakersfield, Dec. 3. Visitation 8:30 a.m. with rosary 9:45 a.m. and Mass 10 a.m. Dec. 13, St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church; interment at Union Cemetery. Basham Funeral Care.
James M. Pride, 33, Bakersfield, Nov. 29. Visitation 9 a.m. with service 10 a.m. Dec. 8, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 5600 Panorama Drive; interment at Greenlawn Cemetery. Kern River Family Mortuary, Oildale.






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