Funeral services for Jan. 31, 2013
By The Bakersfield Californian
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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
Henrietta Paz Perez, 72, Tehachapi, Jan. 27 in Arvin. Neptune Society Cremation.
Services pending
Thomas Marlin Allen, 69, Bakersfield, Jan. 26. Beloved Care Funeral Services.
Vernon L. Chappel, 56, Bakersfield, Jan. 27. Beloved Care Funeral Services.
Betty L. Duffel, 75, Bakersfield, Jan. 30. Kern River Family Mortuary, Oildale.
Charlie Honeycutt, 79, Tehachapi, Jan. 28. Wood Family Funeral Service, Tehachapi.
Jose Plasencia Juarez, 75, Bakersfield, Jan. 30. Mission Family Mortuary.
Akemia S. Paige, 2, Bakersfield, Jan. 25. Beloved Care Funeral Services.
David Perales, Jr., 76, Bakersfield, Jan. 29. Basham Funeral Care.
Bernard F. Pichelmann, 90, Bakersfield, Jan. 29. Kern River Family Mortuary, Oildale.
Services scheduled
Steven Edward Adams, 23, Bakersfield, Jan. 24. Visitation 1 to 5 p.m. Jan. 31, Mission Family Mortuary; service 1 p.m. Feb. 1, Greenlawn Cemetery. Mission Family Mortuary.
Santos Nino Aleman, 101, Bakersfield, Jan. 27. Visitation 5 to 9 p.m. with rosary 7 p.m. Feb. 5, Basham Funeral Care; Mass 10 a.m. Feb. 6, Saint Augustine Catholic Church; interment at Hillcrest Memorial Park. Basham Funeral Care.
June Arnold, 80, Bakersfield, Jan. 27. Private services. Basham Funeral Care.
Barbara Lee Barnhart, 62, Bakersfield, Jan. 27. Private services. Basham Funeral Care.
David Lynn Bennett, 61, Bakersfield, Jan. 23 in Los Angeles. Memorial service 12:30 p.m. Feb. 2, at 919 Grace St. Kern River Family Mortuary, Oildale.
Bennie Brown, 85, Bakersfield, Jan. 23. Visitation 3 to 7 p.m. Jan. 31, Jesse Cooley Funeral Home; service 11 a.m. Feb. 1, Saint Memorial Church of God in Christ; interment at Shafter Cemetery. Jesse E. Cooley, Jr. Funeral Services.
Gilbert T. Diaz, 85, Modesto, Jan. 26. Visitation 5 to 7 p.m. Feb. 1, St. John Baptist Church; service 10 a.m. Feb. 2, St. John's Baptist Church. Hillcrest Memorial Park & Mortuary.
Carolyn (Carol) Sue Frideres, 67, Taft, Jan. 29. Memorial service 3 p.m. Feb. 2, The Historic Fort, Taft. Erickson & Brown Funeral Home, Taft.
Phyllis Benzel Goff, 86, Merced, Jan. 26. Service noon Feb. 1, Mish Funeral Home Chapel. Mish Funeral Home.
Douglas Steve Gunter, 48, Taft, Jan. 27 in Bakersfield. Visitation 3 to 8:30 p.m. Jan. 31, Erickson & Brown Funeral Home; graveside service 10 a.m. Feb. 1, West Side District Cemetery, Taft. Erickson & Brown Funeral Home, Taft.
Bobby Brinal Harper, 78, Bakersfield, Jan. 29. Service 10 a.m. Feb. 4, Hillcrest Chapel. Hillcrest Memorial Park & Mortuary.
Jerry Dale Hillis, 62, Caliente, Jan. 24. Graveside service 1:15 p.m. Feb. 1, Bakersfield National Cemetery. Kern River Family Mortuary, Oildale.
Hayel Yacoub Nesheiwat, 63, Bakersfield, Jan. 30. Visitation 4 to 7 p.m. Feb. 1, Greenlawn Chapel; service 1 p.m. Feb. 2, Greenlawn Celebration of Life Chapel; interment at Greenlawn Southwest Cemetery. Greenlawn Southwest Mortuary.
John D. Sanders, 72, Bakersfield, Jan. 23. Visitation 3 to 7 p.m. Jan. 31, Jesse Cooley Funeral Home Chapel; service 10 a.m. Feb. 1, St. Peter Restoration Community Christian Ministries Baptist Church; interment at Union Cemetery. Jesse E. Cooley, Jr. Funeral Service.
Oscar Lee Sims, 86, Bakersfield, Jan. 25. Service 11 a.m. Jan. 31, Lamont Assembly of God Church. Mission Family Mortuary.
Otis Lee Taylor, Jr., 28, Bakersfield, Jan. 20. Visitation 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. with meditation 7 p.m. Jan. 31, The Chapel of Rucker's Mortuary; service 11 a.m. Feb. 1, Seventh-day Adventist Church, 1330 3rd St.; interment at Union Cemetery. Rucker's Mortuary.
Wayne "Sonny" Wallace, 87, Bakersfield, Jan. 18. Service 10 a.m. Feb. 1, Bakersfield National Cemetery. Doughty-Calhoun-O'Meara Funeral Directors.
LaRoda W. Wilkerson, 91, Bakersfield, Jan. 25. Visitation 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Jan. 31, The Chapel of Rucker's Mortuary; graveside service 2 p.m. Feb. 1, Union Cemetery. Rucker's Mortuary.
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