Funeral services for Feb. 8, 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
Magdalena Arevalo, 77, Wasco, Feb. 6 in Delano. Peters Funeral Home, Wasco.
Jeffrey Bart Contrell, 45, Bakersfield, Feb. 6 in Shafter. Greenlawn Southwest Mortuary.
Alejandro Gonzalez, 67, Delano, Feb. 5. Lane Family Funeral Home, Delano.
Richard Lee Hicks, 71, Ridgecrest, Feb. 4. Neptune Society Cremation.
Jacqueline Johnson, 90, Loma Linda, Feb. 6. Peters Funeral Home, Shafter.
Josephina Martinez, 57, Bakersfield, Feb. 7. Basham Funeral Care.
Philip Robert Rhodes, 72, Tehachapi, Feb. 4. Wood Family Funeral Service, Tehachapi.
Viola Ruth Taylor, 79, Bakersfield, Feb. 6. Kern River Family Mortuary, Oildale.
Gerald W. Wilson, Jr., 44, Bakersfield, Feb. 7. Greenlawn Southwest Mortuary.
Services scheduled
Bailee-Dheyon Chanise Calhoun, infant, Bakersfield, Jan. 27 in Palo Alto. Service 11 a.m. Feb. 8, St. John Missionary Baptist Church. Interment, Union Cemetery. Rucker's Mortuary.
Gerald "Jerry" Everitt Dyer, 81, Tehachapi, Feb. 1. Service 10 a.m. Feb. 9, Wood Family Funeral Service, Tehachapi; graveside service 2:30 p.m. Feb. 9, Good Shepherd Cemetery, Lancaster. Wood Family Funeral Service, Tehachapi.
Fred Willard Hamlet, 80, Bodfish, Feb. 5. Memorial service 3:30 p.m. Feb. 9, Kingdom of Jehovah's Witnesses, Lake Isabella; graveside service 2 p.m. Feb. 11, Hillcrest Memorial Park. Hillcrest Memorial Park & Mortuary.
Giula Francis Hartzell, 91, Bakersfield, Feb. 4. Visitation 4 to 6 p.m. Feb. 10, Hillcrest Mortuary; service 1 p.m. Feb. 11, Hillcrest Memorial Park. Hillcrest Memorial Park & Mortuary.
Jack Garth Hays, 85, Prescott, Ariz., Feb. 3. Memorial service 1 p.m. Feb. 16, Prescott United Methodist Church, Prescott, Ariz. Heritage Memory Mortuary, Prescott, Ariz.
Janet Elaine Holland, 57, Bakersfield, Jan. 29. Memorial service 10 a.m. Feb. 9, Amazing Grace Tabernacle Grace. Kern River Family Mortuary, Oildale.
Ron L. Lozano, 68, Bakersfield, Jan. 27. Graveside service 2 p.m. Feb. 11, Bakersfield National Cemetery. Doughty-Calhoun-O'Meara Funeral Directors.
Steven Michael, 56, Bakersfield, Feb. 3. Graveside services 10 a.m. Feb. 9, Greenlawn Southwest Mortuary. Greenlawn Southwest Mortuary.
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