Funeral services for Feb. 14, 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
Thelma Louise Barton, 87, Bakersfield, Feb. 10. Kern River Family Mortuary, Oildale.
Anna M. Baze, 87, Bakersfield, Feb. 12. Greenlawn Mortuary.
Goldie Dryden, 72, Bakersfield, Feb. 12. Greenlawn Mortuary.
George Edwards, 82, Bakersfield, Feb. 13 in Delano. Lane Family Funeral Home, Delano.
Jennie Alonzo Green, 65, Bakersfield, Feb. 12 in Los Angeles. Kern River Family Mortuary, Oildale.
Winford Cyril Hogan, 89, Bakersfield, Feb. 8. Kern River Family Mortuary, Oildale.
Fletter Johnson, 91, Bakersfield, Feb. 12. Rucker's Mortuary.
Sharon Faye Ladwig, 71, Bakersfield, Feb. 11. Hillcrest Memorial Park & Mortuary.
Edward Truman Ordiway, 76, Bakersfield, Feb. 10. Kern River Family Mortuary, Oildale.
Fracidez Martinez Rubin, 61, Lamont, Feb. 13. Basham Funeral Care.
Leslie Marie Sloan, 27, Bakersfield, Bakersfield, Feb. 11. Greenlawn Southwest Mortuary.
Brad Tingley, 78, Bakersfield, Feb. 13. Greenlawn Southwest Mortuary.
Harry Graham Webster, Sr., 70, Bakersfield, Feb. 12. Kern River Family Mortuary, Oildale.
Jesse Clayton Whitehead, 72, Bakersfield, Feb. 10. Kern River Family Mortuary, Oildale.
Services scheduled
Eulalia Verlene Barns, 77, Tehachapi, Feb. 2. Visitation 1 to 5 p.m. Feb. 16, Jesse Cooley Funeral Chapel; service 10 a.m. to noon Feb. 16, Jesse Cooley Funeral Chapel; private interment. Jesse E. Cooley, Jr. Funeral Service.
James William Fitches, Jr., 75, Los Angeles, Feb. 9. Visitation 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Feb. 17, Mission Family Mortuary; service with Full Military Honors 9:15 a.m. Feb. 18, Bakersfield National Cemetery. Mission Family Mortuary.
Miguel Gutierrez Garcia, 77, Bakersfield, Feb. 11. Visitation 6 to 9 p.m. Feb. 15, Alma Funeral Home Chapel. Alma Funeral Home & Crematory.
Dorothy Ellen Kramer, 86, Bakersfield, Feb. 10. Visitation 1 to 5 p.m. Feb. 15, Mission Family Mortuary; service 11 a.m. Feb. 16, Mission Family Mortuary. Mission Family Mortuary.
Laura Ann Litterell, 90, Oildale, Feb. 11. Graveside service 1:15 p.m. Feb. 14, Bakersfield National Cemetery; church service 3 p.m. Feb. 14, Church of Christ. Mission Family Mortuary.
Wayland Donald Peddy, 74, Bakersfield, Feb. 11. Celebration 11 a.m. Feb. 16, First Pentecostal Church. Basham Funeral Care.
Derell Waymon Roberts, 72, Bakersfield, Jan. 23. Memorial service 6 p.m. Feb. 15, Basham Funeral Care Chapel. Basham Funeral Care.
Viola Ruth Taylor, 79, Bakersfield, Feb. 6. Memorial service 11 a.m. Feb. 16, Coronado Baptist Church. Kern River Family Mortuary, Oildale.
Elva "Jeanie" Jean Wilham, 72, Bakersfield, Feb. 11. Graveside service 11 a.m. Greenlawn Cemetery. Greenlawn Mortuary.






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