Funeral services for Feb. 21, 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
Mary L. Arburua, 77, Bakersfield, Feb. 14. Greenlawn Southwest Mortuary.
Maria Perez Delgado, 53, Bakersfield, Feb. 18. Greenlawn Southwest Mortuary.
Jesus Vargas Garcia, 69, Bakersfield, Feb. 19. Basham Funeral Care.
Edna Mae Gilbert, 73, Shafter, Feb. 19 in Bakersfield. Peters Funeral Home, Shafter.
Julia Alice Hume, 80, Bakersfield, Feb. 20. Sierra Valley Mortuary, Lake Isabella.
Daniel Postal, 68, Bakersfield, Feb. 19. Basham Funeral Care.
Venita Ann Thomas, 56, Bakersfield, Feb. 17. Kern River Family Mortuary, Oildale.
Services scheduled
Ernest B. Carabajal, 89, Bakersfield, Feb. 15. Visitation 5 to 9 p.m. with rosary 7 p.m. Feb. 28, Basham Funeral Care; Mass 10 a.m. March 1, Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church; interment at Hillcrest Memorial Park. Basham Funeral Care.
Ethel L. Conley, 88, Merced, Feb. 14. Graveside service 10 a.m. Greenlawn Cemetery, Bakersfield. Wilson Family Funeral Chapel, Atwater.
Donald George Estrada, 63, Bakersfield, Feb. 18. Service 10 a.m. Feb. 21, St. Joseph Catholic Church. Doughty-Calhoun-O'Meara Funeral Directors.
Jose Gonzales, Jr., 67, Bakersfield, Feb. 19. Visitation 9 a.m. with rosary and Mass 10 a.m. Feb. 28, St. Joseph Catholic Church; graveside service 12:30 p.m. Feb. 28, Bakersfield National Cemetery. Basham Funeral Care.
Manuel Graciano, 44, Bakersfield, Feb. 16. Service 3 to 8 p.m. Feb. 23, Hillcrest Memorial Chapel. Hillcrest Memorial Park & Mortuary.
Lovie Jean Herin, 85, Tehachapi, Feb. 17. Graveside service 10 a.m. Feb. 23, Tehachapi Public Cemetery. Wood Family Funeral Service, Tehachapi.
Fletter Johnson, 91, Bakersfield, Feb. 12. Visitation 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. with meditation 6 p.m. Feb. 21, The Chapel of Rucker's Mortuary; service 11 a.m. Feb. 22, Church of God; private interment. Rucker's Mortuary.
Pedro Leal, 81, Lamont, Feb. 18 in Arvin. Visitation 4 to 7 p.m. with rosary 6 p.m. Feb. 24, Greenlawn Southwest Mortuary; service 9 a.m. Feb. 25, St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church. Greenlawn Southwest Mortuary.
Phyllis "Felicitas" Q. Mendoza, 83, Delano, Feb. 16. Visitation 4 to 8 p.m. March 7, Delano Mortuary; rosary and Mass 10 a.m. March 8, St. Mary's Church, Delano. Delano Mortuary.
Miguel Gonzalez Murillo, 73, Bakersfield, Feb. 18. Visitation 5 to 9 p.m. with rosary 6 p.m. Feb. 28, Basham Funeral Care; Mass 1:30 p.m. March 1, Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church; interment at Greenlawn Cemetery. Basham Funeral Care.
Jose Puente, 87, Wasco, Feb. 19. Visitation 2 to 5 p.m. with rosary 6 p.m. Feb. 21, Peters Funeral Home; interment at Puerta Del Monte, Guanajuato, Mexico. Peters Funeral Home, Wasco.
Ray William Raymond, Sr., 74, Bakersfield, Feb. 20. Service 11 a.m. Feb. 26, Doughty-Calhoun-O'Meara Chapel. Doughty-Calhoun-O'Meara Funeral Directors.
Linda Fay Robeson, 64, Bakersfield, Feb. 16. Service 1:15 p.m. Feb. 22, Bakersfield National Cemetery. Doughty-Calhoun-O'Meara Funeral Directors.
Noe Salazar, 70, Bakersfield, Feb. 16. Visitation 9 a.m. Feb. 22, Greenlawn Mortuary; service 10 a.m. Feb. 22, Greenlawn Mortuary. Greenlawn Mortuary.
Mary Louise "Van Worth" Van Schuyver, 84, Bakersfield, Feb. 18. Service 10 a.m. Feb. 25, Greenlawn Southwest Memorial Chapel. Greenlawn Southwest Mortuary.
Barbara Elizabeth Shanahan, 57, Tehachapi, Feb. 14. Graveside service 10 a.m. Feb. 21, Tehachapi Public Cemetery. Wood Family Funeral Service, Tehachapi.
Betty L. Wells, 94, Bakersfield, Feb. 16. Service 1 p.m. Feb. 23, Kingdom Hall of Jehovah Witness. Hillcrest Memorial Park & Mortuary.
Margaret J. Wyatt, 98, Lemoore, Feb. 15. Graveside service 2 p.m. Feb. 25, Hillcrest Memorial Park. Hillcrest Memorial Park & Mortuary.
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