Funeral services for Feb. 23
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
Thomas Abernathy, 80, Bakersfield, Feb. 22. Basham Funeral Care.
Wayne Franklin Baker, 78, Bakersfield, Feb. 20. Neptune Society Cremation.
Alisa Sue Bowman Barton, 47, Bakersfield, Feb. 21. Kern River Family Mortuary.
Maria Perez Delgado, 53, Bakersfield, Feb. 18. Greenlawn Southwest Mortuary.
J.R. Locke, 69, Taft, Feb. 21. Erickson & Brown Funeral Home, Taft.
Rudy C. Perez, 73, Bakersfield, Feb. 20. Doughty-Calhoun-O'Meara Funeral Directors.
Trinidad Roa, Jr., 69, El Monte, Feb. 10 in Whittier. White Emerson Mortuary, Whittier.
Reyes Martinez De Torres, 65, McFarland, Feb. 20. Beloved Care Funeral Services.
Autumn Rose Tomberlin Vizcarra, 30, Bakersfield, Feb. 16. Mission Family Mortuary.
Services scheduled
Mary L. Arburua, 77, Bakersfield, Feb. 16. Visitation noon to 1:30 p.m. Feb. 25, Greenlawn Chapel; graveside service 2 p.m. Feb. 25, Greenlawn Southwest Mortuary. Greenlawn Southwest Mortuary.
Nareshbhai Parbhubhai Bhakta, 54, Bakersfield, Feb. 22. Service 11 a.m. Feb. 23, Mish Funeral Home Chapel. Mish Funeral Home.
Leonard James Brown Sr., 73, Bakersfield, Feb. 16. Visitation 1 to 5 p.m. Feb. 25, Mission Family Mortuary; service 12:30 p.m. Feb. 26, Valley Baptist Church. Mission Family Mortuary.
Dylan Paul Handy, 21, Bakersfield, Feb. 20. Visitation 4 to 9 p.m. Feb. 25, Mission Family Mortuary; service 2 p.m. Feb. 26, Mission Family Mortuary. Mission Family Mortuary.
Georgia M. Jackson, 88, Bakersfield, Feb. 14. Visitation 1 to 6 p.m. with meditation 6 p.m. Feb. 24, The Chapel of Rucker's Mortuary; service 11 a.m. Feb. 25, The Chapel of Rucker's Mortuary; interment at Bakersfield National Cemetery. Rucker's Mortuary.
Doris Lewis, 83, Bakersfield, Feb. 20. Graveside service 10 a.m. Feb. 23, Westside District Cemetery, Taft. Basham Funeral Care.
Socorro L. Mendoza, 82, Bakersfield, Feb. 21. Visitation 4 to 8 p.m. with rosary 7 p.m. Feb. 26, Cherished Memories Memorial Chapel; Mass 11 a.m. Feb. 27, Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church, Los Angeles; interment to follow at Resurrection Catholic Cemetery. Cherished Memories Memorial Chapel.
William Walter Nordheim, 93, Bakersfield, Feb. 18. Visitation 4 to 8 p.m. March 2, Hillcrest Mortuary; service 1 p.m. March 3, Hillcrest Memorial Chapel. Hillcrest Memorial Park & Mortuary.






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