Funeral services for Sept. 2
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.
No services
Fred Alan Lee, 68, Bakersfield, Sept. 1. Cherished Memories.
Services pending
Dwain Eldon Breedlove, 77, Bakersfield, Aug. 30. Alma Funeral Home & Crematory.
Edith Merle Buchanan, 99, Bakersfield, Sept. 1. Basham Funeral Care.
Naomi J. Elliott, 84, Bakersfield, Aug. 31. Greenlawn Mortuary.
Kitty Johnson, 55, Aug. 31, Bakersfield. Cherished Memories.
Susan Elizabeth McKowen, 59, Frazier Park, Aug. 28 in Bakersfield. Alma Funeral Home & Crematory.
Virginia Medrano, 61, Bakersfield. Aug. 31. Greenlawn Mortuary.
Services scheduled
Carol Ann Bumerts, 69, Bakersfield, Aug. 13 in Redwood Village. Celebration of life 11 a.m. Sept. 8, St. John's Lutheran Church. Neptune Society.
Benjamin Castillo, 82, Bakersfield, Aug. 30. Visitation 4 to 8 p.m. Sept. 4, Mish Funeral Home. Funeral service 10 a.m. Sept. 5, Christ the King Catholic Church. Mish Funeral Home.
Maxine Geneva Harding, 78, Bakersfield, Aug. 27. Visitation 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. and meditation 7 to 8 p.m. Sept. 4, chapel of Rucker's Mortuary. Funeral service 11 a.m. Sept. 5, St. John Missionary Baptist Church. Interment, Union Cemetery. Rucker's Mortuary.
Adrian Denise Williams,62, Spokane, Wash., Aug. 26. Funeral service 10 a.m. Sept. 4, St. Peter Restoration Community Christian Ministries. Interment, Union Cemetery. Rucker's Mortuary.
Helen Hawk Windes, 88, Bakersfield, Aug. 19. Service 9 a.m. Sept. 8, First Presbyterian Church. Hillcrest Memorial Park & Mortuary.






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