Funeral services for February 1
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
Nancy Mitchell, 89, Bakersfield, Jan. 30. Neptune Society.
Services pending
Diana L. Dargatz, 73, Bakersfield, Jan. 30. Basham Funeral Care.
Ivory Martin, 91, Bakersfield, Jan. 30. Beloved Care Funeral Services.
Fred Miller, 74, Bakersfield, Jan. 30. Beloved Care Funeral Services.
Robert Parker, 81, Bakersfield, Jan. 25. Basham Funeral Care.
Abel Pineda, 67, Bakersfield, Jan. 30. Basham Funeral Care.
Joseph Raymond Simpkins, 18, Bakersfield, Jan. 29. Peters Funeral Home, Shafter.
Barbara Gwen Teague, 81, Bakersfield, Jan. 29. Hopson-Anspach Family Mortuary.
Mary Elizabeth Trammell, 71, Bakersfield, Jan. 29. Basham Funeral Care.
Cinthia Vieyra, 27, Bakersfield, Jan. 28. Greenlawn Southwest Mortuary.
Services scheduled
Elmer Ray Boren, 82, Wasco, Jan. 30 in Bakersfield. Visitation 2 to 8 p.m. Feb. 2, Peters Funeral Home; graveside service noon Feb. 3, Wasco Memorial Park. Peters Funeral Home, Wasco.
The Rev. Shirley Ann Bourbon, 69, Bakersfield, Jan. 28. Visitation 5 to 8 p.m. Feb. 2, Basham Funeral Care Chapel; chapel service 1 p.m. Feb. 3, Basham Funeral Care Chapel; interment at Hillcrest Memorial Park.
Petra Martinez, 85, Arvin, Jan. 26. Visitation 4 to 7 p.m. Feb. 1, Greenlawn Southwest Mortuary; service 2 p.m. Feb. 2, Greenlawn Southwest Mortuary. Greenlawn Southwest Mortuary.
Joel Glenn McNutt, 83, Bakersfield, Jan. 31, Visitation 1 to 5 p.m. Feb. 2, Mission Family Mortuary, Fireside Room; graveside service 10 a.m. Feb. 3, Greenlawn Southwest Cemetery; Mission Family Mortuary.
Margaret "Iona" Miller, 92, Shafter, Jan. 30 in Bakersfield. Visitation 4 to 8 p.m. Feb. 2, Peters Funeral Home; service 10 a.m. Feb. 3, Peters Funeral Home; interment at Shafter Memorial Park. Peters Funeral Home, Shafter.
Patrick Jeremy Ortiz, 24, Bakersfield, Jan. 28. Visitation 9 to 11 a.m. Feb. 3, Doughty-Calhoun-O'Meara; graveside service 1 p.m. Feb. 3, Greenlawn Cemetery. Doughty-Calhoun-O'Meara Funeral Directors.
Guillermo Rosales III, infant, Wasco, Jan. 28. Visitation noon to 8 p.m. with service 2 p.m. Feb. 1, Peters Funeral Home. Peters Funeral Home, Wasco.
Evelyn Sarah Ruse, 82, Bakersfield, Jan. 27. Service 10 a.m. Feb. 4, Truelight Baptist Church, Wasco; private interment. Beloved Care Funeral Services.
Peter Emilio Valadez, 72, Bakersfield, Jan. 28. Visitation 4 to 8 p.m. with rosary 7 p.m. Feb. 2, St. Thomas Catholic Church; Mass 10 a.m. Jan. 3, St. Thomas Catholic Church; interment at Arvin Cemetery. Basham Funeral Care.
Francisco Villanueva, 83, McFarland, Jan. 27 in Bakersfield. Visitation 4 to 8 p.m. with rosary 6 p.m. Feb. 2, Delano Mortuary Chapel; Mass 10 a.m. Feb. 3, St. Elizabeth's Church, McFarland; interment at North Kern District Cemetery, Delano. Delano Mortuary.
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