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Visitation 5 to 9 p.m., with wake at 7 p.m., March 26, Basham Funeral Care; funeral service 11:30 a.m. March 27, Basham Funeral Care, with committal service at 2 p.m., Bakersfield National Cemetery. Basham Funeral Care.Julian Paul Calderon, 93, Bakersfield, March 16. Prayer service 10 a.m. March 31, St. Joseph Catholic Church, with committal service at 12:30 p.m., Bakersfield National Cemetery. Basham Funeral Care.Victoria Lynn Carabajal, 56, Bakersfield, March 15 in Los Angeles. Visitation 10 to 11 a.m., with rosary at 10:30 a.m., followed by a prayer service at 11 a.m., March 31, Basham Funeral Care Chapel; Interment to follow at Hillcrest Memorial Park. Basham Funeral Care.SERVICES PENDINGGenaro Mendez Aparicio, 60, Bakersfield, March 23. Mission Family Mortuary.Ralph D. Clarke, 72, Bakersfield, March 23. Basham Funeral Care.Jerry Dean Flores, 51, Bakersfield, March 23. Bakersfield Funeral Home.Wilfredo Santiago Francisco, Sr., 63, Delano, March 21. Delano Mortuary.Jacquelyn Sue Hannum, 66, Bakersfield, March 20. Doughty-Calhoun-O’Meara Funeral Directors.Brenda Sue Hill, 54, Bakersfield, March 11. Mission Family Mortuary.Redford Hutson, 82, Bakersfield, March 21 in Fresno, CA. Tinkler Funeral Chapel & Crematory.Albert Louis King, 30, Bakersfield, March 17. Jesse E. Cooley, Jr. Funeral Services.Richard F. Lemucchi, 94, Bakersfield, March 24. Greenlawn Funeral Home.George McGowan, 50, Bakersfield, March 23. Basham Funeral Care.Evelyn Richardson, 50, Bakersfield, March 24. Basham Funeral Care.Elvira Solorio, 79, Delano, March 23. Delano Mortuary.Jessica Annette Solorzano, 32, Arvin, March 21 in Van Nuys. Arvin Funeral Home.Steffon D. Townsend, 49, Bakersfield, March 18. Jesse E. Cooley, Jr. Funeral Services.TO OUR READERSThe Californian provides free listings of pending services using information supplied by local mortuaries. Services scheduled and the in-depth notices that follow are paid obituaries and remembrances. These listings must be purchased by 3 p.m. To place an Obituary or In Loving Memory, call 395-7302. Full...

She was a homemaker. Services were held. Arrangements: Stephens and Bean Funeral Chapel. ADAMS — James Sylvester Adams, 98, of Coarsegold died March 29. He was a machinist for the motion picture industry. No services will be held. Arrangements: Neptune Society of Central California.AMADOR — Jesus Adrian Amador, 22, of Huron died March 27. He was a self-employed mechanic. Rosary: 6 p.m. March 31 at St. Francis Cabrini Catholic Church. Mass: 10 a.m. April 1 at the church. Arrangements: Bynum’s Pleasant Valley Mortuary in Avenal.BAEZ BERRELLEZA — Bernabe Baez Berrelleza, 76, of Selma died March 22. He was a farmworker. Visitation: 5 to 8 p.m. March 31 at Reade and Sons Chapel. Service: 6 p.m. March 31 at the funeral home. BALENTINE — Betty L. Balentine, 85, of Dinuba died March 23. She was the owner of a house cleaning business. Graveside: 10 a.m. April 1 at Smith Mountain Cemetery. Arrangements: Farewell Reedley Arrangement Center.BEDELL — Lisa Kramer Bedell, 65, of Clovis died March 25. She was a marriage and family therapist for 20 years. Memorial: 1 p.m. April 1 at Spiritual Life Center. Remembrance: Spiritual Life Center, 1521 Tollhouse Road, Suite B, Clovis, CA 93611. Arrangements: Boice Funeral Home.BESHWATE — Louise Beshwate, 93, of Exeter died March 24. She was a homemaker. Private service. Arrangements: Smith Family Chapel.BETTENCOURT — Leland Allen Bettencourt, 78, of Fresno died March 22. He was a retired firefighter. Graveside: 11 a.m. April 1 at Fresno Memorial Gardens. Arrangements: Lisle Funeral Home.BOEVE — Karen Yvonne Boeve, 49, of Visalia died March 23. She was a retail demonstrator. Visitation: 4 to 6 p.m. April 6 at Salser & Dillard Funeral Chapel. Graveside: 1 p.m. April 7 at Woodville Cemetery. BOHIGIAN — Joanne Bohigian, 82, of Fresno died March 27. She was a retail sales clerk for Gottschalks for 24 years. Visitation: 5 to 8 p.m. April 6 at Farewell Funeral Service. Celebration of Life: 10:30 a.m. April 8 at the funeral home. Remembrances: Fresno Rescue Mission, 310 G St., Fresno, CA 93706 or Marja...

Donald Gene Thomas Sr., 74, of Paris, Tennessee, died Wednesday, March 1, 2017, at the Paris Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center in Paris.He was born Dec. 12, 1942, in Hazel, Kentucky, to Charles Cooper Thomas and Hinda Hopkins Thomas.He was member of Temple Baptist Church, where he was a deacon and Sunday school teacher. He was a retired self-employed drywall contractor.Donald was an avid fan of the University of Kentucky Wildcats basketball team. His life consisted of work, church and family.In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a brother, Charles Thomas, and a grandchild, William Thomas.Mr. Thomas is survived by his wife, Joyce Cooper Thomas, whom he married on May 26, 1962; two daughters, Shannon Parra and husband Jesse of Trenton, Tennessee, and Donna Kilpatrick and husband Allen of Brentwood, Tennessee; two sons, Donald Thomas Jr. and wife Ellen of Ann Arbor, Michigan, and Andy Thomas and wife Mandy of Paris; one sister, Faye Cherry of Hazel; and his grandchildren, Eli Thomas, Mason Thomas, Taylor Thomas, Jacob Thomas, David Thomas, Robert Rayburn, Ryan Kilpatrick, Ereann Kilpatrick and Cameron Kilpatrick.The funeral service will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, March 4, 2017, in LeDon Chapel of Ridgeway Funeral Home of Paris, with Gerald Scott and Craig Peevyhouse officiating. Burial will follow in Hillcrest Memorial Park. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Friday, March 3, 2017, and after 10 a.m. on Saturday, March 4, 2017, at the funeral home.His grandchildren will serve as pallbearers.Ridgeway Funeral Home of Paris, Tennessee, is in charge of arrangements.Thomas David McNeely Tom McNeely, 77, went to be with the Lord on Monday, Feb. 27, 2017, after a struggle with cancer.  Born May 1, 1939, in Indianapolis, Indiana, Tom was raised in a loving home surrounded by family and friends in Lynn Grove, Kentucky. After high school, he attended Murray State University and later Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas, where his basketball career included an appearance in the NCAA basketball tournament. Over the y...