Obituaries for Wednesday, Oct. 18

ALLEN — Barbara Hamill Allen, 94, of Fresno died Oct. 12. She was a homemaker. No services will be held. Arrangements: Neptune Society of Central California.

AMBROSE — Anne Marie Theresa Ambrose, 56, of Fresno died Oct. 15. She was the owner of Ambrose Veterinary Hospital. Private service. Arrangements: Farewell Funeral Service.

ANTON — Charles B. Anton Jr., 90, of Fresno died Oct. 13. He was a produce manager for Safeway for 30 years. Services were held. Arrangements: Chapel of the Light Funeral Home.

AVINA — Santos A. Avina, 81, of Sanger died Oct. 12. He was an owner and operator of Avina Brothers Trucking. Visitation: 5 to 9 p.m. Oct. 19 at Wallin’s Sanger Funeral Home. Rosary: 7 p.m. Oct. 19 at the funeral home. Mass: 9 a.m. Oct. 20 at St. Mary’s Catholic Church, 12050 E. North Ave.

BEWLEY — Lester Bewley, 86, of Clovis died Oct. 12. He was a foreman of a fire sprinkler company. Visitation: 4 to 7 p.m. Oct. 19 at Boice Funeral Home Chapel. Graveside: 10 a.m. Oct. 20 at Clovis Cemetery.

BRADHURST — Jeff Bradhurst, 56, of Clovis died Oct. 11. He was a carpenter. Private service. Arrangements: Affordable Direct Cremations.

CLAY — Derrick D. Clay, 42, of Clovis died Oct. 10. He was a counselor. Visitation: 4 to 7 p.m. Oct. 18 at Clovis Funeral Chapel. Service: 11 a.m. Oct. 19 at the funeral home.

GIBBS — Deanna R. Gibbs, 53, of Visalia died Oct. 7. She was an office manager. Services to be held at a later date. Arrangements: Evans Miller Guinn Chapel.

GUNTNER — LeRoy H. Guntner, 92, of Fresno died Oct. 13. He was a dentist for 40 years. No services will be held. Arrangements: Chapel of the Light Funeral Home.

HAMMACK-STEELE — Florence Rosa Hammack-Steele, 93, of Fresno died Oct. 14. She was a homemaker. Graveside: 1 p.m. Oct. 23 at Smith Mountain Cemetery in Dinuba. Remembrance: Disabled American Veterans, P.O. Box 14301, Cincinnati, OH 45250. Arrangements: Farewell Funeral Service.

JOHNSON — Michael Ray Johnson, 28, of Porterville died Oct. 5. Private service. Arrangements: Myers Funeral Service & Crematory.

KATUIN — Ruth LaVonne Katuin, 92, of Madera Ranchos died Oct. 15. She was a retired food service employee for Fresno Unified School District at Holland School. Visitation: 2 to 8 p.m. Oct. 20 at Jay Chapel. Graveside: 9 a.m. Oct. 23 at Arbor Vitae Cemetery. Service: 10 a.m. Oct. 21 at Trinity Lutheran Church of Madera. Remembrances: Trinity Lutheran Church of Madera, 1125 N. Lake St., Madera, CA 93638; The Alzheimer’s Association, P.O. Box 96011, Washington, D.C. 20090; donor’s favorite charity.

KIEHL — Jean W. Kiehl, 88, of Fresno died Oct. 5. She was a junior and senior high school and Fresno State physical education teacher. Graveside: 11 a.m. Oct. 21 at Belmont Memorial Park. Memorial: 1 p.m. Oct. 21 at The Terraces at San Joaquin Gardens. Remembrances: Nancy Hinds Hospice, 2490 W. Shaw Ave., Suite 101, Fresno, CA 93711 or American Cancer Society, 2222 W. Shaw Ave., Suite 201, Fresno, CA 93711. Arrangements: Stephens & Bean Chapel.

KROEKER — James Alan Kroeker Sr., 52, of Reedley died Oct. 7. He was a truck driver. Memorial: 2 p.m. Oct. 21 at Reedley Mennonite Brethren Church. Arrangements: Serenity Funeral Services.

LUON — Sopheap Luon, 36, of Nicholasville, Kentucky, formerly of Fresno, died Oct. 10. She was a nail technician. Visitation: 1 to 3 p.m. Oct. 20 at Chapel of the Light Funeral Home. Traditional Cambodian Service: 1 p.m. Oct. 21 at the funeral home.

MARISCAL — Antonio Mariscal, 81, of Parlier died Oct. 14. He was a maintenance worker. Visitation: 9:30 to 10 a.m. Oct. 19 at Church of God of Parlier. Service: 10 a.m. Oct. 19 at the church. Arrangements: Dopkins Reedley Funeral Chapel.

MARTINEZ — Ted Garcia Martinez, 83, of Huron died Oct. 6. He was a maintenance technician. Visitation: 5 to 7 p.m. Oct. 22 at Bynum’s Pleasant Valley Mortuary Chapel in Avenal. Mass: 10 a.m. Oct. 23 at St. Francis Catholic Church.

MONTEZ — Ricardo Montez, 58, of Fresno died Sept. 28. He was a gardener. Services were held. Arrangements: Reade and Sons Funeral Home.

OCHOA-GARCIA — Jaime Ochoa-Garcia, 57, of Parlier died Oct. 7. He was a forklift operator. Visitation: 9 to 10 a.m. Oct. 20 at Wallin’s Parlier Funeral Home. Chapel Service: 10 a.m. Oct. 20 at the funeral home.

PEARSON — Phillip A. Pearson, 93, of Fresno died Oct. 3. He was a civil engineer of dam and highway construction globally. Graveside: 11 a.m. Oct. 20 at Clovis Cemetery District. Arrangements: Chapel of the Light Funeral Home.

RASCON — Jose Ramon Rascon, 82, of Fresno died Oct. 11. He was a farm foreman. Visitation: 9 to 10:30 a.m. Oct. 20 at St. Mary Queen of the Apostles Catholic Church. Rosary: 10:30 a.m. Oct. 20 at the church. Mass: 11 a.m. Oct. 20 at the church. Arrangements: Chapel of the Light Funeral Home.

RIVERA — Jose Maria Rivera, 37, of Fresno died Oct. 7. Visitation: 5 to 8 p.m. Oct. 18 at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church. Rosary: 6 p.m. Oct. 18 at the church. Mass: 11 a.m. Oct. 19 at the church. Arrangements: Reade and Sons Funeral Home.

RODRIGUEZ — Mark Rodriguez, 58, of Sanger died Oct. 16. He was a food service technician. Visitation: 5 to 7 p.m. Oct. 22 at Wallin’s Sanger Funeral Home and 10 a.m. Oct. 23 at Bethel Community Church. Service: 10 a.m. Oct. 23 at the church.

TATE — Flordia Cathryn Tate, 83, of Fresno died Oct. 9. She was a social worker. Visitation: 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Oct. 21 at Jesse E. Cooley Jr. Chapel. Service: 10 a.m. Oct. 23 at the funeral home.

THIESSEN — Jerry Wayne Thiessen, 62, of Clovis died Oct. 15. He was a security guard. Graveside: 1 p.m. Oct. 23 at Kingsburg Cemetery. Arrangements: Creighton Memorial Chapel.

TRAN — Sonny A. Tran, 35, of Fresno died Oct. 13. He was a homemaker for six years. Visitation: 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Oct. 20 at Chapel of the Light Funeral Home. Service: 9 a.m. Oct. 22 at the funeral home.

TREVINO — Juan Trevino, 69, of Fresno died Oct. 12. He was an automotive mechanic. Rosary: 6 p.m. Oct. 23 at Palm La Paz Funerals & Cremations. Graveside: 10 a.m. Oct. 24 at Sanger Cemetery.

VILLARREAL — Olga Lydia Villarreal, 46, of Dinuba died Oct. 6. She was a nurse’s assistant. Visitation: 1 to 9 p.m. Oct. 19 at Sterling & Smith Funeral Home. Service: 11 a.m. Oct. 20 at the funeral home.

WALTERS — Patricia Ann Walters, 71, of Visalia died Oct. 16. She was an insurance agent. Private service. Arrangements: Salser & Dillard Funeral Chapel.

WHITE — Sonia Annette White, 76, of Clovis died Oct. 9. She was a food service worker. Graveside: 10 a.m. Oct. 18 at Clovis Cemetery. Arrangements: Clovis Funeral Chapel.

WOODS — Billy Woods Jr., 57, of Dinuba died Oct. 11. He was a truck driver. Graveside: 11 a.m. Oct. 19 at Smith Mountain Cemetery. Arrangements: Dopkins Funeral Chapel.

WYNN — Gary Allen Wynn, 67, of Fresno died Oct. 3. He was a third grade teacher at Fresno Unified School District for 38 years. Memorial: 11 a.m. Oct. 21 at Whitehurst, Sullivan, Burns & Blair Funeral Home. Remembrances: Pancreatic Cancer Action Network, 1500 Rosecrans Ave., Suite 200, Manhattan Beach, CA 90266 or Valley PBS, 1544 Van Ness Ave., Fresno, CA 93721.

This story was originally published October 17, 2017 at 3:30 PM with the headline "Obituaries for Wednesday, Oct. 18."