Obituaries for Wednesday, Dec. 13

AMBRIZ — Victoria Ambriz, 75, of Orange Cove died Dec. 9. She was a homemaker. Service: 10 a.m. Dec. 14 at Bethesda Church. Arrangements: Sterling & Smith Funeral Home in Dinuba.

AVILA — Juan Ybarra Avila, 46, of Porterville died Dec. 8. He was a loader. Visitation: 3 to 7 p.m. Dec. 18 at Myers Chapel. Rosary: 6 p.m. Dec. 18 at the funeral home. Mass: 9 a.m. Dec. 19 at St. Anne’s Church.

BARRERA — Israel Barrera, 57, of Porterville died Dec. 9. He was a forklift driver. Visitation: 3 to 5 p.m. Dec. 15 at Myers Chapel. Private service.

BENNETT — Terrell Joe Bennett, 64, of Fresno died Dec. 7. He was a minister for 40 years. Memorial: 10:30 a.m. Dec. 16 at Campus Bible Church, 222 E. Fountain Way. Remembrance: ACE Overcomers, P.O. Box 734, Merced, CA 95341. Arrangements: Farewell – Clovis Arrangement Center & Crematory.

BETANCOURT — Maria Iracema Betancourt, 34, of Lindsay died Dec. 1. She was a homemaker. Visitation: 3 p.m. Dec. 14 to 6 a.m. Dec. 15 at the Betancourt residence, 1360 E. Fir St. Rosary: 6 p.m. Dec. 14 at the residence. Mass: 10 a.m. Dec. 15 at Sacred Heart Church. Arrangements: Myers Funeral Service & Crematory in Porterville.

BOOK — Jimmy Don Book, 69, of Dinuba died Dec. 8. He was a teacher. Visitation: 5 to 8 p.m. Dec. 15 at Dopkins Funeral Chapel. Celebration of Life: 6 p.m. Dec. 15 at the funeral home.

FERNANDEZ — Frank “Butch” Fernandez Jr., 77, of Madera died Dec. 7. He was a retired meat cutter for Frank’s Market and Save Mart. Visitation: 3 to 6 p.m. Dec. 14 at Jay Chapel. Rosary: 7 p.m. Dec. 14 at the funeral home. Mass: 11 a.m. Dec. 15 at St. Joachim Catholic Church. Remembrance: St. Joachim School, 310 N. I St., Madera, CA 93637.

FISCUS — Deirdre Tiana Fiscus, 42, of Tulare died Dec. 9. She was a social worker. Service: Noon Dec. 16 at New Life Community Church. Arrangements: Jesse E. Cooley Jr. Funeral Service Inc.

GARCIA — Evangelina C. Garcia, 79, of Fresno died Dec. 9. She was a homemaker. Service: 10 a.m. Dec. 18 at Tabernacle of Praise in Sanger. Arrangements: Chapel of the Light Funeral Home.

GRABOW — Tamera Ann Grabow, 47, of Hanford died Dec. 7. She was an office manager. Visitation: 4 to 7 p.m. Dec. 14 at Salser & Dillard Funeral Chapel. Service: 1 p.m. Dec. 15 at Visalia First Christian Reformed Church.

GRAVES — John Timothy Graves II, 27, of Fresno died Dec. 5. He was a laundry dock loader. Visitation: 3 to 8 p.m. Dec. 21 at Jesse E. Cooley Jr. Funeral Chapel. Service: 10 a.m. Dec. 22 at Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church.

HARRIS — George A. Harris, 86, of Coarsegold died Nov. 30. He was a retired police officer. Celebration of Life: 3:30 p.m. Dec. 16 at Coarsegold Community Center. Arrangements: Affordable Direct Cremations.

HERNANDEZ — Logan Hernandez II, 72, of Fresno died Dec. 10. He was a retired carpenter. Service: 11 a.m. Dec. 14 at Chapel of the Light Funeral Home. Rosary: 1:30 p.m. Dec. 14 at St. Helen’s Catholic Church. Mass: 1:45 p.m. Dec. 14 at the church.

KELSEY — Louise Kelsey, 88, of Fresno died Nov. 25. She was a packer for 20 years. Service: 2:30 p.m. Dec. 14 at Chapel of the Light Funeral Home.

KING — Marvin Edward King, 82, of Tulare died Dec. 8. He was a maintenance man. Visitation: 4 to 7 p.m. Dec. 13 at Peers-Lorentzen Funeral Chapel. Graveside: 2 p.m. Dec. 14 at Tulare District Cemetery.

LANCASTER — Susan Lancaster, 53, of Clovis died Dec. 3. She was a homemaker for 29 years. Celebration of Life: 10 a.m. Dec. 16 at CrossCity Christian Church. Arrangements: Chapel of the Light Funeral Home.

MADRIL — Mary Lydia Madril, 74, of Sanger died Nov. 30. She was a homemaker. Graveside: 10 a.m. Dec. 13 at Sanger Cemetery. Arrangements: Reade & Sons Funeral Home.

MCCUISTION — Jayden Anthony McCuistion, 6, of Tulare died Dec. 5. He was a student and the son of Kimberly Parriera and John McCuistion. Visitation: 3 to 7 p.m. Dec. 15 at Salser & Dillard Funeral Chapel. Service: 11 a.m. Dec. 16 at Valley Christian Church. Graveside: 10 a.m. Dec. 18 at Lindsay Cemetery.

MCGEE — Alberta Rabon McGee, 85, of Fresno died Dec. 8. She was retired and had worked as a registered nurse for University Medical Center for 30 years. Visitation: 6 to 9 p.m. Dec. 14 at Wildrose Chapel & Funeral Home. Service: 1 p.m. Dec. 15 at Our Savior’s Lutheran Church. Remembrances: Our Savior’s Lutheran Church, 2101 N. Fruit Ave., Fresno, CA 93705 or American Cancer Society, P.O. Box 22478, Oklahoma City, OK 73123, donate3.cancer.org.

MORRIS — Lyle Harlan Morris, 75, of Selma died Dec. 11. He was a minister for 30 years. Graveside: 11 a.m. Dec. 16 at Mountain View Cemetery. Arrangements: Whitehurst, Sullivan, Burns & Blair Funeral Home.

NEWSOME — Lois Ann Newsome, 88, of Tulare died Dec. 11. She was a homemaker. Visitation: 4 to 7 p.m. Dec. 14 at Peers-Lorentzen Funeral Chapel. Graveside: 9 a.m. Dec. 15 at North Tulare Cemetery.

NICHOLS — Cole Howard Nichols, 23, of Fresno died Dec. 7. He was a surveillance technician. Services to be held at a later date. Arrangements: Affordable Direct Cremations.

PEREZ — Lupe D. Perez, 43, of Reedley died Dec. 8. She was a medical assistant. Visitation: 5 to 7 p.m. Dec. 14 at St. Anthony’s Catholic Church, 1060 F St. Rosary: 6 p.m. Dec. 14 at the church. Mass: 10 a.m. Dec. 15 at the church. Arrangements: Farewell Reedley Arrangement Center.

RABY — James Raby, 58, of Fresno died Dec. 9. He was a dishwasher at Pardini’s. Private service. Arrangements: Affordable Direct Cremations.

SANCHEZ — Maria H. Sanchez, 91, of Pinedale died Dec. 10. She was a homemaker. Visitation: 2 to 6 p.m. Dec. 14 at Serenity Funeral Chapel. Graveside: 10 a.m. Dec. 15 at St. Peter’s Cemetery. Arrangements: Serenity Funeral Services.

SEAQUIST — Denise Christine Seaquist, 66, of Pinedale died Nov. 27. She was a waitress. Memorial: 11 a.m. Dec. 16 at Pinedale Community Church. Arrangements: Affordable Direct Cremations.

SIVONGXAY — Mike Sivongxay, 64, of Fresno died Dec. 8. He was a teacher in Laos for nine years. Visitation: 1 to 3 p.m. Dec. 15 at Chapel of the Light Funeral Home. Traditional Laotian Buddhist Service: 1 p.m. Dec. 16 at the funeral home.

VAUGHAN — Peggy Lee Vaughan, 69, of Fresno died Dec. 9. She was a bookkeeper. Private service. Arrangements: Neptune Society of Central California.

WINTER — Lewis John Winter, 89, of Clovis died Dec. 10. He was a chemical salesman. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Dec. 17 at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 220 N. Peach Ave. Graveside: 9:30 a.m. Dec. 18 at Clovis Cemetery. Memorial: 11 a.m. Dec. 18 at the church. Arrangements: Farewell Funeral Service.

WINTON — James Steven Winton, 79, of Springville died Dec. 2. He was a civil engineer. Celebration of Life: 2 to 6 p.m. Dec. 18 at Porterville Veterans Memorial Building. Arrangements: Myers Funeral Service & Crematory in Porterville.

This story was originally published December 12, 2017 at 3:20 PM with the headline "Obituaries for Wednesday, Dec. 13."