Obituaries for Thursday, March 12

AGUILAR — Arnulfo Tarango Aguilar, 54, of Fresno died March 1. He was a landscaper. Visitation: 10 to 11 a.m. March 14 at Church of Living Water. Service: 11 a.m. March 14 at the church. Arrangements: Serenity Funeral Services.

BRETZ — Carolyn Bretz, 70, of Porterville died March 5. She was a vice president of banking. Services to be held at a later date. Arrangements: Myers Funeral Service & Crematory.

CHAMBERS — Mary E. Chambers, 92, of Fresno died Feb. 26. She was a retired PBX operator. No services will be held. Arrangements: Cremation Society of Central California.

CRUNK — Wilma Lenora Crunk, 98, of Fresno died March 8. She was a homemaker. Visitation: 5 to 8 p.m. March 13 at Jesse E. Cooley Jr. Chapel. Service: 11 a.m. March 14 at Second Baptist Church.

FIKE — Marion Potter Fike, 100, of Fresno died March 7. He was a custodian for Fresno Unified School District for 27 years. Memorial: 4 p.m. March 14 at New Life Community Church. Remembrance: Valley Caregiver Resource Center, 3845 N. Clark St., Suite 201, Fresno, CA 93726. Arrangements: Chapel of the Light Funeral Home.

GABRIELSON — Lona Ellen Gabrielson, 67, of Corcoran died March 5. She was a homemaker. Visitation: 2 to 6 p.m. March 15 at Bledsoe Family Peoples Funeral Chapel. Celebration of Life: 10 a.m. March 16 at the chapel.

GONZALEZ — Lino Gonzalez, 88, of Orosi died Feb. 26. He was a farmworker. Services were held. Arrangements: Dopkins Funeral Chapel in Dinuba.

GRIFFITH — Robert Edward Griffith, 86, of Fresno died March 7. He was a garage supervisor. Visitation: 4 to 7 p.m. March 12 at Wallin’s Sanger Funeral Home. Graveside: 2 p.m. March 13 at Sanger Cemetery. Memorial: 3 p.m. March 13 at the funeral home. Remembrance: American Cancer Society, 2222 W. Shaw Ave., Suite 201, Fresno, CA 93711.

HIBDON — Melba Hibdon, 70, of Nuevo, formerly of Madera, died March 8. She was a home caretaker. Visitation: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. March 13 at Jay Chapel. Graveside: 2 p.m. March 13 at Arbor Vitae Cemetery.

JACKSON — Esther Elizabeth Jackson, 97, of Fresno died March 6. She was a retired bookkeeper. No services will be held. Arrangements: Neptune Society of Central California.

KREIGHBAUM — Jerry Ray Kreighbaum, 69, of Firebaugh died March 4. He was a cotton gin supervisor. Memorial: 11 a.m. March 12 at Firebaugh Community Center. Arrangements: Neptune Society of Central California.

LIVELY — Dora Mary Lively, 91, of Fresno died March 9. She was a retired college secretary. Mass: 1 p.m. March 13 at Sacred Heart Church. Arrangements: Lisle Funeral Home.

LONG — Marlene J. Long, 82, of Fresno died March 6. She was a homemaker for 60 years. Service: 9 a.m. March 14 at Chapel of the Light Funeral Home. Remembrance: Donor’s favorite charity.

LOWE — Nedra Lowe, 94, of Fresno died March 6. She was a homemaker. Graveside: 10 a.m. March 13 at Clovis Cemetery. Arrangements: Clovis Funeral Chapel.

MARTINEZ — James Vincent Martinez, 55, of Firebaugh died Feb. 26. He was a carpenter. Memorial: 11 a.m. March 14 at United Methodist Church. Arrangements: Affordable Direct Cremations in Fresno.

POORE — Vivian Naomi Poore, 87, of Citrus Heights, formerly of Fresno, died March 9. She was a PBX operator for the Santa Fe Railroad. Visitation: 2 to 6 p.m. March 13 at Stephens & Bean Chapel. Graveside: 11 a.m. March 14 at Belmont Memorial Park.

ROSE — Donald Patrick Rose, 52, of Clovis died March 8. He was a network technician. Private service. Arrangements: Neptune Society of Central California.

SETO — Leroy Hiromi Seto, 74, of Fresno died March 9. He was a warehouse beverage supervisor and farmer. Memorial: 10 a.m. March 15 at Lisle Funeral Home.

SHERWOOD — Robert Lee Sherwood, 82, of Clovis died March 8. He was a retired Chief Master Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. No services will be held. Arrangements: Affordable Direct Cremations.

THARP — Carol Rae Tharp, 70, of Springville died March 8. She was a homemaker. Service: 11 a.m. March 17 at Myers Chapel in Porterville.

THURLOW — Douglas Gerald Thurlow, 79, of Fresno died March 3. He was an engineer. No services will be held. Arrangements: Reade & Sons Funeral Home.

TORRENCE — William Torrence, 95, of Tulare died March 9. He was a farm laborer. Visitation: Noon to 8 p.m. March 19 at Peers Lorentzen Funeral Home. Service: 10 a.m. March 20 at Mt. Zion Temple.

TORRES — Robert Anthony Torres III, 35, of Porterville died March 5. He was an electrician. Visitation: 4 to 8 p.m. March 12 at Whitehurst-Peters-Loyd Chapel. Service: 11 a.m. March 13 at the chapel.

VELASQUEZ — Francisca D. Velasquez, 87, of Porterville died March 8. She was a homemaker. Visitation: 4 to 7 p.m. March 15 at Myers Chapel. Rosary: 6 p.m. March 15 at the chapel. Mass: 11 a.m. March 16 at St. Anne’s Church.

This story was originally published March 11, 2015 at 5:59 PM with the headline "Obituaries for Thursday, March 12."