Obituaries for Thursday, July 30

ACOSTA — Jane Acosta, 86, of Sultana died July 25. She was a homemaker. Visitation: 1 to 5 p.m. July 31 at Sterling & Smith Funeral Home in Dinuba. Rosary: 8 a.m. Aug. 1 at St. Catherine’s Catholic Church in Dinuba. Mass: 8:30 a.m. Aug. 1 at the church.

ALOOT — Peding Cases Aloot, 88, of Porterville died July 24. He was a machine operator. Visitation: 4 to 7 p.m. Aug. 2 at Myers Chapel. Rosary: 6 p.m. Aug. 2 at the chapel. Mass: 9 a.m. Aug. 3 at St. Anne’s Church.

BRANSON — Rodney Thomas Branson, 63, of Fresno died July 19. He was an agricultural pest control adviser. Celebration of Life: 10 a.m. July 31 at Mennonite Community Church. Remembrance: Boy and Girls Club of Fresno County, 540 N. Augusta St., Fresno, CA 93701. Arrangements: Yost & Webb Funeral Home.

CASTILLO — Juan Becerra Castillo, 28, of Parlier died July 22. He was a maintenance man. Visitation: 5 to 8 p.m. July 30 at Wallin’s Parlier Funeral Home. Rosary: 6 p.m. July 30 at the funeral home. Mass: 10 a.m. July 31 at Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church.

FOSTER — Ima Marie Foster, 83, of Tulare died July 16. She was an activity director. Memorial: 10 a.m. Aug. 1 at New Life Harvest Church. Arrangements: Sterling & Smith Funeral Home.

GRAJEDA — Alice Grajeda, 69, of Fresno died July 28. She was a homemaker. Visitation: 5 to 7 p.m. July 31 at Cherished Memories Memorial Chapel. Rosary: 7 p.m. July 31 at the chapel.

HAMETT — Mary Katherine “Kathy” Hamett, 84, of Fresno died July 28. She was a homemaker. Visitation: 1 to 1:30 p.m. July 31 at Clovis Funeral Chapel. Service: 1:30 p.m. July 31 at the funeral chapel.

HELLWIG — Scott Alan Hellwig, 54, of Exeter died July 24. He was a business manager. Memorial: 11 a.m. July 31 at Exeter Veterans Memorial Building. Remembrance: Rocky Hill Community Church, 237 N. E St., Exeter, CA 93221. Arrangements: Evans Miller Guinn Exeter Chapel.

JAMES — Karen June James, 52, of Coalinga died July 24. She was an account executive. Visitation: 9 to 11 a.m. July 31 at Yost & Webb Funeral Home. Service: 11 a.m. July 31 at the funeral home.

PEREZ — Isidro Perez, 55, of Parlier died July 23. He was a farm laborer. Visitation: 5 to 8 p.m. Aug. 2 at Wallin’s Parlier Funeral Home. Wake: 6 p.m. Aug. 2 at the funeral home. Service: 10 a.m. Aug. 3 at the funeral home.

POUNDSTONE — Miriam H. Poundstone, 87, of Fresno died July 20. She was a teacher. Service: 11 a.m. Aug. 3 at Myers Chapel in Porterville.

RAGLAND — Alexander Ragland, 62, of Tulare died July 28. He was an irrigation construction worker for two years. Service: 10 a.m. Aug. 3 at Peers Lorentzen Funeral Chapel.

SAMPLE — Herbert Nathaniel Sample, 87, of Auberry died July 25. He was a logger. Service: 11 a.m. Aug. 1 at Auberry First Baptist Church. Arrangements: Clovis Funeral Chapel.

SIMONIC — Carolyn Kathrine Simonic, 94, of Porterville died July 23. She was a music teacher. Rosary: 6 p.m. Aug. 3 at Myers Chapel. Mass: 9 a.m. Aug. 4 at St. Anne’s Church.

SOTO — Jesus Ernesto Soto, 24, of Sanger died July 27. Visitation: 5 to 9 p.m. Aug. 3 at Wallin’s Sanger Funeral Home. Rosary: 7 p.m. Aug. 3 at the funeral home. Mass: 9 a.m. Aug. 4 at St. Mary’s Catholic Church, 828 O St.

THORNTON — Wesley A. Thornton Jr., 60, of Madera died July 26. He was a computer technical engineer for 30 years. Services to be held at a later date. Arrangements: Cremation Society of Central California.

WELSH — Janet Welsh, 63, of Fresno died July 22. She was retired from the IRS. Celebration of Life: 1 p.m. Aug. 2 at 1030 Gettysburg Ave.

This story was originally published July 29, 2015 at 6:02 PM with the headline "Obituaries for Thursday, July 30."