Obituaries for Sunday, Aug. 23

AMEZCUA — Balbina Silva Amezcua, 86, of Fresno died Aug. 19. She was a homemaker. Visitation: 6 to 9 p.m. Aug. 24 at Salvation Army Citadel. Viewing: 9 a.m. Aug. 25 at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 5685 N. Cedar Ave. Remembrance: American Cancer Society, 2222 W. Shaw Ave., Fresno, CA 93711, donate.cancer.org. Arrangements: Wildrose Chapel & Funeral Home.

BOGOSIAN — Heron Egoian Bogosian, 93, of Fresno died Aug. 18. She was a homemaker. Graveside: 10 a.m. Aug. 29 at Ararat Armenian Cemetery. Celebration of Life: 11 a.m. Aug. 29 at Pilgrim Armenian Congregational Church. Remembrances: Pilgrim Armenian Congregational Church, 3673 N. First St., Fresno, CA 93726 or Armenian Missionary Association of America, Avedis Paul Bogosian Endowment Fund, 31 W. Century Road, Paramus, NJ 07652. Arrangements: Yost & Webb Funeral Home.

BROWN — Richard Del Brown, 68, of Fresno died Aug. 17. He was a retired conductor with Union Pacific Railroad. Memorial: 10 a.m. Aug. 27 at New Hope Community Church. Arrangements: Chapel of the Light Funeral Home.

CERVANTES — Mingo Cervantes, 72, of Fresno died Aug. 8. He was a musician. Visitation: 9 to 10 a.m. Aug. 26 at St. Paul Catholic Newman Center. Service: 10 a.m. Aug. 26 at the church. Arrangements: Reade and Sons Funeral Home.

CORDERO — Loretta S. Cordero, 64, of Fresno died Aug. 12. She was a custodian. Visitation: 8 to 9:30 a.m. Aug. 25 at Cornerstone Church. Mass: 10:30 a.m. Aug. 25 at St. John’s Church. Arrangements: Reade and Sons Funeral Home.

DAVIS — Perry Davis, 84, of Fresno died Aug. 12. He was a custodian. Visitation: 9 to 10 a.m. Aug. 24 at Clovis Funeral Chapel. Service: 10 a.m. Aug. 24 at the funeral chapel.

DAVIS-VAN DUYN — Judy Davis-Van Duyn, 66, of Clovis died Aug. 16. She was a cattle rancher for 50 years. No services will be held. Arrangements: Boice Funeral Home.

GARCIA — Peter N. Garcia, 57, of Fresno died Aug. 16. He was a commercial bricklayer. Memorial: 11 a.m. Aug. 30 at Fresno County Sportsman’s Club. Arrangements: Fresno Funeral Chapel.

GARCIA — Jacqueline Lucille Garcia, 49, of Fresno died Aug. 10. She was a former state community college police officer. Services to be held at a later date. Arrangements: Neptune Society of Central California.

JOHNSON — Virginia Ann Johnson, 84, of Fresno died Aug. 19. She was the owner of a cotton farm. Graveside: 10 a.m. Aug. 29 at Fresno Memorial Gardens. Arrangements: Lisle Funeral Home.

MARINARO — Josephine Barbara Marinaro, 88, of Fresno died Aug. 14. She was a homemaker. Visitation: 4 to 7 p.m. Sept. 4 at Whitehurst, Sullivan, Burns & Blair Funeral Home. Rosary and Mass: 9:30 a.m. Sept. 5 at The Shrine of St. Therese Catholic Church.

MERKLEY — Noel D. Merkley Sr., 74, of Porterville died Aug. 18. He was an electronics director. Private service. Arrangements: Affordable Direct Cremations in Fresno.

MUSCH — Ray Musch, 99, of Reedley died Aug. 19. He was a supervisor of power linemen. Services to be held at a later date. Arrangements: Dopkins Reedley Funeral Chapel.

NEGRETE — Miabella Grace Negrete, infant, of Fresno died Aug. 7. She was the daughter of Natalie and Abel Negrete. Services were held. Arrangements: Clovis Funeral Chapel.

NOLL — Mary Jane Noll, 88, of Fresno died Aug. 6. She was a homemaker. Service: 11 a.m. Aug. 29 at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Arroyo Grande. Arrangements: Yost & Webb Funeral Home.

OKAHATA — Tadashi Okahata, 79, of Fresno died Aug. 5. He was a retired custom cabinet maker for 45 years. Services were held. Arrangements: Lisle Funeral Home.

RIDDLE — Gary James Riddle, 71, of Clovis died July 31. He was a water technician at the Department of Water Resources for 38 years. Memorial: 5 to 8 p.m. Aug. 29 at the Larry Linder residence. Remembrance: Hinds Hospice, 1616 W. Shaw Ave., Suite B-1, Fresno, CA 93711. Arrangements: Boice Funeral Home.

SPENCER — Monica L. Spencer, 34, of Fresno died Aug. 4. She was a homemaker. Memorial: Noon Aug. 24 at Reade and Sons Funeral Home.

WILLIAMS — Ann B. Williams, 81, of Fresno died Aug. 20. She was a retired teacher. Memorial: 4 p.m. Aug. 28 at Northwest Church. Arrangements: Neptune Society of Central California.

WOOD — Bill Wood, 86, of Fresno died Aug. 18. He was an Army officer. Graveside: 11:30 a.m. Aug. 26 at San Joaquin Valley National Cemetery in Santa Nella. Arrangements: Serenity Funeral Services.

This story was originally published August 22, 2015 at 1:58 PM with the headline "Obituaries for Sunday, Aug. 23."