Obituaries for Wednesday, Sept. 2

BILLINGS — Latania V. Billings, 54, of Lemoore died Aug. 28. She was a homemaker. Celebration of Life: 11 a.m. Sept. 4 at South Valley Community Church. Arrangements: Sterling & Smith Funeral Directors Inc.

BOEHM — Arnold John Boehm, 88, of Fresno died Aug. 31. He was retired from Operating Engineers Local 3. Services pending. Arrangements: Neptune Society of Central California.

BUTTS — Mildred Louise Butts, 93, of Exeter died Aug. 27. She was a fruit packer. Service: 10 a.m. Sept. 5 at Evans Miller Guinn Exeter Chapel.

CLAPP — Mickey Lee Clapp, 67, of Auberry died Aug. 28. He was a business owner. Services to be held at a later date. Arrangements: Neptune Society of Central California.

COUCH — Lynn Edward Couch, 65, of Modesto, formerly of Dinuba, died Aug. 26. He was a drafting engineer. Visitation: 9 to 10 a.m. Sept. 3 at Dopkins Funeral Chapel in Dinuba. Service: 10 a.m. Sept. 3 at the funeral chapel.

DUDLEY — Rhonda Kae Dudley, 51, of Kerman died Sept. 1. She was a homemaker for 33 years. Graveside: 11 a.m. Sept. 4 at Oak Grove Cemetery in Laton. Arrangements: Wildrose Chapel & Funeral Home.

ECKLES — Codesia Florence Eckles, 98, of Folsom, formerly of Madera, died Aug. 29. She was a homemaker. Visitation: 2 to 8 p.m. Sept. 3 at Jay Chapel. Service: 11 a.m. Sept. 4 at the chapel.

ERWIN — Dawnette Bernice Erwin, 50, of Madera died Aug. 21. She was a homemaker. Visitation: 9 to 11 a.m. Sept. 2 at Sterling & Smith Funeral Directors. Service: 11 a.m. Sept. 2 at the funeral home. Interment: 2:30 p.m. Sept. 4 at Arbor Vitae Cemetery.

FLORES — Ygnacio G. Flores Jr., 76, of Fresno died July 29. He was a groundskeeper for public education. Memorial: 4 p.m. Sept. 6 at Clovis Seventh-Day Adventist Church. Arrangements: Edward A Cooper Cremation Society.

GARCIA — Arlene F. Garcia, 60, of Madera died Aug. 25. She was a homemaker. Memorial: 6 p.m. Sept. 4 at The Dante Club in Fresno. Arrangements: Cherished Memories Memorial Chapel.

GOMEZ FONSECA — Jose Albertino Gomez Fonseca, 55, of Madera died June 22. He was a truck driver. Graveside: 11 a.m. Sept. 2 at Washington Colony Cemetery. Arrangements: Palm La Paz Funerals & Cremations.

GONZALEZ — Jose Bonifacio Gonzalez, 91, of Fresno died Aug. 31. He was a retired cinematographer. Visitation: 4 to 7 p.m. Sept. 2 at Chapel of the Light Funeral Home. Rosary: 10 a.m. Sept. 3 at St. John’s Cathedral. Mass: 10:30 a.m. Sept. 3 at the church.

GREEN — Farrell Green, 86, of Fresno died Aug. 30. He was a fireman for the city of Fresno. Visitation: 5 to 7 p.m. Sept. 4 at Whitehurst, Sullivan, Burns & Blair Funeral Home. Rosary: 7 p.m. Sept. 4 at the funeral home. Mass: 10 a.m. Sept. 5 at St. Paul Catholic Newman Center.

HANSEN — Shirley Mae Hansen, 79, of Fresno died Aug. 28. She was a care provider. Graveside: 12:30 p.m. Sept. 2 at Bakersfield Veterans Cemetery. Arrangements: Reade and Sons Funeral Home.

HOBBS — David Hugh Hobbs, 66, of Fresno died Aug. 19. He was a truck diesel mechanic. Memorial: 11:30 a.m. Sept. 4 at Stephens & Bean Chapel. Remembrances: American Cancer Society, 2222 W. Shaw Ave., Suite 201, Fresno, CA 93711 or Wounded Warrior Project, 4899 Belfort Road, Suite 300, Jacksonville, FL 32256.

HOLMES — Francis Eloise Holmes, 91, of Fresno died Aug. 24. She was a preschool teacher. Services to be held at a later date. Arrangements: Whitehurst, Sullivan, Burns & Blair Funeral Home.

HOWARD — Deondre Tyrell Howard, 21, of Fresno died Aug. 29. He was a student. Visitation: 4 to 8 p.m. Sept. 4 at Sterling & Smith Funeral Chapel. Celebration of Life : 10 a.m. Sept. 5 at The Worship Centre Church in Fowler.

KOBASHI — Kiyomi Kay Kobashi, 91, of Fresno died Aug. 25. He was a farmer. Memorial: 1 p.m. Sept. 5 at Buddhist Church of Parlier. Arrangements: Wallin’s Parlier Funeral Home.

MOMJIAN — Bernice Momjian, 89, of Fresno died Aug. 30. She was a retired preschool teacher for Fresno Unified School District. Service: 10 a.m. Sept. 5 at Holy Trinity Armenian Apostolic Church. Remembrances: Holy Trinity Armenian Apostolic Church, 2226 Ventura St., Fresno, CA 93721 or Bible Study Fellowship Global Headquarters, 19001 Huebner Road, San Antonio, TX 78258, www.bsfinternational.org. Arrangements: Yost & Webb Funeral Home.

MOORE — Catherine Moore, 91, of Fresno died Aug. 28. She was a homemaker. No services will be held. Arrangements: Boice Funeral Home.

MOORE — Calvin Eugene Moore, 74, of Fresno died Aug. 26. He was an air conditioning and heating contractor. Services were held. Arrangements: Farewell - Clovis Arrangement Center & Crematory.

NEUENSCHWANDER — Sylvia E. Neuenschwander, 81, of Clovis died Aug. 31. She was a homemaker. No services will be held. Arrangements: Boice Funeral Home.

PEREZ — Louis Perez, 71, of Tulare died Aug. 20. Visitation: 10 to 11 a.m. Sept. 3 at Sterling & Smith Funeral Home. Service: 11 a.m. Sept. 3 at the funeral home.

PEREZ — Marilyn Thomasina Perez, 77, of Fresno died Aug. 27. She was a long distance operator. Private service. Arrangements: Jay Chapel.

RAINBOLT — Charles L. Rainbolt, 98, of Porterville died Aug. 31. He was a retail business owner. Graveside: 9 a.m. Sept. 4 at Hillcrest Memorial Park. Arrangements: Myers Funeral Service & Crematory.

ROBERTSON — Wanda Jean Robertson, 85, of Fresno died Aug. 21. She was a U.S. mail postmaster. Private service. Arrangements: Cremation Society of Central California.

ROBLEDO — George Lara Robledo, 61, of Reedley died Aug. 27. He was a bar owner. Visitation: 5 to 8 p.m. Sept. 3 at St. Anthony’s of Padua, 1060 F St. Rosary: 6 p.m. Sept. 3 at the church. Mass: 10 a.m. Sept. 4 at the church. Graveside: 11 a.m. Sept. 4 at Reedley Cemetery District. Arrangements: Dopkins Reedley Funeral Chapel.

RODRIGUEZ — Jesus Lopez Rodriguez, 48, of Porterville died Aug. 29. He was a farm laborer. Visitation: 3 to 8 p.m. Sept. 4 at Whitehurst-Peters-Loyd. Rosary: 6 p.m. Sept. 4 at the funeral home.

TAYLOR — Chad E. Taylor, 45, of Fresno died Aug. 29. He was a deputy sheriff for the Fresno County Sheriff’s Office. Visitation: 9 to 10 a.m. Sept. 5 at Chapel of the Light Funeral Home. Celebration of Life: 10 a.m. Sept. 5 at the funeral home. Graveside: 11 a.m. Sept. 5 at Belmont Memorial Park. Remembrances: Valley Children’s Hospital, Child Oncology Fund, 9300 Valley Children’s Place, Madera, CA 93636 or Fresno County Peace Officers Memorial Fund, 1360 Van Ness Ave., Fresno, CA 93721.

THOMPSON — Frances Laura Thompson, 84, of Selma died Aug. 29. She was a homemaker. Graveside: 10 a.m. Sept. 4 at Belmont Memorial Park. Arrangements: Yost and Webb Funeral Home.

TOEWS — Irma Beatrice Toews, 97, of Reedley died Aug. 31. She was a homemaker. Graveside: 1 p.m. Sept. 4 at Reedley Cemetery. Memorial: 2 p.m. Sept. 4 at Palm Village. Arrangements: Dopkins Reedley Funeral Chapel.

VELAZQUEZ — Maria Del Carmen Velazquez, 85, of Riverdale died Aug. 26. She was a homemaker. Mass: 10 a.m. Sept. 2 at St. Ann Catholic Church. Arrangements: Palm La Paz Funerals & Cremations.

This story was originally published September 1, 2015 at 4:58 PM with the headline "Obituaries for Wednesday, Sept. 2."