Obituaries for Thursday, Dec. 31

ACEVEDO — Jose Natividad Acevedo, 95, of Fresno died Dec. 25. He was a retired farm laborer for Don Schram. Visitation: 3 to 6 p.m. Jan. 4 at St. Alphonsus Catholic Church. Rosary: 5 p.m. Jan. 4 at the church. Mass: 11 a.m. Jan. 5 at the church. Remembrance: St. Alphonsus Catholic Church, 351 E. Kearney Blvd., Fresno, CA 93706. Arrangements: Wildrose Chapel & Funeral Home.

ANDERSON — Delmar “Pete” Anderson, 81, of Fresno died Dec. 23. He was a roofer. Private service. Arrangements: Affordable Direct Cremations in Clovis.

BARANGER — John Dewey Baranger, 94, of Fresno died Dec. 27. He was a hearing aid sales representative. No services will be held. Arrangements: Chapel of the Light Funeral Home.

BLAKELY — Betty Blakely, 100, of Lemoore died Dec. 26. She was a homemaker. Visitation: 4 to 7 p.m. Jan. 4 at Phipps-Dale Funeral Chapel. Service: 10 a.m. Jan. 5 at First United Methodist Church. Remembrance: First United Methodist Church Women’s Group, 500 E. Bush St., Lemoore, CA 93245.

CABALLO — Natividad B. Caballo, 93, of Porterville died Dec. 27. She was a teacher. Visitation: 2 to 8 p.m. Jan. 3 at Whitehurst-Peters-Loyd Chapel. Rosary: 6 p.m. Jan. 3 at the chapel. Mass: 9 a.m. Jan. 4 at St. Anne’s Catholic Church.

DER MUGRDECHIAN — Bob Der Mugrdechian, 95, of Clovis died Dec. 24. He was a retired water inspector for Fresno City Utilities. Visitation: 1 to 4 p.m. Jan. 1 at Yost & Webb Funeral Home. Home Service: 2:30 p.m. Jan. 1 at the funeral home. Service: 1 p.m. Jan. 2 at St. Paul Armenian Church. Remembrances: Norma & Bob Der Mugrdechian Scholarship Fund, c/o Armenian Studies Program, California State University, Fresno, 5245 N. Backer Ave. PB 4, Fresno, CA 93740 or Norma Der Mugrdechian Endowment c/o Western Diocese of the Armenian, Church of North America, 3325 N. Glenoaks Blvd., Burbank, CA 91504.

FLINT — Bennie Earnest Flint, 75, of Fresno died Dec. 23. He was an installer for Lucent Technologies. Private service. Arrangements: Neptune Society of Central California.

GENTRY — Georgia Fay Gentry, 84, of Clovis died Dec. 29. She was a seamstress. Service: 1 p.m. Jan. 2 at Clovis Funeral Chapel.

GONZALEZ MONTES — Salvador Gonzalez Montes, 89, of Fresno died Dec. 20. He was a farmer. Visitation: 1 to 5 p.m. Jan. 3 at Palm La Paz Funerals & Cremations. No services will be held.

HUERTA — Miguel Huerta, 84, of Porterville died Dec. 22. He was a farm laborer. Services were held. Arrangements: Myers Chapel.

LIEBMAN — Heather Costa Liebman, 42, of Tehachapi, formerly of Lemoore, died Dec. 19. She was a registered nurse. Rosary and Mass: 11 a.m. Jan. 9 at St. Peter’s Catholic Church. Arrangements: Phipps-Dale Funeral Chapel.

MAXWELL — Billie Ruth Maxwell, 83, of Visalia died Dec. 26. She was a homemaker. Services to be held at a later date. Arrangements: Neptune Society of Central California.

MAXWELL — Terry Eugene Maxwell, 55, of Visalia died Dec. 27. He was a construction worker. No services will be held. Arrangements: Salser and Dillard Funeral Chapel.

METHVIN — Delbert Ray Methvin, 78, of Orosi died Dec. 20. He was a heavy equipment operator for Alta Irrigation. Graveside: 10 a.m. Jan. 4 at Smith Mountain Cemetery. Arrangements: Dopkins Dinuba Funeral Chapel.

OCEGUERA — Santos Olmos Oceguera, 91, of San Joaquin died Dec. 23. She was a caretaker for three years. Visitation: 4 to 7 p.m. Jan. 4 at Tinkler Funeral Chapel & Crematory. Rosary: 7 p.m. Jan. 4 at the funeral home. Mass: 10 a.m. Jan. 5 at St. Mary’s Queen of Apostles Church.

PADILLA — Glenda M. Padilla, 60, of Auberry died Dec. 26. She was a drug and alcohol counselor. Pow-Wow: 5 p.m. Jan. 1 at 37571 Auberry Mission Road. Service: 11 a.m. Jan. 2 at Auberry First Baptist Church. Arrangements: Clovis Funeral Chapel.

PUTTY — Helen Lovan Putty, 84, of Sanger died Dec. 24. She was a homemaker. Visitation: 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Jan. 2 at Tinkler Funeral Chapel & Crematory. Service: Noon Jan. 4 at the funeral home.

SAHATDJIAN — Sarkis Sahatdjian, 95, of Fresno died Dec. 29. He was a retired farmer. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Jan. 1 at Yost & Webb Funeral Home. Home Service: 7 p.m. Jan. 1 at the funeral home. Service: 10 a.m. Jan. 2 at Holy Trinity Armenian Apostolic Church. Remembrances: Holy Trinity Armenian Apostolic Church, 2226 Ventura St., Fresno, CA 93721; Charlie Keyan Armenian Community School, 108 N. Villa Ave., Clovis, CA 93612; Armenian Technology Group, P.O. Box 5969, Fresno, CA 93755.

SINCLAIR — Judie Annette Sinclair, 61, of Porterville died Dec. 24. She was a salesperson. Visitation: 3 to 7 p.m. Jan. 4 at Myers Chapel. Graveside: 11 a.m. Jan. 5 at Woodville Cemetery.

TIMMS — John Lee Timms, 64, of Fresno died Dec. 21. He was a farmer. No services will be held. Arrangements: Lisle Funeral Home.

VANDYKE — Charles Edward VanDyke Sr., 84, of Fresno died Dec. 11. He was a chef. Private service. Arrangements: Sterling & Smith Funeral Directors Inc.

WEINBERG — Donald Clark Weinberg, 79, of Fresno died Dec. 28. He was an insurance agent for 35 years. Memorial: 1 p.m. Jan. 9 at Farewell Funeral Service. Remembrances: Alzheimer’s Foundation of Central California, P.O. Box 3438, Fresno, CA 93650 or Goodwill Industries of San Joaquin Valley Foundation Inc., 129 S. Grant St., Stockton, CA 95202.

This story was originally published December 30, 2015 at 4:13 PM with the headline "Obituaries for Thursday, Dec. 31."