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Obituaries for Tuesday, Jan. 12

BARBA — Maria V. Barba, 100, of Kerman died Jan. 7. She was a homemaker for 70 years. Visitation: 5 to 7 p.m. Jan. 14 at Chapel of the Light Funeral Home. Rosary: 7 p.m. Jan. 14 at the funeral home. Mass: 10:30 a.m. Jan. 15 at St. John’s Cathedral.

BEHLEN — Patricia Behlen, 88, of Clovis died Jan. 7. She was a homemaker. Private service. Remembrance: Central California S.P.C.A., 103 S. Hughes Ave., Fresno, CA 93706. Arrangements: Boice Funeral Home.

CASTRO — Carmen Miranda Castro, 86, of Spring Valley, formerly of Fresno, died Jan. 6. She was the owner of Castro & Sons Trucking. Rosary: 7 p.m. Jan. 15 at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church in Mendota. Mass: 11 a.m. Jan. 16 at the church. Arrangements: Lisle Funeral Home.

CEBALLOS — Lucy Ceballos, 80, of Fresno died Jan. 2. She was a home caregiver. Visitation: 5 to 8 p.m. Jan. 14 at Yost & Webb Chapel. Service: noon Jan. 15 at Central Valley Church of Christ.

CRENSHAW — La Verne Wise Crenshaw, 89, of Clovis died Jan. 7. She was a hospital lab technician for 45 years. Visitation: Noon to 1 p.m. Jan. 12 at Boice Funeral Home. Service: 1 p.m. Jan. 12 at the funeral home.

DANIEL — Arizona Marie Daniel, 76, of Springville died Jan. 5. She was a grocery store clerk. Graveside: 11 a.m. Jan. 15 at Hillcrest Memorial Park Cemetery. Arrangements: Whitehurst-Peters-Loyd Chapel.

FISCHLE — Daniel Karl Fischle, 71, of Clovis died Jan. 9. He was a retired deputy superintendent of Kerman Unified School District. Celebration of Life: 11 a.m. Jan. 16 at Peace Lutheran Church. Remembrances: Peace Lutheran Church, 4672 N. Cedar Ave., Fresno, CA 93726 or Alzheimer’s Foundation of America, 322 Eighth Ave., Seventh Floor, New York, NY 10001, www.alzfdn.org. Arrangements: Wildrose Chapel & Funeral Home.

GAHAGAN — Michael James Gahagan, 48, of Fresno died Jan. 1. He was a truck driver. Visitation: 1 to 3 p.m. Jan. 14 at Yost & Webb Funeral Home. Service: 2 p.m. Jan. 15 at the funeral home. Arrangements: Cremation Society of Central California.

GARCIA — Marylou Garcia, 71, of Fresno died Dec. 31. She was a homemaker. Visitation: 5 to 7 p.m. Jan. 14 at Sacred Heart Church. Mass: 10 a.m. Jan. 15 at the church. Arrangements: Reade and Sons Funeral Home.

GUINN — Billie Jo Guinn, 83, of Strathmore died Jan. 8. She was a packinghouse packer. No services will be held. Arrangements: Myers Funeral Service & Crematory in Porterville.

KOJAYAN — Siranouche Kojayan, 93, of Fresno died Jan. 8. She was a homemaker for 78 years. Memorial: 1 p.m. Jan. 12 at First Armenian Presbyterian Church. Remembrances: First Armenian Presbyterian Church, 430 S. First St., Fresno, CA 93702 or Armenian Missionary Association of America, 31 W. Century Road, Parnasus, NJ 07652, www.amaa.org. Arrangements: Wildrose Chapel & Funeral Home.

LU — Zheyu Lu, 43, of Fresno died Jan. 5. He was a restaurant chef. Services were held. Arrangements: Whitehurst-Peters-Loyd Chapel in Porterville.

MARTINEZ — Flora Martinez, 85, of Porterville died Jan. 11. She was an agricultural laborer. Visitation: Noon to 1 p.m. Jan. 15 at Myers Chapel. Service: 1 p.m. Jan. 15 at the chapel.

PELLUM — Timothy Pellum Jr., 33, of Fresno died Jan. 6. Visitation: 1 to 5 p.m. Jan. 14 at Jesse E. Cooley Jr. Chapel. Service: 1 p.m. Jan. 15 at St. Joseph’s Baptist Church.

PUCKETT — Linda Joann McEver Puckett, 61, of Fresno died Jan. 5. She was a clerical worker for the Fresno County Probation Department. No services will be held. Arrangements: Farewell Funeral Service.

REYES — Jennie Reyes, 87, of Porterville died Jan. 8. She was a nurse. Rosary: 6 p.m. Jan. 14 at Myers Chapel. Mass: 9 a.m. Jan. 15 at St. Anne’s Church.

SALCIDO JIMENEZ — Elias Salcido Jimenez, 92, of Fresno died Jan. 28. He was a farmworker. Visitation: 5 to 6 p.m. Jan. 11 at St. Joseph’s Church in Firebaugh. Rosary: 6 p.m. Jan. 11 at the church. Mass: 6:30 p.m. Jan. 11 at the church. Arrangements: Reade and Sons Funeral Home.

THOR — Sarim Thor, 93, of Fresno died Jan. 5. He was a soldier for the Cambodian government for 20 years. Visitation: 1 to 5 p.m. Jan. 15 at Chapel of the Light Funeral Home. Traditional Cambodian Buddhist Service: 1 p.m. Jan. 16 at the funeral home.

This story was originally published January 11, 2016 at 4:19 PM with the headline "Obituaries for Tuesday, Jan. 12."

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