Obituaries for Tuesday, Jan. 19

BLACKWELL — John Paul Blackwell, 88, of Anchorage, Alaska, formerly of Fresno, died Jan. 11. He was a retired marketer for various mining companies. Graveside: 11 a.m. Jan. 23 at Washington Colony Cemetery District. Arrangements: Wildrose Chapel & Funeral Home.

BOYAJYAN — Yervand Boyajyan, 76, of Fresno died Jan. 15. He was a building construction contractor. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Jan. 20 at St. Paul Armenian Church. Service: Noon Jan. 21 at the church. Arrangements: Yost & Webb Funeral Home.

CANUL — Abram Canul, 44, of Fresno died Jan. 13. He was a lead inventory man for Donaghy Sales LLC. Service: 5:30 p.m. Jan. 21 at Wildrose Chapel & Funeral Home. Graveside: 2 p.m. Jan. 22 at Mountain View Cemetery. Remembrance: Abram Nathaniel Canul Trust Fund, c/o Citibank, N.A. Account 42018790594, 5545 E. Kings Canyon Road, Fresno, CA 93727.

CARRILLO — Gavino Alvarez Carrillo, 92, of Fresno died Jan. 13. He was a farm laborer for 75 years. Visitation: 5 to 8 p.m. Jan. 21 at Mendota First Baptist Church. Service: 11 a.m. Jan. 22 at the church. Arrangements: Farewell Funeral Service.

CHAVEZ — David Chavez, 76, of Fresno died Jan. 5. He was a hospital custodian. Memorial: 4 p.m. Jan. 22 at Fresno Funeral Chapel. Arrangements: Nova Cremation Service.

DALL — Bettie H. Dall, 89, of Dinuba died Jan. 15. She was a homemaker. Visitation: 4 to 8 p.m. Jan. 20 at Dopkins Funeral Chapel. Service: 1 p.m. Jan. 21 at the funeral chapel.

IANNELLO — Ricky Peter Iannello, 53, of Fresno died Jan. 5. Mass: 10 a.m. Jan. 25 at St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church in Roseville. Celebration of Life: 1 p.m. Jan. 19 at Valley Care Residential Day Program in Clovis. Arrangements: Wildrose Chapel & Funeral Home.

LARA — Lily Ramirez Lara, 55, of Porterville died Jan. 13. She was a homemaker. Visitation: 4 to 7 p.m. Jan. 21 at Myers Chapel. Rosary: 6 p.m. Jan. 21 at the chapel. Graveside: 10 a.m. Jan. 22 at Hillcrest Memorial Park.

MENDEZ — Sergio Haro Mendez, 58, of Madera died Jan. 12. He was a retired carpenter for various construction companies. Graveside: 11 a.m. Jan. 19 at Calvary Cemetery. Remembrance: American Diabetes Association, P.O. Box 11454, Alexandria, VA 22312, www.diabetes.org/donate. Arrangements: Wildrose Chapel & Funeral Home.

MUNOZ — Leo Joseph Munoz Sr., 59, of Terra Bella died Jan. 15. He was a truck driver. Visitation: 1 to 8 p.m. Jan. 24 at Whitehurst-Peters-Loyd Chapel in Porterville. Service: 10 a.m. Jan. 25 at the funeral chapel.

PRIEST — George Edward Priest, 90, of North Fork died Jan. 14. He was a retired fire control officer. Graveside: 1 p.m. Jan. 21 at North Fork Cemetery. Arrangements: Yost & Webb Funeral Home.

STOUT — Jon L. Stout, 66, of Laton died Jan. 11. He was a teacher for 32 years in Kingsburg. Memorial: 1 p.m. Jan. 23 at Concordia Lutheran Church in Kingsburg. Arrangements: People’s Funeral Chapel.

TAVLIAN — Nevart “Neva” Tavlian, 91, of Fresno died Jan. 13. She was an administrative secretary for Fresno Unified School District for 20 years. Visitation: 5 to 8 p.m. Jan. 21 at Yost & Webb Funeral Home. Memorial: 11 a.m. Jan. 22 at First Armenian Presbyterian Church. Remembrance: First Armenian Presbyterian Church, 430 S. First St., Fresno, CA 93702.

VERA — Edward Anaya Vera, 85, of Clovis died Jan. 12. He was a welder for 40 years. Visitation: 5 to 7 p.m. Jan. 20 at Whitehurst, Sullivan, Burns & Blair Funeral Home. Rosary: 7 p.m. Jan. 20 at the funeral home. Mass: 10 a.m. Jan. 21 at St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church.

WITHNELL — Orpha Margaret Withnell, 81, of Tulare died Jan. 14. She was a homemaker. Visitation: 3 to 8 p.m. Jan. 20 at Sterling & Smith Funeral Home. Service: Noon Jan. 21 at the funeral home. Graveside: 2 p.m. Jan. 21 at Tulare Cemetery District.

This story was originally published January 18, 2016 at 4:19 PM with the headline "Obituaries for Tuesday, Jan. 19."