Obituaries for Wednesday, April 13

BLAYLOCK — Ramona Blaylock, 85, of Madera died April 9. She was a homemaker. Visitation: 8 to 9:30 a.m. April 15 at Chapel of the Light Funeral Home. Graveside: 10:30 a.m. April 15 at Fresno Memorial Gardens.

BROCK — Aston Brock, 97, of Fresno died April 10. He was a retirement supervisor for Fresno and Santa Barbara counties. Service: 11 a.m. April 15 at Madera Avenue Bible Church in Madera. Arrangements: Jay Chapel.

CAMACHO — Ofelia Camacho, 72, of Fresno died April 11. She was a homemaker. Graveside: 10:30 a.m. April 14 at St. Peter’s Catholic Cemetery. Arrangements: Yost and Webb Funeral Home.

CLAWSON — Frank Stewart Clawson, 87, of Fresno died April 6. He was a retired school teacher. Memorial: 10 a.m. April 16 at The Terraces at San Joaquin Gardens. Remembrance: Shriners Hospitals for Children-Northern California, 2900 N. Rocky Point Drive, Tampa, FL 33607. Arrangements: Yost & Webb Funeral Home.

COCKRUM — Marjie I. Cockrum, 77, of Madera died April 5. She was a homemaker. Memorial: 3:30 p.m. April 16 at Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses, 26374 Ellis St. Arrangements: Nova Cremation Service.

DE FIGUEROA — Maria De Jesus Zapeda De Figueroa, 91, of Orange Cove died April 9. She was a homemaker. Visitation: Noon to 6 p.m. April 13 at Sterling & Smith Funeral Home in Dinuba. No services will be held.

ENTZ — Mary P. Entz, 96, of Reedley died April 10. She was a homemaker. Memorial: 10 a.m. April 25 at Palm Village. Remembrance: Palm Village Legacy Fund, 703 W. Herbert Ave., Reedley, CA 93654. Arrangements: Peters Funeral Home in Shafter.

GARCIA — Socorro Maria Garcia, 63, of Madera died April 8. She was a retired forklift driver for Oberti Olives. Visitation: 5 to 6 p.m. April 14 at Jay Chapel. Prayer Service: 6 p.m. April 14 at the funeral home. Service: 10 a.m. April 15 at the funeral home.

GOMEZ — Rosie P. Gomez, 88, of Cutler died April 5. She was a homemaker. Private service. Arrangements: Sterling & Smith Funeral Home in Dinuba.

GREEN — Carla Marie Green, 49, of Dos Palos died April 7. She was a homemaker. Service: 11 a.m. April 15 at Mt. Moriah First Baptist Church. Arrangements: Bynum’s Pleasant Valley Mortuary in Avenal.

GUSS — Stephen Guss, 73, of Kingsburg died April 8. He was a parole officer. No services will be held. Arrangements: Creighton Memorial Chapel.

HERNANDEZ — Demetrio Hernandez, 66, of Fresno died April 6. He was a care provider. Visitation: 4 to 8 p.m. April 13 at Thomas Marcom Funeral Home in Selma. Service: 9 a.m. April 14 at the funeral home. Graveside: 10 a.m. April 14 at Floral Memorial Cemetery in Selma.

HULL — Keith Hull, 65, of Selma died April 8. He was a metal fabricator. No services will be held. Arrangements: Farewell-Page Funeral Chapel.

JEUNG — Shui Hop Jeung, 85, of Fresno died April 10. She was a former owner of Wah’s Kitchen. Visitation: 5 to 8 p.m. April 15 at Farewell Funeral Service. Graveside: 11 a.m. April 16 at Belmont Memorial Park.

JOHNSON — Richard Michael Johnson, 22, of Coalinga died April 6. He was self-employed. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. April 14 at Faith Fellowship. Service: 1 p.m. April 15 at the church. Arrangements: Bynum’s Pleasant Valley Mortuary in Avenal.

MENDEZ — Elena Yvonne Mendez, 38, of Visalia died April 10. She was a social worker. Visitation: 4 to 6 p.m. April 21 at Salser and Dillard Funeral Chapel. Wake: 6 p.m. April 21 at the funeral home. Service: 11 a.m. April 22 at the funeral home.

MISAKI — Iwao Roy Misaki, 100, of Fresno died March 25. He was a retired vineyard farmer for 50 years. Memorial: 11 a.m. April 15 at Fresno Betsuin Family Dharma Center. Arrangements: Lisle Funeral Home.

MOYNIHAN — Bill Moynihan, 66, of Fresno died March 30. He was an architect for 42 years. Memorial Mass: 3:30 p.m. April 15 at St. Mary Queen of Apostles. Remembrances: Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, 340 W. Fallbrook Ave., Suite 101, Fresno, CA 93711 or donor’s favorite charity.

NAVA — Martin Nava, 30, of Avenal died April 6. He was self-employed. Rosary: 6 p.m. April 14 at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church. Mass: 10 a.m. April 15 at the church. Arrangements: Bynum’s Pleasant Valley Mortuary.

PAGGETT — Arveal Paggett Jr., 63, of Fresno died April 6. He was a maintenance worker. Visitation: 3 to 8 p.m. April 15 at Jesse E. Cooley Jr. Chapel. Service: 10 a.m. April 16 at the funeral home.

PHILLIPS — Erna Lee Phillips, 91, of Fresno died March 23. She was a machine operator for Del Monte Corp. No services will be held. Arrangements: Sterling & Smith Funeral Directors Inc.

PIERCE — Connie M. Pierce, 68, of Tulare died April 8. She was a homemaker for 49 years. Memorial: Noon April 15 at First Baptist Church. Arrangements: Peers Lorentzen Funeral Service.

REECE — Gene Albert Reece, 63, of Fresno died April 7. He was a production superintendent. Services to be held at a later date. Remembrance: Fresno First Baptist Church TV Ministry, 1400 E. Saginaw Way, Fresno, CA 93704. Arrangements: Whitehurst, Sullivan, Burns & Blair Funeral Home.

RIVAS — Patrick Tony Rivas, 21, of Fresno died April 6. He was an ironworker for Harris for one year. Visitation: 4 to 7 p.m. April 14 at Chapel of the Light Funeral Home. Rosary: 7 p.m. April 14 at the funeral home. Mass: 10 a.m. April 15 at St. Mary’s Queen of the Apostles.

ROBERTS — Frances Roberts, 80, of Tulare died April 9. She was a machine parts inspector for Lockheed Martin for 15 years. No services will be held. Arrangements: Peers Lorentzen Funeral Service.

SAKAMOTO — Sumiko Sakamoto, 89, of Clovis died April 1. She was a homemaker. Services were held. Arrangements: Lisle Funeral Home.

SAVALA — Tommy Sesti Savala, 93, of Pinedale died March 26. He was a retired building contractor. Visitation: 5 to 7 p.m. April 17 at Chapel of the Light Funeral Home. Vigil: 7 p.m. April 17 at the funeral home. Service: 10 a.m. April 18 at Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Sierra Ward.

STEVENSON — Gleaster Thomas Stevenson, 58, of Fresno died April 9. He was a Greyhound bus driver. Visitation: 4 to 7 p.m. April 15 at Sterling & Smith Funeral Chapel. Rosary: 6 p.m. April 15 at the funeral home. Mass: 11:15 a.m. April 16 at St. Alphonsus Catholic Church.

TAGUCHI — Donna Sachi Taguchi, 59, of Fresno died April 4. She was a cook. Graveside: 11 a.m. April 15 at Reedley Cemetery District. Arrangements: Dopkins Funeral Chapel.

THURMOND — James Almen Thurmond, 94, of Madera died April 12. He was a retired purchasing manager for a container company. Visitation: 2 to 8 p.m. April 13 at Jay Chapel. Rosary: Noon April 14 at St. Joachim Catholic Church. Mass: 1 p.m. April 14 at the church. Remembrance: Holy Family Table of St. Joachim Catholic Church, 401 W. Fifth St., Madera, CA 93637.

VASQUEZ — Pedro Vasquez, 71, of Tulare died April 11. He was a city laborer. Visitation: Noon to 9:30 p.m. April 14 at Sterling & Smith Funeral Home. Mass: 10 a.m. April 15 at St. Rita’s Catholic Church.

VERNER — Jenah Terese Verner, 50, of Fresno died April 6. She was a homemaker for 23 years. Memorial: 11 a.m. April 16 at Farewell Funeral Service. Remembrance: PAF Patient Advocate Foundation, www.patientadvocate.org/index.php?p=207.

This story was originally published April 12, 2016 at 4:28 PM with the headline "Obituaries for Wednesday, April 13."