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Obituaries
George David Alvarado
George David Al-
varado, a former Reed- ley resident, died May 31 in Fresno. He was 67.
Mr. Alvarado is sur- vived by three brothers and one sister.
A rosary will be held at 9:30 a.m. Thursday June 17, at Dopkins Reedley Funeral Cha- pel. A graveside service will be at 11 a.m. Thurs- day, June 17, at Reedley Cemetery.
Ulises Cavazos
Ulises Cavazos of Reedley died June 1 in Fresno. He was 69.
Mr. Cavazos worked as a landscaper.
He is survived by his wife, Martha Cavazos, one son, one daughter, three brothers, one sis- ter and four grandchil- dren.
A mass will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, June 18, at St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church in Reedley. Burial will follow at Reedley Cem- etery.
Dopkins Reedley Fu- neral Chapel is handling the arrangements.
Craig Matthew Linzmeier
Craig Matthew Linz-
meier of Reedley died May 19 in Reedley. He was 60.
Mr. Linzmeier worked as a handyman.
November 30, 1933 ~ May 19, 2021
Clayton J. Schletewitz, born and raised in Sanger, CA. went home to Jesus on May 19, 2021 at the age of 87. He was an ordained pastor and served in the Wesleyan Church, The Friends Church and the Christian Missionary Alliance, and retired on the farm where he grew up.
He was preceded in death by his wife of 68 years, Alvera Lehman-Schletewitz leaving behind three sons, three daughters-in-laws, nine grandchildren and 18 great-grandchildren. He exemplified living a life of a servant of Jesus.
Celebration of Life Service will be held at 10 a.m. July 10th at Sanger Community Church,
1610 Jensen Ave. in Sanger.
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He is survived by one daughter, two broth- ers, two sisters and three grandchildren.
A Celebration of Life service will be held at 3 p.m. Friday, June 18, at Dopkins Reedley Funer- al Chapel.
Geraldine
Lamb Little
Geraldine Lamb Lit- tle of Reedley died June 3. She was 97.
Mrs. Little was a homemaker.
She is survived by one daughter, two sons and many grandchil- dren and great grand- children.
A graveside service was held June 10 at Smith Mountain Cem- etery in Dinuba.
Dopkins Dinuba Fu- neral Chapel handled the arrangements.
Marco Antonio Regalado
Marco Antonio Re-
galado of Orange Cove died June 4 in Orange Cove. He was 38.
Mr. Regalado worked as a farm laborer.
He is survived by his companion Gloria Meza, two sons, three brothers and four sisters.
Services were held June 15 at St. Cathe- rine's Catholic Church in Dinuba. Burial was at Smith Mountain Cem- etery in Dinuba.
Dopkins Dinuba Fu-
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neral Chapel handled the arrangements.
Clarence 'Dale' Stevens
Clarence "Dale" Ste- vens of Reedley died June 7 in Fresno. He was 72.
Mr. Stevens worked as a rental manager.
He is survived by his companion Brenda Clark, three sons, two grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
A graveside service was held June 16 at Reedley Cemetery.
Dopkins Dinuba Fu- neral Chapel handled the arrangements.
Antonio Torres
Antonio Torres of Cutler died May 30 in Visalia. He was 81.
Mr. Torres worked as a baker.
He is survived by his wife Maria Del Pi- lar Torres, two sons, one daughter, five brothers, three sisters, 13 grand- children and four great- grandchildren.
A mass was held June 9 at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Cut- ler. Burial was at Smith Mountain Cemetery in Dinuba.
Dopkins Dinuba Fu- neral Chapel handled the arrangements.
Patrick Charles Wooden
Patrick Charles
Wooden of Reedley died June 1 in Sanger. He was 64.
Mr. Wooden worked as an employ- ee for the Internal Revenue Service.
He is survived by three brothers.
No services were held. Dopkins Reed- ley Funeral Chapel handled the arrange- ments.
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Water began flowing down the Kings River from Pine Flat Reservoir this week, as pic- tured June 15 looking north from the Goodfellow Bridge on Annadale Avenue east of Sanger. The river recreation season is likely to be a limited one because of drought conditions limiting the amount of water being released from the reservoir.
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a replacement. In the meantime, Administra- tor Karen Pearson is running the day-to-day operations at the cham- ber office located at 1789 Jensen Ave.
The Sanger cham- ber's events calendar, like many cities, took a hard hit when the COV- ID-19 pandemic struck the region and country
in March 2020. Virtually
all of the city's annual events were postponed and canceled in the last year, including the 2020 chamber awards, 2021 Blossom Trail events, National Night Out, and the annual winter Toy- land parade.
The 2021 Chamber awards gala is sched- uled to return this year on Friday, July 30. Pear- son said that nomination still are being accepted for award winners in the
traditional categories to
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be honored.
The Sanger Chamber
continues to take infor- mation from interested booth vendors and is providing ticket infor- mation for the upcoming 2021 4th of July Spectac- ular, taking place at the 6:30 p.m. Sunday, July 4. The event returns this year at its traditional lo- cation, the Sanger High School practice fields located off Bethel Ave- nue west of the campus. Food, arts and crafts, a children's play area and entertainment are scheduled.
Pearson also said the chamber's planned event on Saturday, July 10, to honor Sanger native and Raiders coaching legend Tom Flores has been postponed to this fall, either early or mid September. The event in downtown Sanger will honor Flores and also show off the new mural located at the southwest corner of 7th and N streets. Pearson said the event also will be after Flores' August induction into the Pro Football Hall of Fame, so Sanger's "hometown hero" will have his clas- sic yellow Hall of Fame blazer.
For information on upcoming Sanger events, contact Pearson at the chamber at (559) 875-4575.
For the
Record
In the June 10 issue, a death notice for Geral- dine Lamb Little of Reed- ley didn't list her last name incorrectly listed her as a resident of Di- nuba. A corrected death notice is publishing in this week's issue.
The Times regrets the error.
Photos, books and other me- mentos celebrating the life of Bob Raison, former longtime journalist with the Dinuba Sentinel, are pictured at the Alta Historical Society on June 9. A reception for family fol- lowed a graveside service for Raison, who died on May 25 at the age of 92.
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