All Obituaries

Raul L Vela 65, of Visalia, California passed away on January 5th 2021 due to surgery complications. Raul was born on September 26th, 1955 to Rosa Lopez Vela and Jose Carlos Vela in Texas. Raul’s family moved to California when Raul was just 4 years old where he grew up in Lindsay California. Raul was a devoted member of the Catholic Church and was a member of many organizations throughout Lindsay and Visalia such as: Jaycees in Lindsay, Knights of Columbus in Visalia and a member of...

Graveside funeral services will be held on Monday, January 18 at 10 AM at Lindsay Cemetery for Esther Moreno Carlos, 81 of Exeter and formerly of Lindsay, who passed away January 4. The Reverend Edgar Magana will officiate and interment will follow. Esther was born March 25, 1939 in Glendora to Juan and Carmen Moreno and was raised in and attended school there. She also was a graduate of the Arthur Murry Dance School and was very proud of that. Esther was a hairdresser in Lindsay for over...

Israel Longoria, Sr. 1938-2020. His life was well lived and he was well loved! It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Grandpa (as he was known to his family) at Sierra View Medical Center on Thursday, December 31, 2020 in his 82nd year. This gentle, loving, caring and wonderful man of God has left a permanent mark etched on our hearts and will be supremely missed by his wife and best friend of 62 years Juanita (née Rodriguez) and his children Israel Jr. (Rita),...

Graveside funeral services will be held on Friday, January 8 at 1 PM at Lindsay Cemetery for Shirley Ann Kelly, 85 of Lindsay who passed away December 25. Pastor Rachel Smith will officiate and interment will follow. Shirley was born September 12, 1935 in Fall River, Massachusetts and was raised in and around New York and Rhode Island before coming to California. She attended Porterville College and College of the Sequoias where she received her degree in Nursing. She worked for Lindsay...

Visitation will be held at Webb Sanders & Smith Funeral Home on Wednesday, January 6 from 4:00 P.M. - 7:00 P.M. for Juan & Emilia Guardado, who passed away December 25. Graveside funeral services will be held on Thursday, January 7 at 10 AM at Lindsay Cemetery The Reverend Edgar Magana will officiate and interment will follow.    Juan and Emilia Guardado passed away on 12/25/2020. Juan Guardado was born in Nochistlan, Zac. on April 20, 1938 and Emilia...

Alyce Hatsuko Imoto passed away peacefully at her home in Lindsay, California on December 25, 2020.  She was 96 years of age.  Alyce was born in Watsonville California on March 30, 1924.  She moved with her husband Mike Imoto to the family farm in Lindsay in 1945.  Initially she was a home maker while raising her four children and eventually became employed for over 30 years at Lindsay Ripe Olive Company.  Alyce was preceded in death by her husband Mike Imoto. Alyce...

Visitation was held at Webb Sanders & Smith Funeral Home on Monday, January 4 from 9:00 A.M. - 12:00 P.M. for Charles Felix, 94 of Lindsay and a WWII Veteran, who passed away December 24. Graveside funeral services was held on Monday, January 4 at 1 P.M. at Lindsay Cemetery. Military Honors was provided by the California State Honor Guard.  The Reverend Edgar Magana officiated.   Charles F. Felix, beloved husband, father,...

Graveside funeral services was held on Wednesday, January 4 at 10 AM at Lindsay Cemetery for German Rosales, 50 of Lindsay, who passed away December 2020. The Reverend Edgar Magana will officiated and interment was followed.

Visitation will be held at Webb Sanders & Smith Funeral Home on Monday, January 4 from 4:00 P.M. - 7:00 P.M. for Ramona Sepulveda Moreno, 70 of Lindsay, who passed away December 18. Graveside funeral services will be held on Tuesday, January 5 at 10 AM at Lindsay Cemetery The Reverend Edgar Magana will officiate and interment will follow.