Funeral Homes in Bakersfield, California

24 funeral homes in Bakersfield, California (Kern County), a community of approximately 373,640 residents— 24 publish obituaries online (100%).

These funeral homes are among the primary sources of obituaries in Bakersfield, California. Families typically publish obituaries through funeral home websites or third-party memorial platforms. Because each funeral home uses a different source, finding them often requires checking multiple sites — or using a monitoring service that checks them automatically.

Obituaries are published by funeral homes, newspapers, and online obituary platforms, and there is no single national obituary database. If you're trying to locate an obituary or confirm whether someone has passed away, see our guides on how to find an obituary, how to know if someone died, and how long after death an obituary is posted. You can also review our obituary statistics and publishing guide to understand where obituaries are published and how the process works. For alerts when a notice appears online, see obituary monitoring.

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How to Find Obituaries in Bakersfield

Families in Bakersfield typically publish obituaries in two ways: on the funeral home’s own website or on a third-party platform (such as Legacy.com or Tribute Archive) that the funeral home uses. The 24 funeral homes listed below serve Bakersfield and surrounding Kern County communities; each may use a different obituary publisher, so there’s no single place to search.

Timing varies: obituaries often appear 24–72 hours after death, once arrangements are confirmed. Some funeral homes post sooner; others later. Checking each site by hand is slow and easy to miss new postings.

ObituaryMonitor tracks obituary pages from all 24 funeral homes in Bakersfield and sends an instant email alert when a name you’re watching appears — so you don’t have to check multiple sites manually.

Guides for finding obituaries in Bakersfield, California

These walk through search strategy, death verification, publication timing, and ongoing monitoring—useful whether you are browsing Bakersfield funeral homes below or tracking a specific name.

Funeral Homes in Bakersfield, California

How to Find Obituaries in Bakersfield

Guides for finding obituaries in Bakersfield, California

Bakersfield Funeral Home

Funeraria del Angel Bakersfield Central

Guardado Funeral Care

Johnson & Taft Mortuary

Angels Cremation Center - Bakersfield

Angels Cremation Service

Living Waters Funeral Care

Cherished Memories Memorial Chapel

Doughty-Calhoun-O'Meara Funeral Home

Greenlawn Funeral Home Southwest

Alma Funeral Home & Crematory

Hillcrest Memorial Park and Mortuary

Kern River Family Mortuary

Mish Funeral Home-Oildale

Mission Family Mortuary

Basham Funeral Care

Jesse E. Cooley Jr. Funeral Service

Rucker's Mortuary

Alpine Online Cremation

Centurian Memorial Society

EverAfter Cremation

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Monarch Memorial - Funeral Home

Weedpatch Camp

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