Edna Maxine Lopez, 87 of Cottonwood passed away July 6, 2019. She was born May 25, 1932 in Versailles, Indiana to Cecil E. Lemen and Alice Dearinger.
Edna was a hard-working mother of seven children. Most of the time, she worked 2 jobs. Later in life she worked as a cement finisher and mason doing tilt up walls, which most women could not do this type of work, retiring from Conrad Construction in Ontario, California. She enjoyed camping and being in nature and was devoted to her church Living Waters of Cottonwood.
She is survived by two sons Steve Fitzpatrick (Susan) of Cottonwood and Larry Fitzpatrick of Etiwanda, California; three daughters, Patricia St. Amond (George) of Prescott Valley, Debra Von Glahn (Erick) of Tucson, and Roslind Miller of Ontario, California; brothers James Lemen of Indiana, Joe Lemen of Kentucky, and John Lemen (Hope) of Missouri ; sisters Erma Dalton (Will) of Indiana, Ima Lee of Indiana, Iva Bailey (Stan) of California, and lola Lopez (Rick) of California; 13 grandchildren and 18 great grandchildren.
Edna is preceded in death by her sons John and Jim Fyfe; her parents Cecil and Alice; sister Ina Phenix and brothers Junior Lemen and Jackie Harmon.
Services will be held at Living Waters Church, 1380 E. Mingus Avenue, Cottonwood, Arizona on Monday, July 22, 2019 at 6:00 PM.