Nazoma Roznos Ball

Nazoma Roznos Ball born July 17, 1919 in Waco Texas. She died May 12, 2013 in her Cottonwood home. As a young girl in Texas she studied dance and acrobatics and preformed in many stage productions there. She moved to California in 1926 and graduated from Hollywood High in 1937. She lost her only brother Joseph Roznos in WWII in 1944. Nazoma pursued an acting career in New Your City off Broadway from 1945-1947. It was there that she met her lifelong best friend, Lyn Smith. The summer of 1947 she did summer stock in Maine. Moving back to California in 1947 she started working at Desilu Studios in the accounts payable department. She kept the books for a TV show called "Our Miss Brooks" starring Eve Arden. She would brag that she once wrote a million dollar check. She would say, "of course I didn\u0027t sign it, Desi did, but I got to write it!" It was at Desilu that she met her husband Fred H. Ball. They married on February 19, 1956. From Hollywood they moved to Flagstaff where they ran an employment agency. In 1965 they moved to Indian Wells California where they managed the Desi Arnez Indian Wells Hotel for Fred\u0027s sister Lucy. She was actively involved in the Women\u0027s division of the Palm Desert Chamber of Commerce. She volunteered for the drug abuse prevention program in the local public school system. Nazoma and Fred moved to Cottonwood in 1970 where they bought multiple properties and businesses including The View Motel. She and Fred enjoyed boating on Lake Powell and flying. Zoe and Fred were married for 51 years until Fred\u0027s passing in 2007. Zoe loved old Hollywood gossip and movies. She was a big Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers fan. She enjoyed traveling and made many trips to Jamestown NY to attend the annual Lucy Fests where she was a local celebrity. She did some modeling for the Lucy Museum catalog. Nazoma enjoyed seeing her niece Lucie Arnez Luckinbill perform on Broadway and on the concert stage. One of her lifelong passions was horse racing. She attended the Kentucky Derby several times. She would always talk about seeing Whirlaway run. Nazoma was a very spiritual person and always saw only the good in other people. She was very active and completely independent to the day of her passing on Mother\u0027s Day. Nazoma would say "Life is 90% attitude "and she had the best attitude! Nazoma is survived by 5 children: Pam Von Pinon, Melissa Cole, April Ball-Jackson, F. Geoffrey Ball, and Jessica Olivier: 7 Grandchildren and 6 Great Grandchildren. The celebration of life party for "Trivits", as Fred called her, will be held on Sunday, July 21 from 6 to 9pm. If you would like to attend please RSVP to 928-634-7581.