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Local Obituaries for Families in Cottonwood, Arizona
Alice H. Abbott
Feb 8, 2011
Alice H. Abbott, 91, of Cottonwood died February 8, 2011. She was born July 29, 1919. She worked in Berkley, California as a social worker. She enjoyed gardening and rock hounding. She was preceded in death by her husband James H. Abbott. Mrs. Abbott leaves a daughter Andrea (Doug) of Clarkdale and a sister Linda of Pennsylvania; and two grandchildren....
Marjorie Verl Jones
Feb 8, 2011
Marjorie Verl Jones, 76 of Cottonwood , passed away on February 8, 2011. She was born on October 3, 1934 in Globe, Arizona to George Edward and Lenna Verl (Coombs) Beckstead. She attended East Globe Elementary and Globe High School . She was an active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and loved sewing and...
Mary T. Montgomery
Feb 7, 2011
Mary T. Montgomery, 88, of Cottonwood died Monday, February 7, 2011. She was born March 4, 1922 in Santa Monica, California, the daughter of John A. and Helen Coan Tenney. She attended Santa Monica High School and worked for General Telephone Company. Mrs. Montgomery was a member of the Verde Valley Presbyterian Church. She was a stained glass artisan who...
William D. Burgess
Feb 6, 2011
William D. Burgess, 76, of Cottonwood died February 6, 2011. He was born November 3, 1935 in St. George, Utah. He was retired and member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Mr. Burgess leaves two sons, Larry Bugess (Paula) and Jeff Burgess, both of Cottonwood. There are no public services planned. An online guestbook is available...
Buster Thornton
Feb 5, 2011
Buster "Big Jim" Thornton, 82 of Clarkdale passed away February 5, 2011 in Prescott with his family at his bedside. Jim was born June 28, 1928 in Flagstaff to the late Clete and Edna Mae Thornton. He leaves behind his wife of 54 years, Francine; seven children, Lila, Jimmy, Jeri Ann, Danny, Howard, Joe and Jamie as well as nineteen...
James William Lawlor
Feb 4, 2011
James William Lawlor, 93, son of James William Lawlor and Elizabeth Nelson Lawlor of Chicago, Illinois. He was born in Chicago July 8, 1917. He married Virginia "Ginny" Krafft six months after meeting her on a blind date in 1942. Married for 67 years until Ginny passed away in November of 2009. Jim joined the Navy at the start of...
Emil Oscar Ryberg
Feb 4, 2011
Emil Oscar Ryberg, 95, went to sleep on February 4, 2011 and woke up in the presence of God, reunited for eternity in Heaven with his life-long partner and loving wife Mildred. Born on March 19, 1915 in Williams, Arizona, soon after his parents, Oscar and Elvira Ryberg had emigrated from Sweden to America by way of Ellis Island; who...
Barbara D. Guhl
Feb 4, 2011
Barbara D. Guhl, 72 of Cottonwood, passed on February 4, 2011 in Prescott . She was born on April 22, 1938 in Chicago , Illinois to Thomas and Dolores (Seaman) Foran. She attended St. Paul Lutheran and Amherst High School . She then went to work for Burney Brothers, Elmhurst Memorial Hospital and a book store. She was an artist...
Christopher Lee Hanna
Feb 4, 2011
Christopher Lee Hanna, 35, of Cottonwood died February 4, 2011. He was born February 18, 1975 in Cottonwood, the son of Chris and Janalyn January. He was a graduate of Mingus Union High School and was a tatoo artist. He was a well renowned artist and was loved and respected by all. He enjoyed art, painting and his children. Survivng...
Rose I. Chance
Feb 2, 2011
Rose Irene Chance passed away at Verde Valley Medical Center at 1:25am Wednesday, February 2, 2011, with her son, David at her side. Rose was born March 8, 1925 in San Antonio, TX to James Curtis Davis and Evelyn Volz Davis. She grew up in El Paso, TX where she graduated from high school and attended college. On June 12,...
Christie J. Canalia
Feb 2, 2011
Christie J. Canalia, age 66, passed away on February 2, 2011 in Cottonwood, Arizona. Chris, known as Junior to his many friends, was born October 27, 1944 in Ironwood, MI to Christie and Irene Canalia. Moving at a young age to Butte, Chris attended Webster-Garfield, graduated from Butte High School, and worked in the Butte mines for a few years....
Jesse Perez
Feb 2, 2011
Jesse Perez, 69, of Cottonwood died February 2, 2011. He was born December 19, 1941 in Holtville, California. He graduated from Chula Vista High School in 1960 and from National City Welding in 1961. He worked for John Elway Toyota, General Dynamics, Freightliner (as a welder) and Emterprise Rent-A-Car. Mr. Perez enjoyed track and field and dancing and held trophies...
Diana L. Victor
Jan 30, 2011
Diana L. Victor, 74, of Clarkdale died January 30, 2011. She was born July 3, 1936 in San Carlos, Arizona, the daughter of Jimmy and Dorothey (Tonto) Lewis. She graduated from Bullion School and attended Phoenix Indian School and then transferred to schools in Albuquerque, New Mexico. She worked for Moreland Manor Nursery and Day Care for 25 years. She...
Roger W. Martin
Jan 28, 2011
Roger W. Martin, 83, of Cottonwood died January 28. He was born December 1, 1927 in Pasadena, California, the son of Ray G. and Katherine Martin. He graduated from University of Southern California with a Bachelor of Science degree. He worked in industrial management. Roger was a member of the Central Arizona Mode Plane Club. He will be deeply missed...
Richard Ervin
Jan 28, 2011
Richard Ervin, 79, of Cottonwood died January 28, 2011. He was born September 6, 1931 in San Jose, California, the son of John and Lottie Mae (Brush) Ervin. He served his country in the Navy as a boilerman 3rd class during the Korean War. He worked as warehouse manager for KBM Office Furniture for 40 years. He was preceded in...
Theodore E. Martinson
Jan 26, 2011
Theodore E. Martinson, 76 of Cottonwood, passed away on January 26, 2011. He was born on December 21, 1934 in Hayward, Wisconsin to Mundrup and Hazel Martinson. Theodore attended WYEAST High in 1953 and then went to OTI College in 1963. He was in the Airforce and also worked as a diesel mechanic. Theodore made and contributed crafts for the...
Larry T. Parker
Jan 25, 2011
Larry T. Parker, 62, of Rimrock, AZ died January 25. He was born December 8, 1948 in Cottonwood, Arizona, the son Leroy and Evelyn Parker. He was a graduate of Camp Verde elementary schools, Yavapai College and Northern Arizona University, where he received his bachelor\u0027s degree. He served his county in the Army as a specialist 5 during the Vietnam...
Robert L. Vernon
Jan 24, 2011
Robert L. Vernon, 85, of Clarkdale died January 24, 2011. He was born May 11, 1925 in Logansport, Indiana, the son of Harry G. and Idella (Moler) Vernon. He was a graduate of Arizona State University where he received a Masters degree in Science. He worked for the Pennsylvania Railroad and taught high school vocational education in Indiana and Phoenix....
Brother Phillip Andrew Weldon
Jan 22, 2011
Brother Phillip Andrew Weldon h.m., 81, died after a long illness on January 22, 2011 in Camp Verde, Arizona. He was born in Los Angeles to William Weldon and Myrtle (Friedrichs) Weldon on January 2, 1930, the 7th of 8 living children, as his mother died a few years later, after childbirth, along with baby number nine. At the age...
Clarine I. Andrew
Jan 20, 2011
Clarine Ive (Balaty) Andrew, 91, passed away January 20, 2011 in Cottonwood, AZ following a long illness. Clarine was born to John and Laura (Maxson) Balaty in Grand Junction, CO on March 23, 1919, the third of 8 children. Her family moved to Ouray, later to Gunnison and then to Canon City, CO where she graduated from high school with...
