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Local Obituaries for Families in Cottonwood, Arizona
Don J. Helton
Jan 20, 2011
Don J. Helton, 84, of Cottonwood died January 20, 2011. He was born June 25, 1926 in Kansas City, Missouri, the son of Omer and Edna (Hines) Helton. He attended Kansas State University. He served his country in the Navy and as pharmacist mate 2nd class during World War II. He worked as golf ranger, tour guide and was an...
Hazel J. Gunter
Jan 19, 2011
Hazel June Gunter, 73, of Clarkdale died January 19, 2011. She was born March 22, 1937 in Simms, Texas, the son of Homer June Pender and Clue Annie Hicks. She attended Cleator/Rock Springs schools. She worked in housekeeping at the Enchantment Resort and Rio Verde Nursing Home and as a sewing machine operator at Penn-Mor. She enjoyed sewing and fishing...
Philip L. Phillips
Jan 19, 2011
Philip L. Phillips passed away on January 19, 2011. He was born on a farm at Bean Blossom, Indiana on March 9, 1936; moving to Arizona in 1955. Following service in the U.S. Marine Corp, he was employed by the Phoenix Police Department and later the Tucson Police Department. He married Hop Helene Hill in 1959. This union produced one...
Ile Mae Coyle
Jan 18, 2011
Ile May Coyle, 90 of Cottonwood, passed away January 18, 2011. She was born on January 26, 1920 in Batson, Texas to Samuel J. Tilden Perkins and Lessie Smith Perkins. She attended Aircraft Electrical Engineering College and worked for several companies worldwide as an aircraft and aerospace employee. She worked on consolidated-vultee PBY-5 flying boats during WWII; stealth fighters, space...
Louis J. Spear III
Jan 18, 2011
Louis Jaquith Spear III, 77, of Cottonwood died January 18, 2011. He was born May 1, 1933 in Phoenix, the son of Louis Jaquith Spear II and Anna Cope Spear. He was a graduate of North High School and Arizona State University where he received a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering. He served his country in the Army during...
Richard Alan Bregant
Jan 14, 2011
Richard Alan Bregant, 70, of Cottonwood died January 14, 2011 at his home. He was born September 9, 1940 in St. Louis, Missouri, the son of Frank and Evelyn Bregant. He attended Witt Grade and High School and went on to serve his country as a radioman second class in the Navy. Mr. Bregant worked as an accountant and personnel...
Phillip Martin Schnur
Jan 13, 2011
Phillip Martin Schnur, 56, of Cottonwood died January 13. He was born in Chicago, Illinois. Phillip was a longtime member of YES the Arc and a member of the Vineyard Christian Fellowship. He made friends every where he went. There wasn\u0027t a person that didn\u0027t fall in love with Phillip as soon as they met him. He didn\u0027t have a...
Robert Scott
Jan 13, 2011
Robert Scott, 77, of Clarkdale, died January 13, 2011. He was born July 4, 1933 in Los Angeles, California, the son of Clyde and Betty Scott. He served his country as a sergeant in the Army during the Korean War. Mr. Scott worked as a machinist for fifty years. He leaves his wife of 58 years, Beverly Scott; a son...
James C. Sigman
Jan 13, 2011
James C. Sigman, 87 of Cottonwood , passed away on January 13, 2011. He was born on August 26, 1923 in Altoona , Pennsylvania to Ralph and Blanche Sigman. James is retired from working in industrial equipment services. James is preceded in death by his parents Ralph and Blanche and wife Alice Marie Sigman. He is survived by sister Esther...
Richard B. Dehnert, Jr.
Jan 11, 2011
Richard B. Dehnert, Jr. 97, died January 11, 2011 in Cottonwood, Az. He was born August 18, 1913 in Chicago to Richard B. and Sadie Bach Dehnert. He was preceded in death by his wife of almost fifty years, Aurora Evelyn Voigt Dehnert and his sister, Dorothy M. Dehnert. He is survived by his sons, Richard B. Dehnert III (Krysta)...
Ray Farley
Jan 11, 2011
Ray Farley, 70, of Cornville died January 11, 2011. He was born July 12, 1929. He leaves a daughter Mary Subiran of Apache Junction; brothers Clarence Farley of Globe and James "Jimmy" Farley of Cottonwood; and ten grandchildren. A funeral service will be held Sunday, January 23 in the Westcott Funeral Home at 10:30 AM. Burial will follow in the...
Norman Shelman
Jan 10, 2011
Norman Shelman, 78 of Cottonwood, passed away at home on January 10, 2011. He was born on July 27, 1932 in Cameron, Missouri to Thomas Floyd Shelman and Bessie Cooper Shelman. Norman attended Cameron High for 4 years. He was a Seaman in the Navy during the Korean War. He then worked in car sales. He attended Immaculate Conception Catholic...
James R. Anderson
Jan 10, 2011
James R. Anderson, age 80, of Flagstaff died on January 10, 2011 under the care of The Peaks Assisted Living in Flagstaff . Mr. Anderson was born on May 9, 1930 in Breckenridge , Texas to James William and Bessie Mae (Francis) Anderson. He served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War. Mr. Anderson and his wife Betty Lou...
Anna May Gililland
Jan 9, 2011
Anna May (McDonald) Gililland passed away on January 9, 2011. She was born on February 10, 1924 in Camp Verde. She was the daughter of the late Ben and Ora McDonald. She was united in marriage to Edward Desmond Gililland on July 5, 1942. He preceded her in death on May 13, 1998. Ann is survived by her 10 children,...
Anthony J. Pardo
Jan 7, 2011
Anthony J. "Tony" Pardo III, 51 of Cottonwood, died January 7, 2011 in Cottonwood . He was born on March 14, 1956 in Richmond , Indiana , the son of Anthony J. and Harriett D. Pardo. He is survived by his partner Peggy Underwood, his close friends Jack and Charlie and many others. He played high school quarterback in Chandler...
John O. Brockman
Jan 2, 2011
John O. Brockman of Sedona was born October 24, 1920 in San Fancisco, California. He went to sleep in death at his home with loved ones by his side on January 2, 2011 after a long battle with cancer. He is survived by his wife Sarah Brockman, daughter Eileen Manion and Kim Scott and three grandchildren. He retired from the...
William Boerner
Dec 30, 2010
William E. Boerner, 72, of Clarkdale, passed away December 30, 2010. He was born March 25, 1938 in St. Paul, Minnesota, the son of Martin and Catherine Boerner. Bill moved to Prescott in 1970 and finally settled in Clarkdale, where he worked as a contractor for the remainder of his life. He is survived by his wife, Sally of 40...
Judith Ann Naylor
Dec 28, 2010
Judith Ann Naylor, 71, of Cottonwood died December 28, 2010, She was born February 28, 1939 in Paxton, Illinois, the daughter of LeRoy and Ina (Hilligoss) Mell. She grew up in Kansas. She was an auxillary member of the Elks and Legion. She also enjoyed the casinos and bingo. She will be remembered as a great mother, sister and and...
Herbert Browning
Dec 28, 2010
Longtime Cornville Resident Herb Browning passed away at his home on Dec 28, 2010. Herb was born on Feb 1, 1930 on a farm in Eastern Colorado to Charley and Marie (Davidson) Browning. He was married on March 28, 1948 to Iona May Reitmeyer. He worked for the Colorado Division of Wildlife for more than 33 years. He spent 5...
Bobby D. Valenzuela
Dec 28, 2010
Bobby Dean Valenzuela of Cornville passed peacefully at home December 28, 2010. Bobby was born in Mesa, Arizona on February 20, 1944 to Johnnie and Velma Valenzuela. He graduated from Gilbert High School and went on to play baseball at Eastern Arizona College, football at Palo Verde College in California and ended his college baseball career at Northern Ariozna University...
