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Local Obituaries for Families in Cottonwood, Arizona
David C. Blauert
Mar 16, 2021
David Carl Blauert was born on March 4, 1943 to Emil August & Bertha (Holzhauer) Blauert in Frazee, Minnesota. After graduating from high school in 1961, Dave moved to Sedona, Arizona. In 1963, Dave joined the United States Marine Corps and married Billie Herrick in 1965. This union was blessed with two daughters, Lauren and Spring. In 2017, Dave married...
Betty L Mauldin
Mar 16, 2021
Betty passed away in her sleep on March 16, 2021, during the early morning hours. She is survived by her son, Randy, and his wife Debbie, whom she lived with the last year of her life. She got to be around little ones again this past year since the neighbors have 2 boys, ages 5 and 15 months. They came...
Dolores Schumm
Mar 11, 2021
Dolores Schumm, 88, of Phoenix, passed away Thursday, March 11, 2021. She was born in Huntington, WV. She attended the Ohio School for the Deaf.
Dolores is preceded in death by her husband, Herbert Schumm. She is survived by her daughters Diane Mart, Millie Schumm Hollandbeck, and Mary Schumm.
Andrew Gilbert Sanchez
Mar 10, 2021
Andrew Gilbert Sanchez, was born in Kansas City, Missouri on November 18, 1962, passed on March 10, 2021 to meet with his maker our Heavenly Father. Andrew was proud to have been born in Missouri, he was a devoted Chief's Fan! and enjoyed his Chief's football games. He had multiple talents: he was a Natural Artist he could draw, paint,...
Peggy Lynn Greenwood
Mar 3, 2021
Peggy Lynn Greenwood of Cottonwood was welcomed into the arms of Jesus on March 3, 2021. She was born November 2, 1951 in Ponca City, Oklahoma to J.D. and Dollie Greenwood. After graduating from Mingus Union H.S. and becoming a beautician Peggy worked at Milady’s Salon then moved to Phoenix and completed an associate’s degree from Mesa Community College while...
Nancy Gammonley
Mar 2, 2021
On Tuesday, March 2, 2021, Nancy Gammonley, loving wife, beloved daughter, sister, and friend, passed into Jesus’ arms.Nancy was born May 4, 1944, in Harvey, IL, to Lt. Raymond W Gibson and Doris Mae Gibson, née Stone. At 18 months, Nancy was discovered to have been born with Cerebral Palsy. Despite her condition, she embraced every opportunity and enjoyed a...
DuWayne Alfred Holm
Feb 26, 2021
On Friday February 26th, 2021 DuWayne Alfred Holm, loving husband, father of three, grandfather of twelve, and great-grandfather of 4 passed away at the age of 80. Born on January 3rd, 1941 to Alfred Johannas Holm and Helga Hegvik in Lisbon, North Dakota, DuWayne spent his childhood as a typical farm boy working in the field and hauling cattle to...
William Snyder
Feb 24, 2021
Bill Snyder, born in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, died February 24 one month shy of his 84th birthday. In 1976, while living in Oklahoma, he received a job offer from Landmark Land Company and had the choice of relocating his family to Carmel, California or Clarkdale, Arizona and here we are. He spent his years on boards and commissions at local,...
Lois Ann Kimel
Feb 22, 2021
Lois Ann Kimel (Stagnaro), 83, of Sedona, Arizona passed away peacefully February 22nd. She was a native of Norwood, Ohio. She was preceded in death by her husband Howard F. Kimel and parents Charles W. And Isabelle F. Stagnaro (née Williams). Lois is survived by her beloved brother Charles Stagnaro and wife Helen of Athens, TN, their daughter Kathy Logan...
Rev. John William Jenkins
Feb 18, 2021
Rev. John William Jenkins of Camp Verde, Arizona passed away peacefully on February 18, 2021. He was born on March 21, 1930 in Kalamazoo, Michigan. John served in the United States Air Force where he was stationed in Okinawa and studied in Japan before returning home to marry Doris Kundart in 1951. They moved to San Diego, California where he...
Maria Dolores “Lola” Ramos Ryan
Feb 13, 2021
Maria Dolores “Lola” Ramos Ryan, 81, died February 13 after a brief illness at her home in Cottonwood, AZ. Dolores was born November 4, 1939 to Perfecto and Rufina Ramos in Saucillo, Chihuahua Mexico. In 1956 she married Edward Ryan Jr and they lived in Reserve, NM, Flagstaff, AZ and Silver City, NM. In May 2020 she moved to Cottonwood...
Charles A. "Chuck" Rennie Jr.
Feb 6, 2021
Charles A. Rennie Jr. (Chuck), age 76 of Clarkdale, Arizona passed away at his sister’s home on Saturday, February 6th while surrounded by family and his special pug dog Herachio.
Chuck was born at Reno Army Air Base in Nevada on January 15, 1945 to parents Charles Rennie Sr. and Patricia Burke. He grew up near extended family in the...
Kay Frances Kallsen
Feb 4, 2021
Kay Frances Kallsen died February 4, 2021. She was 81 years old.
Kay was born in Jerome, Arizona to Frank and Katherine Boban. Her family moved to Bridgeport in 1945. She attended Willard School and Cottonwood High School. She married Keith Kallsen in 1957. She worked at Marcus J. Lawrence hospital in the business office, as well as a medical...
Eugene Russell Bonfoey
Jan 29, 2021
On Friday, January 29, Eugene Russell Bonfoey, passed away after a battle with cancer at the age of 68. “Gene” as he liked to be called was born in Norwich, Connecticut in1952. He was the son of the late Isabelle and Russell Bonfoey.
Gene grew up in Franklin, Connecticut and was active in the New London County 4-H Club,...
Marshall "Mike" Nathaniel Heyman
Jan 28, 2021
Marshall Nathaniel “Mike” Heyman passed away on 28 January 2021, months shy of his 97th birthday.
Mike’s life is best recounted in phases that defined him. Born in Albany, New York, he lost his mom at age nine to an infection she picked up visiting him in hospital after a tonsillectomy, following which he and his father Berthold – “Butch”...
Julie Ann Hadley
Jan 24, 2021
Julie Ann Hadley of Cottonwood, passed away peacefully on 1/24/2021 at Verde Valley Medical Center. At 6:53 pm Julie took her final breath, while in the presence of her beloved husband Jerry.
She was born January 16, 1956 in Phoenix Arizona; the daughter of Ramon and Mary Charles. She graduated from North Phoenix High School in 1974.
On...
Marie "Riki" Brewster
Jan 15, 2021
Marie “Riki” E. Brewster of Cottonwood went home to the Lord on January 15, 2021. Riki was preceded in death by her husband Bobby L. Pickering, her 2nd husband Bill Brewster, her daughter Debbie Schlink and son George Pickering. She leaves behind son Art (Bonnie) Pickering of Flagstaff, AZ; daughter Cindy (Robert) Apodaca Sr. of Flagstaff, AZ; son Beecher (Val)...
Diane M. Wilson
Jan 15, 2021
Diane M. Wilson, 80, formerly of Taunton, Massachusetts, passed away at 5:00am on Friday, January 15, 2021 in Cottonwood, Arizona.
Diane was born in Taunton, MA on September 14, 1940 to Howard and Arlene Yates. She was one of six children. The others were Howard, Shirley, Beverly, Bob, and Ray Yates. In her early teens the family moved from Taunton,...
William "Bill" Jump
Jan 14, 2021
William Sims Jump, 78, known as both “Bill” and “Skip,” passed away peacefully surrounded by his family on January 14 in Cottonwood, Arizona.
Born February 28, 1942, in Corsicana, Texas, he graduated from Denver South High School in Denver, CO, (1960). He attended the University of Colorado (CU) where he played football and was active in the Delta Tau Delta...
Allen Gilson
Jan 11, 2021
Allen Steve Gilson, 82, of Cottonwood, AZ, passed away January 11, 2021, due to complications of Covid-19. His wife, Regina, was able to be with him- a rare occurrence during this pandemic.
Allen was born in 1938, Guthrie Center, Iowa to parents George & Martha Gilson. A brother, John, joined the family a year later. Martha died in 1944 and...
