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Local Obituaries for Families in Cottonwood, Arizona
Mary Thelma Duckworth
Jan 22, 2006
Mary Thelma Duckworth, 93, of Cottonwood, AZ died Sunday, January 22, 2006 at the Verde Valley Medical Center. Mary was born in Rock River, Wyoming, December 6, 1912 to parents Harmon DeBuhr of Germany and Ida Mae Berry DeBuhr of Kentucky. Mary grew up on the family farm in Oklahoma, located just South of the Kansas State Line. During her...
Georgia Belle Yeager
Jan 22, 2006
Georgia Belle Yeager, 81, new resident of Cottonwood, Arizona, and former 60 year resident of California, passed away Sunday, January 22, 2006. She was born to Harry and Pearl Bounds on January 14, 1925 in Kansas City, Kansas. She is preceded in death by her husband, Harold J. Yeager. Georgia leaves behind her sons, Terry (Jenny) Yeager of Hemet, California,...
Barbara Piper
Jan 17, 2006
Barbara Piper, 69, resident of Camp Verde, Arizona, passed away Tuesday, January 17, 2006 in Tucson, Arizona. She was born on May 25, 1936 in Cario, Iowa. Barbara was very talented with crafting. She had a special eye for creating beauty out of objects that others would consider too old, beyond hope, or just simply useless. She also loved to...
Christine Agnes Palmer
Jan 17, 2006
Christine Agnes Palmer, 96, resident of Cottonwood, AZ, passed away Tuesday, January 17, 2006. She was born on September 24, 1909 to Thomas E. and Elizabeth J. Losee in Temple, Texas, where she grew up and graduated High School. She then attended the Woodbury Business College for 2 years in Los Angeles, California. Christine worked as an Administrative Assistant to...
Donald C. Barrows
Jan 16, 2006
Donald Campbell Barrows, 91, of Jerome died January 16 at Infinia Healthcare in Cottonwood. He was born October 21, 1914 in Albany, New York and was a graduate of Albany High School. A World War II veteran, he served with the Army Air Corps. Mr. Barrows was a past commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post #7400, a member...
James "Bud" Purtymun
Jan 16, 2006
James Elvin Purtymun, born November 9, 1925 in Smelter City, Arizona, south of Old Town Cottonwood, died at the age of 80 at his home in Cottonwood. The son of Jesse Elmer Purtymun and Margaret Elizabeth Thompson who homesteaded in Oak Creek Canyon in the early 1900s. He attended 1st through 8th grade at Sedona School in a building halfway...
Ralph Joseph Ahlen
Jan 15, 2006
Ralph Joseph Ahlen, 92, resident of Cottonwood, AZ, passed away Sunday, January 15, 2006. He was born on December 31, 1913 to Minnie Pierson and Joseph C. Alhen in Kansas City, MO, where he grew up and graduated from Northeast High School. Ralph also attended the Army OCS, where he held the rank of first lieutenant, as well, he served...
John Henry Eden
Jan 14, 2006
Our wonderful husband, father, step-father, grandfather and great-grandfather, John Henry Eden passed away in Ogden, Utah on Saturday, January 14, 2006. John was born January 20, 1922 in Calamus, Iowa to Lester and Marjorie Eden. He worked on the family farm in his early adult years and later owned and operated Eden Implement Co. in Grand Mound, Iowa. He married...
Jane E. Parker
Jan 12, 2006
Jane E. Parker, 73 of Lake Montezuma, AZ.passed away January 12, at her home. Jane was born in Glendale, AZ. November 6, 1932, the daughter of Charles Dean and Georga (Samples)Gilbert. Jane was a School Secretary at Unit 1, now Landmark School and also a Records Secretary at Glendale High School. She was a member of thr Glendale Woman\u0027s Club...
Bruce C. Brimhall
Jan 12, 2006
Bruce Brimhall, 61, died peacefully in his home in Clarkdale on January 12 of a heart attack. Bruce was the proprietor of BB\u0027s Project VW and the former BB\u0027s Billiards. He has been a Verde Valley resident since 1970 and was a true native Arizonan, born in Mesa in 1944. Bruce will be missed deeply by his high school sweetheart...
Viloet "Vi" Junas Skarecky
Jan 10, 2006
\u0027We thought she would out live us all, but we were sadly mistaken\u0027 Violet \u0027Vi\u0027 Junas Skarecky, daughter of Joseph Junas and Irma Pavlovich, was born February 24, 1921 in Berewyn, IL and made her transition to be with her Lord on January 10, 2006. At 84 she had moved from being a Chicago girl to a Sedona artist after...
Frances Edwardine Trammell
Jan 9, 2006
Frances Edwardine Trammell, 90, former resident of Cottonwood, AZ, passed away Monday, January 9, 2006 in Phoenix, AZ. She was born in Caddo, Oklahoma on September 30, 1915 to Edgar A. and Walsie "Flossie" Benton.\u003cbr\u003eAs a child, she attended the Shawnee Mission School.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThroughout her life, Frances worked hard, and she held various jobs; from waitressing and cooking to owning her...
Shirley Ramona Ross
Jan 7, 2006
Shirley Ramona Ross (nee Anderson), loving wife of Burton H. Ross of Milford Ohio passed away on June 7, 2006 in Cottonwood Arizona. A private memorial was held in Henderson Nevada on January 12, 2006. She was the adored mother of Beverley Reber, and Terilyn (Paul Vaught) Reber of Cincinnati, Ohio; and mother-in-law to David Crockett Jr. of Calgary, Alberta,...
Dorothy Howieson
Jan 6, 2006
Dorothy Howieson, 75, a former long time resident of Cottonwood, AZ, passed away on Saturday, January 6, 2006 in Atlanta, GA. She was the daughter of Peter Jokola and Helen Krivokucha on December 27, 1930 in Greensburg, PA. Mrs. Howieson had worked as a secretary before moving to the Verde Valley from California. She is survived by her daughter, Debra...
Helen Herold Loving
Jan 6, 2006
Helen Herold Loving, 84, of Cottonwood, AZ, fell asleep in death on Thursday, January 6, 2006 after a brief illness. Helen was born May 19, 1921 in Imperial, California. She moved to Arizona in 1928 and resided there for the majority of her life. She received her teaching credentials at Northern Arizona University and had a long and fruitful teaching...
Janet Lindsay Mitchell
Jan 6, 2006
Janet Lindsay Mitchell, 86, of Sedona, AZ passed away Friday, January 6, 2006. She was born on September 2, 1919 to Carl and Pauline Linsay in Scraton, PA, where she grew up and graduated from Scraton High School. She then received her Bachelor\u0027s Degree at Maryville College in Tennessee and further received her Master\u0027s at the University of Colorado. She...
James Washington Harris
Jan 5, 2006
James \u0027Jim\u0027 Washington Harris, 93, of Clarkdale, AZ passed away Thursday, January 5, 2006. He was born July 12, 1912 in Caradan, TX to Perry C. and MayBelle Harris. At the young age of 3, he moved with his family to Arizona. He was a graduate of Globe High School, Globe, AZ. He worked for and retired from the Arizona...
Robert Charles Dressendorfer
Jan 4, 2006
Robert Charles Dressendorfer, 78, of Cornville, AZ, passed away Wednesday, January 4, 2006. He was born in Los Angeles, CA on May 14, 1927 to Armon Carl and Betty Jeanette Dressendorfer. Robert served his country during WWII in the United States Navy and proudly carried his title as U.S. Veteran. Professionally, Robert devoted 34 years as an areospace mechanical engineer....
Betty L. Lichty
Jan 3, 2006
Betty L. Litchy, 78, resident of Cottonwood, AZ passed away Tuesday, January 3, 2006. She was born August 7, 1927 to James and Leita Byers in Dolores, CO, where she grew up and graduated from Dolores High School. While in Colorado she met and married John V. Tate (now deceased). In 1953, John and Betty, with their young family moved...
Wilma Maxine Kau
Jan 3, 2006
Wilma Maxine Kau passed away peacefully at home on Tuesday, January 3, 2006 after a long illness. She was 88. Wilma was born in Quincy, Illinois on June 17, 1917. She attended college at Northern Baptist Theological Seminary in Chicago, Illinois, and received her Registered Nursing Degree from Good Samaritan Hospital School of Nursing in Phoenix, Arizona in 1944. For...
