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Local Obituaries for Families in Cottonwood, Arizona
Sandra Kay Paul
Mar 29, 2005
Sandra Kay Paul, 45, of Cottonwood,Arizona died Tuesday, March 29th. Ms. Paul had been a Cottonwood resident since 1996 and enjoyed living in the Verde Valley area where she spent time with family and many friends. Ms. Paul was born in Wichita, Kansas on May 12, 1959. At the age of five, she moved to Arizona where she grew up...
Judith A. Mudersbach
Mar 27, 2005
Judith Ann Mudersbach, 64, of Cottonwood died March 27. She was born September 15, 1940 in Los Angeles, California. She graduated from Scottsdale High School. Mrs. Mudersbach had worked as a secretary at the Manzanita Speedway and as owner of The Cooler Pad. She enjoyed line dancing, cards and auto racing. She leaves her husband of 20 years, Larry Mudersbach;...
Rana Sena
Mar 27, 2005
Rana Sena, 43, of Cottonwood died March 27. She was born October 17, 1961 in Fairview, Michigan. She was a graduate of Mingus Union High School, class of 1979. Rana was a teacher at Accelerated Learning Charter School for 20 years. She also worked at the Kare Bear Child Care Center. Her hobbies included crafts, flowers gardening and was known...
David C. Covin
Mar 26, 2005
David C. Covin, of Cottonwood, died March 26, 2005 at the age of 54. He was born November 16, 1950 in San Diego, CA to Stenobrey and Ruth Covin. He was a western artist. Mr. Covin is survived by his wife of 30 years, Cynthia; a son Joshua of Cottonwood; and his father Stenobrey Covin also of Cottonwood. Family requests...
Pansy E. Farris
Mar 25, 2005
Pansy E. Farris, 83, of Lake Montezuma died March 25. She was born November 23, 1921 in Rural South of Linn, Missouri. She graduated from Ownsville High Schhol. She was a homemaker. Mrs. Farris was a member of Lake Montezuma Womans Club and the Beaver Creek Adult Center. Her hobbies included baking, cooking, flower gardens and traveling. She leaves her...
Grace J. McMenamin Wetzel
Mar 24, 2005
Grace J. McMenamin-Wetzel, 73, of Cornville died March 24. She was born October 8, 1931 in Jackson, Michigan. Mrs. Wetzel was a graduate of Greenville College of Greenville, Illinois. She taught kindergarten and first grade for over thirty-four years at Squaw Peak School in Phoenix. She enjoyed oil painting, interior design and landscaping, music and gardening. Preceding her in death...
John F. White
Mar 21, 2005
John F. White, Jr., 95, of Camp Verde died March 21 in the Veterans Hospital in Prescott. Mr. White was born in Phoenix April 27, 1909 to John John Francis White, Sr. and Oda Kater White, who came to Arizona in the 1880\u0027s. He was a Navy veteran. He was preceded in death by his wife of 65 years, Billie...
Ronald Clarence Smith
Mar 19, 2005
Ronald Clarence Smith, 61, of Cottonwood, died March 19 after a lengthy illness. Ron was born in Jerome in 1943. He attended grade school in Cottonwood and high school in Jerome. Ron served in the US Army in Germany from 1965 to 1967. Upon returning home, he joined the local gas company, UniSource Energies; retiring in 2002. Ron is survived...
Eric B. Shook
Mar 18, 2005
Eric B. Shook, 45, of Cottonwood, Arizona, passed away on March 18, 2005. Dr. Shook was a local veterinarian who had practiced in Cottonwood for 19 years, he founded the Riverfront Veterinary Hospital. He is survived by his brother Jeff and family, a sister Tanya and family, and his parents and many friends. No public funeral is planned however a...
Jean Ella Butts
Mar 18, 2005
Jean Ella Butts, 88, of Cottonwood, Arizona, died Friday, March 18th. She was born in Bolivar, Pennsylvania on November 17, 1916. She was the daughter of William and Lillian (Leetch) Henderson. A resident of Arizona for 47 years, Mrs. Butts was a homemaker, and at one time she had served as a volunteer at the hospital. In keeping with her...
Carol I. Burns
Mar 17, 2005
Carol Irene Burns, 68, of Cottonwood died March 17. She was born July 24, 1936 in Washtenaw County, Michigan. Ms. Burns attended schools in Ann Arbor, Michigan and Indio, California. She retired as a bookkeeper in restaurants. She was preceded in death by her father Ross G. Penn and her mother, Irene M. Ray. Survivng is her brother Gary R....
Jeanne M. LaPort
Mar 17, 2005
Jeanne Marilyn LaPort, 80, of Cornville died March 17. She was born July 4, 1924 in Ashland, Wisconsin. Mrs. LaPort was a homemaker who enjoyed reading and gardening. She leaves her husband of 62 years, Robert P.LaPort; five daughters, Sheryl Lajuenesse and Kathy LaPort, both of Cornville, Marilyn LaPort of Cicero, Indiana, Barbara Harroun of Pine, Colorado and Diana LaBella...
Wallace ''Tex'' Wayland Moody
Mar 14, 2005
Wallace Wayland Moody \u0027\u0027Tex\u0027\u0027 70, passed away March 14, 2005 at his home in Page Springs, Arizona. It rained the day he left us, his favorite kind of day! He was born April 4, 1934 in Florida, but was raised in Texas. He graduated from Gatesville Texas High School in 1953, then served four years in the U.S. Air Force....
Nina Beth Church
Mar 9, 2005
Services for Cottonwood resident NinaBeth (Pruitt) Church are Saturday, March 12, at 10:30 a.m. in Godard Hall of Verde Valley Manor. Mrs. Church attended a one-room school in Casa Grande and later schools in Glendale, South Phoenix and Wilson as a constant A student. She had worked in many areas of food service. She had worked at Mingus Union High...
John E. Melugin
Mar 9, 2005
John Emerson Melugin, 91, a resident of Sedona died March 9. He was born October 28, 1913 in Heber, Utah. Mr. Melugin was a retired employee of Cal-Gas. He was a member of the Verde Valley Christian Church. He leaves two sons, Tom Melugin of Port Hueneme, California and Garry Melugin of Craig, Colorado; four grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. Family...
Kelly M. Cross
Mar 8, 2005
Kelly McLain Cross, 63, of Camp Verde died March 8. She was born November 14, 1941 in Los Angeles, California. She was a retired bookkeeper. Her hobbies included visits to the Colorado River, camping and spending time with her granddaughter and family. She leaves two sons, Frank Pergola and Ken Pergola; a sister, Carol McGowan and one grandchild. There are...
Mary Jane Hauser
Mar 8, 2005
Mary Jane Hauser 64 passed away on March 8, 2005, at home after an 18 month battle with cancer. Mary was born on March 20, 1940 in Cedar Falls, Iowa to Lester and Eva Hauser, who preceded her in death. In 1951 she moved to Arizona with her family and attended Scottsdale Elementary and High School. She has been a...
Beuford Nolan Hopkins
Mar 7, 2005
Buford \u0027\u0027Buff\u0027\u0027 Nolan Hopkins, long time Cottonwood resident, died March 7, 2005 at Good Samaritan Hospital, City of Hope in Phoenix after a year long battle with Leukemia. He was born in Indian Springs, TN, on April 5, 1942 (Easter Sunday) to H. L. and Flora Hopkins, the youngest of four sons. When Buff was four years old the family...
Jean Caroline Campbell
Mar 2, 2005
Jean Caroline Campbell, born Aug. 11, 1922, died March 2, 2005. Jean moved to Sedona in 1978, following the death of her husband, Scotty in 1977. She opened Sedona Travel in 1979, and enjoyed the next 20 years servicing the community\u0027s travel needs as well as organizing and escorting numerous journeys all over the world. Jean was active in Soroptomists,...
Jacqueline Weirick Adessa
Feb 27, 2005
Jacqueline Weirick Adessa, 81, of Cottonwood, Arizona passed away on Sunday, February 27, 2005.She was born in Cortland, New York on January 9, 1924 to Thomas and Louise Weirick. She was a graduate of Cortland High School and in 1974 Jacqueline received an Associates Degree from Auburn Community College. Over the years, she had worked as a home health nurse...
