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Local Obituaries for Families in Cottonwood, Arizona
Fay A. Yeager
May 26, 2004
Fay Alma (Sirman) Yeager, 95, of Cottonwood died May 26 in Tucson. She was born September 17, 1908 in the community of Ashland, in Pittsburg County, Oklahoma. She was the oldest child of Talmage DeWitt and Barbara (Ezell) Sirman. Her parents were famers and ranchers, and she grew up helping with the many chores that are farm related. Along with...
Mary M. Brutti
May 25, 2004
Mary M. Brutti, 88, of Flagstaff died May 25 . She was born October 12, 1915 in San pedro, California. She was the wife of the late Baldwin Leonard Brutti. Private family services were held.
Jess Lewis
May 24, 2004
Jess Lewis, 73, of Camp Verde passed away May 24, 2004. Jess loved the outdoors and enjoyed his horses, chickens and dogs. He will be greatly missed by his beloved wife of thirty years, Joyce Lewis; three sons, Jim Lewis, Dan Lewis and Ted Lewis; his stepchildren, Steve Hockaday, Diana Bedient, Kathy Dugwyler, Chuck Hockaday and Craig Hockaday. He is...
Norman R. Schrader
May 21, 2004
Norman R. Schrader, 81, of Cottonwood died May 21. He was born Fenruary 18, 1923 in Roberts County, South Dakota. He was a graduate of Browns Valley High School of Browns Valley, Minnesota. He was a retired owner and operator of a treanching business. Mr. Schrader was previously a farmer in South Dakota. He enjoyed gardening and his grandchildren. He...
Goebel Jesse Bromback
May 19, 2004
Goebel Jesse Bromback, 79, of Cottonwood died May 19. He was born December 7, 1924 in Louisville, Kentucky. He was an Army veteran of World War II. He was a graduate of Louisville High School. He worked as an electrician for Local 58 in Detroit, Michigan and retired from a local International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers in Arizona. Years ago...
Geraldine Mae Pender
May 16, 2004
Geraldine Mae (Allen) Pender, 79, of Cottonwood passed away May 16. She moved to Arizona 68 years ago from Oologah, Oklahoma. Fifty of those years she resided in Cottonwood. Geraldine leaves behind her husband of 54 years Jervie Dee Pender; three children, Carol Lee Kennick, Jervie \u0027\u0027Leon\u0027\u0027 Pender and Janet Rae Foster. She had thirteen grandchildren, James Foster, Geralynn Ellison,...
Floyd B. Kracht
May 15, 2004
Floyd B. Kracht, 91, of Cottonwood died May 15. He was born October 29, 1912 in Fairfield, Iowa. He was a graduate of Fairfield High School and worked as a machinist at the Rock Island Arsenal in Rock Island, Illinois. He went on to work for Lockheed Aircraft Services in Onatrio, California. He was a member of the International Asociation...
Janet L. Rogers
May 14, 2004
Janet Lee Rogers, 64, of Clarkdale died May 14. She was born April 21, 1939 in Tamarac, Michigan. She was retired manager. She was a member of the VFW, American Legion, Masonic Lodge and other organizations. Her husband, Charles Lee Rogers preceded her in death. Mrs. Rogers is survived by two daughters Jody Lee Johnson (and her husband David)of Cottonwood...
Robert Olin Anderson
May 12, 2004
Robert Olin Anderson, 81, of Cottonwood died May 12. He was born August 23, 1922 in Perryton, Texas. He was a World War II veteran of the Coast Guard. He attended Manteca High School. Mr. Anderson retired as a self-employed welder, mechanic and farmer. He enjoyed training border collies. He leaves his wife of 57 years, Leota M. Anderson; two...
Helene Florczak
May 11, 2004
Helene Florczak, 82, a resident of Sedona died May 11. She was born May 22, 1921 in Metz, (Lorraine), France. She was a retired seamstress at Bullocks in California. Miss Florczak attended St. John Vianney Catholic Church. She enjoyed knitting, sewing, care of animals, gardening, reading, enjoyed arts and scenery. She leaves two sisters, Regine Holewinski of New Jersey and...
Catherine M. Oenning
May 11, 2004
Catherine Miller Oenning, 88, a resident of Sedona died May 11. She was born October 5, 1915 in Moro, Arkansas. She was a graduate of Helena High School in Helena, Arkansas. Mrs. Oenning was a retired news photgrapher and photojournalist at the Blytheville Courier News in Blytheville, Arkansas. Active in the West Helena Baptist Church, she enjoyed travel, sewing, reading,...
Juan Ochoa Mendez
May 10, 2004
Juan Ochoa Mendez, 70, of Camp Verde died May 10. He was born February 11, 1934 in Sells, Arizona. He was a veteran of the Marine Corps. He was a graduate of St. John\u0027s High School in Laveen, Arizona. He retired from Phelps Dodge Corporation in Ajo. He worked for Cliff Castle Casino as a security guard and barback. He...
Dorothy E. Stalo
May 7, 2004
Dorothy E. Stalo, 78, of Cottonwood died May 7. She was born April 11, 1926 in Detroit, Michigan. She was a graduate of Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan. She had worked as a teacher in California and Michigan and was known in this area as a teacher for the Cottonwood-Oak Creek School District and taught in the West Sedona...
Willard G. Cram
May 4, 2004
Willard Gleen Cram, 85, of Jerome, died May 4. He was born June 30, 1918 in Flint, Michigan. Mr. Cram was a graduate of Detroit Business School and retired from the retail industry. He was an Army veteran of World War II. A member of the Haven Unuited Methodist Church in Jerome, he also had been a member of the...
Orville J. Hanson
May 1, 2004
Orville J. Hanson, 80, of Cottonwood died May 1. He was born April 12, 1924 in Alexandria, Minnesota. He was an Air Force veteran of World War II. He was a retired inspector for Powell Manufacturing in Phoenix. Mr. Hanson enjoyed making jewelry. He leaves his wife of 38 years, Eleanor Hanson; a son, Stanley Hanson of Phoenix; two daughters,...
Boyd E. Rose
Apr 29, 2004
Boyd E. Rose, 87, of Camp Verde, Arizona passed away on Thursday, April 29th. He was born in Duke,Oklahoma on November 9, 1916. Boyd was the fifth child in a family of 10 boys and five girls. Mr. Rose retired from the Southern Pacific Railroad in 1972. Previously he had lived and worked in Hemet California, leaving in 1941 to...
Richard Cecil Williams
Apr 27, 2004
Richard Cecil Williams, 93, of Lake Montezuma, Arizona passed away on Tuesday, April 27th. He was born December 30, 1910 in Belleville, Kansas. Mr. Williams owned and operated an automotive machine shop in Casper Wyoming until his retirement in 1975. His hobbies included golf, playing bridge, woodworking, and he was also a ham radio operator. Mr. Williams is survived by...
Gordon Bisland Duval
Apr 27, 2004
Gordon Bisland Duval, 96, of Clarkdale, Arizona passed away on Tuesday, April 27th. He was born in Houma, LA on May 19, 1907. Mr. Duvall attended Lawton School in Houma, La; he graduated from Lake View High School in Chicago, Illinois in 1925 and received a Bachelor\u0027s Degree in Economics from Princeton University in 1929. He was considered an entrepreneur...
Wilma ''Billie'' Johnson
Apr 25, 2004
Wilma Johnson, of Cottonwood, known to her friends as \u0027\u0027Billie\u0027\u0027 passed away at Infinia Healthcare Center on Sunday, April 25. A longtime resident of Cottonwood, Bilie was born and raised in Idaho. Preceded in death by her husband Arthur, her sister Mildred and son Bradley, she will be sadly missed but lovingly remembered by sons Bob and Jim, daughter-in-laws Rita...
Margaret K. Norris
Apr 24, 2004
Margaret K. Norris, 73, of Cottonwood died April 24. She was born December 24, 1927 in Ticonderoga, New York. She graduated from High School there. She worked two years for the Federal Bureau of Investigation as a fingerprint technician. She married Walter J. Norris in 1948. He preceded her in death. Mrs. Norris leaves a brother, Donald O. Miller of...
