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Local Obituaries for Families in Cottonwood, Arizona
Barbara Ann Burris Gaylor
Sep 20, 2014
Barbara Ann Burris Gaylor, of Cottonwood, passed away on Saturday, September 20, 2014. She was 78 years old. Barbara was born on October 9, 1935 in Burley, ID to Noan Edgar and Edith Mazelle Phillips Burris. She attended school in Northfork, VA and Guam and attended BYU. She worked for the US Postal Service and later, for Wal-Mart. She served...
Thomas Charles Fortsch
Sep 20, 2014
Thomas Charles Fortsch of Cottonwood passed away on September 20, 2014. He was 49 years old. Tom was born on June 29, 1965 in White Plains, NY to Thomas and Ray (Dutto) Fortsch. Growing up, he attended Analy High School, and later on he attended Yavapai Community College and received his AA degree. He was a big fan of both...
Marshall D. Case Jr.
Sep 13, 2014
Marshall D. Case Jr., 85, went to meet his Savior September 13, 2014. He was born February 20, 1929 in Swartz, Louisiana the son of Marshall and Ila Case. He graduated from Northwestern Bible College in 1950. While there he met and married Jean (Phillips), his wife of 66 years. Marshall\u0027s life was devoted to pastoral and missionary work. He...
Dorothy Jo Trammel
Sep 12, 2014
Dorothy Jo Trammel of Rimrock passed away on Friday, September 12, 2014. She was 77 years old. Dorothy was born on November 8, 1937 in Cottonwood, AZ to Doc McCauley and Alice Nichols McCauley. She grew up in the Verde Valley, attending and graduating school in Camp Verde. Dorothy owned several flower shops in the Verde Valley and at one...
Patrick Lymangrover
Sep 10, 2014
Patrick Lymangrover of Cottonwood passed away on Wednesday, September 10, 2014. He was 71 years old. Patrick was born on May 6, 1943 in South Bend, IN to Bud and Mary June Lymangrover. Patrick was a builder and worked in construction. He loved building, NASCAR, classic cars, and his dogs. Patrick was preceded in death by his parents. He is...
Dorothy -Dottie- Gerlach
Sep 10, 2014
Dorothy Vauclain (Colyer) Gerlach, better known as "Dottie", 93 of Cottonwood and formerly of Altoona, Pennsylvania, passed away on September 10, 2014. Dottie was born Feb 8th 1921 in Altoona, the daughter of the late Kenneth Vauclain and Pauline Regina (Rowan) Colyer. She married Jay Gerald Gerlach in Fort Wayne Indiana, October 1942. They had one son, Jeff. She was...
Gordon V. Cochran
Sep 6, 2014
Gordon V. Cochran, 79, of Cottonwood, AZ, died September 6, 2014. He was born June 8, 1935, the son of Gordon and Irene Cochran. He loved classical and opera music, good conversation, and was a very generous, and most of all, a very loving kind person. Private viewing and special prayers were held at Westcott Funeral Home, 1013 E. Mingus...
Barbara M. Miles
Sep 6, 2014
Barbara M. Miles, 92, of Camp Verde died September 6, 2014. She was born October 27, 1921. Barbara grew up in upstate New York farm country, the Middle child of three brothers and three sisters. She married Raymond Miles on her Graduation Day, June 25, 1940. After the war they moved to Southern California in 1948. She drove school buses...
Rosa Delia Fimbres
Sep 3, 2014
Rosa Delia Fimbres, 75 of Cottonwood, passed away on September 3, 2014. She was born on September 30, 1938. Rosa was the best cook. Rosa is survived by her husband Manuel Fimbres; 3 sons; 1 daughter; 1 brother and 1 sister. A visitation will be held on THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2014 at Westcott Funeral Home in Cottonwood from 5:00pm 8:00pm....
Thomas Edward Mulcaire
Aug 31, 2014
Thomas Edward Mulcaire, 67, passed away on Aug. 31st, 2014 in his home, on the original homestead, in Cornville, AZ. He was born Nov 1, 1946 in Cottonwood, AZ to Thomas and Erma Mulcaire (Self). As a young child, Tom served as an alter boy at the Catholic Church in Jerome. He attended Mingus Union High School on the hill,...
Valerie Leonard
Aug 26, 2014
Valerie Leonard, 68, of Cottonwood died August 26, 2014 after a losing battle with cancer. She was born in Chicago, Illinois, on September 14, 1945, the daughter of Louis and Prudence Lodestro. She moved to Arizona in 1957, graduated from Scottsdale H.S. and attended ASU. Val was an accomplished hair stylist in Arizona and Hawaii for 25 years and a...
Wayne -Tiny- Addington
Aug 24, 2014
Wayne "Tiny" Addington of Cottonwood passed away on Sunday, August 24, 2014. He was 67 years old. Tiny was born on October 7, 1946 in Phoenix, AZ to Ray and Catherine (Johnston) Addington. Tiny attended Sunnyslope High School, graduating in 1965 before attending Phoenix College. Tiny was voted Homecoming King of Sunnyslope High School. He was a coach and referee....
Richard Dean Woolley
Aug 21, 2014
Richard Dean Woolley passed away at home in Rimrock on August 21, 2014 at the age of 84. He was born in Wynoka, Oklahoma on January 29, 1930 to Oliver R. and Mary E. Woolley. Richard spent his formative years in Coos Bay and Eugene, Oregon. He proudly served his country in the U.S. Navy from 1947 to 1951. He...
Eugene Melville Waldroup
Aug 21, 2014
Eugene Melville Waldroup, 94 of Cottonwood, died on August 21, 2014. He was born on December 11, 1919 at Fort Verde in Camp Verde. He was the son of Jesse Franklin and Enone (Montgomery) Waldroup. He attended grade school at Stoneman Lake and Beaver Creek Schools and graduated high school in Clemenceau. Eugene spent 28 years working for Fred Harvey...
Zeck Willie Raney
Aug 19, 2014
Zeck Willie Raney of Cottonwood passed away on Tuesday, August 19, 2014. Zeck was born on June 29, 1928 in Lawn, NM to Joe Willie and Tishia Evdoshia (Marchbanks) Raney. As a young man he fought in WWII in the Merchant Marines. Later he did a variety of things including working in a grocery warehouse, as a truck driver, a...
L. Josephine Riggs
Aug 18, 2014
****************** Lena Josephine (Schell) Riggs was born to Joseph and Mary Schell on April 6, 1921, on a small ranch that now lies under the waters of Lake Pleasant. She was the third of their six children. Josephine was raised near the town of Canon (now Black Canyon City) where her father owned and worked two ranches. She loved riding...
Betty Jo McClure
Aug 17, 2014
Betty Jo McClure of Cottonwood passed away on Sunday, August 17, 2014. She was 86 years old. Betty was born on July 16, 1928 in Wichita, KS to Charles and Helen Turner. She attended Wichita Public schools and Bethany College in Lindsborg, KS before marrying Bruce McClure and becoming a homemaker. Betty and Bruce lived in Hutchinson, KS until 1967...
Bob C. Wann
Aug 16, 2014
Bob C. Wann of Cottonwood passed away on Saturday, August 16, 2014. He was 90 years old. Bob was born on October 3, 1923 in Chandler, AZ to Thomas and Hattie Jacks Wann. He attended and graduated from Phoenix Union High School before joining the Army to serve his country in WWII. Later Bob became a truck driver, eventually retiring...
Margaret Elizabeth Taylor
Aug 11, 2014
Margaret Elizabeth Taylor, 94, of Cottonwood, Arizona, went home to be with the Lord on Monday, August 11, 2014, after a three year battle with ovarian cancer. She was born on November 11, 1919 in Ontario, Canada to William and Cecily Mitchell. While living in California, working in early childhood education and raising her family, she attended Hope University part...
Erna Sejba
Aug 10, 2014
Erna Sejba, Nee Anderer, 101, of 1730 N. Rustlers Trail, Camp Verde, AZ., beloved wife of the late James, devoted mother of Deacon James J. (Merci) and the late Marlene A. Doyle, cherished grandmother of Michelle, Thomas, Melissa and Randy and loving great grandmother. Information contact: Deacon Jim Sejba, [email protected].
