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Local Obituaries for Families in Cottonwood, Arizona
Virginia Ruth Garner
Nov 3, 2011
Virginia Ruth Garner passed away November 3, 2011 in Scottsdale. Virginia was born at home in Globe, Arizona weighing in at 11 lbs11 oz. She was married to Lonnie Garner for 39 years when he preceded her in death in 2003. They moved to Camp Verde in 1972 and worked the CPA business together. Virginia also worked at Phoenix Cement...
Margie G. Bean
Oct 31, 2011
Margie G. Bean, 84 of Cottonwood , passed away on October 31, 2011. She was born on June 21, 1927 in Pueblo , Colorado to Clarence and Elsie Boen. Margie was a housewife. She loved sewing, cooking and gardening. Most of all, she enjoyed spending time with her family. She was a wonderful, loving person and will live forever in...
Sylvia A. Snowden
Oct 29, 2011
Sylvia A. Snowden, 98 of Cottonwood, passed away on October 29, 2011. She was born on October 1, 1913 in Berger, MO to Alfred Fred Bade and Rosa Louise Tinnemeyer. Sylvia attended Hermann High School in Hermann, Missouri. She worked as a shoe packer at a wholesale shoe company. She was a 73 year member of Rebekkah as of 2011....
Patricia Marie Watson
Oct 26, 2011
Patricia Marie Watson, 85 of Clarkdale, passed away on October 26, 2011. She was born on July 2, 1926 in New Hartford, New York to Patrick and Marguerite Jetty. Patricia was once the controller for the Goldwaters Department Stores. She gave over 15, 000 hours of service at Marcus J. Lawrence Hospital; working with volunteers and managed the gift shop....
Kathleen Louise Skyles
Oct 26, 2011
Kathleen Louise Skyles, 81, of Cottonwood died October 26, 2011. She was born June 28, 1930 in St. Paul, Minnesota, the daughter of Robert and Johanna (Murphy) Sweeney. She was a graduate of Washington High School. She was a homemmaker and assisted her husband in his construction business. Mrs. Skyles was a member and a volunteer at Immaculate Conception Catholic...
Larry - King Rat - Comp
Oct 20, 2011
Larry A. Comp, "King Rat", 57, of Rimrock, died Oct. 20, 2011, in Rimrock. He was born Dec. 28, 1953 in Mechanicsburg, PA. , the son of Roy and Grethel Comp. His occupation was driving trucks for many years. He was a collector of nostalgic vehicles, and loved restoring them. He also had a great love for motorcycles, cats and...
Joan Maine
Oct 19, 2011
L. Joan Maine, known to friends and family as Joan, was born November 10, 1931 in Sterling, Colorado. She passed away peacefully surrounded by her family on October 19, 2011 at the age of 79. She was married to Robert Maine on September 4, 1953, a marriage which lasted over 50 years. They were long time residents of Lake Montezuma....
Marjorie M. Melvin
Oct 18, 2011
Marjorie M. Melvin, 74, of Cornville died October 18, 2011. She was born October 12, 1937 in San Bernadino, California the daughter of Hugh R. and Ruth M. (Gaylor) Brown. She was a graduate of San Bernadino High School. She was employed as a programmer for NCR and was also a homemaker. She was a member of the Arrowhead Brethren...
Charles Kaminski
Oct 18, 2011
Charles Edward Kaminski, 84 of Phoenix, passed away on October 18, 2011 in Prescott Valley. He was born on November 4, 1927 in Erie, Pennsylvania to Marion and Margaret Kaminski. As a young boy Charles became an alter boy at Holy Rosary Church and attended their school. When World War II was raging he changed his birth date so he...
Robert Edward Willard
Oct 17, 2011
Robert Edward (Bob) Willard of Cottonwood, Arizona died on Monday October 17 at age 80. He was born in Jerome, Arizona on August 16, 1931 to Donald Brian Willard and Ruth Ann Yates Willard. The family moved to Cottonwood when Bob was two years old. The Willards were a pioneer family in Cottonwood and Sedona. Bob attended K through 12...
Alexander B. Buzzell
Oct 15, 2011
Alexander B. Buzzell, 82, of Cornville died October 15, 2011. He was born July 23, 1929 in Kwang Kweichow, China, the son of Alexander B. and Arlene (Illmenen) Buzzell, Sr. He served his country in the Navy. Mr. Buzzell worked as a safety officer for the Department of Transportation. He was preceded in death by his wife Mary (Torres) Buzzel....
Joan L. Agundez
Oct 15, 2011
Joan L. (Robertson) Agundez, 63 of Flagstaff, passed away on October 15, 2011. She was born on March 19, 1948 in Phoenix, AZ to Harold E. Robertson and Mary Ruth (Wade) Ledbetter. Joan attended and graduated West High School in Phoenix. She was currently attending NAU after receiving two AA Degrees from Yavapai College in Art and Young Childhood Education....
Brian McDoanld
Oct 14, 2011
Brian McDonald, 52, of Cottonwood died October 14, 2011. He was born May 21, 1959 in Phoenix, the son of Robert C. and Joan McDonald. He owned a roadside truck repair service. Mr. McDonald enjoyed hunting, fishing and archery. He was preceded in death by his father, Robert C. McDonald, Sr. He is survived by his mother Joan M. McDonald...
Eva L. Johnson
Oct 12, 2011
Eva L. Johnson, age 96, passed peacefully at the home of her son and daughter-in-law, in Cottonwood, Arizona, on Wednesday, October 12, 2011. Born March 27, 1915, in Rockford, Illinois, Eva was the daughter of Swedish immigrants Mathilda and Herman Widell. In 1944, she married Donald Gertz. Donald predeceased her in 1963. In 1970, Eva married William Johnson in Rockford,...
Daphne Boan
Oct 7, 2011
Daphne Boan, 73, of Cottonwood died October 7, 2011. She was born December 1, 1937 in Belton, Kentucky, the daughter of Clarence and Abbie (Barbee) Knight. She attended the Clemenceau School. She worked at the former Marcus J. Lawrence Hospital as a cook, at Babbit\u0027s Department Store, and then at Lumbermans until she retired. She also worked at the Bear...
Joy Elizabeth Prats
Oct 7, 2011
Joy Elizabeth Prats, December 20, 1980 ¿½ October 7, 2011. Joy was a dedicated special education teacher in Vacaville, California. She graduated from UC Davis with a BS in Nutritional Science in 2004, and continued her studies to obtain two Life California teaching credentials in elementary education and special education. She played piano in her church in Davis, California. She...
Audrey Jump
Oct 4, 2011
Audrey Jump, 96, of Cottonwood, passed away peacefully on October 4, 2011, in the loving presence of her son and the watchful care of hospice and the supportive staff at Carefree Assisted Living. She was born on January 12, 1915 in England to Mabel and Isaiah C. G. Cooper, who moved to the U.S. in 1920. Audrey grew up in...
Virginia Wheat Birdwell
Oct 3, 2011
Virginia Wheat Birdwell, 88, of Cottonwood, passed away on October 3, 2011 in Palmdale, California. She was born August 10, 1923 in Velma Oklahoma to Roy Wheat of Indian Territory and Della Hines of Indian Territory, the fourth of six children. She moved to Farmington, New Mexico from Leveland, Texas with her parents and five siblings when she was 12...
Jody May Prado
Oct 2, 2011
Jody May Prado, 52, of Cottonwood died October 2, 2011 in Sedona. She was born July 20, 1959 in Santa Barbara, California, the daughter of Tom and Jean Baker. She was a graduate of Nordhoff High School in California. She is survived by her husband of 31 years, Stan Prado; daughters Megan Baker of Cottonwood, Tanna Gross (Levi) of Cottonwood,...
Marilyn M. Wood
Sep 30, 2011
Marilyn Moore Wood, 74, of Cottonwood died September 23, 2011. She was born April 7, 1937 in Hollywood, California, the daughter of Rev. Dr. Glenn W. and Mary E. Moore. She was a graduate of Summit High School and attened Pennsylvania State University and was a member of it\u0027s Art Students League. Mrs. Wood worked at NBC television in New...
