Local Obituaries for Families in Cottonwood, Arizona
Barbara D. Guhl
Feb 4, 2011
Barbara D. Guhl, 72 of Cottonwood, passed on February 4, 2011 in Prescott . She was born on April 22, 1938 in Chicago , Illinois to Thomas and Dolores (Seaman) Foran. She attended St. Paul Lutheran and Amherst High School . She then went to work for Burney Brothers, Elmhurst Memorial Hospital and a book store. She was an artist...
Christopher Lee Hanna
Feb 4, 2011
Christopher Lee Hanna, 35, of Cottonwood died February 4, 2011. He was born February 18, 1975 in Cottonwood, the son of Chris and Janalyn January. He was a graduate of Mingus Union High School and was a tatoo artist. He was a well renowned artist and was loved and respected by all. He enjoyed art, painting and his children. Survivng...
Rose I. Chance
Feb 2, 2011
Rose Irene Chance passed away at Verde Valley Medical Center at 1:25am Wednesday, February 2, 2011, with her son, David at her side. Rose was born March 8, 1925 in San Antonio, TX to James Curtis Davis and Evelyn Volz Davis. She grew up in El Paso, TX where she graduated from high school and attended college. On June 12,...
Christie J. Canalia
Feb 2, 2011
Christie J. Canalia, age 66, passed away on February 2, 2011 in Cottonwood, Arizona. Chris, known as Junior to his many friends, was born October 27, 1944 in Ironwood, MI to Christie and Irene Canalia. Moving at a young age to Butte, Chris attended Webster-Garfield, graduated from Butte High School, and worked in the Butte mines for a few years....
Jesse Perez
Feb 2, 2011
Jesse Perez, 69, of Cottonwood died February 2, 2011. He was born December 19, 1941 in Holtville, California. He graduated from Chula Vista High School in 1960 and from National City Welding in 1961. He worked for John Elway Toyota, General Dynamics, Freightliner (as a welder) and Emterprise Rent-A-Car. Mr. Perez enjoyed track and field and dancing and held trophies...
Diana L. Victor
Jan 30, 2011
Diana L. Victor, 74, of Clarkdale died January 30, 2011. She was born July 3, 1936 in San Carlos, Arizona, the daughter of Jimmy and Dorothey (Tonto) Lewis. She graduated from Bullion School and attended Phoenix Indian School and then transferred to schools in Albuquerque, New Mexico. She worked for Moreland Manor Nursery and Day Care for 25 years. She...
Roger W. Martin
Jan 28, 2011
Roger W. Martin, 83, of Cottonwood died January 28. He was born December 1, 1927 in Pasadena, California, the son of Ray G. and Katherine Martin. He graduated from University of Southern California with a Bachelor of Science degree. He worked in industrial management. Roger was a member of the Central Arizona Mode Plane Club. He will be deeply missed...
Richard Ervin
Jan 28, 2011
Richard Ervin, 79, of Cottonwood died January 28, 2011. He was born September 6, 1931 in San Jose, California, the son of John and Lottie Mae (Brush) Ervin. He served his country in the Navy as a boilerman 3rd class during the Korean War. He worked as warehouse manager for KBM Office Furniture for 40 years. He was preceded in...
Theodore E. Martinson
Jan 26, 2011
Theodore E. Martinson, 76 of Cottonwood, passed away on January 26, 2011. He was born on December 21, 1934 in Hayward, Wisconsin to Mundrup and Hazel Martinson. Theodore attended WYEAST High in 1953 and then went to OTI College in 1963. He was in the Airforce and also worked as a diesel mechanic. Theodore made and contributed crafts for the...
Larry T. Parker
Jan 25, 2011
Larry T. Parker, 62, of Rimrock, AZ died January 25. He was born December 8, 1948 in Cottonwood, Arizona, the son Leroy and Evelyn Parker. He was a graduate of Camp Verde elementary schools, Yavapai College and Northern Arizona University, where he received his bachelor\u0027s degree. He served his county in the Army as a specialist 5 during the Vietnam...
Robert L. Vernon
Jan 24, 2011
Robert L. Vernon, 85, of Clarkdale died January 24, 2011. He was born May 11, 1925 in Logansport, Indiana, the son of Harry G. and Idella (Moler) Vernon. He was a graduate of Arizona State University where he received a Masters degree in Science. He worked for the Pennsylvania Railroad and taught high school vocational education in Indiana and Phoenix....
Brother Phillip Andrew Weldon
Jan 22, 2011
Brother Phillip Andrew Weldon h.m., 81, died after a long illness on January 22, 2011 in Camp Verde, Arizona. He was born in Los Angeles to William Weldon and Myrtle (Friedrichs) Weldon on January 2, 1930, the 7th of 8 living children, as his mother died a few years later, after childbirth, along with baby number nine. At the age...
Clarine I. Andrew
Jan 20, 2011
Clarine Ive (Balaty) Andrew, 91, passed away January 20, 2011 in Cottonwood, AZ following a long illness. Clarine was born to John and Laura (Maxson) Balaty in Grand Junction, CO on March 23, 1919, the third of 8 children. Her family moved to Ouray, later to Gunnison and then to Canon City, CO where she graduated from high school with...
Don J. Helton
Jan 20, 2011
Don J. Helton, 84, of Cottonwood died January 20, 2011. He was born June 25, 1926 in Kansas City, Missouri, the son of Omer and Edna (Hines) Helton. He attended Kansas State University. He served his country in the Navy and as pharmacist mate 2nd class during World War II. He worked as golf ranger, tour guide and was an...
Hazel J. Gunter
Jan 19, 2011
Hazel June Gunter, 73, of Clarkdale died January 19, 2011. She was born March 22, 1937 in Simms, Texas, the son of Homer June Pender and Clue Annie Hicks. She attended Cleator/Rock Springs schools. She worked in housekeeping at the Enchantment Resort and Rio Verde Nursing Home and as a sewing machine operator at Penn-Mor. She enjoyed sewing and fishing...
Philip L. Phillips
Jan 19, 2011
Philip L. Phillips passed away on January 19, 2011. He was born on a farm at Bean Blossom, Indiana on March 9, 1936; moving to Arizona in 1955. Following service in the U.S. Marine Corp, he was employed by the Phoenix Police Department and later the Tucson Police Department. He married Hop Helene Hill in 1959. This union produced one...
Louis J. Spear III
Jan 18, 2011
Louis Jaquith Spear III, 77, of Cottonwood died January 18, 2011. He was born May 1, 1933 in Phoenix, the son of Louis Jaquith Spear II and Anna Cope Spear. He was a graduate of North High School and Arizona State University where he received a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering. He served his country in the Army during...
Ile Mae Coyle
Jan 18, 2011
Ile May Coyle, 90 of Cottonwood, passed away January 18, 2011. She was born on January 26, 1920 in Batson, Texas to Samuel J. Tilden Perkins and Lessie Smith Perkins. She attended Aircraft Electrical Engineering College and worked for several companies worldwide as an aircraft and aerospace employee. She worked on consolidated-vultee PBY-5 flying boats during WWII; stealth fighters, space...
Richard Alan Bregant
Jan 14, 2011
Richard Alan Bregant, 70, of Cottonwood died January 14, 2011 at his home. He was born September 9, 1940 in St. Louis, Missouri, the son of Frank and Evelyn Bregant. He attended Witt Grade and High School and went on to serve his country as a radioman second class in the Navy. Mr. Bregant worked as an accountant and personnel...
Phillip Martin Schnur
Jan 13, 2011
Phillip Martin Schnur, 56, of Cottonwood died January 13. He was born in Chicago, Illinois. Phillip was a longtime member of YES the Arc and a member of the Vineyard Christian Fellowship. He made friends every where he went. There wasn\u0027t a person that didn\u0027t fall in love with Phillip as soon as they met him. He didn\u0027t have a...
