Local Obituaries for Families in Cottonwood, Arizona
Noel L. Robyn
Mar 25, 2009
Noel L. Robyn, 97, a retired criminal attorney who enjoyed a second career maintaining trails on Mingus Mountain, died on Wed., March 25 in Cottonwood, Arizona. Mr. Robyn was born on October 21, 1911, in St. Louis, Missouri, and graduated from Soldan High School and Washington University. Nearly two decades later, he returned to Washington University School of Law, graduating...
Chico Gonzalez
Mar 25, 2009
Chico Gonzales, 73, of Cottonwood died March 25. He was born October 29, 1935 in Phoenix, the son of Manuel and Eva Gonzales. Chico owned Smelter City Iron Works since 1979. He was a past Exalted Ruler of the Elks Lodge and a past Governor of the Moose Lodge and was active in community service. He enjoyed fishing, traveling and...
Ronald Wilbanks
Mar 21, 2009
Ronald "Smiley" Wilbanks passed away March 21, 2009 at the age of 79. He was born November 19, 1929 in Inglewood, CA. He was a 19 year resident of Cornville, AZ. Ron was a 30 year fire fighter on the Manhatten Beach Fire Department. He is survived by his wife Laverne Wilbanks \u0026 her daughter Sherry Adame, his brother Richard...
Aurora Lee Gilmer
Mar 18, 2009
Aurora Lee Gilmer of Cottonwood died March 18. She was born July 23, 1919 in San Fernando, California, the daughter of James Willis Archer and Sibyl May Sidow Archer. She was a graduate of San Fernando High School. She worked in gifts sales and in picture framing. Mrs. Gilmer enjoyed cross stitching and knitting. She will be remembered by her...
Lynn D. Mullican
Mar 16, 2009
Lynn D. Mullican, 62 of Clarkdale, passed away at home on March 16, 2009. She was born August 25, 1946 in Mendota, IL to Lawrence and Jessie Farmer. Lynn attended Flowing Wells High School. She then worked in sales retail but retired due to illness. She was an honorary member of the Jerome Jag Club and Historical Society. Lynn loved...
Carl C. Conradt
Mar 16, 2009
Carl C. Conradt, 85 of Cottonwood, died March 16, 2009. Carl was born in West Point, Iowa on July 7, 1923. Mr. Conradt was a World War II combat veteran having served in Normandy, France, Belgium and Germany as an army corporal. He resided in Iowa until moving his family to Prescott, Arizona in 1966. While working for Santa Fe...
Jacqueline Downing
Mar 14, 2009
Jacqueline Downing, 83 of Cottonwood, passed away March 14. She was born January 16, 1926 in Mobile, Alabama to Philip Gill. She attended Huntington College and became a teacher. She enjoyed weaving, gardening and cooking. Jacqueline was preceded in death by daughter Julie Downing. She is survived by her husband of 64 years, Edgar Downing and daughter Roabie Johnson (Jerry)...
Betty Louise Williams
Mar 13, 2009
Betty Louise Williams 86, born in St. Louis Mississippi and died in Cottonwood. Betty leaves her only daughter Carole Slagle of Cottonwood, four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Services will be May 2, 10 a.m. at Mt. View Methodist Church, Cottonwood, and May 17, 10 a.m. with World Fellowship Church at a park near Sedona. Call Carole for directions 649-9727.
Mary Martinez
Mar 13, 2009
Mary Chavez Martinez passed away on March 13, 2009. Mary was born on May 7, 1926 to her parents Andres and Aurora Martinez in Williams, Arizona where she lived for most of her life. Mary worked at Safeway for 38 years. She transferred to the Safeway in Cottonwood, where she retired. Mary shared a home with her life long and...
Ralph A. Hansen
Mar 13, 2009
Ralph A. Hansen, 77, was born in Virginia , Minnesota December 21, 1931 . He attended Milwaukee schools and graduated from University of Wisconsin Milwaukee in 1961. He married Violette Backman in St. Stephens Lutheran Church on September 5, 1953 . His early work was as a machinist, then as a telegraph agent for the Milwaukee Road Railroad. He went...
Manuel I. Padilla
Mar 10, 2009
Manuel I. Padilla, 58, of Clarkdale died March 10. He was born December 12, 1950 in Superior. He attended Clarkdale-Jerome schools and graduated from Mingus Union High School. He worked as a maintenance and groundskeeper for different resorts in the Sedona area and worked with the Yavapai-Apache construction crew. He loved to fish. He was preceded in death by his...
Jesse Ray Newton, Sr.
Mar 10, 2009
Jesse Ray Newton, Sr., 86, of Munds Park died March 10 in Flagstaff. He was born December 6, 1922 in Payden, Oklahoma, the son of John W. and Sara Bettis Newton. He served in World War II with the Marines. He was a private on Iwo Jima and was a few yards away as the flag was being raised. A...
James Poindexter
Mar 8, 2009
James Poindexter, 76. of Cottonwood died March 8. He was born May 21, 1932 in Minneapolis, Minnesota the son of James B. and Theresa Poindexter. He was a graduate of Ohio Northern University where he earned a degree in Electrical Engineering. He was a veteran of the Korean War, serving in the army. Mr. Poindexter worked for Motorola in Scottsdale...
Richard E. Ellison
Mar 5, 2009
Richard E. Ellison, 75, of Cottonwood, AZ; formerly of Roselle, IL, passed away unexpectedly March 5, 2009. He was born August 16, 1933 in Chicago, IL. He was a Police Officer for the Roselle Police Department for 27.5 years, retiring as Sergeant in 1983. Rich and his wife Georgia moved to Cottonwood in 1994 where they enjoyed their retirement until...
Delmer Dare Culley
Mar 4, 2009
Delmer Dare Culley, 95, of Sedona, passed away on March 4, 2009. Born in Earlton, Kansas on January 12, 1914, the eldest son of William and Anna Culley. He survived by wife Joyce and numerous nieces and nephews. A Navy veteran of the Seabees, Dare served in the South Pacific in World War II. Prior to the war, Dare owned...
Ann E. Burrell
Mar 4, 2009
Ann E. Burrell, 96, of Cottonwood died March 4. She was born April 27, 1912 in Dodge City, Kansas, the daughter of Zacheriah and Esther Hobbs. She was a graduate of Clarkdale High School. She owned and operated a restaurant. She was also an accountant for several businesses. Mrs. Burrell was a member of Cottonwood Assembly of God Church and...
Robert F. Stilwell
Mar 3, 2009
Robert F. Stilwell, 68, of Rimrock, passed away peacefully March 3 with his wife at his side. He was born May 9, 1940 in Burbank, California, the son of Llewelyn and Agnes Stilwell. Before his retirement, Mr. Stilwell worked thirty years as a carpenter. His interests included model ship building, baseball and astronomy. He will be remembered as a loving...
Anna Ehle-Post
Mar 1, 2009
Anna Ehle-Post, 76, of Cottonwood died March 1. She was born April 29, 1932 in Prescott. She loved sewing, her dogs and her birds. She was preceded in death by her sons, Victor K. and Richard Holmgren. Mrs. Ehle-Post is survived by her husband of 35 years, Michael Post; a daughter Joni Losey and a grandson Victor Holmgren. There are...
James L. Higley
Mar 1, 2009
James Leonard Higley was born January 30, 1938 in Youngstown, Ohio and passed away on March 1, 2009 in Cottonwood, Arizona. Jim is survived by his sons: Bart, James, Blaine and Ryan; 8 grandchildren and 6 great-grandchildren. Memorial services will be held on Saturday, March 7 @ 2pm at the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah\u0027s Witnesses 7101 West Orangewood Avenue, Glendale,...
Doris M. Alexander
Feb 27, 2009
Doris Malinda Alexander of Cottonwood died February 27. She was born August 13, 1914 in Hanston, Kansas, the daughter of William Henry Halling and Lucy Catherine (Hamilton) Halling. She was a graduate of Jetmore High School in Jetmore, Kansas. Doris ran a telephone office in Hanston, Kansas. She was the bookkeeper for the family business, "Alex Machine Shop". A lifelong...
