Local Obituaries for Families in Cottonwood, Arizona
Lela Reems
Aug 12, 2007
Lela Reems, long-time resident of Arizona, and current resident of Cottonwood, passed away Sunday, August 12, 2007 due to a stroke. She was 95. Lela was born to Frank and Etta Goben on a homestead near Marshall, North Dakota on October 16, 1911. She attended a one-room school located several miles from the Goben Homestead-riding a horse to and from...
Pauline Ball
Aug 10, 2007
Pauline Ball, 98, resident of Cottonwood, passed away on Friday, August 10, 2007. She was born in Colorado in 1908. She spent most of her adult life in southern New Mexico, but she has also lived in Texas, and for the last few years in Arizona near her granddaughter, Roberta Serface of Clarkdale. She also leaves behind two other grandchildren;...
Jewel Bernice Valdez
Aug 9, 2007
Jewel Bernice Valdez, 77, resident of Clarkdale, passed away at home on Thursday, August 9, 2007. She was born November 16, 1929 in West Blockton, Alabama to Claude and Aria LaNora (Reed) Clark. Professionally, Bernice worked as a waitress. She was a member of the M.M.M. (Mater Misericordiae Mission). She enjoyed shopping, cooking, gardening and home dcor. Her greatest joy...
George William parker
Aug 9, 2007
George W. Parker, 90, resident of Camp Verde, passed away on Thursday, August 9, 2007 in Prescott. He was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada on September 26, 1916 to George King and Florence Parker. George served in the Royal Canadian Air Force during WWII. He received his Bachelor's Degree from the Toronto Bible College. He then dedicated 50 years of...
Barbara Sophia Tarila
Aug 8, 2007
B. Sophia Tarila, 69, current resident of Cottonwood, and former nineteen year resident of Sedona; born August 1, 1938 in Chicago, Illinois to John and Sadie (Kotila) Sampson, passed away on Wednesday, August 8, 2007. Sophia was a lifelong lover of wisdom and education; having received her Bachelor's Degree of Philosophy in 1960, from Gettysburg College; her Master's Degree in...
Harlan Ross Jones
Aug 8, 2007
Harlan Ross Jones, 30 year resident of the Verde Valley, passed away on Wednesday, August 8, 2007 in Cottonwood. Harlan was born November 7, 1932 in Dos Palos, California- the youngest of nine children. Harlan served his country in the United States Navy. On May 14, 1955, He married Phyllis; and together they raised four children; Lloyd, Katie, Helene, and...
Frances M. Murray
Aug 5, 2007
Frances M. Murray, 93, of Cottonwood died August 5. She was born March 8, 1914 in Hillsboro, Texas, the daughter of Charles A. and Elizabeth (Finch) Mayfield. A graduate of Waco High School, she served with US Army Signal Corps. She later worked for Cocoa-Cola Bottling Company. She attended Mountain View United Methodist Church and enjoyed card games (especially bridge),...
Randy Alan Ziemkowski
Aug 3, 2007
Randy Alan Ziemkowski, 49, resident of Cottonwood, Arizona, passed away on Friday, August 03, 2007. He was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico on January 15, 1958 to James Anthony and Betty Lou (Hawkins) Ziemkowski. Randy was a graduate of Mingus Union High School. Later, he became the owner and manager of Seedling Nursery in Camp Verde; he was also a...
Emilie Kreuzer
Aug 3, 2007
Emilie Kreuzer, 91, passed away early Friday morning, August 3, 2007. She was born December 29, 1915 in Schwabisch Gmund, West Germany. She came to the United States with her family (husband \u0026 son) in 1955. She is preceded in death by her husband Anton Kreuzer who passed away in 2002. Emilie was relocated by her son from New York...
Dorothy K. Peters
Aug 3, 2007
Dorothy K. Peters, 98, of Cottonwood died August 3. She was born August 25, 1908 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. She was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star in Pennsylvania for 60 years. Mrs. Peters enjoyed painting, fishing, hunting, crosswords and loved to read. Her husband, Eugene Peters preceded her in death as well as two sisters. Mrs....
John I. Benson, Jr.
Jul 28, 2007
Former long time Cottonwood resident, John I. Benson Jr., died July 28, 2007 at the Veteran\u0027s Hospital in Muskogee, OK after a brief illness. He was 84 years old. Mr. Benson was a resident of Cottonwood since 1975 and moved to Oklahoma in 2000 after the death of his wife, Val, in 1999. With increasing dementia, he became a resident...
Virginia M. Umbaugh
Jul 26, 2007
Virginia M. Umbaugh, 86, resident of Cottonwood, passed away at her home, early Thursday morning, July 26, 2007. She was born July 1, 1921 in South Bend, Indiana to Walter Harmon and Leuetta Esther (Watters) Manges. She was a graduate of Central High School. She worked as an Insurance Sales Executive-from which she was retired; she also taught at the...
Luverne Rita Anne Hirsch Cash
Jul 23, 2007
Luverne Rita Anne Hirsch Cash, 79, resident of Cottonwood, passed away on Monday, July 23, 2007. She was born October 9, 1928 in Fargo, North Dakota to George M. and Ida Viola Hirsch. She attended kindergarten at Moorhead State Teachers College, eight years at St. Joseph's Parochial School, 2 years at Moorhead, Minnesota, Junior year at Fairmont, North Dakota, and...
Lorin Ross Dedrickson
Jul 21, 2007
Lorin Ross Dedrickson, recently of Clarkdale, passed over to a higher command after 87 active and productive years on Saturday, July 21, 2007. Born in Salt Lake City, Utah on May 28, 1918 to Dedrick and Ruth (Smith)Dedrickson. Ross graduated High School at the age of 16. His course of study at Utah State University, College of Natural Resources focused...
Lorin Ross Dedrickson
Jul 21, 2007
Lorin Ross Dedrickson, recently of Clarkdale, passed over to a higher command after 87 active and productive years on the planet. Lorin was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, May 1928 and graduated from High school at age 16. His course of study at Utah State University, college of Natural Recourses focused on ecology and civil engineering. He was captain...
William "Bill" Lee Brown
Jul 15, 2007
William (\u0027Bill\u0027) Lee Brown, 78, passed away quietly at his home in Cottonwood on July 15, after a long illness. Born on July 7, 1928, in Des Moines, Iowa. Bill served in the Navy during the Korean War, after which he attended Iowa State University, where he graduated with degrees in physics and journalism. His engineering expertise took him to...
Mary Phyllis Leininger
Jul 14, 2007
Mary Phyllis Leininger, 88, resident of Cottonwood, passed away on Saturday, July 14, 2007. She was born in Cleveland, Ohio on November 20, 1918. She was the daughter of John and Pauline (Rendos) Sopko. Mary worked at the McLaren Hospital in Flint, Michigan in the kitchen, where she specialized in food preparation. Mary was devoted in her Catholic Faith; even...
Theodore Glassman
Jul 12, 2007
Theodore Glassman, 90, resident of Jerome, passed away on Wednesday, July 12, 2007. He was born in Chicago, Illinois on June 16, 1917 to Samuel and Sara Glassman. Theodore was a WWII Army Veteran, having served his country as a Tech Sergeant; and the best dad in the universe! He is preceded in death by his wife, Miriam. He leaves...
Anna Alberta Gardner
Jul 9, 2007
Anna Alberta (Steel) Gardner, 100 years old, resident of Cornville passed away at home, surrounded by her family, on Monday, July 9, 2007. She was born in Orange, Vermont of Swedish immigrant parents, Carl and Selma (Petersen) Steel. Anna's first language was Swedish; she was taught to speak English in grade school. Once she learned her new language she loved...
Robert Leon Ackerman
Jul 9, 2007
Robert Leon Ackerman, 70, resident of Camp Verde, passed away at his home on Monday, July 9, 2007. He was born September 21, 1936 Carmi, Illinois to Guy Robert and Thelma Pauline (Carter) Ackerman. Robert was a retired truck driver. He was a simple man, who loved being surrounded by his wife, children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. He is preceded by...
