Local Obituaries for Families in Cottonwood, Arizona
Carroll Ann Gabrielson
Sep 5, 2005
Carroll Ann Gabrielson, 69, a long time resident of the Verde Valley died after a short illness on September 5, 2005. Carroll was raised in the Verde Valley. She attended Oak Creek Elementary School in Cornville, and graduated from Cottonwood High School. She then attended Good Samaritan School of Nursing in Phoenix, and graduated as a Registered Nurse in 1956....
Viola V. Greenrock
Sep 5, 2005
Viola V. Greenrock, 77, of Camp Verde died September 5. She was born April 18, 1928 in Dill, Oklahoma. She leaves five sons, Eugene, Sidney, Chester, Billy and Art Greenrock; two brothers, Dennis (Deal) Martin and Claude (Shortey)Martin; sixteen grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren. There will be a visitation Friday, September 9 in the Westcott Funeral Home at 10 AM. An...
Patsy R. Dickison
Sep 3, 2005
Patsy Rose Dickison, 77, of Cornville died September 3. She was born December 31, 1927 in Los Angeles, California. She graduated Anaheim High School in Anaheim, Californa and attended business school in Sata Ana, California. Mrs. Dickison retired in July from selling Avon products. She picked berries at Knotts Berry Place in California. She was a Girl Scout leader and...
Thomas R. Clark
Sep 3, 2005
Thomas Roberts Clark, 86, of Clarkdale died September 3. He was born in Willette, Tennesseeon September 20, 1918. He attended the Parker Vocational School in Dayton Ohio, Cooperative High School, the William Dean Howell and Technical High School of Cleveland, Ohio. Mr. Clark was retired in 1984 from Pitney Bowes. He also had worked at many companies as a product...
George A. Nelson
Sep 3, 2005
George Arthur Nelson of Cottonwood, AZ, age 85, passed away September 3rd, 2005 after a 25 year battle with prostate cancer. He was born in Whitmore Lake, MI to the late Ila Hoepfl, on July 12th, 1920. He is lovingly survived by his wife Esther V. Nelson (Cottonwood, AZ); son Robert and daughter-in-law Linda Nelson (from Laguna Niguel, CA); son...
Norma L. Webb
Sep 2, 2005
"The Queen of our Hearts" Our beloved Norma of Lake Montezuma left us on September 2, 2005 at the Cottonwood hospital in the presence of loved ones. She was the daughter of Lacy Belle Ivy and Rodney D Swords, born November 22, 1923 in Gridley, Kansas. She graduated from Grossmont Union High School, Grossmont, California, with the class of 1941....
Earl T. Blackwell
Sep 2, 2005
Earl T. Blackwell Joanna (Jo) B. Blackwell Earl Thomas Blackwell departed this life on September 2, 2005. He was preceded in death by his loving and devotated wife of 30 years, Joanna Bouldin Blackwell who departed this life on August 22, 2005. They were residents of Clarkdale, Arizona. Earl was born in Washington D.C. September 21, 1930 to George Gamble...
Carol L. Biggs
Sep 2, 2005
Carol Lynn Biggs, 67, of Cottonwood died September 2. She was born April 13, 1938 in Pasadena, California. Mrs. Biggs had worked for a glass company. She was a meber of Emmanuel Fellowship in Cottonwood. She loved to cook, bake and loved her animals. Her parents Harold and Arlene West and her husband Darrell Leon Biggs preceded her in death....
William T. Carothers
Aug 30, 2005
William \u0027Bill\u0027 Thomas Carothers, 77, of Clarkdale died August 30. He was born September 26, 1927 in Muskogee, Oklahoma. He was a Korean War veteran serving in the US Army. He attended a one room school house in Oklahoma. Mr. Carothers retired from the City of Torrance(California) Water Department. Previously he had worked in the Climax Colorado Millenium Mine, as...
Betty L. Ellsworth
Aug 30, 2005
Betty Lenore Ellsworth, 85, of Prescott, formerly of Cottonwood, died August 30. She was born January 15, 1920 in Des Moines, Iowa. She attended Roosevelt High School and Capitol City Commercial College in Des Moines, Iowa. Ms. Ellsworth was a retired bookkeeper for Cottonwood Water Works where she worked for nineteen years. She was a member of the Verde Valley...
William T. Carothers
Aug 30, 2005
William \u0027Bill\u0027 Thomas Carothers, 77, of Clarkdale died August 30. He was born September 26, 1927 in Muskogee, Oklahoma. He was a Korean War veteran serving in the US Army. He attended a one room school house in Oklahoma. Mr. Carothers retired from the City of Torrance(California) Water Department. Previously he had worked in the Climax Colorado Millenium Mine, as...
Ruth Jane Neuman
Aug 29, 2005
Ruth J. Neuman died on August 29, 2005 at Infinia Healthcare in Cottonwood, AZ. She was born in Detroit, Michigan on February 25, 1935 to Russell Bostic and Emily Bostic (Southorn). Her first husband, James Blair and her beloved second husband Carlton George Neuman preceded her in death. Ruth is survived by her three children, Carrie Blair, James Blair (Lorrie)...
Gertrude Price
Aug 27, 2005
Gertrude Alice \u0027Betty\u0027 Price, 78, of Cottonwood died August 27. She was born February 6, 1926 in Durham, England. She was a homemmaker who enjoyed birds, cooking, sewing, traveling, gardening and puzzles. She was a member of the Verde Valley Humane Society. Her husband of 36 years, David R. Price preceded her in death. She is survived by a son,...
Elfriede L. Dauer
Aug 27, 2005
Elfriede L. Dauer, 89, of Cottonwood died August 27. She was born September 12, 1915 in Hamburg, Germany. She attendeded schools in Germany before coming to the United States. Mrs. Dauer retired as an Optical Inspector and Sales Associate. Her interests were music and ballet. She was preceded in death by her husband. Surviving are her daughters, Ursula Schlachter of...
Edwin L. Kleck
Aug 27, 2005
Edwin Loren Kleck, 85, of Cottonwood died August 27. He was born January 16, 1920 in Phoenix, Arizona. He was a graduate of Phoenix Union High School. A World War II veteran, he served in the Army Air Corps. Mr. Kleck was retired from Motorola Semi-Conductor Plant. From 1945-1956, he farmed and did Tillage work. From 1956-1962, he worked in...
Joanna B. Blackwell
Aug 22, 2005
Earl T. Blackwell Joanna (Jo) B. Blackwell Earl Thomas Blackwell departed this life on September 2, 2005. He was preceded in death by his loving and devotated wife of 30 years, Joanna Bouldin Blackwell who departed this life on August 22, 2005. They were residents of Clarkdale, Arizona. Earl was born in Washington D.C. September 21, 1930 to George Gamble...
Edith Allyne Fisher
Aug 19, 2005
Mrs. Edith Allyne Fisher, 88, of Clarkdale, AZ entered into eternal bliss on August 19, 2005. She was born at Mancos, CO on September 9, 1016 to Robert and Mary Connor. Allyne, as she was usually called, grew up on the family ranch near Breen, CO. She learned to care for and about animals. An arduous task she often mentioned...
Zora E. Jarrard
Aug 18, 2005
Zora Esther Jarrard of Cottonwood passed away on August 18, 2005. She was 90, born on March 25, 1915 in Belmont, Massachusetts to Dr. Francis C. and Irene Chandler Leavitt. She was preceded in death by her husband of 50 years, Howard Earl Jarrard, in 1987; son Jeffrey Carl Jarrard and daughter Wendy Christine. She is survived by three grandchildren;...
Elvira R. Baca
Aug 18, 2005
Elvira R. Baca, 88, of Cottonwood, passed away August 18. She was born April 16, 1917 in Reserve, New Mexico to Louis and Maria Barreras Romero. Elvira was a longtime resident of Flagstaff for 22 years. She was a member of the Ladies Auxillary of St. Pius Catholic Church. She loved cooking and spending time with her daughters and grandchildren....
Edward E. King, Jr.
Aug 17, 2005
Edward E. King, Jr. passed away on August 17, 2005 at his home in Clarkdale. Arizona. He will be greatly missed by his family and friends. He was born in Jerome, AZ in 1925. He was preceded in death by his first wife Shirley Joiner King, son Edward E. King III and his sister Margaret Seeglitz Andrews. He is survived...
