Local Obituaries for Families in Cottonwood, Arizona
Marjorie L. Stalnaker
May 3, 2005
Marjorie Lenore Stalnaker, 93, of Camp Verde died May 3. She was born July 15, 1911 in Cardiff, California. She enjoyed gardening, being with her family, eating out, cards and board games. Her husband of 70 years, Eldon C. Stalnaker, preceded her in death. She leaves a son, Jim (and his wife Bobbi) Stalnaker of Flagstaff; two daughters, Martie Ryan...
Raymond L. Gilbert II
May 2, 2005
Raymond LeRoy Gilbert II, 59, of Cottonwood died May 2. He was born August 31, 1945 in Wickenburg. He was a retired truck driver with Teamsters Local #104. Mr. Gilbert was a huge NASCAR fan, raced motorcycles, enjoyed cooking and baking, television and movies, cars, was an animal lover and also had been a photographer. He leaves two sons, Mark...
Betty R. Carmichael
May 2, 2005
Betty Carmichael, 74, of Cornville, Arizona passed into a new life May 2 in Cottonwood, Arizona. She was born in Akron, Ohio on Christmas Day, 1930 and immediately adopted by Fred and Irene Huber Carmichael. She was raised in Bath, Ohio and graduated from Bath High School. She attended Lake Erie College in Painesville, Ohio, where she found herself in...
Donald E. Zum Mallen
Apr 29, 2005
Donald Edwin Zum Mallen, 78, of Cornville died April 29. He was born August 4, 1926 in Cresent City, Illinois. He was still working as a rancher. He previously had worked as a dairyman at the Zum Mallen Dairy in Glendale. He had a love of organic gardening and was a member of the organic gardening club of the Verde...
Patricia Louise Campeau
Apr 24, 2005
Patricia Louise Campeau, died at the Verde Valley Medical Center in Cottonwood, Ariozna on April 24, 2005 at the age of 64. Pat was born August 13, 1940 to Harold and Leah Thompson in Ashland, Wisconsin. Her family moved to St. Croix Falls in 1949 from Bayfield, Wisconsin. She graduated from St. Croix Falls High School in 1958. On August...
Lois M. Davison
Apr 24, 2005
Lois Marie Davison, 81, of Cottonwood died April 24. She was born January 15, 1924 in East Jerome (now Clarkdale)the daughter of Clarence and Allie (York) Stout. Mrs. Davison received much fulfillment in being able to taking care of other people. She was preceded in death by two husbands, Johnny Amberson, who she was married to for 28 years and...
Betty J. Youngblood
Apr 16, 2005
Betty Jane Youngblood passed away on April 16,2005 in Cottonwood, AZ at the age of 78. Betty was born in Alta Loma, CA on April 19 1926 to Herbert and Nellie (Canup) Nagel. Betty grew up in various areas of California with her parents, her brother Joe and her sisters Sunny, Irene, Mary and Billie Lou. Her fondest memories as...
Anthony George Allan Kramer
Apr 15, 2005
Anthony George Allan Kramer, 81, of Sedona, Arizona passed away on Friday, April 15th at his home. He was born in Bancroft, Iowa on June 11, 1923. He attended Campion Prepatory School in Prarie Du Chien, WI, and George Washington University in Washington, D.C. Mr. Kramer was a veteran of World War II, having served in the United States Navy....
Verna F. Good
Apr 15, 2005
Verna Florence Good, 60, of Cottonwood died April 15. She was born June 11, 1944 in Douglas, Arizona. Verba attended the YES the Arc since 1988. She had helped with ironing for the agency\u0027s thrift shop and enjoyed movies, dinners, concerts, painting, ceramics and music classes. She leaves a brother Bill Good of San Diego, California and Walt Good of...
Carmen Esperanza Asistin
Apr 14, 2005
Carmen Esperanza Asistin, 58, of Sedona, (Village of Oak Creek) passed away on Thursday, April 14th. She was born in Santa Maria, California on August 11, 1946. A resident of Arizona for 8 years, Ms. Asistin worked as a manicurist. She had lived previously in Hawaii where she had owned and operated beauty shops. Ms. Asistin is survived by her...
Mary Dorthulia Farley Hancock
Apr 14, 2005
Mary Dorthulia Farley Hancock, age 98, of Cottonwood died Thurday, April 14th. She descended from a pioneer Sedona family. She is the daughter of Joe Farley and Sarah Jane Lay Farley, who homesteaded land located on both sides of Oak Creek, where L\u0027Auberge now stands in Sedona. Mary was born in Dewey, Arizona on August 28, 1906. The Farley family...
Richard Allen Wagley
Apr 13, 2005
Richard Allen Wagley, 64, of Cornville, passed away on Wednesday, April 13th. He was born in Santa Rosa, California on March 26, 1941. He graduated from Canoga Park High School and in 1959 he earned a Bachelor\u0027s Degree in Business Administration from the University of Phoenix. Mr. Wagley was a veteran having served in the United States Navy. He was...
June Holder
Apr 13, 2005
June Holder, 85, formerly of Camp Verde, Arizona passed away on Tuesday, April 12, 2005 in Pasadena, Texas. She was a volunteer at San Jacinto Medical Center, in Baytown, Texas; she loved the outdoors, flowers, playing table games and most of all her children, grandchildren, great grandchildren and great-great grandchildren. June was preceded in death by her husband Tommie Holder,...
Walter ''Larry Lawrence Booth
Apr 12, 2005
Walter \u0027\u0027Larry\u0027\u0027 Lawrence Booth, 65, of Camp Verde, Arizona, passed away on Tuesday, April 12th. He was born in Phoenix, Arizona on June 1, 1939. After graduating from Phoenix Union High School, Larry served in the United States Navy. He worked as an operating engineer and at the time of his retirement, he was a civil superintendent for Bechtel Corporation,...
William Ecuyer
Apr 10, 2005
William Ecuyer, 82, of Clarkdale died April 10. He was born September 28, 1922 in New York City, New York. He was an Army veteran of World War II. Mr. Ecuyer was a retired baker. There are no public services planned.
Gladys E. Haire
Apr 9, 2005
Gladys E. Haire, 65, formally of Cottonwood, Arizona, passed away on April 9, 2005 in Flagstaff, Arizona. She was born June 20, 1909 in New Florence, Pennsylvania, where she attended the local schools. Gladys had worked as a waitress in a private club in Pasadena, California. She lived in Hemet, California before moving to Cottonwood where she lived for six...
Ernesto (Ernie) Angel Rojo, Jr.
Apr 8, 2005
Ernesto \u0027\u0027Ernie\u0027\u0027 Angel Rojo, Jr., 27, of Cornville died on Friday, April 8th. He was born in Flagstaff, Arizona on May 17, 1977. Ernie was raised in Cottonwood, where he attended Cottonwood Elementary, Middle School and Mingus High School. He worked in the field of construction, joining the union, and becoming an apprentice electrician. He made his first communion at...
Mary Francis Leisk
Apr 7, 2005
Mary Francis Leisk, 93, of Cottonwood died April 7. She was born September 26, 1911 in Prescott, and she lived all but 20 of her 93 years there and in the Verde Valley, in Clarkdale and Jerome, until the mine closed in 1952, and in Cottonwood from 1972 until her death. Mary Francis attended the University of Arizona, did bookkeeping,...
Betty Ann Moser
Apr 7, 2005
Betty Ann Moser, 80, a resident of Sedona, Arizona died April 7. She was born November 23, 1924 in Bluffton, Indiana. A graduate of Bluffton High School, she had been proprietor of Craigville Garage. She later worked for Circle K. She was also a gril scout leader, a member of the Delta Theta Tau Sorority, Extension Homemaker Club and PTA....
John P Rasmussen
Apr 5, 2005
John Percy Rasmussen, 78, of Clarkdale died April 5. He was born April 8, 1926 in Drayton, Michigan. Mr. Rasmussen received his education in the Drayton Public School System at Drayton, North Dakota. He then served three years in the U.S. Navy during World War II. In 1947 he began his career with Rural Electric Cooperatives as a power line...
