Local Obituaries for Families in Cottonwood, Arizona
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...
Mary Jane DeVlieger
Apr 3, 2005
May Jane DVlieger, 88, of Cottonwood died April 30. She was born November 23, 1916 in Salem, Massachusetts. She retired as a trust officer from Crocker National bank in San Francisco, California. Mary was an active volunteer in the Verde Valley. Until her health prevented it, she volunteered at Marcus J. Lawrence Hospital in the hospice program, at the Cottonwood...
Alvin Duane Steele
Apr 2, 2005
Alvin Duane Steele, 64, of Camp Verde died April 2. He was born February 13, 1941 in Malone Township, Illinois. He retired from Simmons after over 20 years in Siloam Springs, Arkansas. A member of the Baptist Church he enjoyed car races and was accepted and loved by all who knew him. Mr. Steele is survived by a son, Tracy...
Arthur Athan Mastor
Apr 1, 2005
Arthur Athan Mastor, 73, of Sedona, Arizona passed away on Friday, April 1st at the Infinia Nursing Home in Cottonwood, Arizona. He was born in Fredonia, New York on January 12, 1932. Mr. Mastor was a veteran of the Korean War having served in the United States Navy. He earned a Bachelor\u0027s Degree of Science from UCLA and a Master\u0027s...
Stephen Jr. Lowry-Hamaley
Mar 31, 2005
Stephen Jr. Lowry-Hamaley, age 2 months passed away on Thursday, March 31st in Tempe, Arizona. He was born January 10, 2005 in Cottonwood, Arizona, to Christina Renee Hamaley and Stephen Cloud Lowry. A funeral service will be held on Saturday, April 9th at 1:00 P.M. at the Yavapai-Apache Nation Gymnasium on the Middle Verde Yavapai-Apache Reservation, burial will follow in...
Sandra Kay Paul
Mar 29, 2005
Sandra Kay Paul, 45, of Cottonwood,Arizona died Tuesday, March 29th. Ms. Paul had been a Cottonwood resident since 1996 and enjoyed living in the Verde Valley area where she spent time with family and many friends. Ms. Paul was born in Wichita, Kansas on May 12, 1959. At the age of five, she moved to Arizona where she grew up...
Rana Sena
Mar 27, 2005
Rana Sena, 43, of Cottonwood died March 27. She was born October 17, 1961 in Fairview, Michigan. She was a graduate of Mingus Union High School, class of 1979. Rana was a teacher at Accelerated Learning Charter School for 20 years. She also worked at the Kare Bear Child Care Center. Her hobbies included crafts, flowers gardening and was known...
Judith A. Mudersbach
Mar 27, 2005
Judith Ann Mudersbach, 64, of Cottonwood died March 27. She was born September 15, 1940 in Los Angeles, California. She graduated from Scottsdale High School. Mrs. Mudersbach had worked as a secretary at the Manzanita Speedway and as owner of The Cooler Pad. She enjoyed line dancing, cards and auto racing. She leaves her husband of 20 years, Larry Mudersbach;...
David C. Covin
Mar 26, 2005
David C. Covin, of Cottonwood, died March 26, 2005 at the age of 54. He was born November 16, 1950 in San Diego, CA to Stenobrey and Ruth Covin. He was a western artist. Mr. Covin is survived by his wife of 30 years, Cynthia; a son Joshua of Cottonwood; and his father Stenobrey Covin also of Cottonwood. Family requests...
Pansy E. Farris
Mar 25, 2005
Pansy E. Farris, 83, of Lake Montezuma died March 25. She was born November 23, 1921 in Rural South of Linn, Missouri. She graduated from Ownsville High Schhol. She was a homemaker. Mrs. Farris was a member of Lake Montezuma Womans Club and the Beaver Creek Adult Center. Her hobbies included baking, cooking, flower gardens and traveling. She leaves her...
Grace J. McMenamin Wetzel
Mar 24, 2005
Grace J. McMenamin-Wetzel, 73, of Cornville died March 24. She was born October 8, 1931 in Jackson, Michigan. Mrs. Wetzel was a graduate of Greenville College of Greenville, Illinois. She taught kindergarten and first grade for over thirty-four years at Squaw Peak School in Phoenix. She enjoyed oil painting, interior design and landscaping, music and gardening. Preceding her in death...
John F. White
Mar 21, 2005
John F. White, Jr., 95, of Camp Verde died March 21 in the Veterans Hospital in Prescott. Mr. White was born in Phoenix April 27, 1909 to John John Francis White, Sr. and Oda Kater White, who came to Arizona in the 1880\u0027s. He was a Navy veteran. He was preceded in death by his wife of 65 years, Billie...
