Local Obituaries for Families in Cottonwood, Arizona
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...
Ronald Clarence Smith
Mar 19, 2005
Ronald Clarence Smith, 61, of Cottonwood, died March 19 after a lengthy illness. Ron was born in Jerome in 1943. He attended grade school in Cottonwood and high school in Jerome. Ron served in the US Army in Germany from 1965 to 1967. Upon returning home, he joined the local gas company, UniSource Energies; retiring in 2002. Ron is survived...
Eric B. Shook
Mar 18, 2005
Eric B. Shook, 45, of Cottonwood, Arizona, passed away on March 18, 2005. Dr. Shook was a local veterinarian who had practiced in Cottonwood for 19 years, he founded the Riverfront Veterinary Hospital. He is survived by his brother Jeff and family, a sister Tanya and family, and his parents and many friends. No public funeral is planned however a...
Jean Ella Butts
Mar 18, 2005
Jean Ella Butts, 88, of Cottonwood, Arizona, died Friday, March 18th. She was born in Bolivar, Pennsylvania on November 17, 1916. She was the daughter of William and Lillian (Leetch) Henderson. A resident of Arizona for 47 years, Mrs. Butts was a homemaker, and at one time she had served as a volunteer at the hospital. In keeping with her...
Carol I. Burns
Mar 17, 2005
Carol Irene Burns, 68, of Cottonwood died March 17. She was born July 24, 1936 in Washtenaw County, Michigan. Ms. Burns attended schools in Ann Arbor, Michigan and Indio, California. She retired as a bookkeeper in restaurants. She was preceded in death by her father Ross G. Penn and her mother, Irene M. Ray. Survivng is her brother Gary R....
Jeanne M. LaPort
Mar 17, 2005
Jeanne Marilyn LaPort, 80, of Cornville died March 17. She was born July 4, 1924 in Ashland, Wisconsin. Mrs. LaPort was a homemaker who enjoyed reading and gardening. She leaves her husband of 62 years, Robert P.LaPort; five daughters, Sheryl Lajuenesse and Kathy LaPort, both of Cornville, Marilyn LaPort of Cicero, Indiana, Barbara Harroun of Pine, Colorado and Diana LaBella...
Wallace ''Tex'' Wayland Moody
Mar 14, 2005
Wallace Wayland Moody \u0027\u0027Tex\u0027\u0027 70, passed away March 14, 2005 at his home in Page Springs, Arizona. It rained the day he left us, his favorite kind of day! He was born April 4, 1934 in Florida, but was raised in Texas. He graduated from Gatesville Texas High School in 1953, then served four years in the U.S. Air Force....
Nina Beth Church
Mar 9, 2005
Services for Cottonwood resident NinaBeth (Pruitt) Church are Saturday, March 12, at 10:30 a.m. in Godard Hall of Verde Valley Manor. Mrs. Church attended a one-room school in Casa Grande and later schools in Glendale, South Phoenix and Wilson as a constant A student. She had worked in many areas of food service. She had worked at Mingus Union High...
John E. Melugin
Mar 9, 2005
John Emerson Melugin, 91, a resident of Sedona died March 9. He was born October 28, 1913 in Heber, Utah. Mr. Melugin was a retired employee of Cal-Gas. He was a member of the Verde Valley Christian Church. He leaves two sons, Tom Melugin of Port Hueneme, California and Garry Melugin of Craig, Colorado; four grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. Family...
Kelly M. Cross
Mar 8, 2005
Kelly McLain Cross, 63, of Camp Verde died March 8. She was born November 14, 1941 in Los Angeles, California. She was a retired bookkeeper. Her hobbies included visits to the Colorado River, camping and spending time with her granddaughter and family. She leaves two sons, Frank Pergola and Ken Pergola; a sister, Carol McGowan and one grandchild. There are...
