Local Obituaries for Families in Cottonwood, Arizona
Townsend Victor Dodd
Feb 3, 2004
Townsend V. Dodd, 78, of Camp Verde, formerly of Flagstaff, died February 3 after battling Alzheimer\u0027s Disease. He was born December 25, 1925 in Bardley, Missouri. He married Bonnie Whitwell in 1949. Townsend moved his family from Missouri to Flagstaff in 1966 where he operated an electrical contracting business for many years. He loved horses, dogs, hunting, fishing and gardening....
Emil Kovacovich
Feb 1, 2004
Emil Kovacovich, 90, of Cottonwood died February 1. He was born March 26, 1913 in Yugoslavia. He owned Emil\u0027s Buick auto dealership in Old Town Cottonwood for over 30 years, retiring in 1979. His wife Carmen died in October 2001. Mr. Kovacovich leaves two brothers, George Kovacovich of Camp Verde and John Kovacovich of Cornville; a sister, Rosie Lacey of...
Pauline Winner
Jan 29, 2004
Pauline Winner, 82, of Camp Verde went to sleep January 29. She was born March 27, 1921 in Grassflat, Pennsylvania. She was a member of the Camp Verde Seventh-day Adventist Church. She was an avid reader and pen pal-er who enjoyed traveling and visiting the sick and shut-ins. She worked as a reflexologist, and also enjoyed vegetable gardening, singing, playing...
Frank D. Higginbotham
Jan 26, 2004
Longtime Cottonwood resident Frank Donald Higginbotham died January 26. He was 83 years old. Mr. Higginbotham was born September 30, 1920 in Mesa, Arizona. An Army Air Corp veteran, he served during World War II. He later served as a Captain in the Phoenix Fire Department. Mr. Higginbotham is survivied by his wife, Mary Louise Higginbotham; his daughter, Carol Louise...
Everett Anderson
Jan 26, 2004
Everett Anderson, 89, of Cottonwood died January 26. He was born February 27, 1914 in Malta, Illinois. Dr. Anderson is a retired veterinarian. He was also a World War II veteran of the Army. A 32nd degree Mason, he was also a member of the Shriners and the Rotary Club. Dr. Anderson was a member of the Civil Air Patrol...
Jay M. R. Hardwick
Jan 26, 2004
Jay Michael Russell Hardwick, 48, of Cornville died January 26. He was born February 14, 1955. He was a carpenter. Jay leaves his wife, Melody J. Harwick; a daughter, Christin F. Hardwick; a son Kyle J.W. Hardwick, both of Cornville; his parents, Eugene Russell Hardwick and Patricia Hardwick, of Encino, California; two sisters, Jill Hardwick and Janice Hardwick. There are...
Hilda Johnson Waters
Jan 25, 2004
Hilda Johnson Waters, 84, of Cottonwood,AZ died January 25 at Kachina Point Nursing Home in the Village of Oak Creek, Sedona, AZ. She was born near Romney, West Virginia, October 20, 1919. Hilda moved to Arizona in 1951. She served as a missionary on the Gila River Indian Reservation in the early 1950\u0027s. She, with her late husband Everett Johnson...
Henrietta L. Zampini
Jan 21, 2004
Henrietta L. Zampini, 98, of Camp Verde went to be with the Lord January 21. She was born July 13, 1905 in New York City. Mrs. Zampini moved to Arizona in 1996 to live with her son and his wife Ann. She was a lover of children and had a joyful and sensitive heart to everyone. The blessings she brought...
Lucille Rose Jackson
Jan 21, 2004
Lucille Rose Jackson, 78, of Clarkdale died January 21. She was born November 28, 1925 in Tuba City. Mrs. Jackson loved her family gatherings. She also enjoyed church, traveling and crocheting. She leaves her husband, Stanley Jackson; four daughters, Pauline Jackson, Judy Stevens, Shirley Gonzales and Debbie Rowe; three sons, David Jackson, Lawrence Jackson and Jeffrey Jackson; a sister, Bonnie...
Anthony J. De Santo
Jan 20, 2004
Anthony J. De Santo, 60, of Cottonwood, Arizona passed away on Tuesday, January 20th. He was born in Freeport, New York, on July 2, 1943. A resident of Arizona for 4 years, Mr. De Santo was a retired postal carrier. He attended St. John Vianney Catholic Church in Sedona. Mr. De Santo enjoyed metel detecting and studying the Old West...
Lewis C. Johnson
Jan 16, 2004
Lewis Charles Johnson, 72, of Cottonwood died January 16. He was born July 6, 1931 in Toldeo, Ohio. He was an Air Force veteran of the Korean War. Mr. Johnson was a retired civil engineer. He leaves his wife, Amelda Jean Johnson; four daughters, Debra F. Mabry of Cottonwood, Dana R. Bloom of Tempe, Kimber Lee Converse of Glendale and...
Donna L. LeBeau
Jan 15, 2004
Donna Lorraine LeBeau, 66, of Rimrock died January 15. She was born October 15, 1937 in Cheyenne, Wyoming. She head worked as an auto parts stocker. Ms. LeBeau is survived by three daughters, Cindy V. Hale of Rimrock, Dorinda Christian of Lander, Wyoming and Linda Jewert of Casper, Wyoming; a brother, Dale Kunze of Lander, Wyoming; and seven grandchildren. There...
Juana E. Green
Jan 15, 2004
Juana Evelyn Green, 80, of Cottonwood died January 15. She was born May 20, 1923 in Herrin, Illinois. Mrs. Green worked in the San Francisco shipyards during World War II as a welder. She was the owner of Arizona Peddler, a jewelry store in Cottonwood and Precious Metals Brokerage. She leaves her husband Edward Green; three daughters Juana Mead of...
Hester K. Alexander
Jan 14, 2004
Hester K. Alexander, 98, of Cottonwood died January 14. She was born September 26, 1905 in Birmingham, Florida. Mrs. Alexander was a school teacher for many years in the Verde Valley. She taught school in Jerome and at the Clemenceau School in Cottonwood. She was a member of the Faith Lutheran Church of Cottonwood. She leaves a niece Mary K....
Jerry L. Morey
Jan 12, 2004
Jerry L. Morey, 56, of Cottonwood died January 12. He was born July 17, 1947 in Joliet, Illinos. He worked as a roofer. Mr. Morey leaves a daughter, Jolinda Tworek of Channahon, Illinois; three sons, Jerry Wayne Morey of Elmhurst, Illinois, Johnny Eugene Morey of W. Lafayette, Indiana and Robert Ballard Morey of Vero Beach, Florida; his mother, Bernice Morey...
F. Jules Reed
Jan 6, 2004
F. Jules Reed, 77, of Cornville died January 6. Mr. Reed was born in Scotts Bluff, Nebraska September 17, 1926. He was a vteran of World War II and served in the Pacific and was honorably discharged in 1946. He was preceded in death by his wife Fran McGrew Reed. He was a retired school teacher and taught goldsmithing and...
M. Jeanne Cox
Jan 6, 2004
Jeanne Cox, of Cottonwood passed away at her home January 6. She will be missed by many including her husband of 56 years, Walter E. Cox; daughters, Janice Wilson and her husband Reid, Nola Wesley and her husband Jim; son Warren Cox and his wife T.J.; and her pride and joy, her three grandchildren Erica and Victor Wilson and Joshua...
Emilio Mayorga
Jan 4, 2004
Emilio Mayorga, 75, of Cottonwood died January 4. Emilio was born February 14, 1928 in Flagtsaff. He attended St. Anthony Catholic School and Flagstaff High School. He entered the U.S. Marine Corp in 1946. He also served with the National Guard. Emilio married his High School sweetheart Lucy in 1948. Lucy was at his side at his time of passing....
Ralph M. Rita
Jan 3, 2004
Ralph Michael Rita, 50, of Lake Montezuma died January 3. He was born March 9, 1953 in Chicago, Illinois. He was a quality control manager in the plastics and stell industry. He was also a self employed wood artist. He leaves his fiancee Bernice Johnson of Lake Montezuma; his mother, Albina Ann Rita of Yuma; a daughter, Corrie Rita of...
Evelyn K. Drayton
Jan 2, 2004
Evelyn K. Drayton, 89, a resident of Sedona died January 2. She was born November 11, 1914 in New York City, New York. She was retired secretary in the motion picture industry. Mrs. Drayton leaves no immediate family. She was an active volunteer with hospice, the Sedona Humane Society and was a devoted volunteer to the Sedona Library. There are...
