Local Obituaries for Families in Cottonwood, Arizona
Dorothy E. Stalo
May 7, 2004
Dorothy E. Stalo, 78, of Cottonwood died May 7. She was born April 11, 1926 in Detroit, Michigan. She was a graduate of Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan. She had worked as a teacher in California and Michigan and was known in this area as a teacher for the Cottonwood-Oak Creek School District and taught in the West Sedona...
Willard G. Cram
May 4, 2004
Willard Gleen Cram, 85, of Jerome, died May 4. He was born June 30, 1918 in Flint, Michigan. Mr. Cram was a graduate of Detroit Business School and retired from the retail industry. He was an Army veteran of World War II. A member of the Haven Unuited Methodist Church in Jerome, he also had been a member of the...
Orville J. Hanson
May 1, 2004
Orville J. Hanson, 80, of Cottonwood died May 1. He was born April 12, 1924 in Alexandria, Minnesota. He was an Air Force veteran of World War II. He was a retired inspector for Powell Manufacturing in Phoenix. Mr. Hanson enjoyed making jewelry. He leaves his wife of 38 years, Eleanor Hanson; a son, Stanley Hanson of Phoenix; two daughters,...
Boyd E. Rose
Apr 29, 2004
Boyd E. Rose, 87, of Camp Verde, Arizona passed away on Thursday, April 29th. He was born in Duke,Oklahoma on November 9, 1916. Boyd was the fifth child in a family of 10 boys and five girls. Mr. Rose retired from the Southern Pacific Railroad in 1972. Previously he had lived and worked in Hemet California, leaving in 1941 to...
Richard Cecil Williams
Apr 27, 2004
Richard Cecil Williams, 93, of Lake Montezuma, Arizona passed away on Tuesday, April 27th. He was born December 30, 1910 in Belleville, Kansas. Mr. Williams owned and operated an automotive machine shop in Casper Wyoming until his retirement in 1975. His hobbies included golf, playing bridge, woodworking, and he was also a ham radio operator. Mr. Williams is survived by...
Gordon Bisland Duval
Apr 27, 2004
Gordon Bisland Duval, 96, of Clarkdale, Arizona passed away on Tuesday, April 27th. He was born in Houma, LA on May 19, 1907. Mr. Duvall attended Lawton School in Houma, La; he graduated from Lake View High School in Chicago, Illinois in 1925 and received a Bachelor\u0027s Degree in Economics from Princeton University in 1929. He was considered an entrepreneur...
Wilma ''Billie'' Johnson
Apr 25, 2004
Wilma Johnson, of Cottonwood, known to her friends as \u0027\u0027Billie\u0027\u0027 passed away at Infinia Healthcare Center on Sunday, April 25. A longtime resident of Cottonwood, Bilie was born and raised in Idaho. Preceded in death by her husband Arthur, her sister Mildred and son Bradley, she will be sadly missed but lovingly remembered by sons Bob and Jim, daughter-in-laws Rita...
Margaret K. Norris
Apr 24, 2004
Margaret K. Norris, 73, of Cottonwood died April 24. She was born December 24, 1927 in Ticonderoga, New York. She graduated from High School there. She worked two years for the Federal Bureau of Investigation as a fingerprint technician. She married Walter J. Norris in 1948. He preceded her in death. Mrs. Norris leaves a brother, Donald O. Miller of...
Clarence W. Jones
Apr 23, 2004
Clarence Wilson Jones, 83, of Cottonwood died April 23. He was born May 24, 1920 in Peconic, Long Island, New York. He was the valedictorian at his graduation from Southold High School. He retired as computer programmer from Lou Grubb Chevrolet in Phoenix. He previuosly had worked as an auto parts clerk. Mr. Jones was a member of the Cottonwood...
Dean C. Godown
Apr 21, 2004
Dean C. Godown, 68, a resident of Sedona, died April 21, 2004. Mr. Godown was born in 1935 in Ravenna, Nebraska. He was raised as a farmer in Litchfield, Nebraska and Winterset, Iowa. He excelled in athletics throughout his youth, especially baseball. He attended Iowa Teacher\u0027s College for two years at Northern Iowa University and Simpson College in Iowa where...
Jeremy M. Fulmer
Apr 20, 2004
Jeremy Michael Fulmer, 25, of Cottonwood died April 20. He was born May 9, 1978 in Sacramento, California. He attended Granada High School in California. He worked as a carpenter. Jeremy enjoyed being an outdoorsman, he loved fishing and hunting, he cared deeply for his family and friends, he never knew a stranger and loved animals. He leaves his mother...
Donald D. Whaley
Apr 18, 2004
Donald Dean Whaley, 78, of Clarkdale died April 18. He was born May 3, 1925 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He graduated from Kingman High School and was a railroad agent for the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe. He was a Navy veteran serving as a ground radioman. He enjoyed tennis, golf, church and family. He leaves his wife of 29 years,...
Kathryn Roberts McIntyre
Apr 18, 2004
Kathryn Roberts McIntyre, 56, of Clarkdale, Arizona passed away on Sunday, April 18th after a two year courageous battle with Melanoma cancer. She was born Kathryn Elaine Roberts on June 5, 1947 in East Moline, Illinois to Glynn and Betty Roberts. Upon completion of high school, Kathy entered the United States Army Women\u0027s Corps where she was a financial specialist....
Lois E. Dodge
Apr 17, 2004
Lois E. Dodge, 80, of Cottonwood died April 17. She was born July 6, 1923 in Live Oak, California. She leaves a son, Walter A. Dodge of Cottonwood, Robert A. Dodge of Odessa, Texas and William Paul Dodge and his wife Jolene of Kodiak, Arizona; a daughter Elizabeth Ann Sobley and her husband William of Everett, Washington; two sisters, Clairise...
Daniel J. Ryan
Apr 14, 2004
Daniel J. Ryan, 42, of Cottonwood died April 14. He was born May 24, 1961 in Elmhurst, Illinois. He attended schools in Lombard and West Chicago, Illinois. He worked as a Wal-Mart associate in the hardware department. He previously had worked as a mechanic in Illinois. He was of the Catholic faith. He enjoyed fishing, following NASCAR races and was...
Dr. William R. Thurston
Apr 14, 2004
Dr. William Roberts Thurston, 88, a resident of Sedona died April 14. He was born November 1, 1915 in New York, New York. He spent his early childhood in Argentina and worked many years in Mexico and Cuba as an exploratory geologist. He was a graduate of Columbia University where he obtained his Bachelor of Science degree and went on...
Rozilyn R. Hyde-Thomas
Apr 13, 2004
Rozilyn R. Hyde-Thomas, 63, a resident of Cottonwood and Kykotsmovi, Arizona passed away in peace and beauty April 13 in Cottonwood. She was born in Lawton, Oklahoma and was an enrolled member of the Commanche Tribe. She is survived by her husband, John L. Thomas; two daughters, Lisa GiaQuinta of Scottsdale and Cinnamon Conrad of Tucson; a son Darren Matthews...
Ernest L. Thompson
Apr 13, 2004
Ernest Lloyd Thompson, 80, of Cottonwood died April 13. He was born October 19, 1923 in Trent County, Texas. He was a World War II veteran of the Air Force. He was a retired pilot for private airlines. Mr. Thompson was a Christian. He leaves his wife Marlene Kay Thompson; thr ee daughters, Cathy Hair, Tracy Baker and Nancy Thompson;...
Ed Gicla
Apr 8, 2004
Ed Gicla was born July 21, 1937 in Chicago and died April 8, 2004 in Cottonwood, AZ leaving behind his loving companion and soulmate, Sheila Pfeifer, who moved to Cottonwood with him in June of 1998. Ed also leaves behind his two daughters Teri (Nelson) Fonseca from Deerfield, IL and his two grandsons Jacob \u0026 Louis, and Nicole (Mitch) Krasowski...
Eduardo M. Morones
Apr 7, 2004
Eduardo M. Morones, 96, of Clarkdale, died April 7. He was born October 28, 1907 in Aguscalientes, Mexico. He attended Clarkdale schools and worked for many years for Phelps Dodge. He was a member for many years of St. Cecilia\u0027s Mission Church. He was preceded in death by his wife of 57 years, Josephine Esparza Morones. He leaves a son,...
