Local Obituaries for Families in Cottonwood, Arizona
Philip Vickers
Jun 16, 2003
Philip Vickers _______________________________________ Spitfire Pilot, Actor, Sculptor, Writer Sedona has lost one of its great talents. Philip Vickers passed away at home with his wife, Barbara and sons Stephen and Christopher at his side on Monday evening June 16. Vickers\u0027 long and illustrious life included almost 200 missions flying for the RCAF in World War II; ten years on the...
Alta L. Dixon
Jun 13, 2003
Alta L. Dixon, 84, of Cottonwood died June 16. She was born January 20, 1919 in Florida. She was a retired registered nurse. She was also a member of the Order of the Eastern Star. Mrs. Dixon leaves her husband, Cyril J.\u0027\u0027C.J.\u0027\u0027 Dixon. There are no public services planned. Westcott Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.
Willard Bell
Jun 12, 2003
Willard Bell, 92, of Cottonwood died peacefully June 12, 2003. He was born January 7, 1911 in St. Louis, Missouri. The youngest of four children, his life adventures began when his family loaded the wagon, hitched the horses and moved to Wyoming. At age twelve, he was teaching people to drive automobiles (his father, William Bell, sold the cars). After...
Virgil D. Coombs
Jun 8, 2003
Virgil Doyle Coombs, 78, a life long resident of Arizona passed away on Sunday, June 8th. He was born in Central, Arizona on May 5, 1925. During World War II, Mr. Coombs served in the United States Navy. For the last thirty years, he owned and operated Coombs Countertops in Cottonwood. A business that he ran with his beloved wife...
Lela B. McGaff
Jun 8, 2003
Lela B. McGaff, 96, of Cottonwood, Arizona died on Sunday, June 8th. She was born in Brookings, South Dakota on September 25, 1906. A former resident of California, Mrs. McGaff was a retired employee of the Orange County Sheriff\u0027s Department where she worked as a record and identification keeper. A very private person, she was a woman of great faith,...
Mary K. Holt
Jun 8, 2003
Mary K. Holt, 69, of Cornville died on Sunday, June 8th. She was born in Dayton, Ohio on June 20, 1933. A fifty two year resident of Arizona, Mrs. Holt spent her life as a devoted wife and mother to her husband George and their three children. Although most of her time was spent as a housewife she did find...
William C. Turner III
Jun 7, 2003
William Clifton Turner III, 76, a resident of Sedona died June 7, 2003. Mr. Turner served in the Navy during WWII where he sank a Japanese sub. He receieved a PhD in metallurgical engineering and had a successful career in this line, After his retirement he started a business to aid oil production and registered several patents on this process....
Flo P. Applegate
Jun 6, 2003
Flo P. Applegate, 78, of Cottonwood, Arizona died on Friday, June 6th. She was born in Columbus, Ohio on June 4, 1925. Before she retired Mrs. Applegate worked as a production supervisor. She began her career working for Western Electric, then for AT\u0026T and finally for Lucent Technologies. She was preceded in death two husbands Dale Pyle and Sam Applegate....
Cleveland W. ''Pete'' Williams
Jun 6, 2003
Cleveland W. \u0027\u0027Pete\u0027\u0027 Williams, 77, of Cottonwood died May 6. He was born October 2, 1925 in Vilona, Arkansas. During World War II he served first with the Navy and then was assigned to the Marines as a medic and was a veteran of the battle of Iowa Jima. He was a retired electrical engineer and worked for many years...
Karl Case
Jun 6, 2003
Karl Case, 84, of Cottownood, Arizona passed away on June 6th. He was born in Batavia, New York on August 23, 1918. During World War II, Mr. Case served as a Technical Sergeant with the 1530th Army Air Force Base Unit. Until his retirement, he worked as a jeweler. He is survived by four daughters: Yvonne Alexander of Santa Rosa,...
Dorothy J. Walker
Jun 4, 2003
Dorothy J. Walker, 90, of Cottonwood died June 4. She was born Dorothy Louise on March 24, 1913 in Elder, Colorado, the second daughter of John Gottchalk and Anna Johnson. On March 24, 1936, she married Louis Albert Morgan in Los Angeles, California and to their union there were no children. He died on September 7, 1944 and is buried...
Charles Hall
Jun 3, 2003
Charles Hall, 76, a resident of Sedona died June 3. He was born May 14, 1927 in Los Angeles, California. Mr. Hall was a retired pressman for the Los Angeles Times where he worked for 42 years. He came to Arizona thirteen years ago. Mr. Hall leaves a daughter Linda D. Rothman of Las Vegas, Nevada and three grandchildren. There...
Lawrence E. Dawson
Jun 3, 2003
Lawrence Emmett Dawson, 77, of Cottonwood died June 3. He was born September 2, 1925 in Memphis, Tennessee. He was a World War II veteran of the Army. He was retired research anthropologist for the University of Califonia at Berkley. He enjoyed rock collecting and was an expert on basketry. He leaves a niece, Diane Dawson Immethun of Flagstaff and...
Velda B. Kleinman
Jun 1, 2003
Velda B. Kleinman, 98, of Camp Verde died June 1. She was born May 24, 1905 in Heber, Utah. She was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. She graduated from Mesa High School and was a housewife and a seamstress. She was also a member of the Daughters of Utah Pioneers. She made friends...
Walter V. Dotson
Jun 1, 2003
Walter V. Dotson, 83, of Cottonwood died June 1 in Cottonwood. He was born February 13, 1920 in Gonzalez Wells (Quartzside), Arizona. Walter, as a boy, trapped along the California and Mexico borders with his Dad. As a teenager Walter lived in Williams and California helping run riding stables with an uncle. He drove horses from Williams to Phoenix and...
Wayne G. Shimer
May 31, 2003
Wayne G. Shimer, 76, of Cottonwood died May 31. He was born May 9, 1927 in Murdo, South Carolina. He was a retired heavy equipment operator. He was a member of the Emmanuel Fellowship in Cottonwood and the Bethel Assembly of God Church in Rapid City, South Dakota. He leaves his wife of 55 years, Audrey Shimer; two daughters, Jerolyn...
William I. Mosley
May 31, 2003
William I. Mosley, 63, a resident of Rimrock died May 31. Born in Montgomery, Illinois, he was a former resident of Flagstaff. Mr. Mosley is survived by his wife, Joy of Rimrock; daughters, Theresa and her husband Blake Coleman, Jane and her husband Ron Slusher, Meg and and her husband Jeffey LaFace, Mary and her husband Dwayne Lee, Nancy and...
Baltazar M. Lozano
May 30, 2003
Baltazar Monreal Lozano, 56, of Clarkdale died May 30. He was born July 10, 1946 in Jerome. He had a 35 year career in education. He served as school principal for several schools in the Cottonwood-Oak Creek School District including the Junior High/Middle School. Mr. Lozano was most recently Administrator of the Chester Newton Charter \u0026 Montesori School. He leaves...
Harry Levin
May 29, 2003
Harry Levin, a long time resident of Sedona, Arizona passed away on Thursday, May 29, 2003. He was born in Vilna, Poland on December 25, 1911 and moved to the united States when he was five years of age. After military service during World War II he and his wife Bertha, resided in Cleveland, Ohio, until their move to Phoenix...
E'Vangelina L. Meeker
May 27, 2003
E\u0027Vangelina Lauda Meeker, 75, of Cottonwood died May 27. She was born October 20, 1927 in Phoenix, Arizona. She resided in Flagstaff before moving to Cottonwood. She was a member of American Legion Auxillary and V.F.W. Auxillary, Immaculate Conception Catholic Church and the Garden Club of Cottonwood, She leaves her children Henry Meeker of Phoenix, Dr. Edward and his wife...
