Local Obituaries for Families in Cottonwood, Arizona
Alice Elizabeth Selch Stephenson
Dec 18, 2017
Alice Elizabeth Selch Stephenson 1941 - 2017 Weighing less than three pounds at birth (September 12, 1941) Alice had the first commercial incubator at Steamboat Spring, Colorado Hospital. The youngest of four children born to Charles and Emma Selch, Alice thrived and loved growing up in her small mountain town. Graduating from Steamboat Springs High School in 1959 she attended...
Ernest E. Leger
Dec 17, 2017
Ernest E. Leger, 92 of Lancaster, Texas, passed away on December 17, 2017 in Texas. He was born on May 27, 1925 in Worcester, Massachusetts. Ernest served his country in the Air Force during WWII. He retired from Lockheed Martin. Ernest attended Immaculate Conception Catholic Church. He enjoyed building model planes and flying with R/C clubs. Ernest was preceded in...
Loreen Lou Longfellow
Dec 14, 2017
Loreen (Renee) Lou Longfellow passed away into the arms of Jesus on December 14, 2017. She was born on January 17, 1941 in Aberdeen, Washington. She married Carl (Doug) Longfellow on December 15, 1962, 55 years ago. They lived in Washington before moving to Montana and then on to Arizona. In 1985 they moved to Cottonwood, where Renee was hired...
Betty Casiday
Dec 9, 2017
Betty L. Casiday ,78 of Clarkdale, passed away December 9, 2017 in Scottsdale, Arizona. Betty was Born in Bakersfield, California on May 22, 1939 to Thomas and Ruthie. She attended Paso Robles High School. She worked various jobs as a phone operator and as a corporate secretary. Betty lived a life filled by her devotion to God and the church,...
Marian Carol Zikosky
Dec 5, 2017
Marian Carol Zikosky, 87 of Cottonwood, passed away on December 5, 2017 at Country Care Assisted Living Facility surrounded by the people she called her second family. She was born to the late Louis and Mary Grayeski on Christmas morning, 1929 in Exeter, Pennsylvania. Marian graduated from Exeter High School in 1949. She married the late Walter Zikosky on July...
Patricia M. Spink
Dec 5, 2017
Patricia M. Spink, 81 a resident of Cottonwood, passed away on December 5, 2017 in her home. She was born March 15, 1936 in Alhambra, California to Pearl D. Ogle and Mary C. Oden. Patricia attended Emerson Elementary and Alhambra High School and went on to Pasadena City Collage where she received her AA. Patricia also worked as a grocery...
Jack Perkins Seitz
Nov 22, 2017
Jack Perkins Seitz, born on May 12, 1985 passed away November 22, 2017. A lifelong Verde Valley resident, Jack brought joy to everyone he met. Jack wanted to known everyone he met. Jack wanted to know everyone, and even years after meeting them just once, would remember their name! Music was a large part of Jacks life. Introduced to the...
Katherine Hope Williams
Nov 13, 2017
Katherine Hope Williams, sister, mom, grandma, and hope-giver, passed to the sounds of coyotes earlyMonday morning November 13, 2017. Better known locally as Krazy Kate, Katy was born in Provo, Utah, March 9th, 1951. After spending her early years in Utah, she found herself in Palo Alto, CA where she grew up in the heart of the 1960s. She was...
Kathleen V. Mudersbach
Nov 9, 2017
Kathleen V. Mudersbach, 89 of Cottonwood, passed away on November 9, 2017. She was born on August 9, 1928 in Phoenix, Arizona to John and Hannah Learn. Kathleen attended Arizona Adventist Academy then onto Pacific Union College in CA in 1949. She worked for Johns Design Center in Cottonwood for 30 years. She was proud of being a watercolorist. Kathleen...
James Oliver Ash
Nov 8, 2017
James Oliver Ash, 80 of Camp Verde, passed away on November 8, 2017. He was born on August 13, 1937 in Akron, Ohio to Oliver Jacob Ash and Rose Mary Ash. James attended school in Glendale then onto ASU from 1956-1959. He served his country in the Marines. James worked for Allied Signal. He sang in Orpheus Choir, was President...
Kenneth Lee Luttrell
Nov 7, 2017
Kenneth Lee Luttrell, 81 of Cornville, passed away on Tuesday November 7, 2017 at home. He was born on August 11, 1936 in Hopkinsville, KY to Piercie S. Luttrell and Annie Mae (Weaver) Luttrell. Kenneth attended South Christian High School. He served his country in the Army as Sergeant First Class. Kenneth worked for Delco Remy - General Motors for...
Alice V. Roberts Stattman
Nov 6, 2017
Alice Virginia Stattman of Cottonwood passed away on November 6, 2017. Alice was born on December 12, 1955 in Los Angeles, California to Alfred John Roberts Jr. and Carol Butler. She was raised in Los Angeles, California and attended Marymount School for Girls. She moved to Flagstaff, Arizona to attend NAU where she was a member of the Gamma Phi...
Elmer P. VanDenburgh
Nov 5, 2017
Elmer (Van) VanDenburgh was born in Troy, New York in 1935. He passed into glory on Sunday, November 5th. He graduated from Albany College of Pharmacy in 1956, then served as a Pharmacist in the Air Force, being assigned to Thule, Greenland and several state-side hospitals. Upon leaving the Air Force, he worked as a sales representative for a major...
Wanda A. Rebstein
Nov 2, 2017
Wanda A. Rebstein, 68 of Cottonwood, passed away on November 2, 2017. She was born on December 3, 1948 in San Diego, CA to Charles Young and Katherine Meschko. Wanda attended Mingus Union High School. Wanda is survived by her son A.J. Rebstein; daughter Tonia Rebstein; mother Katherine Meschko; 1 grandchild and 1 great-grandchild. There are no services planned.
Joyce Buerger
Nov 1, 2017
Joyce Buerger, 87 of Cottonwood, passed away on November 1, 2017. She was born on October 21, 1930 in Chicago, Illinois. Joyce was preceded in death by her husband of 51 years Marvin Buerger and parents Stanley and Dorothy Juhlin. She is survived by nieces and nephews Robert and Sandra Buerger, Michael and Sheryl Kelly and Thomas and Marci Buerger;...
Douglas L. A. Brewer
Oct 30, 2017
Douglas L.A. Brewer, 54 of Cottonwood, passed away on October 30, 2017. He was born on January 21, 1963 in Fall River Mills, CA to Douglas Brewer Sr. and Gloria Brewer. Douglas attended Shasta High School and Riverside Community College and received degrees in Law and Science. He served his country in the Army. Douglas was a painter and an...
Ellen Singleton (Crick)
Oct 28, 2017
Ellen Singleton (Crick) passed away peacefully in her sleep on October 28, 2017 in Denver, Colorado. Ellen Marie Cooper was born in Winston- Salem, North Carolina, on April 24, 1932. She was the only daughter of Carlos and Edna Cooper, with two brothers, Carlos Jr. and James. In August 1950 she married Burt N. Singleton, Jr. and three years later...
Jared Lich
Oct 27, 2017
Jared Lich, 23 of Cottonwood, passed away on October 27, 2017. He was born on April 5, 1994 in Cottonwood. Jared worked for Appliance Junkies as dispatcher. Jared was preceded in death by his grandmother Effie Joyce Rose. He is survived by his mother Kimberly Lich. Services are not planned at this time. An online guestbook is available to sign...
Winifred "Winnie" Bohall
Oct 23, 2017
Long time Verde Valley resident Winifred Winnie Flood Crnkovich Bohall, 80, passed away Monday October 23, 2017 in Cottonwood after a short illness. She is survived by her husband of 33 years Curtiss Bohall; daughter Janya Ricca of Cottonwood; sons Anthony J. Crnkovich of Cottonwood, Michael R. (Kim) Crnkovich of Cottonwood and Andrew W. Crnkovich of Sanford, MT; brother John...
James Benjamin Dunlap
Oct 22, 2017
James Benjamin Dunlap, 79 of Cornville, passed away on October 22, 2017 at his home. He was born on February 11, 1938 in Pittsburg, PA to James Bertram Dunlap and Mary Frances Dunlap. Jim attended St. Josephs High School in Cleveland, Ohio; graduating in 1956. He worked in the steel industry for 48 years until retirement as a plant superintendent...