Local Obituaries for Families in Cottonwood, Arizona
Darlene Yaun
Jul 17, 2017
Darlene Yaun, 83 of Cottonwood, passed away on July 17, 2017. She was born on April 7, 1934 in Portland, OR to Fluke and Mary Schilling. Darlene is survived by her son Steven Lee Norris; daughter Donna M. Bloom (Todd) of Cottonwood; sister Vivian Sitherwood; 6 grandchildren, 22 great-grandchildren and 2 great-great-grandchildren. A memorial service will be held at Faith...
Vivien Hystad
Jul 13, 2017
Vivien Hystad, 84 of Cottonwood, passed away on July 13, 2017. She was born on June 11, 1933 in Flagstaff to Daniel Parker and Mary Mascarana. Vivien attended AZ State College Elementary, Emerson Elementary and Flagstaff High School. She worked for the Combo Restaurant, JC Penny, Holiday Inn and Coconino County Assessor/Justice Court. She was awarded the "Chatty Cathy" at...
Raymond L. Haggard
Jul 13, 2017
Raymond L. Haggard, 85, of Cottonwood passed away on July 13, 2017. He was born in Needles, California, the son of Lowell Edwin Haggard and Ruth Kelly Haggard. A graduate of san Bernardino High School in 1950, Ray joined the ROTC. He continued his education at UCLA where he majored in English Drama. He directed classmate Carol Burnett in a...
Betty M. Hanson
Jul 7, 2017
Betty M. Hanson, 86 of Cottonwood, passed away on Friday, July 7, 2017. She was born on September 15, 1930 in Keosauqua, Iowa to Cato Gephart and Florence Watts. Betty attended Compton Community College for 3 years. She worked in food service at St. Mary\u0027s Hospital, Long Beach Community Hospital, In Home Health Care (Alzheimer\u0027s), as a nanny and in...
Keith Stacy Childs
Jul 7, 2017
Keith Stacy Childs, 50, was born in Los Angeles on November 16, 1966. He was the second son of Velia Contreras Childs of Clarkdale and Marcus Lawrence Childs of Ajo, AZ. Keith passed away on July 7, 2017. He is survived by his parents Velia Mena and Gino Mena of Cottonwood; his daughter Candace Childs Suarez; 2 grandsons Ezra and...
Priscilla Wiley
Jul 3, 2017
Priscilla M. "Pat" Wiley (nee Jepsen), 90 left this world July 3, 2017 in Cottonwood, Az. She was born March 4, 1927 in St. Paul, Minnesota. Her parents, George and Bessie (nee Todd) Jepsen, preceded her in death. Her survivors include her loving husband, Jerome R. "Jerry" Wiley; along with three children: Charlotte Leary, Mark (Kathy) Wiley, and Elizabeth (Jeffrey)...
Anita Mickley
Jul 3, 2017
Anita Mickley, 89 of Cottonwood, passed away on July 3, 2017. She was born on March 10, 1928 in Glauchau, Germany to Ernst Freitag and Margarete Keppel Freitag. Anita worked as an assembly worker for Eagle Signal Controls and owned a farm. She became a proud citizen of the United States in 1965. Her biggest achievement was to become a...
Donald Wayne Tatman
Jul 2, 2017
Donald Wayne Tatman "Don" was born in Madison, Kansas on December 18, 1936 to Floyd and Helen (Martin) Tatman. Shortly afterwards they moved to southern CA where Don and his younger brother Roger grew up. His parents divorced a few years after moving to CA. After the war, his mother met and married Joe Hunnicutt, who remained a strong, loving...
Duane -Smiley- Wyatt
Jul 1, 2017
Duane "Smiley" Wyatt, 93 of Cottonwood, passed away on July 1, 2017. He was born on June 26, 1924 in Flagstaff to Horace and Mary L. Wyatt. Smiley attended Flagstaff Elementary school and Flagstaff High school. He worked for the US Forest Service for 38 years. He was a Contracting Officer for Region 3. Smiley enjoyed woodworking and prospecting. Smiley...
Eva Lois Hummel
Jun 29, 2017
Eva Lois Hummel age 84 of Cottonwood AZ passed away on the 29 of June 2017. She was born in Terre Haute, Indiana to Jesse and Marguerite (Grinley) Mash on 23 Nov 1932. She was married to Jack L Hummel on the 16 June 1956 at Green Castle Indiana. Eva worked side by side with her husband, Jack, designing and...
Dr. George H. Anderson
Jun 21, 2017
Dr. George H. Anderson left from his home in Cottonwood, AZ to be with his Heavenly Father on the evening of 6-21-2017. George was born to his mother Genevieve Anderson and Father George H. Anderson Sr. in Boulder Colorado in February of 1929. His father was a geologist and taught students in the field and George spent much of his...
Margaret Catherine Derrick
Jun 21, 2017
Margaret Catherine Derrick, 97, of Cornville died on June 21, 2017. She was born on May 18th, 1920 in Prescott, Arizona to Chancy and Catherine Montgomery. Shortly after her birth her mother passed away due to child birth complications. Her father couldn\u0027t raise three small children and run the V-V Ranch in Rim Rock so she was raised by her...
Rose M. Smith
Jun 20, 2017
**UPDATE** The service has been cancelled until further notice. On behalf of the family, we apologize for any inconvenience. Rose M. Smith, 55 of Camp Verde, passed away at home on Tuesday, June 20, 2017. She was born on June 25, 1961 in Streator, IL to David Arthur Robinson and Rose Marie Reynolds. Rose attended Grace Court school in Phoenix...
William -Bill- McKernan
Jun 18, 2017
William "Bill" M. McKernan 54, of Cottonwood, AZ passed away peacefully on June 18, 2017, after a long battle with Lymphoma at Verde Valley Medical Center on Father\u0027s Day surrounded by family. Bill was born on October 8, 1962, in Phoenix, AZ. He moved to Overgaard, AZ with his family in 1976, and attended Snowflake High School. From 1980-1984, Bill...
Ann C Minter
Jun 14, 2017
Ann C. Minter, 93 of Cottonwood, passed away Wednesday, June 14, 2017 in Cottonwood, Arizona. Ann was born to William and Carmen Santoya Sackett on March 26, 1924 in El Paso, Texas. Ann was raising four children in Prescott, Arizona when she met the love of her life, Robert Minter to whom she was married for 53 years. Ann and...
Alice Margaret Harvey
Jun 10, 2017
Alice Margaret Harvey (ne Steyer) peacefully passed away on June 10, 2017. She was born April 1, 1944 in Queens, New York, the only child of parents Fredrick H. Steyer and Hildegard Steyer (ne Wolz) from Germany. Alice grew up in Jackson Heights, Queens, New York and attended high school at St. Michael Academy, continued at St. Bonaventure University and...
Ronald Troy Rovie
Jun 7, 2017
Ronald Troy Rovie, 54 of Grants, New Mexico, passed away Wednesday, June 7, 2017 in Grants, New Mexico. Ronald was born in Cottonwood, Arizona on July 17, 1962 to Donald and Faith Rovie. Ronald attended Clarkdale and MUHS here in the Verde Valley and worked as a forklift driver. Ronald enjoyed basketball, baseball and gardening. Ronald was preceded in death...
Zelpha M. Wells
Jun 5, 2017
Zelpha M. Wells passed away on June 5, 2017. She was born on June 28, 1926 in Carthage, MO. A visitation will be held at Westcott Funeral Home in Cottonwood on Monday, June 12, 2017 at 11:00am with burial to follow at Sedona Cemetery.
Marianne Ganshow
Jun 4, 2017
Marianne Ganshow passed away peacefully in Cottonwood, Arizona on June 4th, 2017 at the age of 89. She will be buried with her beloved husband, John F. Ganshow who passed in 2006. The burial will be held at Calverton National Cemetery, Long Island, NY. It was on Long Island where John and Marianne created a life together. Marianne was an...
Juanita -Joni- Gold
May 31, 2017
Joni (Juanita) Nauman Gold, 96 of Cottonwood and formerly of Flagstaff, passed away on May 31, 2017. She was born in St. Anne, Illinois to John and Emma (Larsen) Pinsak and raised in Momence, IL. During WWII she enlisted in the Navy, a Yeoman 1st Class where she was one of the first women to replace men at the Fleet...
