Local Obituaries for Families in Cottonwood, Arizona
Mary Baker
Nov 25, 2014
Mary LeNora Baker of Cottonwood passed away peacefully on Tuesday, November 25, 2014. She was born on December 18, 1929 in Woodward, OK to John S. and Jessie (Shelton) Dillon. She attended school in Colorado Springs, later going on to work at various ski areas in Colorado before working in the logging business with her husband Cecil. Mary was a...
Alice L. Waters
Nov 23, 2014
Alice L. Waters, 83, of Cottonwood, died on Sunday, November 23, 2014 in Gilbert, after an extended illness. Mrs. Waters was born on July 26, 1931 in St. Louis, Missouri, and lived there until her family moved to Phoenix when she was 17. She married her husband, Troy, when she was 18. She was a full-time wife and mother of...
Seline J. Vaala
Nov 22, 2014
Seline J. Vaala of Clarkdale, AZ passed away November 22nd, 2014 peacefully in her home after a long illness. She was born in 1939 in Fargo, ND to Esther Olsgaard Vaala and Gordon Vaala. Seline graduated from Fargo Central High in 1957 and entered x-ray technician training at the Grand Forks clinic and the University of MN. Seline met many...
Armida E. Zepeda
Nov 21, 2014
Armida E. Zepeda, 75, went to be with her Heavenly Father on Friday, November 21, 2014 at Haven of Cottonwood. A Verde Valley native, she was born on January 24, 1939 to Rivers Rivero and Jennie Eredia in Clarkdale. She graduated from Clarkdale High School in 1957 and was a cheerleader and majorette during her high school years. After graduation...
Martin Torrez
Nov 16, 2014
Martin Torrez, 84 of Cottonwood, passed away on November 16, 2014. He was born on January 1, 1930 in Flagstaff, AZ to Eduardo and Silevira Torrez. Martin attended school in Flagstaff. He worked with the Teamsters local 383, in construction and as a truck driver. He worked on the Glen Canyon Dam. Martin enjoyed farming, hunting, fishing, gardening, family, raising...
Erdice C. Klanecky
Nov 8, 2014
Erdice C. Klanecky of Cornville, AZ passed away peacefully in her home on November 8, 2014. She was born June 5, 1932 in Topeka, KS to Charles and Elsie Amis. Erdice was a loving and caring mother, grandmother and great-grandma. She loved to feed her quail, china painting and baking pies and cookies for her family. Erdice was preceded in...
Rebecca Klug
Nov 6, 2014
Rebecca Doris Klug of Cottonwood went home to the Lord Nov. 6 at the age of 73. Becky was born in Wausau, Wis., Aug. 10, 1941, to the Rev. Alvin T. Klug and Doris Soldner Klug. She was predeceased by her two brothers, Alvin and Paul. Becky loved sports from an early age, playing softball, baseball and basketball in the...
Mary Russell Borcherding
Nov 3, 2014
A native resident of Arizona, Mary Russell Borcherding passed away in Cottonwood on November 3, 2014. Born on December 1, 1917, Mary Russell attended Stephen\u0027s College in Columbia, MO and graduated from the University of Arizona with a degree in Home Economics and Elementary Education. She married William V. Borcherding in 1942 prior to him being shipped overseas with the...
John A. McDonald
Nov 1, 2014
John A. McDonald, 85, of Cottonwood died November 1, 2014 while on a cruise. He was born May 5, 1929 in Brooklyn, New York, the son of John A. McDonald, Sr. and Sarah Conner McDonald. He received his Associate degree from Brooklyn College. John served his country as a corporal in the Army during the Korean War. His career was...
Thomas Anderson
Oct 29, 2014
Thomas Anderson, 65, longtime resident of Cornville passed away at the VA in Prescott on Wednesday, October 29, 2014 after a long illness. Tom was born on November 14, 1948 in Los Angeles, CA to William and Mary Lou (Trujillo) Anderson and is survived by his wife Elaine, brother Robert (Nancy) Anderson of Cottonwood, sister Andrea (Scott) Dominick, children Shane...
Robert E. Jacob
Oct 27, 2014
Robert Edward Jacob, age 79, died Monday October 27th, 2014, at ValleyView Care Hospice facility after a long battle with cancer. Bob is survived by his wife, Dyan Cameron Jacob, one child: Tina Marie Jacob Small, and one deceased child: Dale Robert Jacob. He is survived by two sisters, Sue Simmons and Karen Peterson and one brother, Paul. He also...
Paul H. Holmes
Oct 25, 2014
Paul Henry Holmes of Cottonwood passed away on Saturday, October 25, 2014. He was 78 years old. Paul was born on August 31, 1936 in Arlington, MA to Henry H. and Mary A. (Weidner) Holmes. Paul attended San Diego State University, graduating in 1965 with his BA. He served his country in not just one, but two branches of the...
Dylan C. Beale
Oct 22, 2014
Dylan C. Beale, 14 of Clarkdale, passed away on October 22, 2014. Dylan was born to Wes and Jackie Beale in Cottonwood on April 18, 2000. He was raised in Bullhead City, AZ and Missoula, MT. Dylan is survived by parents Wes Beale and Jackie Beale; sister Chloe Beale; aunts and uncles Yvette and Chad Kortan, Angie Kirchman and Rob...
Joan C. Boyd
Oct 17, 2014
Joan Boyd of Cottonwood passed away on Friday, October 17, 2014. She was 80 years old. Joan was born on February 9, 1934 in Fort Wayne, IN to Russell and Mary (Brindle) Keller. Joan was a self-employed accountant for several small businesses and had received her associate\u0027s degree from Yavapai College in 1999. She was a member of the LDS...
Florence Ida Schlotfeld
Oct 15, 2014
Florence Ida Schlotfeld, known as Flo, went to be home with her Lord on Wed. Oct. 15, 2014 at the Veterans Hospice, in Prescott, AZ. Florence was born on March 12, 1924 in Sidney, Nebr. to Floyd and Marie Glassburn. Florence served in the U.S. Army with an honorable discharge. On Sept. 18 1945 Florence married the love of her...
Rosie Petersen-Elijah
Oct 15, 2014
Rosie Petersen-Elijah, 73 of Cottonwood, passed away on October 15, 2014 in Phoenix. She was born on November 18, 1940 in St. Paul, Minnesota to Valentine and Clara Wagner (nee Iverson). Rosie worked as a CRNA (Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist). Rosie enjoyed gardening, horses, motorcycle riding and traveling. She was quick with a smile, a dedicated and loving wife and...
Guadalupe Navarro Perez
Oct 11, 2014
Guadalupe Navarro Perez, 94 of Cottonwood, passed away on October 11, 2014. She was born Maria Guadalupe Navarro on November 5, 1919 in Hunnington, Missouri to Jose Navarro and Maria DeJesus Hurtado. Her siblings were Carmen, Amparro, Luz, Ester, Rudolpho, Lydia, Rodolpho, Jose Ramon, Margarita, Irene, and Martha. The family moved to Jerome, AZ when Lupe was a small child....
Helen Louise Yeakle
Oct 6, 2014
On Monday, 10/6/2014, in Cottonwood, AZ, Helen Louise Yeakle (Helen of Troy) passed away. She is survived by her brother RG Miller of OKC, her son Richard E. Yeakle of San Diego, daughter Nancy J. Yeakle of Cottonwood, AZ, and numerous friends and family. While Helen was born in Patterson, NJ 6/9/1930 she and her brother grew up in Troy...
Vesta Northcross
Sep 29, 2014
Vesta Elizabeth Northcross was born in Grand Junction, Colorado on August 23, 1908. Vesta had four children, twelve grandchildren, seventeen great-grandchildren and eleven great great grandchildren. She resided in Clarkdale, Arizona for 38 years. She restored a home that miners had abandoned when the copper mine shut down in the 1940\u0027s. She opened her door for those whose hearts needed...
Judith Lorraine Langford
Sep 28, 2014
Judith Lorraine (Watts) Langford, 72, passed peacefully in her sleep Sunday, September 28, 2014. Judith was born in Camp Verde, Arizona on June 24, 1942. She was raised in Camp Verde where she attended all 12 years in the Camp Verde Schools. She later met the love of her life, Larry G. Langford. After they married they lived in Cottonwood...
