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Local Obituaries for Families in Cottonwood, Arizona
Louise Barnett
Jul 11, 2022
Louise Barnett passed away on July 11, 2022. Services will be held at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1377 E. Hombre Drive in Cottonwood on Monday, July 18, 2022. Visitation will start at 12:00pm with the service following at 1:00pm. Burial to follow services at Cottonwood Cemetery.
Margaret C. Contreras
Jul 7, 2022
Margaret C. Contreras of Clarkdale, Arizona passed away on July 7, 2022 at her home in Clarkdale. She was born March 13, 1930 in Jerome, Arizona to Juan and Adela Chavez.
Margaret was the mother of 6 children (including 1 with special needs). She was a long-time parishioner of Linus Catholic Church in Norwalk, California and Immaculate Heart Conception in...
Adrian F. Craig
Jul 4, 2022
Adrian F. Craig, 96 of Cottonwood, passed away on July 4, 2022. He was born August 22, 1925 in Farmland, Indiana to Kenneth and Mildred Thornburg Craig.
Adrian attended Farmland High School and graduated in 1943. He served in the Navy during WWII. He was a Union Journeyman Carpenter all of his life. He always worked hard; being part of...
George Harris Verd
Jun 25, 2022
George Harris Verd fell asleep in death on June 25, 2022 at the age of 82. He was born January 24, 1940 to Paul and Evelyn Verd.
George spent 27 years in the Navy and retired as a decorated submarine captain. Among his many accomplishments in the Navy, there were two he was especially proud of. The first was his...
Wayne LeBombard
Jun 24, 2022
Wayne LeBombard passed away on Friday, June 24, 2022 at age 78.
Wayne was born on June 1st, 1944, in Milwaukee, WI, son to Lyle and Marian (Burbey) LeBombard. Wayne is survived by his wife Lyn of 29 years; children Josh (Rebecca) LeBombard, Jaime (Justin) Lindow, grandchildren Wyatt and Jacob Lindow, Wes and Ellis LeBombard; and sister Sandra LeBombard.
Wayne...
Robin Lee White
Jun 17, 2022
Robin Lee White
1957 - 2022
Although both her parents were natives of Arizona, Robin began life at the Naval Hospital in Cherry Point, North Carolina, on June 20, 1957. She was the second child and only daughter of Marine Corp rank Staff Sergeant Harry Joe and Delila White.
In 1971, on the National Scholastic Aptitude Test Robin ranked in...
Melvin Merril Jensen
Jun 16, 2022
Melvin Merril Jensen, 87 of Camp Verde, passed away on June 16, 2022. He was born on March 29, 1935 in Rapid City, SD to Martin Jensen and Pearl Amanda Soilday.
Melvin attended school in Flagstaff from K-12 and received his High School diploma. He went on to work as an operating engineer (heavy equipment) for 20 years then operated...
John P. Fleck
Jun 13, 2022
John P. Fleck of Camp Verde passed away on June 13, 2022. He was born on December 11, 1951 in Knoxville, TN to Lee and Madeleine Fleck.
John was a Rancher at Rainbow Acres. He enjoyed swimming, church and music.
John was preceded in death by his parents Lee & Madeleine and sister Jeanne and is survived by number cousins.
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Deanna Lough Hutchins
Jun 13, 2022
Deanna Lough Hutchins, of Mesa AZ, formally of Cottonwood AZ, passed away on 6/13/22.
Deanna was born on 7/21/1938 in St Louis, MO to Everett Lough and Thelma Dietz.
After graduating high school Deanna went on to St Joseph’s School of Nursing in Alton, Il to become a Registered Nurse. She worked many years in the nursing field as a...
Sharon Welch Danielson
Jun 10, 2022
Sharon Welch Danielson, 79 of Camp Verde, passed away on June 10, 2022 in Prescott Valley. She was born on July 17, 1942 in Prescott to Hez and Gladys (Gipson) Welch.
Sharon owned and ran a successful restaurant, Sisters & Co Café from 1993 to 2005 and more recently she was employed at Walgreens in Camp Verde until 2021. She...
Tessie Ruth Kennedy
Jun 10, 2022
Tessie Ruth Kennedy passed away peacefully on June 10, 2022. She was born in Pittman Valley (Williams), Arizona on May 7, 1920.
Tessie is preceded in death by her husband Jim, Son and daughter-in-law Roy and Margret Kennedy, 2 grandsons, 1 great-grandson and her parents Roy and Mary May Nagiller, brother Bill Nagiller, and sister Mary Ann Choate.
Tessie is...
Gregory John Nelson
May 31, 2022
The kind loving soul of Gregory John Nelson went home to our heavenly father on May 31, 2022. Gregory lived in Cottonwood, Arizona for 35 years, born in Stambaugh, MI on February 6, 1947 and grew up in California. A retired engineer, BS Physics, USAF Veteran, 1990's Rainbow Ray Focus ministry, Quantum Physics SCIO Bio-Feedback practitioner, 20+ years maintenance for...
Ivan Neil Wooster
May 30, 2022
Ivan Neil Wooster, 65, was born in Monona County, Iowa. Ivan and Suzy relocated to Cornville, Arizona, in 2018 after living for 34 years in central Iowa. Ivan loved golf, the Iowa Hawkeyes, craft beer, watching Rilee play softball, gardening, the Chicago Cubs, fishing, his family, and most of all, his wife, Suzy. He could fix anything and often did...
Maria A. Kautz
May 27, 2022
Maria A. Kautz, 87 of Prescott, passed away on Friday, May 27, 2022. She was born on September 11, 1934 in Kahuku, HI to Aguido Tania and Magdalena Nichlos.
Mary was a plantation girl growing up on the North Shore of Oahu, HI. Her parents worked on the Kahuku Plantation Co to support the family. Her dad worked in the...
Sheila Ann McIntosh
May 26, 2022
Sheila Ann McIntosh 1941-2022
Sheila Ann McIntosh was born April 8th 1941 to Herbert and Margaret Booth in Clio, MI.
Sheila was raised with her siblings, Cheryl, Paul, Thomas, Delores and Adrienne in a small home on Wilson Rd.
Graduating High School, Sheila took a position in the secretarial field. It was here that she heard the “Airman of...
Warren "Skip" Heyer Jr.
May 25, 2022
Warren K. “Skip” Heyer, Jr.
Warren K. “Skip” Heyer, Jr. left this earthly world May 25, 2022. Born in Missoula, Montana in March of 1945. He was active in 4-H and was Missoula County’s Representative for both State and National Congress. He graduated from the University of Montana a Commissioned Second Lieutenant in the United States Army, serving with...
Dale Leon Wilson
May 25, 2022
Dale Leon Wilson, age 85, of Salt Lake City, Utah, passed away on May 25th 2022 due to complications from Alzheimer’s.
Dale was born on July 28, 1936 to Vernal Daniel Wilson and Doris Fern Lohrey in Stites, Idaho. Dale had relatives from California that were in the movie business. He too aspired to be in the movies. Some activities...
Fred Piper
May 24, 2022
Fred Piper
1925 - 2022
Longtime native and resident of the Verde Valley, Mr. Fred Piper rode out on the Black Horse - May 24, 2022.
He was born July 24, 1925, in Oak Creek Canyon and raised in Sedona, Arizona.
Mr. Piper was the eldest of five sons born to Leroy and Della Piper.
Survivors include his youngest brother...
Celia “Salli” Cruz Sterrett
May 22, 2022
Lifelong Verde Valley resident Celia Cruz “Salli” (Pareja) Sterrett was called home to Jesus in the moments just after sunrise on Sunday, May 22, 2022 at her family home in Camp Verde, Arizona. She is survived by her devoted husband and caregiver, Dennis Sterrett; daughter Sheilah-Margaret (John) Pothast; twin sons Michael (Meredith) Sterrett and Matthew (Stephanie) Sterrett; and her adopted...
Margaret "Sally" Mauk
May 19, 2022
Margaret ‘Sally’ Mauk
1936 - 2022
Margaret Mauk (known as Sally to her friends and family), 85, of Cottonwood, Arizona, moved on to her heavenly home and into the arms of her savior on May 19, 2022.
Margaret was born June 11, 1936, in Belknap, Illinois to Oscar and Mildred Parker. She was the youngest of three children. Margaret was...
