Local Obituaries for Families in Cottonwood, Arizona
Marvin E. Harper
Feb 5, 2013
Marvin E Harper Sr., 79, passed away on Tuesday, February 5, 2013, at home, surrounded by loving family and friends. Marvin was born on August 28, 1933 in Dallas, TX to Edward C. and Myrtle (Carroll) Harper. Marvin was a civil engineer and worked on many projects in Arizona, including the freeway from Flagstaff to Phoenix and Dead Horse Ranch...
Marvin E. Harper
Feb 5, 2013
Marvin E Harper Sr., 79, passed away on Tuesday, February 5, 2013, at home, surrounded by loving family and friends. Marvin was born on August 28, 1933 in Dallas, TX to Edward C. and Myrtle (Carroll) Harper. Marvin was a civil engineer and worked on many projects in Arizona, including the freeway from Flagstaff to Phoenix and Dead Horse Ranch...
Alice Lisk
Feb 4, 2013
Alice Lisk, 94, passed away on February 4, 2013. She died peacefully in her sleep at the Mingus Terrace assisted living facility in Cottonwood, Arizona where she had lived since 2003. She was born in Oklahoma and moved to Arizona in 1962 when she went to work for the BIA at the Pinon Boarding School in charge of the dining...
Donald Speer
Feb 3, 2013
Donald "Don" Speer, 86, passed away on February 3, 2013. He was born on September 5, 1926. Don was a beloved husband, father, brother, grandfather, great-grandfather, friend and community member. Don was loved by all and made his life one of many accomplishments and contributions. He was born in California and moved to Arizona in 1927 at the age of...
Frank J. Vallenari
Feb 2, 2013
Frank J. Vallenari, 86 of Sedona passed away on Saturday, February 2, 2013. Frank was born on June 22, 1926 in Corona, CA to Gioachino and Paulina (Montanari) Vallenari. He attended Corona Elementary and High School before attending Chaffee Jr. College and earning his BA at San Jose State. Frank served his country as a tail gunner in the Army/Air...
Thomas Bennett
Jan 30, 2013
Thomas L. Bennett passed away January 30, 2013 at the VA Hospice in Prescott. He was born on August 6, 1926 to Edward and Hettie Bennett in Erwin, North Carolina. He retired after 20 years with the US Army. He then retired after 20 years with the Alaska Pipeline as a welder. He is survived by his daughter Gloria Jean...
Emma L. Brown
Jan 29, 2013
Emma L. Brown, 84 of Cottonwood, died Jan. 29, 2013 at home. She was born Oct. 11, 1928 in Flushing, Michigan, the daughter of Jesse and Alta Knight. From mid-life through retirement she lived in Rialto, California and worked for many years as an executive secretary for the Loma Linda University School of Public Health Promotion and Education. She retired...
Rev. Gene Risch
Jan 28, 2013
Herman Eugene Risch ("Gene"), 82, passed on January 28, 2013, in Clarkdale, Arizona. Gene was born on June 10, 1930, in Cincinnati, Ohio to Herman and Laura Risch. After graduating from the University of Cincinnati, he studied theology at United Theological Seminary in Dayton and graduated Cum Laude. Gene had a lifelong service to the Christian Church even before being...
Maurice -Sonny- White
Jan 28, 2013
Maurice "Sonny" White, 32 of Clarkdale, passed away on Monday, January 28, 2013. He was born on September 7, 1980 in Cottonwood to Harrington Turner Jr. and Evelyn Turner. Sonny attended Clarkdale-Jerome schools. He belonged to the Bethany Baptist Church of Yavapai-Apache in the Clarkdale Community. Sonny\u0027s greatest accomplishment was being an uncle and had so much joy in taking...
Pauline Razo Carrera
Jan 23, 2013
Pauline Razo Carrera was born on December 23, 1942 in Cottonwood, Arizona to Paul and Barbara Razo. She passed away into the loving hands of the Lord on January 23, 2013. Pauline was a resident of Cottonwood for 33 years. In 1950 she moved to Ajo, Arizona and lived there for 29 years. She attended Ajo High School, worked at...
Shirley Mae Hall
Jan 22, 2013
Shirley Mae Hall, born in Louisiana, MO, passed away January 22, 2013 at 8:05am at Verde Valley Medical Center at the age of 76. A memorial service will be held at Beaver Creek Baptist Church, 3705 E. Beaver Creek Rd in Rimrock at 1:00pm on Saturday, February 2, 2013. An online guestbook is available to sign at www.westcottfuneralhome.com
Lillian L. Daume
Jan 22, 2013
Lillian L. Daume, 93 of Cottonwood, passed away on January 22, 2013. She was born on April 9, 1919 in Fredericksburg, Texas to David Schnerr and Bertha Usener. Lillian attended the University of Missouri for 2 years studying Journalism. Lillian worked for Frost Bros. in San Antonio, Texas and Altus Newspaper in Altus, Oklahoma. Lillian enjoyed oil painting, quilting and...
Gary John Davis
Jan 21, 2013
Gary John Davis, of Cathedral City, CA passed away January 21, 2013 in Cottonwood at the age of 61. He was born August 23, 1951 in Seattle, WA to Richard and Gladys Davis. Gary grew up in Sitka, AK and worked in the family business, Totem Electric. He attended the University of Hawaii in Hilo and Chico State University in...
Lester lloyd Guthrie
Jan 20, 2013
Lester Lloyd Guthrie, 93 of Cottonwood, passed away on January 20, 2013. He was born on May 26, 1919 in Woodward County, Oklahoma to George and Alma Hazel Guthrie. Lester served his country during WWII and received the Bronze Good Conduct Medal. He worked as a Sears Service Tech for 13 years in California; retired and became a Sedona Art...
Cameron S. Bell
Jan 20, 2013
Our angel Cameron Stuart Bell went to be with his Lord January 20, 2013 in his mother\u0027s arms, surrounded by family at Phoenix Children\u0027s Hospital, just 3 days before his sixth birthday. Cameron attended Clarkdale - Jerome School where he had a passion for learning. He also enjoyed playing soccer which his grandfather Randy had the joy of coaching him....
Patricia Ann Varnell-Maynard
Jan 16, 2013
Varnell-Maynard, Patricia Ann, 81. The angels took our beloved mother and grandmother, Patricia Ann Varnell-Maynard to Heaven on January 16, 2013. She died in Sandy, Utah from complications of a hemorrhagic stroke. She was born January 26, 1931 in Madison, WI the only child to Lilian Breitenstein and Paul August Herfort. Her youth was spent in Baraboo, WI. After graduating...
Margaret -Peggy- Kelsey
Jan 16, 2013
Margaret "Peggy" Langton Leonard/Kelsey, 92 years old, passed away at the home she shared with her daughter on January 16, 2013. Peggy was born in Mobile, Alabama; the daughter of Daniel James Crowley and Sally Roberta Nicholas, both of Mobile. Her five half sisters and 3 half brothers preceded her in death with one being Sister Mary Edwina Kirkpatrick of...
Ernest E. McGinnis
Jan 15, 2013
Ernest E. McGinnis, 92, of Cottonwood, passed away January 15, 2013 at Kachina Point care facility in Sedona, AZ. He was born in Hollis, Oklahoma on Aug 8, 1920. He came to Arizona in the early 1940\u0027s to escape the Dust Bowl, eventually settling in the Verde Valley where he remained until his death. Ernest grew up in a poor...
Rina Mongini
Jan 13, 2013
Rina (Catherine Pietra) Mongini was born on August 6, 1924 to Anna Balanzin and Peter Grimalda in the village of Visinada, on the Istrian peninsula of Italy (now Croatia) and died in her home in Cottonwood, Arizona on January 13, 2013. At the age of 9, Rina moved with her family to the Italian port city of Trieste. During World...
Ruby Van Lieu
Jan 13, 2013
Ruby Van Lieu, 93, of Clarkdale passed away Sunday, January 13, 2013. She was born July 28, 1919 in Deep Water, Missouri to Mr. and Mrs. John Hailey. Mrs. Van Lieu worked as a homemaker, taking care of her home and children and did volunteer work for City of Hope. Mrs. Van Lieu was preceded in death by her husband,...
