Local Obituaries for Families in Cottonwood, Arizona
Jeanne E. Michelsen
Oct 5, 2012
Jeanne E. Michelsen, 89, passed away Friday, October 5, 2012. She was born near Milan, Michigan on September 24, 1923 to Arlo and Blanche Dysinger. She graduated valedictorian of the Milan High School Class of 1941. She lived in nearby Ypsilanti most of her life where she and her late husband were in the retail gasoline business. She was a...
Robert E. Witte
Oct 2, 2012
Robert E. Witte, 92 of Cottonwood, passed away on October 2, 2012. He was born on June 22, 1920 in Chicago, Illinois. Robert worked for APS as a Labor Relations Representative. He spent his life working hard. Robert was preceded in death by his wife Hazel. He is survived by sons Robert B. Witte (Mary) and Douglas N. Witte; sister...
William -Bill- Rheinfelder
Oct 1, 2012
William "Bill" A. Rheinfelder, 84 of Cottonwood, passed away on October 1, 2012. He was born on December 13, 1927 in Munich, Bavaria, Germany to Hans Rheinfelder and Herta Rossman. Bill attended the University of Munich and received his Masters in Physics and Chemistry. He developed the G-Channel Sound for movie production of "Porgy \u0026 Bess". He also published 3...
Gerald Meister
Oct 1, 2012
Gerald Meister, 88, of Cottonwood, passed away on October 1, 2012. He was born on June 22, 1924 to George William and Pearl (Hough) Meister. Gerald served his country in the Navy during World War II, achieving the rank of Seaman First Class and was awarded the distinguished service award. After the service, he was a chemical engineer for 76...
Ward Peterson
Sep 29, 2012
Ward Peterson, 62 of Cottonwood, passed away on September 29, 2012. He was born on July 18, 1950 in Phoenix, Arizona to Ward and Gwendolyn Peterson. Ward attended Loma Linda School for 8 years then Camelback High School for 4 years. He was a self-employed framing contractor in the Verde Valley from 1980 to 1999 then he became owner and...
Dorothy Jean Helm
Sep 28, 2012
Dorothy Jean Mathews Helm, 84 of Rimrock, passed away September 28, 2012. She was born on February 18, 1928 in Farmington , Missouri . She attended school in New Mexico and spent time in Montana and California . In 1946 she moved to Fossil Creek , AZ where she met and married George Helm. They were happily married for 63...
Elwood -Woody- Bredell
Sep 28, 2012
HollywoodElwood "Woody" B. Bredell, Jr. Elwood Bailey Bredell Jr. passed away shortly before sunset on September 28, 2012, at the age of 84. "Woody" was born July 5, 1928 in Hollywood, California. He was the son of Gertrude Grace Stone and Cinematographer Elwood Bailey Bredell Sr. Woody was preceded in death by his parents and his sister, Jacqueline Bredell Moreno....
Thomas J. Kenny
Sep 27, 2012
Thomas John Kenny passed away Sept. 27, 2012 at his home in Cottonwood, AZ. He is survived by four daughters, Chrissy Mulvihill, Michelle Chacon, Allison Kenny, and Erin Kenny; seven brothers, Marty, Mike, Dan, James, Chris, Terry, and Kevin; four sisters, Patty, Mary Ellen, Joan, and Maureen; and his mother, Mary Kenny of Longmont, CO. Tom was born in Brighton,...
John Allen Goldenstein
Sep 22, 2012
John Allen Goldenstein of Cornville, AZ passed away, peacefully, on Saturday September 22, 2012. John was born on December 29, 1928 to Rudy and Winnie Goldenstein in Glenvil, Nebraska. John journeyed to Valentine, AZ with his family when he was 9 years old and rode the whole way out sitting on his mother\u0027s lap. They brought with them five crates...
Dale E. Shandera
Sep 22, 2012
Dale E. Shandera, 77 of Cottonwood, passed away on September 22, 2012 in Glendale. He was born on December 31, 1934 in Kimball, Nebraska to George and Cecilia Shandera. Dale attended school at Nebraska Country School for 8 years, high school in Pine Bluffs, WY for 4 years and Chadron State College for 6 years. He served his country in...
Evelyn A. Edwards
Sep 22, 2012
Evelyn Arlene Edwards, 86 of Cottonwood, passed away on September 22, 2012. She was born on December 13, 1925 in Guide Rock, Nebraska to Raymond Lowry and Helen Crowell. Evelyn attended Phoenix Union for 2 years. She worked for Frontier Foods in Phoenix for 10 years as a Floor Lady (she made potato chips) and worked for First Federal Savings...
Ruth E. Fuller
Sep 21, 2012
Ruth Esther Fuller, of Cottonwood, AZ, passed away on September 21, 2012. She was born in Greene County, Ohio on October 8, 1921. She would tell you that her 69 year marriage to Tuffy was the crowning achievement of her life and that being a mother to three kids was her most satisfying accomplishment. We want to thank Dr. Kevin...
Rex Harris
Sep 21, 2012
Rex Harris, 63 of Cottonwood, passed away September 21, 2012. He was born on December 2, 1948 in Phoenix, AZ to Marlon Harris and Florence Frank. Rex attended R. L. Turner school in Texas for 12 years. He served his country in the Marine Corps where he served as a Corporal during Vietnam. Rex worked as a shipping foreman. He...
Ruth E. Fuller
Sep 21, 2012
Ruth Esther Fuller, of Cottonwood, AZ, passed away on September 21, 2012. She was born in Greene County, Ohio on October 8, 1921. She would tell you that her 69 year marriage to Tuffy was the crowning achievement of her life and that being a mother to three kids was her most satisfying accomplishment. We want to thank Dr. Kevin...
Shirley Plaster
Sep 17, 2012
At first the angels stood behind her bed guarding her every breath, later when her breath began to fade the angels\u0027 hovered above her, gently lifting her spirit into the heavenly hands of God. Shirley Plaster, 78, of Cottonwood, Arizona passed onto a new life September 17, 2012 in Cottonwood, Arizona surrounded by her daughters, sisters, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, nieces, nephews...
Burnice Stetson
Sep 17, 2012
Burnice "Bunni" E. Stetson went to be with the Lord on September 17, 2012. She was born to James Harold and Auda Rollins Young on January 11, 1924 in Windsor Twp., MN. She grew up in Newaygo, MI and after high school she took stenographic training in Grand Rapids, MI. She served in the Navy as a WAVE from 1944...
Cruz Bueno
Sep 17, 2012
Cruz Bueno died peacefully in Cottonwood, Arizona on September 17, 2012. She was a homemaker and lived in Clarkdale. She was born in Pirtleville, Arizona on May 2, 1917. She married Clemente Bueno on September 24, 1934. They retired from Phelps Dodge in 1969 and moved back to Clarkdale. She was preceded in death by Clemente in September 1989. She...
Damon Doane Combs
Sep 16, 2012
Damon Doane Combs died at the age of 60 on September 16, 2012. Damon was born on July 23, 1952 to Burt and Daphne Combs (Coppinger) of Cornville. Damon graduated from Mingus Union High School in 1970 and had worked as a carpenter in the Verde Valley for over 30 years. Damon was a lover of life, nature, music and...
Donna Lucas
Sep 14, 2012
Donna Simmons Lucas passed away peacefully on September 14, 2012, just two days after her 90th birthday. Donna was born in 1922 in Ontario, California and after the death of her mother when she was two, was raised by her grandmother and aunt. She loved to play baseball and there were many times when she wasn\u0027t home from school on...
Lavon L. Wells
Sep 13, 2012
Lavon Luan Wells, 78, passed away on September 13, 2012, at the Olivia White Hospice Home in Flagstaff, AZ, surrounded by her loving family. Lavon was born on September 17, 1934 in Moran, KS. She was preceded in death by her parents William Roy and Una Mary Jane Roberts and her loving husband of 52 years, Robert F Wells. She...
