Local Obituaries for Families in Cottonwood, Arizona
Michele Rae Means
Aug 31, 2023
Michele Rae Means, of Cottonwood, passed away peacefully at home on August 31, 2023. She was born June 16, 1947 to Russ Means and Helen Means.
Michele worked and retired from teaching English in Holbrook, Arizona. She had a passion for cart racing and her mini horses. She also was interested in sewing.
Michele is preceded in death by...
Danny Richard Rinehart
Aug 29, 2023
Danny Richard Rinehart was born December 27, 1936 in Odd, West Virginia to Lizzie Jane Bruffy and John Robert Rinehart. “I was born the odd one!” he said. In 1945 the Rineharts moved by train to Phoenix where Danny attended Pendergast Elementary School. He played varsity football as a sophomore at Phoenix Union High School and eventually at Phoenix College....
Mary Jane Rodriguez
Aug 24, 2023
Mary Jane Rodriguez
12/02/1946 to 8/24/23
Mary was born on 12/2/1946 to William and Lila Henagar. She was the youngest of 4 daughters. Mary married the love of her life Marty Rodriguez in April 1969. They were together over 54 years, until her passing. Mary and Marty had two children Timothy and Erica. Mary is proceeded in death by her...
Christy Lucille Patterson
Aug 21, 2023
Christy Lucille Patterson, 71, of Cornville, Arizona, passed away on August 21, 2023. Christy was born on July 4, 1952, in Ontario, California to Alton, “Dusty” Patterson and Sylvia L. Pippin Patterson. She was home tutored during her childhood. Christy was a member of Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Her interests included embroidery, crochet, needlework, painting, and puzzles....
David M. Ahern
Aug 14, 2023
David M. Ahern, 67, of Sedona, AZ passed away August 14, 2023. He was born May 4, 1956, in Manchester, England, the son of William and Katherine Ahern. He was a graduate of OLMC-Mater Christi in 1973. David served his country, serving in the United States Army. He worked as New York Cab driver and later was an assistant manager...
Jerry Robert Hendler
Aug 12, 2023
Jerry Robert Hendler of Cornville AZ, passed away on August 12th, on his 84th birthday. Jerry was born on 8/12/1939 in Wilkes Barre, PA. Out of high school, Jerry joined the Navy Airborne Early Warning Squadron. After completing his service, he attended and graduated from Rochester Institute of Technology with a Master’s degree in Engineering on the G.I. Bill. After...
Piero Grimalda
Aug 10, 2023
Piero Grimalda, a retired Air Force Master Sergeant, passed away at 95 in Cottonwood, Arizona. Born in 1928 in Visinada, Italy, he escaped forced labor during WWII, later graduating from the Technical Institute A Volta in Trieste. In 1954, he joined family in Arizona after serving in the Air Force across the globe. Piero leaves behind a legacy of hard...
Carol Jean Perez
Aug 4, 2023
Carol-Jean Perez (Lawdermilk) or CJ to her friends, died on August 4th due to health issues.
She was born in Chula Vista, California on August 1st, 1942. She graduated Chula Vista High School in 1960, and in 1967 married Jesse Perez, Jr.
For the past 20+ years she loved calling Cottonwood, Arizona her home. She enjoyed her weekly lunches with...
Wayne Jones
Jul 26, 2023
Pastor Wayne Jones passed away on July 26, 2023. He was born on June 14, 1953 to Wayne Sr. and Laverne Jones.
Wayne was the pastor of Canyon Trails Cowboy Church in Sedona.
Services will be held at Canyon Trails Cowboy Church, 3132 White Bear Rd in Sedona on Friday, August 4, 2023 at 10:00am.
Darlene M. Howe
Jul 25, 2023
Darlene M. Howe, 81 of Camp Verde, Arizona passed away on Tuesday, July 25, 2023 in Cottonwood. She was born to Norman and Marie Hansen on February 6, 1942 in St. Paul, Minnesota and moved to Tucson, Arizona over 70 years ago. Darlene graduated from Catalina High School in 1960. She then attended Arizona State College in Flagstaff, where she...
Terry John Fisher
Jul 24, 2023
Terry John Fisher, Jr., resident of Cottonwood and the Verde Valley for 51 years, passed away Jul 24, 2023, at the age of 86. Terry married Thelma Anne Kostolnik (who preceded him in death) on June 3, 1961. Focusing on social studies, anthropology, economics and geography, he received his bachelor’s degree at Indiana University and his master’s in Russian and...
Alec Debban
Jul 22, 2023
Alec Debban
November 19, 1999 - July 22, 2023
23rd Psalm
The Lord is my shepherd. I shall not want.
He maketh me to lie down in green pastures.
He leadeth me beside the still waters.
He restoreth my soul. He leadeth me in the
path of righteousness for his name's sake...
Yea, though I walk through the...
Helen Louise Holt
Jul 16, 2023
Helen Louise Holt was born in Yuma, Arizona, March 22, 1930; she passed away July 16, 2023, in Queen Creek, Arizona. Helen grew up in many areas of California, helping her parents in their cafes, as her father was a chef. Helen spent grades 9-12 at Big Bear High School in Big Bear Lake, California. It was in Big Bear...
Robert Allen McClay
Jul 4, 2023
Robert “Bob” Allen McClay, age 75, of Camp Verde, AZ, formerly of Levittown, PA, passed away peacefully, at his home on Tuesday, July 4th, 2023. He honorably served 4 years in the U.S. Navy including 1 tour in Vietnam with the Mobile Riverine Force on the USS Satyr. Bob worked for U.S. Steel, then turned his many talents to being...
Marshall David Beach
Jun 28, 2023
Marshall David Beach, 72, passed away on Wednesday, June 28, 2023 in Phoenix, AZ after a sudden illness. Dave was born on November 10, 1950 in Carlsbad, NM to Lester and Mary Seward Beach. He grew up in Durango, CO, learning, exploring and helping on his family’s farm. After graduation he sampled college before deciding to follow in his father’s...
Travis Shilling
Jun 25, 2023
Travis Shilling, 21, passed away on June 25, 2023, in a traffic accident in Scottsdale. He was born on March 5, 2002. His parents, Cory and Jennifer, raised him along with his brother Wyatt in the Verde Valley.
Travis went to Clarkdale-Jerome School and graduated from Mingus Union High School in 2020. He moved to Phoenix and worked his dream...
Theodore Stefanek
Jun 23, 2023
Theodore Stefanek, of Rimrock passed in his home peacefully and with dignity after 96 years of a life well-lived. Ted was a man of high charisma, slow to anger, easy with laughter and a joyful smile. As a very young man he enlisted in the United States Navy where he proudly and honorably served during World War II, the Korean...
Geneva Shirleen Winans
Jun 22, 2023
Geneva Shirleen Winans
October 10, 1939 – June 22, 2023
Geneva Shirleen Winans, 83, passed away June 22, 2023, in Clarkdale, AZ. Geneva (Shirleen) was native to Arizona, born in Phoenix to Mary Edna Thomason and John S. Thomason. She graduated from South Mountain High School in Phoenix in 1957 and soon married Jim Baker and started her family...
Peter Alfred Sesow
Jun 18, 2023
Peter Alfred Sesow, Ed.D., 90, left this earth on June 18, 2023, at Cottonwood, Village.
Pete was born to John and Vinnie Sesow on January 14, 1933, in Proctorsville, VT. He resided in various towns in VT, as well as Columbus, GA, Fort Chaffee, AR, and Fitchburg, MA, where he was stationed at Army bases. In 1963 he moved...
Donald B. Pritchard
Jun 18, 2023
Donald B. Pritchard passed away on Sunday, June 18, 2023, in Cottonwood, AZ. Our beloved is survived by his wife Sharon, and his sons Monty Pritchard and Ore Pritchard. Donald is also survived by multiple stepchildren, Larry and Robin and others in various states and grandchildren Tara, Barbara, Monty Jr., Charles, Michael K., Catherine, Theo, Peyton, Brittney, Michael L, Lesie,...
