Local Obituaries for Families in Cottonwood, Arizona
Marjorie M. Melvin
Oct 18, 2011
Marjorie M. Melvin, 74, of Cornville died October 18, 2011. She was born October 12, 1937 in San Bernadino, California the daughter of Hugh R. and Ruth M. (Gaylor) Brown. She was a graduate of San Bernadino High School. She was employed as a programmer for NCR and was also a homemaker. She was a member of the Arrowhead Brethren...
Charles Kaminski
Oct 18, 2011
Charles Edward Kaminski, 84 of Phoenix, passed away on October 18, 2011 in Prescott Valley. He was born on November 4, 1927 in Erie, Pennsylvania to Marion and Margaret Kaminski. As a young boy Charles became an alter boy at Holy Rosary Church and attended their school. When World War II was raging he changed his birth date so he...
Robert Edward Willard
Oct 17, 2011
Robert Edward (Bob) Willard of Cottonwood, Arizona died on Monday October 17 at age 80. He was born in Jerome, Arizona on August 16, 1931 to Donald Brian Willard and Ruth Ann Yates Willard. The family moved to Cottonwood when Bob was two years old. The Willards were a pioneer family in Cottonwood and Sedona. Bob attended K through 12...
Joan L. Agundez
Oct 15, 2011
Joan L. (Robertson) Agundez, 63 of Flagstaff, passed away on October 15, 2011. She was born on March 19, 1948 in Phoenix, AZ to Harold E. Robertson and Mary Ruth (Wade) Ledbetter. Joan attended and graduated West High School in Phoenix. She was currently attending NAU after receiving two AA Degrees from Yavapai College in Art and Young Childhood Education....
Alexander B. Buzzell
Oct 15, 2011
Alexander B. Buzzell, 82, of Cornville died October 15, 2011. He was born July 23, 1929 in Kwang Kweichow, China, the son of Alexander B. and Arlene (Illmenen) Buzzell, Sr. He served his country in the Navy. Mr. Buzzell worked as a safety officer for the Department of Transportation. He was preceded in death by his wife Mary (Torres) Buzzel....
Brian McDoanld
Oct 14, 2011
Brian McDonald, 52, of Cottonwood died October 14, 2011. He was born May 21, 1959 in Phoenix, the son of Robert C. and Joan McDonald. He owned a roadside truck repair service. Mr. McDonald enjoyed hunting, fishing and archery. He was preceded in death by his father, Robert C. McDonald, Sr. He is survived by his mother Joan M. McDonald...
Eva L. Johnson
Oct 12, 2011
Eva L. Johnson, age 96, passed peacefully at the home of her son and daughter-in-law, in Cottonwood, Arizona, on Wednesday, October 12, 2011. Born March 27, 1915, in Rockford, Illinois, Eva was the daughter of Swedish immigrants Mathilda and Herman Widell. In 1944, she married Donald Gertz. Donald predeceased her in 1963. In 1970, Eva married William Johnson in Rockford,...
Daphne Boan
Oct 7, 2011
Daphne Boan, 73, of Cottonwood died October 7, 2011. She was born December 1, 1937 in Belton, Kentucky, the daughter of Clarence and Abbie (Barbee) Knight. She attended the Clemenceau School. She worked at the former Marcus J. Lawrence Hospital as a cook, at Babbit\u0027s Department Store, and then at Lumbermans until she retired. She also worked at the Bear...
Joy Elizabeth Prats
Oct 7, 2011
Joy Elizabeth Prats, December 20, 1980 ¿½ October 7, 2011. Joy was a dedicated special education teacher in Vacaville, California. She graduated from UC Davis with a BS in Nutritional Science in 2004, and continued her studies to obtain two Life California teaching credentials in elementary education and special education. She played piano in her church in Davis, California. She...
Audrey Jump
Oct 4, 2011
Audrey Jump, 96, of Cottonwood, passed away peacefully on October 4, 2011, in the loving presence of her son and the watchful care of hospice and the supportive staff at Carefree Assisted Living. She was born on January 12, 1915 in England to Mabel and Isaiah C. G. Cooper, who moved to the U.S. in 1920. Audrey grew up in...
Virginia Wheat Birdwell
Oct 3, 2011
Virginia Wheat Birdwell, 88, of Cottonwood, passed away on October 3, 2011 in Palmdale, California. She was born August 10, 1923 in Velma Oklahoma to Roy Wheat of Indian Territory and Della Hines of Indian Territory, the fourth of six children. She moved to Farmington, New Mexico from Leveland, Texas with her parents and five siblings when she was 12...
Jody May Prado
Oct 2, 2011
Jody May Prado, 52, of Cottonwood died October 2, 2011 in Sedona. She was born July 20, 1959 in Santa Barbara, California, the daughter of Tom and Jean Baker. She was a graduate of Nordhoff High School in California. She is survived by her husband of 31 years, Stan Prado; daughters Megan Baker of Cottonwood, Tanna Gross (Levi) of Cottonwood,...
Marilyn M. Wood
Sep 30, 2011
Marilyn Moore Wood, 74, of Cottonwood died September 23, 2011. She was born April 7, 1937 in Hollywood, California, the daughter of Rev. Dr. Glenn W. and Mary E. Moore. She was a graduate of Summit High School and attened Pennsylvania State University and was a member of it\u0027s Art Students League. Mrs. Wood worked at NBC television in New...
Jack Stalo
Sep 27, 2011
Jack Stalo, 81 of Cottonwood, passed away on September 27, 2011. He was born on August 29, 1930 in Detroit, Michigan to Wilfred and Hilma Stalo. Jack attended school for most his life. He joined the Air Force during the Korean War and earned all kinds of medals and achieved the rank of Master Sergeant. He owned Sedona Automotive from...
Elena L. McGuire
Sep 27, 2011
Elena L. McGuire, 88, of Clarkdale died September 27. She was born December 31, 1922 in Grand Saline, Texas, the daughter of Ernest L. and Dora L. Carter. She attended Rutherford College. She worked for Southern Bell for 44 years. Mrs. McGuire had been a member of the Elam Road Baptist Church near Dallas, Texas. Her hobbies included music, gardening...
Jake W. Palmer
Sep 27, 2011
Jake William Palmer, 19 of Cottonwood passed away unexpectedly September 27th, 2011. He was born May 31, 1992 in Cottonwood, the son of Mike Salibury and Tracie Tabback. He attended Cottonwood schools and Mingus Union High School. Jake enjoyed mechanics, outdoor sports and four wheeling. Besides his parents, Jake is survived by brothers Maximus and Raidon and stepfather Mike Tabback....
Mary Enocente White
Sep 24, 2011
Martha Enocente White, 73, of Cottonwood died Saturday September 24, 2011 peacefully at her home. She was born December 28, 1937 in Clemenceau (Cottonwood), the daughter of Jose and Maria Macias. She was a mother and a homemaker. She is remembered as a caring and helpful mother and was a caregiver to her mother and to her husband when he...
Ismael -Smiley- Hernandez
Sep 22, 2011
Ismael "Smiley" Lopez Hernandez, born June 26, 1926 in Jerome, Arizona, peacefully passed away in the loving arms of his family and aromas of his loving wife Catalina\u0027s "Cate" cooking on September 22, 2011. Ismael served in the U.S. Army in WWII. He worked for Kaiser Steel Mill in Fontana, California for 30 years and retired at the young age...
Kenneth J. Weslowski
Sep 18, 2011
Kenneth John Wesolowski, 66, of Munds Park, formerly of Cottonwood, died September 18, 2011 as a result of a motorcycle accident outside of Payson. He was born September 22, 1944 in Grafton, North Dakota the son of Theodore and Ruth Wesolowski. He attended schools in Warren, Minnesota and Grafton, North Dakota. Ken was a graduate of University of North Dakota...
Sally Pacek
Sep 18, 2011
Sabina Josephine "Sally" Pacek was born October 31, 1916 in Evanston, Illinois; to Julius \u0026 Sophie Janicki and journeyed to her Lord\u0027s house on Sunday, Sept 18, 2011, at the age of 94 years. Preceding her in death was a daughter, Geraldine Leschner; Ernest Leschner (husband); Stanley Pacek (husband); three sisters and two brothers. Survived by daughter, Nancy (Bill) Bauder...
