Floyd F. Stapes
March 30, 2009
Mildred Lucille Hlava
March 28, 2009
Mildred L. Hlava, 83, Sun City, AZ, formerly of Watertown, WI. passed away Saturday, March 28, 2009.
Mildred was born August 24, 1925 in Oshkosh, WI, daughter of Lorens and Clara Krause Zacharias. She graduated from Oshkosh High School. After graduation she traveled the US extensively with her sister.
On September 4, 1948 she married George J. Hlava of Oshkosh at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Oshkosh. After moving to Watertown she worked for many years at Johnson Controls and Riverside Elementary School. She attended Emanuel Lutheran Church and later St. Bernard’s Catholic Church. She was also President of the Ladies Elk’s. In retirement she traveled the US including Alaska, Europe and the Middle East.
She is preceded in death by her parents, one sister and one brother.
Mildred is survived by her husband, sons Lorens of Clinton, MO. and John Irma of Moreno Valley, CA, two grandsons, Nicholas of Chico, CA, and Paul of Brooklyn, NY, one great granddaughter Samara Miller of Chico, CA, one sister Ronald Enid Dekkert Palo Alto, CA, numerous nieces and nephews..
A memorial service will be held at Sun Valley Lodge Chapel, 12415 N. 103rd Ave. in Sun City, Thursday, April 2, at 2:00 pm. Burial will be at a later date in the St. Bernard’s Cemetery in Watertown.
Adam Jeffrey Hardt
March 28, 2009
Adam Jeffrey Hardt 19 passed away March 22, 2009 in Afghanistan while serving in the US Army “Operation Enduring Freedom” He was born May 22, 1989 in Chandler, AZ. Funeral Service will be 11:00 A.M. Thursday at Menke Funeral Home 12420 N. l03rd Ave. Sun City. Burial will follow with full military honors at National Memorial Cemetery of Arizona. Contributions in Adams name may be made to the Army Emergency Relief 200 Stovall Street Room 5-N-13 Alexandria, VA 22332-0600 Menke Funeral Home 623979-6451
Paul Frederick Lemley
March 27, 2009
Paul F. Lemley, 84, died March 27, 2009, at his home in Sun City, AZ. He was married to Lillian Joyce Sammons. He was born June 1, 1924, in Huntington, WV to the late Irvine and Alice Lemley. He served in the Marine Corp. during WWII and retired from Wells Fargo Bank. Other survivors include: three daughters, Paula L’Esperance, Donna Luft-Weir, Ann Butts, and three grandchildren. Services will be held on Friday, April 3, 2009, at 12:00p.m. with visitation at 11:30a.m. at Menke Funeral Home, Sun City, AZ with interment following at the National Memorial Cemetery of AZ, in Phoenix, AZ, conducted by the Marine Honor Guard.
The Rev. Roland William Brammeier
March 26, 2009
Roland William Brammeier United Methodist minister and community activist began life November 26, 1937 in Syracuse, Nebraska and celebrated death with his family at his side, March 26, 2009 at Arrowhead Hospital Glendale, AZ.
He was the son of Roland Henry and Ann Marie Brammeier.
Roland had a unique ability to inspire, motivate and empower others to tackle social issues and provide for those in need. He did so with infectious joy and a sense or humor that will always be remembered. As founding director of Tucson Metropolitan Ministries in the mid 70s, he was instrumental in developing a multitude of social programs that continues to serve the Tucson community today.
His pastorates included churches in Colorado, Nebraska, Arizona and California.
He was District Superintendent of the Los Angeles District of the United Methodist Church from 1985-1989. The past ten years he shepherded the Lakeview United Methodist Church in Sun City, Arizona and at the time of his death he was employed by the United Methodist Outreach Ministries in downtown Phoenix.
Roland graduated from Nebraska Wesleyan University, in Lincoln, Nebraska and Iliff School of Theology in Denver Colorado. He was the recipient of numerous awards for his work in the community including: Man of the Year in Tucson Arizona, Bishop’s Award for Leadership, Arizona Social Worker of the Year, the Nebraska Wesleyan University Achievement Award, Iliff School of Theology Alumnus of the year.
He is survived by Jerre, his wife of almost 50 years, son Matthew and wife Cynthia, son Mark and wife Andrea, foster daughter Linda Wingate and grandchildren Clayton, Miranda, Jack, and Brittany; brother Bob and sister- in- law Brenda, sister- in- law Jackie, and a multitude of family and friends that grieve, yet celebrate his life. Funeral Service will be 11:00 A.M. Monday March 30, 2009 at Dove of the Desert United Methodist Church 7201 W. Beardsley Rd. Glendale. Memorials: UMOM New Day Center Phoenix, Arizona. Menke Funeral Home handled arrangements.
Dorothy Carroll Jacobs
March 24, 2009
Obituary for Dorothy Carroll Jones Jacobs
June 2, 1923-March 24, 2009
Dorothy Carroll Jacobs, 85, passed away unexpectedly, but peacefully, on Tuesday, March 24, 2009 in Stillwater, Oklahoma, where she had lived with her daughter Sue, son Neal,
3 dearly loved dogs and 2 cats since July 2007. Visitation will be on Monday, March 30, 2009, noon to 1:30 p.m., at Menke Funeral Home, 12420 North 103rd Avenue, Sun City, Arizona. A graveside service will follow at 2 p.m. at Rest Haven Cemetery at 63rd and Northern Avenues in Glendale, Arizona. A Memorial service and celebration of Dorothy’s life will occur at a later date in Stillwater, Oklahoma where Strode Funeral Home has assisted with the arrangements.
Dorothy was born on June 2, 1923 in Rush Springs, OK to Henry Clay Jones and Ethyl Jane Addkison Jones. She was so proud of her little birth town, “the watermelon capital of the world” and attended the annual watermelon festival there for 5 of the last 7 years of her life. At the age of five, she moved to El Reno, OK with her family, where she attended both Catholic and public schools until her family moved to Arizona in 1937; she turned 14 the night they slept at the Continental Divide. She graduated from Tolleson Union High School in 1941with her lifelong friend, Sue Wilson Frasier and sister-in-law, Wanda Mitchell Jacobs. She married Ernest Neal Jacobs on June 25, 1943, lived in Hollywood for a short time while Ernest was in the army, and then lived on the dairy farm in Glendale where they raised two daughters Sue Carrol and Jane Ann, a son Neal and a foster son Danny Pevler. Her mother and father lived on the farm with her legal brother, Merle Henry Jones Hank during much of that time. Dorothy was active in the Glendale Women’s Club, as a 4-H and Girl Scout leader and as a Northwest Hospital Auxiliary volunteer; she also was active in Elks and Optimist Club activities with Ernest. She had an open house for the neighborhood children and her children’s friends and a constant pot of coffee brewing for local farmers. She spent many hours with her grandchildren teaching them the arts of cloud watching, storytelling and how to behave. Following the death of her beloved husband in 1981, she moved to Avondale, Peoria and Glendale, where she spent many hours with her grandchildren, caring for her mother, providing respite services for others and working as a dispatcher for a trucking company. She also took trips throughout the US to visit her daughter Sue, her nephew Ryan, her son and his family when he lived in Texas, and to Jacobs’s family reunions, leaving behind friends made in Texas, Oregon, Mississippi, Boston, North Dakota, and Tennessee. She always had her cats and a dog and for many years her son living with her. She was a member of the Glendale Church of Christ.
Dorothy was so happy during her time in Oklahoma since 2001 and later living in Stillwater. She visited places of childhood memories, found the graves of a brother and her sisters, volunteered for offsite dog adoptions for the Stillwater Humane Society, and regained her pride in being part Choctaw and Cherokee. She loved the Oklahoma State Cowboys OSU; neighborhood gatherings; countryside drives; Oklahoma clouds; and the flowers, squirrels, rabbits, geese, cardinals and occasional red foxes in the yard. She made new memories and was overjoyed that she was able to spend time with her “3 Ms”, great granddaughters, and her niece Kandi last December in Arizona. She rode the OSU Transit bus to attend the Life Adult Day Center in Stillwater five days a week and worked out at Total Rehab; her final year was so full of life and appreciative of the other participants, staff, bus drivers, and her other new and longtime friends and family.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; 2 brothers Bobby Jean and Merle, known as “Buster’ and 2 sisters Patsy and infant female. She is survived by 2 daughters, Sue Carrol Jacobs Stillwater OK and Jayne Ann Jacobs /Bryson Buckeye AZ, one son, Neal Clay Jacobs Stillwater OK, and foster son, Danny Pevler Maricopa AZ, legal brother Merle Henry Jones and his wife Elizabeth Glendale AZ; cousin Bella Frances Miller and her family Elfrida AZ; 6 beloved grandchildren, Kandi Connelly and her husband Scott Surprise AZ, Stacey Lynn Box and her husband Harry Los Angeles CA, Denielle DeeDee Bryson Buckeye AZ, Kayla Bryson Buckeye AZ, Ryan Neal Jacobs and Jaime Lynn Jacobs; 3 special foster grandchildren Angie, Maria, and Shelly, 5 dearly loved great grandchildren, McKenna Connelly, Madeleine Connelly, Melina Connelly, Henry Box, and Eliza Jane Box; her long time friends, especially Sue Frazier Englewood CO, Ada Winn Waddell AZ, and Barb and her husband Patrick Garrow Dandridge TN; her brother-law, Robert Jacobs and his wife, Wanda Litchfield AZ; her sister-in law Florence Jacobs Sun Lakes AZ, many nephews, nieces, their families and friends, and her dearly love little dog, Precious, her 2 grand-dogs, Shanti and Katie, and her 2 grand-cats, Mindi and YaYa.
Pallbearers will be her beloved nephews Milton Phoenix AZ, Ken Flagstaff AZ and Chuck Jacobs Mesa AZ; Grand Nephew Chas Jacobs, her brother Merle “Hank” Jones Glendale AZ, and her son-in law Scott Connelly Surprise AZ. Honorary pallbearers will be lifetime friend Kenneth O Butler Buckeye AZ and Robert Jacobs Sr. brother-law Litchfield Park AZ.
Memorial contributions may be sent in Dorothy C Jacobs’ name to: The Life Adult Day Center, 411 West Mathews, Stillwater, OK 74075.
Condolences for the family may be emailed to www.menkefuneralhome.com in Sun City or www.strodefh, com in Stillwater.
Margaret Balogh
March 22, 2009
Margaret Balogh, 84, passed away suddenly on March 22, 2009. Margaret was born in Hungary, emigrated to Peru following the war and then to the United States. She is survived by her son and daughter-in-law John and Donna Albu, Peoria, AZ; her son Andrew Balogh, Conneaut, OH; her granddaughter Victoria Balogh, Buckeye, AZ; her granddaughter and grandson-in-law D’Ann and Scott McLaughlin, her great-grandchildren Ashley and Jacob McLaughlin, N. Las Vegas, NV; her sister Rosza Obogeanu, Parma, OH; and her brother, Istvan Simon, Hungary.
Edsel H. Englund
March 22, 2009
Edsel H. Englund, 82, of Sun City, AZ passed away March 22, 2009. Edsel was born in LaBolt, South Dakota. He served his country in the U.S. Air Force during WW II. He retired to Sun City in 1986 from Montana and worked for Fairview Recreation Center and the Sun Bowl Auditorium. He was preceded in death by daughter Mary Anne. Survived by his wife of 56 years, Helen; children David Englund Jan, John Englund Catherine, Diane Legare, Jane Pascoe Dan, Brian Englund Grace, and Bruce Englund; brothers Hubert Englund & Loren “Pinky” Englund; sisters Nadeane Buri & Pauline Anfinson; 12 grandchildren and 3 great grandchildren. Memorial Service will be 2:00 p.m., Friday, March 27, 2009 at Menke Funeral Home, 12420 N. 103rd Ave., Sun City, AZ.
Duane George DeAngelo
March 21, 2009
DeAngelo, Duane George, 61, of Peoria, AZ, formerly of Chicago, IL passed away March 21, 2009. He is survived by his parents George and Lorraine, wife Eileen, and son Marshall. He was a combat Veteran of the Vietnam War. Duane was decorated with the Combat Action Ribbon, Vietnam Service Medal, Meritorious Unit Commendation, National Defense Service Medal and the Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal. During his 35 year Real Estate Career he was awarded many honors both in AZ and Chicago. We will always love you. Graveside service will be 2:00 P.M., Wednesday at National Memorial Cemetery of Arizona, 23029 N. Cave Creek Rd., Phoenix. Respects may be made between the hours of 7:00-9:00 P.M., Weds., March 25, 2009 at the family home.
Dorothy M. Lindahl
March 20, 2009