Obituaries
Juanita Willett
Oct 27, 2014
Juanita Hanon Willett passed away in Surprise, Arizona on October 23, 2014, at the age of 91. Juanita was born in Creston, Iowa on April 25, 1923, the eldest of the five daughters of Elmer and Mary Hanon. Juanita attended a rural, one-room school through eighth grade and later attended and graduated at Thayer High School, where she met Basil...
Patricia "Pat" McKinney
Oct 22, 2014
Patricia Ann McKinney was born in Kanasas City, Missouri on June 28, 1935 to Harold and Eugenia Chalmers. She was preceded in death by her husband Burless “Ken” McKinney and brother, Robert Chalmers. At an early age, Patricia and her brother moved to her mother’s family home near Warm Springs, Georgia. Growing up a Georgia girl on a dairy farm...
Juanita Hughes
Oct 22, 2014
Juanita Mae Hughes, 81, of Sun City, Arizona passed away October 17, 2014. Juanita was born in Butterfield, Missouri. A retired escrow officer, she retired to Arizona in 2013. She was preceded in death by her husband Robert Hughes in 2013. She is survived by sons Michael D. Brown, Randy J. Brown and daughter Diana York (Charlie), sister Marjorie Thomas,...
Sandra Johnson
Oct 21, 2014
Sandra Sue Johnson, 63, of Sun City, Arizona passed away October 20, 2014. Sandra was born in St. Paul, Minnesota and moved to Arizona in 1976. She is survived by her mother Marlene Heinrich, brother Mark Heinrich, sisters Dawn DuRocher (David), Sharon Barlow (Mike) and Debra (pre-deceased). 6 nieces and nephews, 16 great nieces and nephews and 1 great-great grandniece...
Robert Kleinhans
Oct 20, 2014
Passed away October 1, 2014 in Sun City, Arizona. Bob was born in Oak Park, Illinois in 1948. Bob grew up in La Grange, Illinois and attended Lyons Township High School. Bob lettered in Gymnastics. Bob attended Glendale Community College from 1966 — 1968. With his gymnastic background, Bob made the cheerleading squad. After G.C.C., Bob finished his education, graduating...
Orlando DeLuca
Oct 20, 2014
Orlando B. DeLuca, 83, of Sun City West, AZ passed away October 17, 2014. Mr. DeLuca was born in New York, NY and served in the U.S. Army. He worked as an accountant and retired to Arizona in 1991. He is survived by his wife of 47 years Mary Ann. Three children Regina Theresa DeLuca-Imral, Anthony DeLuca and Mary Rose...
Larry Aviles
Oct 16, 2014
Larry Robert Aviles, “Tio Larry,” died on Oct. 10 at his family’s home in Glendale. He was 43. His spirit is carried on by his mother Barbara, son Noah, three siblings Anthony, David, and Dina (Joe), and an extended family of friends from every walk of life. In his lifetime, Larry made friend after friend. He was always willing to...
James Bender
Oct 10, 2014
James Melvin Bender, 67, of Glendale, Arizona passed away October 9, 2014. James was born in Crowley, Louisiana and resided in Arizona for the past 49 years. He is survived by his wife Frances; son Shannon Bender (Lorri) and daughter Denise Bender; sisters Linda Bender and Loretta Morgan (Butch); grandchildren Wyatt Bender (Alicia), Trey Bender (Rachael), Haidyn Bender, Megan Newman...
Anita Nelson
Oct 8, 2014
Anita B. Nelson, 88, of Sun City, AZ passed away October 7, 2014. Born and raised in Chicago, Illinois, Mr. and Mrs. Nelson moved to Sun City in 1990. Anita is survived by her husband of 65 years, Lawrence E. “Bob” Nelson; children Pamela Wells (John), Paul Nelson (Maria) and Carol Colleran (Steve); 6 grandchildren and 6 great grandchildren. Memorial...
Edith Johnson
Oct 7, 2014
78, of Sun City, Arizona passed away peacefully in her sleep at her home on August 24, 2014. Born in Clemencau, Arizona to Roland and Ellen Beach, she was one of 7 brothers and sisters. Joan was very active in the American Lutheran Church of Sun City. She loved golf, games and coffee time with her friends. She is preceded...
James Sullivan
Oct 6, 2014
James Michael Sullivan, 85, passed away on October, 3, 2014, with his wife, Dulcie, the love of his life beside him. James was born in Lincoln Park, Michigan and moved to Sun City, AZ in the 1970's, vowing never, ever to leave. He was a proud member of the Sun City Lapidary Club and served as president for many years....
Veronica Bender
Sep 25, 2014
Veronica “Ronnie” Bender passed away peacefully surrounded by her family on September 23, 2014. She was born in Fairview, Ohio on May 11, 1920 to Herman and Florence Ecker. She was preceded in death by her loving husband Louis Bender, son Marc Fairburn, brother Herbert Ecker, and brother Robert Ecker. She dedicated her life to teaching and the mentoring of...
Patsy Beasley
Sep 23, 2014
Patsy Vondella Beasley (known by Patti), 70, of Sun City West, AZ, received her Angel Wings on September 20, 2014. She went peacefully at home with family at her side. She was born in LaFollette, TN. She was a Loving Wife, Mother and Friend. She was dedicated to the Lord, her Family, and Friends. She is survived by her husband...
Ruth Nelson
Sep 22, 2014
Ruth Nelson, (87), of Surprise, Arizona, died September 19th, 2014. Ruth was preceded in death by her husband Burnell and daughter Maureen. She is survived by her daughters Cheryl and Kathryn, her son, Charles, eight grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Ruth was born and raised in Marion, South Dakota in a rural setting near Sioux Falls. In high school she was...
Sarah Olson
Sep 19, 2014
Sarah Marie Olson, 48, of Glendale, Arizona passed away September 15, 2014. Sarah was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. She moved to Arizona in 2003 from New Mexico and worked as an occupational therapist. Sarah is survived by her husband David Olson; parents Henry & Marie Savoie; sons Daniel and Andrew Olson; brother Sam Savoie and her sister Steffann Price....
Jason Swigart
Sep 16, 2014
Jason C. Swigart, 30, Camp Verde, AZ, passed on to heaven Sunday, September 7, 2014, at the Flagstaff Medical Center, as a result of injuries sustained from an off-road vehicle accident on Saturday, August 30. He came into this world on March 20, 1984, in DuBois, PA, as the son of Jeffrey and Diane Swigart, of Cottonwood, AZ. Jason was...
Esther Hook
Sep 16, 2014
Esther Marie Hook, 95, of Youngtown, AZ passed away September 11, 2014. Visitation will be held at 10:00 a.m. with funeral service at 11:AM at Menke Funeral & Cremation Center Chapel.
Paul Midkiff
Sep 15, 2014
Paul MacLeod Midkiff, 104, passed away on September 5, 2014. He was born on July 1, 1910 in Washington D. C. to Emmet and Belle Midkiff, their only child. Growing up just 4 miles from the White House, young Paul went with his father, who was the Budget master of the Navy, to meet President Calvin Coolidge. After attending MIT...
Andrew Ondrei
Sep 10, 2014
Andrew Joseph Ondrei passed away quietly on September 8th at the age of 93 at home with his son, Phil. He was born, March 1st, 1921 in Monesson, PA to Joseph and Anna Ondrei (Gresch) originally of Checko-Slovakia, and is the youngest of two brothers and a sister, all deceased. He married Jessie Ruth Breakiron of Smithfield, PA in 1944...
Jack Crawford
Sep 5, 2014
Jack E. Crawford, 65, of Cave Creek, Arizona passed away September 4, 2014. Mr. Crawford was born in Dallas, Texas and was an Arizona resident for the past 5 years. He worked as a process server. Survivors include daughters Cheryle Encinas, Jackie Champoux (Jeremy) and Paula Crawford; 2 step-children Shelly Barrett and Larry Sloan; sister Katherine Malloy; grandchildren Krystal, Pablo,...
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