Obituaries
Mary Kraut
May 5, 2014
On April 23, 2014 Mary Kraut went home to be with her Lord. She was born in Rhinelander Wisconsin in 1928. She graduated from Milwaukee Hospital School of Nursing, married Milton Kraut and moved to Arizona in 1961. She worked as a nurse at Baptist Hospital, but her passion was teaching children about the Lord. She taught at church, neighborhood...
William Dunahay
May 2, 2014
William (Willie) Dunahay, 71, of Peoria, Arizona passed away on Thursday, May 1, 2014. Born in Middletown, Ohio he was the son of the late Orville and Annabelle Dunahay. He is survived by his wife, Donna of 32 years, sons, William Scott Dunahay of Ottawa, Ohio, Steven Dunahay of Lima, Ohio, and daughter Shelly Long of Lima, Ohio. Stepchildren Craig...
Max Clark
May 1, 2014
Max L. Clark, 88, of Sun City, Arizona passed away April 28, 2014. Born in Mason City, Iowa, he received his Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from Notre Dame University in South Bend, IN. He was a district level engineering manager for Illinois Bell Telephone Co. He served in the U.S. Navy during WWII with 7 years in...
Wallace Smith
May 1, 2014
Wallace Joseph Smith, “Wally” or “Poppy”, died April 29, 2014. He was born in Meriden, CT. on June 9, 1935. Survived by his wife Ellen Savanella-Sokolik Smith of Sun City, AZ. and sister, Barbara Giacco of Southington, CT, children Cynthia (Mark) Rosenberg and son Michael (Barbara Ann) Smith, all of Gilbert, AZ. Preceded in death by his parents, first wife,...
Carolyn Bruno
Apr 30, 2014
Carolyn M. Bruno, 90, of Sun City, Arizona passed away April 24, 2014. Born in Waukegan, Illinois she resided in Arizona for the past 17 years. Memorial services for Carolyn will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, May 3, 2014 at First Presbyterian Church, 12225 N. 103rd Ave., Sun City, AZ. She will be interred at the National Memorial Cemetery...
Lena Sprau Carter
Apr 29, 2014
Lena Bell Sprau Carter, 85, of Surprise, Arizona passed away April 28, 2014. Lena was born in Dexter, New Mexico and resided in Arizona for the past 70 years. She was preceded in death by her husband Ammon C. Sprau in 1981. Survivors include her daughter Virginia (Philip) Newberry; sons Mike (Loretta) Sprau and Randy (Mary) Sprau; sister Bettie Jo...
Thomas Young
Apr 29, 2014
Thomas Robert Young, 86, of Sun City, AZ died April 29, 2014. Thomas was born in East Orange, NJ and moved to Arizona in 1968 and worked in sales in the automotive industry. He was preceded in death by his wife Mary Jo Young in 2010, a son Thomas Young Jr. in 2008 and daughter Margaret Mary Young in 1989....
Beverly Ball
Apr 25, 2014
91, of Surprise, AZ passed away April 22, 2014 after a brief illness. She was born in Minneapolis, MN on December 22, 1922 to Earl and Ethel Anderson. She relocated to Phoenix, AZ in 1964 along with her husband Irv and their children. Bev and Irv lived in Prescott, AZ for many years after he retired, where she joined a...
Eileen Sudyk
Apr 22, 2014
Eileen Sudyk, age 79 of Peoria, Arizona, died on April 17, 2014 at Boswell Hospital. Mrs. Sudyk was born in Chicago, Illinois and moved to Arizona from California in 1989. She taught in elementary schools in Arizona and California. She was survived by James, her husband of 51 years and her sister Margaret Mary Aidukas Ferriter of Palm Springs, California....
Julian P. Fankhanel
Apr 21, 2014
Beloved husband of Sue Ann Geisler Fankhanel. Devoted father of Bobbi (Jamie), Ric (Holly) and the late Karen Cossette. Loving grandfather of Kathryn and Baron. Dear Brother of the late Delores Ebert, Buster Fankhanel, Jim Fankhanel and survived by Lois Fankhanel. Dear son of the late Paul and Julia Fankhanel. He passed away on April 18, 2014 surrounded by family...
Robert Hodgden
Apr 18, 2014
Robert Lewis Hodgden, 83, passed away April 16, 2014 in Peoria, AZ. He was born Jan. 1, 1931 in Appleton, WI to Louis & Leona Hodgden. He married Valerie Schmoldt Jan. 1, 1952, in Fremont, WI. Robert served in the US Army during the Korean War. A plumber, he was a member of the Plumber & Pipefitters Local #458 in...
Stephen Brooks
Apr 16, 2014
48 of Mayer, AZ passed away March 22, 2014. Memorial service for Stephen will be held at 11:AM Saturday, April 26, 2014 at Menke Funeral & Cremation Center.
Louis Van Scoter
Apr 16, 2014
Louis “Bud” Leroy Van Scoter, 82, of Sun City, AZ passed away April 13, 2014, in Show Low, AZ. Bud was born in Eldred, Pennsylvania to Stanley & Rosa Van Scoter. He served in the US Navy aboard the USS Monterey. A machinist in the tool & die industry, he moved to Arizona in 1967 and retired to the Sun...
John Seltenreich, Jr.
Apr 15, 2014
John Joseph Seltenreich, Jr., 89, of Sun City, Arizona passed away April 4, 2014. Mr. Seltenreich was born in Kalamazoo, Michigan and was a US Army veteran of WW II. A retired Bailiff, he moved to Arizona in 1996 from Colorado. Survivors include his daughter Lisa Seltenreich of Montgomery, Texas. Private family arrangements have been made.
Richard Napp
Apr 14, 2014
Richard S. Napp 83, who was born in Detroit, MI, lived in Ohio, and was a member of the Knights of Columbus, before moving to Arizona in 1976, passed away on April 9, 2014, in Glendale, AZ, after a long illness. He was preceded in death by his wife, Patricia V. Napp. He is survived by his sisters, Barbara Halenar...
Eileen Ring
Apr 9, 2014
Mothers hold their children's hands for a short while- but their hearts forever- Eileen T. Ring, 96, of Avondale Arizona (formerly of Jackson, Ohio) passed peacefully on April 8, 2014 following an extended illness. Born in Monroe County, Ohio on October 30, 1917 she was the oldest daughter of James Earnest Heddleson and Lillie Hendershot Heddleson. Eileen graduated from Graysville...
Edward Doran
Apr 7, 2014
Edward Richard Doran (Dick) 84, passed away on 4/5/14 at his home, in Sun City, AZ. Dick grew up in Yakima, WA. He served in the Army during the Korean War where he was awarded the Purple Heart. Dick and his wife Patricia were happily married for 56 years. Dick worked as a manager at Bartell Drugs in Seattle, WA....
Gladys Cameron
Apr 7, 2014
Gladys D. Cameron, 87, of Peoria, Arizona passed away March 27, 2014. Gladys was born in White Rock, Minnesota and resided in Arizona since 1988 from Iowa. Survivors include her daughters Susan and Jolene, 5 grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren. Visitation will be 4-7 p.m. with Rosary at 6:00 p.m., Tuesday, April 8, 2014 at Menke Funeral & Cremation Center....
Gordon Woodward
Apr 4, 2014
Sun City, AZ: Gordon H. Woodward, 91, died April 1, 2014, retired Lt. Col. USAF. He met Shirley Long, of Auburn, NY, at Cornel University in 1947, and they married in 1949. They were married for 64 years. He lived in Maine (Union Center), NY for most of his life, living the last 25 years in Sun City, Arizona. He...
Donald Rollins
Apr 3, 2014
Donald Eiland Rollins, 59, of Queen Creek passed away March 26, 2014. Donald was a fire fighter. Survivors include his children Michael and Michelle Rollins. Visitation will be held noon-2:00 p.m. on Friday, April 4, 2014 at Menke Funeral & Cremation Center.
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