Obituaries
Josephine Connizzo
Apr 23, 2010
Josephine F. Connizzo of Surprise, AZ passed away April 21, 2010 with her children by her side. She is survived by her son Joseph (Naomi) and daughter Phyllis LiVigni (Vince) and all her grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband John and son Johnny. Burial will be in St. Louis, MO. Donations are suggested to Hospice of Arizona.
Don Holder
Apr 22, 2010
Don Robert Holder age 47, was born February 11, 1963 in Phoenix, AZ. Don passed away April 21, 2010 after a long battle with cancer. As a child he went to Glendale Elementary Schools and he attended and was a graduate of Greenway High School. An avid sportsman, he enjoyed hunting, fishing and the outdoors. One of his many passions...
Anna Kearns Daniels
Apr 22, 2010
Anna Marie Kearns Daniels, née Shon, née Scianna, passed away on April 6, 2010. Anna was born on February 7, 1913, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to Salvatore and Anna Catanzaro Shon, née Scianna. She was one of eight children: Josephine, Antoinette, Frances, Joseph, Samuel, Margaret, and Angelina. Her father valued education or craft trades for all of his children, and in...
Gloria Valkingburg
Apr 21, 2010
Gloria M. Valkingburg, 76, of Goodyear, Arizona passed away April 20, 2010. Gloria was born May 1, 1933 in Gallup, New Mexico. An Arizona resident for 44 years, she is survived by her husband of 60 years, Paul Valkingburg; daughter Renee Jankowski (Jim); son Paul Valkingburg, Jr.; brother David Imboden; 3 grandchildren and 9 great grandchildren. Graveside services will be...
Joseph Picard
Apr 21, 2010
Joseph Shelley Picard, 74, of Sun City, Arizona passed away April 18, 2010. Mr. Picard was born in Albany, New York. A U.S. Air Force retiree, he moved to Arizona 11 years ago. He is survived by his wife Olga; children, Randolph Picard, Monica Picard, Christopher Picard, Sheldon Picard, Shirley Emmons, Sandy Hamel, Alicia Reeves, Gus Knecht and Kenny Knecht;...
Olga Kelley
Apr 19, 2010
Kelley, Olga Mary On April 17, 2010, our beloved 95 year old mother, grandmother and great grandmother, went to sleep here on earth and woke up in the arms of Jesus, surrounded by all the love she so selflessly gave to others throughout her lifetime. Olga was born in Washington Heights, NY on March 27, 1915 to Bela and Olga...
Guy Smith
Apr 19, 2010
Guy “Bill” Smith, 82, of Sun City, AZ passed away April 16, 2010. Born in Bellefontaine, Ohio. A retired Project Building Engineer for Broward County Florida, he moved to Su City in 1986. Bill was a member of Bell Silvercraft Club, Sun City Elks Club and the United Church of Sun City league bowling team. He is survived by his...
Annette Kane
Apr 19, 2010
Annette P. Kane passed away on April 14, 2010 she was born in Chicopee, Massachusetts on Jan. 16, 1925. She moved to Arizona in 1947 with her late husband James R. Kane Sr. Being very good with numbers she worked as a bookkeeper and auditor, she worked as a controller at Valley View Community Hospital from 1969 until she retired...
Philip Allen
Apr 19, 2010
Philip Joseph Allen, 90, passed away peacefully surrounded by his family on April 15, 2010. Phil, the third youngest of eight children, was born May 5, 1919 in Larimer, PA. He was an Engine House Foreman with the Pennsylvania Railroad/Penn Central for 34 years. After retiring from the railroad, Phil became a “Gentleman’s Farmer” in Smithfield, OH, until he fully...
Alice Duncanson
Apr 16, 2010
Alice B. Duncanson, 102, of Glendale, Arizona passed away April 15, 2010. Alice was born December 20, 1907 in Downs, Kansas. An Arizona resident for 67 years, she was a member of First Evangelical Lutheran Church in Prescott, Arizona and Our Savior Lutheran Church of Sun City. She was preceded in death by her husband Philip Duncanson in 1971. Survivors...
Irma Roos
Apr 15, 2010
Irma Gertrude Roos, 86, of Sun City, Arizona passed away April 15, 2010. Irma was born in Prairie View, Kansas. Irma was a seamstress and retired to Arizona in 1991 from Colorado. She is survived by her husband Harold; son Dennis Lee; daughter Laurie Ilene Stuck and 2 grandchildren. Memorial services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, April 20,...
Harriet Cowles
Apr 15, 2010
My beloved wife Harriet, mother of four wondrous children, Patricia Edwards, Barbara O’Neal, Jeffrey Cowles and Debra Wright, left us on Wednesday April 14, 2010. Harriet was a Tip Top Dancer for 14 years and a member of the Sun City Players for seven carefree years and a parishioner in the St. Clements and Prince of Peace Catholic churches. Harriet...
Robbie Smead
Apr 15, 2010
Robbie Smead, 59, of Phoenix, AZ passed away April 12, 2010. Memorial services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, April 17, 2010 at Menke Funeral & Cremation Center Chapel, 12420 N. 103rd Ave., Sun City, AZ. A Reception will follow the service at the Menke’s Sun City Room located directly behind Menke Funeral & Cremation Center.
Carl DuBow
Apr 15, 2010
Carl Sterling DuBow, 64, of Sun City, AZ passed away April 11, 2010. Born in Dallas, Texas, he resided in Arizona for the past 40 years and was the owner of a street rod manufacturing company. He is survived by his wife Sandra DuBow; children Chad DuBow and Traci Culler; step-children Todd & Paul Willoughby and Melissa Willoughby; sister Sherri...
Jacqueline Ferguson
Apr 14, 2010
Jacqueline Hertzing Ferguson, 82, of Sun City, AZ passed away April 11, 2010. Jacqueline was born in St. Louis, MO on January 31, 1928 to Ferdinand and Mary Reinkemeyer. She moved to Arizona in 1982 and was employed as a transportation supervisor at Luke AFB for over 20 years. She was a member of St. Joachim & St. Anne Catholic...
John Plylar, Sr.
Apr 14, 2010
John Russell Plylar, Sr., 91, passed away on March 24, 2010 at the Odyssey (hospice) inpatient house in Peoria, AZ. He wanted to be remembered as a family man and ‘regular guy’. His compassion for others, his wonderful sense of humor, and his belief in maintaining standards of the highest integrity, inspired family and friends alike. Russell brought joy and...
Jocelyn Iles
Apr 12, 2010
Jocelyn Jane Iles, 78, of Peoria, AZ passed away April 11, 2010. Born in Indianapolis, Indiana, she moved to Arizona in 1971 from Texas and worked as a Secretary. She was a member of the Northside Church of Christ in Phoenix. Preceded in death by her husband of 37 years, Foster Iles. Survivors include her children, Martin, June and David;...
Joseph Kachinski
Apr 12, 2010
Joseph E. Kachinski was born in Pittston, Pennsylvania on May 5, 1921 and passed away in Sun City, Arizona on April 9, 2010 with his loving wife Peg and family by his bedside. Joe served in the US Navy during World War II as a Photographer 2nd Class. Upon his discharge from the Navy he worked for Bath Iron Works...
Lydia Muir
Apr 7, 2010
Lydia O. Muir, 86, went to join her Heavenly Father on March 28, 2010, Palm Sunday, at Baptist Village, Youngtown, Arizona. Lydia was born February 12, 1924 in Jackson, Minnesota to John N. and Jonette Hamland Sogge. She graduated from Jackson High School in 1941, attended college at St. Cloud and was a country school teacher. In later years she...
LaVonne Alexander
Apr 5, 2010
LaVonne Alexander, 78, of Glendale Arizona, passed away peacefully on April 1, 2010, after a long battle with cancer. LaVonne was born in Cement, OK, on November 1, 1931 to James and Georgia Sue Lonsdale. She has three siblings, James Lonsdale II, Kathy Hunt and Margaret Treadway. LaVonne was married to Lloyd Darnel Wiley (Doc) who died in 1964. They...
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