Obituaries
Edwin Hirth III
Mar 3, 2010
Edwin B. Hirth III born February 26, 1952 passed away on February 27, 2010. Edwin graduated from Arizona State University in 1974 with a degree in Fine Arts, as well as post graduate studies at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, CA. He has been an artist in the Phoenix area for more than 30 years. Many have...
Samuel Stockard
Mar 3, 2010
Samuel R. Stockard, Sr., 81, of Peoria, AZ passed away Feb. 27, 2010. Born in Butler, Pennsylvania, Mr. Stockard has been an Arizona resident for the past 30 years from Michigan. He was a US Air Force Veteran. A steel company and union supervisor, he retired after 33 years. He was a member of the American Legion, Sun City Union...
Joseph Miller
Mar 1, 2010
Joseph Miller, 89, of Sun City, Arizona, passed away Saturday, February 27, 2010. Loving husband, father, grandfather and great grandfather. Preceded in death by his wife of 60 wonderful years, Mary. Survived by his children: Patricia Carter (Robert), Joseph (Mia) and Lawrence (Nancy); grandfather of seven and great grandfather of four. Visitation will be 9-10 a.m. with Rosary at 10:00...
Mary Plummer
Feb 18, 2010
Mary M. Plummer, 88, Litchfield Park, AZ, and formerly of Helena and Lewistown, Montana, and Dickinson, North Dakota, passed away peacefully on February 17 , 2010, at Chaparral Winds Assisted Living Facility in Surprise, Arizona. She was born August 20, 1921, in Dickinson, North Dakota, to Joseph J. and Anna Dietz Koffler. Mary is survived by her children, Jerry Cloud...
Joe Slack
Feb 15, 2010
Joe Rooney Slack passed away on February 12, 2010 at the age of 87 years. He was born in Yuma, Arizona and raised in Glendale, Arizona. He attended Glendale schools and ran the family business of Slack Motors in downtown Glendale until his retirement in the early 80’s. Mr. Slack was preceded in death by his first wife Marjorie in...
William "Scrapp" Rudrud III
Feb 12, 2010
Rudrud, William Oliver III “Scrapp” Born January 28, 1948, in Savannah, Georgia, Scrapp unexpectedly passed away February 9, 2010. He grew up in Tucson, graduated from Palo Verde High School in 1966, and later Northern Arizona University after proudly serving in the United States Marine Corp with a 1968-69 tour of duty in Vietnam. Scrapp was an accountant with Sun...
Gary Irish
Feb 11, 2010
GARY RAY IRISH Gary R. Irish, 78, formerly of Sioux City, Iowa and South Sioux City, Nebraska passed away on February 3, 2010 at his home in Sun City, Arizona after a lengthy illness. Abiding by his wishes, cremation has taken place. Graveside services will be held at the National Memorial Cemetery of Arizona in Phoenix, Arizona at 10:00 a.m....
H. Bumguardner
Feb 11, 2010
H. Horton Bumguardner, 86, of Sun City West, AZ died Feb. 10, 2010 at his home surrounded by his family. Graveside services will be held Feb. 16, 2010 at 1:30 p.m. at the National Memorial Cemetery in Phoenix, AZ.. He was born November 30, 1923 in Hope, New Mexico, the son of late Joe Cephas and Annie Lee Bumguardner. He...
Alexander Woodford
Feb 9, 2010
Alexander R. Woodford, 78, of Peoria, Arizona was born, raised and lived in Brooklyn, NY for 30 years (a former 35 year resident of North Merrick, Long Island, NY). A Switchman for New York Telephone Co. for over 40 years, he retired to Arizona in 1995 where he was an active member of St. Elizabeth Seton Parish in Sun City,...
Ellen Diede
Feb 8, 2010
Ellen J. Diede, 72, of Glendale Arizona, passed away peacefully on February 6, 2010. She was the CEO of Diedes Transport, Incorporated in Phoenix Arizona. She is survived by her husband Ira of 48 years, her son Greg, his wife Denise, and two grandchildren Denee' and Greg Jr. Diede. Her visitation will be held at the Menke Funeral & Cremation...
Harriett Simpkin
Feb 5, 2010
Harriett Rose “Gigi” Simpkin, 89, of Sun City passed away Jan. 26, 2010. She was born in Hannibal, MO to Harry & Clara Culler. A resident of Sun City for over 30 years, Mrs. Simpkin was the co-founder of the C. Tom Simpkin Air Conditional & Heating Co. of Sun City. A lifelong member of the Methodist Church, she was...
Dorothy Key
Feb 5, 2010
Dorothy June Key, 93, of Sun City, AZ, passed away Monday, February 1, 2010. She was born June 13, 1916, in Decatur, IL, to parents, Walter and Fay Quick. She grew up on a dairy farm there, the second oldest of eight children. June worked as a comptometer operator and bookkeeper. She retired from Safeway in 1978, and was a...
George Main
Jan 29, 2010
MAIN, GEORGE W. Led home by a company of angels, Captain George W. Main marched bravely into the arms of his Lord on January 27. 2010. Preceded in death by his wife Jennie and his eldest son, Dennis, he is survived by wife Elaine, daughters Joy and Christine, sons, William, Gerald, Arnold and James. George was surrounded by eighteen grandchildren...
William Eckstein
Jan 29, 2010
Lieutenant Commander William F. Eckstein (USN, Ret.), age 60, beloved brother of Rosemary (Lang) Fiebig of Litchfield Park, AZ, passed away suddenly on January 20, 2010 in Cañon City, CO. LCDR. Eckstein was born in Chicago, IL, on December 3, 1949 to the late Frank C. and Loretta (Vollmann) Eckstein (last of Phoenix, AZ); and raised in Elmhurst, IL where...
Harriett Simpkin
Jan 29, 2010
Harriett Rose “Gigi” Simpkin, 89, of Sun City passed away Jan. 26, 2010. She was born in Hannibal, MO to Harry & Clara Culler. A resident of Sun City for over 30 years, Mrs. Simpkin was the co-founder of the C. Tom Simpkin Air Conditional & Heating Co. of Sun City. A lifelong member of the Methodist Church, she was...
Barrie Cooper
Jan 28, 2010
Barrie Ellison Cooper October 7, 1922, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Naturalized American 1948. Passed away January 25, 2010. Worked on the Alaskan Highway for two years, entered training as an X-Ray technician in LaMont, Alberta where he met his wife Mary. Lived in Ogden, Utah for two years. Chief Technologist at the Charles T. Miller Hospital in St. Paul, Minnesota, 6...
Marleen Beers
Jan 28, 2010
Marleen Beers Marleen Beers, loving mother, wife, grandmother, sister, aunt, and friend to all who knew her. She was born and raised in Milwaukee, Wisconsin to the late Bernice and Steven Sosnowski. She moved to New Mexico when her children were two and lived. Marleen loved cooking and worked as a chef in nursing homes for most of her life....
Heinz Heimann
Jan 27, 2010
Heinz Heimann joined our heavenly Father after a very short battle with cancer on Saturday, January 23, 2010. Heinz was born in Obing an Chiemsee, Germany on July 25, 1925 to Helmuth Gross and Anna Heimann. He grew up in Feuctwangen, Germany until age of 13. He then went to Munich to start his apprenticeship with the Deutsche Bundesbahn. His...
Bernice Kortie
Jan 27, 2010
Bernice V. Kortie, 95, of Glendale, AZ, passed away January 26, 2010 in Glendale, AZ. She is preceded in death by her loving husband, Dwight James Kortie, who passed away in 1981. She is survived by her children; Jack (Judy) Kortie, Van (Evelyn) Kortie, Collin (Doris) Kortie and Jill (Jim) Carlson, as well as her sister Laura (Ken) Eggers, 10...
William Gates
Jan 22, 2010
William Gates died at Banner Boswell Hospital on Thursday, Jan. 21, 2010 from a heart attack. Born in Detroit where he worked for Champion Sparks Plugs for 30 years. He married Dorothy Monette in 1942 and had 4 children. He moved to Sun City in 1976 where he worked for the Sun City Recreation Centers. He enjoyed golfing and got...
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