Obituaries

Sep 8, 2009

Sep 7, 2009

Dolores Vollendorf, 82, of Gilbert, Arizona formerly of Sun City West passed away September 7, 2009. Dolores was born in Nashville, Tennessee. An Arizona residence since 1953 moving to Arizona from Illinois. She was a member of the Crown of Life Lutheran Church of Sun City West. She was preceded in death by her husband William F. Vollendorf. Survivors include...

Sep 7, 2009

Sep 3, 2009

Sep 2, 2009

Robert Ronald Sklut, 84, of Sun City died Wednesday, September 2, 2009. He served his country in the US Navy for 3 years and he retired from the Detroit Police Department after 25 years service. He is survived by his wife Alma. Private family services will be held.

Sep 2, 2009

Ruth Geneva Dutcher Myers Ruth Myers, 83, passed away unexpectedly Wednesday, September 2, 2009 at Boswell Hospital from heart failure. Ruth was born February 9th, 1926 in Tyner, Indiana. She was the youngest of 5 children born to William and Sylvia Dutcher. She was preceded in death by her brothers; Don and Keith, and sisters; Violet and Mildred, and her...

Sep 1, 2009

John Francis Kehoe, 49, of Sun City passed away September 1, 2009. He was born in Irvington, NJ and was formerly of Pennsylvania and moved to Arizona in 1997. He is survived by his wife Diane; step-daughters Debbie step-son John; sisters Mary & Theresa and several nieces and nephews who are much loved. Memorial services will be held at 11:00...

Aug 30, 2009

George J. Hlava, 87, Sun City, AZ, formerly of Watertown, WI. passed away Sunday, August 30, 2009. George was born March 6, 1922 to George and Emily Mix Hlava. He graduated from Oshkosh High School in 1941 and enlisted in the Army Air Corp in 1942. He served in the Eighth Air Force, 492nd Bomb Group. He was later with...

Aug 29, 2009

Yamaoka, George 82 of Surprise, AZ, passed away on August 29, 2009. He was born in Sacramento, CA in February, 1927. During WW II, he lived in Hiroshima, Japan, where he was a survivor of the atomic bomb. He returned to the United States in 1949, and served in the Army during the Korean War. He lived in Chicago from...

Aug 28, 2009

Christopher M. Garcia, age 18, of Waddell, Arizona, passed from our lives in a sudden and tragic automobile accident on August 28, 2009. Christopher was a student of Millennium High School and was an avid outdoorsman and cowboy. He is survived by his father, Michael Garcia, mother, Tammy Garcia, brothers, Scott McClain and Nicholas Hampton, sisters, Amanda and Danielle Garcia,...

Aug 28, 2009

Vernadell B. Jean Verhoeven, 78, of Glendale passed away August 28, 2009. She was born in Meherville, IA. She moved to Arizona in 1970 from Wisconsin and was a Registered Nurse. She is survived by her husband Lewis Larson; sons Alan Verhoeven Diane and Gary Verhoeven; brother Mel Bankes; sisters Marlene Fuller and Aleta Jones; grandchildren Michael, Matthew, Emily, Andrea,...

Aug 25, 2009

Elizabeth Pauline Mowczko died on August 25, 2009. She was born to naturalized Polish immigrants on August 23, 1917 in Buffalo, New York. She was the third eldest of five children, and attended Assumption Parish School. She married her husband Peter on October 5, 1939. Together, they lived in various locations throughout the country, following her husband's career in the...

Aug 24, 2009

Aug 23, 2009

Eliason, Claire June 5, 1915 to August 23, 2009. A retired registered nurse, active community volunteer, and church member. Loving mother of Ken Jacobson wife Bonnie, grandmother of Kimberly Rochte, Tim Jacobson wife Heidi, Michael Jacobson wife Christine all of Michigan. Great-grandmother of seven. Memorial services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Friday, August 28, 2009 at First Presbyterian Church,...

Aug 21, 2009

David Henry Ohngren, 69, of Sun City West, AZ passed away August 21, 2009. David was born Oct. 24, 1939 in Pontiac, Michigan. He served his country in the US Air Force. A retired electrician, he moved to Sun City West in 2007 from Fairhaven, Michigan. He was a member of the Sun City Elks Lodge, American Numismatic Association and...

Aug 19, 2009

Aug 14, 2009

Moore, Robert L. Age 90, went home on August 14, 2009 following his beloved wife Shirley, who passed two weeks prior. He was born in Lowell, MA. He was a veteran of WWII and received his law degree from Northwestern University in Boston. He became the top salesman for Drakes Cakes. A proud Irish American, he loved to meet people...

Aug 13, 2009

ames Patrick Sullivan passed away at home in Sun City on 13 August 2009. He was born April 3, 1924 in Manhattan, New York. Jim was a S/Sgt with the 24th Infantry Division during WWII, serving with distinction in the Pacific Theatre under General Douglas McArthur. He was awarded the Silver Star for valor during combat on Mindoro Island. He...

Aug 13, 2009

Edith Irene Cunningham 100, of Sun City passed away August 12, 2009. Mrs. Cunningham was born in Whiting, Indiana February 12, 1909 to Orren and EttaPriest Mackey. She was a retired telephone operator. Mrs. Cunningham came to Arizona from Indiana in 1965. She was preceded in death by her husband Jess, Survived by her sister Lois and other extended family....

Aug 12, 2009

When a man plants a seed, it grows and blooms. When God plants a seed, it does much more. Born in Quimby, Iowa, on March 12, 1923, a girl of 11 named Maxine Bernice Staber became a delicate flower to our Earth. Maxine's mother passed away when she was only 5 years old, and her father at the age of...