Obituaries

Oct 31, 2008

William C. "Bill" Hellman, 79, of Peoria passed away October 31, 2008. A beloved husband, father, grandfather and great grandfather, and a great friend to all. Bill was an Arizona native born in Phoenix. He retired from the IBEW Local #769 and was a veteran of the US Air Force having served in the Korean War. He is survived by...

Oct 31, 2008

Muriel Elizabeth Kernan, age 78, of North Canton OH and Sun City, AZ, passed on to be with the Lord after a courageous battle with cancer on October 31 in Sun City, AZ. She leaves behind her husband Donald Leonard Kernan to whom she was his loving angel and caring wife of 53 years, her only son Michael Lise of...

Oct 30, 2008

Patrick J Sheeran Born August 7, 1926 in Chicago, IL. passed away with family by his side, October 30, 2008, in Sun City West, Arizona. Patrick is survived by the children of his late wife, Vivian Gibney, they are Mary Pat Sindowski Tom, Thomas J Sheeran Sonia, Michael Sheeran and William Sheeran Susan. Survived by his late wife Frances Simandl...

Oct 29, 2008

Arthur Wadsworth Baker, Sr., 82 of Peoria, AZ, passed away on October 29, 2008. He was a US Army veteran and served during WWII. Private family services to be held.

Oct 28, 2008

Oct 25, 2008

Thomas Warren Travers, Sr. died surrounded by his family Saturday, October 25th in Sun City after a brief illness. He was the loving father of Thomas Sara W. Travers, Jr. and the late James William Travers, grandfather of James Thomas Moodie and loving great grandfather of Travers Dylan Moodie. Thomas also leaves his sister Celeste Roach of Vernon, CT and...

Oct 24, 2008

Ina Jonethe Mellum, 93, of Sun City, AZ, passed away October 24, 2008. Ina Jonethe Mellum, daughter of John and Nettie Sogge, was born May 30, 1915 in Jackson Co., MN. A graduate from Jackson High in 1933 and Teacher's Training department in 1934, she taught in rural schools of Jackson Co., MN. She married Gordon Elness in 1940. Their...

Oct 23, 2008

Charles H Meyer, age 93 died October 23rd in Sun City, Arizona. Charles H Meyer was born to Charles and Anna Meyer on April 8, 1915 at Canistota, S. Dak. He graduated from Bridgewater High School in 1933. He entered the Air Force in 1942, served in the Pacific Theater and was honorable discharged in 1945. He assisted his brother...

Oct 23, 2008

Margaret Skidmore Criswell, 82, of Sun City, AZ passed away October 23, 2008. Margaret was born Oct. 29, 1925 in Front Royal, VA to Joseph & Maude Campbell Skidmore. A resident of West Haven, CT until 1990 before retiring to Sun City, she was a member of St. Joachim & St. Anne Catholic Church. She was preceded in death by...

Oct 20, 2008

Kay Utsunomiya, 90, formerly of Minneapolis, passed away Oct. 20th in Sun City, AZ. She was preceded in death by her husband, Tom, and sons, Larry and Roger. She is survived by her son, Tom and his wife Donna; and her sisters, Grace Uyesaka, and Rayko Hashimoto. There is no service planned. Kay will be interred with her husband Tom...

Oct 20, 2008

Marion Audrey Chambers of Sun City died October 20 of cancer at age 85. She was born August 18, 1923, in Duluth, Minnesota, to Carl and Minnie Hedahl Johnson. She married Spencer Allen Chambers in Duluth, in 1947. He died in 1994. Marion graduated from Central High School and St. Luke's Hospital School of Nursing in Duluth. She worked as...

Oct 20, 2008

Lonnie W. Loutherback, 79, of Phoenix, AZ, passed away peacefully on October 20, 2008. Lonnie was preceded in death by his parents, David & Pernie, brother, Danny E., half-brother, Edward & half-sister, Irene Roberts. He was born on February 23, 1929 in Manitou, Oklahoma. He lived in Oklahoma & Montana during his childhood. He began driving big rigs in the...

Oct 17, 2008

Grace Louise Hovey, 95, of Peoria, AZ passed away Oct. 17, 2008. Born in Kansas City, KS, Mrs. Hovey was a retired LPN and resident of Glendale and Peoria since 1974. She was a member of the Royal Neighbors, the Rebeccah's and a 20 year member of the Daughters of the American Revolution. She was preceded in death by her...

Oct 17, 2008

Charles Crawford, 70, of Surprise, AZ died Oct. 17, 2008. He was born June 3, 1938, the son of the late Emerson Crawford and Emmadele Perrine Crawford. He attended Towsand High School. He served in the U.S. Army National Guard for 6 years and retired from New Departure Hyatt in 1999 after 30 years of service. He was a member...

Oct 14, 2008

Theodore "Ted" Deveniak, 87 of Sun City, passed way on October 14, 2008. He was a retired Mechanical engineer from Pennsylvania and served during WWII in the U.S. Army. Funeral mass will be held on Saturday, October 18 at 1:00 pm at St. Clement of Rome Catholic Church 15800 N. Del Webb Blvd., Sun City. Menke Funeral & Cremation Center...

Oct 11, 2008

Peter John "Pete" Treguboff, 85, passed away October 11, 2008. Pete was born in Glendale Arizona to Fenya and John J. Treguboff who emigrated from Russia. A native Arizonan, he passed his pride of his Russian heritage onto his family. He served in the U.S. Navy. He and his late wife Bettie Jo founded Treger Holsteins in Tolleson. He believed...

Oct 10, 2008

Clarke M. Young died on Friday, Oct. 10 after several years of failing health. Clarke practiced obstetrics and gynecology in Casper for some 30 years. He was married to June E. Young deceased December 1999 and, together, they brought up three children: Clarke M. Young, Jr. Sun City, AZ, James E. Young Castlerock, CO and Barbara J. Young-Harding Melbourne, Australia....

Oct 10, 2008

Edith Brown McKenzie, 103 of Peoria, AZ, passed away October 10, 2008. Edith was born in Rio, Illinois on September 12, 1905. She graduated from Galesburg High School and Knox College. She was a mmber of the United Church of Sun City, Pi Beta Phi, P.E.O. & Theta Sigma Phi. She married Thomas R. McKenzie on September 14, 1929 and...

Oct 7, 2008

Robert E. Richards, 84 of Peoria, passed away October 7, 2008. A resident of Peoria, AZ since 1972, Mr. Richards retired from the military after 22 years serving in 3 wars. After his distinguished military career, Mr. Richards retired as Chief of Security from Phoenix College. He is survived by his wife of 58 years, Mary; 5 children Christina Richards...

Oct 4, 2008

Cory Don Demoney, 16 of Phoenix, passed away on October 4, 2008. Cory is survived by his parents, Shawn Demoney and Shilo Demoney; brother Justin McCoy; sister Cheyann Demoney; maternal grandparents Linda and Bill Parker; paternal grandparent Hank Demoney; aunts Shannon Sortino and Catie Brennen; and many loving family members and friends. He was preceded in death by his granny,...