Obituaries

Apr 24, 2023

Patricia K. Konopka, 87, of Peoria, AZ, passed away on April 24, 2023. Pat was born in Brooklyn, New York on July 31,1935. Pat was predeceased by her parents, Robert and Katherine Stenson and her husband, Walter Konopka, Sr, of 24 years, her sons Walter Konopka, Jr., William Konopka, her daughter, Susan Konopka and her brother, Robert Stenson. She is...

Apr 24, 2023

Claudia Jean Nihart Clayton, 77, left us to be with her Lord in Heaven on April 24, 2023, peacefully while in hospice care in her winter home of Sun City, Arizona. Her husband and son were by her side. Born to Earl and Ada (Sellers) Nihart on October 4, 1945, in Lansing, MI, the youngest of three girls, Claudia attended...

Apr 23, 2023

Apr 22, 2023

Evelyn M. Cummings, passed away peacefully on April 22nd, 2023. She was born on January 10th, 1928 in Sheridan, Illinois. She was preceded in the death by her daughter Rhonda and Husband Earl in 2017 also her parents and many relatives and friends. She attended beauty college after high school graduation in 1945. She became a beauty operator in 1946....

Apr 21, 2023

Apr 20, 2023

Dan was born on June 4, 1949, in Iowa and moved to Arizona in 1955 where he lived with his father Harold and mother Mary, along with his older brother Perry and his younger brother Frank. Dan graduated from Maryvale High School, and then from ASU with a degree in chemical engineering. He joined the ROTC program and entered the...

Apr 20, 2023

Julie Diane Belter of Sun City Arizona, passed away April 20, 2023 at Hospice of the Valley, Thunderbird House. Julie was 73 years young. Julie was born to Dorothy (Reed) and Floyd Borkenhagen on March 21, 1950 in Baraboo Wisconsin. Julie married Robert (Fritz) Belter December 2, 1969 in Janesville WI. Fritz preceded her in death on July 6, 1983....

Apr 20, 2023

Lee C. Kloft, 88, of Peoria, Arizona, beloved husband, father, brother and papa peacefully passed away surrounded by family on April 20, 2023. Lee, the 4th of 6 siblings, was born on May 18, 1934 in Bellevue, Iowa. He grew up in Charles City and after high school briefly attended Loras College. Shortly afterwards, Lee was drafted into the US...

Apr 19, 2023

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Apr 17, 2023

Susan “Susie” Kay Dodge (Losinski). Former Jackson, Michigan native Susan Dodge, 45, passed away unexpectedly April 17, 2023 while nursing in Phoenix, Arizona. Susie was born December 14, 1977 to Ronald Losinski and Margaret Losinski (McGrath). After spending nine years of her life in Jackson, Michigan, she moved to Miami, Florida. There she met and married Lane Dodge on December...

Apr 16, 2023

If this is being read, it is obvious that I have moved on to the next phase of my journey. The memories I take with me are priceless and have more value than life itself. On March 4, 1958 my parents and older sister celebrated my birth and I was introduced to the world as Betsy Patricia Rush, the daughter...

Apr 15, 2023

Apr 13, 2023

Richard E Eaton born January18, 1937. On April 13th,2023 Richard left us to go home. He is preceded in death by his parents Ray and Opal Eaton and his son Allen. Dick leaves behind his wife Jane Ann, his son Tracy Ray grandchildren Krystl, Hunter and Parker. He also leaves behind daughter Shawn (Larry) and grandchildren Joseph, Matthew, Leslie, Heather,...

Apr 13, 2023

Don Allen Smith was born on August 23, 1946, to Bertha Lee Busby and William Robert Smith in Fayette, West Virginia. He passed away on April 13, 2023, at Banner Del E Webb Medical Center, Sun City West after a long illness.

Survivors include his wife Jean (nee Cadman), his son Ryan Chadwick, his daughter Jennifer with Susan Smith (nee Triebsch),...

Apr 12, 2023

Our mother, Virginia B. Ashberger, nee Brzozowski passed away peacefully on April 12, 2023 at the age of 96. Born May 13, 1926 in Chicago, Illinois; Virginia was the tenth of eleven children born to John and Estelle Brzozowski. She was raised in a large, loving Catholic family, and as the last surviving sibling, they are all now reunited. Love...

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