Obituaries

Thomas Kaliski

Thomas Kaliski

Jun 29, 2022

Thomas S. Kaliski 95, of Ventana Lakes in Peoria, AZ passed away peacefully at his home surrounded by his family on June 29, 2022. He was born on December 21, 1926 in Blue Island, Illinois. He had one brother Lou and two sisters Gertrude and Rita who proceeded him in death. Tom married his high school sweetheart Ann after returning...

Mary O'Malley

Mary O'Malley

Jun 21, 2022

Mary Kay O’Malley was born November 19, 1938 in Gary, IN and passed away on June 21, 2022 in Peoria, AZ. She is predeceased by parents James Kirby Spalding and Virginia Spalding, husband Edward O’Malley and sister Lorraine (Terry) O’Brien. She is survived by brother Jim Spalding (Carole), daughter Mary O’Malley (Jay Caldwell), son Paul O’Malley (Kylee) and grandchildren Justin,...

Donna Freridge

Donna Freridge

Jun 21, 2022

Donna Glee Freridge née Isley-Halligan born in Des Moines, Iowa as Donna Glee Isley-Halligan on June 23rd, 1929, passed peacefully on June 21st, 2022 at the age of 92, two days short of her 93 birthday. Donna attended high school in Knoxville, Iowa where she met the love of her life and devoted husband of 70 years, William (Bill) Freridge....

Anna Lambert

Anna Lambert

Jun 20, 2022

Anna E. Lambert, 93, formerly of Sun City, Arizona passed away June 20, 2022 in Seattle, Washington. A funeral service will be held at 10:00 a.m. Friday, July 22, 2022 at Menke Funeral & Cremation Center. Interment will take place at the National Memorial Cemetery of Arizona.

Betty Barnes

Betty Barnes

Jun 20, 2022

Betty Annette Barnes, 88, of Sun City West, Arizona went home to our Lord and Savior on June 20, 2022, she was born to the late Ralph and Lucille Weinbeck in Clinton, Iowa on February 24, 1934. Betty moved to Arizona in 1956 where she met and married Wayne Dee Barnes Sr. on August 17, 1960; they raised their two...

William Kopacz

William Kopacz

Jun 18, 2022

Sun City, AZ & formerly of Lawrence, MA – William J Kopacz, 85, passed away surrounded by the love of his family. He grew up in Lawrence, MA and served honorably in the Marines, followed by a move to AZ with a football scholarship at former Arizona State College, now University. He married and remained in AZ, staying involved in...

Hedwig "Hedy" Johns

Hedwig "Hedy" Johns

Jun 15, 2022

Hedwig “Hedy” Helene Johns, 86, of Sun City, AZ died unexpectedly on June 15, 2022, at John C. Lincoln Hospital. She was born March 5, 1936, in Malsch, Germany, the daughter of Adam and Hermine Axtmann (nee Lerner). Married to Walter Johns on February 4, 1957, in Karlsruhe, Germany. Recently celebrating their 65th wedding anniversary. Hedy loved knitting, crocheting, spending...

Minnie Sumner

Minnie Sumner

Jun 13, 2022

Minnie "Sharon" Sumner May 5th, 1940 - June 13th, 2022 Sharon Sumner of Youngtown passed away on June 13th 2022 in Sun City, AZ at the age of 82. Sharon was born in Oklahoma City, OK in 1940 and moved to Arizona as a child. She married Bruce Sumner in 1958 and they raised their 4 children in the Phoenix...

Tamra "Tami" Lewis

Tamra "Tami" Lewis

Jun 12, 2022

Tamra (Tami) Beth Lewis was born on 5 October 1946 in Anderson, Indiana to the late Donna Mae Lewis & the late Conrad Max Lewis. She was called home on 12 June 2022 at the age of 75 at her home in Wickenburg, AZ. She is predeceased by her companion Roy Squires and brother David William Lewis. She is survived...

Roy Squyres

Roy Squyres

Jun 12, 2022

Roy T. Squyres, 75, died on June 12, 2022 at his home. Born in Oklahoma City on October 25, 1946, he moved to Phoenix, Arizona at the age of 4. He graduated from Cortez High School in Phoenix. He was drafted into the Army during the Vietnam War. He received the rank of Specialist 4 during his time of service...

Cameron June

Cameron June

Jun 2, 2022

Cameron June passed away recently in Peoria, Arizona at the age of 32. He was born in Juneau, Alaska on May 1, 1990 to the late Tom and Susie Sommers June. After growing up in Juneau and working in the restaurant industry Cameron met the love of his life – Lindsey and relocated to Newberg, Oregon where he lived until...

Theodore Estrada

Theodore Estrada

May 31, 2022

Theodore (Ted) Estrada was born in Angeles City, Philippines on March 5, 1966 and passed away May 31, 2022. His family moved back and forth from the Philippines to the U.S. due to his father's military service, eventually retiring in the state of Arizona. Ted attended Tolleson Union High where he played football and developed his love of the game....

Margie Zimmerman

Margie Zimmerman

May 29, 2022

Margie passed away peacefully at her home in Sun City, AZ with her daughter and husband at her side. Margie was born September 29, 1933, in Edmunds County, South Dakota to John & Ella Stern. She spent a large part of her youth in Malin, Oregon and later moved to Yuma, AZ in 1948. Margie was a doer. She loved...

Mary Vadus

Mary Vadus

May 26, 2022

Mary Ellen Crandley Vadus was born on June 1, 1938 in Philadelphia PA. She worked in banking until she married her husband, Norbert Vadus. The couple lived in Philadelphia before moving to Minersville, Pennsylvania where they began raising their two children, Ellen and Matthew. Mary Ellen was a devoted and much loved mother, grandmother and aunt. After their children were...

Leland Dole

Leland Dole

May 23, 2022

Leland (Lee) Dole, 94, of Sun City, Arizona passed away peacefully at home with his family around him on May 23, 2022. Lee was born April 3, 1928, in Boyce Ville, WI. He had three brothers and one sister, James, Donald, Conrad, and Myrtle (all who proceeded him in death). Lee graduated from Boyce Ville High School in 1945. After...

Carol Miller

Carol Miller

May 22, 2022

Carol May Miller was born March 2nd 1941 in Hopkins, MN. She met the love of her life Dale Frederick Miller whom she married in her hometown on March 7th, 1959. Together they had 5 beautiful children who were raised in Phoenix, AZ where they remained for the rest of time. Carol's greatest joy was spending time with her friends...

Carl Standifer Jr.

Carl Standifer Jr.

May 21, 2022

Carl E Standifer Jr. was born in Coffeyville, KS on November 10, 1946, and passed peacefully in his sleep on the morning of May 21, 2022. The son of the late Carl E. Standifer Sr. and the late Wilhelmina Standifer. Carl was preceded in death, not only by his parents but by his siblings Glen M. Standifer, Priscilla D. Hubbard...

Edgar Schaefer

Edgar Schaefer

May 21, 2022

The Reverend Edgar Jerome Schaefer of Sun City, AZ went to be with our Lord on May 21, 2022. He was born February 7, 1923 in Weimer Township, Minnesota to Joe and Magdaline Schaefer. Visitation will be Thursday, June 2 from 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm with the Rosary at 5:00 pm at Menke Funeral & Cremation Center, Sun City,...

Marie Beernink

Marie Beernink

May 17, 2022

Marie Amelia (Wolf) Beernink was born on December 4, 1937, in Hinsdale, Illinois and she earned her angel wings on May 17, 2022, at her home in Sun City, AZ after a short battle with cancer. Marie was preceded in death, by her parents, Auguste & Elizabeth Wolf; her beloved husband, Kenneth Beernink; 2 greatgrandchildren, Lincoln Wright & Teresa Zapata....

Gerrit Terpstra

Gerrit Terpstra

May 15, 2022

Dr. Gerrit Anne Terpstra dies at the age of 84. On the morning of May 15, 2022, Dr. Gerrit Terpstra, a medical doctor and long term resident of Arizona, passed away with his loving and devoted daughter Lenneke and his companion Lucky by his side, with Willie Nelson playing softly in the background. Gerrit was born on February 21, 1938...