Obituaries
Theodore Vaile
Jan 19, 2019
"Well done, my good and faithful Servant. ... enter thou into Joy.." Matthew 25:23 Theodore “Ted” Vaile went to be with the Lord on Jan. 19, 2019 (three days after his 92nd birthday) while in his Sun City West, Arizona, home. Ted will forever be remembered by his wife, Betty (McCauley), after 68 years of marriage (August 1950). Ted is...
Ronald Tonkin
Jan 18, 2019
Ronald T. Tonkin, 77, was born on May 24th, 1941 in New York City and passed away at his home in Surprise, AZ on Jan. 18, 2019. He was the youngest of eight children born to Edwin and Anna Tonkin. Ron will be dearly missed by his wife of 55 years, Cathy; his son Scott Tonkin, daughter Laura (Dan) Tolmachoff;...
James Starr
Jan 18, 2019
James (Jim) Vincent Starr passed away January 18th, 2019, in Gilbert, Arizona. He was born in Creston, Iowa, May 20th, 1920. Serving in the US Navy from July 7th, 1938, to February 28th, 1946. He remained in the Navy Reserves and taught at Fort Omaha for 32 more years in Omaha, Nebraska. He is a Pearl Harbor Survivor. He lived...
Thomas Sullivan
Jan 18, 2019
Thomas M. Sullivan, 77 years old passed away January 18, 2019. He was born in June 11, 1941 to Margaret & John Joseph Sullivan. He served in the US Marine Corps. He worked for the US Steel Mills in Chicago and worked 21 years with Arizona Public Service. He volunteered with the Sun City Prides for 17 years and the...
Margaret Murphy
Jan 17, 2019
Marge Murphy, née Margaret Kennedy, passed away peacefully January 17, 2019 at the care home where she and her loving husband of 74 years, Francis, resided for the past two years. With roots in St. Louis, MO and Rockford, IL, Marge lived in Sun City, AZ for the past 30 years. Not only was Marge a career social worker for...
Elias Dominguez, Jr.
Jan 16, 2019
Elias Dominguez, Jr., 76, of Peoria, Arizona passed away January 16, 2019. Elias was born in Phoenix, Arizona on September 20, 1942. He was a US Army veteran serving in Vietnam. A Peoria native, he retired from the City of Peoria. He is survived by his mother Teresa Lopez; daughter Pat Mesa; brother Richard Lopez; sisters Alicia and Stella Holloway;...
Charlotte Zimmerman
Jan 15, 2019
Charlotte Zimmerman, 88, of Sun City, Arizona, passed away on January 15,2019. She was born in Coshocton Ohio on March 14, 1939, to Roy and Maud (Smith) Stiers. Charlotte was preceded in death by her parents Roy and Maud Stiers, her sister Donna (Stiers) Duling, and brothers Richard and Jack Stiers. She is survived by her husband Robert Zimmerman of...
Helen Robison
Jan 10, 2019
Helen Elizabeth Harvey Robison passed away on January 10, 2019, in Sun City, Arizona. She was born on April 9, 1918 in Adams County, Illinois, near Quincy, Illinois, to William G. and Era Turner Harvey. She attended a one-room schoolhouse for eight years, and graduated from Quincy High School. She attended Western Illinois University at Macomb, Illinois. She taught school...
Margaret Sacco
Jan 10, 2019
Margaret Sacco, 99, passed away on January 10, 2019, four days shy of her 100th birthday, in Scottsdale, Arizona. Born Margaret Giampaolo, January 14, 1919, in Torrington, Connecticut, to James and Elisa (DiLullo) Giampaolo, she married and moved to Pittsfield, MA, in 1948. She worked, for over 25 years and retired in 1984, from Sheaffer Eaton Paper Co. Her and...
Joseph Allie
Jan 10, 2019
Joseph Randy Allie, 67, of Peoria, Arizona passed away January 10, 2019. Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Mr. Allie was a Vietnam veteran having served in the United States Marine Corps. A Postal Service retiree, he resided in Arizona since 2015. Survivors include his children Krista Camboni and Jason Allie. Graveside service will be held at 9:30 a.m., Friday, January 25,...
Joe Mangione
Jan 10, 2019
Joe Mangione 93, passed away peacefully surrounded by family. Joe was born on 11/10/25 in Rochester, NY and joined Lee, in Heaven January 10, 2019. Joe was a devoted husband, father, son, brother and friend. He never met a stranger. From Rochester, to Japan and Phoenix, Westown Pastry Shop, Fry’s, Sun Village, St. Clare and Camino del Sol, Joe was...
William Eyler
Jan 5, 2019
William "Bill" Eyler, 92, of Sun City West, Arizona passed away Jan. 5, 2019. Bill was born in Hamilton, Ohio and served in the US Army Air Force. A retired Civil Engineer, he moved to Arizona in 1987 from California. He was a member of the Church of the Advent Episcopal Church and former Junior Warden, "Sandblasters" of Grandview Golf...
Otto Wedul
Jan 4, 2019
Otto Edward Wedul was born December 19, 1928 to Arnt and Beret Wedul, the oldest of five boys. At his Confirmation in Thief River Falls, MN, Otto felt a call to become a pastor and chose studies in that pursuit. Otto graduated from St. Olaf College in 1951 (chosen because it was the most Norwegian of all the ELC colleges)...
Thomas Bispham
Jan 2, 2019
Sun City, AZ - Loving husband, father, grandfather, great grandfather and friend, Tom Bispham, 75, died January 2, 2019 after an eight month battle with pancreatic cancer. He was born April 16, 1943 in Portland, OR to Royal H. Bispham and Winnifred (Bowen) Bispham. He married Jean Bumgardner, his high school sweetheart, in 1964. Jean was and is the eternal...
Irene Kozlowski
Dec 28, 2018
Irene Eleanor Kozlowski, 85, of Sun City, Arizona passed away December 28, 2018. Irene was born to Gustave and Pearl Dicso in Bridgeport, CT. She worked in Administration for Pitney Bowes Co. She moved to Sun City in 1995 and was a member of the Church of the Palms. Irene is survived by her husband Daniel Kozlowski; step-sons Tim and...
Janice Wisdom
Dec 27, 2018
Janice L Wisdom passed peacefully at her home on Dec 27. She was a loving wife to her husband Edward Wisdom for 54 years. She was an amazing mother to her three sons and their wives Robin Wisdom (wife Kathy), Randall Wisdom (Wife Molly) and Ryan Wisdom (wife Katie). She had 9 grandchildren Korie, Jamie, Tori, Erica, Alaina, Brenna, Justin,...
Lewis Payne
Dec 23, 2018
Lewis Daniel Payne, 98, of Sun City, Arizona passed away December 23, 2018. Born in Fowler, Colorado, he served in the US Army Air Corps as a Staff Sergeant. He worked as a Hotel Bellman and moved to Arizona from California. He was a member of the Hemet American Legion and the Purple Heart Society. Lewis is survived by his...
Charles Chambers
Dec 21, 2018
Charles Robert Chambers, 92, of Sun City, Arizona died on December 21, 2018. Born in Carroll County, Indiana, he was the son of Charles Chambers, Jr. and Mabel Chambers. He was preceded in death by his wife of 69 years, Mary Lee Chambers. He was a WWII Army veteran and a Mason. He retired in 1985 from Chrysler Corporation where...
Alphonse Curry, Sr.
Dec 20, 2018
Alphonse Curry, Sr., 85, of Peoria, Arizona passed away December 20, 2018. Visitation will be 3-6 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 3, 2019 at Menke Funeral & Cremation Center. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Friday, Jan. 4, 2019 at South Peoria Baptist Church, 9000 W. Olive, Peoria, AZ. As a United States Air Force veteran, he will be laid...
Marie DiFrancesco
Dec 18, 2018
Marie Magdalene DiFrancesco, 95, of Glendale, Arizona (formerly of Sun City) passed away December 18, 2018. Marie was born in Buffalo, New York. An Arizona resident since 1981, she was a former office clerk for an Equestrian Association. She was preceded in death by her husband Charles in 1999. She is survived by 3 daughters, Mary Ann, Barbara son Charles;...
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