Obituaries
James Ford
May 18, 2018
James Anton Ford was born on December 24, 1932 in Rock Island, OK. Mr. Ford passed from this life to his heavenly home on Tuesday, May 15, 2018. He is survived by his wife, Bertha Ford of 16 years; son, Richard A. Ford (Ann); sisters, Betty Burnett (Jim), Hilda Davis (Benny), Mary Taylor (Joe) and brother, Tom Ford (Billie) and...
Jeffrey Neyman
May 16, 2018
Jeffrey Lydell Neyman was born on September 21, 1966 and passed away on Friday May 11, 2018 at his mother's home in Peoria, AZ. Jeffrey had suffered with congestive heart failure for many years. His condition continued to deteriorate. In the past month, it became apparent that his health would not improve. He is in a better place and will...
Michael Leonard
May 15, 2018
Michael William Leonard, 78, of Glendale, AZ entered into eternal rest May 12, 2018 at his home in Glendale, AZ. Mike was born on July 26, 1939 in Council Bluffs, IA to Lloyd and Wilhelmina (Bauer) Leonard. Mike was raised in Corning, IA. 0n November 16, 1963 he and the love of his life, Paulette Riddle Leonard were united in...
Betty Bartol
May 14, 2018
Betty Walker Bartol, 2nd generation Arizonan and true pioneer woman, died May 9th, 2018 at La Loma Care Center in Litchfield Park, Arizona. She was born 4/20/1933 in Phoenix to Tommy Walker and Gertrude Champie Walker. Her younger years were spent on the family ranches in Kingman and Bumble Bee. Her horse riding skills started at age 3. She rode...
William Prough
May 10, 2018
Mr. William (Bill) Duane Prough, born on July 1, 1936 in Elkhart, Indiana, passed away peacefully at age 81 on May 2, 2018 at Hospice in Surprise, Arizona. William graduated from Elkhart High School in 1954 and served in the Navy from 1954 to 1957. He worked for United Air Lines in South Bend, IN and Elk Grove Village, IL...
Edith Mae Nussbaum
May 7, 2018
Edith “Edie” Mae Nussbaum passed away peacefully on May 4th, 2018, with family by her side. She was born to Elsie and Walter Fields on September 3rd, 1934, as the fifth of six children. She grew up in Wisconsin, and despite multiple moves, graduated with honors from Oshkosh High. She married Leon Joseph Nussbaum in April,1958, in Appleton, WI, where...
Rose Gustafson
May 6, 2018
Rose O. Gustafson, 96, of Sun City, passed away May 6, 2018, at Banner Boswell Hospital after a short illness. Rose was born in Long Prairie, Minnesota to George and Martha Oedbauer. Rose followed the path of her three older sisters to St Joseph’s School of Nursing in St Paul. After becoming a registered nurse, Rose became a stewardess for...
Arthur Colwell, Jr.
May 2, 2018
Arthur R. Colwell, Jr., 94, of Sun City, AZ passed away April 28, 2018. He was born March 27, 1924 at Presbyterian Hospital, Chicago to Arthur R. Sr., M.D. and Jeanne Haskins. He had a sister, Betty (four children), brother, John (four children) and sister, Mary Ann (three children). Art grew up playing music, including violin and jazz piano. He...
Paul See, Sr.
May 2, 2018
Paul D. See Sr., of Sun City, Arizona, was born December 6, 1928 in New Brighton, Pennsylvania, the youngest child of a large family. Growing up during the Great Depression influenced him with respect to the high value he came to put on hard work and frugal living. Paul worked at J &L in Pennsylvania and International Harvester in Waukesha,...
Eugene Kucharski
Apr 30, 2018
Eugene L. Kucharski December 15, 1922 - February 22, 2018 Eugene L. Kucharski, 95, passed away peacefully on February 22, 2018 in Sun City, Arizona. Gene was born to Jacob Martin and Victoria (Bienko) Kucharski on December 15, 1922, in Chicago (Hegewisch) Illinois. Gene graduated from Bowen High School in 1941, then went on to serve honorably in the U.S....
Roy Edelman
Apr 30, 2018
Roy Gene Edelman, born October 11, 1946, in Kanawha County, West Virginia, died April 19, 2018 in Surprise, Arizona. He was predeceased by his parents, Clarence Conrad Edelman and Nellie Marie Christy Edelman; brothers Conrad, Donald, and James; and daughter Terrie Lynn Edelman Johnson. He is survived by his wife, Patricia Jane Reinhold Edelman and sons Jeffrey, David, and Eric,...
Kenneth Couch
Apr 26, 2018
Kenneth V. Couch was born January 22, 1936 in Tennessee to Celia and Clyde Couch. He moved to Arizona in 1967 where he served and retired from the U.S. Air Force. Not one to slow down, he then embarked on his second career as a prison guard at Perryville prison in Goodyear. He was preceded in death by his parents,...
Monica Kingston-Roohi
Apr 24, 2018
Monica Ann Kingston-Roohi, 47, of Phoenix, AZ died April 21, 2018, after a courageous battle with cancer. Monica was born August 17, 1970 to Esther (Gunkel) Kingston and Thomas Kingston in Valley City, ND. She grew up in Hope, ND and graduated from Valley City State University. She married Shapour Roohi on June 28, 1997 in Hope, ND. They made...
Dorothy McGowan
Apr 23, 2018
Mom was born March 24th, 1924. When you look at mom's picture, when you focus on her beauty, you know, even without ever having met her, you know that she embodies absolutely everything you see. That's Dorothy....she was simply a beautiful person. She was preceded in her new journey by her mother Flossie Crump Williams, her father James Lemuel Williams,...
Lynette Wood
Apr 20, 2018
Lynette S. Wood of Glendale, AZ died at the age of 67 on Tuesday, April 17th. She was born in Flint, MI and moved to AZ in 1986. Lynette was a devoted wife, mother, and grandmother. She worked as an office clerk at Safeway for 25 years, retiring in 2009. Her greatest pride was her children and grandchildren. She leaves...
Shirley Meek
Apr 19, 2018
Shirley Lee Meek passed away on April 2nd. She was preceded in death by her husband, Marvin L Meek Jr. She is survived by 3 children, Deborah Meek of Arizona, Marvin L Meek III of South Carolina, Natalie Flora of Indiana, 4 grandchildren, and 5 great grandchildren. She will be greatly missed by the lives of all the people she...
Leanna Brooks
Apr 18, 2018
April 11, 2018 *OBITUARY* LEANNA LEE BROOKS Leanna Lee Brooks passed away peacefully, on April 11th 2018, at age 92, at her Nursing Home, of Ventana Winds, in Youngtown, AZ. Leanna Lee Winch and her Twin Sister Luella Lou Winch were born on September 2nd in 1925. Her mother and father were Ruby and Everett Winch of Kansas City, MO....
Wayne Darby - Age 70
Apr 18, 2018
ON APRIL 6TH, 2018 WAYNE PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY SURROUNDED BY HIS FAMILY FOLLOWING ONGOING HEALTH COMPLICATIONS. WAYNE WAS BORN IN PHOENIX AND RAISED IN GLENDALE, WHERE HE RESIDED MOST OF HIS LIFE. HE ATTENDED UNIT 1 GRADE SCHOOL AND GRADUATED FROM GLENDALE HIGH SCHOOL WHERE HE PLAYED FOOTBALL AND WRESTLED. HE WENT ON TO SERVE IN THE US NAVY AND...
David Deppen
Apr 18, 2018
David E. Deppen, 81, of Sun City passed away April 15, 2018. Born March 28, 1937 to Earle and Leona (Striggow) Deppen. He graduated from the University of Toledo in 1959 and began a 40 ½ years teaching career with Bedford public Schools in Michigan; he retired in 2000, where he was chairman of the English department. After his retirement...
Calvin Lane 12-11-1930 - 4-11-2018
Apr 18, 2018
Cal died at dawn on April 11, 2018, in the arms of loved ones. He will be lovingly missed by Jane his wife of 35 years, his children and step children; Diane Christofferson (Stan Coster), Jim Clark (Lisa), Lisa Bacaner, Pam Geerlings (Mike), Julie Peterman (Phil), Heidi Dubee (Charles), Jonathan Clark (Melissa), 21 grandchildren,15 great grandchildren and a niece and...
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