Obituaries
Leonard Quarrels
Jan 28, 2017
Leonard McKinley Quarrels was born on September 13, 1935 in Manilla, Philippines to James Leonard and Victorina Quarrels. He went to be with the Lord on January 26, 2017. He was preceded in death by his brother James Lawrence Quarrels. Leonard was born in the Philippines in the pre-war years. In 1942 when World War II began, the family had...
Gene Afdahl
Jan 27, 2017
Gene Afdahl passed away peacefully January 26, 2017 at home in Peoria, AZ. Gene was born Norman Gene Afdahl, on March 17, 1938, in Danville, Illinois. His family moved to Redfield, SD where he grew up. He joined the National Guard at an early age and loved military life. He went into the Air Force serving 10 years and the...
Alan Morrissey
Jan 27, 2017
Alan Dwyer Morrissey, 84, of Peoria, Arizona passed away on January 24, 2017 after a brief illness. He was born on October 31, 1932 in Fargo, ND, the second son of S.L. (Pat) and Mary Vivian Morrissey. Alan was a loving husband, father, grandfather, and friend. He is survived by his three children, Maureen Morrissey of Phoenix, Erin (Randy) Guthmiller...
Floyd Rogers
Jan 26, 2017
Floyd F. Rogers, 90, formerly of Sun City passed away January 23, 2017 in Prescott, AZ. Floyd was born on a farm in southeast Kansas, grew up on a farm with his parents Oscar E. Rogers and Lulu Jacobs Rogers. The sixth child of a total of seven (4 girls and three boys). Graduated from Field Kindley Memorial High School...
Wilmer "Buttons" Duvall
Jan 25, 2017
Sun City — Wilmer “Bill” “Buttons” Duvall, 87, passed away peacefully on Monday, January 23, 2017 at Sun Valley Lodge in Sun City, Arizona following a courageous battle against Alzheimer’s. He leaves behind his beloved wife of 64 years, Mary Duvall his son, Robert Duvall Sr.; his daughter, Nancy Bustamante; son- in-laws, Barney Bustamante and Fred Quihuis; 3 grandchildren; 4...
Mark Koeplin
Jan 23, 2017
Mark Peter Koeplin peacefully passed away in his sleep on Sunday, January 22, 2017 at home in Glendale, AZ. Mark was born on June 7, 1950 in Fargo, ND, and was raised in Moorhead, MN. He attended St. Francis Catholic School and Moorhead High School Special Ed Classes graduating in 1969. Through his adult years, Mark worked as a janitor...
Terrence Nielsen
Jan 23, 2017
Terrence Russell Nielsen, age 34, passed away unexpectedly on January 19, 2017. Terrence was born on April 14, 1982 in Glendale, AZ, and lived in the Phoenix metro area his whole life. He worked as a respected MRI technician in offices throughout the valley and truly enjoyed his job. He was a kind and caring son, brother and friend, and...
Thomas Butler, Jr.
Jan 19, 2017
Thomas Robert Butler, Jr, age 84, of Albert Lea, MN, died on Tuesday January 17, 2017 surrounded by his family in his home in Sun City, Arizona. Tom was born July 31, 1932 in Mankato, MN, to Thomas Robert Butler Sr, and Stella Josephine (Chambers) Butler. He married Barbara Ann (Lehman) Butler on May 13, 1967 in Austin, MN. Tom...
Rosemary Nunez
Jan 18, 2017
Rosemary Nunez, (age 68), went home to be with her Lord on January 14, 2017 after a long battle with Alzheimer’s disease. She is survived by her sons, Ryan, Aaron and Adam; her daughter-in-law, Adrienne; four grandchildren, Eric, Isaac, Abraham and Grace; and her sister, Nicole Joyce. Rosemary was born in Alamosa, Colorado, but lived in the valley for nearly...
June Green
Jan 17, 2017
June V. Green, 91, of Peoria, Arizona passed away January 13, 2017. June was born in Garfield, Iowa, resided in Arizona for 38 years and was a homemaker. She is survived by her husband Michael Green, children Cynthia Mertensmeyer (Tom), Lyle Green (Ann), Lloyd Green (Caran) and Kimberly Inskeep (James), brother Carl Pierson and 6 grandchildren. Graveside services will be...
Marion Perry
Jan 12, 2017
Marion Perry, 91 years old, quietly departed this life on Friday, December 23, 2016, at the Good Samaritan Society - Peoria Good Shepherd Memory Care Unit, Peoria, Arizona. Marion was born on October 6, 1925, in Ottumwa, Iowa, the only child of Edith and James Ferguson. She grew up in Ottumwa, Rose Hill, and Davenport, Iowa, attending University of Iowa...
Marlys Langer
Jan 10, 2017
Beloved wife, mother and grandmother, Marlys Langer, 81, passed away Jan. 10, 2017, in Sun City, Ariz. Born in Hopkins, Minn., to parents Daniel and Philomene Kopesky, Marlys graduated from Hopkins High School, attended Macalester College and earned a master’s degree in special education from Mankato State University (now Minnesota State University). She married Ronald Langer in 1955, and together...
Merri Wilson
Jan 9, 2017
Merri Wilson (83), of Sun City West, passed away in Goodyear, Arizona on December 12, 2016, having been unable to recover from injuries sustained from a fall in October. She was born September 6, 1933, in Alliance, Ohio, to Donald and Bertha (Willis) Wilson and attended school in Glenmore and East Liverpool (Ohio). She married Bob Wilson on June 14,...
Ina Dresser
Jan 6, 2017
Ina Dresser, 103, Sun City, AZ passed away on January 3, 2017. Ina was born in Chico, TX on March 7, 1913 to Lola & June Stalnaker. She was preceded in death by her parents; her brother, Harry; her daughter, Mary; her son, Wayne and her husband of nearly 76 years, Elbert Joseph Dresser. She is survived by her son,...
Mary Kolo
Jan 6, 2017
Mary P. Kolo (Bennett) passed away on Wednesday, January 4, 2017. Born May 20, 1935 in Chicago Illinois to Mary and George Bennett. She was preceded in death by her husband Joseph P. Kolo. She is survived by her children Joseph (Mariann), Karen Arnold (Ron), Phillip (Carol), Steven (Jill), and grandchildren Amy (Ed), Paul, Hana, Lindsay, Sarah, Don and great...
John Hall
Jan 6, 2017
John D. Hall, 84, of Prescott, AZ passed away Jan. 2, 2017. Funeral mass will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, Jan. 7, 2017 at St. Rose Philippine Duchesne Catholic Church, 2825 W. Rose Canyon Cir., Anthem, AZ.
Samuel Brown Jr.
Jan 5, 2017
Samuel K. Brown Jr., 82, passed peacefully with his wife by his side on Wednesday, January 4, 2017. He was born in Lynn, MA on June 18, 1934 to the late Samuel K. Brown Sr. and Hilda M. Nottingham. After graduating from Saugus High School in 1952, he apprenticed as a Tool and Die Maker at the General Electric (GE)...
Bobby Callender
Jan 3, 2017
Bobby (Bob) Gene Callender, 90, of Sun City, AZ passed away on December 29, 2016. Bob was a Navy veteran having served in both WWII and the Korean Conflict. Bob was born in Haynesville, LA. Bob married his late wife Mary Emma Johnson in 1945 and moved to Phoenix, AZ in 1956 where they enjoyed the clear sunny skies. Bob...
Charley Nelson
Jan 3, 2017
Charles William Nelson was born at Saint Joseph Hospital in Phoenix, Arizona on Tuesday, May 12th 1931 to Marion Morgan Nelson and his father Bill Nelson. Charley Bill died peacefully in his early morning sleep on New Year’s Day, 2017, at his home of 60 years, on Carole Lane in Glendale. Charley Bill was the grandson of Arizona’s early pioneers,...
Katherine Rathjen
Dec 30, 2016
Katherine Alice Rathjen, 93, Sun City, AZ passed away December 30, 2016. Katherine was born in Prescott, WI on June 23, 1923 to Jacob and Katherine Von De Linde. She was predeceased by her parents, a brother (Rod) and sister (Mary Lake) and her husband of nearly 72 years, David E. Rathjen. She is survived by three sons, Gregory James...
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