Obituaries

Bethel Emmons

Bethel Emmons

Aug 16, 2016

Died on August 11, 2016, in Sun City, Arizona. She was 91. Bethel led an eventful, full life. She was born in Pueblo, Colorado to George and Gladys Bush. She married her life-long sweetheart, Ardath Emmons when she was 19 and they were together seventy years. She was an accomplished pilot, gourmet cook, golfer and mother of five children. She...

Salvatore Fazio

Salvatore Fazio

Aug 11, 2016

Salvatore Angelo Fazio, 76, of Surprise, Arizona passed away August 2, 2016. Mr. Fazio was born in Buffalo, New York and resided in Arizona for the past 50 years. Memorial services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Saturday, August 13, 2016 at Menke Funeral & Cremation Center Chapel.

Susan Lucinda Spreitzer

Susan Lucinda Spreitzer

Aug 10, 2016

Sue was born August 10, 1945 at Saint Ann’s Home for unwed mothers in Los Angeles, California. Eight days later God sent Joseph and Atala Isabel Ortega to the home to be her Mom and Dad. Sue lived in the Lincoln Heights area of Los Angeles until 1949 when the family moved to Monterey Park, California where she grew up....

John Thorley

John Thorley

Aug 9, 2016

John Glenn Thorley, 88, of Sun City, AZ passed away Aug. 5, 2016. Born in Homeworth, OH, he moved to Glendale, AZ in 1947. A veteran of the US Army, he served in the Korean War. After his service he worked for the City of Scottsdale retiring in 1989. He was a member of the First Baptist Church of Sun...

Burt Johnson

Burt Johnson

Aug 3, 2016

Burt A. Johnson of Peoria passed away August 2, 2016, in Peoria at the age of 87. He is survived by his wife Joan and three daughters. Services will be held at a later date at the Congregational Church of Sun City.

Darrell Travis

Darrell Travis

Jul 28, 2016

Darrell Lee Travis born on January 1st, 1956 in Phoenix, AZ. He passed away peacefully on July 25th, 2016 after fighting a courageous battle with ALS (Lou Gehrig's Disease). Darrell is survived by his wife Pam, his son Spencer, his daughter Jessica and her husband Drew and their two sons Kainon and Riley. He is lovingly remembered by his father...

Janet Schultz

Janet Schultz

Jul 28, 2016

Janet Mary Schultz, 77, of Sun City, Arizona passed away July 24, 2016. Born in Staten Island, NY she moved to Arizona in 1978 from Maryland and worked as a cashier for Ace Hardware. Graveside services will be held at 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, August 3, 2016 at the National Memorial Cemetery of Arizona, 23029 N. Cave Creek Rd., Phoenix, AZ.

Pastor Henry Marquardt

Pastor Henry Marquardt

Jul 27, 2016

Reverend Elvin Henry Marquardt Elvin Henry Marquardt was born September 12, 1923, in Canistota, South Dakota to Otto and Emma Marquardt and was called to be with his Lord and Savior at the age of 92 on July 24, 2016. Elvin was the first of five children. Elvin's brothers: Leonard, Martin, Harold and Ronald helped run the family farm in...

Hugh "Buck" McFarland

Hugh "Buck" McFarland

Jul 19, 2016

Hugh A. “Buck” McFarland Sr. 79 of Youngtown, AZ passed away with dignity on July 13, 2016. Hugh was born in Sanford, North Carolina, the son of Mutra and Flossie McFarland. As a young man Hugh served his country in the U.S. Army. He was a fervent businessman spanning many disciplines but focusing primarily as a contractor in the heating...

Roy Tolmachoff

Roy Tolmachoff

Jul 19, 2016

Roy Peter Tolmachoff was born in Phoenix, AZ on September 17, 1943 and went home to be with our Lord on July 15, 2016. Roy is survived by his wife Joanne; children Mark Tolmachoff and Kimberly Hoban; stepchildren Mike Ferguson, Kim Ferguson and Rhonda Ferguson; siblings Michael Tolmachoff, Doris Pivovaroff, Priscilla Phillips and Sandra Kalpakoff; seven grandchildren and five great-grandchildren....

Herman Hoppe

Herman Hoppe

Jul 11, 2016

Herman James Hoppe, 99 years old, died peacefully on July 5, 2016 at Cook Health Care, Youngtown, Arizona. He is predeceased by his wife of 76 years Pauline (Polly), daughter, Mary Ann Hoppe, parents, Andrew and Sophia Hoppe, sisters Gertrude Barczak, Sophie Lyon, and Eunice Bangerter, brothers Reverend Sylvester Hoppe and Robert Hoppe. Herman is survived by his daughter, Sister...

Anthony Joseph Caminiti

Anthony Joseph Caminiti

Jul 11, 2016

Anthony “Tony” Joseph Caminiti, age 70, passed away on Sunday, July 3, 2016 at 11:14pm at Banner Thunderbird Hospital in Glendale, Arizona with his loving family at his bedside after battling Cancer. He was born on February 5, 1946 in Brooklyn, New York to John and Anna Caminiti. Tony was the youngest of 3 children and grew up playing “stickball”...

Carolyn Serynek

Carolyn Serynek

Jul 6, 2016

Carolyn V. Serynek, born in Indiana in December 1942 and passed away on Friday, July 1st at Freedom Plaza, as the result of a car accident. Carolyn lived in Gary, Indiana, moved to Sacramento, California, where she worked for the Department of Defense, McClellan AFB as an aircraft mechanic; she had her own ranch with horses, and served on the...

Leo Tolmachoff

Leo Tolmachoff

Jul 5, 2016

Leo W. Tolmachoff was born July 2, 1927 and went home to be with the Lord on July 2, 2016. Leo, a retired farmer, was the son of Russian immigrants and a life long resident of Glendale. Leo was preceded in death by his daughter Susan, brothers David, Dan, Fred, Jack, Nick, Pete and his sisters Grace, Helen and Jenny....

Deborah Barrick

Deborah Barrick

Jul 5, 2016

Deborah “Debbie” Jane Barrick passed away Friday, July 1, 2016. Debbie was born in Canton, Ohio, and attended Kent State then Mount Union thereby receiving her teaching degree. She worked at Goodyear Aerospace, Loral and then found her home at Honeywell Aerospace. She cared deeply for her friends at work and spoke often about how much she cared for the...

Nancy Guy

Nancy Guy

Jul 5, 2016

Nancy Thulin Guy, formerly of Boggstown, passed away June 24th in Sun City, Arizona at the age of 93. The Oak Park, Illinois native moved to Boggstown from Indianapolis with her late husband Earl in 1971 and relocated to Arizona to be nearer to their children in 1996. Earl proceeded her in death in 2005 and Nancy lived independently with...

Aureliano Estrada

Aureliano Estrada

Jul 5, 2016

Aureliano “Joe” Estrada, 74, of Sun City, AZ passed away June 25, 2016. Born in Mexico, Joe resided in Sun City for the past 8 years. He is survived by his wife Stella; step-son Harvey Dedmon (Jeanine) 7 step-grandchildren and many step-great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by step-son Will Dedmon. Memorial services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Wednesday,...

Peter Mullane

Peter Mullane

Jun 30, 2016

Peter M. Mullane, 88, of Sun City, AZ passed away June 28, 2016. Born in Chicago, IL to Robert and Katherine Mullane, he served in the U.S. Army during WWII. Formerly of Chicago, he and his wife Catherine retired to Sun City in 1996, where he was a member of St. Clement of Rome Catholic Church and was an active...

Mary Bruderly Daniels Hoprich

Mary Bruderly Daniels Hoprich

Jun 29, 2016

Mary Helen Bruderly Daniels Hoprich, 95, of Sun City, AZ passed away peacefully June 27, 2016. Mary Helen was born August 21, 1920 in Ohio to Frank and Helen Bruderly. Along with her loving husband, Roland “Danny” Daniels, Mary Helen raised three daughters; Kay Jean, Susan Elizabeth, and Rebecca Jane. Mary Helen’s daughters and their families were the light of...

Mary Hoprich

Mary Hoprich

Jun 29, 2016

It is with sadness that we, as a family, share the loss of our Matriarch, Mary Helen Bruderly Daniels Hoprich on June 27th, 2016. But, it is with joy that we will remember her extraordinary life. Mary Helen was born August 21, 1920 in Salem, Ohio. She completed her schooling there, held her first job at Salem China in a...