Valden Flake "Val" Rencher died in the very early morning hours of Wednesday, January 18, 2012 at the Coronado Hospice House in Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona following a lengthy illness. Val was 67 years old. Val was born on Tuesday, October 10, 1944 in Torrance, Los Angeles County, California to the late Joseph Lynn and Aften (Flake) Rencher. Family and friends are warmly invited to gather at a special graveside service that will begin 10:00 A.M., Monday, January 23, 2012 at the R.V. "Mike" Ramsay Memorial Cemetery in Snowflake, Arizona. A more detailed obituary will be added to this website and submitted to local papers in the coming weeks ahead.