Local Obituaries for Families in Show Low, Snowflake, and Holbrook, AZ
Raleigh Scott
Sep 3, 2017
Raleigh Scott, 49, a longtime resident of Holbrook, passed away peacefully at home with his wife by his side, Sunday Sept 3rd, after a three week battle with cancer. He was born in Keams Canyon, Az on January 26, 1968 to Warren & Mary Scott of Holbrook. He attended schools in Holbrook and Phoenix Az. He married his wife Jacqueline...
Ruth Malone Trevillyan
Sep 3, 2017
It is with great sadness that the family of Ruth Malone Trevillyan announces her passing on Sunday, September 3rd 2017 at the age of 86. Ruth was preceded in death by her son, Randy Cordell and will be lovingly remembered by her surviving children; Mari Faye Burton, Ira Trevillyan, Rob Trevillyan and stepson Ron Trevillyan. She will also be fondly...
Marilyn Lucille Mains
Sep 3, 2017
Marilyn Lucille Mains, of Wellton, Arizona passed away on September 3, 2017at the age of 94. She was born to the late Randolph and Janet (Farmer) McElhaney of Cashion, Arizona, and was the last surviving child of six children. Marilyn was a Pioneer of the Wellton Mohawk Valley. She graduated from grade school in Wellton in a class of only...
Violet Louise Patterson
Sep 3, 2017
Violet Louise (Vi, Violet Lou) Patterson returned home to her Heavenly Father on September 3, 2017 in the early hours at her home in Show Low, Arizona. She was 88 and still feisty. Vi was born in Globe, Arizona on February 1, 1929 to Violet Louise Upton (Paul) and Arthur Clarence Upton (Tubby), and was the middle girl between Evelyn...
Theodore Alexander Cofsky
Sep 2, 2017
Theodore Alexander Cofsky, passed away on September 2, 2017 at his home located in Show Low at the age of 89 years. He was born on October 24, 1927 in Millbury, Mass. Ted was a WWII veteran who proudly served as a Merchant Marine Seaman 1st Class from 1944 – 1948 crossing the Atlantic Ocean. Before retiring and moving to...
Sophie Nota
Sep 1, 2017
Sophie (Skorupa) Nota, 92, of Pinetop passed into her Lord’s hands in the early evening of September 1, 2017 surrounded by her loving family. Born February 25, 1925 in Perth Amboy, NJ to Polish immigrants who came to America in 1911. She married Ralph Nota of New Jersey in 1947. Sophie worked for Bambergers Department Store (now Macy’s) for many...
Nelda Lee Lair
Aug 29, 2017
Nelda "Lee” Lair crossed somewhere over the rainbow at 2:15 A.M. on Tuesday, August 29, 2017, in the comfort of her apartment at Solterra Senior Living facility in Lakeside, AZ. It was a blessing to have her daughter by her side as she took her last earthly breath. In July 2017, Nelda, also known as Lee, moved from Sun City,...
Pamela Jane Ryan
Aug 29, 2017
Pamela Jane Ryan 74, of Show Low, Arizona, passed away August 29, 2017. She was born in Grand Haven, Michigan, Nov 27, 1942, to Tom and Marie Polglase. Pam grew up in Michigan and Minnesota. During her senior year of high school she was the state typing champion. She attended the University of Minnesota where she met and married Roger...
Vera Louise Davis
Aug 27, 2017
Vera Louise Simpson Davis passed away on August 27, 2017. She was born on June 14, 1940 in Snowflake, AZ to her parents, Louie and Opal Simpson. Vera was a stranger to no one and was loved and blessed by all who encountered her. She lived in Burton, AZ until she married the light of her life Marvin Davis on...
Hazel Jean Avenetti
Aug 27, 2017
With her family at her bedside, Hazel Jean Avenetti died just before midnight on Sunday, August 27, 2017, at her home in Vernon, Apache County, Arizona. Only 10 days prior, she had celebrated her 70th birthday. Jean, as she was known by all, was born on a Sunday, August 17, 1947, in Risco County, Missouri to her parents, the late...
Herbert Hoover Hemmings
Aug 26, 2017
Herbert Hoover Hemmings, age 89, was born August 13, 1928, in Monongahela, Washington County, Pennsylvania and went on to his eternal reward on August 26, 2017, in Mesa, Arizona. He was a devoted Husband, Father, Grandfather, Brother, Uncle, Minister, Neighbor and Friend. He was the fourth of sixteen children born to John William Sr. and Mary Elizabeth (Herrington) Hemmings. He...
Berrnice Quintero
Aug 25, 2017
Bernice Quintero of East Fork Arizona, 70, went home to be with the Lord August 25, 2017, surrounded by her family at Haven of Show Low. She was born on March 23, 1947 in Whiteriver, Az. to the late Hadley & Maybel Hawkins. Bernice was a loving, caring person. She had a big heart for everybody she knew. She enjoyed...
Carol Anne Carlock
Aug 23, 2017
Carol Anne Carlock, 75, of Vernon, AZ, passed away at her home on August 23, 2017. She was born on May 18, 1942 in Phoenix, AZ. Carol Anne is survived by her partner, Hank Hurlbert of Vernon, AZ; daughter, Teresa Dewyer of Phoenix, AZ; step-daughters Gerry "Ki" Wirt of Farmington, NM and Shannon (Jimmy) Williams of FL; and step-son Ken...
Charles Raymond Milne
Aug 22, 2017
Charles Raymond "Chuck" Milne passed away August 22, 2017 at his home he shared with his loving wife, Kathy. He was born 71 years ago on November 8, 1945 in Cleveland, Ohio to Ernest Robert and Mary Lois (Perrin) Milne, the youngest of three boys.When Chuck was two, the family moved to Tucson, where he graduated from Catalina High School...
Ruth Elaine Scheerer
Aug 20, 2017
Ruth Elaine Scheerer, of Show Low, Arizona passed away at her home on August 20, 2017. She was 56. Ruth was born to the late Robert and Norma (Conner) Buell in Waukegan, Illinois on July 16, 1961. Ruth attended the University of Phoenix and graduated with her Associates Degree in Nursing in 1994. She loved being an OB Nurse and...
Barry Leroy Reichley, Sr.
Aug 18, 2017
Barry Leroy Reichley, Sr., known by all as "Pat", died late Friday morning, August 18, 2017, at his home in Snowflake, Navajo County, Arizona. Pat was born on a Monday, January 7, 1946, in Sunbury, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania to his parents, the late Thomas LeRoy and Kathryn Irene (Reddick) Reichley. As a kid, Grandma gave him the nickname of "Pat,...
Joseph Anthony Yeomans
Aug 17, 2017
Joseph Anthony Yeomans died just after noon on Thursday, August 17, 2017, at his home in Show Low, Arizona following a lengthy illness. He was 83 years old. Joseph was born on a Thursday, December 14, 1933, in Ossining, Westchester County, New York to his parents, the late Carl William and Rose (Gioio) Yeomans. As a young boy, his father...
Robert Charles "Bob" Miller
Aug 14, 2017
Robert Charles Miller of Pinetop, Arizona passed away, in the comfort of his home, on August 14, 2017. Known as Bob to his friends and family, he was born on October 18, 1937 at St. Savior's Hospital in Portage, WI. His loving parents were Robert Carl Miller and Henrietta Frieda (Wedderkop) Miller.Bob was a father, grandfather, brother, husband, a dear...
Dr. Dolores J. McWhinnie
Aug 13, 2017
Dr. Dolores J. McWhinnie died on August 13, 2017 at the age of 83 years. She is survived by her husband, Dr. Andre' Rousseau. She was the youngest of 6 children; 5 have preceded her in death: 1) Ruth Pierce, 2) Vivina Ortner 3) David McWhinnie, Jr., 4) Dr. Mary Alice McWhinnie of Antarctic fame, (1st woman to "winter-over", Marine...
James Winifred Alexander
Aug 12, 2017
James (Jim) Winifred Alexander was born June 23, 1934 in Detroit, Michigan and passed away on August 12, 2017 in Show Low, Arizona. This is my obituary. I had a sister named Joyce that was 7 years older than me, and a brother named Rodger that was 3 years younger than me. I didn’t know my sister very well. My...
