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Local Obituaries for Families in Show Low, Snowflake, and Holbrook, AZ
Clairece Gillespie
Mar 12, 2016
Clairece “Sissy” Gillespie age 77 died March 12, 2016 at Angel Wings Assisted Care in Vernon. Sissy was born December 30, 1938 at the family home on Rainbow Lake in Lakeside Arizona. The first of nine children to Verl and Jean Gillespie followed by five brothers and three sisters. Sissy lived in Alaska, Japan, Oregon and Utah then came home...
Katey Joann Johnson Kowalewski
Mar 12, 2016
Our beloved daughter, mother, sister and friend, Kathleen “Katey” Johnson Kowalewski went to be with the Lord on March 12, 2016 in Vernon, Apache County, Arizona. She was 32. Katey was born to her parents, Kearney and Beth Johnson on December 29, 1983 in Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona. Katey grew up in Show Low and graduated from Show Low High...
Clara Mae Gray
Mar 11, 2016
Clara Mae Gray died Friday morning, March 11, 2016, at Summit Healthcare Regional Medical Center in Show Low of natural causes. She was 71 years old. Clara was born on a Thursday, June 29, 1944 in San Angelo, Tom Greene County, Texas to her parents, the late Albert Howard and Lillian Beatrice (Sawyer) Bradford.Throughout her working career, Clara worked as...
Kerry Lee Button
Mar 11, 2016
Kerry Lee Button, of Show Low, Navajo County, Arizona passed away following a lengthy 6 year battle with cancer, in Show Low on March 11, 2016. She was 54. Kerry was born to her parents, George and Kathleen Alayne (Thompson) Lastiwka in Manville, Alberta, Canada on March 5, 1962.She attended the University of Alberta Hospital Nursing Program in Edmonton, Alberta,...
Dustin Craig Denetsosie
Mar 8, 2016
Dustin Craig and LeNasha Mae (Cosay) Denetsosie rode off together into the eternal sunset March 8, 2016 near Robert’s Ranch, Navajo County, Arizona. He was 25 and she was 26. Dustin was born to his parents, Dennis and Evelyn (Manygoats) Denetsosie on September 16, 1990 in Gallup, McKinley County, New Mexico. LeNasha was born to her parents, Leon and Regina...
LeNasha Mae Denetsosie
Mar 8, 2016
Dustin Craig and LeNasha Mae (Cosay) Denetsosie rode off together into the eternal sunset March 8, 2016 near Robert’s Ranch, Navajo County, Arizona. He was 25 and she was 26. Dustin was born to his parents, Dennis and Evelyn (Manygoats) Denetsosie on September 16, 1990 in Gallup, McKinley County, New Mexico. LeNasha was born to her parents, Leon and Regina...
Paul James Manning, Sr.
Mar 7, 2016
Paul James Manning Sr., age 66, passed away on March 7, 2016 at his home in Show Low, Arizona. Paul was born to his parents, Earl Berry and Anne (Parulski) Manning on May 18, 1949 in Dighton, Bristol County, Massachusetts. He lived most of his life in New Britain, Connecticut, while raising his family. Paul retired from Corbin Russwin in...
Darlene Faye Rhodes
Mar 6, 2016
Darlene Faye Cunningham Rhodes, age 76, passed away on Sunday, March 6, 2016 at her home in Overgaard, Arizona surrounded by her loving family. She was born January 19, 1940 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania to Walter William Zuna and Alma Eileen Unangst Zuna.She moved to Tucson, Arizona in 1956 to attend the Arizona School for the Deaf. She had also attended...
Betty Rhea Barrow
Mar 5, 2016
Betty Rhea (Overmier) Barrow, 92, of Sedona, Arizona, formerly of Holbrook, Arizona, died March 5, 2016, at Sedona Winds Assisted Living, in Sedona, Arizona. She was born January 20, 1924, in Decatur, Illinois, the third of four children born to Clayton Leslie Overmier and Hazel Dell Coffeen. The family moved to Albuquerque, New Mexico, in 1929. Betty graduated from Albuquerque...
David Lawrence Gamble
Mar 4, 2016
David Lawrence Gamble born July 1, 1941, left in peace to join his wife and daughter in the presence of his Lord on March 4, 2016. He began his journey in peace surrounded by loved ones in the home of his son.David loved his country and retired a Master Sargent from the Air Force with three tours in Vietnam. His...
Dr. Walter Gene Schroeder
Mar 4, 2016
Dr. Walter Gene Schroeder, 81, passed away Friday, March 4, 2016 at his home in St. Johns Arizona. The beloved son of Water and Esther Schroeder, he was born November 30, 1934 in Bay City, Michigan. He graduated from the University of Michigan and went on to become a highly respected doctor in Ishpeming, Michigan. During the Vietnam War, he...
Virginia Lenore Tafoya
Mar 3, 2016
Virginia L Pena Tafoya (Honey), 78, passed away at home surrounded by her loving family on March 3, 2016. She was born in St. Johns on November 1, 1937 to Grace and Eddie Pena, who preceded her in death. Also preceding her in death are her brother Frank Pena and her favorite niece Joanna Duvall.Virginia is survived by her 6...
Ralph W. Lancaster
Mar 3, 2016
Ralph W. Lancaster (92) died peacefully at his Snowflake home on March 3, 2016. He was born November 1, 1923 in Bluewater, New Mexico to George and Minnie Belle Chapman Lancaster.Dad is preceded in death by his eternal companion of 58 years, Venola. He is survived by Dennis (Lynne), Joan (Ron) Dodson and Jean (David) Butler, ten grandchildren and twenty...
Verna Shaw
Mar 2, 2016
Verna Shaw, age 78, passed away surrounded by her family on Wednesday, March 2, 2016 at Freeland Manor in Snowflake, Arizona. She was born June 25, 1937 in Mesa, Arizona to Owen Adelbert Webb, Jr. and Helen Rose Reidhead Webb. She is survived by her son Scott Shaw and her daughter Vickie Peffer; 5 grandchildren and 5 great grandchildren; a...
Patricia Ann Southgate
Feb 29, 2016
Patricia Ann Southgate, age 88, passed away peacefully at her home surrounded by family and friends on Monday, February 29, 2016. She was born February 23, 1928 in Idaho to Herman W. Jones and Laura Carson Jones.She was married to her late husband, Norman E. Southgate for 65 years and together they lived in Show Low for 31 years. She...
Skye Perez
Feb 28, 2016
Skye Perez, of Vernon, Apache County, Arizona and Troy Anthony Perez, also of Vernon, tragically passed away together following a motor vehicle accident that occurred on February 28, 2016 in Vernon. Skye was 17 and Troy was 47. Skye was born to her parents, Troy Perez and Karen Carter on June 3, 1998 in Lawton, Comanche County, Oklahoma. Troy was...
Troy Anthony Perez
Feb 28, 2016
Skye Perez, of Vernon, Apache County, Arizona and Troy Anthony Perez, also of Vernon, tragically passed away together following a motor vehicle accident that occurred on February 28, 2016 in Vernon. Skye was 17 and Troy was 47. Skye was born to her parents, Troy Perez and Karen Carter on June 3, 1998 in Lawton, Comanche County, Oklahoma. Troy was...
Barry S. Stoller
Feb 27, 2016
The family and friends, mourn the passing on February 27, 2016, of Barry S. Stoller, of Pinetop, AZ. He was formerly of Minneapolis, MN. Barry served honorably in the U.S. Army, managed his father’s Minneapolis business, Midwest Florist Supply Co., and served for 12 years as First Vice President on the Executive Board of the United Food and Commercial Workers...
April Dawn LeFevre
Feb 25, 2016
April Dawn Ferguson LeFevre was born December 1, 1977 at Flagstaff, Arizona. She passed away February 25, 2016, at St. Joseph's Hospital, Phoenix, Arizona, from cancer. She was 38 years old.She graduated from Holbrook High School, received her Associates Degree from Northland Pioneer College, and continued her education at Northern Arizona University with an emphasis on Library Science and Theatre.She...
Donald Lester Dodge Sr.
Feb 24, 2016
Donald L. Dodge Sr. passed peacefully at home February 24, 2016. He was born June 18, 1939 in Fort Collins, Colorado to Lorene and Lester Dodge.Don is survived by his wife of 59 years Patricia Dodge, son Don Jr. and his wife Cathy, son Doug Dodge, granddaughter Breana and her husband Reed Arvin, and two great granddaughters Riley and Neely...
