Local Obituaries for Families in Show Low, Snowflake, and Holbrook, AZ
Dustin Paul Benavides
Jun 30, 2016
Dustin Paul Benavides passed away unexpectedly on Wednesday June 29, 2016 in Pinetop, Arizona at the age of 31. Dustin was born on July 30, 1984, in Whiteriver, Arizona, to Marilyn Bonito-Salter & Frank Benavides. Dustin graduated from Alchesay High School as Valedictorian in 2002. He received multiple scholarships & awards. He attended the University of Arizona and Northland Pioneer...
Kenneth Roger Meeks, Jr.
Jun 29, 2016
Kenneth Roger Meeks, Jr., age 53, passed away on Wednesday, June 29, 2016 at his home in Show Low, Arizona. He was born September 3, 1962 in Downing, California to Kenneth Roger Meeks and Paulette Jane McClaskey Meeks."Junior heard his own drummer drumming" and walked to his own beat. He enjoyed landscaping, hiking and working with animals. He loved the...
Sharon Marie Stover
Jun 26, 2016
Sharon Marie Stover died unexpectedly on Sunday, June 26, 2016 at her home in Whiteriver, Navajo County, Arizona. She was 54 years old. Sharon was born, the baby of the family, on a Monday, January 8, 1962 in Whiteriver, Arizona to her parents, the late Harry, Sr. and Mae (Baha) Stover. Sharon was a graduated member of the Alchesay High...
Gerald Rex Rothwell
Jun 26, 2016
Gerald Rex Rothwell, age 89, passed away on Sunday, June 26, 2016 at Carriage House in Snowflake, Arizona. He was born October 29, 1926 in Thornton, Arkansas to Abner Lee Rothwell and Nettie Hornaday Rothwell.Rex was a Veteran of WWII having served in the United States Navy. He worked at Magma where he retired after 30 years of service. He...
Dorothy G. Seaward
Jun 24, 2016
Dorothy G. Seaward died Friday evening, June 24, 2016, at her home in Show Low, Arizona from complications of a fall. She was 83 years old. Dorothy was born on a Thursday, September 22, 1932 in Staten Island, New York. Her parents are the late William and Ann (Forbes) Goodfellow. At an early age, Dorothy knew the importance and value...
Laurel Yvonne Acosta
Jun 23, 2016
Laurel Yvonne Acosta, 61, died peacefully Thursday, June 23, 2016 at her home in Show Low under the care of Hospice and her family. She was born in Coral Gables, Florida to William and Florence Anne Blanchard.They moved as a family when she was 21 months old to Southern California. She graduated from Agoura High School in 1972 and went...
William Toups
Jun 22, 2016
Mr. “Bill” Toups passed away at the age of 83 on June 22, 2016 in Taylor, Arizona. Bill and his wife, Carmen Jimenez Toups of Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico married in 2001 and chose this community to spend their retirement years. Mr. Toups was the son of the late John Malcolm and Myrtis Campbell Toups of Abbeville, Louisiana. He was...
Barbara Jane McCartney
Jun 22, 2016
Barbara Jane McCartney died Wednesday morning, June 22, 2016 at the Hinkson Assisted Living House in St. Johns, Apache County, Arizona following a lengthy illness. She was 81 years old. Barbara was born on a Thursday, November 1, 1934 in Hamilton, Butler County, Ohio to her parents, the late Homer and Frances (Osborne) Hatton.Though reared in Ohio, Barbara moved to...
Shirley Ann Campbell
Jun 21, 2016
Shirley Ann Campbell passed away peacefully at her home surrounded by her loved ones, June 21, 2016, at the age of 61. She was born December 28, 1954, in Carlsbad, Eddy County, New Mexico to the late Harvey Carr and Nina Jewell (Thompson) Tedford. She married Stephen James Campbell in the Oakland Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of...
Karen Tessay Way
Jun 20, 2016
Karen Tessay, a beautiful daughter, was born on January 16, 1956, to her parents Calvert and Darlene Tessay in Whiteriver, Arizona. Karen was also a mother, sister, aunt, grandmother and friend who entered the beauty of Heaven on June 20, 2016 from Tucson, Arizona.We are honoring Karen's request of not having a wake. A viewing is scheduled from 9:00 a.m....
Leon David Lawson Sr.
Jun 19, 2016
Leon David Lawson, Sr., of Cibecue, Navajo County, Arizona passed away Sunday, June 19, 2016 in Cibecue. He was 42. Leon was born on July 30, 1973 in Whiteriver, Navajo County, Arizona to Logan Lawson Sr. and Norma Lupe. Leon began working for the Tribal Forestry Department in Whiteriver in 1999 until 2002. He then began working for the Ft....
Larry Dean Loflin
Jun 18, 2016
Larry Dean Loflin, age 75, passed away on Saturday, June 18, 2016 at his home in Vernon, Arizona surrounded by his loving family. He was born January 18, 1941 in Mesa, Arizona to Ira Dean Loflin and Viola Mae Passey Loflin.Larry was a man who worked very hard to provide for his family, whatever the need might be. His most...
David Ray Kinney
Jun 15, 2016
David Ray Kinney found eternal peace on June 15, 2016. He was born in Peoria, Illinois on May 29, 1943, one of 10 children of Pearline Hull Kinney and Earl Edward Kinney. He left Illinois a young man and went to California. Schooled in the Grocery Industry he began his career which lasted 36 years. He and his wife Penny...
Calvin Wray Bismarck
Jun 15, 2016
Calvin Wray Bismarck, age 90, passed away on Wednesday, June 15, 2016 at his home in White Mountain Lake, Arizona. He was born August 2, 1925 in Joliet, Illinois to Clinton Orr Bismarck and Bernice Eva Krueger Bismarck.Calvin was a beloved friend to all who ever met him. His kindness was known to all of his friends. He served in...
Lewis Wayne Nieman
Jun 12, 2016
Our beloved father, Lewis Wayne Nieman, passed away peacefully, from the effects of failing organs, on Sunday morning, June 12, 2016. Lewis was born August 28, 1951 in Geary County, Junction City, Kansas to Lewis Furland Nieman and Charline June Henderson Nieman. He was the second of four children. At the age of four his family moved to Sacramento, CA...
Geraldine Willis
Jun 8, 2016
Geraldine Gardner Willis, age 87, passed away peacefully in Linden, Navajo County, Arizona on Wednesday, June 8, 2016. She was born at home in Linden, Arizona on August 19, 1928, the sixth of eight children to William Clark Gardner and Martha Alice Willis Gardner. She is survived by her youngest sister, Leabeth McLaws. She and her seven siblings had a...
John Charles Bailey
Jun 8, 2016
John Charles Bailey July 15, 1946 and passed away June 8, 2016. Born in Lebenon, Indiana to Joe Zenith Bailey and Margaret Ann Haughey Bailey, the family moved to Arizona of February 1960 to work with the family business, F.E. Bailey Construction. He graduated in 1964 from Apache Junction High School, which was the very first graduating class. He managed...
Grant Lee Sr.
Jun 5, 2016
A cowboy’s cowboy, Long time Show Low, Arizona resident, Grant Lee Sr passed away on Sunday, June 5, 2016. Grant was born on August 15, 1927 in Young, Arizona to Oscar and Molly Lee. Grant lived his early childhood in Oak Creek, near Cibecue. Oscar and Molly raised their children and Grant was the eldest child and they lived off...
Klinton Wayne Edwards
Jun 4, 2016
Klinton Wayne “Klint” Edwards died unexpectedly June 4, 2016 at his Show Low home. He was born Aug. 27, 1981 in Show Low. He is survived by his darling daughter, Karmalynn June Edwards, 4, of Show Low. He always said he was the luckiest man on earth since she was born. He will forever be her “dad” and she will...
Joseph Sidney Woolford
Jun 3, 2016
Joseph Sidney Woolford passed away on June 3, 2016 at the age of 95 years old. He was born on December 29, 1920 to George and Lillie (Hall) Woolford in Show Low, Arizona. Joseph married his sweetheart of 75 years, Louise Lewis, on August 31, 1940 and their marriage was solemnized in the Mesa Arizona Temple on March 4, 1958. ...
