Local Obituaries for Families in Show Low, Snowflake, and Holbrook, AZ
Yazzie Bigman
Sep 7, 2013
Yazzie Bigman, 88, of Whitecone, Navajo County, Arizona died September 07, 2013 in Taylor, Navajo County, Arizona surrounded by loving family. He was the son of the late Bigman Nez and Late Widow Bigman. Yazzie was a former medicine man who helped many throughout the Navajo Reservation. He loved to tell stories, jokes and was a great mechanic. He is...
David Ivan Kessay
Sep 6, 2013
David Ivan Kessay, of Chandler, Maricopa County, Arizona passed away following a lengthy illness at his home in Chandler on September 6, 2013. He was 46. David was born in McNary, Apache County, Arizona on March 12, 1967 to parents, Virgil and Dorinda (Kitcheyan) Kessay. David began working with the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) fighting fires in 1985 and...
Toshiji Watanabe
Sep 5, 2013
Toshiji (Toshi) Watanabe 91, of Pinetop, Arizona passed away peacefully on September 5, 2013 at Soltera in Lakeside, Arizona. He is survived by his two children, Pat (Steve) Kishi of Huntington Beach, California, Ronald (Diane) Watanabe of Pinetop, Arizona, three grandchildren, three great grandchildren, also survived by sisters-in-law Martha Tanita and Barbara Ishii, and many nieces and nephews. He was...
Beatrice Elizabeth Jarvis
Sep 5, 2013
Funeral Services for Beatrice Elizabeth Jarvis, age 99, who peacefully died in Snowflake, Arizona on Thursday, September 5, 2013 will be held on Saturday, September 14th at the Show Low Downtown Chapel of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. A viewing will be held from 6-8 pm Friday, September 13th at Owens Livingston Mortuary in Show Low and...
V. Margaret Herber
Sep 3, 2013
V. Margaret Herber, born August 3, 1928 in Doddridge, Arkansas, died Tuesday, September 3, 2013 at her daughter's home in Overgaard, Arizona. She is survived by her brother, William P. Lamar of Morgan City, Louisiana, and 4 children: Karol Taylor of Overgaard, Arizona; Demity Baughman of Cody, Wyoming; Kevin Herber of Austin, Texas; and Mardi Harvey of Laramie, Wyoming. She...
Nephi Wallace Bushman
Sep 3, 2013
Nephi Wallace Bushman died at 84 years of age on September 3, 2013 at Snowflake AZ following a lengthy illness. He was born on June 19, 1928 in Snowflake, Navajo County, Arizona to the late Martin Degen and Phoebe (Baker) Bushman. Nephi's early years were spent helping his family raise and peddle vegetables. He was an Eagle Scout, played football...
Genene Brewer Williams
Sep 2, 2013
Genene Brewer Williams was born on April 6, 1940 to Rex and Melva (Perkins) Brewer in Mesa, Arizona. She married her sweetheart, Cyrus Albert Williams on December 14, 1956. Genene passed away in her sleep on Monday, September 2, 2013 in Show Low, Arizona. She is survived by her husband, Cyrus; daughters: Annette, Altia, Hedy; 10 grandchildren and 4 great-grandchildren....
Winston Carlyle Matthews
Sep 1, 2013
With his wife of 77 years at his side, Winston Carlyle Matthews died peacefully at his home in Lakeside, Navajo County, Arizona following a lengthy illness on Sunday afternoon, September 1, 2013. He was 95 years old. Winston was born on November 15, 1917 in Byars, McClain County, Oklahoma to his parents, the late Gregg and Myrtle (Fletcher) Matthews. At...
Maurice Gene Felter, Jr.
Aug 31, 2013
With his loving wife at his side, Maurice Gene Felter, Jr. died just as the sun was beginning to rise on Saturday, August 31, 2013 at his home in Lakeside, Navajo County, Arizona. He was 59 years old. Gene was born on December 14, 1953 in Schuylkill, Chester County, Pennsylvania to his parents, the late Maurice Gene, Sr. and Jeanette...
Joseph Terrance Biritz
Aug 30, 2013
Joseph Terrance Biritz passed away on Friday, August 30, 2013 at St. Rose de Lima Hospital in Henderson, Clark County, Nevada from complications of a lengthy illness. He was 71 years old. Joseph was born on Wednesday, March 18, 1942 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois to his parents, the late Joseph Paul and Wanda M. (Biancalana) Biritz. Joseph grew up...
Ramona Padilla
Aug 29, 2013
Ramona "Mona" Padilla, of Holbrook, Navajo County, Arizona suddenly passed away on August 29, 2013 at the Flagstaff Medical Center in Flagstaff, Coconino County, Arizona at the age of 73. Mona was born to the late Juventino and Josephine (Guerrero) Alvarez on February 28, 1940 in Winslow, Navajo County, Arizona. Mona was an active member at Our Lady of Guadalupe...
Dale Roy Currier
Aug 29, 2013
Dale Roy Currier, age 74, passed away Thursday, August 29, 2013 at his home in Lakeside, Arizona. He was born June 5, 1939 in Eugene, Lane County, Oregon to Roy Donald Currier and Gertrude Alice Epping Currier. He served in the US Army for several years. Services are pending at this time thru Owens Livingston Mortuary White Mountain Chapel in...
James Matthew Lang
Aug 28, 2013
James Matthew Lang died unexpectedly on Wednesday, August 28, 2013 at his home at White Mountain Lake in Show Low, Navajo County, Arizona. He was 71 years old. Jimmy, as he was affectionately known, was born on June 11, 1942 in Buffalo, Erie County, New York to his parents, the late Matthew Bernard and Clara (Miller) Lang. Jimmy was a...
Bennie Apodaca
Aug 26, 2013
Regina "Bennie" Apodaca, of Holboork, Navajo County, Arizona peacefully passed away on August 26, 2013 in Winslow, Navajo County, Arizona. Bennie was born to the late Antonio and Beatriz (Dominguez) Montano in Concho, Apache County, Arizona on November 20, 1923. Bennie lived most of her life in Holbrook having worked for City Drug and Sprouse Reitz among other places. She...
Richard Clair Fountain
Aug 26, 2013
Richard "Dick" Fountain started his new venture the afternoon of August 26, 2013. Loved and treasured, Dick will be forever missed. He was born in Lebanon, New Hampshire to his parents, Leland and Rachel Fountain shortly after his twin sister Betty Lee was born. He always rubbed it in that Betty Lee was the oldest. Although born in New Hampshire,...
June Lottie Brewer
Aug 24, 2013
June Lottie Reidhead Brewer, age 96, went to join her eternal sweetheart, Smith F. Brewer, on August 24, 2013. She was born June 14, 1917 to Rose Mary Merrill and Austin (Dutch) Reidhead at Joppa, Arizona. She passed away peacefully after a short illness at the Flagstaff Medical Center. She was preceded in death by: her husband, Smith of 72...
Raymond Ruskin Beard Jr.
Aug 23, 2013
Raymond R. Beard, Jr., 85, passed away in his home in White Mountain Lake on August 23, 2013. He was born September 4, 1927 in Antofagasta, Chile, to American parents Raymond R. Beard, Sr. and Guenn Muriel Houck Beard. He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife of 51 years, Gene Ann Dickson Beard; and their son Ruskin...
Patricia Helen Stoecklein
Aug 22, 2013
Patricia Helen Stoecklein was born in Oswego, New York on July 27, 1925 and died in Pinetop on August 22, 2013. She was preceded in death by Al, her husband of 57 years. Pat and Al owned a successful locksmith business in Tucson for 30 years. In 1977 they purchased Cozy Pines Cabins in Pinetop and thoroughly enjoyed their retirement...
Zonie L. Hinton
Aug 22, 2013
Zonie L. Hinton, of Whiteriver, Navajo County, Arizona went to be with the Lord on Thursday, August 22, 2013 at the Whiteriver Indian Health Services in Whiteriver, Arizona. She was 80. Zonie was born to the late Ellison and Sadie (Thompson) Lupe in Cibecue, Navajo County, Arizona on November 13, 1932. Zonie worked for the Theodore Roosevelt School as a...
Jeannine C. Ostroski
Aug 22, 2013
Jeannine C. Ostroski, age 72, passed away peacefully at her home in Show Low, Arizona on Thursday, August 22, 2013. She was born November 9, 1940 in Madawaska, Maine to Albert Carrier and Beatrice Cote Carrier. Jeannine enjoyed all sports; especially golf and tennis. Her true passion was to go to all of her grandchildren's games and events. She was...
