Local Obituaries for Families in Show Low, Snowflake, and Holbrook, AZ

Mar 2, 2022

Bertha May McKeel was born March 11, 1930 in New Bern, North Carolina to Charles and Lottie Tingle. Bertha later moved to the state of Arizona with her family, where she continued to be a devoted wife and mother for many, many years. 

Bertha passed away on March 2, 2022 at home. 

Funeral services will be held at...

Feb 28, 2022

On February 28, 2022, George ‘Pat’ McKinley came home, built a fire, and sat down to read his mail, and was taken home by the angels. He was born in Lansing, MI on November 8, 1943.

Pat attended Culver Military Academy, followed by some college, and then enlisted in the Navy as a Submariner. During this time, he married the...

Feb 28, 2022

Lance Paul Kinlicheenie passed away on February 28, 2022, in Tempe Arizona. He was born in Winslow Arizona on March 6, 1972, to Paul Kinlicheenie and Lora Slim.

Lance leaves behind a family who never forgot about him and loved him very much.  He will be greatly missed.  He leaves behind both of his parents, Paul Kinlicheenie of Holbrook, Arizona...

Feb 27, 2022

Jan Kortenhoeven, 91, passed away peacefully on February 27, 2022, at Summit Health Care Regional Hospital in Show Low, Arizona. He was born in Den Burg (Texel), Holland, the son of Nicolaas (Niek) Kortenhoeven and Luise Marie Brucher. Jan grew up on the island of Texel, leaving Holland in July 1955 to immigrate to the United States, followed closely after...

Feb 25, 2022

Jimmy Aubery Dunaway passed away February 25, 2022. He was born August 26, 1941, in Carlsbad, New Mexico to Ivy Samuel Dunaway (Ike) and Velma Dunaway.

Jim was the second born of four children and had a wonderful childhood growing up along the Pecos River. Jimmy excelled at swimming, diving, and bowling.  After high school he went into the Air...

Feb 24, 2022

Michael E. “Doc” Snyder, age 70 of Show Low, Arizona, passed away peacefully at his home on February 24th, 2022. Doc was born on December 22, 1951, born in Balboa Hospital in San Diego and spent his childhood in California. He was the oldest of seven siblings.

He was a noteworthy high school track and football star, but when a...

Feb 23, 2022

Timothy Leonard Claude was born to John Leonard and Darlene Lethcoe Claude in Sioux City , Iowa on March 26, 1947. He passed away peacefully at his home in Vernon, Arizona on February 23, 2022. Tim was the oldest of four boys and grew up in Algona, Iowa. Tim played on the high school football team, participated in the high...

Feb 23, 2022

Jimmy Dan Zinke, 72, of Show Low, AZ, passed away on February 23, 2022 at home. He was born June 3, 1949 in Roscoe, Texas to Charles and Lucille Zinke.

He later moved to Show Low, AZ, where he worked as a business consultant for many years until his retirement.

A private family memorial will be held for Jimmy at...

Feb 22, 2022

Ernest Green was born June 26, 1956 in Holbrook, AZ to Frank and Mary Green. 

Ernest was a lifelong Arizona resident, who spent his life working as a carpenter in the construction industry. 

Ernest passed away on February 22, 2022 in Show Low, AZ. 

He leaves to cherish his memory, his wife, Vanae Lupe; children, LaTanya Ivins...

Feb 22, 2022

Leonard "Lee" Wesley Trammell died at the dawning of a new day, Tuesday, February 22, 2022, at Summit Healthcare Regional Medical Center in Show Low, Arizona. He was 71 years old. Lee, a seventh generation Arizonan, was born on a Sunday, May 7, 1950, in Phoenix to his parents, the late Dale Edward and Loretta Elizabeth (Ebersold) Trammell.

He was...

Feb 17, 2022

Lillian “Jean” Schinke was born to Helen and Gus Blanton on August 27, 1938 in Columbus, Ohio. She was the middle of three girls. Patricia, Jean, and Mary were quite close and stayed so even through adulthood.

Jean would go on to marry Sonny Strunk and have two children, Verlin “Wayne”, and Sheryl Jean. Jean later divorced Sonny and married...

Feb 16, 2022

Dale Fielding Rogers was born October 21,1937 to George Walter Rogers and Malinda Porter Rogers in Winslow Arizona.  Dale was the youngest of 7 children, he had 2 sisters Nelda Moore and Twila Blau as well as 4 brothers Lawrence, Perlie, Orsen and Raymond.  Dale married Laura Mae Hardy on May 2, 1964.  He adopted Laura Mae's daughter Terrie Dawn. ...

Feb 16, 2022

Michael Lee Moulder, 65, passed away February 16, 2022 after a 3 month battle of covid pneumonia. Mike was born February 15, 1957 to Frank Justin Moulder (deceased) and Shirley Gene Rogers.

 

He is survived by his wife, Audrey; daughter, Tashina (Albert); son Chaz (Anna); 7 grandchildren; mother, Shirley and sisters, Kathie and Penny (Don).

 

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Feb 16, 2022

Rosalie Marlene Cline, 77, of Vernon, AZ passed away peacefully on February 16, 2022 with her children lovingly by her side.

Rosalie was born on September 17, 1944 in Cut Bank, MO.  She was adopted just shy of her 17th birthday by Betty Lou and Nash Jones in Taylor, AZ.

Rosalie attended High School in Miami, AZ.  In her Junior...

Feb 16, 2022

Carolyn Rhoton Reidhead passed away on February 16, 2022, after a short battle with cancer. She died at home, cared for by her three surviving children: daughter Amber Lopez and sons Kelly and Brandon Reidhead. She had the opportunity to say goodbye to her beloved granddaughters Breanna Knaresboro, Serena Lopez, Ashlyn and Hastings Reidhead and great-granddaughter Evelyn Knaresboro. Her son...

Feb 15, 2022

Marie Pyron (nee Davis) was born in Weeks, Arkansas on April 12, 1931, and passed away from renal failure at Casa De La Luz in Tucson, Arizona, on February 15, 2022.  She was the last surviving member of her family that included 2 brothers and 3 sisters.

During World War II, Marie’s family relocated from Arkansas to Southern California, ultimately...

Feb 15, 2022

Jeanie Hope Rhinehart, 81, was born to Roland and Ruth Elizabeth Wilhelm on December 4, 1940, in St. Louis, Missouri. She later moved to Show Low, AZ, where she worked as a customer service clerk for a telephone company.

Jeanie passed away peacefully on February 15, 2022 in Show Low, AZ. Her loving husband Dean, her children, along with a...

Feb 14, 2022

Renetta Wanda Petersen Pennington passed away, at her home in Linden, on February 14, 2022. She was born December 3, 1932 in Poteau, Oklahoma to Arthur and Myrtle Daniel.

Wanda spent most of her early childhood in Oklahoma, but the family moved around to follow work, eventually ending up in Show Low.

In the summer of 1949 Wanda met “Pete”...

Feb 14, 2022

Rhonda Willis Smith was born September 25, 1950, in McNary, Arizona to Ronald Allen and Veleda (Penrod) Willis. She passed away peacefully with her family surrounding her on February 14, 2022, in Mesa, Arizona. Rhonda was 71 years old.

Rhonda graduated from Westwood High School in Mesa, Arizona, where she made lifelong friends, and was a Warriorette on the Pom...

Feb 14, 2022