Local Obituaries for Families in Show Low, Snowflake, and Holbrook, AZ
Bary Kent Petersen
Aug 24, 2021
Bary Kent Petersen died Tuesday, August 24, 2021, at Summit Healthcare Regional Medical Center in Show Low, Arizona. He was 62 years old. Bary was born on Thursday, November 6, 1958, in Holbrook, Arizona to his parents, the late Loral Cliffe and Charlotte (Brewer) Petersen.
Bary was a graduated member of Holbrook High School's Class of '77. A few short...
Zasu Lita Steele
Aug 23, 2021
Zasu Lita Steele of Whiteriver, Arizona peacefully passed away with her family by her side on August 23, 2021 at her home in Whiteriver. She was 55. Zasu was born on October 23, 1965 in Whiteriver to her parents, Lenzo Sr. and Florence (Albert) Alchesay.
She is survived by her children, Kristy Pinal, Terrance Pinal and Davis Steele; 3...
Marijune H. Snyder
Aug 23, 2021
Marijune H. Snyder was born the 5th of June 1924 in Portland, Michigan. She passed on 23rd of August 2021 in Overgaard, Arizona. She was the last of 5 girls born to Peter David Heminover, Jr. and Helen Benedict. Her father worked for the railroad and called her Caboose. Her mother died in 1932 when she was just 8 years...
Frank Alfred Moya
Aug 23, 2021
My Father was The Best Father To Me. We all have our own memories of a lost someone, but for my dad he always made sure to have one memory in common with people. To know that he always made each of us smile. He worked hard to make sure he left people with a better him, once he laid...
John Edward Lee Wiselman
Aug 22, 2021
John Edward Lee Wiselman, age 71, passed away Sunday, August 22 2021 at his home in Pinetop. He was born on April 15, 1950 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin to Wilbur William & Frances (Abbrederis) Wiselman.
No services are planned at this time.
Susan Debra Dean
Aug 22, 2021
Susan Debra Dean was born on April 12, 1951, to Eugene and Lou Reinert and went on to be with Jesus on August 22, 2021. She had one older brother, Tommy, and one younger sister, Laurie. Sue was married to Eckard Dean for 42 years. She brought one child to the marriage, Bill, and Eckard brought two, Eckard Jr. and...
Penny Peterson-Naegle
Aug 21, 2021
On the morning of August 21, 2021, Penny Lee Axson Peterson-Naegle passed away at the age of 71 in the loving home of son, Jonathan (Stephanie) Peterson of Meridian, Idaho.
Penny was born in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada on 18 September, 1949, to Robert “Bob” Herbert and B. Esmeralda “Alda” Glynn Axson. She grew up in Toronto, Ontario until her...
Greta Ann Ethelbah
Aug 21, 2021
Greta Ann Ethelbah of Whiteriver, Arizona passed away on August 21, 2021 in Mesa, Arizona. She was 71. Greta was born on April 5, 1950 in Safford, Arizona to her parents the late Cecil and Eliza (Sanchez) Cook.
Greta lived her life for her family and looked forward to their many fishing trips to Hawley Lake. She enjoyed joyriding...
Robert Dwayne Wood
Aug 21, 2021
Robert Wood went home to Jesus and reunited with his oldest son Joshua on August 21, 2021 at age 52. Robert was born on November 29, 1968 to Jonie Alba and Michael Wood in Tucson Az and was the oldest of 8 siblings. Robert was an incredible father, papa, brother, son and partner. He raised his 6 children (Joshua, Justin,...
Viola Jeanette Parrish
Aug 19, 2021
Viola "Mickie" Jeanette Parrish was born on March 29, 1936 in Lake Zurich, Illinois to Letha M. and Noah E. Bonebrake. She passed from this life to the next on August 19, 2021.
She lived an ordinary life with simple pleasures. She loved what nature had to offer from the flowers in her garden to the leaves of Fall....
Brannen Josh Parrish
Aug 13, 2021
Brannen Josh Parrish, born November 23, 1993, made Heaven his home on August 13, 2021.
Brannen, known to many by “Bee”, was born to his parents, Renita Johnson-Parrish and Berlyn Parrish in Whiteriver, AZ. He grew up in Whiteriver but his heart was in Canyon Day. Brannen attended Whiteriver Headstart. He spent his elementary years at MVR 7-Mile Elementary School...
Clarke Jones
Aug 12, 2021
Curry Clarke Jones died Thursday, August 12, 2021 in Snowflake, Arizona of natural causes. He was 68 years old. Clarke was born February 11, 1953, in Mesa, Arizona to the late Curry Woodrow and Dorothy Ellen (Reed) Jones.
Clarke started his life on his Grandparents Jones' ranch east of Holbrook. In the late '50s, the family moved to Springerville, Arizona,...
Arvel Ross Adams
Aug 11, 2021
On August 11th, 2021 Show Low lost an original, a “classic,” Arvel Ross Adams, after a long courageous battle with several cancers that he fought fiercely for ten years.
Arvel was born September 29th, 1939 in McNary, AZ. to Ross and Georgia Adams. He was the eldest of six children. He grew up in the log cabin that the...
Jo Ann Ranstrom Hall
Aug 11, 2021
Jo Ann Ranstrom Hall died just after midnight on Wednesday, August 11, 2021, at Solterra Senior Living in Lakeside, Arizona following a lengthy illness. She was 76 years old. Jo Ann was born on February 11, 1945, in Pocatello, Bannock County, Idaho to her parents, the late Merrill William and Reba May (Harr) Ranstrom.
Jo Ann was a graduated...
Victor Wallace Hudson
Aug 11, 2021
Victor Wallace Hudson was born on December 6, 1931 to Victor Harold Hudson and Helen Mildred Lewis in Spokane, Washington. Vic came to Snowflake in the early 1960’s to start the Snowflake paper mill, where he worked 30 plus years, where he was respected by his co-workers and made many lifelong friends.
Vic married Margaret Hendren in 1950. They...
Terry Leroy Heckman
Aug 11, 2021
Terry Leroy Heckman, born February 12, 1951 in Lenhartsville, Pennsylvania passed away suddenly on August 11, 2021 in Arizona, which had been his home for over 28 years.
Terry was an avid outdoorsman whose passions included fishing, camping, skiing and playing pickle ball with friends and family. He served in the Air National Guard and was a member of the...
Prisciliano Luna
Aug 10, 2021
On August 10, 2021 the Lord called Prisciliano Luna home. He was born on October 13, 1934 in San Jose De Raices, Nuevo León, Mexico.
Prisciliano’s loving family is his beloved and adoring wife, Teresa Luna of 63 years; his children Silvia Wright (David), Luis Luna, Sally O’Dell (Mark), Teresa Luna, Roberto Luna (Xochitl), Noemi Luna, and Angel Luna...
Joyce Ann Strauss-Campbell
Aug 10, 2021
Joyce Ann Strauss-Campbell died Tuesday, August 10, 2021, in Show Low, Arizona following a sudden illness. She was 72 years old. Joyce Ann was born and reared in Maple Heights, Ohio on November 2, 1948, to her parents, the late David and Maryann (Macko) Stauss.
Following her 1967 graduation from high school, she attended Cleveland State to be an X-ray...
Jack Earnest Rhodes
Aug 9, 2021
Jack Earnest Rhodes died Monday evening, August 9, 2021, at KPC Promise Hospital in Mesa, Arizona following a lengthy illness. He was 65 years old. Jack was born on April 17, 1956, in Batesville, Franklin County, Indiana to his parents, the late Donald Dale and Ethel Marie (Mendell) Rhodes.
Jack graduated high school on the Hawaiian Island of Oahu in...
James "Jim" Marett
Aug 8, 2021
On August 8, 2021. James (Jim) Marett passed away peacefully on his way to church. He loved. He served. He soared. Jim was born in San Diego, California on December 6, 1938, into a Navy family. He lived many places prior to 1955 when his father retired in Long Beach, California. He attended Long Beach Wilson High School where he...
