Local Obituaries for Families in Show Low, Snowflake, and Holbrook, AZ
Willie Nozie, Jr.
Feb 25, 2020
Willie Nozie, Jr. died Tuesday morning, February 25, 2020, at home in HonDah, Navajo County, Arizona. He was 85 years old. Willie was born on a Friday, September 7, 1934, in Bylas, Graham County, Arizona to his parents, the late Bessie (Haan) and Willie Nozie, Sr. Willie was a member of East Fork Lutheran High School Class of '55. Following...
Dorothea Brown
Feb 25, 2020
Dorothea Brown of Mesa, Arizona passed away on February 25, 2020 in Scottsdale, Arizona following a hard fought battle with various illnesses throughout her life. Dorothea was born on January 26, 1962 in Keams Canyon, Arizona.
Dorothea loved meeting new people and her home was always open to her friends and family. She was very loving, caring...
Cyrus Wilson Finley
Feb 25, 2020
Cyrus Wilson Finley of Show Low, AZ died February 25, 2020 at home after a short illness. He was born March 1922 in Ames, IA to Elnora (Studer) and Clifford B. Finley.
He graduated high school in Owatonna, MN and attended college in IA. Cy served in the Army Air Corps (Air Force) during WWII and was a lifetime member...
Cindy Katherine Smith Hatch
Feb 24, 2020
Cindy Katherine Smith Hatch of Snowflake, AZ passed away on February 24, 2020, in her home, surrounded by her loving family. She was 60. She was born on December 15, 1959 in Williams, AZ, the youngest of six children. Her parents were Norman and Margaret Smith.
Cindy married Hal Hatch on June 10, 1982 in the Mesa Arizona Temple. They...
Maudie Treadway
Feb 23, 2020
Maudie Treadway passed away peacefully, in her sleep, with her son and daughter at her side. She was the faithful wife and mother of 4 children, Terry, Deborah, Margaret and Lois; grandmother of 9 and great-grandmother of 6.
Born in Flagstaff, Arizona to Francis and Margaret Patton into a heritage of pioneers in Northern Arizona Maudie was received in...
Dolores Aquila Morreale
Feb 23, 2020
Dolores Aquila Morreale died on Sunday, February 23, 2020, at The Carriage House in Snowflake, Navajo County, Arizona from natural causes incident to her age. She was 80 years old. Dolores was born on a Tuesday, May 23, 1939, in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois to her parents, the late Ernesto and Antoinette (Barrile) Borrelli. She attended an all girls school...
Robert Henry Brandt
Feb 21, 2020
Robert Henry Brandt was born December 28, 1953 in Indianapolis Indiana. He spent his early years on a small farm in Carthage, Indiana.
After his father died, his mother moved the family to San Diego, California in the late 1960’s. They settled in Mission Bay and he attended Mission Bay High School. After High School, Robert spent 2 years in...
Laura Lee Hager
Feb 21, 2020
Laura Lee Hager, 63, passed away on February 21, 2020 in Holbrook, Arizona. Laura was born in Butte, Montana to Lawrence and Arliss Connors on January 15th, 1957.
She graduated from Butte High School in 1975. Laura served six years in the Army National Guard where she met the love of her life, Lawrence Hager. They were married on April...
Amelia "Mel" Axford
Feb 19, 2020
Amelia “Mel” Axford passed away February 19, 2020 in Show Low, AZ. She was born in Detroit, Michigan on April 25, 1925 to Dominic and Antonia Minchella, fifth of six children.
She married Theodore (Ted) Axford in May 1948. Mel and Ted moved to Arizona in 1977 from Michigan. She is survived by her son David, son Leonard (Vickie), daughter...
Janet Hill Lance
Feb 18, 2020
Janet Hill Lance "Jan", passed away February 18, 2020 in Show Low, Arizona. She was born November 30, 1931 in Freemont Ohio.
She was preceded in death by her husband of 52 years, Harold E. Lance; her parents, Lester and Donna Hill; and her sister, Carolyn Erhardt.
Surviving are 3 children, Anita Lewald of Clarksville, Tennessee, Marcia Allen of...
Rita Anne Byrd
Feb 18, 2020
In loving memory of Rita Anne Byrd.
Rita was a local accountant (White Mountain Bookkeeping). She had many talents as a world-class seamstress, amazing cook, and “hostess with the most-est”. Her greatest joy was to create beautiful space in her garden and home. She could never pass up a yard sale and always found a treasure.
Rita is survived by...
Mildred S. Pease
Feb 17, 2020
Mildred S. Pease, age 88, of Show Low, Arizona passed away February 17, 2020, after a long battle with cancer. She was born March 17, 1931 in Port Hope, Michigan to the late Harold F. Leese and Gertrude P. (Champagne) Leese.
She married Nelson H. (Hank) Pease, December 10, 1949. Mildred was a 1949 graduate of Port Hope High School...
Karen Larson
Feb 16, 2020
Karen Larson of Snowflake, Arizona passed away peacefully on February 16, 2020 in Lakeside, Arizona. She was 73 years old. Karen was the eldest of five children born to Glen and Carol (Cherrington) Clark. She was born on October 18, 1946 in Payson, Utah.
She moved to Snowflake when she was 10 years old where she lived for the majority...
Stephen Nelson Kee
Feb 13, 2020
Stephen Nelson Kee died, unexpectedly, on Thursday, February 13, 2020, near his home in Whiteriver (East Fork), Arizona. He was 27 years old. Stephen was born on a Monday, June 1, 1992, in Show Low, Arizona to his parents, Wylene Marie (Burnette) and Clifford Nelson Kee.
Stephen was an academically gifted student. He learned, at a very young age, the...
Johnny Everett "Cowboy Johnny" Haggard
Feb 13, 2020
Johnny Everett Haggard was born on March 26, 1949 to William Henry Haggard (Henry) and Elva Elizabeth Evans (Beth) in Phoenix, Arizona. Johnny passed away on February 13, 2020 in Phoenix, Arizona after suffering from an aneurysm at home on February 4, 2020. He was the youngest child of the family with an older brother, William Henry Haggard Jr (Billy)...
James H. Hayden
Feb 12, 2020
James H. Hayden was granted his heart's desire and was taken home to glory on February 12, 2020. Family members were near and able to say goodbye before he passed.
Jim was born in Kentucky 80 years ago and lived a full life. He spent many years in the Army before traveling the country with his loving wife Susan. They...
Kelly Jean Spencer
Feb 10, 2020
Kelly Jean Spencer went home to be with the Lord on February 10, 2020 after a 2-year battle with cancer. She was born on October 23, 1964 in Miami, Arizona to Agnes Clark. She had two sisters, Marianne Thompson and Marnee Sue Tea & two nephews, Jeremy Wilson and Ryan Mistic.
Kelly spent her childhood years in Globe, Arizona with...
Thomas James Heitert
Feb 9, 2020
Thomas J. Heitert died on Sunday, February 9, 2020 at the Mountain Care facility in Snowflake, Navajo County, Arizona of congestive heart failure and after other long term illnesses. He was 78 years old. Tom was born in St. Louis, Missouri to his loving parents, the late William E. Heitert and Dorothy M. (Bruns) Heitert.
The family moved from...
Thelma W Lucas
Feb 9, 2020
Thelma Jane Lucas (72), of Show Low passed peacefully into the Eternal Kingdom early morning Sunday, February 9, 2020. She was born June 11, 1947 to John Burton and Dicie Willis, in Holbrook, Arizona.
Thelma had a wonderful life, she was a daughter, wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother, aunt, and friend to all. She will be missed without measure....
Dorothy Jean Williams
Feb 9, 2020
Our loving wife, mother, sister, aunt and grandmother Dorothy Jean Heward Williams passed on Feb. 9 2020. She was born May 22, 1929.
Her funeral services were held on Saturday, Feb. 15, at the Holbrook LDS Stake Center
Dorothy was a devoted mother, homemaker, accomplished pianist, church organist, talented artist and loving wife. She was a faithful member of the...
