Local Obituaries for Families in Show Low, Snowflake, and Holbrook, AZ
Gavin Martinez
Sep 14, 2017
Gavin Martinez died peacefully Thursday evening Sept. 14, 2017, at his home surrounded by his family and loved ones. He was born June 16, 1929 in Holbrook. He lived 88 years and had a very interesting life. Gavin was one of millions of U.S. men and women who were proud to serve their county in WWII. He was 15 when...
Janelle Rhea Lavender
Sep 11, 2017
Janelle Rhea Lavender died Monday afternoon, September 11, 2017 at Haven of Show Low following a lengthy illness. She was 28 years old. Janelle was born a Tuesday, May 2, 1989, in Show Low, Navajo County, Arizona to her mother, Janet Marie Crocker and to her father, William Nellis Lavender. Know as "Nelly" to her family and friends, she was...
Peggy Jean Butler
Sep 9, 2017
Peggy Jean Butler, 89, returned home to her Heavenly Father in the early morning hours of September 9, 2017, surrounded by her loving family. She was born July 20, 1928 in Burly, Idaho, the 11th of 12 children, to Leroy and Mauretta Eager Pace. Eight of her brothers served in the military during WWII at the same time. Only one...
Daniel David Diaz
Sep 9, 2017
On September 9, 2017 Daniel David Diaz went home to be with our Lord and reunited with his wife, Tracy Diaz, who passed away earlier this year on January 28, 2017. He passed peacefully in his home in Snowflake, Arizona of natural causes at 63 years of age.Daniel was a lively man, full of jokes, laughter & music. He could...
Delbert Baker
Sep 5, 2017
Delbert “Bob” Baker, 78, of Holbrook, AZ passed away on Tuesday, September 05, 2017 in Phoenix Az., where his legacy will live on forever in his family and friends. Bob was born May 19th, 1939 in Dunseith, ND to Alfred and Elizabeth (Gillies) Baker. He was one of 12 siblings. He joined the US Air Force in 1957. While in...
Bertha Louise Flake
Sep 4, 2017
Bertha Louise Baker Flake of Snowflake, died peacefully in her home on September 4, 2017. She was 84 years old. Louise was the 4th child of Alfred and Elna Farnsworth Baker. She was born in Colonia Dublan, Chihuahua, Mexico, on May 30, 1933. The family moved to Mesa, Arizona when Louise was 5 years old. She graduated from Mesa High...
Raleigh Scott
Sep 3, 2017
Raleigh Scott, 49, a longtime resident of Holbrook, passed away peacefully at home with his wife by his side, Sunday Sept 3rd, after a three week battle with cancer. He was born in Keams Canyon, Az on January 26, 1968 to Warren & Mary Scott of Holbrook. He attended schools in Holbrook and Phoenix Az. He married his wife Jacqueline...
Ruth Malone Trevillyan
Sep 3, 2017
It is with great sadness that the family of Ruth Malone Trevillyan announces her passing on Sunday, September 3rd 2017 at the age of 86. Ruth was preceded in death by her son, Randy Cordell and will be lovingly remembered by her surviving children; Mari Faye Burton, Ira Trevillyan, Rob Trevillyan and stepson Ron Trevillyan. She will also be fondly...
Marilyn Lucille Mains
Sep 3, 2017
Marilyn Lucille Mains, of Wellton, Arizona passed away on September 3, 2017at the age of 94. She was born to the late Randolph and Janet (Farmer) McElhaney of Cashion, Arizona, and was the last surviving child of six children. Marilyn was a Pioneer of the Wellton Mohawk Valley. She graduated from grade school in Wellton in a class of only...
Violet Louise Patterson
Sep 3, 2017
Violet Louise (Vi, Violet Lou) Patterson returned home to her Heavenly Father on September 3, 2017 in the early hours at her home in Show Low, Arizona. She was 88 and still feisty. Vi was born in Globe, Arizona on February 1, 1929 to Violet Louise Upton (Paul) and Arthur Clarence Upton (Tubby), and was the middle girl between Evelyn...
Theodore Alexander Cofsky
Sep 2, 2017
Theodore Alexander Cofsky, passed away on September 2, 2017 at his home located in Show Low at the age of 89 years. He was born on October 24, 1927 in Millbury, Mass. Ted was a WWII veteran who proudly served as a Merchant Marine Seaman 1st Class from 1944 – 1948 crossing the Atlantic Ocean. Before retiring and moving to...
Sophie Nota
Sep 1, 2017
Sophie (Skorupa) Nota, 92, of Pinetop passed into her Lord’s hands in the early evening of September 1, 2017 surrounded by her loving family. Born February 25, 1925 in Perth Amboy, NJ to Polish immigrants who came to America in 1911. She married Ralph Nota of New Jersey in 1947. Sophie worked for Bambergers Department Store (now Macy’s) for many...
Nelda Lee Lair
Aug 29, 2017
Nelda "Lee” Lair crossed somewhere over the rainbow at 2:15 A.M. on Tuesday, August 29, 2017, in the comfort of her apartment at Solterra Senior Living facility in Lakeside, AZ. It was a blessing to have her daughter by her side as she took her last earthly breath. In July 2017, Nelda, also known as Lee, moved from Sun City,...
Pamela Jane Ryan
Aug 29, 2017
Pamela Jane Ryan 74, of Show Low, Arizona, passed away August 29, 2017. She was born in Grand Haven, Michigan, Nov 27, 1942, to Tom and Marie Polglase. Pam grew up in Michigan and Minnesota. During her senior year of high school she was the state typing champion. She attended the University of Minnesota where she met and married Roger...
Vera Louise Davis
Aug 27, 2017
Vera Louise Simpson Davis passed away on August 27, 2017. She was born on June 14, 1940 in Snowflake, AZ to her parents, Louie and Opal Simpson. Vera was a stranger to no one and was loved and blessed by all who encountered her. She lived in Burton, AZ until she married the light of her life Marvin Davis on...
Hazel Jean Avenetti
Aug 27, 2017
With her family at her bedside, Hazel Jean Avenetti died just before midnight on Sunday, August 27, 2017, at her home in Vernon, Apache County, Arizona. Only 10 days prior, she had celebrated her 70th birthday. Jean, as she was known by all, was born on a Sunday, August 17, 1947, in Risco County, Missouri to her parents, the late...
Herbert Hoover Hemmings
Aug 26, 2017
Herbert Hoover Hemmings, age 89, was born August 13, 1928, in Monongahela, Washington County, Pennsylvania and went on to his eternal reward on August 26, 2017, in Mesa, Arizona. He was a devoted Husband, Father, Grandfather, Brother, Uncle, Minister, Neighbor and Friend. He was the fourth of sixteen children born to John William Sr. and Mary Elizabeth (Herrington) Hemmings. He...
Berrnice Quintero
Aug 25, 2017
Bernice Quintero of East Fork Arizona, 70, went home to be with the Lord August 25, 2017, surrounded by her family at Haven of Show Low. She was born on March 23, 1947 in Whiteriver, Az. to the late Hadley & Maybel Hawkins. Bernice was a loving, caring person. She had a big heart for everybody she knew. She enjoyed...
Carol Anne Carlock
Aug 23, 2017
Carol Anne Carlock, 75, of Vernon, AZ, passed away at her home on August 23, 2017. She was born on May 18, 1942 in Phoenix, AZ. Carol Anne is survived by her partner, Hank Hurlbert of Vernon, AZ; daughter, Teresa Dewyer of Phoenix, AZ; step-daughters Gerry "Ki" Wirt of Farmington, NM and Shannon (Jimmy) Williams of FL; and step-son Ken...
Charles Raymond Milne
Aug 22, 2017
Charles Raymond "Chuck" Milne passed away August 22, 2017 at his home he shared with his loving wife, Kathy. He was born 71 years ago on November 8, 1945 in Cleveland, Ohio to Ernest Robert and Mary Lois (Perrin) Milne, the youngest of three boys.When Chuck was two, the family moved to Tucson, where he graduated from Catalina High School...
