Local Obituaries for Families in Show Low, Snowflake, and Holbrook, AZ
Celia Parkinson
Apr 8, 2024
Celia Parkinson passed away April 8, 2024. She was born January 1, 1931, in Phoenix Arizona to Fern Penrod and Phaon Lewis Mettie.
Celia enjoyed traveling, crocheting, quilting, visiting friends and being with family. She loved yard sales! Also a favorite was ice cream cones with grandkids at the old Blue Ridge Drive-in.
Survived by her children: Deborah...
Barbara May
Apr 6, 2024
Barbara "Bobbi" Gale May left this earth April 6, 2024. Bobbi was born January 18,1949 in Lexington, Tennessee to O.C. & Genola Marr White.
She was an active and devoted member of The Church of Christ. She loved the Lord, had a kind heart and enjoyed helping those in need.
Bobbi was proceeded in death by her parents and her husband Robert...
Barbara Ann Parris
Apr 2, 2024
Barbara Ann Parris, born on August 5, 1936, in Wabash, Indiana, passed away peacefully. She was a gentle soul who cherished history, art, trivia, and gardening, finding joy in the simple pleasures of life. Barbara especially loved watching University of Arizona Basketball games and always cheered passionately for her team.Barbara was previously a devoted member of Madonna Guild at St....
Daniel Zambonini
Mar 31, 2024
Daniel "Zambo" Wayne Zambonini was born July 28, 1956, in Phoenix, Arizona and passed away in his home March 31, 2024.
Daniel married Desiree Trujillo and raised three children in Heber, AZ. He spent over 25 years working at ADOT. Daniel was a tireless worker that always had a smile on his face and a joke on his lips,...
Shirley Babcock
Mar 27, 2024
Shirley Anne Babcock, 94, passed away on March 27, 2024, in Lakeside, AZ.
Shirley is survived by her sons; Keith (Linda) Deskins of Farmington, MI, Matthew (Tamra) O'Neal of Richmond, MI; Grandsons, Mike (Angela) Deskins and Craig (Sindy Smart) Deskins; 3 great grandsons, Roman, Valen and Damon Deskins; her nieces, Patricia Sills, Cathie Smith, Sue Leonard, Cheryl Betka; 3 stepchildren and...
Rena Gipson
Mar 26, 2024
It is with deep sorrow that we announce the death of Rena Kay Gipson of Pinetop-Lakeside,
Arizona who passed away on Tuesday afternoon, March 26, 2024, at Summit Healthcare
Regional Medical Center, Show Low Arizona.
Rena, a daughter of the late Frank and Ida May Polaski was born in Grand Rapids, Minnesota on December 22, 1952. She is survived...
Joyce Hooper
Mar 24, 2024
Joyce was born in Amarillo Texas, September 5th, 1936 to William Franklin Pope and Mary Louise McBride. She was the second born in a family that would grow to 11 children.
Joyce married Jearl Authur Hooper on September 17th 1953 in Estancia, New Mexico. Jearl was in the army and 15 months later they welcomed the first of their...
James Crowther
Mar 24, 2024
James Wayne Crowther, 51 of Holbrook, Arizona passed away on Sunday, March 24, 2024, after a sudden illness struck. "Jimmy" was the son of Robert Crowther the brother to four sisters and father to five beautiful children, a grandpa to many grandchildren and a friend to the whole community. He worked as a mechanic his whole life and eventually opened...
Mary Cataldo
Mar 23, 2024
Mary Eloise Guyette Cataldo of Show Low, AZ passed away peacefully March 23, 2024,
at the age of 84. Mary was born November 26,1939, in St. Albans, VT, the daughter of
Martha Amanda Hance and Albert Aldie Simard and later adopted by Glenna and
Robert Guyette. She was raised in St. Albans Bay, VT and relocated to New London,
CT in 1956, proudly retaining...
James Wilson
Mar 23, 2024
James Edward "Jim" Wilson died peacefully at his Taylor home on March 23, 2024. Jim was born October 4,1938 to Granville and Ulis (Hyde) Wilson in Santa Fe, New Mexico. During his early childhood, his family moved to Sells, Arizona, on the Tohono O'odham Nation. After junior high school, Jim boarded with a family in Tucson and attended Tucson High...
Robert Liles
Mar 21, 2024
Robert, better known as Bob, passed from this earth on March 21, 2024.
Bob was a kind man with a good sense of humor and loved to fish. He was always glad to help his neighbors and his family. Bob was baptized into the body of Christ's church at the church of Christ in Phoenix Arizona. Bob was gentle but could...
Helen Jones Shepherd
Mar 21, 2024
Helen Jones Shepherd, MA, age 92, passed away on March 21, 2024 in Show Low, AZ of complications from cancer. She died in peace.
Helen was born in Brooklyn, NY to George Cerny and Madeline Krivacy. She had two children, Thomas S Jones, Jr of Fallon, NV & Hilary S Jones Rojo of Taylor, AZ. She was married to Thomas S...
Allen Janke
Mar 16, 2024
Allen H. Janke, 66, passed away peacefully in his home in White Mountain Lakes, Arizona after a brief illness, on March 16, 2024. He was born in Tucson, Arizona on January 17, 1958.
Allen and his parents lived in Minnesota up until his asthma forced them to move to Prescott, Arizona, on Halloween of 1966, when Allen was 8 years old....
Floyd Gilmore
Mar 15, 2024
Floyd Allen Gilmore of Show Low, Arizona passed away peacefully with his family by his side on March 15, 2024. He was 79. Floyd was born April 9, 1944 in Pond, Missouri along with a twin brother. He was #7 of 13 children.
He joined the Navy at the age of 17 and served from 1961-1965 earning the rank of E4....
Robert "Bob" Flaherty
Mar 13, 2024
It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of Robert "Bob" Flaherty, Jr, 61, of Lakeside, Arizona, on March 13, 2024, comforted by his loving wife, Donna. Bob was born on January 22, 1963, in Scranton, Pennsylvania, to his loving mother the late Lucille Flaherty, and his father the late Robert Flaherty, Sr.
Bob was a devoted husband...
Neal Frost
Mar 12, 2024
Neal Ray Frost, of Snowflake, peacefully passed away at home surrounded by his loving family. He was born August 21, 1950 in Miami, Oklahoma, to his parents, Kenneth and Robadean Frost.
He was in the graduating class of 1968 at Quapaw High School in Quapaw, Oklahoma. He met and married his wife, Jackie, and they had enjoyed 48 years...
James Alexander
Mar 10, 2024
James L Alexander born June 2, 1956 in Kansas City, Missouri, has unexpectedly passed away from natural causes, on Sunday, March 10, 2024, in Show Low Arizona.
Jim is survived by his three children: Heidi (Bill) Plummer, Jake (Erica) Alexander and Jamie Alexander; three wonderful grandchildren: Annaliese Hallwas, Crewe and Jaxon Alexander; brothers, Ray (Lona) Alexander KS, Dave (Debbie)...
Tanner Merrill
Mar 10, 2024
Tanner Jacob Merrill was born February 28th, 2004 in Glendale, Arizona to Ryan Christopher Merrill and Melissa Lee Merrill. He passed away March 10th, 2024.
Tanner grew up in Buckeye, Arizona where he attended high school at Buckeye Union High School. He loved playing football with his friends, learning how to dance, fishing with his family, and weight...
Vergeline Miller
Mar 9, 2024
Vergeline Miller, 98 years old, of Mesa, AZ was called home peacefully, to our Heavenly Father, Saturday, March 9th, 2024. Vergeline was born in Elwell, Michigan on August 1st, 1925; daughter of Charles H. and Cleo Sanders.
She spent her formative years in Gaylord, MI and was the first in her family to graduate high school in 1943. Vergeline's first job...
Shane Redbird
Feb 28, 2024
Shane Redbird, 38, of Holbrook Arizona, passed away February 28, 2024 in Flagstaff, Arizona. He was born November 15, 1985 in Santa Fe, NM to Beatrice Redbird and Valentin Garcia.
Shane has always been a very tender-hearted, caring person. He had a very special love for his mother and his Redbird Grandparents. As a boy he loved going to...
