Local Obituaries for Families in Show Low, Snowflake, and Holbrook, AZ
Helen Fay Harris Stratton
Sep 20, 2015
Fay Stratton, age 99, passed away on Monday, September 21, 2015 at the Carriage House in Snowflake, Arizona. She was born on October 24, 1915 in Pine, Arizona to Frank Campkin Randall and Lucinda Helen Leavitt Randall. She was one of 12 children. While visiting relatives in Winslow, she met Ralph Marion Harris and they were married in 1935 and...
Alberta Gray
Sep 18, 2015
Alberta "Bertie" Gray passed away on September 18, 2015. She was born on November 23, 1925 in Byers, Colorado, and was the third of eight children. The family moved to Littleton Colorado where she attended Littleton High School. She owned and operated Woodlawn Beauty College. Throughout her life she had many jobs and was an artistic, creative lady. She lived...
Linda Joyce Petersen
Sep 17, 2015
Linda Joyce Petersen, age 68, passed away on Thursday, September 17, 2015 at her home in Snowflake, Arizona. She was born September 14, 1947 in Huntsville, Alabama to Wilbourn O. Dowdy and Martha Novella Mink Dowdy. Linda was a very loving and kind person who had a big heart and would do anything for absolutely anyone. She loved to teach...
Lenora Kasey
Sep 17, 2015
Lenora Kasey, of North Fork, Navajo County, Arizona was called home to heaven on September 17, 2015 in the comfort of her home in North Fork. She was 85. Lenora was born on April 15, 1930 in North Fork to her parents the late, Wheeler and Nora (Ethelbah) Baha. Lenora was a Christian lady who loved to serve the Lord....
Felix Martin Hellmann
Sep 17, 2015
Felix Martin Hellmann died Thursday afternoon, September 17, 2015, at Heart Prints, an assisted living home in Mesa, Arizona from causes incident to his age. He was 95 years old. Felix was born on a Saturday, March 13, 1920, in Munday, Knox County, Texas to his parents, the late Jacob and Theresa (Loran) Hellmann. When he was 16 years old,...
Athena Marie Ortega
Sep 10, 2015
Athena Marie Ortega, affectionately known as "Sweetest Pea" by her family, left footprints on our hearts on Thursday, September 10, 2015, at her home in Heber, Navajo County, Arizona. She was 4 months and 3 days old. Athena was born on May 7, 2015, in Show Low, Arizona to her parents, Joseph Mikel Anthony Ortega and Faith Cary Baker. Athena...
Jason Alan Williams
Sep 9, 2015
Jason Alan Williams, 37, of Holbrook, AZ passed away on Wednesday September 9, 2015. He was born on January 22, 1978 in Oregon. Jason was a long time resident of Holbrook, Arizona. Jason graduated from Holbrook High School in 1996. Jason married his high school sweetheart Lisa Wilson on August 22, 2003 in Holbrook AZ and was a wonderful Loving...
Nancy June Carney
Sep 7, 2015
Nancy June Collier Carney was born October 26 1941, in Oakland California, to her parents, the late Kenneth and Blanche (Iron) Collier. She passed away due to her battle with cancer, on September 7, 2015. She was 73. She lived in the beautiful, quiet and serene town of Show Low, Arizona. Nancy is survived by her four children, Kenneth, Deborah,...
George McIntosh, III
Sep 6, 2015
George McIntosh, III died Sunday evening, September 6, 2015 at his home in Concho Valley, Apache County, Arizona following a lengthy illness. He was 84 years old. George was born on April 3, 1931 in Honolulu, on the Hawaiian Island of Oahu to his parents, the late George, II and Helen (Morte) McIntosh. He moved to Arizona about 45 years...
Charles Richard Hanson
Sep 6, 2015
Charles Richard "Chuck" Hanson died late Sunday morning, September 6, 2015 at his home in Show Low, Arizona. He was 70 years old. Chuck was born on February 28, 1945 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois to his parents, the late Charles Raymond and Grace Edith (Freid) Hanson. Chuck married his forever sweetheart, Gail Marie Woodward, on February 6, 1970 in...
Cleora Colvin
Sep 2, 2015
Cleora Cluff McBride Colvin was born on February 28,1924, to the late Vernon Howard and Pearl Allen Cluff. She died September 2, 2015, at her daughter's home in Lakeside, Arizona due to complications related to end-stage dementia. She was 91 years old. Cleora was born and reared in Pima, Arizona. Her family was one of the founding families in the...
Guy William Adair
Sep 2, 2015
Guy William Adair, 82 passed away on Wednesday, September 2, 2015, at his home in Holbrook, Arizona. He will be laid to rest at the Holbrook Cemetery with a graveside service at 11:00 A.M., Thursday, September 10, 2015. He was born October 27, 1932, in Pinetop, Arizona to Clements and Violet Adair. Guy spent most of his life in Holbrook,...
Joseph Dennis Wilson, Sr.
Sep 1, 2015
Joseph Dennis Wilson, Sr., affectionately known as "Joe" and self-nicknamed, Joseph Bull Elk Wilson, went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, September 1, 2015, at his home in McNary, Navajo County, Arizona following a lengthy illness. He was 46 years old. Joe was born on a Sunday, December 22, 1968, in Phoenix, Arizona to his parents the late Calvin...
Ralph Vernon Sharp, Jr.
Aug 31, 2015
Ralph Vernon Sharp, Jr., age 86, passed away on Monday, August 31, 2015 at his home in Show Low, Arizona. He was born May 10, 1929 in St. Joseph, Missouri to Ralph Vernon Sharp, Sr. and Alice Lillian Gentet Sharp. Vernon was a Ballistic Expert for NASA and served in the United States Navy. No public services are planned at...
Merlin W. Peterson
Aug 30, 2015
Merlin W. "Pete" Peterson, 84, passed away Sunday, August 30, 2015 at his home in St. Johns. Merlin was born May 4, 1931 in St. David, Arizona, but spent most of his growing up years in Tucson. Throughout his high school years he loved building, maintaining and racing cars. During the Korean War he joined the army and became a...
Jose Roberto Luna
Aug 28, 2015
José Roberto "Beto" Luna was born to Prisciliano and Teresa Luna on November 23, 1966. Beto passed away on August 28, 2015 at the age of forty-eight (48) in Winslow, Arizona. "Beto" was preceded in death by his older brother Luis Lauro Luna, his maternal grandparents Pantaleon Luna and Cleotilde Alejandro,& his paternal grandparents Prisciliano Luna and Jovita Luna. He...
John R. Howell
Aug 27, 2015
Lifelong Holbrook resident John R. Howell III, better known as "John", age 70, passed away suddenly on August 27, 2015 in Winslow, AZ. John was born on March 12, 1945 in Phoenix, the oldest of three children born to John & Fanette Howell. John was soon joined by his sister Katherine (Kate), and shortly thereafter the family moved to Holbrook...
Adaline Taylor
Aug 25, 2015
Adaline Cecelia "Janie" Smith Taylor passed away on August 25, 2015, in Surprise, Arizona, with her loving family at her side. She was preceded in death by her parents, her three brothers, William Raymond, Maurice Franklin, and Darwin Randolph, and her beloved husband, Allen Richard "Dick" Taylor who passed away in 2004. Janie was born in Seattle, Washington, on March...
Tiffany Grace (Klaproth) Carpenter
Aug 24, 2015
Tiffany Grace (Klaproth) Carpenter passed away Monday, August 24, 2015, in Mesa, Arizona. She was 29 years old. Tiffany was born on April 27, 1986, in Murray, Utah. She was the third daughter and fifth child of Steven Charles and Angie Louise (McLellan) Klaproth. Tiffany loved to make an entrance and her birth was no exception. She was three weeks...
Norman Leroy Conner
Aug 24, 2015
Norman Leroy Conner, age 80, passed away on Monday, August 24, 2015 at his home in Show Low, Arizona. He was born August 25, 1934 in Modesto, California to John Henry Conner and Florence Marie Brixey Conner. A graveside service will be held on Saturday, August 29, 2015 at 2:00 pm at the Mountain View Cemetery, 7900 E. Main St....
