Local Obituaries for Families in Show Low, Snowflake, and Holbrook, AZ
Linda Honhepiwey Johnson
Sep 22, 2013
Linda Honhepiwey Johnson, of Snowflake, died Sunday, September 22, 2013 at Summit Healthcare Regional Medical Center in Show Low, Navajo County, Arizona following a lengthy illness. She was 73 years old. Linda was born in Mazatlan, Coaqhuaquilla, Mexico to her parents, the late Honhepiwey and Esparanza (Garcia) Johnson. As a young girl, Linda ventured out on her own and moved...
Etta Myers Davis
Sep 16, 2013
Etta Myers Davis (Newman) was born on January 15, 1926 on a fruit and honey farm in Dickersonville, Niagara County, New York. She was the fourth generation to live in the farmhouse and married Robert Davis from Clay County, West Virginia on August 15, 1942 in the parlor immediately below the bedroom in which she had been born. Their partnership...
Roger L. Warner
Sep 15, 2013
Roger Llewellyn Warner died on Sunday, September 15, 2013 at his home in Show Low, Navajo County, Arizona following a lengthy illness. He was 70 years old. Roger was born on January 26, 1943 in Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island to his parents, the late Edward L. and Eliza (Dunn) Warner. As a teenager, Roger moved to Arizona, making his...
Charles F. Newman
Sep 13, 2013
Charles was born November 22, 1920 in Saginaw, Michigan and died September 12, 2013 in Lakeside, Arizona. He served in WWII as a medic in the Army, and received 2 Bronze Stars. He and his family moved from Michigan to Tucson, Arizona in 1953 where he worked as an engineer for Hughes Aircraft. After retiring, he spent his summers at...
Christopher Paul Blackwell
Sep 10, 2013
Christopher Paul Blackwell died unexpectedly during the early morning hours of Tuesday, September 10, 2013 at the Maricopa County Medical Center in Phoenix, Arizona. He was 23 years old. Christopher, who was affectionately known as "Bubba" by everyone who knew him, was born on September 27, 1989 in Phoenix, Arizona to his mother, Donna Marie (Lindstrom) Baird and his father,...
Callie Flake
Sep 9, 2013
Surrounded by her family, Callie Flake passed away just as a new day was dawning on Monday, September 9, 2013 at her home in Snowflake, Navajo County, Arizona from complications of a lifelong illness that she endured. She was 28 years old. Callie was born on January 26, 1985 in Mesa, Maricopa County, Arizona to her parents, James Scott Flake...
Yazzie Bigman
Sep 7, 2013
Yazzie Bigman, 88, of Whitecone, Navajo County, Arizona died September 07, 2013 in Taylor, Navajo County, Arizona surrounded by loving family. He was the son of the late Bigman Nez and Late Widow Bigman. Yazzie was a former medicine man who helped many throughout the Navajo Reservation. He loved to tell stories, jokes and was a great mechanic. He is...
David Ivan Kessay
Sep 6, 2013
David Ivan Kessay, of Chandler, Maricopa County, Arizona passed away following a lengthy illness at his home in Chandler on September 6, 2013. He was 46. David was born in McNary, Apache County, Arizona on March 12, 1967 to parents, Virgil and Dorinda (Kitcheyan) Kessay. David began working with the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) fighting fires in 1985 and...
Toshiji Watanabe
Sep 5, 2013
Toshiji (Toshi) Watanabe 91, of Pinetop, Arizona passed away peacefully on September 5, 2013 at Soltera in Lakeside, Arizona. He is survived by his two children, Pat (Steve) Kishi of Huntington Beach, California, Ronald (Diane) Watanabe of Pinetop, Arizona, three grandchildren, three great grandchildren, also survived by sisters-in-law Martha Tanita and Barbara Ishii, and many nieces and nephews. He was...
Beatrice Elizabeth Jarvis
Sep 5, 2013
Funeral Services for Beatrice Elizabeth Jarvis, age 99, who peacefully died in Snowflake, Arizona on Thursday, September 5, 2013 will be held on Saturday, September 14th at the Show Low Downtown Chapel of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. A viewing will be held from 6-8 pm Friday, September 13th at Owens Livingston Mortuary in Show Low and...
V. Margaret Herber
Sep 3, 2013
V. Margaret Herber, born August 3, 1928 in Doddridge, Arkansas, died Tuesday, September 3, 2013 at her daughter's home in Overgaard, Arizona. She is survived by her brother, William P. Lamar of Morgan City, Louisiana, and 4 children: Karol Taylor of Overgaard, Arizona; Demity Baughman of Cody, Wyoming; Kevin Herber of Austin, Texas; and Mardi Harvey of Laramie, Wyoming. She...
Nephi Wallace Bushman
Sep 3, 2013
Nephi Wallace Bushman died at 84 years of age on September 3, 2013 at Snowflake AZ following a lengthy illness. He was born on June 19, 1928 in Snowflake, Navajo County, Arizona to the late Martin Degen and Phoebe (Baker) Bushman. Nephi's early years were spent helping his family raise and peddle vegetables. He was an Eagle Scout, played football...
Genene Brewer Williams
Sep 2, 2013
Genene Brewer Williams was born on April 6, 1940 to Rex and Melva (Perkins) Brewer in Mesa, Arizona. She married her sweetheart, Cyrus Albert Williams on December 14, 1956. Genene passed away in her sleep on Monday, September 2, 2013 in Show Low, Arizona. She is survived by her husband, Cyrus; daughters: Annette, Altia, Hedy; 10 grandchildren and 4 great-grandchildren....
Winston Carlyle Matthews
Sep 1, 2013
With his wife of 77 years at his side, Winston Carlyle Matthews died peacefully at his home in Lakeside, Navajo County, Arizona following a lengthy illness on Sunday afternoon, September 1, 2013. He was 95 years old. Winston was born on November 15, 1917 in Byars, McClain County, Oklahoma to his parents, the late Gregg and Myrtle (Fletcher) Matthews. At...
Maurice Gene Felter, Jr.
Aug 31, 2013
With his loving wife at his side, Maurice Gene Felter, Jr. died just as the sun was beginning to rise on Saturday, August 31, 2013 at his home in Lakeside, Navajo County, Arizona. He was 59 years old. Gene was born on December 14, 1953 in Schuylkill, Chester County, Pennsylvania to his parents, the late Maurice Gene, Sr. and Jeanette...
Joseph Terrance Biritz
Aug 30, 2013
Joseph Terrance Biritz passed away on Friday, August 30, 2013 at St. Rose de Lima Hospital in Henderson, Clark County, Nevada from complications of a lengthy illness. He was 71 years old. Joseph was born on Wednesday, March 18, 1942 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois to his parents, the late Joseph Paul and Wanda M. (Biancalana) Biritz. Joseph grew up...
Ramona Padilla
Aug 29, 2013
Ramona "Mona" Padilla, of Holbrook, Navajo County, Arizona suddenly passed away on August 29, 2013 at the Flagstaff Medical Center in Flagstaff, Coconino County, Arizona at the age of 73. Mona was born to the late Juventino and Josephine (Guerrero) Alvarez on February 28, 1940 in Winslow, Navajo County, Arizona. Mona was an active member at Our Lady of Guadalupe...
Dale Roy Currier
Aug 29, 2013
Dale Roy Currier, age 74, passed away Thursday, August 29, 2013 at his home in Lakeside, Arizona. He was born June 5, 1939 in Eugene, Lane County, Oregon to Roy Donald Currier and Gertrude Alice Epping Currier. He served in the US Army for several years. Services are pending at this time thru Owens Livingston Mortuary White Mountain Chapel in...
James Matthew Lang
Aug 28, 2013
James Matthew Lang died unexpectedly on Wednesday, August 28, 2013 at his home at White Mountain Lake in Show Low, Navajo County, Arizona. He was 71 years old. Jimmy, as he was affectionately known, was born on June 11, 1942 in Buffalo, Erie County, New York to his parents, the late Matthew Bernard and Clara (Miller) Lang. Jimmy was a...
Bennie Apodaca
Aug 26, 2013
Regina "Bennie" Apodaca, of Holboork, Navajo County, Arizona peacefully passed away on August 26, 2013 in Winslow, Navajo County, Arizona. Bennie was born to the late Antonio and Beatriz (Dominguez) Montano in Concho, Apache County, Arizona on November 20, 1923. Bennie lived most of her life in Holbrook having worked for City Drug and Sprouse Reitz among other places. She...
