Local Obituaries for Families in Show Low, Snowflake, and Holbrook, AZ
Bennie C. Armijo
Oct 4, 2020
Bennie C. Armijo passed away peacefully at her daughter's home in Holbrook, Arizona on October 4, 2020. She was born to Edwardo and Adelida Castillo in Vernon, Arizona on February 5, 1921.
She is survived by her daughters, Catherine Baker (Harvey), Sophia Laverty (Mike), Mary Phillips (Roy), Christina Moore, and Luisa Harris; ten grandchildren, Alex Baker (Michelle), Christopher Baker, Shawn...
Richard Walpole
Oct 3, 2020
Richard Walpole passed away after a long battle with Parkinsons and Congestive Heart Failure, on October 3, 2020, with his family and caretaker/companion (Alex) by his side. Richard was born in Safford AZ, April 24, 1941 to Erma Mathews and Richard Walpole.
He is proceeded in death by his mother, father, two brothers, John and George Walpole, his son’s Dean...
Clyde Dale Clark
Oct 2, 2020
Clyde Dale Clark died October 2, 2020, in his native Holbrook, AZ. He was 60 years old. Clyde was born November 28, 1959 to his mother, Ella Mae Garrett Clark and father, Curtis Clark, Jr.
He lived in Holbrook most of his life and made many friends there. He also lived a few years in Glendale, AZ. Sharing the Lord's...
Nita Lee Fenner
Sep 30, 2020
Nita Lee Fenner peacefully went to be with the Lord on September 30, 2020. She was born June 5, 1928 at Christ Hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio. In Ohio, Nita began piano lessons. She attended Prairie Bible Institute in Three Hills, Alberta, Canada, where she studied Bible theology. In the mid 1950’s she moved to California with her husband, Gene. In...
Edward Rita, Jr.
Sep 25, 2020
Edward Rita, Jr. (Eddie), 35, of Show Low passed away peacefully on September 25, 2020. He was born on December 4, 1984.
Eddie was an Audio Engineer by trade and spent several years with the Phoenix Symphony. He loved Show Low, the outdoors, music, and his dog, Molly. Eddie currently was employed as a Computer and Phone Technician at Wireless...
John Floyd Berry
Sep 24, 2020
John Floyd Berry, passed away unexpectedly, at his home in Henderson, Nevada, on September 24, 2020. He was born on March 19, 1953.
Funeral services will be held at Show Low Cemetery on Wednesday, October 7th, 2020 at 10:00 am. All who want to attend are welcome to do so.
John, also called “Son”, was a longtime resident...
June Sarafina Leslie
Sep 24, 2020
June Sarafina Leslie, 84, passed away peacefully at the Payson Care Center. June was born in Forestdale (AZ). She attended Haskell Indian Institute in Lawrence (KS) where she met the late Murray Leslie, Sr. She moved to Keams Canyon (AZ) where they then married and had 5 children. June was a very caring mother. She was also a devoted professional...
Americo (Rick) John D'Amico
Sep 23, 2020
Americo (Rick) D’Amico born on August 3, 1937 in Scranton, Pennsylvania passed away on September 23, 2020 in Show Low, Arizona with his wife, Donna at his side after fighting Parkinson’s disease for several years.
Rick joined the United States Air Force in August of 1954 and retired in September of 1974. He married Donna Lengemann in...
Bonnie Raye Fitzsimmons
Sep 22, 2020
Bonnie Raye Fitzsimmons, 81, passed away peacefully in her home in Overgaard, Arizona on Tuesday morning. She was born in Batesville, Arkansas to Clarence and Annie Jewel Taylor. She met Billy Fitzsimmons in a café and was married in their pastor’s home on Thanksgiving Day, 1955. They drove through Overgaard in 1957, and she napped in the car while Billy...
Renaldo Dwight Quesada
Sep 20, 2020
Renaldo Dwight Quesada, age 58, of Whiteriver, passed away unexpectedly on Sunday, September 20, in Show Low, Arizona. He was well loved by family and friends.
Renaldo was a beloved father, uncle, and grandfather, who was known as a meticulous carpenter, patient teacher, and skilled cook, who maintained a profound appreciation for Apache values and humor. Family describe Renaldo as...
Robert Manning Maxwell
Sep 20, 2020
The Rev. Robert Manning Maxwell died Sunday, September 20, 2020, in Holbrook, Arizona. He was 78 years old. Reverend Maxwell was born on December 11, 1941, in Laurence, Kansas to his father, Burl Hill Maxwell and to his mother, Bette Floy (Gerke) Murnin.
He graduated from Elkhart High School in Elkhart, Indiana in 1959. Following high school, Robert lived...
Stanley Montoya Gallegos
Sep 18, 2020
Stanley Montoya Gallegos died September 18, 2020, in Holbrook, AZ at the age of 82. He was born April 19, 1938, in McNary, AZ to the late Gabriela (Montoya) and Theodore Kline Gallegos, Sr.
He was a graduated member of Holbrook High School's - Class of '57. In 1958, he married Alice Montano (daughter of Joe and Aggie Montano)...
Margie Lee White
Sep 18, 2020
Margie Lee White died Friday, September 18, 2020, in Pinetop, Arizona at the age of 81. Margie was born on July 12, 1939, in Gary, Indiana to the late Arthur and Marguerite (Roth) Fischer.
Moving to Arizona in 1952, she graduated high school in Tucson in 1958. A year later, she married Robert Norman White in San Diego, California. She...
William "Bill" Ted Solomon
Sep 17, 2020
William “Bill” Ted Solomon of Show Low passed away on September 17, 2020, in Scottsdale. A fighter who did not want to leave his family prematurely, he fended off death for 22 years—through two forms of cancer, a quadruple bypass, and multiple stints. He finally succumbed, surrounded by his wife and children, to heart failure after complications from a recent...
Curtis Jonathan Vigil
Sep 16, 2020
Curtis J. Vigil born on September 21, 1979 entered into rest on September 16, 2020.
His survivors include his wife, Vannessa K. Vigil; sons, Wesley, Damion, Tyler and Wade Vigil; his brothers, Leandro, Tyrone and Farrell Young; uncles, Bruce Vigil, Keith, Ivor Jr. and Burt Young; aunts, Beverly Tuvequaftewa and Ina and Cordy Young; step-son, Darius Tortice;...
Donna Lou Kevan
Sep 16, 2020
Donna Lou Golnitz Kevan, 84, widow of Charles LeRoy Kevan, passed away on Wednesday, September 16 in her home at Solterra Sr. Living Center in Lakeside, AZ. She was the oldest of five children born to Clarence and Evelyn (Sigler) Golnitz in Storm Lake, Iowa on December 28, 1935.
The Golnitz family lived on a farm in Iowa at...
Nathaniel Joe Hinton, Jr.
Sep 14, 2020
Nathaniel Hinton Jr., aka J.R, of Whiteriver, Arizona passed away on September 14, 2020 at his home in Whiteriver, Arizona. He was 39. J.R was born on October 12, 1980 in Phoenix, Arizona to the late Nathaniel Hinton Sr and Sandra Grant.
He is survived by his companion, Tiffany Henry; daughter, Natreya Hinton; stepson, Renzel Massey; grandmothers; Joanna Hinton, Katherine...
Lane J. Plumb
Sep 12, 2020
As we mourn the loss of our loved one, we know there is such rejoicing and reunion in heaven at this time,and are comforted by that knowledge. On September 12, 2020, our beloved Lane J Plumb passed peacefully athome in Taylor, Arizona, surrounded by loved ones. In this same home, he was born on September 29, 1944 to Verner George...
Charles Dale Obray Oldham
Sep 11, 2020
Charles Dale Oldham passed away Friday morning September 11, 2020 at the age of 90 in Show Low Arizona. Dale was born on March 24, 1930 in Jerome, Idaho, the youngest child, to Lloyd Price Oldham and Lydia Bradshaw Obray Oldham.
Dale was preceded in death by 7 siblings: Lloyd Grant Oldham, Irene Morrison, Ruthe Ludlow, Lois Young,...
Elmer Lamson
Sep 10, 2020
In Loving Memory of Elmer Lamson born February 20, 1981 in Whiteriver, Arizona. Elmer entered eternal rest on Thursday, September 10, 2020 at Arizona Honor Health Hospital in Phoenix, Arizona.
Elmer was a son to Valena Nosie and the late Delmer Lamson (Hopi), a brother to Joseph, Garrin, Garrett, Aaliyah, Brittney Skidmore and Kashia Nosie. He also had four wonderful...
