Local Obituaries for Families in Show Low, Snowflake, and Holbrook, AZ
Mary Lee Fisher
Aug 26, 2020
On September 28, 1926 in Morton, MS, Mary Lee Fisher was born to Alline Stingley and Taylor Wright. She was raised and schooled in Morton where she also attended Pleasant Hill Baptist Church.
At the age of seventeen Mary met the love of her life, H W Fisher. After a year of courtship Mary and HW were married on February...
Sherry Ann Alldredge
Aug 25, 2020
Sherry Ann Alldredge, age 73, a resident whom called Taylor, Arizona her home for 43 years, traded her battle with Dementia to walk beyond the clouds on August 25, 2020. Sherry was born on July 3, 1947 in Grove City, Pennsylvania to Gaylord & Alice McCarl. When Sherry was 23 she met Edward Alldredge and they were later married. She...
Amos Bradley Hatt, Sr.
Aug 25, 2020
Amos Hatt of White Mountain Lakes, Arizona passed away on Tuesday, August 25, 2020 peacefully at his home with his family by his side.
He was born on December 2, 1936 to George Donald and Edith Hatt and grew up in Tucson, Arizona.
Amos had many passions in life, family, hunting, fishing and many outdoor activities. Amos served...
Roy K. Yazzie
Aug 23, 2020
Roy K Yazzie Sr., 67 was a lifelong resident of Holbrook, Arizona. He passed away peacefully in his home surrounded by family on August 23, 2020.
Roy is survived by his wife, Carolyn of 47 years; their children Tanya, Sheila (Joe), Roy Jr., and April (Brian). Together they have 13 grandchildren, and 5 great-grandchildren.
He was born on October 16,...
Bernita Truax
Aug 22, 2020
Bernita Truax, known to many as "Momma", was born on February 10, 1955 in Whiteriver, AZ. She went home to be with the Lord on August 22, 2020, in Scottsdale, AZ.
Bernita was one of the founders of the Canyon Day Lighthouse Church. She loved going to Church. She also loved spending time with her grandchildren. She was known for...
Martha Rayola Penrod Branson
Aug 16, 2020
Martha Rayola (Penrod) Branson was born April 11, 1930 to Katie Adams Penrod and Albert LeRoy Penrod in McNary Arizona and was number eight of nine children. She passed away peacefully on August 16, 2020 in Glendale Arizona where she had resided the past twenty years.
Rayola attended schools in McNary and Snowflake during her primary and high school years. ...
David Irvin Johnson
Aug 15, 2020
David Irvin Johnson of Whiteriver, Arizona passed away on August 15, 2020 in Phoenix, Arizona. He was 48. David was born on October 25, 1971 in Whiteriver to the late Pedro and Juanita (Mosby) Johnson.
David recently gave his life to the Lord and was grateful for the many blessings he received. He loved to travel and...
Jay Roy Hatch, Jr.
Aug 13, 2020
Jay Roy Hatch, Jr. died Thursday, August 13, 2020, at his residence in Mesa, Arizona following a lengthy and courageous battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 68 years old. Roy, as he was known, was born on June 13, 1952, in McNary, Apache County, Arizona to his parents, the late Louise (Kay) and Jay Hatch.
He was taught, at an...
Bruce Wilson Mix
Aug 12, 2020
Bruce Wilson Mix of Show Low, Arizona peacefully passed away surrounded by his loving family and friends on August 12, 2020 in Show Low. He was 84. Bruce was born on February 1, 1936 and grew up on the shore of Crooked Lake in Illinois near the Wisconsin border.
He graduated from the Arizona State University in 1958 with...
Denise Louise Taylor
Aug 10, 2020
Denise Louise Taylor died Monday August 10, 2020 while on vacation visiting lifelong friends in Pinetop, Arizona. She was the precious daughter of Evelyn Wicke-Taylor and the late Dennis Taylor. She is survived by the love of her life Phil Grimshaw, her mother, sister Denine, dear friends Sue and David Ybarra and many aunts, uncles, and cousins.
Denise was...
Ronald Dee Windsor, Sr.
Aug 10, 2020
Ronald Dee Windsor, Sr. died Monday, August 10, 2020, in Show Low, Arizona at the age of 84. He was born on February 22, 1936, to the late Grover Dee and Maurine (LeSueur) Windsor in Bisbee, Arizona. Ronnie grew up in Pima, Arizona and the surrounding area. At 17, he enlisted in the United States Army and served faithfully for...
Jay "Kyle" Charles Peterson, Jr.
Aug 10, 2020
Our beloved father, son, brother, cousin, uncle, and friend Jay “Kyle” Charles Peterson, Jr., age 48, passed away suddenly on August 10, 2020 in Orlando, Florida. Jay was born August 31, 1971 to Jay Peterson, Sr. and Kathy Amator. He was raised in Pinetop, Arizona.
Jay was a very hard worker, loved spending his free time with friends and...
Marna Marie Kelsch
Aug 8, 2020
Marna Marie Kelsch, age 63, passed away on August 8, 2020. She was born on April 5, 1957 in Encino, California.
She leaves behind three sisters, Jane, Judy, and Renee'.
Marna and her sister, Judy, would come to Snowflake to visit their sister, Jane and they decided to move here in 2018. Marna loved doing crafts, cooking, traveling and nature.
Donna Marie Whitehouse
Aug 8, 2020
Donna Marie White was born in Wichita, Kansas on July 16, 1925, to Donald White & Ruth Pierson White. She was the eldest of four children. Her family moved to Arizona where she graduated from High School and started nursing school in Tucson.
In 1944, Donna married Eugene (Gene) Edward Whitehouse. Together they welcomed four children into the world and...
Alethia Carroll Bonito
Aug 7, 2020
Alethia Carroll Bonito entered eternal rest on August 7, 2020 in Whiteriver, Arizona. She was born February 4, 1935 in McNary, Arizona.
Mom was raised in McNary, Arizona. She was the eldest of six Carroll children. Her parents were the late Hannon and Alice (Roosevelt) Carroll. She attended McNary schools. While she attended school she played basketball and possessed some...
Fred A. Ochoa
Aug 6, 2020
Born in 1940 in Tucson, Arizona, Fred lost his dad at the age of six (to cancer). As a young boy (the eighth of nine children), he learned to hustle to support his family. As a batboy for the local baseball team, Fred earned silver dollars, always keeping one silver dollar for himself (so he could buy a Schwinn bike...
Helen June Smith
Aug 6, 2020
Helen June Smith passed away peacefully in the comfort of her home with her daughter and son-in-law by her side and went to be in the arms of the Lord on August 6, 2020. She was 98. Helen was the oldest of 4 daughters born to Emmitt Raymond and Nettie Mae Stahl in Enid, Oklahoma on October 1, 1921.
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Paul Franklin Willard
Aug 3, 2020
On August 3, 2020, Heavenly Father called Paul Franklin Willard home, just shy of his 98th birthday.
Paul was born on August 28, 1922 to Frank and Artiemesia Willard. He grew up in Snowflake, Arizona where he hunted rabbits, caught fish and chased cows with his Uncles, Ed and Mel Ramsay. He graduated from Snowflake High School where he earned...
Raphael Truax Sr.
Aug 2, 2020
In Loving Memory of Raphael Truax Sr. He was born on January 20, 1946 at Carrizo, AZ to the late Charles and Lillian Foster Truax. He went Home to be with the Lord on Sunday, August 2, 2020 at Phoenix, AZ.
Raphael retired as a Chef at Inter-Mountain Health Services.
He is survived by his wife of 40 years,...
John "Phil" Phillip Cowley
Aug 1, 2020
John Phillip "Phil" Cowley passed peacefully in his home on August 1, 2020. He was born November 21, 1931 to Gordon Lewis Cowley and Vermelle Brown Cowley. Joining an older brother, Gordon Harris and later a younger brother, Eddie Lee Cowley, a stillborn brother, Richard, and youngest sister, Deanna C. Farr, and many nieces and nephews.
Phil had a very...
