Local Obituaries for Families in Safford, Arizona
Helen Lewis
Jan 8, 2014
Helen Lewis, 86, of Mesa, passed away on January 8, 2014, surrounded by her loving family. She is survived by her husband of 65 years, Robert, daughters; Claudia (John) Shideler-Scott, Marilyn (Dennis) Taylor, grandchildren; Nicholas Shideler, Allen Taylor, Stacy Sullivan, sister Coleen Maxwell, and 6 great grandchildren. Helen is preceeded in death by parents; Glen & Clara Palmer, and brothers;...
Eva Pipkin
Jan 7, 2014
Eva Catherine Bancroft Pipkin, 92 of Safford, formerly of Duncan, passed away January 7, 2014 at Haven Health of Safford. Eva was born September 29, 1921 in Quanah, Texas to Ira and Ella Mae Wagnor Holt. She spent many years working at Gracies Cafe in Crane, Texas, a restaurant that was owned by her and her sister, Snookie. People would...
Corbett Longstreet
Jan 7, 2014
Corbett Longstreet peacefully entered into rest Tuesday morning, January 7, 2014 at Haven Health in Safford with his loving family by his side. Corbett was born August 16, 1929 to Jeff Longstreet and Mary Bond. When he was two years old his mother passed away and he was raised by his grandmother, Evelyn Longstreet, and grew up in Bylas. He...
JoAnne Lemon
Jan 5, 2014
Joanne Rae Sanders Lemon passed away at home on January 5th, 2014. Joanne was born in Riverside, California on August 26th, 1929 to Edward R. Sanders and Ruby H. Benson Sanders. When she was 9 months of age, the family moved to Southern Arizona where Joanne was raised in the Chiricahua Mountains and the Sulfur Springs Valley. She married Keith...
Horace Carter
Jan 1, 2014
Horace "C" Carter, age 93 of Pima was called to rest at his daughters home in St. Johns on Jan. 1, 2014. Horace was born to Willman Carter and Polly Matthews Carter on May 27, 1920 in Glenbar, Arizona. He worked on the family farm in Glenbar until he was drafted in 1941. He served in the Field Artillery motor...
Lora Wingfield
Jan 1, 2014
Lora Edith Wingfield, 82, of Pima passed away Jan. 1, 2014, at The Arbors Assisted Living Home in Safford, with her family by her side. Lora was born Feb. 14, 1931, in Mesa, Arizona to George & Edith Fuller along with one little sister and later with two more sisters and a brother. She spent most of her childhood days...
Mac Watson
Dec 31, 2013
James Mac Watson, Jr., 63 of Safford, passed away on Tuesday, December 31, 2013 in Tucson. He was born on March 28, 1950 in Safford, to Mac and Earlene Watson. He is survived by his loving wife, Debra of Safford; son, Dustin Mac Watson (Patricia) of Sahurita; and daughter, Kerri Hopson (James) of Safford. Viewing will be from 6-8 pm...
Jessi Holguin
Dec 29, 2013
Jessie Marie Holguin On the afternoon of December 29, 2013 Jessie Marie Holguin passed away after a 5 year battle with cancer in Tucson, AZ. while in hospice care at the home of her sister. Jessie was the youngest of four daughters and was born in Safford, AZ on January 16, 1964 to Mike and Katy Holguin. She graduated from...
Montee Ward
Dec 28, 2013
Montee Zona Hinton Ward, 84 of Safford, AZ and formerly of Fort Thomas, AZ passed away Saturday, December 28, 2013 at her home. Montee was born May 09, 1929 in Fort Thomas to Tee and Edna McEuen Hinton. Known to many of her family and friends as, Blue, she was a fun loving and giving individual. She loved life and...
Eloisa Aparicio
Dec 27, 2013
Eloisa LaLa Lopez Aparicio quietly entered into eternal rest at the age of 58 on the evening of December 27, 2013 at Tucson Medical Center with her family and friends from near and far along her bedside. Eloisa was preceded in death by her parents, Jose and Genoveva Lopez. Eloisa was born in Morenci, Arizona on January 27, 1955. A...
Nathaniel Peña
Dec 24, 2013
Nathaniel Pena, was born March 17, 2004 and went home on December 24, 2013. He was an angel who we were truly blessed to have for an extraordinary nine (9) years and nine (9) months. After twenty-eight (28) months of a courageous battle of osteosarcoma cancer he has now been raised to live with our Father in Heaven. We as...
Andy Wright
Dec 24, 2013
Andy Wright, of the Tugian clan (White Water), was born in Bylas, Arizona on Monday, July 21, 1931 to George & Sara (Goseyun) Wright. At a traditional Apache sunrise dance in Peridot, Arizona, Andy tipped his hat and asked for a dance from his favorite dance partner; Linda Casoose. He soon married Linda at the Globe Justice of the Peace...
Sharon Taylor
Dec 23, 2013
Sharon K. Taylor, 69, passed away Monday, December 23, 2013. Sharon was born in Brussels, Illinois on April 5, 1944; she was one of nine children born to Rose Zimmerman and Edward Meyer. She married Howard L. Taylor on April 27, 1963 and raised a son and daughter with him. She dedicated her life to her family. She is survived...
Robin Simpson
Dec 21, 2013
Robin Lynn Simpson, 61 of Safford passed away December 21, 2013 in Tucson. Robin was born May 30, 1951 in Whittier, California to Ruffus and Margaret Bobbie Hudson Smith. She graduated from Safford High School in 1969. Sharon worked for Post Newsweek Cable for many years and eventually retired from there. Robin is survived by her children; Justin Tucker and...
Randy Luna
Dec 20, 2013
Randy Joe Luna, 44, of Safford, passed away Friday, December 20, 2013. Randy was born March 29, 1969 in Safford, Arizona to Petronila Bejarano & Rafeal Luna. Randy was a Journeyman Carpenter and Ironworker. He loved fishing and spending time with his grandchildren. Randy is survived by the mother of his children, Veronica Luna, children: Lisa Ann, Arturo Joe and...
Archie Daniel
Dec 20, 2013
Archie Brock Daniel 84, of Mesa, Arizona passed away on December 20, 2013. Archie was born December 26, 1928, in Springhill, Texas. He moved to Greenlee County from DeKalb, Texas, after serving four years in the Air Force. Archie met his wife Barbara in Duncan and they were married on July 1, 1950. He lived there and in Morenci while...
Julia Garrobo
Dec 19, 2013
Julia Aguilar Garrobo, 80, of Thatcher passed away December 19, 2013 at her home with her family by her side. Julia was born July 24, 1932 in San Lorenzo, New Mexico to Rosendo and Cruz Aguilar along with her brothers and sisters. She moved to Thatcher where she married Gilbert Garrobo in 1951. They had three children, Margaret, David, and...
Joyce John
Dec 12, 2013
Joyce Kay John Joyce Kay John, 71, of Pima, passed away peacefully in her husbands arms at her home in Pima on December 12th, 2013. Joyce was born June 1st, 1942 in Los Angles, California to Verl Peterson and Edwina Taylor. She married Stephen Lavar John, of Phoenix, Arizona; they were married in the Mesa, Arizona Temple on July 18th,...
Rudy Henry
Dec 11, 2013
Rudy Henry, Sr., 73 of Bylas passed away December 11, 2013 in Phoenix. Rudy was born September 1, 1940 to Edgar and Nettie Ganilla Henry. He was a member of the United States Army National Guard. In his spare time he enjoyed hunting and fishing, playing the guitar and working with his horses. Rudy was proud of his son Cody...
Virginia Goseyun
Dec 9, 2013
Virginia Goseyun, 59 of Bylas passed away December 9, 2013 in Tucson. A viewing will be conducted on Thursday, December 12, 2013 from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. at Caldwell Funeral Chapel in Safford. Funeral services for Virginia will begin at 9:00 a.m. on Friday, December 13, 2013 at the Stanley Memorial Hall in Bylas.
