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Local Obituaries for Families in Safford, Arizona
Wilmer Peterson
Jul 23, 2009
WILMER REED PETERSON 1931 ~ 2009 Our loving husband, father, brother, grandfather and great-grandfather, Wilmer Pete Reed Peterson, passed away on Thursday, July 23, 2009 from pneumonia. He is survived by his loving wife, Ethel May, and their children: Nola (Steve) Brinkerhoff; Robert (Susan) Osborne; Jon (Vickie) Whitmore; Mary (Dennis) Nash; and Dawn (Gary) Rowley; twenty-six grandchildren, many great and...
John Jenkins
Jul 23, 2009
John Taylor Jenkins 1923- 2009 John Taylor Jenkins, age 86 passed away July 23, 2009 of natural causes. Born April 27, 1923, in Provo, Utah, son of James William and Emma Asenath Taylor Jenkins. Married Vivian Smith April 15, 1946. John worked for Rio Grande Railroad for 43 years, was the owner of Jenkins Travel Club, and loved riding motor...
Dorothy Jones
Jul 22, 2009
DOROTHY NORENE JONES LOVED BY ALL Our loving wife, mother, and grandmother, Norene Jones, passed away on Friday, July 24, 2009. She is survived by her loving husband, Floyd, and sons: Johnny Clayton Haber; Michael Eugene Haber; 7 grandchildren; and brother Larry (Marcia) Moss. Norene and Floyd were married March, 19, 1974 and later solumnized in the Salt Lake Temple....
Lynn Perry
Jul 22, 2009
LYNN PERRY Peter Pan and the Pied Piper Lynn Perry, age 47, died Wednesday, July 22, 2009 in Salt Lake City, Utah. She was born on the 4th of July, 1962 in Rigby, Idaho, to parents Russell and Judy Perry of Taylorsville, Utah. Lynn graduated from Dixie College and received her bachelors degree in psychology from the University of Utah...
Kenneth Lines
Jul 21, 2009
Funeral services will be conducted Saturday, July 25, 2009 at the Pima LDS Chapel at 11:00 a.m. Friends and family may call on Friday evening in the Pima LDS Chapel from 6 8 p.m. and one hour prior to the funeral service. Interment will follow in the Pima Cemetery. Kenneth Alvin Lines, 80, passed away July 21, 2009 at his...
Estelle Morris
Jul 20, 2009
Funeral Services were conducted Thursday, July 23 at the Caldwell Funeral Chapel with interment in the Safford Cemetery. Born December 26, 1910, in Killeen, Bell County, Texas, Mattie Estelle Griffin was the fourth child and third daughter born to Henry Richard Griffin and Sarah Jane Smith. Shortly after her birth, her father left Texas and traveled to Safford, Arizona in...
Iris Haddow
Jul 18, 2009
Iris Shelley Haddow Loving Mother and Grandmother Iris Shelley Haddow, 96, passed away July 18, 2009 in Murray, Utah. Born August 26, 1912 in Bingham, Utah, daughter of Leonard Harrington and Lottie Ovard Shelley. Married Raymond L. Haddow April 2, 1932; solemnized in the Salt Lake Temple April 25, 1952. Active member of the LDS Church where she served in...
Alvin Krupp
Jul 17, 2009
Alvin F. Krupp passed July 17, 2009 at his home in Safford. Born in 1919 to Safford pioneers Eli Paul and Rae Bellman Krupp, Alvin was raised in Safford where the Krupp name was synonymous with the Krupp Department Store and Bellmans Department Store on Main Street. Educated at Eastern Arizona College, he later received his J.D. degree from University...
Marlene Lorensen
Jul 16, 2009
Marlene Hanson Lorensen October 6, 1937 July 16, 2009 On July 16, 2008, Marlene Hanson Lorensen left the Huntsman Cancer Hospital with a vision of future years filled with the enjoyment of family, friends, and service in her Church. On July 16, 2009, Marlene left the same hospital, but with a different destination and a new type of service. Her...
Harvey Bussell
Jul 15, 2009
Harvey Burl Bussell, Jr. Heaven will never be the same Our beloved husband, father, grandfather, brother, uncle and friend, Harvey Burl Bussell, Jr., age 64, passed away July 15, 2009. Born December 29, 1944 in Salt Lake City, Utah to Harvey Burl and Rosie Louise Davis Bussell. Married Teresa Saez Perez February 12, 1965 in Germany; later sealed in the...
Gerald Bradley
Jul 15, 2009
Gerald Dewayne Bradley, 49, of Safford passed away Wednesday morning July 15, 2009 following a two month long battle with a lung infection. Gerald was the second child born to George and Dean Bradley, in Morenci, AZ on September 12, 1959. He grew up in Clifton and graduated from Clifton High School in 1979. Gerald moved with his parents to...
Barbara Barwick
Jul 12, 2009
Barbara Lynne Hilton Barwick 1954 ~ 2009 Our loving wife, mother, daughter, sister, aunt and friend passed away peacefully in her sleep July 12, 2009. She was born July 10, 1954 to Dr. LaMarr and Raona Evans Hilton in Salt Lake City, Utah, the third of five children. The glue that held us together. She attended nursing school at Western...
Clarence Bartel
Jul 11, 2009
Clarence Bartel 1918 ~ 2009 Clarence Bartel, 91, passed away July 11, 2009 in Sandy, Utah. He was 91 years old. He was born February 14, 1918 in Cleveland, Ohio. He was the son of Gustaf Adolf and Pauline Gorning Bartel. He was one of ten children. He was proud of his military service. He served in the US Army...
Douglas Carter
Jul 10, 2009
Douglas H. Carter Crawdad Douglas Herman Carter, 71, passed away July 10, 2009 in Murray, Utah. Born December 22, 1937 in Price, Utah, son of Joseph A. and Florence E. Plewe Carter. Married Marianne Dirnberger; later divorced. Met his lifes love, Be Cruz Carter. He was a WWII veteran and retired from Tooele Army Depot and Primary Childrens Medical Center....
Blaine Brown
Jul 10, 2009
Blaine Douglas Brown Gone Fishing Our beloved husband, father, grandfather, great grandfather, brother, uncle and friend, Blaine Douglas Brown, 83, passed away July 10, 2009. Born August 21,1925 in Greenwich, Utah, to Lester Earl and Flora Belle Stoker Brown. Married Norma Lou DeLange, February 1944 in the Manti Temple. She preceded him in death. Married Ruth Crane Powell, (div). Then...
Trent Tharp
Jul 9, 2009
Trent Lee Tharp 1970 ~ 2009 Trent Lee Tharp, age 38, passed away suddenly, in his twin brother Troys arms, of a heart attack at work July 9, 2009. He was born November 2, 1970 in Iowa City, Iowa to Leonard Sonny and Ragena Kraft Tharp. He was a loving son and brother and he dearly adored his nephews and...
Dale Olson
Jul 9, 2009
Dale Horne Olson Ollie Our loving husband, father, grandfather, brother and friend, Dale Horne Olson, age 75, passed away July 9, 2009 at home in Heber City, Utah after suffering from a long battle with cancer. Born August 11, 1933 in Heber City, Utah son of James Paul and Esther Horne Olson. He married Cherril Hughes April 27, 1950 in...
Harvey Walton
Jul 8, 2009
Harvey Clyde Walton Clyde Harvey Clyde Walton, age 85, passed away July 8, 2009 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Born December 25, 1923 in Salt Lake City, Utah to Harvey LeeVon and Adella Dean Mauss Walton. Married Violet Ann Ballew Walton April 30, 1954 in Pomona, California; later solemnized in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. She preceded him in death...
Ardyth Driscoll
Jul 8, 2009
Ardyth Adele Driscoll 1922 ~ 2009 Ardyth Adele Jones Driscoll passed away peacefully, with her family at her side, July 8, 2009 in South Jordan, Utah. Born June 5, 1922 in Sterling, Idaho, daughter of Thomas Henry and Delila Porter Jones. Married Allen A. Driscoll November 1, 1950; later solemnized in the Salt Lake Temple. Ardyth served proudly in the...
Fred Rodela
Jul 6, 2009
Fred B. Rodela, 90 passed away in Whittier, California on July 6, 2009. He was born on November 22, 1918 in Morenci to Casimino & Cuca Rodela. Fred served in the Navy during WWII and worked as a fabrication foreman for Cutler-Hammen for 27 years. Fred married Ernestina Pepi and enjoyed working in his vegetable and flower garden. He was...
