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Local Obituaries for Families in Safford, Arizona
Joan Lloyd
Apr 9, 2009
Joan Amber Openshaw Lloyd Nana Joan Amber Openshaw Lloyd, age 58, passed away at home surrounded by family. Born November 20, 1950 in Salt Lake City to Tietjen R. And Amber Mary Winkler Openshaw. Married Joseph Michael Lloyd on October 3, 1969. Enjoyed aerobics and golfing. Loved her grandson, Drew. She was adored by her nieces and nephews and she...
Fern Hall
Apr 9, 2009
Fern LeJeune Hall Loving Mother and Friend Fern LeJeune Larson Hall, born May 8, 1922, returned to her loving Heavenly Father after a very brief, courageous endurance of cancer, surrounded by her loved ones on the morning of April 9, 2009. A proud, life-long faithful servant of her Lord and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She had...
Vernon Harrison
Apr 8, 2009
Vernon O. Harrison 1923 ~ 2009 Vernon Oliver Harrison passed away April 8, 2009 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Born January 22, 1923 in East Burnstadt, Kentucky to Arthur Vernon Harrison and Martha Christensen. Attended the University of Utah. Served in the Army Air Corps during WWII. Married Thelma Terry February 29, 1944. Vern worked for United Airlines for some...
Donald Smith
Apr 5, 2009
Donald Ray Smith In Loving MemoryJuly 6, 1926 ~ April 5, 2009 Donald Ray Smith, son of Harry Melroy Smith and Bessie Lee Dorton, has entered the eternities to experience the anticipated peace and beautiful reunion he is now enjoying. Known by his family as Grampy and the rest of the world as Ray, he will be deeply missed and...
Woodrow Burnham
Apr 4, 2009
Woodrow Arden Burnham 1918 ~ 2009 Woodrow Arden Burnham, age 90, passed away due to complications associated with age on April 4, 2009 in Bountiful. Born July 3, 1918 in Brigham City, Utah to Wallace Clinton and Anna Kim Burnham. Arden was a graduate of Box Elder High School in 1936. He attended Utah State University, graduating with a degree...
Shirley Mahu
Apr 2, 2009
Shirley Mahu Miss Hollywood Shirley Pearl Nelson Barney Mahu, age 82, passed away April 2, 2009. She was born June 23, 1926 in Salt Lake City, Utah daughter of Archie Nelson and Pearl Elizabeth Dangerfield Nelson. Married Bob R. Barney in 1946; later divorced. She was a faithful member of the LDS Church, serving in many callings. She was a...
Albert Mattson
Apr 2, 2009
Albert John Mattson 1915 ~ 2009 Al Tar, 93, of Salt Lake City, UT and Ishpeming, MI, born in National Mine, MI to Matt Laituri and Sofia Hangasmaa Mattson, passed away peacefully at home April 2, 2009. His wife, of 72 years, Anita Lucille and son, Dean, teamed together and cherished each moment in caring for Albert the last two...
Linda Paskett
Apr 2, 2009
Linda Jean Free Paskett Nana Linda Jean Free Paskett, age 56, passed away April 2, 2009 surrounded by her family. Her courageous spirit filled us all with hope, faith and exceptional love. She was born June 22, 1952 in Murray, Utah to Samuel R. and Dorothy Nixon Free. She married her eternal companion, Darrell Kay Paskett, March 22, 1973 in...
Lucille Farr
Apr 2, 2009
Lucille Farr 1921 ~ 2009 Lucille Thurza Morris Farr, 87, passed away April 2, 2009 in Sandy, Utah. Born August 1, 1921 in Almy, Wyoming, daughter of Thomas Edward and Thurza Brown Morris. Married Albert Farr August 14, 1948; he preceded her in death. She was a member of the Ladies Auxiliary of the VFW for many years. Survived by...
GarFaye Jensen
Apr 1, 2009
GarFaye Curtis Jensen Precious Mom GarFaye Curtis Jensen, age 72, passed away on April 1, 2009. Born February 20, 1937 in Salina, Utah to Morris Hugh and Sadie Phoebe Bassett Curtis. Married Ricard Douglas Jensen, later divorced. Was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Enjoyed cooking, crafts, flowers and gardening. Most of all she loved...
Orson Bohn
Mar 31, 2009
Art Bohn Gone 6 Wheeling Orson Arthur Bohn, 71, passed away March 31, 2009 in West Jordan, Utah. Born March 2, 1938 in Murray, Utah, son of Orson and Mary Moyes Bohn. Married Carol Pennington April 13, 1962 in the Salt Lake Temple; later divorced. He was an electrician and volunteered at the LDS Church Welfare Square Dairy. He loved...
Stephanie Bird
Mar 30, 2009
Stephanie Rose Jacobson Bird 1951 ~ 2009 Stephanie Rose Jacobson Bird passed away unexpectedly, March 30, 2009, after emergency surgery, in Paris, France, while doing what she loved, traveling with her friends in the Utah Shakespearean Festival tour. Stephanie was born June 6, 1951 in Worcester, MA to Louise Pauline Jensen and Edward James Jacobson Sr. She married David Reed...
Michael Jenkins
Mar 30, 2009
Michael Dean Jenkins The Kid Our beloved husband, father, Poppy, brother and friend, passed away March 30, 2009. He is now with his son, Micheal Anthony. Mike was born November 13, 1951 in Salt Lake City, Utah, son of Allen and Alice Biberstein Jenkins. He grew up with two brothers and four sisters. He married his high school sweetheart and...
Shauna Myers
Mar 29, 2009
Shauna Myers Beloved Mother Shauna Lou Hurley Myers, 53, was born July 15, 1955 and returned to her Heavenly Father March 29, 2009 at the early age of 53, surrounded by her family. She was an amazing mother of three daughters, Frankie, Vanessa and Brittany; one loving son, Matthew; a cherished sister to Geri Proctor, Colleen Hurley and Barry Hurley;...
Marjorie Hancock
Mar 27, 2009
Marjorie Hancock Blondie Marjorie Mavis Muggeridge Hancock, passed away Friday, March 27, 2009 surrounded by all her loving family. Born April 30, 1930 in Laingsberg South Africa to Percy Howard and Maria Magdalena Victor Muggeridge. Mom was always surrounded by love. She grew up in South Africa in a large, loving family. She married Desmond Hancock and they had four...
Orlean Turner
Mar 25, 2009
Orlean Lyn Longhurst Hronek Turner 1918 ~ 2009 Orlean Lyn Longhurst Hronek Turner, age 90, passed away on March 25, 2009. Orlean Longhurst was born in Iona, Idaho to Eliza Frandsen Longhurst and Lester Samuel Longhurst. When she was very small, she moved to Pocatello, Idaho. She had all of her schooling there and graduated from Pocatello High School in...
Rea Betenson
Mar 25, 2009
Rea Betenson Grandma Rea Rea Jean Jones Selvage Betenson, 62, passed away peacefully surrounded by her loved ones on March 25, 2009 in Sandy, Utah. Born October 8, 1946 in Murray, Utah, daughter of Henry Dean and Faye Fryrear Jones. Married Dennis Edward Selvage; later divorced. She loved cooking, giggling, sewing and enjoyed collecting memories and friends. Survived by children:...
Richard Haggin
Mar 25, 2009
Richard I. Haggin Noogie Richard I. Dick Haggin passed away on the evening of March 25, 2009 after almost 85 years of embodying the spirit of his favorite saying: Though others may scoff and jest, a life of service is the best. Richard defined service through his actions toward others. Family, friends, sometimes even strangers... Those who knew him, know...
Ruth Kilgore
Mar 23, 2009
Ruth Kilgore 6/3/16 - 3/23/09 Ruth was born on a farm near Heimdal, North Dakota, sixth in a family of eight children. She met her beloved husband, Clair Kilgore during World War II, in Philadelphia, where they both worked at the Philadelphia Ordinance. Ruth was a typist and Clair a second Lieutenant working as an auditor. He had earned a...
Michelle Lauritzen
Mar 22, 2009
Michelle Ann Dominici Lauritzen 8/11/1979 ~ 3/22/2009 Shelly passed away at home, with family close by, after a two year fight with cancer. She was born in Syracuse, NY and grew up in the upstate region with her parents, two older sisters and a younger brother. At age 18 she moved to Utah to go to school and experience a...
