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Local Obituaries for Families in Wickenburg, Arizona
Joe Murdock
Mar 12, 2013
Joe H. Murdock, 68, of Williamsfield, IL and Wickenburg, AZ passed away in Wickenburg on Tuesday, March 12, 2013 due to complications of Pulmonary Fibrosis. Joe was born April 20, 1944 the son of Jim and Mary Gibbs Murdock. Joe grew up in the community of Williamsfield, IL. He attended Parsons College, where he met his wife Ann Dworak. They...
Nickie Salazar
Mar 9, 2013
Nickie R. Salazar, age 83, passed away March 9, 2013 in Glendale, Arizona. Nickie was born May 15, 1929 in Cuba, New Mexico to Nick Salazar and Frances Gonzales Salazar. She came to Wickenburg in 1946 from New Mexico. In 1959 she began working at the Rancho Grande Hotel. She was a member of the St. Anthony of Padua Catholic...
Wendy Vanderpool
Mar 9, 2013
Wendy Lynn Vanderpool, age 54, passed away March 9, 2013 in Surprise, Arizona. Wendy was born February 12, 1959 in Omaha, Nebraska to Wayne & Lorraine Purdue. She was a graphic designer by trade. She and her husband Leroy had been living in Washington and recently moved to Wickenburg. A celebration of Wendy's life will be held on Washington at...
Jack Larsen
Mar 8, 2013
Jack Larsen passed away on March 8, 2013 in Surprise, Arizona. Jack was born in Oakland, Nebraska on September 18, 1921 to H.C. & LuLu (Johnson) Larsen. Jack was a leader and organizer in all that he did in his long life. Whether it was as Class President, a Drum Major in High School, or during WWII when Jack served...
Angel Gomez-Jimenez
Mar 4, 2013
Baby Angel was born March 4, 2013 to Raul Gomez and Cynthia Jimenez. Family services were held.
Marianna Carrasco
Feb 24, 2013
Marianna Lupe Carrasco, age 51, passed away February 24, 2013 in Wickenburg, Arizona. Marianna was born October 31, 1961 in Safford, Arizona to Pablo Luz and Alicia Brito Luz. She is survived by her son Carlos Luz of Wenden and grandchildren: Cassandra, Destiny, Mia and Tyler, companion Manuel Oliveros of Wenden, brothers Joe Luz of Wenden, Felipe Luz of Yuma,...
Jesus Soto
Feb 23, 2013
Jesus Armando Soto, age 63, passed away February 23, 2013 in Scottsdale, Arizona. Armando was born May 12, 1949 in Palmar de Sepulveda, Sinaloa, Mexico to Jesus Maria Soto and Regina Soto-Campas. He was raised there and came to Arizona 1975 settling first in Phoenix where he began working as a welder. He moved to Wickenburg in 1976 and began...
Alexander Boyd
Feb 19, 2013
Alexander Boyd, age 87, passed away February 19, 2013 at his home in Wickenburg, Arizona. Mr. Boyd was born September 14, 1925 in New York City to Jackson H. Boyd and Harriet McCook Boyd. He attended and graduated from Woodberry Forrest School in Central Virginia and later completed his schooling at Princeton University. During World War II he served in...
Virginia DeVore
Feb 17, 2013
Wickenburg lost one of its beautiful ladies when Virginia "Ginny" D. DeVore passed away on February 17, 2013, at the age of 78. Ginny and her husband, Richard, have made Wickenburg their residence and winter home since 1998. She is survived by her husband, Richard A. DeVore; two daughters: Patty de Oliveira and husband Luiz, of Brazil, Amy Sullivan Merritt...
Elizabeth Runner
Feb 12, 2013
Elizabeth "Betsy" Aguirre Runner, age 71, passed away February 12, 2013 at her home in Tonopah, Arizona. She was born October 27, 1941 in Elko, Nevada to Joseph Pio and Amy (Arascada) Aguirre. Betsy attended several schools graduating from Rawlins High School in Rawlins, Wyoming. She married Stewart Runner June 4, 1959. They had been married just shy of 54...
Ethel Wright
Feb 9, 2013
Ethel P. Wright, age 90, passed away February 9, 2013 surrounded by her family at her home in Wickenburg. She was born February 23, 1922 in Perth Amboy, New Jersery to Bertel Peterson and Johanna Nielsen Petersen. Ethel attended Perth Amboy High School graduating with the Class of 1939. She married John Wright June 24, 1945 and shortly thereafter they...
Robert Moskaitis
Feb 7, 2013
Mr. Robert J. Moskaitis, age 67, passed away February 7, 2013 at his home in Wickenburg, AZ. Robert was born November 26, 1945 in Norfolk, Virginia to William and Emma Moskaitis. He served in the military and later worked as an automobile manufacturing technician. He moved to Arizona some 16 years ago from Michigan. Family services will be held at...
Russell Beirich
Jan 29, 2013
Russell Jerome Beirich, age 79, passed away January 29, 2013 in Sun City West, Arizona. Russell was born October 10, 1933 in Colby, Kansas to Joseph Beirich and Anna Mae Burns Beirich. He served in the U.S. Army later completed his education with a masters in Accounting. He worked as a CPA in Rancho Mirage and served as a city...
Randy Brandenburg
Jan 28, 2013
Randy James Brandenburg, age 59, of Wickenburg, Arizona and formerly of Lachine, Michigan passed away on Monday, January 28, 2013 at Banner Good Samaritan Hospital in Phoenix, AZ after a long struggle with lung cancer. He was born June 6, 1953 in Alpena, Michigan. Randy is the son of the late Forest M. and Olive M. Brandenburg of Lachine, Michigan....
Mary Doré
Jan 28, 2013
Mary Lou Dore, age 85, passed away January 28, 2013 at home in Wickenburg, Arizona. She was born June 21, 1927 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin to Andrew Valadez and Ann Golub Valadez. She attended schools there graduating from the St. John's Academy. She later married Gordon James "Chuck" Dore in 1951. They made their home in Wisconsin and began their family...
Sarah Stanberry
Jan 26, 2013
Sarah A. Stanberry, age 64, passed away January 26, 2013 in Sun City, Arizona. Sarah was born July 11, 1948 in Bay City, Michigan to Harold & Marcella Hidden. She is survived by her husband Jerry Stanberry of Congress, Az
Velma Munson
Jan 23, 2013
Velma I. Munson, age 99, passed away January 23, 2013 in Wickenburg, Arizona. Velma was born May 9, 1913 in Ipava, Illinois. She spent the majority of her life in northern California. Velma was primarily a homemaker and was preceded in death by her husband Floyd Munson in 1983. She is survived by her son PHillip Munson of Wickenburg and...
Thomas Connally
Jan 18, 2013
Thomas Richard Connally, age 77, passed away January 18, 2013 in Prescott, Arizona. He was born June 15, 1935 in San Antonio, Texas to Thomas C. Connally and Lillian Ione Chessher Connally. Tom had served in the military and later worked as a residential contractor building custom homes. He moved to Prescott Valley in 2011. Family services will be held...
Darlene Cromack
Jan 6, 2013
Cromack, Darlene Ruth 90, of Shreveport, Louisiana passed away on Sunday January 6, 2012. She was born August 15, 1922 in Farmington, UT to Henry Carlous Griffith and Frances Ruth Rasmason. Mrs. Cromack was a homemaker, mother, and grandmother. Mrs. Cromack was a lifelong member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She previously resided in Phoenix AZ...
Mary Miller
Jan 2, 2013
Mary W. Miller, age 96, passed away January 2, 2013 in Wickenburg, Arizona. Mary was born April 2, 1916 in Ypsilanti, MIchigan. She attended schools there and later married. While married to her second husband Shan Miller she lived in various locations in the country with him serving in the military. Mary had served as a nursing aide "Gray Lady"...
