Local Obituaries for Families in Wickenburg, Arizona
Georgia Haller
Jun 24, 2011
Georgia L. Haller, age 60, passed away Friday, June 24, 2011 in Wickenburg, AZ. Georgia was born September 7, 1950 in Denver, Colorado to Bobby Emil Dowd and Juanita Miller Dowd. She was raised in Colorado and always enjoyed and worked with horses. She had been active in the Rodeo circuit and worked as a co-owner of Haller Horses with...
James Gillette
Jun 21, 2011
James Robert Gillette was born July 23, 1945 in Minneapolis, Minnesota to Earl & Orma Gillette. He worked as a welder most of his life and retired to Yarnell, Arizona for health reasons. He is survived by companion Evelyn Koehler of Yarnell and a son and daughter.
Danny Smith
Jun 13, 2011
Funeral services will be Saturday, June 18th at 11:00 AM at the Wickenburg Ward of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints with interment to follow at the Genung Cemetery in Peeples Valley.
Tom Todaro
Jun 8, 2011
Tom J. Todaro,age 84, passed away June 8, 2011 in Sun City West, Arizona. He was born April 8, 1927 in Cleveland, Ohio to Joseph Todaro and Rosemarie Rine Todaro. Tom served in the U.S. Navy from 1946 to 1953. He was a member of the Elks Lodge B.P.O.E. #2160 and in March of 2005 he received a Humanitarian Award....
Marcella Ballard
Jun 7, 2011
Marcella Joann Ballard passed away June 7, 2011. She was born May 30, 1937 in Des Moines, Iowa to Charles Burton and Lucille Byers Burton. She was raised in Des Moines and married Norman J. Ballard January 3, 1953 in Des Moines and they made their home there. She worked as a caregiver but was primarily a mother and homemaker....
Wayne Still
Jun 6, 2011
Lloyd Wayne Still passed away June 6, 2011 in Surprise, Arizona. Wayne was born December 22, 1933 in Estill County, Kentucky to Ambers Still and Edna Byrd Still. He was raised in the Irvine area and attended schools there. He later enlisted in the U.S. Army serving in the Korean War. Following his military service he lived in Southern California...
John Ostema
May 30, 2011
Services will be held on June 29th at 11:00 AM at Prescott National Cemetery with a procession of the American Legion Post 79 Riders leaving from Wickenburg Funeral Home proceeding to the Cemetery on that morning. Honors will be rendered by Post 79 and Post 6 of Prescott.
Leota Woodward
May 29, 2011
Leota Woodward was born February 9, 1922 in Mansfield, Illinois to Lee Beard and Edna Middleton Beard. She was raised in the area in Iuka, Illnois where the family farmed. She married Harry Ray Woodward on September 21, 1942. Following Harry's military service he worked for the Highway Dept. and farmed and Leota was a homemaker and mother. They came...
Oscar Bejarano
May 24, 2011
Oscar Adan Bejarano was born December 6, 1983 in Huatampo, Sonora, Mexico to Ricardo Bejarano and Olga Lerma Bejarano. He was raised there and attended schools there he came to Arizona in 2002 and began working in landscaping for Frontier Stone and Materials Company. Oscar was known to everyone as "Kalin" He is survived by his mother Olga of Mexico...
Pauline Russell
May 23, 2011
Pauline M. Russell (Wilson), 79 of Wickenburg, Az. passed away on May 23, 2011 at home. She was 1/2 Choctaw Native American born February 5, 1932 in McAlester, Oklahoma to Jesse and Ellen Wilson. Pauline graduated from High School in Ft. Thomas, Az. and Beautician School in Safford, Az. A hair stylist and then shop owner for over 30 years...
Leonard Hershkowitz
May 22, 2011
Albert Leonard Hershkowitz was born January 2, 1941 in Wickenburg, AZ to Harry and Elizabeth Hershkowitz. Leonard attended school in Wickenburg's Little Red School House and graduated in 1959 from Wickenburg High School where he was a standout football and baseball player. Upon graduation Leonard enlisted in the Army where he served in Korea. Once discharged from the Army, Leonard...
Robert Wren
May 11, 2011
Robert A. Wren, age 64, passed away at his home in Wickenburg surrounded by family May 11, 2011. He was born and raised in Morris, Illinois. Robert worked in construction most of his life moving to Wickenburg 9 years ago to retire. Funeral services will be held on Morris, Illinois with interment in Sable Cemetery in Morris.
Rollie Allen
May 3, 2011
Rollin B. "Rollie" Allen was born January 15, 1921 in Judson, Minnesota to Glen Allen and Veva Ballard Allen. Rollie was raised there and attended schools in Nicollet, Minnesota. He enlisted in the U.S. Airforce serving in WWII and later in the USAF Reserves attaining the rank of Lt. Colonel. Following his military service Rollie returned to the area and...
Virginia Snapp
Apr 30, 2011
Virginia Snapp passed away at home on April 30, 2011 after a brief illness. She was born August 7, 1928 in Doniphan, Missouri to Raymond Lewis and Lydia Day Lewis. She was raised there until her teenage years when she moved to Southern California settling in the Bell Gardens area. Following her schooling she married Ernest Copp in 1945 and...
Frank Smith
Apr 30, 2011
Frank Reid Smith, 61, of Glendale, AZ passed away April 30th. He was born December 16th, 1949 in Boise Idaho. He married his beloved wife Kirsti Tuominen on December 27th 1974. Frank was a loving husband and father of three children, Kari, Juhani, and Marissa. He served as Consul of Finland, then as a Consul of Mauritius. Frank was a...
Elmer Luck
Apr 27, 2011
Elmer Charles"Lucky" Luck was born May 13, 1912 in London, Ontario, Canada. He was raised there and attends schools there later enlisting in the Canadian Military serving as a draftsman and tank commander for some 25 years. Following his military service he moved his family to Arizona settling in the Phoenix area. He began working for Knoell Homes as a...
Rose Harold
Apr 26, 2011
Rose Annette Harold passed away April 26th in Litchfield, Arizona. She was born December 19, 1934 in St. David, Arizona to Hugo Wahman and Varna Busby Wahman. Rose Ann was raised in various areas with her father serving in the military she lived in Arizona, Montana, North Dakota, and Colorado. She graduated from high school in Cut Bank, Montana. She...
