Local Obituaries for Families in Wickenburg, Arizona
Mary Lane-Kiamy
Feb 18, 2011
Mary Jane (Lane) Kiamy, age 94, passed away February 18, 2011 in Glendale, Az. She was born in Clarksdale, Arizona to Allen N. Lane and Velma Johnson Lane. She was a longtime resident of Wickenburg. She is survived by nieces, Nancy Lane of Berkeley, CA, and Karen Lane of St. Helena, CA. She will be interred at the Wickenburg Municipal...
Roberta Torgerson
Feb 17, 2011
Torgerson, Roberta "Bobbe" Josten of Wickenburg, AZ and Stevensville, MD passed away peacefully surrounded by her family on Thursday, February 17, 2011, in Wickenburg, AZ. Born August 10, 1925, in Owatonna, MN, she married Allan Curtis Torgerson in July 1946. She is survived by him and five children: Christopher Torgerson (Margo), Sally Lawson (Donald), Julie Coyer (Spencer), Thomas Torgerson, and...
Dorothy Surmann
Feb 17, 2011
Dorothy Jane Surmann, age 94, passed away on February 17th, 2011 in Wickenburg, Arizona. She was born September 25, 1916 in Pewaukee, Wisconsin to Alfred and Effie Oosterhous. Dorothy obtained her bachelor's from Stout University, in Wisconsin, and worked briefly for the U. S. War department in Washington D.C. as a dietician, as well as serving in the U.S.O. efforts...
Paul Greene
Feb 15, 2011
Paul "Russ" Greene of Wickenburg died February 15th at the age of 89. Russ was born January 10, 1922 in Beardstown, Illinois. He married Pearl Harn in 1942. He served in Central Burma and India Burma from 1944-1946 as a Air Force airplane electrician. He returned home with numerous decorations and citations including 3 Overseas Service Bars, 2 Bronze Battle...
Karen Vance
Feb 11, 2011
Karen Mattison Vance (McCloy) of Wickenburg, Arizona, passed away on February 11, 2011, after a brief difficult battle with cancer at the age of 73. Karen was born on January 4, 1938 in Rockford, Illinois to John and Mildred McCloy. She moved to Arizona with her family in 1953. After high school, she lived and worked in various communities in...
Rosemary Starr
Feb 5, 2011
Rosemary Wade was born July 1, 1924 in Terre Haute, Indiana, the only child of James Wade and Flo Lowe Wade. She attended Purdue University where she met and married James F. Reed. They had 2 children, Charles and Donna. Jim and Rosemary divorced in 1970 after 27 years of marriage. She finished her education and graduated from Indiana State...
Gertrude Babcock
Jan 31, 2011
Gertrude (Quarnberg) Babcock, age 96, passed away January 31, 2011 in Wickenburg, Az. Gertrude Q. Babcock was born April 27, 1914 to Carl and Kathryn Quarnberg in Belle Fourche, South Dakota. She attended Belle Fourche High School graduating in 1932. She attended Colorado Women's College for two years. Much later attended Chardon State College in Chardon, Nebraska and graduated in...
Eugene Schultz
Jan 28, 2011
Eugene Walter Schultz, age 81, passed away January 28, 2011 in Wickenburg, Az. Gene was born December 28, 1929 in Los Angeles, California to Richard W. Schultz and Iril Hamilton Schultz. He was raised and attended schools in Denver, Colorado. He began working as a meat cutter at an early age. He also served in the U.S. Coast Guard following...
Jim Green
Jan 27, 2011
James W. "Jim" Green was born September 24, 1938 in Kansas City, Missouri to James W. Green and Xilon Rae Brammer Green. He was raised there and attended schools there following high school he enlisted in the Marine Corps and served in Korea. Upon completion of his military service Jim returned to California where he began working as a deputy...
Margaret Mullins
Jan 16, 2011
Margaret Lorraine Cook Beebe Huckelberry Mullins was born January 7, 1924 in San Luis Obispo, California and died on January 16, 2011 at her home in North Ranch, Congress, Arizona after a nine year battle with COPD and congestive heart failure. She was preceded in death by her parents Fred and Gladys Cook, sister Barbara Sobolewski, two grandsons, one great-grandson...
Carol Birdwell
Jan 11, 2011
Carol A. Birdwell was born August 31,1943 in San Luis Obispo, California to Aaron U. Cook and Dorothy Edith Garner Cook. In her early years she had lived in various locations with the family, including Texas, Nevada, Idaho, mostly in the western states. She married at an early age and had a family of 3 boys: Stephen, David and Neil...
Stephen Bird
Jan 6, 2011
Stephen R. Bird, II joined his Heavenly Family January 6, 2011. He was a delight to all who knew him and his infectious laugh and sense of humor will be missed by all. He was born in Wheat Ridge, Colorado on October 12, 1967 to Stephen and Jan Bird. In March 1968 his family moved to Boulder City, Nevada. He...
Gisela Clarke
Dec 27, 2010
Gisela Karin Clarke was born July 10, 1945 in Danemark, Kopenhagen, Germany to Ernest Walter Grinda and Maria Nee Lallo Grinda. She attended schools there and also had the opportunity to attended various schools in Germany and throughout Europe. Gisela enjoyed camping and during her youth often spent time camping along the banks of the Rhine River. She met Joie...
Katherine Sowell
Dec 22, 2010
Katherine Sowell, age 79, of Peeples Valley, Arizona passed away on December 22, 2010, after a lengthy battle with cancer. Her final days were spent surrounded by her family. She was born on October 6, 1931 in Los Angeles, California. After graduating from El Monte High School at age 16, she worked for Bank of America in downtown Los Angeles....
Ruby Hancock
Dec 22, 2010
Our dear mother passed away on Wednesday December 22 after being on earth for 89 years. Ruby was a beloved Sister, Aunt, Mother, Grandmother, Great Grandmother, and Great Great Grandmother and her family will truly miss her. Born in Glendale AZ to William Forrest and Mabel Inez Johnson to a family consisting of 6 boys and 6 girls, all but...
Ernestine Calhoun
Dec 22, 2010
Ernestine Ethel Calhoun was born October 11, 1911 in Gas City, Kansas to John W. Rayl and Edna Moomey Rayl. She was raised there and later married James Calhoun. They came to Arizona in 1957 from Kansas and settled in Wickenburg. She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church and active in the community and volunteered at the Desert...
