Obituaries

Barbara Moyer

Barbara Moyer

May 29, 2012

73, of Sun City, Arizona passed away May 25, 2012. Barbara was born in Detroit, Michigan and moved to Arizona in 1970. She was a member of the Women of the Moose #1642. Survivors include her husband Denis; daughters Michelle and Pam; and son Steven. Visitation will be 5-7 p.m., Thursday, May 31, 2012 at Menke Funeral & Cremation Center,...

David Zogg

David Zogg

May 23, 2012

54, of Daniels, West Virginia, passed away in Phoenix, AZ, on May 15, 2012. Born in Los Alamos, NM, David was employed as the Regional Safety Manager for Taggart Global, LLC. During his life, David served our country as a member of the U. S. Marine Corps, was employed as a firefighter and a registered nurse, and was an avid...

William Wegg

William Wegg

May 22, 2012

91, of Sun City, Arizona passed away May 16, 2012. Born in Chicago, Illinois he served in the US Army WW II. He was an Arizona resident for the past 48 years. Survivors include his wife Maria. Memorial services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Monday, June 25, 2012 at Menke Funeral & Cremation Center Chapel, 12420 N. 103rd Ave.,...

Juliet Martinez

Juliet Martinez

May 21, 2012

62, of El Mirage, Arizona passed away May 18, 2012. Juliet was born in Marfa, Texas to Ernesto & Elvira (Agurrie) Martinez. She moved to Arizona in 1986 and worked as a Surgical Technician. Survivors include her mother Elvira Leyva; children Bob Anthony Rodriguez (Leticia), Marcie Renee Whitley (Jesse) and Desiree Liggins (Maurice); brothers Leo Martinez, Renee Martinez & Jonah...

Lupita Castillo

Lupita Castillo

May 21, 2012

of Sun City West returned to our Lord on May 20, 2012 at the age of 67. Our beloved Wife, Mother and Nana will always be remembered for her warm & infectious smile and the caring person she was. To know her was to love her as so many people did. She always had time for friends and family. Her...

Edna Ketron

Edna Ketron

May 18, 2012

85, of Sun City West, AZ passed away May 17, 2012. Edna was a lifelong Arizona native born in Glendale. She was a homemaker and a 20 years plus volunteer at Thunderbird Hospital. Survivors include her husband of 63 years, Jay; son Duane Ketron (Jenny) and the daughter of her “heart” her niece Penny Pearson. Memorial services will be held...

Elizabeth Rohn-Nelson

Elizabeth Rohn-Nelson

May 17, 2012

born May 31, 1931 passed away peacefully with her daughters by her side on March 31, 2012 in Peoria, AZ. Elizabeth was raised in St. Louis, MO and attended Avila College. Elizabeth is a former school teacher, excelled in public relations and sales and had her own television show, “Talk of the Town with Elizabeth” in Kerrville, TX. Becoming an...

Charles Lenz

Charles Lenz

May 16, 2012

95, of Peoria, Arizona passed away May 11, 2012. Born in Wilmont, Minnesota he was a self employed clothing store owner and retired to Sun City in 1976. Survivors include his wife Florence. A funeral mass will be held at 10:00 a.m., Friday, May 18, 2012 at St. Clement of Rome Catholic Church, 15800 N. Del Webb Blvd., Sun City,...

Ila Davidson

Ila Davidson

May 16, 2012

23 May 1933 to 6 May 2012 Ila was born to Kenneth V. and Margaret Evelyn (Orr) McGahan on May 23, 1933, in Walkerville, Michigan. She was the eldest of eleven children. She entered into glory May 6, 2012, in Sun City, AZ at the age of 78 succumbing to cancer. Ila married Francis G. Davidson on November 3, 1950,...

Robert Bayless

Robert Bayless

May 14, 2012

81, of Sun City, AZ passed away May 10, 2012. Born in Falls, Texas he moved to Arizona in 1972. He is survived by wife Maria; children John and DJ and 2 grandchildren. Visitation will be 10:00 a.m. with funeral service at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, May 16, 2012 at Menke Funeral & Cremation Center Chapel, 12420 N. 103rd Ave.,...

Eileen Offenhauser

Eileen Offenhauser

May 14, 2012

88, of Sun City, AZ, passed on comfortably in her home in Sun City surrounded by her loving family and caregivers on May 12, 2012. Born to the late James D. Clark and Harriet Thorneberry Clark, February 28, 1924 in Barnesville, Ohio. Eileen graduated from East Cleveland’s Shaw High School in January, 1942. She married Robert Allen Offenhauser on May...

Bobby F. Turner

Bobby F. Turner

May 14, 2012

age 76, passed away in his home on April 17, 2012. Born in a Phoenix hospital, Bob spent nearly his entire life in and around Peoria, developing deep roots in the community and many lifelong friendships. In 1953, he graduated from Peoria High School (now referred to as Old Main), as did his mother before him in 1929, and his...

Thomas Allmaras

Thomas Allmaras

May 11, 2012

Thomas Charles Allmaras was born on August 22, 1926 in New Rockford, North Dakota, the son of Charles and Irene Allmaras. His family included 4 brothers and 3 sisters. He attended grade school in Munster, N.D. and later attended high school at St. James Academy in New Rockford. Tom played football on the first team the academy ever had. Tom...

Jon Melvin "Ed" Wood

Jon Melvin "Ed" Wood

May 7, 2012

64, a long time valley resident, passed away May 3, 2012. Born on April 2, 1948, in Pueblo, Colorado. Ed is survived by his mother, Betti Wood; father, Mel Wood; daughters Kimberley Elliott of Tucson, Heather Miller of Prescott, Jessica Barrios of Tonopah; brother, Glenn Wood; sisters Regina Niccum and Krystal Root; 5 grandchildren; many nieces, nephews, great-nieces, great-nephews and...

Rosemary Campaigne

Rosemary Campaigne

May 7, 2012

87, of Sun City, AZ passed away May 3, 2012. Rosemary was born Oct. 21, 1924 in Chicago, Illinois to James and Margaret (Brennan) Doyle. She worked as a real estate secretary and moved to Arizona in 1972. She was preceded in death by her husband Franklin S. Campaigne in 1981. Also preceded are her brothers Rev. Campion Doyle O’Carm....

Micheline Hogue

Micheline Hogue

May 4, 2012

Micheline Hogue, beloved mother and wife, passed on May 3, 2012, at Emeritus, in Peoria, Arizona. She was born on July 11, 1922, as the youngest of 3 children. Her sister Cecelia was the middle child, and her brother Anthony was the eldest. Her father, Joseph Parisi, owned and ran a corner grocery store along with her mother, Rafaella Mazzarino...

Lola (Croft) Miles

Lola (Croft) Miles

May 3, 2012

Lola Irene Miles, age 90, of Sun City passed away May 2, 2012 at home with her husband and daughter at her side. Lola was born October 28, 1921, in Freeville, New York to Eunice and Opal (Butterfield) Croft. On August 26, 2005, she married Richard W. Miles at Lakeview United Methodist Church in Sun City, Arizona, he survives. Lola...

Linda Bates Chisholm

Linda Bates Chisholm

Apr 30, 2012

Linda Bates Chisholm, 78, of Sun City, AZ, died at home Friday, April 27, from an apparent heart attack. She is survived by her husband of 56 years, Robert A. Chisholm, her daughter Heidi Chisholm Wolfgang of Tuckahoe, NY, and her son Peter A. Chisholm and his wife Linda of N. Fond du Lac, WI. She is further survived by...

Everett Pease Jr.

Everett Pease Jr.

Apr 30, 2012

Everett Eugene Pease, Jr. born in Westbrook, Maine, March 21, 1928, passed from this world on April 27, 2012 at 84 years of age. Son of Everett Eugene Pease, Sr. and Gladys Viola Welch Pease, he survived five siblings, Avis Janet, Freddie, Constance, Curtis and Henry. He served in the U.S. Army from 1946-1949, as a corpsman in Korea. He...

Doris Trotter

Doris Trotter

Apr 30, 2012

Doris Mae Trotter, aged 96 years, passed away on Easter Sunday, April 8, 2012, in Litchfield Park, Arizona. The daughter of Emma and Walter Abendroth, Doris graduated from Markesan High School in Markesan, Wisconsin. After graduating in 1936 from St. Agnes Hospital School of Nursing in Fond Du Lac, Wisconsin, Doris joined the Navy Nurse Corps. Of many assignments, Doris...