Obituaries
Emerson Laibe
Mar 17, 2011
Emerson B. Laibe of Sun City passed away March 16, 2011. He was born in Pandora, Ohio, on May 1, 1909 to Edward W. and Lois (Bowers) Laibe. He attended school in Pandora and Kelvinator School of Refrigeration in Detroit. Lavera, whom he married in 1937 preceded him in death July 8, 2008. He is survived by one daughter Patricia...
John Convey, Jr., Lt. Col. U.S.A.F., Retired
Mar 15, 2011
John Patrick Convey, Jr. passed away peacefully in Sun City, AZ on March 7, 2011 at the age of 85. John was born to Mary and John Convey on September 26, 1925 in Olean, NY and was raised in Roulette, PA where he maintained a lifelong home. John joined the military during World War II and left the service in...
Vera Cummings
Mar 15, 2011
Vera Johanna Cummings died suddenly in Sun City, AZ, on January 3, 2011. She was over 103 years old. She was born August 10, 1907 to Paul and Charlotte (Moeller) Nickel. She is being buried beside her beloved husband Stanley in Hastings, MI. During many decades of living in Hastings she was very active in the local community including with...
Douglas Smith
Mar 15, 2011
Douglas Lin Smith (54) was called to his Heavenly home on March 14, 2011 after a short but valiant fight with cancer. A beloved husband, father, grandfather, brother and son, he dedicated his life to his faith, his family, and his country. He left behind a legacy of love and a strong testimony of Jesus Christ that is mirrored in...
James Boyum
Mar 9, 2011
James Michael Boyum - November 19, 1950 – March 5, 2011. Loving husband, son, father, brother, grandfather and great grandfather, went home to be with his Lord. Jim was an avid hunter and woodworker who had a passion to play softball. But, his heavenly father and family were the most important things in his life. He is survived by his...
Kenneth Lilly
Mar 8, 2011
Kenneth Albert Lilly, 80, of Litchfield Park, Arizona passed away March 6, 2011. Born in Bosoco, West Virginia, Mr. Lilly moved to Arizona in 1946. He was U.S. Navy veteran of Korea and was employed as a sheet metal worker for Goettl Brothers Co. He was a member of the Church of God A.W.A. (A Worldwide Association); the Phoenix Sportsmen's...
Jack Holladay
Mar 7, 2011
Jack L. Holladay, a thirty year resident of Sun City, passed away March 3rd at Banner Boswell Hospital. Jack was born July 22, 1932 in Alton, Illinois. His parents were Pearl and Harry Holladay, both deceased as is his sister, Billie Schwegel. Most of his working life, he was associated with the trucking industry, first as a driver and later...
Lois Meek
Mar 7, 2011
Lois Tankersley Meek, 93, of Sun City, died Thursday, March 3, 2011. She was born in Marshalltown, IA to Judge B. O. and Grace Tankersley. She is predeceased by her husband, Loyal G. Meek. Lois is survived by her children, Jeremy (Linda) of Mineral Pt., WI, Andy (Jo) of Peoria, AZ, Geoff (Nancy) of Dewey, AZ, and Peggy (Bill) Opp...
Wesley Koenig
Mar 7, 2011
Wesley Richard Koenig was born October 30, 1919 in Muscatine, Iowa to Carl Koenig and Manila Nyenhuis. He went to his Lord on March 5, 2011 in Sun City, Arizona. He is survived by seven children and their families; Wesley and Maureen Koenig in Arizona; Gerald and Gabby Koenig in Nevada; Susan and Joseph Hernandez in Iowa; Carol and Rick...
Patricia Pendergast
Mar 4, 2011
Patricia Allean Pendergast, 68, passed away February 27, 2011. A lifelong Arizona native, Patricia was born in Jerome, Arizona. She worked for Qwest Telecommuncations as a draftsman. She is survived by her daughter Gabrielle Hoole and son Cecil Pendergast III and grandchildren Amber, Garett, Destany and Shallum. A memorial reception will be held at 10:00 a.m., Monday, March 7, 2011...
Hedwig Pennella
Mar 4, 2011
Hedwig M. Pennella 76, of Sun City, AZ passed away March 2, 2011. Hedwig was born in Wisconsin May 1, 1934 to Theodore and Clare Lochmann. She worked in the Transportation business. She was preceded in death by her husband Peter James. She is survived by her sons Dennis, Ricke and Carl Pennella, daughters Karen Sommerfield and Candy Rodriguez, Brother...
Mildred Petric
Mar 4, 2011
Mildred A. Petric, 91, of Phoenix, passed away on February 21, 2011. She was born April 21, 1919, in Snow Shoe, PA. She moved to Arizona with her husband Stanley in 1952. Her career as a wife, mother and homemaker was her passion. Her kind and gentle ways will be missed by her children, Peggy (Greg) DoVico, Paul (Janet-marie) Petric...
Helen Johns
Mar 3, 2011
Helen Marie Johns, 70, of Heber, AZ (formerly of Phoenix) passed away March 3, 2011. Born in Ohio, Helen moved to Arizona in 1967 and worked as a Cashier at A.J. Bayless grocery store. An outdoorswoman and nature lover, Helen enjoyed spending time with her family at many Arizona lakes. Helen is survived by her husband Carl; sons Keith, Todd...
Robert "Bob" Akenhead
Mar 3, 2011
Akenhead, Robert James “Bob” 85 of Sun City, AZ passed away on March 1, 2011. Bob was born on September 11, 1925 in Rochester, Minnesota to George and Doris Akenhead. Bob served in the United States Marine Corp, Fourth Division, during World War II and participated in the first wave on Saipan, Marianas Islands, Tinian, Iwo Jima, and Volcano Island....
Nancy Cammarata
Mar 2, 2011
Nancy Cammarata of Peoria, AZ passed away February 28, 2011. She was born in New York, New York and moved to Arizona in 1981. Mrs. Cammarata was an active resident of the Montecito enjoying many activities and friendships and the greatest joy in her life was her family. Nancy was preceded in death by her husband Frank Cammarata in 1992....
Mildred McGibbon
Mar 2, 2011
Mildred Ellen McGibbon, 86, of Sun City, Ariz., died on Tuesday, March 1, 2011, at Hospice of Arizona in Peoria, Ariz. Born on June 23, 1924, on the First Concession in Elgin County, Que., near Huntingdon, Que., she was the daughter of Sidney and Alice (Anderson) Seward. Millie grew up on the family farm with her horses, dogs and other...
Theresa McConville
Mar 1, 2011
Theresa Marie “Terry” McConville, 73, of Surprise, Arizona, departed this life on Feb. 25, 2011. Having seen and done so many things in so many places, having given so much to so many, she was firmly resolved to do more with the life that God gave her. The Lord had other plans, however, and now she has followed Him into...
Thomas Kale
Feb 28, 2011
Thomas M. Kale, 73, of Sun City, AZ passed away Feb. 25, 2011. Born in Rock Island, IL. He worked for Case-IH (formerly International Harvester) in Illinois and moved to Arizona in 1999. He was a member of St. Clement of Rome Catholic Church and a 53 year member 4th degree Knights of Columbus. He is survived by his wife...
Joseph Asselin
Feb 28, 2011
Joseph J. Asselin, 89. He thought of himself as “just an ordinary Joe”. But to the family who cherished him, he was an extraordinary man. Joe was born in Detroit on July 14, 1921. God called him home on Feb. 25, 2011. Joe bravely served his country in the U.S.M.C. during WWII in the Solomon’s Campaign. A decorated Marine, he...
George Wolfe
Feb 25, 2011
George Wolfe was born in Cleveland, Ohio on June 11, 1927 and went to be with the Lord Feb. 24, 2011. After HS graduation George joined the Marine Corp and married his high school sweetheart Peggy and they enjoyed 57 years together before her passing in 2002. George excelled in Math and engineering and became an instructor in the Corp....
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