Obituaries
Donald Potocnik
Feb 24, 2011
Donald D. Potocnik, 81, of Peoria, AZ passed away Feb. 23, 2011. Donald was born April 19, 1929 in Eveleth, Minnesota. He worked as a truck driver and retired to Arizona in 1997 from Minnesota. He is survived by his wife of 60 years, Dorothy; sons David, Dennis and Darrell (Tracey) Potocnik; and brothers Edward, Thomas and Anthony Potocnik of...
A.F. Carnes
Feb 23, 2011
A.F. (Cotton) Carnes passed away February 21, 2011 at the age of 90. He was born on January 2, 1921 in Murchison, Texas. He and his loving wife of 63 years moved to Avondale, Arizona in 1998. He was a horse trainer/jumper in the First Cavalry Division, the last cavalry division to use horses in the United States Army during...
Patrick McGough
Feb 17, 2011
Patrick M. McGough, 70, passed away Feb. 1, 2011. He was born to Francis Eugene McGough and Mary Seemann McGough Jan. 14, 1941 in Rice Lake, Wisconsin. He had resided in Arizona for the past 47 years. He was preceded in death by his parents and his brother William. Pat is survived by his sisters Katherine Schuff (Theodore) of Las...
Jerry Jahn
Feb 14, 2011
Jerry was born Oct. 26, 1935, in Phoenix and passed away Feb. 1, 2011. Jerry was a third generation Arizonan, graduated from North High in Phoenix and served honorably in the U.S. Navy. He was preceded in death by his parents Walter P. and Georgia Mae Jahn. He is survived by his loving companion, Patricia Eiselin, sister Jeanine (Harvey) Dedmon,...
Raymond Roger
Feb 14, 2011
Raymond A. Roger, Peoria, AZ, passed away February 13, 2011 at the age of 78. Raymond was born July 18, 1932 in Haverhill, MA. He served with the Navy Seabees for 12 years from 1949 to 1961. He was a resident of Arizona from 1959 and retired from a 35 year career with Honeywell (Airesearch, Garrett, Allied-Signal) in 1994. He...
Edward "Coop" Cooper
Feb 9, 2011
Edward Cooper, better known as “Coop” to his many Sun City hardware store friends, went to be with the Lord on Feb. 5, 2011. He was born in Lakewood, OH November 26, 1923, the son of Fred and Gerta Cooper. They moved to Put-In-Bay, OH, an Island in Lake Erie. Six months later, upon graduating from high school in 1942,...
Mildred Nichols
Feb 9, 2011
Mildred Marie NicholsBorn 4/8/1917 – Died 2/4/2011 Mildred was born 4/8/17 to Leo and Regina (Nigg) Allen in Browns Valley, MN. She went quietly to the Lord on 2/4/11. She was raised on a Browns Valley farm. She graduated from Nursing School in Aberdeen SD with a BS in Nursing. She met and married her husband, Glendal Nichols who was...
Thomas Parker
Feb 8, 2011
Thomas Carroll Parker died peacefully in his sleep the morning of Feb. 7th after a short but painful battle with cancer. Thomas was born in Detroit, Michigan on March 16, 1928 to Thomas Maxwell Parker and Melinda Dennison Dwyer. He spent his younger years between Castle Hot Springs, AZ and Grosse Pointe, MI which ranged from learning to be a...
Maurice Burrell, Jr.
Feb 8, 2011
Maurice “Mick” Burrell, Jr., 67, of Sun City passed away Feb. 7, 2011. Mr. Burrell was born in Midland, Michigan and was a U.S. Air Force veteran. A 50 year Arizona resident, he worked as a truck driver. Survivors include sons, Dave Burrell (Jana) and Bo Burrell (Karen); sisters Linda Corbat, Barb Olson & Beverly Grossmiller. 2 grandchildren Larisa &...
Louis Loud
Feb 8, 2011
A beautiful boy named Louis Calvin Loud entered the world to his parents Walter Loud and Grady Loud of Castor, Louisiana on December 30, 1940. Louis was the youngest of 12 children born to this union. He was preceded in death by his parents, four sisters and four brothers. Louis accepted Christ at an early age, joining New Friendship Baptist...
Howard Miller
Feb 7, 2011
Miller, Howard E. age 90, a long-time resident of Dayton, OH and recently of Sun City, AZ passed away Monday, January 24, 2011 at his home in Sun City after a short illness. Howard was born on December 17, 1920 in Dayton, OH. He served in the US Army Air Corps during WWII as a Staff Sergeant with the 4053rd...
Anne Burris
Feb 7, 2011
Anne Katherine Burris, 92 -- dear and beloved matriarch, wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and friend to so many -- passed away February 2, 2011. Anne’s husband of 62 years, Merlyn “Bo” Burris, passed away in 1998. Anne was born and raised in Illinois. She and Bo were married in 1939. She worked as office manager at Burris & Percifieled Insurance...
Ellen Lantaff
Feb 4, 2011
Ellen Lantaff, 92 years old and longtime Sun City resident, passed away peacefully on January 31, 2011. She was born and raised in Nebraska. Following WWII, she married Robert E. Lantaff and moved to Riverside, California where they raised four children. Following Robert’s death in 1981, she moved to Sun City and led a full and involved life. She was...
Paul See
Feb 4, 2011
Paul D. See 11/3/1950 - 2/1/2011 The wisdom, generosity, and unique sense of humor of Paul See will be forever missed by his loving wife, Janice; his daughter, Kelly, Janice’s children, Robert (Kimberly and daughter, Harley) and Stacy; his parents, Paul Sr. and Helen; his sisters, Patty and Beverly; and a vast array of extended family, friends, and colleagues in...
Katherine Hirth
Feb 2, 2011
Katherine Hirth born May 21, 1925 passed away on February 1, 2011. Katherine grew up in Glendale, AZ and graduated as a teacher from Arizona State University. Katherine and her husband Edwin B. Hirth II were married for 58 years and had four children. She was preceded in death by her husband, and son, Edwin B. Hirth III. She is...
Joyce Cornelius
Feb 1, 2011
Joyce E. Cornelius, 83, of Peoria, AZ passed away Jan. 31, 2011. Born in Moline, IL she received her B.S. in nursing from the University of Iowa. She retired to Sun City in 1998 and was an active member of St. Clement of Rome Catholic Church. She is survived by her husband Lawrence L. Cornelius; daughter Linda Cornelius-Cambra; son Mike...
Francis Maloney
Jan 31, 2011
Francis C. Maloney of Sun City, AZ passed away January 28, 2011. He was born in Jamestown, NY on April 23, 1916 to Francis & Ida (Carlson) Maloney. On June 6, 1940 in Olean, NY he married Frances C. Sherburne his wife of 70 years who survives him. Also surviving are 3 children, Kathleen (Norman) Bolton of Sun City, AZ,...
Margaret Thomas
Jan 31, 2011
Margaret “Margie” Thomas peacefully stepped into heaven January 29, 2011. She is dearly loved and will be greatly missed. Survived by son James Ornoski, daughter Dawn Porter (Brandon Porter Sr.); 4 grandsons, Joshua, Brandon Jr., Tyler & Dylan, 4 brothers, 2 sisters, 10 nieces and nephews: Preceded in death by son Donald Ornoski and her parents. Funeral service will be...
James P. Coffey
Jan 28, 2011
James (Jim) P. Coffey of Sun City, AZ passed away on Friday morning, January 28, 2011 of natural causes at the age of 92. James was 2nd generation Irish and the oldest of 5 children. He was born in Washington State, but spent most of his adult life in California. He graduated Loyola High School in Los Angeles and attended...
Robert Egert-Budik
Jan 28, 2011
Robert Charles Egert-Budik left this world and his family on Friday, January 21, 2011. He battled lung and brain cancer and died a sweet peaceful death with his wife and family surrounding him. He was born on May 1, 1928 in Redwood Falls, Minnesota. He was a man of his word and a man of honor who loved his family...
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