Obituaries
Philip Allen
Apr 19, 2010
Philip Joseph Allen, 90, passed away peacefully surrounded by his family on April 15, 2010. Phil, the third youngest of eight children, was born May 5, 1919 in Larimer, PA. He was an Engine House Foreman with the Pennsylvania Railroad/Penn Central for 34 years. After retiring from the railroad, Phil became a “Gentleman’s Farmer” in Smithfield, OH, until he fully...
Alice Duncanson
Apr 16, 2010
Alice B. Duncanson, 102, of Glendale, Arizona passed away April 15, 2010. Alice was born December 20, 1907 in Downs, Kansas. An Arizona resident for 67 years, she was a member of First Evangelical Lutheran Church in Prescott, Arizona and Our Savior Lutheran Church of Sun City. She was preceded in death by her husband Philip Duncanson in 1971. Survivors...
Irma Roos
Apr 15, 2010
Irma Gertrude Roos, 86, of Sun City, Arizona passed away April 15, 2010. Irma was born in Prairie View, Kansas. Irma was a seamstress and retired to Arizona in 1991 from Colorado. She is survived by her husband Harold; son Dennis Lee; daughter Laurie Ilene Stuck and 2 grandchildren. Memorial services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, April 20,...
Harriet Cowles
Apr 15, 2010
My beloved wife Harriet, mother of four wondrous children, Patricia Edwards, Barbara O’Neal, Jeffrey Cowles and Debra Wright, left us on Wednesday April 14, 2010. Harriet was a Tip Top Dancer for 14 years and a member of the Sun City Players for seven carefree years and a parishioner in the St. Clements and Prince of Peace Catholic churches. Harriet...
Robbie Smead
Apr 15, 2010
Robbie Smead, 59, of Phoenix, AZ passed away April 12, 2010. Memorial services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, April 17, 2010 at Menke Funeral & Cremation Center Chapel, 12420 N. 103rd Ave., Sun City, AZ. A Reception will follow the service at the Menke’s Sun City Room located directly behind Menke Funeral & Cremation Center.
Carl DuBow
Apr 15, 2010
Carl Sterling DuBow, 64, of Sun City, AZ passed away April 11, 2010. Born in Dallas, Texas, he resided in Arizona for the past 40 years and was the owner of a street rod manufacturing company. He is survived by his wife Sandra DuBow; children Chad DuBow and Traci Culler; step-children Todd & Paul Willoughby and Melissa Willoughby; sister Sherri...
Jacqueline Ferguson
Apr 14, 2010
Jacqueline Hertzing Ferguson, 82, of Sun City, AZ passed away April 11, 2010. Jacqueline was born in St. Louis, MO on January 31, 1928 to Ferdinand and Mary Reinkemeyer. She moved to Arizona in 1982 and was employed as a transportation supervisor at Luke AFB for over 20 years. She was a member of St. Joachim & St. Anne Catholic...
John Plylar, Sr.
Apr 14, 2010
John Russell Plylar, Sr., 91, passed away on March 24, 2010 at the Odyssey (hospice) inpatient house in Peoria, AZ. He wanted to be remembered as a family man and ‘regular guy’. His compassion for others, his wonderful sense of humor, and his belief in maintaining standards of the highest integrity, inspired family and friends alike. Russell brought joy and...
Jocelyn Iles
Apr 12, 2010
Jocelyn Jane Iles, 78, of Peoria, AZ passed away April 11, 2010. Born in Indianapolis, Indiana, she moved to Arizona in 1971 from Texas and worked as a Secretary. She was a member of the Northside Church of Christ in Phoenix. Preceded in death by her husband of 37 years, Foster Iles. Survivors include her children, Martin, June and David;...
Joseph Kachinski
Apr 12, 2010
Joseph E. Kachinski was born in Pittston, Pennsylvania on May 5, 1921 and passed away in Sun City, Arizona on April 9, 2010 with his loving wife Peg and family by his bedside. Joe served in the US Navy during World War II as a Photographer 2nd Class. Upon his discharge from the Navy he worked for Bath Iron Works...
Lydia Muir
Apr 7, 2010
Lydia O. Muir, 86, went to join her Heavenly Father on March 28, 2010, Palm Sunday, at Baptist Village, Youngtown, Arizona. Lydia was born February 12, 1924 in Jackson, Minnesota to John N. and Jonette Hamland Sogge. She graduated from Jackson High School in 1941, attended college at St. Cloud and was a country school teacher. In later years she...
LaVonne Alexander
Apr 5, 2010
LaVonne Alexander, 78, of Glendale Arizona, passed away peacefully on April 1, 2010, after a long battle with cancer. LaVonne was born in Cement, OK, on November 1, 1931 to James and Georgia Sue Lonsdale. She has three siblings, James Lonsdale II, Kathy Hunt and Margaret Treadway. LaVonne was married to Lloyd Darnel Wiley (Doc) who died in 1964. They...
Bonnie Maher
Mar 31, 2010
Bonnie Jean Maher, 59, of Sun City passed away March 28, 2010. Bonnie was born in Oakland, California moving to Arizona in 1982 and worked as a Baker. She was a member of the Women of the Moose. She was preceded in death by her husband Kevin Maher in 2002. Survivors include her sons, Kevin Maher (Crystal) and Sean Maher...
Clara Kersey
Mar 30, 2010
KERSEY, Clara M. (Yancy) 94, of Glendale, AZ passed away on March 28, 2010. Clara was born on June 20, 1915 in Grand Rivers, KY. She moved to Glendale after high school and was employed by Mountain Bell Telephone as a long distance operator. Clara was preceded in death by her husband, Harvey Kersey, her parents, Luther S. Yancy and...
Dorothy Oddo
Mar 26, 2010
Dorothy Virginia (Shifra) Oddo, 81, of Peoria, Arizona, was born on June 18, 1928 in Ann Arbor, Michigan. She, and her twin sister, Lorraine (Chris) Pertile were raised in Ironwood, Michigan. Dorothy moved to Chicago after high school graduation, where she met and married Samuel Oddo. Together they celebrated the birth of two children, son Mitchell (Karel) Oddo of Victoria,...
Georgia Murphy
Mar 24, 2010
Georgia Murphy ascended to heaven on March 22 at the age of 83. A beloved wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, she was a woman of great strength and courage, while always extending kindness and understanding to those around her. She was born in Carrizo Spring, Texas, July 14, 1926. She moved to Arizona with her family in 1932, residing in...
Paul Siron
Mar 24, 2010
Paul Marvin Siron, born July 2, 1928 in Lexington, IL, passed away March 22, 2010, in Sun City, AZ. He moved to Sun City West in 1997 from Joliet, IL, where he had been an educator for 35 years at Joliet Central High School. A Korean War veteran, he was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars. He was...
Stacy Soza
Mar 23, 2010
Stacy Ann Soza, 33, beloved wife, mother and best friend, passed away March 20. 2010. Survived by husband Gregg; son Bronson; daughter Monica; parents Mark & Phyllis Kelly; brother Mark; mother-in-law Olga Valdez and lots of friends & family. Stacy will be dearly missed by all whose lives she touched in such a short but full life. Services will be...
David III
Mar 23, 2010
David Tolmachoff III, 36, of Glendale, AZ passed away March 22, 2010. Born in Glendale, David attended Unit 1 elementary school and Glendale High School. David was preceded in death by his brother Danny. He is survived by his parents Maryann & Dave Tolmachoff of Glendale and his sister Nina Pavoggi of Peoria, AZ. David has gone to a better...
John Lupton
Mar 20, 2010
John B. Lupton 87, of Sun City, AZ passed away March 14, 2010. John was a well respected retired school teacher who was loved by his students and peers. He was a lovely caring friend. His smile kindness and wonderful sense of humor will be dearly missed by everyone whose life he touched. He is survived by his wife Marjorie,...
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