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Thelma Christy

Thelma Christy

Jun 11, 2009

Thelma M. Christy went to be with the Lord on Thursday, June 11, 2009. Thelma was born October 27, 1906 in Warren, Ohio to Thomas and Jamima Davis. She was the middle of ten children. She married Paul Christy in October of 1926. She was preceded in death by her husband in 1988 as well as their three children; Margaret...

Walter Hokenstad

Walter Hokenstad

Jun 10, 2009

Walter A. Hokenstad, a descendant of Norwegian pioneers, was born in Sioux Falls, SD on July 28, 1904; he died unexpectedly and peacefully on June 10, 2009 in Peoria, AZ. Walter, an outstanding athlete, graduated from Augustana College where he was the first inductee into Augustana Athletic Hall of Fame. He taught sciences and coached at Montrose, and Arlington, SD...

Jesse Atwell

Jesse Atwell

Jun 10, 2009

Jesse Dwayne Atwell "Dwayne" Dwayne Atwell was an educator, an inventor, a herpetologist, writer, photographer, and, most importantly, a man of integrity. He passionately loved his country, venomous snakes, and his wife of 31 years, Cheryl. Dwayne quietly passed away the morning of June 10, 2009 at age 75. Raised on a farm in Little Sioux, Iowa, he served in...

Jesse Atwell

Jesse Atwell

Jun 10, 2009

Jesse Dwayne Atwell "Dwayne" Dwayne Atwell was an educator, an inventor, a herpetologist, writer, photographer, and, most importantly, a man of integrity. He passionately loved his country, venomous snakes, and his wife of 31 years, Cheryl. Dwayne quietly passed away the morning of June 10, 2009 at age 75. Raised on a farm in Little Sioux, Iowa, he served in...

Walter Culligan

Walter Culligan

Jun 6, 2009

Walter P. Culligan, 93, of Bronx, NY passed away June 6, 2009. He was born in New York City to Walter and Gertrude Culligan on August 15, 1915. Walter was preceded in death by his wife, Prudence and his son Thomas. He is survived by his sons Robert, Patrick and Walter; his daughters-in-law Fran, Debbie and Karen; 6 grandchildren and...

Charles Budler

Charles Budler

Jun 5, 2009

Charles H. Budler, 89, of Sun City passed away peacefully with his family at his side on June 5, 2009. He was born in Plainfield, Illinois to Henry and Anna McKenna Budler on the family farm which he worked and raised his family on. Mr. Budler served in the US Army Air Corps during WW II. He was also an...

William Dankel

William Dankel

Jun 4, 2009

William E. Dankel, 93, of Sun City, Arizona passed away June 4, 2009. He was born in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. He served his county during WW II in the U.S. Army. A retiree from Bethlehem Steel Co., he moved to Arizona in 1998. He is survived by his wife Gladys; daughter Faye Swan and his brother Richard Dankel.

Margaret Granger

Margaret Granger

Jun 4, 2009

Margaret Mary Granger age 90, passed away June 4 2009 at the home of her son James Leahy and Teresa Daws in Litchfield Park, AZ. She was born August 30, 1918 to Anthony Mathais and Clara Madelyn Little Dole of Mount Pleasant, Michigan. She moved to Sun City Arizona and resided there for thirty years. Margaret was a very active...

Mary Rice

Mary Rice

Jun 1, 2009

Mary Elizabeth Betty Bartels Rice died June 1, 2009 in Arizona at the age of 91. Born in Lemmon, S.D. on Feb. 14, 1918 to Oswald and Edna Gordon Bartels, she grew up in Aberdeen, S.D. graduating from Northern States Teachers College in 1940. She taught English and Business in Faulkton, lsabel and Java, S.D. In 1943 she married Alan...

Dennis Shirley

Dennis Shirley

Jun 1, 2009

Dennis Ray Shirley, 51, of Peoria, AZ passed away June 1, 2009 in Glendale, AZ. Dennis was born April 3, 1958 in Monett, Missouri. He was an Arizona resident for the past 38 years and was an electrician. He is survived by his father Dewey Shirley and his wife Elaine; his mother Mary Miller; sisters Karen Ulibarr, Lisa Franke &...

Rody Guinn

Rody Guinn

May 31, 2009

Rody Guinn, 56, of Surprise, AZ passed away May 31, 2009 in Sun City West, AZ. He was born Oct. 18, 1952 in Tucson, Arizona to Rodel and Marian Littlefield Guinn. He worked in insurance sales. He is survived by his wife Teresa; parents Rodel & Marian; brothers Steve & Danny and his sister Dee. Services will be held on...

Evelyn Femino

Evelyn Femino

May 31, 2009

Evelyn L. Femino, 82, of Surprise, AZ, passed away on May 31, 2009, in Peoria, AZ. She is survived by her son, Paul, brother, Anthony, sisters, Jessy, and Marie, six grandchildren, and 13 great-grandchildren. Services will be held at 12:00 noon on Friday, June 5, 2009 at St. Clare of Assisi Catholic Church, 17111 W. Bell Rd., Surprise, AZ.

Hazel Brown

Hazel Brown

May 30, 2009

Hazel Elizabeth Brown, formerly of Sedalia, Missouri, died on May 30 in Sun City. For 46 years, she was the beloved wife of William F. Brown, a retired attorney who passed away in 1992. Hazel is survived by her son, Bill Brown, her daughter Jessica Swaim, granddaughter Allison Roiseland, and three great grandchildren. An avid golfer, Hazel enjoyed playing on...

William Collins

William Collins

May 27, 2009

William S. Collins, 90, of Peoria, AZ passed away May 27, 2009. He was born in New York, NY and moved to Arizona 14 years ago from Oregon. He served his country in the US Army during WW II. He was preceded in death by his wife Margaret in 1999. Survivors include his daughter Maureen Jim Casterline; step-son Donald Gardner;...

Joseph Shall

Joseph Shall

May 24, 2009

Joseph John Shall, 89, of Sun City, AZ passed away May 24, 2009. Mr. Shall was born in Gallitzin, PA and moved to Arizona in 1945. He retired from Salt River Project. He is survived by son William; daughters Maryann Jakubowski and Virginia Pitt; brother Frank; sister Ann; 8 grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren. Visitation will be 6:30-8:00 p.m. Thursday,...

Ruby Payton

Ruby Payton

May 22, 2009

Ruby Eileen Payton passed away peacefully on May 22nd, at the Sun Health Hospice in Sun City West at the age of 83. Ruby was born in Shelbyville, Illinois on August 30th, 1925, as the youngest of eight children: Lloyd, Carl, Effie "Toots", Burton "Burt", Myrtle, Edith and Lela. Her father was Milton Abner Smith, a vegetable farmer, and her...

Hazel Heeren

Hazel Heeren

May 21, 2009

Hazel Louise Heeren, 95 born in Platt, SD July 17, 1913 and laid to rest May 21, 2009. Hazel resided in Sun City, AZ. She is survived by 2 sons, Robert Smith, Sun City, AZ, Larry Smith, Prescott, AZ and Lynn Heeren, Step-Son, Wyoming. Two daughters Betty Grauf, Omaha, Nebraska, Vicki Graham, Alexander City, AL and a half sister, Ruby...

Susanne Gastelum

Susanne Gastelum

May 21, 2009

Susanne Kay Greenlee- Gastelum Tweety 53, of Glendale, AZ passed away May 21, 2009 with her family at her side. Tweety was a lovely mother of two sons and one daughter. She graduated from Jefferson High School in Jefferson, Iowa in 1973; she attended Iowa State University and Western Iowa Tech Community College in Sioux City, Iowa. She also graduated...

Harold Stoops

Harold Stoops

May 20, 2009

Harold E. Stoops died May 20, 2009 at the Brookdale Senior Living Care Center in Peoria, Arizona. Harold was born on April 27, 1913 in Peoria, IL and recently celebrated his 96th birthday. He was the only child of Walter and Ethel Prohmer Stoops. He married Pauline Crow, his beloved wife, who preceded him in death, on October 19, 1940...

Lori Hunt

Lori Hunt

May 18, 2009

Lori Ann Hunt, 41 of Glendale, AZ passed away on 5/18/09. She was born in Willoughby, OH on April 17, 1968 and moved to Phoenix in 1971. Lori is survived by her husband Brian, 3 children, son Branden SPC in the US Army and daughters Brittney father James Donna Lawton , mother Janet Tom Koshock, sisters Heather Jeff Faurot and...

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