Obituaries

Feb 3, 2009

Meek Jr., Robert C. Of Sun City, 71 passed away on February 3, 2009. Robert was born and raised in Carrolton, Illinois. In his earlier years he pitched softball with the KC's. He moved to Michigan in 1967 where he met his future wife Alice. He moved to Arizona in 1976 and started his own business as a regional factory...

Feb 3, 2009

TRAVER, GENEVIEVE J. 98, passed away peacefully on February 3, 2009 at Desert Winds Assisted Living in Peoria, Arizona. Genevieve was born on June 12, 1910 in Lincoln, Nebraska. She married Frank C. Traver on October 11, 1931. They raised their family in Waukesha, Wisconsin and moved to Sun City, Arizona in 1972. Genevieve was a member of Lakeview United...

Feb 2, 2009

William Eugene Cranston, Sr., 75, of Peoria, AZ passed away February 2, 2009. Born in Waterloo, Iowa he moved to Minnesota and retired to Arizona in 1991. He served as an underage Marine in the Korean War at the age of 16. He leaves behind the love of his life Donna LaRae Cranston; brother James; sister Sharon; sons William Jr....

Feb 2, 2009

Ernie Brown, born December 25, 1941, passed away February 2, 2009 in Glendale, AZ. Ernie is survived by his loving wife Linda of 45 years; daughter, TC Collins and her husband Hugh Collins; daughter, Melissa Young; Mother, Helen Brown; Sister, Donna Martin and her husband Richard Martin; and grandchildren, Ashlie Collins, Courtney Jacobs, Paige Misener, Sydney Collins, and Sean Collins,...

Feb 1, 2009

Pauline Joan Malissa Juillard died 1 February 2009. She was born June 28, 1922 to Michael and Sophia Malissa in Caldwell Ohio. After graduating from High School she enrolled in the St Francis School of Nursing in Columbus Ohio. Upon graduation she joined the US Army Nurse Corps and served in a hospital in Puerto Rico. While a Lieutenant, she...

Jan 31, 2009

John Thomas Marak, 77 of Sun City, passed away January 31, 2009. He was an accountant and had served in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean Conflict. John is survived by his wife, Irene; children Joseph, Mary Noble, Janice Durand, and Gary; brothers William, Theodore, and Robert; sister Margaret Gagney; 9 grandchildren and 1 great-grandchild. A Memorial Mass will...

Jan 30, 2009

Mena Burrows entered her Eternal Home on Friday, January 30, 2009 at Royal Oaks Life Care Community. She was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland March 28, 1923. She graduated from Emmanuel Theological College in Birkenhead, England and graduated from the Preston Royal Infirmary with a SCM State Certified Midwife. She married David Burrows January 12, 1949, and immigrated to the...

Jan 30, 2009

Born into heaven on Friday January 30th, Barbara was called home to join her mother and husband Joseph who couldn't wait on his woman any longer. Barbara was a two time military wife. She and her first husband William left New York in 1956. While living in Colorado Springs Co, she dedicated 30 years of service to a locally owned...

Jan 30, 2009

Born into heaven on Friday January 30th, Barbara was called home to join her mother and husband Joseph who couldn't wait on his woman any longer. Barbara was a two time military wife. She and her first husband William left New York in 1956. While living in Colorado Springs Co, she dedicated 30 years of service to a locally owned...

Jan 30, 2009

Melvin C. Smith, 94, a resident of El Dorado in Sun City, and a former resident of Chicago, IL and Clearwater, FL died Friday, January 30, 2009. Mr. Smith was born Sept. 19, 1914 in Bloomington, IL where he went through grade school, high school and graduated from Illinois Wesleyan University. During WWII Melvin served in the U.S. Army Air...

Jan 28, 2009

George F. Ivy, 87, of Sun City, Arizona passed away Jan. 28, 2009. He was born Sept. 5, 1921 in Evansville, IN. He was a U.S. Air Force veteran and retiree and moved to Arizona 43 years ago from California. He is survived by his wife of 66 years, Hazel. Daughters Carol Chuck Bedal, Lana Gary Hagerman and Penny Terry...

Jan 27, 2009

Inez Margaret Jane Jones Jones passed away January 27, 2009 at the age of 102 years 3 months and 11 days. She lived a wonderfully long life, only being in very ill heath for about the last fifteen days. She is preceded in death by her parents, three sisters, son Glenn Clarence 1932, husband Russell R. 1961 and son Harry...

Jan 27, 2009

Putnam, P. Orrin 87, of Chino Valley, AZ, passed away on January 27, 2009. Born in Superior, WI and moved to Arizona in 1956. He is survived by: son, Philip O. Putnam, Sr. of Girdwood, AK, daughter, Luanne Lauer, wife of Allen Lauer of Prescott; grandchildren: Philip O. Putnam, II and wife Kathleen of Glendale, Rochelle Putnam of Glendale, Chris...

Jan 26, 2009

Edward T. Carmody, 92, of Peoria, AZ passed away January 26, 2009. Mr. Carmody was born January 30, 1916 to John & Isabel Sullivan Carmody in Butte, Montana. He was a retired federal government Auditor and resided in Arizona since 1970 from Maryland. He is survived by his wife of 65 years, Rosalie; children Timothy Carmody Elizabeth, Brenda Douglas &...

Jan 24, 2009

Joe Wilburn Miller went to be with the Lord January 24, 2009 at age 72. Joe was born in McLean, Texas. He was a Texas cowboy who also served his country in the US Navy and retired from Motorola in Phoenix. Because of his love for God and riding motorcycles he was one of the founding members of the Christian...

Jan 24, 2009

Alice Jean Maloney Shipe, age 97 of Peoria, AZ, died Saturday Jan. 24, 2009 at Hospice of Arizona-Freedom Plaza in Peoria. Born Dec. 16, 1911 in Buffalo, NY, the daughter of Frank and Anna Maloney of Buffalo, NY., where she married J. Orrin Shipe on Aug. 5, 1939. They raised their five children James, Anne, Thomas, Robert, and Mary Lynn...

Jan 24, 2009

Spitler, Clarence Robert 87, of Glendale, died peacefully at home surrounded by his family on Jan. 24th, 2009. He was born on March 16th, 1921 in Corning, CA but moved to Glendale to attend and graduate from Glendale High School. There he met the love of his life, Betty Bennett, and they married on July 2, 1942, before he left...

Jan 21, 2009

Jan 19, 2009

James D. "Dusty" Rhoads passed away January 19, 2009 at the age of 82. Loving him and missing him are his wife of 46 years JoAnn, his sons James G. Rhoads, Michael Proctor, Daniel Proctor and daughters Deborah Murphey and Wendy Gilmore. A simple service celebrating Dusty's life will be held in the Chapel at Good Shepherd Retirement Center at...

Jan 18, 2009

Mrs. Maria Dorothea Carr, 86 of Sun City, passed away January 18, 2009. She retired as a Social Services Secretary and came from New York in 1982. A Memorial Mass will be on Friday, January 23, 2009 at 11 am at St. Joachim and St. Anne Catholic Church, 11625 N. 111th Ave., Sun City.