Obituaries

May 12, 2023

Walter Philip McMartin Jr, 86, passed away on May 12, 2023.

Walter was born on November 11, 1936, in Minneapolis, Minnesota to Walter Philip McMartin, Sr, and Marion Molly (Sugarman) McMartin. He was the second of four children with three sisters: Gloria (McMartin) Rector, Marilyn (McMartin) Ascher, and Margaret Carolyn McMartin. His early years were spent in Minneapolis where he attended public school...

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May 5, 2023

Marietta Jean Good, 99, of Sun City, Arizona, passed away on May 5th, 2023. She was born on June 18th, 1923 in Madison, South Dakota to Thomas and Olga VanLaningham. Marietta had a brother Thomas and a sister Margaret. Marietta graduated from West Linn High School in West Linn, OR. During World War II, Marietta traveled to Washington D.C. and...

May 3, 2023

Dolores J. Coates 87, of Peoria, AZ, Formerly of Sun City, AZ, Passed away on May 3rd, 2023 peacefully. Dolores was born in Gary, Indiana on December 18, 1935, she had 3 siblings Eugene, Angeline and Walter. Dolores was predeceased by her parents Cecilia and Stanley Filar, husband Robert J. Coates Sr. Married for 68 years, Son Timothy Coates and...

May 2, 2023

Theresa (Terry) Marie Weicker (Burdick) 63, of Peoria, AZ passed away on May 2, 2023 from Scleroderma. Terry was born March 11, 1960 in Philadelphia, PA and grew up in Levittown, PA. She was a 1978 graduate at Pennsbury High School. She was of the Catholic faith. She married the love of her life, Blair Weicker Jr. November 9, 1985....

May 1, 2023

Don J. O'Brien, 84, of Sun City, AZ passed away at his home on May 1, 2023. Don was born July 14, 1938 in McMinnville, TN the son of W.M. O'Brien and Emma Cornelia (Foster) O'Brien. Don graduated Moline High School in 1958. He then went on to serve in the National Guard. Don married Mary Ferguson of Bald Knob,...

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Apr 24, 2023

Patricia K. Konopka, 87, of Peoria, AZ, passed away on April 24, 2023. Pat was born in Brooklyn, New York on July 31,1935. Pat was predeceased by her parents, Robert and Katherine Stenson and her husband, Walter Konopka, Sr, of 24 years, her sons Walter Konopka, Jr., William Konopka, her daughter, Susan Konopka and her brother, Robert Stenson. She is...

Apr 24, 2023

Claudia Jean Nihart Clayton, 77, left us to be with her Lord in Heaven on April 24, 2023, peacefully while in hospice care in her winter home of Sun City, Arizona. Her husband and son were by her side. Born to Earl and Ada (Sellers) Nihart on October 4, 1945, in Lansing, MI, the youngest of three girls, Claudia attended...

Apr 23, 2023

Apr 22, 2023

Evelyn M. Cummings, passed away peacefully on April 22nd, 2023. She was born on January 10th, 1928 in Sheridan, Illinois. She was preceded in the death by her daughter Rhonda and Husband Earl in 2017 also her parents and many relatives and friends. She attended beauty college after high school graduation in 1945. She became a beauty operator in 1946....

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Apr 20, 2023

Dan was born on June 4, 1949, in Iowa and moved to Arizona in 1955 where he lived with his father Harold and mother Mary, along with his older brother Perry and his younger brother Frank. Dan graduated from Maryvale High School, and then from ASU with a degree in chemical engineering. He joined the ROTC program and entered the...

Apr 20, 2023

Julie Diane Belter of Sun City Arizona, passed away April 20, 2023 at Hospice of the Valley, Thunderbird House. Julie was 73 years young. Julie was born to Dorothy (Reed) and Floyd Borkenhagen on March 21, 1950 in Baraboo Wisconsin. Julie married Robert (Fritz) Belter December 2, 1969 in Janesville WI. Fritz preceded her in death on July 6, 1983....

Apr 20, 2023

Lee C. Kloft, 88, of Peoria, Arizona, beloved husband, father, brother and papa peacefully passed away surrounded by family on April 20, 2023. Lee, the 4th of 6 siblings, was born on May 18, 1934 in Bellevue, Iowa. He grew up in Charles City and after high school briefly attended Loras College. Shortly afterwards, Lee was drafted into the US...

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