Obituaries
Mary Vadus
May 26, 2022
Mary Ellen Crandley Vadus was born on June 1, 1938 in Philadelphia PA. She worked in banking until she married her husband, Norbert Vadus. The couple lived in Philadelphia before moving to Minersville, Pennsylvania where they began raising their two children, Ellen and Matthew. Mary Ellen was a devoted and much loved mother, grandmother and aunt. After their children were...
Leland Dole
May 23, 2022
Leland (Lee) Dole, 94, of Sun City, Arizona passed away peacefully at home with his family around him on May 23, 2022. Lee was born April 3, 1928, in Boyce Ville, WI. He had three brothers and one sister, James, Donald, Conrad, and Myrtle (all who proceeded him in death). Lee graduated from Boyce Ville High School in 1945. After...
Carol Miller
May 22, 2022
Carol May Miller was born March 2nd 1941 in Hopkins, MN. She met the love of her life Dale Frederick Miller whom she married in her hometown on March 7th, 1959. Together they had 5 beautiful children who were raised in Phoenix, AZ where they remained for the rest of time. Carol's greatest joy was spending time with her friends...
Carl Standifer Jr.
May 21, 2022
Carl E Standifer Jr. was born in Coffeyville, KS on November 10, 1946, and passed peacefully in his sleep on the morning of May 21, 2022. The son of the late Carl E. Standifer Sr. and the late Wilhelmina Standifer. Carl was preceded in death, not only by his parents but by his siblings Glen M. Standifer, Priscilla D. Hubbard...
Edgar Schaefer
May 21, 2022
The Reverend Edgar Jerome Schaefer of Sun City, AZ went to be with our Lord on May 21, 2022. He was born February 7, 1923 in Weimer Township, Minnesota to Joe and Magdaline Schaefer. Visitation will be Thursday, June 2 from 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm with the Rosary at 5:00 pm at Menke Funeral & Cremation Center, Sun City,...
Marie Beernink
May 17, 2022
Marie Amelia (Wolf) Beernink was born on December 4, 1937, in Hinsdale, Illinois and she earned her angel wings on May 17, 2022, at her home in Sun City, AZ after a short battle with cancer. Marie was preceded in death, by her parents, Auguste & Elizabeth Wolf; her beloved husband, Kenneth Beernink; 2 greatgrandchildren, Lincoln Wright & Teresa Zapata....
Gerrit Terpstra
May 15, 2022
Dr. Gerrit Anne Terpstra dies at the age of 84. On the morning of May 15, 2022, Dr. Gerrit Terpstra, a medical doctor and long term resident of Arizona, passed away with his loving and devoted daughter Lenneke and his companion Lucky by his side, with Willie Nelson playing softly in the background. Gerrit was born on February 21, 1938...
Analicia Reed
May 14, 2022
Analicia "Ana" Reed touched many lives during her short time here on earth and her silly, loving spirit will be remembered forever. Analicia was a sophomore at Peoria High School, where she joined NJROTC and learned to play the guitar. Ana passed away on May 14th, 2022, after a brave and fearless, 7-year battle with Epilepsy. The strength and courage...
Donald Pipho
May 13, 2022
Don was born in Denver, IA, on April 20, 1935, the son of the late Ewald and Erna (nee Steege) Pipho. He is survived by his wife, Katheryn Pipho (nee Fankhanel); his children Paul (Joanne) Pipho, Katy Brunson, and Jennifer (Jim) Lasky; his grandchildren Kaila (Joe) Scattergood, Jessica (Mike Kurtz) Lasky, Christopher Pipho, Nicholas Brunson, and Michael Pipho; great grandchildren...
Lydia Newberry
May 10, 2022
Lydia Victoria “Vicki” Newberry passed away at the age of 87 on May 10, 2022, at Nicolette Assisted Living Facility in Peoria, AZ. Vicki was born on October 30, 1934, in Clintwood, Virginia, the daughter of Leonard Fleming and Hattie Counts Fleming Edwards and stepfather Garland Edwards. Vicki married Furl Newberry on March 6, 1954, in Clintwood, VA and they...
William Pottle
May 10, 2022
William L. Pottle April 4, 1936 – May 10, 2022 William (“Bill”) Pottle passed away on May 10, 2022 in Sun City, Arizona. He was born on April 4, 1936 in Chicago, raised in Quincy, Illinois, and was the son of Lewis W. Pottle and Clara Leary Pottle. Bill graduated from Quincy High School in 1953 and attended the University...
Claudia Brown
May 7, 2022
Claudia Gaye Brown, age 72, passed away Saturday, May 7, 2022 in Sun City, Arizona. Claudia is survived by her loving husband, Jerry Joe Brown of Sun City, AZ. Also, surviving Claudia are her sons: Matthew Dunn of Phoenix, AZ, Nicholas Brown and his wife Alexia, and grandsons Kenneth Brown, Greyson Brown & Boston Brown all of Dalhart, Texas, and...
Paul Seltzer
May 6, 2022
Paul Ambrose Seltzer, age 80, died on May 6, 2022. A resident of Sun City, AZ, he was recovering from surgery and respiratory difficulties at an assisted living facility in Peoria, AZ. The cause of death was respiratory failure and systemic infection. Paul was the fourth child of Miriam Dean Beery and Paul Ambrose Seltzer. He grew up in Lansdowne...
Francis Haukom
May 5, 2022
Francis Keith Haukom, 88, of Sun City, Arizona passed away May 5, 2022. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. Monday, May 16, 2022 at Menke Funeral & Cremation Center Chapel, 12420 N. 103rd Ave., Sun City, AZ.
Robert (Bob) Wahlstrom
May 2, 2022
Robert (Bob) Winston Wahlstrom was born in McAlester, Oklahoma August 25, 1944. The firstborn son of Winston A. and Billie L. Wahlstrom, Bob grew up with his five siblings Bud, Jim, Reed, Robin, and Tina. A man fiercely devoted to his family, Bob is survived by his mother, Billie, his wife of 55 years, Ileen, his sons David and Derek,...
Sharon Long
Apr 26, 2022
Sharon Lois Long (Yoder) Devoted wife, mother, and friend Sharon Lois Long, 79, went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, April 26, 2022, with her family by her side. Sharon was born on July 9, 1942, to Lester and Mildred Yoder in Detroit, Michigan. Working as a Candy Striper at Colorado General, in the early 60’s, she met...
Christopher Messick
Apr 25, 2022
Christopher Lee Messick May 30, 1986 - April 25, 2022 Chris, beloved father to Ella and Layla; son of Randel Messick (deceased) and Susan Sekan; brother of Michelle Manlick (Brad) and Shyan Ingrao (Jamie); uncle, grandson, cousin, nephew, friend, co-worker to so many, has left us to rest and be with his dad, grandpa, family and friends who left this...
Karen (Steenbock) Sterba
Apr 25, 2022
Karen Emily (Steenbock) Sterba, 80, passed away Monday, April 25th in Peoria, Arizona. Beloved wife, mother, and grandmother. Karen was born March 10, 1942, in Tampa, Florida to Helen and Herbert Steenbock (both deceased). She is survived by her husband, Jerry Sterba; daughter, Jennifer Sterba; son, Chistopher Sterba; brother, William Steenbock; grandchildren Christopher, Christian and Clarabelle Sterba; and one cantankerous...
Shirley Woodward
Apr 24, 2022
Shirley Long Woodward, 93, died April 24, 2022. Shirley was born in Gainesville, FL, grew up in Auburn, NY, graduated from Auburn East High School in 1947 and then attended Cornel University where she met Gordon Woodward. They married September 11, 1949 and lived in the town of Maine, NY until they retired to Sun City, AZ in 1988. They...
Camilla Kuberka
Apr 21, 2022
Camilla, 80, passed away peacefully this past Thursday, April 21, 2022, in Sun City, AZ. Camilla was born on September 22, 1941, in Amsterdam, NY. The daughter of Lewis H. and Marion (Hunter) Hill, she graduated from Scotia-Glenville High School, Scotia, NY in 1959. In 1959 she married Lawrence J. Kuberka. They lived in Virginia, MN for their first 25...
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