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Donald Edward Shirk, age 78, passed away peacefully on Sunday, August 27th at Saint Joseph Hospital in Phoenix. He was born on April 24th, 1939 in Cleveland, Ohio to Elizabeth (Lamson) and Donovan K. Shirk. Don was a 1958 graduate of Mayfield Heights High School. He served honorably in the Armed Forces of the United States, Navy from 1963 to...
Billy Don Ledinski, 68, of Wittmann, AZ passed away August 30, 2017. An Arizona resident for 62 years, Billy was born in Santa Ana, CA. He was a US Army veteran and worked as a truck driver. He is survived by his sister and brother in law Ron & Sandra Gullick and his companion Echo Foster. Visitation will be 4-7...
Patricia J. Padgett, 76 of Phoenix, AZ went home to be with her Lord and Savior on September 1, 2017. She is preceded in death by her father Millard McCall, and her husband of 49 years Howard Padgett and is now reunited with them. She was a loving and caring mother, daughter and grandmother, who loved to be with her...
Merville “Mert” McLain of Peoria, AZ passed away September 3, 2017 peacefully at home. Mert was born in Muskegon, MI on January 23, 1937. Mert was 10 years old when he and his family moved to Arizona. As a teenager he worked for Grand Ave. Produce and then spent the next 20 years with Associated Grocers. After retiring from AG...
Velma Galger Hernandez was born on January 28,1928 and died peacefully in her Sun City home on August 25, 2017. Velma had spent the previous evening in the company of her beloved church community. Velma was born in Waynesville, Illinois, spent her childhood on farms in South Dakota and Minnesota, and moved to the big city at 17. Velma married...
Joyce L. Pearston, 85, of Sun City, Arizona, passed away on Saturday, August 26th. She was born in Fort Worth, TX on June 25, 1932. She was the daughter of Cecil and Alice Aman. Joyce was preceded in death by her husband of 44 years, Alexander D. Pearston. She is survived by her daughters Diana Smith of Hot Springs Village,...
Elaine Christine Svancara passed to be with Our Lord on August 30, 2017 at the age of 75. She was born to James K and Teresa J Egan on July 21, 1942 in Altoona, Pennsylvania. At age 13 she moved to Phoenix with her family. She is survived by, her husband Stanley Svancara of 55 years of marriage, 4 children,...
Irene Barbara Wiley, 97, of Avondale, Arizona passed away August 23, 2017. Born in Hagensville, Missouri to Leonard & Bertha Witthar. Irene was a self employed beautician retiring to Sun City, Arizona in 1991. Preceding her in death are her husband Garland Wiley in 2003 and her daughter Helen Pigg. She is survived by daughters Patricia Hammontree (Dennis) and Velca...
Dorothy Louise Hills, 101, of Sun City passed away August 23, 2017. Miss Hills was born in Chicago, Illinois. She was a teacher in Fort Wayne Schools Community in Fort Wayne, Indiana, retiring to Sun City in 1975. She was a member of the Delta Kappa Gama Sorority, Eastern Star #66, Clay Clubs of Phoenix & Sun City, Weavers Guild...
Robert Leo Colgan, 83, of Sun City, AZ. Born October 21, 1933, to Leo and Mabel Colgan. Went on to be with the Lord August 22, 2017. Born and raised in Oxford Nebraska. He moved to Arizona in 1962 where he got married and started a decorating business, Bob Colgan Upholstery, in Youngtown Arizona, and raised three children with his...
Nathine Montgomery Senne, 93, of Sun City, AZ passed away Aug. 20, 2017. Born in Redlands, CA, she moved to Arizona as a young child. She was a graduate of Flagstaff High School and Arizona State University. She was a Home Economics teacher in Kingman, AZ before marrying and having children. She moved with her husband and children living in...
Ellsworth John Duguid 7 OCT 1931 - 16 AUG 2017 Ellsworth “Al” John Duguid, 85, died Wednesday, August 16, 2017 at his home in Sun City, AZ. He leaves his wife of 30 years, Lee Duguid, his son, John Duguid (Rebecca), his daughter, Katy Bazylewicz (Walter), three stepchildren, Michelle, Steve (Lisa), and Frank Markevich, and seven grandchildren. Born in Batavia,...
Mrs. Frances Kokoszka of Sun City Arizona passed away with family by her bedside, on August 11th 2017 at the Brookdale Assisted Living. Mrs Kokoszka was born in Medina New York, September 14, 1926, a daughter of the late Joseph and Antonia Gulinski. Frances was a graduate of Sacred Heart and Medina High School. She married John Kokoszka on September...
Stephen Paul Piechota, 70, of Goodyear, Arizona passed away August 10, 2017. Formerly of Nebraska, he moved to Arizona in 2004. Visitation will be 2-4 p.m. with a Scripture Service at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday, August 15, 2017, at Menke Funeral & Cremation Center. Concluding services will be held in Omaha, Nebraska
God called, Antonia answered, and the angels sang. Antonia Zmuda was born August 30, 1933 in Chicago, Illinois to Anthony and Mary (Kulig) Zmuda. She was the second oldest of five girls. They grew up loving and enjoying the friendship of each other all of their lives. Tonia attended St. Louis Academy and Silver Lake College in Manitowoc, Wisconsin where...
Rose Marie Conover was born September 30, 1937 in Newark, NJ to Michael Maker & Rose (Saldutti) Maker. The oldest of two children, Rose Marie spent her joyful childhood getting into all kinds of trouble with her younger brother Michael Maker. As a young adult, she loved taking trips into New York City to go ice skating with her cherished...
July 4, 1974 – July 25, 2017 Chad Benjamin Raynes, 43, passed away on July 25, 2017, in Surprise, Arizona, after a heroic battle with lung and bone cancer. Chad was born in Phoenix, Arizona, on July 4, 1974, to Jack and Sherri Raynes. Chad attended Moon Valley High School where he excelled in pole vaulting and graduated from Al...
Mary Lee Chambers, 89, of Sun City, Arizona passed away July 23, 2017. Born in Carroll County, Indiana, Mary moved to Arizona in 1986. She was a member of PEO and the Briarwood Country Club in Sun City. She is survived by her husband of 69 years, Charles "Bob" Chambers; children: Jeff Chambers, David Chambers, Michael Chambers (Cindy) and grandson...
Nora Killian Camenisch of Peoria, AZ passed away July 16, 2017. Nora was a graduate of Trinity High School in Bloomington, IL, Illinois State University, and served a one year Public Health Fellowship at University of Illinois. She was employed by the Illinois Dept. of Public Health in Chicago, until moving to Elmhurst, IL in 1954. Taught in the Elmhurst...
Loretta Jean Anderson, 76, of Sun City, Arizona, passed away on Thursday, July 13th after a lengthy illness. The funeral service will be held at St. Clement of Rome Catholic Parish at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, July 18, 2017 at 15800 N. Del Webb Blvd in Sun City. Her final resting place will be the National Memorial Cemetery of Arizona...
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