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Cleo Mitchell

Cleo Mitchell

Nov 17, 2015

91, of Sun City, Arizona passed away November 15, 2015 in Pinion Hills, California. Survivors include her husband John and her daughters. Visitation will be at 11:30 a.m. with funeral service 1:30 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 21, 2015 at Menke Funeral & Cremation Center Chapel. Interment will be at the National Memorial Cemetery of Arizona.

Kenneth Claypool

Kenneth Claypool

Nov 12, 2015

81, of Phoenix, AZ passed away on Nov. 9, 2015. Born in Cleveland, OH, moved to San Diego, CA and graduated from San Diego State University. Was in the Army 1954-56 as a helicopter repairman. He loved the Military. He moved from Santa Rosa, CA to Phoenix in 1980 after marriage to Marjorie. He is survived by his wife, two...

Timothy D." McCoy

Timothy D." McCoy

Nov 10, 2015

Timothy “Chili D.” McCoy, beloved son, brother, partner, and friend left us to join the Lord on November 9, 2015 at 2am surrounded by his family. A service of celebration will be held at the Menke Funeral & Cremation Center 12420 N. 103rd Ave., Sun City, AZ 85351 on Wednesday, November 11th at 2pm. All are welcome to join the...

Carrie Vara

Carrie Vara

Nov 6, 2015

Carrie Lynn Vara, 46, of Glendale, Arizona passed away November 5, 2015. Carrie was born January of 1969 in Jacksonville, NC and moved to Arizona that same year. She is survived by her parents David and Carolyn Garner; grandmother Helen Brewer; her children Christopher (Tia), Ryan (Michelle), and Craig; sister Amy Garner; grandchildren Wyatt and Landon. A memorial service will...

Raymond Jubera

Raymond Jubera

Nov 6, 2015

Beloved Father, Grandfather, Brother, Husband and Dear Friend. Born #5 of 8 children on September 12, 1943 to Raymond and Trinidad (Elizondo) Jubera in Mpls, MN. Sisters Sally Rudolphi, Rose (Ruben) Rocha, Doris (Ed) Kocienda, Mary (Bob) Knudsen, Linda (Mike) Haskins, brother Richard (Pat) Jubera. Ray left this world after a courageous battle with cancer on November 5, 2015. Ray...

Mary Joy

Mary Joy

Oct 28, 2015

Mary Jane Joy, 79, of Sun City West, AZ passed away Oct. 21, 2015. Mary Jane was born in Lawrence, MA to Joseph and Juliette Collins. She worked as a Stewardess for Pan American and also had been a high school teacher. She moved to Arizona in 1997 and was a member of Our Lady of Lourdes Parish, Deer Valley...

Jerome Muchmore

Jerome Muchmore

Oct 20, 2015

Jerome Louis Muchmore, 81 of Sun City, Arizona passed away on October 19, 2015. Jerry lost his courageous battle with his heart. He was born in Cincinnati, Ohio and graduated with a bachelor of Electrical Engineering from the University of Dayton in 1966. He served in the Army as a machinist in Germany during the Korean War and was a...

Robert Avery

Robert Avery

Oct 20, 2015

Robert Anthony Avery, 78, of Sun City, Arizona passed away October 15, 2015. Mr. Avery was born in Cleveland, Ohio and moved to Arizona in 1945. He served in the US Air Force in Korea, and worked as a Heavy Equipment Operator in the construction business. He was preceded in death by his wife Irene in 2003. Surviving are his...

Harold Smith

Harold Smith

Oct 13, 2015

Harold Nelson Smith, 79, of Surprise Arizona, died Saturday morning, October 10, 2015 in Surprise, Arizona. He was born September 13, 1936 in Bingham Canyon, Utah, to Nelly and Faye Smith. He married Jacqulyn Hall in 1958 and she is survived along with their four boys Scott Smith, Kraig Smith, James Smith, and Jack Smith. He is also survived by...

Francis "Frank" Stack

Francis "Frank" Stack

Oct 12, 2015

Francis C. “Frank” Stack, 91, of Sun City, AZ passed away Oct. 9, 2015. He was born in Shelton, Nebraska. At the outset of WWII Mr. Stack joined the Army Air Corp serving on the bomber B24 liberator as a navigator. On one of his missions he was shot down over Germany and was held as a prisoner of war...

Mary Nebesar

Mary Nebesar

Oct 8, 2015

Mary Anne Nebesar (nee Percynski) of Surprise, Arizona (formerly of Sun City, Arizona), passed away on September 14, 2015, at Hospice of the Valley. Mary Anne was born in Holden, West Virginia, on April 15, 1930 to Zigmond and Stella Percynski (nee Tupis), both deceased. Beloved mother to Katherine Suzo (Michael), Pamela Carroll (Claude), and Sharon Kish O'Brien (Joe). Grandmother...

Betty Britt

Betty Britt

Oct 8, 2015

Betty L. Britt, 80, of Sun City West, AZ passed away Oct. 7, 2015. Born in Mitchell, SD she moved to Arizona from Washington State in 1995. She was a member of St. Elizabeth Seton Parish in Sun City. She was preceded in death by her husband Donald Dean Britt in 1998. Betty is survived by her daughters Sharen Marie...

Frankie Durst

Frankie Durst

Oct 5, 2015

Frankie Eva Durst, 88, of Sun City, Arizona passed away October 1, 2015. Frankie was born in Lafayette, LA to Wilfred and Oliva Steiner. A homemaker, she moved to Arizona in 1993 and was a member of St. Clement of Rome Catholic Church and the Palmbrook Country Club. Frankie is preceded in death by her husband George Durst in 2004...

Carol Arseth

Carol Arseth

Sep 29, 2015

Carol Lee Cramer was born on March 28th, 1933 to parents Chester and Ina Cramer of Des Moines, IA. She graduated from West High School in Minneapolis, MN in 1951, and went on to nursing school at Abbott Hospital and McAllister College where she earned her nursing RN credentials in 1954. Her love of healing and nursing the sick never...

Floyd Juillard

Floyd Juillard

Sep 25, 2015

92, of Wickenburg, Arizona (formerly of Peoria) passed away September 14, 2015. Mr. Juillard was born in Stryker, Ohio. A U.S. retired U.S. Navy pilot, he moved to Arizona in 1974. Survivors include his daughter Dr. Diane Juillard and son Randolph Juillard. He was laid to rest with military honors on September 22, 2015 at the National Memorial Cemetery of...

Pearl Staehle

Pearl Staehle

Sep 23, 2015

Pearl Staehle, 85, of Surprise, AZ and formerly of Trumbull, CT, passed away on Sept. 15, 2015 with her loving children, Sandra and Gerald at her side. She is also survived by her son-in-law Keith Johnson. She was the widow of Otto Staehle. She was a graduate of Bassick High School and member of the consistory of the First United...

Irene Calca

Irene Calca

Sep 22, 2015

85, of Sun City passed away on September 19, 2015, at the Hospice Of The Valley facility in Glendale, AZ. Irene was born on January 14, 1930 in “The Bronx” NY, to Armand Green and Helen Stark Green. In 1944, her family (which now included her little brother, Robert) moved to Los Angeles, CA. Although diminutive in physical size, Irene...

Mary Sutter

Mary Sutter

Sep 17, 2015

Mary Margaret Sutter, 81, of Phoenix, Arizona passed away August 20, 2015. Mary was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. A retired General Motors Clerk, she moved to Arizona in 1991. She is survived by her husband of 61 years, Jim Sutter; daughter Sandy Roby; sister Judith Endrizzi; grandchildren Michele MacMillan and MacKenzie Sutter. She was preceded in death by her son...

Norman Robarge

Norman Robarge

Sep 16, 2015

Norman Joseph Robarge age 88 went home to be with the Lord on September 9, 2015. Norm was born on November 6, 1926 in Waukegan Illinois to Henry and Leona Robarge. He served his country joining the U.S. Marines in 1945 as a machine gun crewman on the USS Guam. Upon discharge, he worked as a heavy equipment operator and...

Betty McCormick

Betty McCormick

Sep 15, 2015

Betty Jane McCormick, 79, of Surprise, AZ passed away Sept. 13, 2015. Betty was born in Alexandria, VA and lived and raised her family in Louisiana before moving to Arizona in 2003. She was a homemaker and enjoyed reading, word puzzles, jigsaw puzzles, her favorite TV show Wheel of Fortune and loved playing with her grandchildren. She is survived by...

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