Local Obituaries for Families in Wickenburg, Arizona
Lois Allen
Apr 12, 2018
Lois Rosaline Allen was born on November 12, 1925 in Long Pine, Nebraska to Clarence Edgar Conrad and Almeda Sarah Conrad. Lois passed away at the age of 92, in Wickenburg, Arizona.Lois grew up in and graduated high school in Long Pine, NE and worked in the Post Office there for a short time before meeting and marrying Vern Kennedy....
Willadine Sutton
Apr 10, 2018
Willadine Sutton, age 90, passed away on April 10, 2018 in Wickenburg, Arizona. Willadine was born December 30, 1927 in Bonham, Texas to Samuel Nelsen and Zula Isham Nelsen. She has been a long time Arizona resident and worked for several years as a bailiff in the Court System. She was preceded in death by her husband Robert "Jack" Sutton...
Margaret Wachter
Apr 10, 2018
Margaret "Peggy" Wachter, age 92, passed away April 10, 2018 in Surprise, Arizona. Peggy was born March 1, 1926 in Tucson, Arizona to Floyd "Speed" Wachter and Katherine Sorrells Wachter. She attended schools in Wickenburg and later graduated from Arizona State University in 1950. She began teaching in Coolidge, Arizona in 1950 and taught the 2nd grade at West School...
Richard Hershkowitz
Apr 1, 2018
Richard Aaron Hershkowitz, age 39, passed away April 1, 2018 in Surprise, Arizona surrounded by his family.Aaron grew up and went to school in Wickenburg, Az. He moved to Florida as a young man and worked construction most of his life. When he returned to Arizona he worked staining cabins in Overgaard, Arizona.Aaron loved spending time going out in the...
Charles Royer
Mar 25, 2018
Charles "Chuck" Royer, age 89, passed away March 25, 2018 in Surprise, Arizona. Chuck was born November 21, 1928 in Battle Creek, Michigan to William and Helen Royer. He served in the U.S. Army and later pursued a career in Education. He taught for many years. He and wife Nancy came to Wickenburg some 16 years ago from Michigan. He...
Margaret Petersen
Mar 25, 2018
Margaret Petersen of Wickenburg, Arizona, passed away in Surprise AZ. on March 25, 2018. Margaret was born and raised in Detroit, MI by her parents William and Sadie. She married her husband Charles in 1948 and they moved to Phoenix in 1959 raising 5 sons in the valley. After finishing her Masters degree, Margaret taught College English and Composition. They...
Verna Dickson
Mar 24, 2018
Verna Juanita Dickson passed away on March 24, 2018 in Surprise, Arizona. She was born January 22, 1930 in Arkansas to Daniel E. Curton and Verna Chamberlain. She worked as a schoolteacher and homemaker. She and husband Milburn came to Wickenburg in 1996. She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church in Wickenburg and played the organ and piano...
Elaine Ballard
Mar 19, 2018
Elaine E. Ballard, age 89, passed away March 19, 2018 in Apple Valley, California.She was born August 3, 1928 in Chicago, Illinois. Elaine married Richard Ballard following his military service on February 2, 1946. They lived in Bishop, California and later to Apple Valley. Richard retired in the 1980's and they moved to Aguila, Arizona in 1986. They enjoyed traveling...
Douglas Heinicke
Mar 18, 2018
Douglas R. Heinicke passed away on March 18, 2018 at home, surrounded by his family, at age 78. Doug was born in Lynn, Massachusetts on October 1, 1939 to Carleton Fillmore and Dorothy Eleanor (Hassett) Heinicke. He grew up on a farm in Howard County, Maryland and graduated from Howard County High School in 1957. He attended college at California...
Ed Wade
Mar 18, 2018
Ed Wade was born in Spearville, Kansas on September 30, 1947 to Jack & Louise Wade.He grew up in the Kansas City area and in Russellville, Arkansas, graduating from Russellville High School in 1965. He served a "kiddie cruise" in the U.S. Navy, being honorably discharged just before his 21st birthday.He worked for Wells Fargo Alarm Systems in Omaha, Nebraska...
Dorothy Thrasher
Mar 15, 2018
Dorothy Jean Thrasher was born on April 16, 1924 to Calvin Cecil Phillips and Katie Leone Phillips in Porum, Oklahoma. Dorothy passed away March 15, 2018 in Wickenburg, Arizona.The family moved to Glendale, AZ in 1932 and later moved to Aguila, AZ., where Dorothy worked as a tower operator at the Clayborn Flight Academy during WWII.Dorothy married Daniel Hendrick Thrasher...
Carolyn Batterton
Mar 14, 2018
Carolyn F. Batterton, age 74, passed away March 14, 2018 in Wickenburg, Arizona. Carolyn was born June 28, 1943 in Winchester, Kentucky to Berry Abner and Geneva Clem Abner. She was a homemaker and mother. She had moved to Arizona some 6 years ago to be near family. Family services will be held at a later date in Kentucky.
Lorna Briggs
Mar 9, 2018
Lorna M. Briggs, age 79, passed away March 9, 2018 in Peoria, Arizona. Lorna was born March 14, 1938 in Lindsay, California to Orval & Nora Briggs. She worked as a flight attendant with United Airline for over 40 years. No formal services will be held at this time.
Preston Wisseman
Feb 26, 2018
Preston Lee Wisseman, age 53, of Hyder, Arizona, passed away on February 26, 2018.Preston was born in Chandler, Arizona on October 5, 1964. He grew up in Scottsdale, Arizona until the age of 15 when his family relocated to Chandler. He had a love for the outdoors, cars and motorcycles and was always out riding his dirt bike, rebuilding engines,...
Gloyd Cowley
Feb 21, 2018
Gloyd Merlin Cowley, age 89, passed away February 21, 2018 in Wickenburg, AZGloyd "Bill" was born April 12, 1928 in Logan, Utah to Merlin Joseph Cowley and Opal Evelyn Cash. He was raised on a dairy farm in Logan, Utah. In his teens, he relocated to Arizona to be a cowboy. He lived his dream by working as a cowboy...
John Karnes
Feb 20, 2018
John Paul Karnes, age 82, passed away February 20, 2018 in Wickenburg, Arizona. Paul was born October 16, 1935 in Rochester, New York. He served in the U.S. Army and following his military service he worked and lived in Alaska. He was a construction inspector for years. He came to Wickenburg to winter and for the last few years has...
Joseph Tenpenny
Feb 19, 2018
Joseph F. Tenpenny, age 76, passed away February 19, 2018 in Phoenix, Arizona. Joe was born in Burlington, Wisconsin on September 26, 1941 to Charles and Doris Tenpenny. He served in the U.S. Navy retiring from the military. Joe was preceded in death by 3 children. He is survived by his wife Janice and a son William and grandchildren.
Patricia Sullivan
Feb 18, 2018
Patricia A. Sullivan, age 93 years young, died peacefully on February 18, 2018 at her residence at My Father's Retirement Ranch in Wickenburg, Arizona after a brief decline in health brought on by heart failure.Patricia was the daughter of William and Angela Sullivan of Chicago, Illinois. She was married to George A. Sullivan (LTC. USA ret.) for almost 50 years...
Kenneth Okland
Feb 17, 2018
Kenneth Leroy Okland, age 75, passed away on February 17, 2018 surrounded by his loving family. He was born in Watford City, North Dakota to Thomas and Dorothy Okland. He served in the military and following his military service he worked in Oil field construction. He and his wife Gloria came to Wickenburg recently to enjoy the warmer climate.
Evelyn Rubash
Feb 14, 2018
Evelyn E. RubashSurprise, AZ--Evelyn "Babe" Rubash, 94, of Wickenburg, AZ, passed away Wednesday, February 14, 2018 at Loving Heart Group Home in Surprise, AZ. She was born June 26, 1923 in Peeples Valley, Arizona, the daughter of George and Woodruff (Brazel) Leisering and married Arthur Rubash on December 24, 1937. Babe was a life-long resident of Wickenburg, Arizona. She was...
