Local Obituaries for Families in Wickenburg, Arizona
Van Shumway
Mar 10, 2014
Van L Shumway passed away Monday March 10, 2014 surrounded by his 6 children. He was born in Taylor AZ, Dec. 18, 1925, the youngest of Charles L and Julia Myrtle Jennings Shumway's 8 children. He married Ruth Fleming Aug. 21, 1952; together they made their home and raised their family in Phoenix. She passed away August 13, 2011. Dad...
Kenneth Wooley
Mar 10, 2014
Kenneth Walter Wooley, age 79, passed away March 10, 2014. He was born on March 2, 1936 in Crosby County, Texas. Kenneth worked in construction for years, working on the California-Nevada pipeline. He later came to Arizona working as a mechanic operating his own transmission shop in Miami, AZ later moving to Wickenburg in 1980 where he began working for...
Daniel Thrasher
Mar 8, 2014
Dan Thrasher passed away March 8TH, in his home in Wickenburg, while in the loving care of his family and Hospice of the Valley. Dan was born in Phoenix, Az. August 15, 1921 at 19th Avenue and Indian School Road, where his parents farmed. They homesteaded in Forepaugh in 1932. Dan graduated from Wickenburg High School in 1940. He worked...
Donovan Wadlow
Mar 7, 2014
Donovan James Wadlow Donovan James Wadlow, 92, passed away peacefully March 7, 2014, in Wickenburg, Arizona. A memorial service will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, April 26, 2014, at Redeemer Lutheran Church in Wickenburg. Pastor Ken Piepenbrink will officiate. Donovan (Don) was born in the town of Grafton, Jersey County, Illinois on November 9, 1921, the son of...
Dorothy Watkins
Mar 6, 2014
Dorothy M. Watkins,age 76, passed away March 6, 2014 in Wittmann, Arizona. Dorothy was born in Weizer, Idaho to Roscoe & Olive Robison. She and husband Ronald came to Arizona after retiring in 1994 settling in Wickenburg. Funeral services with interment will take place in Weizer, Idaho.
Marjorie Michaelson
Mar 6, 2014
Marjorie Houg Michaelson Born May 31 1922 - Died March 6 2014. Marge had a pioneering spirit and led an adventurous life. A young woman from the rural town of Exeland, WI, she took off on her journey by becoming one of the first air hostesses for Trans World Airline. After WWII she married Kent W. Michaelson and moved to...
Jeannette Walters
Mar 4, 2014
Jeannette P. Walters, age 98, passed away in Phoenix, Arizona on March 4, 2014. She was born June 11, 1915 in Spanish Fork, Utah to Joseph W. Pearson and Mary Alice McLean Pearson. She married Carl Walters in 1932 in Prescott and they made their home in the Wickenburg area later moving to Bagdad where she has lived most of...
Bertha Candelaria
Mar 3, 2014
Bertha C. Candelaria, age 72, passed away March 3, 2014 in Surprise, Az. Bertha was born September 11, 1941 in Ray, Arizona to Salvador and Carmen Contreras. She was raised and attended schools there. Following her schooling she began working in Phoenix at the Arizona Industrial Commission during that time she met Tom Candelaria and they were married in 1967...
Ronald Kolbo
Mar 2, 2014
Ronald Lee Kolbo, age 74, passed away March 2, 2014 in Sun City West, Arizona. Ron was born June 13, 1939 in Lodi, Nebraska to Lloyd and Sylvia Kolbo. He served in the National Guard as an airplane mechanic and developed a love of airplanes and flying. He was an auto mechanic by trade and when he retired he moved...
Thomas Hill
Feb 28, 2014
Thomas "Tex" J.G. Hill age 70, passed away February 28, 2014 at his home near Wickenburg, AZ. Tex was born February 20, 1944 in Ft. Wayne, Indiana. He was raised in Vero Beach, Florida and attended schools there later serving in the U.S. Air Force. Following his military service he began a career in law enforcement in Del Rio, Texas...
Ila Kerkes
Feb 14, 2014
Ila Kerkes, a resident of Wickenburg for over 68 years passed away on February 14, 2014 in Sun City West, Arizona at Hospice of the Arizona. Ila was born in Saskatchewan, Canada to Bob and Ethel McConnell on July 21, 1925. She was the youngest of four siblings and often recalled very fond memories of growing up in Mercer, Wisconsin....
Larry Grater
Feb 14, 2014
Mr. Larry E. Grater, age 72, passed away February 14, 2014 at his home in Yarnell, Arizona. Larry was born August 4, 1941 in Redmond, Oregon to Guy O. Grater and Dorothy VanScoy Grater. He served in the military and later worked in Appliance Sales and Repair. He is survived by his daughter, Cheryl Nicholaw of Apex, North Carolina and...
Leslie Stettler
Feb 13, 2014
OBITUARY - LESLIE FAYE STETTLER WICKENBURG, AZ 2-28-1939 -- 2-13-2014 She was an artist, from her soul to her fingertips. Her subjects were tropical birds, grandkids, people she cared for as RN in the Alzheimer's Ward of Royal Gardens Health & Rehab Nursing Home in Grants Pass, Oregon. Leslie passed on the morning of February 13, 2014, but lives on...
Joy Navin
Feb 11, 2014
Joy Navin, age 85, passed away at her home in Wickenburg, Az on February 11, 2014. She was well known for her ability to work and care for dogs. Joy is survived by her husband Martin "Marty" Navin of Wickenburg.
Waunitta DiCamillo
Feb 10, 2014
Waunitta E. DiCamillo, age 91, passed away February 10, 2014 in Surprise, Arizona. She was born August 15, 1922 in Greeenland, Colorado to Henry Cooper and Pearl Ford Cooper. She later attended Shasta College where she earned a teaching credential. She was primarily a homemaker and came to Arizona in 1988 settling in Yarnell. Waunitta attended Yarnell Community Presbyterian Church...
George Johnson
Feb 8, 2014
GEORGE GORDON (G.G.) JOHNSON May 20, 1925 - February 8, 2014 George G. Johnson was born May 20, 1925 in Bedford, Indiana to George W. Johnson and Catherine Ehringer Johnson. He attended schools there and served in the United States Navy, discharged as Torpedoman Second Class. In 1946, he married Lucille M. Tincher. They were members of the First Church...
Sharon Murphy
Feb 7, 2014
Sharon Dee Murphy, age 63, passed away February 7, 2014 at her home in Wickenburg. Sharon was born November 16, 1950 in Wickenburg, Arizona to Glenn Kirkham and Natalie Willis Kirkham. She attended schools locally and was a 1968 graduate of Wickenburg High School. She was preceded in death by her parents. Sharon is survived by children: Amy ( Cory)...
Donald Bolin
Feb 3, 2014
In Loving Memory of Donald David "Rocky" Bolin Rocky was born in San Bernardino, CA on August 17, 1945. He was the youngest of two children born to Bob and Lois Bolin. Rocky's dad was an officer in the Air Force, which took Rocky and his older sister, Betty to Hungary, Hawaii and other various states across the U.S. His...
