Local Obituaries for Families in Wickenburg, Arizona
Patricia Clarke
Jul 3, 2013
Patricia "Teeka" Shedaker Clarke On Wednesday, July 3, 2013, a very classy lady went home. She was being cared by her two daughters and son after she took a fall in December that she never recovered from. She was watched over by her beloved dogs, Loki, Sonny and Charlie. Though our hearts are breaking, we take solace in knowing she...
C. Armstrong
Jul 2, 2013
C. Suzanne Armstrong, age 91, passed away July 2, 2013 at her home in Wickenburg. She was born in Waco, Texas December 4, 1919 to Sylvester Merrick and Margaret Hampton Merrick. Suzanne was a massage therapist for years. She came to Arizona in 1982 settling in Wickenburg.
Vida Everett
Jun 28, 2013
Vida Rose Everett, age 87, went to meet her Lord on June 28, 2013. She passed peacefully in her sleep after a brave battle with Alzheimers and Dementia. She was preceded in death by her long time mate Orvell C. Everett in 2010 and her mother Helen Rose Turpin. Vida is survived by her daughter Sharon Rose Hagar and three...
Donald Peterson
Jun 10, 2013
Donald Peterson, age 90, passed away June 10th unexpectedly at his home in Wickenburg. He was born to parents Gustave and Jennie Dot Peterson in Santaquin, Utah. He graduated from Payson High School and spent the early days of his career working construction jobs in Utah, California and Washington. He and his wife, Arlene were married on March 5, 1955...
Donald Townsend
Jun 6, 2013
Donald Clayton Townsend, age 72, passed away June 6, 2013 at his home in Wickenburg, Arizona. Don was born and raised in Sheridan, Wyoming and attended schools there. He began working as an auto parts man for a brief time until his father purchased the Rainbow Bar in Sheridan, where Don began working as a bartender. Don and his brother...
Penney Heinrich
Jun 5, 2013
Sheila Penney Heinrich, age 65, passed away June 5, 2013 in Surprise, Arizona. Penney was born December 13, 1947 in Hackensack, New Jersey to Leonard Jean Bogert and Shirley C. (Penney) Bogert. She was raised there and attended schools there. Penney moved to Michigan where she owned and operated a bar on the 8 Mile Road that divides Detroit from...
William Cameron
May 19, 2013
William James Cameron - 1928-2013 Born April 2nd to parents Fred & Elizabeth Cameron, the first baby born in the Wickenburg hospital. He peacefully passed at home of natural causes on May 19th, 2013. Raised on the Cameron ranch above Box Canyon on the Hassayampa River and attended the old Rincon school. Married Nancy L. Carter in 1948 Worked in...
Marjorie Baxter
May 14, 2013
Marjorie Ruth Baxter, 88, of Wickenburg, AZ, died Tuesday, May 14, 2013 at a local hospital from complications of COPD. A memorial service for family and friends will be held on Friday, May 24 at 11:00 AM at the Wickenburg Funeral Home, 187 N. Adams St, Wickenburg AZ. Cremation is under the direction of the Wickenburg Funeral Home. Marge was...
Mack Miller
May 10, 2013
Mack L. Miller, age 87, passed away May 10, 2013 in Sun City West, Arizona. Mack was born May 17, 1925 in Blackwell, Oklahoma to Sollis Franklin & Julia Ann Miller. He was raised and attended schools in the Blackwell area and later enlisted in the U.S. Naval Aviation Program where he trained to be a pilot just prior to...
Glen Ackley
May 9, 2013
Glen Wesley Ackley, passed away on May 9, 2013 at the age of 94 in his home in Wickenburg, Arizona. Born 12-19-1918 in Hopewell, Kansas. He was raised on his dad's farm until the age of 15. When he began trying to find his own way in life. At age 17 he arrived in Huntington Park, California, to join an...
John Price
May 8, 2013
John Garner Price, a long-time resident of Blythe died suddenly in Yarnell, AZ, on May 8, 2013. John was 80 years old. John was the son of John Henry Price and Mamie (McDaniel) Price, born in Boise City, OK, on August 1, 1932. John was the third child in a family of nine siblings, all of whom grew up in...
Joen Palmer
May 8, 2013
Joen Marie Palmer, age 79, passed away May 8, 2013 in Peoria, Arizona. Joen was born December 18, 1933 in Chicago, Illinois. She was adopted and raised by Sidney & Martha Smith. She graduated from Mankato State Teachers College and worked as a music teacher. Joen moved to Arizona in 1963 where she began working at Gompers Habilitation Center. She...
Kenneth Anderson
Apr 30, 2013
Kenneth Anderson, age 53, passed away April 30, 2013 in Wickenburg, Arizona. Ken was born February 3, 1960 in St. Paul, Minnesota to Harold R. and Marilyn Anderson. A memorial service was held on Wickenburg on May 5th at the American Legion Hall. A memorial will be held in Minnesota at a later date.
Bennie Taylor
Apr 27, 2013
Committal Services for Bennie Marie Taylor, age 74, who passed away April 27, 2013 will be held on Monday, July 8th at 9:00 AM at the Morristown Cemetery in Morristown, Arizona.
Carol Kane
Apr 20, 2013
Carol Lynn Kane, age 64, passed away April 20, 2013 in Surprise, Arizona. Carol was born June 12, 1948 in Detroit, Michigan to Elmer and Ethel Lock. She was a divoted mother and a loving family member. She is survived by her husband William "Bill" of Surprise and son William "Billy" Kane of Surprise, Lynnette Broxson of Florida, Alison Rossello...
Lee Lowe
Apr 20, 2013
Lee Edward Lowe, age 61, passed away April 20, 2013 in Peoria, Arizona. Lee was born in Virginia June 16, 1951 to Thed and Virginia Lowe. He served in the U.S. Army during the Viet Nam war and later returned to Ohio working in the Auto Manufacturing industry. Lee came to Wickenburg in June of 2012, he could be seen...
Jan Hernandez
Apr 14, 2013
Jan Hernandez born October 9, 1928 in Fulton, New York to Bessie and Norman Temple, went to Heaven on April 14, 2013. A tenacious and loving spirit, Jan could handle anything that was placed in front of her. She loved to work, whether it was driving a cab in New York to running a Circle K in Arizona. She loved...



