Local Obituaries for Families in Wickenburg, Arizona
Leonard Hershkowitz
May 22, 2011
Albert Leonard Hershkowitz was born January 2, 1941 in Wickenburg, AZ to Harry and Elizabeth Hershkowitz. Leonard attended school in Wickenburg's Little Red School House and graduated in 1959 from Wickenburg High School where he was a standout football and baseball player. Upon graduation Leonard enlisted in the Army where he served in Korea. Once discharged from the Army, Leonard...
Robert Wren
May 11, 2011
Robert A. Wren, age 64, passed away at his home in Wickenburg surrounded by family May 11, 2011. He was born and raised in Morris, Illinois. Robert worked in construction most of his life moving to Wickenburg 9 years ago to retire. Funeral services will be held on Morris, Illinois with interment in Sable Cemetery in Morris.
Rollie Allen
May 3, 2011
Rollin B. "Rollie" Allen was born January 15, 1921 in Judson, Minnesota to Glen Allen and Veva Ballard Allen. Rollie was raised there and attended schools in Nicollet, Minnesota. He enlisted in the U.S. Airforce serving in WWII and later in the USAF Reserves attaining the rank of Lt. Colonel. Following his military service Rollie returned to the area and...
Virginia Snapp
Apr 30, 2011
Virginia Snapp passed away at home on April 30, 2011 after a brief illness. She was born August 7, 1928 in Doniphan, Missouri to Raymond Lewis and Lydia Day Lewis. She was raised there until her teenage years when she moved to Southern California settling in the Bell Gardens area. Following her schooling she married Ernest Copp in 1945 and...
Frank Smith
Apr 30, 2011
Frank Reid Smith, 61, of Glendale, AZ passed away April 30th. He was born December 16th, 1949 in Boise Idaho. He married his beloved wife Kirsti Tuominen on December 27th 1974. Frank was a loving husband and father of three children, Kari, Juhani, and Marissa. He served as Consul of Finland, then as a Consul of Mauritius. Frank was a...
Elmer Luck
Apr 27, 2011
Elmer Charles"Lucky" Luck was born May 13, 1912 in London, Ontario, Canada. He was raised there and attends schools there later enlisting in the Canadian Military serving as a draftsman and tank commander for some 25 years. Following his military service he moved his family to Arizona settling in the Phoenix area. He began working for Knoell Homes as a...
Rose Harold
Apr 26, 2011
Rose Annette Harold passed away April 26th in Litchfield, Arizona. She was born December 19, 1934 in St. David, Arizona to Hugo Wahman and Varna Busby Wahman. Rose Ann was raised in various areas with her father serving in the military she lived in Arizona, Montana, North Dakota, and Colorado. She graduated from high school in Cut Bank, Montana. She...
Cassie Crowder
Apr 12, 2011
Cassenia Estha Guess Crowder passed away on April 12, 2011. She was born in Carlisle, Arkansas on December 20, 1918 to John and Nettie Guess. Cassie attended Brown Grove Elementary School and graduated from Carlisle High School. After high school, she attended school in Detroit, Michigan where she became a Detroit Redwings fan. Upon returning to Arkansas, she married Benjamin...
Thomas Herbert
Apr 12, 2011
Memorial Services will be held on Sunday, April 17, 2011 at 3:00 PM at the Yarnell Community Presbyterian Church.
Nancy Steck
Apr 10, 2011
Nancy J. Steck was born June 3, 1938 in Toledo, Ohio to Vernon V. Osterhoudt and Irene Goff Osterhoudt. She was raised there and attended schools there graduating from Thomas A. De Vilbiss High School June 8, 1956. She later married Daniel J. Steck February 8, 1958 at the Central Presbyterian Church in Joliet, Illinois. Nancy worked as an accountant...
Melvin Bigelow
Apr 9, 2011
Melvin Bigelow was born in Pima, Arizona to Leland and Nellie Dillard Bigelow on December 10th, 1928. He attended Phoenix Union High School and then joined the US Army. After he was honorably discharged he went Phoenix College, BYU and UCLA. He had a brilliant mind and loved to quote Shakespeare. As a young man, Melvin began looking for answers...
Samantha Newton
Apr 6, 2011
Samantha Rae Newton was born August 16, 1992 in Mesa, Arizona. She lived and was raised in the Town of Gilbert and attended schools there until her freshman year when she moved to Wickenburg, where she completed high school graduating in 2010. Following high school, she began attending school and pursuing her goal of becoming a veterinary technician because of...
Jesse Meier
Mar 22, 2011
Jesse J. Meier age 80, passed away March 22, 2011 in Sun City West, Arizona. He was born Nov. 17, 1930 in Lusk, WY to Albert Meier and Jesse Teeter Meier. Jesse was raised in Keeline, WY on the family ranch. He began working at an early age, first in road construction and later in the oil fields as a...
James Johnson
Mar 21, 2011
James "Butch" Johnson & Diane Johnson Diane Johnson, age 66, passed away March 16, 2011 in Phoenix, Arizona. Diane was born March 16, 1945 in Phoenix, Arizona to Lloyd Glen Blanton and Dortha Perkins Blanton. She was raised Sedona and attended schools in Jerome and later attended Northern Arizona University. She married James "Butch" Johnson in 1965 and they lived...
Bernice McIntosh
Mar 21, 2011
Bernice Louise McIntosh was born July 11, 1921 in Chicago, Illinois to George Fromeke and Josephine Louise Schmidt Froemke. She has worked as a Telephone Operator for years and came to Wickenburg in 1995 to be near family. Funeral Services with interment were held on Wednesday, March 23, 2011 at the Wickenburg Municipal Cemetery.
