Local Obituaries for Families in Wickenburg, Arizona
Obren Bodiroga
Feb 23, 2011
Obren (Papa) Bodiroga died February 23, 2011, in Boswell Hospital, Sun City, AZ @ 94 1/2 years old. He was still walking the day before taken to the hospital and his mind was very sharp. His strength, perseverance and determination had been amazing and I am forever grateful. He had a great character and you knew his word was good...
Douglas McLean
Feb 22, 2011
Douglas Myron McLean of Wickenburg, Arizona at the age of sixty eight passed away in Surprise Arizona on February 22nd, 2011. Doug was born November 12th, 1942 in Wadena Saskatchewan Canada to George and Lillie McLean. Doug grew up in Saskatchewan and attended school in Saskatoon, Mullingar, and Wadena. Doug loved Saskatchewan and would often talk about his fond memories...
G.R. Smith
Feb 22, 2011
G.R. "Dick" Smith, age 86, passed away February 22, 2011 in Peoria, Arizona. Dick was born May 4, 1924 in Central City, Iowa to Raymond and Olive Smith. He was raised in Center Point, Iowa and attended schools there. He later served in the Marine Corps from 1943 - 1945. Following his military service Dick attended Upper Iowa University receiving...
Roy Stoddard
Feb 19, 2011
Roy Kenneth Stoddard, age 79, passed away February 19, 2011 in Phoenix, Arizona. Roy was born in Denver, Colorado February 21, 1932. He was raised there and attended schools there. He later served in the U.S. Navy during the Korean War. Following his military service he began working for Union Carbide as a bookkeeper. Roy also played professional football with...
Mary Lane-Kiamy
Feb 18, 2011
Mary Jane (Lane) Kiamy, age 94, passed away February 18, 2011 in Glendale, Az. She was born in Clarksdale, Arizona to Allen N. Lane and Velma Johnson Lane. She was a longtime resident of Wickenburg. She is survived by nieces, Nancy Lane of Berkeley, CA, and Karen Lane of St. Helena, CA. She will be interred at the Wickenburg Municipal...
Roberta Torgerson
Feb 17, 2011
Torgerson, Roberta "Bobbe" Josten of Wickenburg, AZ and Stevensville, MD passed away peacefully surrounded by her family on Thursday, February 17, 2011, in Wickenburg, AZ. Born August 10, 1925, in Owatonna, MN, she married Allan Curtis Torgerson in July 1946. She is survived by him and five children: Christopher Torgerson (Margo), Sally Lawson (Donald), Julie Coyer (Spencer), Thomas Torgerson, and...
Dorothy Surmann
Feb 17, 2011
Dorothy Jane Surmann, age 94, passed away on February 17th, 2011 in Wickenburg, Arizona. She was born September 25, 1916 in Pewaukee, Wisconsin to Alfred and Effie Oosterhous. Dorothy obtained her bachelor's from Stout University, in Wisconsin, and worked briefly for the U. S. War department in Washington D.C. as a dietician, as well as serving in the U.S.O. efforts...
Paul Greene
Feb 15, 2011
Paul "Russ" Greene of Wickenburg died February 15th at the age of 89. Russ was born January 10, 1922 in Beardstown, Illinois. He married Pearl Harn in 1942. He served in Central Burma and India Burma from 1944-1946 as a Air Force airplane electrician. He returned home with numerous decorations and citations including 3 Overseas Service Bars, 2 Bronze Battle...
Karen Vance
Feb 11, 2011
Karen Mattison Vance (McCloy) of Wickenburg, Arizona, passed away on February 11, 2011, after a brief difficult battle with cancer at the age of 73. Karen was born on January 4, 1938 in Rockford, Illinois to John and Mildred McCloy. She moved to Arizona with her family in 1953. After high school, she lived and worked in various communities in...
Rosemary Starr
Feb 5, 2011
Rosemary Wade was born July 1, 1924 in Terre Haute, Indiana, the only child of James Wade and Flo Lowe Wade. She attended Purdue University where she met and married James F. Reed. They had 2 children, Charles and Donna. Jim and Rosemary divorced in 1970 after 27 years of marriage. She finished her education and graduated from Indiana State...
Gertrude Babcock
Jan 31, 2011
Gertrude (Quarnberg) Babcock, age 96, passed away January 31, 2011 in Wickenburg, Az. Gertrude Q. Babcock was born April 27, 1914 to Carl and Kathryn Quarnberg in Belle Fourche, South Dakota. She attended Belle Fourche High School graduating in 1932. She attended Colorado Women's College for two years. Much later attended Chardon State College in Chardon, Nebraska and graduated in...
Eugene Schultz
Jan 28, 2011
Eugene Walter Schultz, age 81, passed away January 28, 2011 in Wickenburg, Az. Gene was born December 28, 1929 in Los Angeles, California to Richard W. Schultz and Iril Hamilton Schultz. He was raised and attended schools in Denver, Colorado. He began working as a meat cutter at an early age. He also served in the U.S. Coast Guard following...
Jim Green
Jan 27, 2011
James W. "Jim" Green was born September 24, 1938 in Kansas City, Missouri to James W. Green and Xilon Rae Brammer Green. He was raised there and attended schools there following high school he enlisted in the Marine Corps and served in Korea. Upon completion of his military service Jim returned to California where he began working as a deputy...
Margaret Mullins
Jan 16, 2011
Margaret Lorraine Cook Beebe Huckelberry Mullins was born January 7, 1924 in San Luis Obispo, California and died on January 16, 2011 at her home in North Ranch, Congress, Arizona after a nine year battle with COPD and congestive heart failure. She was preceded in death by her parents Fred and Gladys Cook, sister Barbara Sobolewski, two grandsons, one great-grandson...
Carol Birdwell
Jan 11, 2011
Carol A. Birdwell was born August 31,1943 in San Luis Obispo, California to Aaron U. Cook and Dorothy Edith Garner Cook. In her early years she had lived in various locations with the family, including Texas, Nevada, Idaho, mostly in the western states. She married at an early age and had a family of 3 boys: Stephen, David and Neil...
Stephen Bird
Jan 6, 2011
Stephen R. Bird, II joined his Heavenly Family January 6, 2011. He was a delight to all who knew him and his infectious laugh and sense of humor will be missed by all. He was born in Wheat Ridge, Colorado on October 12, 1967 to Stephen and Jan Bird. In March 1968 his family moved to Boulder City, Nevada. He...
