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LaVor Nikolaus

LaVor Nikolaus

Nov 30, 2024

LaVor Nikolaus, 81, passed away, Saturday, November 30, 2024 at his home in Luna, New Mexico. He was born July 4, 1943 in Snowflake, Arizona, the son of Henry Isreal Nikolaus and Clara McNeil.

LaVor served his country in the United States Air Army from 1966-1970. He was a retail manager for Sears, retiring in 2010. He loved his family.

He is...

George Kendall "Ken" Burns

George Kendall "Ken" Burns

Nov 22, 2024

George Kendall “Ken” Burns, 81, passed away, Friday, November 22, 2024 in Vernon, Arizona. He was born July 19, 1943 in Bowling Green, Kentucky, the son of George Clifford Burns and Geneva Louise Cameron.

Kendall was very patriotic. He served 2 tours of duty in the Navy and was in the Air Guard. He was a very loving and devoted husband...

Michael Charles Leaverton

Michael Charles Leaverton

Nov 22, 2024

Michael Charles Leaverton, 72, passed away, Friday, November 22, 2024 at his home in Quemado, New Mexico. He was born August 7, 1952 in Long Beach, California, the son of Keith Blake Leaverton and Naomi Dawn Hurd.

Michael was a mechanic and volunteer for the Quemado Fire Dept. He was a son, brother, husband, father, uncle and most of all, friend;...

Jean Connie Johnson Hutchison

Jean Connie Johnson Hutchison

Nov 21, 2024

Jean Connie Johnson Hutchison, lovingly known as Jeanie, ChaCha and Nana, passed away peacefully, Thursday, November 21, 2024 at the age of 80. She was born April 20, 1944 in Tucson, Arizona and spent her later years in the serene community of Blue, Arizona.

A trailblazer in mining operations for 22 years, Jeanie fearlessly broke barriers in a predominantly male industry....

David & Marline Braden

David & Marline Braden

Nov 20, 2024

In loving memory of David “Pee Wee” Braden, Jr. and Marline White Braden who died Wednesday, November 20, 2024 in an automobile accident near Concho, Arizona. David was born May 20, 1935 in Green River, Wyoming to David Ernest Braden and Cora Hopkins Gullion. Marline was born January 28, 1938 in Green River, Wyoming to Dell Boyer White and Edith...

Henry Israel Cohen

Henry Israel Cohen

Nov 20, 2024

With heavy hearts, we announce the passing of Henry Israel Cohen, age 71, a beloved husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather and pillar of the St. Johns community on Wednesday, November 20, 2024. He was born April 16, 1953 in Phoenix, Arizona, the son of Isidore Pete Cohen and Margaret Murrietta. Henry was a man whose life was defined by his unwavering...

Daniel Lee Reynolds

Daniel Lee Reynolds

Nov 17, 2024

Daniel Lee Reynolds, 73, passed away, Sunday, November 17, 2024 in Red Hill, New Mexico. He was born May 15, 1951 in San Diego, California.

Daniel spent 46 years living in the Texas panhandle, working several years as an Instrument Journeyman at the Borger Phillips Refinery. After retirement he spent several years volunteering for the National Park Service at Alibates Flint...

Sherry Ann French

Sherry Ann French

Nov 14, 2024

Sherry Ann French, 74, passed away, Thursday, November 14, 2024 in Phoenix, Arizona. She was born January 11, 1950 in Carmel New York, the daughter of George Edwin Lockwood and Ida Mae Thompkins.

Sherry grew up in New York, graduating from Carmel High School in 1968. After high school, she became certified as a cosmetologist. Shortly after, in 1969, she married...

Jeffery Wade Wiltbank

Jeffery Wade Wiltbank

Nov 14, 2024

Jeffery Wade Wiltbank, 63, passed away, Thursday, November 14, 2024 in Springerville, Arizona. He was born September 21, 1961 in McNary, Arizona, the son of Bobby Milo Wiltbank and Delberta Elaine Lytle.

Jeff loved the mountains and the woods. He enjoyed all his house plants and would spend time singing and watering them every day. He really enjoyed taking his kids...

Phyllis Marie Price

Phyllis Marie Price

Nov 9, 2024

Phyllis Marie Price, 86, passed away, Saturday, November 9, 2024 in Springerville, Arizona. She was born June 3, 1938 in Albuquerque, New Mexico, the daughter of Henry Cox Graham, Jr. and Jessie Marie Haught.

Phyllis lived in Apache Creek, New Mexico. She is survived by her sons, Tony (Noor) Horton, Las Cruces, New Mexico; Russel (Kimberly) Horton, Ramona, California; Pete (Amy)...

Gary Adelbert Mead

Gary Adelbert Mead

Nov 6, 2024

Gary Mead passed away peacefully at home Wednesday November 6, 2024. He was born in Michigan on December 25, 1940. 

Gary attended grade school in Chama, New Mexico and later graduated from Durango, Colorado High School in 1959. For graduation his father bought Gary a 1959 pink Edsel convertible that he eventually matched with his pink single engine airplane. He learned...

Gerry Pat Wilkinson

Gerry Pat Wilkinson

Oct 31, 2024

Gerry Pat Wilkinson, 88, passed away, Thursday, October 31, 2024 in Vernon, Arizona. She was born April 29, 1936 in Seymour, Texas, the daughter of Alfred H. “Shorty” Thomas and Ruby A. Sweeden Thomas. She was the widow of Joseph Ray Wilkinson.

Pat worked as an executive secretary in the banking industry most of her life. She loved playing her baby...

Erma Wilkins Waite

Erma Wilkins Waite

Oct 31, 2024

Our beloved wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother, Erma Wilkins Waite, age 86, of St Johns Arizona, graduated from this life, Thursday, October 31, 2024. Erma was born to Thomas Wilson Wilkins and Nellie Bloomfield Wilkins in Bluewater, New Mexico. She is the seventh of ten children and is survived by four sisters, Theodora “Thedie” Rothlisberger, Christine Tietjen, Karla Connolly...

Edgar Dean Gillespie

Edgar Dean Gillespie

Oct 28, 2024

Edgar Dean Gillespie, 83, passed away, Monday, October 28, 2024 at his home in Reserve, New Mexico. He was born August 23, 1941 in Fort Worth, Texas, the son of Victor Gillespie and Sarah Louise Wilkinson.

A graveside service will be held Friday, November 8, 2024 at 10:00 a.m. at the Reserve Cemetery, Reserve, New Mexico.

in lieu of flowers: https://www.tlargi.org/Contribution

Betty Jo Wilson Clanton

Betty Jo Wilson Clanton

Oct 25, 2024

Betty Jo Wilson Clanton, 89, passed away, Friday, October 25, 2024 in Gilbert, Arizona. She was born February 11, 1935 in Broken Bow, Oklahoma, the daughter of George Franklin Wilson and Maude Thurman.

She is survived by her son, Mark Clanton, St. Johns; daughter, Vicki Nosser, Wentzville, Missouri, 7 grandchildren, 15 great-grandchildren and 2 great-great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her...

Rihana Bliss Ulibarri

Rihana Bliss Ulibarri

Oct 15, 2024

Rihana Bliss Ulibarri, 33, passed away, Tuesday, October 15, 2024 in Phoenix, Arizona. She was born January 26, 1991 in Phoenix, the daughter of Patrick Joseph Ulibarri and Henrietta Schabinger.

A viewing will be held Monday, November 4, 2024 from 9:30-10:30 a.m. at San Rafael Catholic Church, Concho, Arizona, followed by Rosary at 10:30 a.m. and a funeral Mass at 11:00...

Dustin Coy Lee

Dustin Coy Lee

Oct 11, 2024

Dustin Coy Lee was born in Safford, Arizona on March 31, 1973. He was raised in Pima, Arizona by Kenneth Coy and Mina Pearl Reynolds Lee. He passed away Friday, October 11, 2024 in Alpine, Arizona.

Dustin loved riding his big wheel down to his granny Reynolds house to be spoiled by her. He moved to St. Johns, Arizona in 1978...

Elena Philipa Williams

Elena Philipa Williams

Oct 9, 2024

Elena "Ellen" / "Lena" Philipa Chavez Williams, 76, left this world peacefully, Wednesday, October 9, 2024 in Show Low, Arizona. She was born February 5, 1948 in St. Johns, Arizona, the daughter of Edwardo Lucero Chavez and Ana Maria Ballejos.

Ellen knew no strangers and loved everyone she met. She also loved spending time at the local park, doing crossword puzzles,...

Samuel Wade Orona

Samuel Wade Orona

Oct 6, 2024

Samuel Wade Orona, 62, of Springerville, Arizona passed away, Sunday, October 6, 2024. He was born January 12, 1962 in Springerville, the son of Gregorio Urban Orona and Mary Lois Fuentes.

He is survived by his brothers, Gregory (Patty) Orona, Randy Orona, Robert (Kim) Orona, step-mother, Janella Orona, step-siblings, Nathan Green, Jason Green, Denny Hubbell, Jeff Hubbell, Little Sam Hubbell and...

Nancy Edith Smith Golightly

Nancy Edith Smith Golightly

Oct 3, 2024

Nancy Edith Smith Golightly was born on January 18, 1945 in Phoenix, Arizona to Robert “Bert” Smith and Ida Louise Addington Smith along with older brother Harold B. “HB” Smith. The Smith family operated a produce farm in Tolleson, Arizona and spent time in Greer, Arizona at their family cabin. In 1950 Nancy’s dad was struck by lightning while fishing...

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