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Teresa "Teri" Marleen Lockwood

Teresa "Teri" Marleen Lockwood

Sep 27, 2018

Teresa “Teri” Marleen Lockwood, 60, passed away Thursday, September 27, 2018 in St. Johns. She was born July 6, 1958 in Tacoma, Washington, the daughter of William Eugene Cline and Ruby Bernice Reiten Cline. Teri graduated high school in Billings, Montana and was a 2 year college graduate. She loved life and helping people as a registered CNA. Teri enjoyed...

Leandro "Lee" Mazon Jaramillo, Jr.

Leandro "Lee" Mazon Jaramillo, Jr.

Sep 26, 2018

Leandro “Lee” Mazon Jaramillo, Jr., 72, passed away Wednesday, September 26, 2018 at his home in St. Johns. He was born October 20, 1945 in St. Johns, the son of Leandro T. Jaramillo and Esmel Marquez Jaramillo. Lee was a proud military man who served his country for 20 years in the United States Army. Lee worked at SRP as...

Mildred Florence Evans Alexander

Mildred Florence Evans Alexander

Sep 26, 2018

Mildred Florence Evans Alexander, 102, passed away Wednesday, September 26, 2018 at her home in Eagar. She was born February 6, 1916 in Eldorado, Oklahoma, the daughter of Clyde Young Evans and Beatrice Higgins Evans. Florence lived in Eagar for 8 years, moving from Roswell, New Mexico to live with family. She was an artist for many years and even...

Merla Lou Hale Clayton

Merla Lou Hale Clayton

Sep 21, 2018

Merla Lou Hale Clayton, 79, passed away Friday, September 21, 2018 in Mesa. She was born June 10, 1939 in Eagar, the daughter of Michael Delbert “Bud” Hale and Martha S. Bigelow Hale. Merla was a talented musician and singer. She loved quilting, church, her family and diet cherry Dr. Pepper. She is survived by her sons, Morris K. Jarvis...

Laurine Keller Bingham

Laurine Keller Bingham

Sep 21, 2018

Laurine Keller Bingham passed away, Friday, September 21, 2018 at her home in St. Johns, Arizona, attended to by her loving husband of 44 years, James Linford Bingham. She was born on October 26, 1950 in Preston, Idaho to Wenzell Urias Keller and Betty Jean Hammond Keller (Henderson). Laurine was raised in the Riverdale community, just north of Preston and...

Mary Peña Jaramillo

Mary Peña Jaramillo

Sep 9, 2018

Mary Peña Jaramillo, 83, passed away Sunday, September 9, 2018 at her home in Phoenix. She was born May 31, 1935 in St. Johns, the daughter of Armado Peña and Patricia Baca Peña. She was the youngest of 8 children. Mary went to school in St. Johns and graduated high school in 1953. This is where she met the love...

Charles David Chapman

Charles David Chapman

Aug 26, 2018

Charles David Chapman, 55, passed away Sunday, August 26, 2018 in Chandler. He was born July 27, 1963 in Ft. Worth, Texas, the son of Charles Edward Chapman and Peggy Ruth Chapman. David was a devout Christian. He went to Cartwright Elementary School, Frank Borman Jr. High and Maryvale High School all in Phoenix. After high school David served his...

Robert "Bob" James Reese

Robert "Bob" James Reese

Aug 25, 2018

Robert “Bob” James Reese, 85, passed away Saturday, August 25, 2018 in Springerville. He was born May 3, 1933 in Toledo, Ohio, the son of Leonard Joseph Reese and Margaret Mitchel Reese. Bob served his country in the United States Army from 1952-1954. After moving to Arizona in 1962 he enjoyed a career in law enforcement in Pinal County. He...

Susie Denise Silva

Susie Denise Silva

Aug 23, 2018

Susie Denise Silva was born May 27, 1953 in Los Angeles, California. She passed away Thursday, August 23, 2018 at Greg and Patty Orona's home in Springerville. Susie was preceded in death by her husband of 46 years, Malcolm Silva, parents, Clyde and Johnnie Brannan, siblings, Jerry Brannan, Bobby Brannan and Stacy Brannan-Herreras. She is survived by her "kid"/sister/bad cop,...

Lon Duane Mangum

Lon Duane Mangum

Aug 18, 2018

Lon Duane Mangum, was born April 24, 1939 in St. Johns. He died at home Saturday, August 18, 2018 in St. Johns. His parents were Cyrus Lowell Mangum and Ethel Rencher Mangum. Lon had one brother, Earl, St. Johns; two sisters, Joan, Silver City and Jessie. Preceding him in death were his parents, his wife of 50 years, Alice Jeanne...

Vernal Rue Hale, Sr.

Vernal Rue Hale, Sr.

Aug 5, 2018

Vernal Rue Hale, Sr., 92, passed away Sunday, August 5, 2018. He was born April 6, 1926 in Springerville, the son of Admiral Sheldon Hale and Martha Chloe Burk Hale. Rue served his country in the United States Army in 1946 for 18 months as a Personnel Administrative Tech (Company Clerk). He also worked for the town of Springerville in...

Alfred Stock

Alfred Stock

Aug 2, 2018

Alfred “Al” Stock, passed away Thursday, August 2, 2018, in St. Johns. Alfred was born in Carrizo, Arizona on April 8, 1928 to Asa Earl Stock and Katie Petersen. Alfred was the sixth out of nine children, Pearl Wakefield, Earl, Delbert, Rupert, Donald, Parley, Genevie Shipley, and Frank. Most of his childhood was enjoyed living in Carrizo and Show Low....

Elizabeth Jerome Pickette

Elizabeth Jerome Pickette

Aug 1, 2018

Born to Canadian emigrants and raised on a dairy farm in Sackets Harbor, New York, Elizabeth Jerome Pickette, 93, passed away Wednesday, August 1, 2018 at her home in the White Mountains of Arizona. She was the youngest of seven children and the last of her siblings. She attended Watertown High School, married James Hawley Pickette and raised three children:...

Fred Charles Hill

Fred Charles Hill

Jul 26, 2018

Fred Charles Hill, 83, passed away Thursday, July 26, 2018 at his home in Springerville. He was born May 4, 1935 in McNary, the son of Abran Madrid Hill and Lorenza Najar Hill. Fred loved music and Springerville. He also loved the mountains and was a logger for Reidhead Logging. He never met a stranger. His best friends were Sonny...

Victor Clark Nelson

Victor Clark Nelson

Jul 26, 2018

Victor Clark “Tic” Nelson, 80, passed away Thursday, July 26, 2018 at his home in Nutrioso. He was born March 19, 1938 in Nanafalia, Alabama, the son of Nealy Clark Nelson and Sally Ada Flowers Nelson. Vic, Grandpa Vic, Tic or Goober, whatever you knew him by, was a cowboy who loved to hunt, fish, camp and work cows, but...

Norman David Elmer, Sr.

Norman David Elmer, Sr.

Jul 22, 2018

Norman David Elmer, Sr., 75, passed away Sunday, July 22, 2018 in Eagar. He was born November 23, 1942 in Mesa, the son of George Andrew Elmer and Bessie Clark Elmer. Norman served his country in the United States Army and was a handyman and corrections officer for the Arizona Prison System. He is survived by his wife, Nan Elmer,...

Romey "Sonny" Dee Tisdell

Romey "Sonny" Dee Tisdell

Jul 20, 2018

Romey “Sonny” Dee Tisdell, 80, passed away, Friday, July 20, 2018 at his home in Eagar. He was born September 23, 1937 in Atoka, Oklahoma, the son of Marcus Dee Tisdell and Lois Adela Marie Webb Tisdell. “Sonny” was loved and admired by many. He was a wonderful musician and loved music. He loved his dogs and his family. “Sonny”...

Karl Butler Eagar

Karl Butler Eagar

Jul 18, 2018

Karl Butler Eagar, 90 of Mesa, passed away, Wednesday, July 18, 2018 at the Lake Forest Hospital in Lake Forest, Illinois while he and his wife were visiting their son and daughter-in-law. Karl was born March 3, 1928. He was the eleventh child of William Benjamin and Anna Alvira Butler Eagar. Karl was a mischievous child and a rambunctious teenager...

Elva LaFawn White

Elva LaFawn White

Jul 1, 2018

Elva LaFawn White, 79, of St. Johns, passed away, Sunday, July 1, 2018 at home surrounded by her family. LaFawn was born in Huntington, Utah, the daughter of Elva Hardy Jones and Warren E Jones, the third of four children. LaFawn was a graduate from Monticello High School and a beauty school graduate. She served a mission for The Church...

Walter Allen Shupe

Walter Allen Shupe

Jul 1, 2018

Walter Allen Shupe entered into eternal life Sunday, July 1, 2018 at home surrounded by his family. He was the eldest son of Walter Herbert Shupe and Genevieve Huish Shupe. Walter was born June 6, 1930 in Douglas. At the age of 2 the family relocated to Colonia Juarez where he graduated high school, married Ruth Cluff in 1952 and...

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