Obituaries

Jun 17, 2017

JM “Jack” Samper was born in Bogota Colombia on July 13, 1930, the son of a prominent Colombian family and an American mother. He died on June 17, 2017 in Prescott, AZ.He immigrated to the United States when he was 15 years old and graduated from Los Angeles High School. He attended the University of California at Berkeley for four...

Jun 16, 2017

Jun 14, 2017

Jun 14, 2017

MACIAS, Thomas M., Jr., 75, passed away on June 14, 2017 in Prescott, Arizona. He was born in Glendale, Arizona to Thomas D. Macias and Isaura “Chawa” Martinez. He was the eldest of eleven children. He was preceded in death by his parents and sister Betty J. Macias.  Tom proudly served in the United States Army in the 101st Airborne...

Jun 13, 2017

Arlene Orpha (Sharp) Dunham passed away on Tuesday June 13, 2017 in Prescott Valley, Arizona.  she was born in Ashtabula, Ohio on February 9, 1919 to Dale and Detoisa Sharp.  As a young woman she played in a Ukulele band and sang and danced in local churches.  She graduated from Ashtabula High School in 1937 and shortly thereafter married the...

Jun 13, 2017

Buford “Boots” Franklin Marine Madison was born December 16, 1936 In Louisville, Kentucky to Buford and Jewell Smith Madison. They moved to Prescott at a young age and he grew up in Prescott. He attended the Prescott schools. The family moved to Wickenburg, AZ. He worked for a Print shop when he was 17. Boots met Kathy Boyd while they...

Jun 10, 2017

Morton “Mort” Goldstein, 87, of Prescott, AZ, passed away June 10, 2017.  He was born in Springfield, Massachusetts, grew up in San Francisco and moved to Los Angeles while he was in high school.  When he retired from the insurance industry in 1991, he moved to Prescott and became active with Temple B’rith Shalom.  For the last 25 years he...

Jun 10, 2017

James Dale Couch was born on July 2, 1941 in South Bend, Indiana. He died on June 10th in Chino Valley surrounded by his wife and children. He had been a member of his beloved Chino Valley community for 45 years. He was a commercial truck driver by trade and he hauled everything from livestock, hazardous materials, over-sized loads, mail,...

Jun 7, 2017

Jun 6, 2017

Miguel Molina Sr. 73 years of age, born on June 19th, 1943 passed away Tuesday, June 6th, 2017 at home in Chino Valley, Arizona. In his early years Mike moved to California while in High School from Edinburg, Texas. He attended high school in Selma, California. Shortly after finishing school Mike met and married the love of his life Margaret...

Jun 6, 2017

Jun 5, 2017

Roger L. Fonnet (AKA Jerry) passed away at his home on Monday, June 5th, 2017 .He was on Hospice for the last one and a half weeks.  He had struggled with the effects and damage of cancer for many years.He was born in Wheeling, West Virginia on February 17th, 1941 but lived most of his life in California, retiring here...

Jun 2, 2017

Jun 2, 2017

Howard Jack “Joe” Stapleton Sr, 82 years old, a resident of Roosevelt Lake Estates, passed away on June 2, 2017 in Prescott Arizona. He was born to Delmar and Valera Stapleton on March 23,1935 in West Brownsville, PA. He was preceded  in death by sister Marilu and brother Thom, his wife Peggy and his wife Mary. He is survived by...

May 30, 2017

May 29, 2017

May 28, 2017

Paul Gatzemeyer was born July 8, 1940 in Wausa, Nebraska.  Passed away on May 28, 2017 in Phoenix, Arizona. Arrangements entrusted to Ruffner-Wakelin Funeral Homes and Crematory.

May 28, 2017

Catharyn Jane Lee, known to those closest to her as "Jane", passed away on May 28, 2017 at the age of 90, in Prescott, AZ.  Jane, born March 12, 1927, was the daughter of William and Catharyn Nelson from Chicago, Illinois.  On December 1, 1965, she married the love of her life, Daniel West Lee (d.2014), in Southern California. They...

May 26, 2017

May 22, 2017