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Arthur Lyle Carnal

Arthur Lyle Carnal

May 8, 2016

Arthur Lyle Carnal was born in the Colorado Rocky Mountains in 1920.  His love of these mountains, nature, and especially horses, forever guided his life.  Lyle was a US Navy veteran who served in both the Atlantic and south Pacific during WWII. Following the war he married Dorothy, a beauty who was his life partner.  Together they ranched in Colorado...

Tammi Evonne Bascom

Tammi Evonne Bascom

May 6, 2016

Tammi Evonne Bascom 52 of Mayer passed away May 6, 2016 at her home. She is survived by her son GarrettBascom.

Warren Joseph "Buster" Smith

Warren Joseph "Buster" Smith

May 6, 2016

Warren J. "Buster" Smith, 91, passed away on May 6, 2016, in Prescott, Arizona. He moved to Prescott in 1947 when he took employment with Arizona Public Service, where he continued to work until his retirement. Upon retirement, he joined his wife, Margaret, in running Smith's Fashion Fabrics. Warren enjoyed traveling, cruising, gardening, hunting, fishing and had a love of...

Betty Mae Conrad

Betty Mae Conrad

Apr 27, 2016

Betty Mae Conrad 81 of Prescott Valley passed away on April 27, 2016. Betty is survived by two sons, Steve Conrad and Jerry Conrad and a daughter, Barbara Miller.

G. Lorraine Godbold

G. Lorraine Godbold

Apr 11, 2016

G. Lorraine Godbold, 89, Arizona native, passed away on April 11, 2016. She was born March 25, 1927 to Charles Edward and Eva Rose Wilson in Bisbee, Ariz. Lorraine loved singing and even sang with her sister, Gloria, on a radio program while growing up in Bisbee. She then attended Arizona State College in Tempe where she met and married...

Melissa F. Rothan

Melissa F. Rothan

Apr 9, 2016

Melissa F. Rothan, age 57 of Prescott, AZ, passed away on Saturday, April 9, 2016. She was born to the late Irving and Ann Fitzpatrick on July 26, 1958. Melissa attended Judson High School in Scottsdale, AZ before attending Arizona State University where she completed a Masters' degree in Psychology. She had a rewarding career as a clinical psychologist in...

Minerva "Minnie"  Santiago

Minerva "Minnie" Santiago

Apr 8, 2016

Minnie was born in Brooklyn NY October, 1946 and passed away peacefully in her sleep on April 8th 2016.  Minnie and her husband Samuel raised their two sons David and Jason and three beautiful grandchildren.  David and Carmela are blessed with Gianna and Matthew.  Jason and his ex-wife Nichelle are blessed with Aurora.    Minnie worked in Mary Kay for 20...

William Benjamin Swahlen

William Benjamin Swahlen

Apr 7, 2016

William Benjamin Swahlen passed away on April 7, 2016, at the age of 97 in his Prescott home. He was born on Oct. 11, 1918, in St. Louis, Missouri, and grew up in nearby Webster Groves. Bill graduated from the University of Arizona, where he met his wife of 74 years, Marian Houston. They were married in Tucson on April...

Cecelia Dolly Boarman

Cecelia Dolly Boarman

Apr 7, 2016

Cecelia "Dolly" Boarman was born in Owensboro, Kentucky on November 21, 1913 to her parents, Gertrude A. Spindler and William George Mischel. She was one of five siblings in her family. Dolly was adventurous and talented in her youth. She enjoyed performing, playing music, and traveling. Later, Dolly married James Noble Boarman, also from Owensboro, Ky. Together they had one...

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