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Max Proffitt

Max Proffitt

Mar 23, 2014

Max was born July 10, 1934 in Seymour, TX to Virgil and Irene Proffitt. He moved to Brownfield, TX as a young boy. Max graduated from Brownfield High School, where he was Captain of the basketball team in 1953. He married his high school sweetheart, Rena Faye Chesshir, who was Homecoming Queen at Brownfield High. Max was a volunteer firefighter...

James Franklin Griffiths

James Franklin Griffiths

Mar 18, 2014

James Franklin Griffiths, 82, of Prescott, AZ went to be with the Lord on March 18, 2014. He was born January 5, 1932. He was preceded in death by his father George Griffiths and mother Margaret Shrieve Griffiths Bostic. He is survived by his wife of 60 years Frances; daughters Debbie (Roy) Shears and Barbara (Jerry) Dallum; son James A....

Janice Kaye Eckel

Janice Kaye Eckel

Mar 16, 2014

Janice was born in Carlsbad, N.M. to her mother, Sally and her father, Jenson G. Davis who preceded her passing. In her high school days in Carlsbad, she was the lead actress in both plays as Helen Keller and Annie. She enjoyed her animals, music, concerts, movies, reading, cooking, traveling and was always ready for a good debate. Janice could...

Rosabel Garcia

Rosabel Garcia

Mar 14, 2014

Rosabel Garcia died March 14, 2014 in Mayer, AZ. She was born September 3, 1944 in Pueblo, CO to Joseph Crespin and Caroline Archuleta. Rosabel is survived by her children Josephine Marie Garcia of Sping Valley, AZ, Carol Garcia of South Bend, IN, Jesse Garcia Jr. of Lima, OH, Mary Ann Garcia of Mayer, AZ and Mary Helen Perez of...

Sandra Jean Mcinnis

Sandra Jean Mcinnis

Mar 14, 2014

Sandra Jean McInnis, 73, died March 14, 2014 with her loving husband Bob by her side in Prescott, Arizona. She was born June 9, 1940 in Medford, MA to George & Helen (Small) McInnis. Sandy is survived by her husband of 16 years Bob Forsey; her brother George (Janice) McInnis of Boston, MA; her niece Meghan Cornely; and her nephew...

Ina Cleota Garner

Ina Cleota Garner

Mar 12, 2014

Ina Cleota Garner, 90, died March 12, 2014 at the Las Fuentes in Prescott, Arizona. She was born May 11, 1923 in Manchester, IL to David & Opal (Roe) Smith. She is survived by her daughters Jodi Welch of Mesa, Arizona and Cindy Walters of Prescott, Arizona; and son John Garner of West River, Maryland. She is also survived by...

Dorinda D. Vick

Dorinda D. Vick

Mar 11, 2014

Dorinda Dimmick Vick passed away peacefully in the presence of her husband and children on Tuesday, March 11, 2014 in Prescott, Arizona, after a brief but courageous battle with leukemia. Dori, as so many knew her, was born in Chardon, Ohio, on January 5th, 1938. Dori came to Arizona in 1956 to attend college at the UofA in Tucson, where...

Derek Arnold Tingey

Derek Arnold Tingey

Mar 8, 2014

Derek Arnold Tingey passed away unexpectedly March 8, 2014. Derek was born May 22, 1967 in Flagstaff, Arizona to Neville Earl and Florence LaRae McAllister Tingey. Derek grew up primarily in Flagstaff and later moved to Kingman, Phoenix, and Paulden, Arizona. Derek met Jeri Deaube, and together they had one child, Hunter, who is now 14 years old. Derek was...

Grant Dukelow Brown

Grant Dukelow Brown

Mar 7, 2014

Grant D. Brown, a resident of Prescott since 1990, was born February 28, 1924 in Glendora, California, died 7 March 2014. He was born in Mrs. Bunn's Maternity Home to Frank H. and Leose (LeTendre) Brown. He served honorably in the U.S. Army during the Second World War, finishing the war in the Philippines. He made use of the GI...

Walter Hermann Hofheinz

Walter Hermann Hofheinz

Mar 7, 2014

On the 7th of March, 2014, Walter H. Hofheinz, Major, USMC (Ret.), a resident of Prescott since December 2001, passed away after a valiant battle with Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma. He was born in College Point, Queens, New York to Hermann Otto Hofheinz and Louise (Mayer) Hofheinz, mid-1920s immigrants from Germany. Growing up on a farm in East Nassau, a small hamlet...

Philip A. Seese

Philip A. Seese

Mar 6, 2014

Philip A. Seese, 77, son of the late Levi & Esther Seese of Souderton, PA, passed away March 6, 2014. He was ill and inactive for some time and was diagnosed with ALS a short time before his death. He grew up in Souderton, PA and graduated from Elizabethtown Town College where he played short stop for the E-Town Blue...

Mary E. Mcdowell

Mary E. Mcdowell

Mar 4, 2014

Mary died Tuesday, March 4, 2014 at Granite Gate Senior Living Community in Prescott. She was born November 17, 1921 in Chicago, Illinois; the daughter of Peter and margaret Litteau. Mary was 92 years old. Mary was a hugh Chicago Cubs fan and the world's greatest dog lover. She was most proud of her grandchildren and becoming a great grandmother....

Edythe Marjorie Harstine

Edythe Marjorie Harstine

Mar 3, 2014

Edythe Marjorie Harstine, 79, died March 3, 2014 at home with her daughter by her side. She was cared for during her final days by both her son and daughter. Edythe was born November 19, 1934 in Canada to John & Ida (Ishenberg) Sumner. She is survived by her son Allen (Sherri) Harstine of Vancouver, WA; her daughter Karen Ludwick...

Kathryn Luella Marsh

Kathryn Luella Marsh

Feb 28, 2014

Heaven is rejoicing as it welcomes Kathryn Luella Marsh home. Wife of Don J. Marsh, daughter of Walter and Luella Hand. Born July 9, 1925 in Schenectady, New York. Moved to Scottsdale, Arizona in 1970. Phoenix Valley resident until moving to Prescott in 2013. Mother of Donald (Connie), David (Frank), Kathleen (Richard), Deborah (Lynn), Cynthia (Ronald), and Timothy (Beth). Grandmother...

John Benjamin Burnett

John Benjamin Burnett

Feb 27, 2014

John died Thursday, February 27, 2014 at Good Samaritan's Marley House hospice in Prescott, Arizona. He was born April 30, 1932 in Erie, Pennsylvania; the son of John and Ruth Burnett. John was 81 years old. He served in the United States Marine Corps, married the love of his life, Roberta (Jeanne) Lee on June 29, 1957, raised four chidlren....

C. Derk Janssen

C. Derk Janssen

Feb 27, 2014

Cemetery: Private services. Service: Prescott Highschool in Prescott.

Rodney Muse

Rodney Muse

Feb 27, 2014

Rodney died Saturday, February 27, 2014 at Mountain View Manor in Prescott, Arizona. He was born March 12, 1947 in Phoenix, Arizona; the son of Glenn and Alma (Fleming) Muse. Rodney was 66 years old. Rodney servced in the United States Marine Corps and spent most of his life working in the banking industry as a mortgage broker. He enjoyed...

Joseph Frederick Mcguire

Joseph Frederick Mcguire

Feb 25, 2014

Joseph F. McGuire, 75, died February 25, 2014 at the Veterans' Administration Hospital in Prescott, Ariz. He was born July 3, 1938 to Leo & Cecelia (Danz) McGuire in Brooklyn, NY. He is survived by his son Michael McGuire and daughter Laura McGuire. Cemetery: Final interment will be at the

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