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Maria Socorro Craig

Maria Socorro Craig

Sep 14, 2023

Maria Socorro Ramos Craig, age 97, passed into the loving arms of Jesus on September 14, 2023, in Prescott, AZ with her family by her side.

Maria was born June 21, 1926, in Apulco, Mexico. She grew up working in the chile fields of Apulco in Jalisco, Mexico. Maria was the first of her family to come to the United States,...

Mary Louise Cline

Mary Louise Cline

Sep 12, 2023

Mary Louise Cline was born in Detroit Michigan July 17, 1934, and went home to the Lord September 12, 2023, in Prescott Valley, Arizona.

Mary is survived by her daughter Sherry Hoover and son-in-law Russell Hoover of Chino Valley, Arizona; stepson Jay (Barb) Cline and stepdaughter Joni Harris; grandchildren and great grandchildren; nephews and their families. Mary was preceded in death...

Clayton Gene Bender

Clayton Gene Bender

Sep 8, 2023

Clayton was brought up in a loving but strict Anabaptist farming family in Wellman, Iowa. He was rambunctious growing up. He and his friends frequently got in trouble for minor infractions. However, he met his first wife Wilma Marner in the community and they began life as farmers and stewards of his family farm. As he matured, he felt stifled...

Kristina Wells

Kristina Wells

Sep 1, 2023

Kristina Wells of Chino Valley, Arizona fell asleep in the Lord Friday September 1, 2023. Kris was born in Washington DC on September 23, 1953, to parents Charles and Helen Wells. The family moved to Chino Valley when Kris was 10 after her father (Charles Wells) retired from the Air Force. Kris attended Chino Valley School and graduated from Prescott...

Deborah S. Jerome

Deborah S. Jerome

Aug 31, 2023

Deborah Sue Jerome, 69, of Prescott, AZ, passed away August 31, 2023, in Prescott following a short illness. She was born July 16, 1954, in Pico Rivera, CA, to Jack and Delphine Jerome. Deborah graduated from El Rancho High School in Pico Rivera, served the U.S. Air Force in Turkey and Japan, and throughout her life supported and participated in...

John Fredrick Pietz

John Fredrick Pietz

Aug 30, 2023

John F. Pietz was born to Fred and Barbara Pietz on 14 August, 1925, in Tuttle, North Dakota. He was the youngest of 10 children.

He was preceded in death by his wife of 64 years, Maxine Daily Pietz. They had 5 sons: Marty, James, Jarmin (deceased), Russell (deceased) and Mitchell. John served in the United States Army Air Corps during...

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