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B Len Upchurch

B Len Upchurch

Jan 8, 2023

Len Upchurch died January 8, 2023, at the age of 100 in Prescott, Arizona. Len lived in several areas in Arizona for the last forty plus years.

Len was born March 2, 1922, in Great Wymondley, Hertfordshire, England to Leonard Upchurch and Minnie Waldock. Len was raised and educated in Hitchin, England and worked in his father’s floral nursery until joining...

Dora Elizabeth Schroeder

Dora Elizabeth Schroeder

Jan 7, 2023

DeeDee Schroeder passed away in Prescott, Arizona at age 80, on January 7, 2023, with her husband by her side. DeeDee Schroeder was born and raised in Baltimore, Maryland. She married her husband and moved to Arizona in 1967. Her life's work spanned careers in Software Engineering and I.T. for both the Arizona Government and Private Industry. She served over...

Phyllis Watts Reaney

Phyllis Watts Reaney

Jan 6, 2023

Phyllis W Reaney

January 6, 2023

Phyllis Watts Reaney, 92, of Prescott Valley AZ passed away Friday January 6, 2023 at her home. She was a Las Vegas NV resident for over 40 years. She was a member of 1st Presbyterian Church as an ordained elder and her gift was her beautiful voice. She was a lyrical soprano and the prominent soloist...

Glenda Louise Branch

Glenda Louise Branch

Jan 5, 2023

Glenda Louise (Brown) Branch, beloved wife of Joseph (Joe) Branch Sr. passed away unexpectantly Jan. 5, 2023, from complications due to a chronic illness. She was born in Willard, Ohio to Gleevie & Shirley Brown who preceded her in death. She is survived by her husband of 40 years Joe, sons Joey & daughter-in-law Melissa Branch of Midlothian, Virginia. Wesley...

Grete Birgit Martin

Grete Birgit Martin

Jan 4, 2023

Birgit Martin, 84, beloved mother and grandmother passed away peacefully on January 4, 2022 in Scottsdale AZ. She was born on Valentine's Day, 1938, and was the youngest child of Sister and Sigurd Lind and was raised in Copenhagen, Denmark. She met her future husband, Todd in 1955 in Copenhagen. Two years and 4 dates later they married in June,1957....

Douglas Frank Van Boening

Douglas Frank Van Boening

Dec 29, 2022

Douglas (Doug) Frank Van Boening was born March 14, 1950, in Salem, Oregon and was welcomed days later to adoptive parents Clarence and Jesse Van Boening.

After graduation from Silverton High School in 1968, he briefly attended Oregon State University before enlisting in the Navy. Doug served in the Vietnam War as a radar man on the oiler USS Mispillion. Upon...

Thomas Nicholas Kayn

Thomas Nicholas Kayn

Dec 28, 2022

Thomas Nicholas Kayn, age 78, passed away peacefully at Prescott, Arizona on December 28, 2022. Born and raised in upstate New York, Tom graduated from Central Michigan University in 1967 with a degree in business economics. He entered the U.S. Marine Corps but was honorably discharged early due to an injury. He took a position with Carrier Corporation and was...

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