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The Arizona Republic
March 8, 1953, p. 8

CORBET, Mrs. Neva, 78, native of Kansas. Came to Phoenix in 1937. Husband, Abraham L.
DYER, Cecil L., 63, came to Arizona in 1933. WWI vet. Wife, Byrd.
FARRELL, Minnie Lebon, 77, b. Kentucky. Lived in Phoenix 19 years. Burial Memory Lawn Memorial Park.
HART, David S., 74.
MUNSON, Ernest, Dr., 77,b. April 28, 1875 in Donovan, Illinois. Came to Phoenix 50 years ago. Burial Memory Lawn Memorial Park. PADILLA, Equebal B., 78, b. Lunas, N. M., came to Arizona 77 years ago. survived by two daughters, Jessie P. Alvarado of Gilbert and Mrs. Julia Lucero of Williams.
SCHWAB, Mattie C., b. September 2, 1876, in Texas and came to Phoenix three years ago. Husband, Walter.
SHORES, Owna Mary, 75.
WATKINS, Walter A., 47, manager of the Welch Grape Juice plant in Springdale, Arkansas and frequent visitor to Phoenix.
WOMACK, Helen Alice, 52, resident of Phoenix since 1943 from Carthage, Texas. Husband, Willis, three sons, Bernice, Melvin, and Benita; five daughters, Miss Eloise Womack, Mrs. Geneva Wilson, Mrs. Sadie Sanders, Mrs. Tressie Jennings, andMrs. Lereva Mims.

March 9, 1953, p. 12

BLAINE, Calvin J., 24, killed in auto collision near Los Angeles. Burial at Greenwood Memorial Park.
DAENZER, George William, 76, b. Vassar, Michigan August 29, 1876, came to Peoria from Chicago 38 years ago. Wife, Lucina, son, Earl, of San Diego, Calif., daughter, Mrs. Ona Johnson of Silver Bell, brother, John, of Vassar.
ECHOLS, Benjamin, 90, b. Shelby County, Alabama. Resident of Arizona for 65 years. Wife, Mary; son, George A. of Emmett, Idaho; daughters, Mrs. H. L. Norton of Weiser, Idaho, Mrs. Ervin L. Herbert of Santa Ana, Calif., Mrs. R. E. Hubbard, Mrs. A. B. Allen, Mrs. N. E. Coombs of Mesa.
PETERSON, T. Ed, 58, b. November 18, 1894, in Mesa. WWI vet. Wife, Mary, daughters Mrs. C. A. (Phyllis) Carson of Phoenix and Mrs. Roberet (Ann) Mosgrove of Fresno, Calif.; a son, T. Ed Peterson, Jr.; his father, Jed G. Peterson of Los Angeles, two brothers, Earl and Grant.
SAMPLE, Ivan, 66, resident of Phoenix for seven years. Born Leavenworth County, Kansas August 27, 1886. Survived by son, Charles, two grandchildren.
STARANICK, Magdalena, b. in Yugoslavia November 3, 1883, resident of Humboldt, Arizona since 1911. Four daughters Mrs. L. W. Thompson of Phoenix, Mrs. Charles E. Aggers of Flagstaff, Mrs. G. J. Murray and Mrs. J. E. Garber, both of Humboldt; two sons, Rudy M. Staranick of Phoenix and Joseph E. Staranick of Prescott. Interment at Mountain View Cemetery, Prescott.

March 10, 1953, p. 8

BLACK, Mabel V., b. 24 July 1871 at Princeton, Illinois.
DAVIS, Martha Marcelle, 68, came to Parker in 1941 from Texas.
GRAVES, Mary Elizabeth, b. Kentucky and came to Phoenix 48 years ago. Survived by daughter, Mrs. Mary Keene Peters, of Encinitas, Calif.; son, Ed L., Chula Vista, California.
HERNANDEZ, Cleofas P., 34, Somerton, killed in car collision. Driver, Alex Mendez, 50, of Gadsden, also injured.
MITCHELL, Ella, 88, b. Canada, died in San Anselmo, California. Widow of Sam H., who died in 1927. Resident of Phoenix 40 years. Survived by sister, Mrs. Clara McAllister of Fredericton, New Brunswick. Entombment Greenwood Mausoleum.
MONTES, Maria Carmen, 76, b. Las Cruces, N. M., lived in Solomon, Arizona 55 years.
MOYER, Harry R., 72, native of Pennsylvania. Survived by wife, Florence S., of Phoenix; sons H. Rodman Moyer, Phoenix, and Russell M., Reading, PA.
NUTTER, Mae, 74, b. Michigan. Lived in Phoenix eight years from Ohio. Burial in Memory Lawn Memorial Park. Husband, William R; daughters, Mrs. Hillier Johnson, Mrs. Leonore Coats.
PERRY, Anne Jack
PHILLIPS, Gertrude Emma, 73, b. Pennsylvania, came to Phoenix 15 years ago. Son, Guy A. BUgh. Burial in Greenwood Memorial Park.
PIPER, John Henry, 57, survived by two brothers, Harold of Globe and Clarence of Cordova, Alaska; five sisters, Mrs. Mary Rothero and Mrs. Harry Hayes, England; Mrs. J. H. Clemence of Globe, Mrs. S. J. Clemence and Mrs. Jack McNab, Bremerton, Washington.
SCHWERTFEGER, Lydia, 89, b. Germany. Came to the U. S. 80 years ago, to Phoenix from Iowa ten years ago. Lived with daughter, Mrs. Donald E. Croyl.
SHEARER, Vera Drew, 63, from South Dakota. Husband, Lewis; mother, Mrs. Mary E. Drew. Cremation in Greenwood Memorial Park.
SIGLER, George Washington, 82, resident of Florence, Arizona 42 years.
SONG, Kwan Youn, 57, b. Canton, China. Came to the Salt River Valley 29 years ago from San Francisco. Husband, Jew She Song, four daughters, Mrs. Mae Kent of Seattle, Mrs. May Wong of Honolulu, Mrs. Eva Tang of Phoenix, and Miss Eva Song of Scottsdale; four sons, Joe H., Phoenix, Jew Jackson, John and George, all of Scottsdale. Burial in Scottsdale Cemetery.
STARR, Milton Frederick, 53, b. September 19, 1900, in Burks Falls, Ontario, Canada. Naturalized American citizen, came to Phoenix seven years ago. Wife, Violet; daughters, Carol Lynn, Mrs. Jack Burns; son, Jeff, U. S. Navy.
STRONG, James Lyman, 21, died in Morenci, S. C. Burial in Greenwood Memorial Park. Born in Ohio, survived by wife, Bessie; two daughters, Dixie Ann Strong and Betty Miller; a son, Fred Miller, all of Morenci, S. C.; parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Strong of Phoenix; two brothers, Edwin, of Ottawa Lake, Minn. and Fred N. of Phoenix; sister, Mrs. Mary Topel, of Sylvania, Okla.
TANNER, Eliza, 72, came to Arizona in 1910.
VAN SAUN, George Barton, 74, winter visitor, born in Iowa. Survived by wife, Irma. Burial in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
WOOD, Herbert E., 71, life-long resident of Arizona. Wife, Cecil Mae of Williams.

March 11, 1953, p. 8

LEACH, Jesse Boyd, 76, born Iowa, spent many years in Nebraska before coming to Tonopah in 1919. Survived by daughter, Mrs. Mabel Hayes, San Diego; a son, Milford Leach, Scotts Bluffs, Nebraska; two sisters, Mrs. Marjorie Rodman, Oklahome City and Mrs. Mildred Norris, Coral Gables, Florida; two brothers, Earl, Boise city, Idaho, and Mel, Fullterton, Neb. Burial in Fullterton, Nebraska.
MURRIETA, Lewis B., Mesa resident for 63 years
TRAYLOR, Pete Green, 78, native of Homer, Louisiana. Survived by three sons: Jim of Shreveport, LA; Heary of Ripley, Calif., and Rob of Wickenburg; two daughters, Mrs. Edward J. Tripp of Santa Fe, N.M. and Mrs. Rene Meyer of Tempe.

March 12, 1953, p. 7

JAMES, Lawrence W., 57, b. Decatur, Illinois. St. Francis Cemetery.
NEWMAN, Anna, a winter visitor. Husband, Louis, of New York City and three sons, S. S. of San Francisco, Donald of Atlantic City, N. J., and Howard of Denver, Colo.
PARKER, Cleo Shelburne, 49, b. Oklahoma, came to Phoenix in 1922. Husband, Eldon of Phoenix and a sister, Mrs. G. J. Finch of Oildale, Calif. Burial in Greenwood Memorial Park.
SHROYER, Mary B., 66, Survived by three daughters, Mrs. Joe Bentle of Phoenix, Mrs. Richard Forman of Newhall, Calif., Mrs. Lowell Spraker of Kokomo. Burial in Kokomo, Indiana, her birthplace.
VOIGTF, Marie Wilhelmenia, Burial in Memory Lawn Memorial Park.
WRAY, Ida B., Mrs., Burial in Greenwood Memorial Park.

March 13, 1953, p. 50

CRUM, Emma
CYPHER, John W.
HOLSTEIN, Debra Lee
JENKINS, Riley Denver
NAU, Chee
NEWMAN, Anna, interment Beth El Cemetery.
PARKER, Cleo Shelburne
ROMO, Mariana
TERRY, Charles, interment Greenwood.
VANDERWALKER, John Henry, interment Mesa Cemetery.

March 14, 1953, p. 9

BRODT, Jacob, 72, b. Yugoslavia, came to U. S. 43 years ago. Survived by wife, Katherine, three daughters, Eva Brodt, of Phoenix, Mrs. Tustaf Wolff of Clintonville, Wis., and Mrs. Frank Kretler of Bangor, Mich., and a son, Andred, of Chicago. Interment Greenwood Memorial Park.
EVANS, John Howard, 58, b. Oklahoma. Came to Phoenix in 1930. Survived by wife, Mattie; son, Monta Joe, both of Phoenix; two daughters, Mrs. Thomas Harbour of Tacna, Ariz. and Mrs. Edwin Barrett of Phoenix. Burial in East Rest Haven Park.
HAMMERLY, Jeannie, 84, b. Illinois. Came to Phoenix in 1911 from Greeley, Colo. Burial in Double Butte Cemetery, Tempe. Survived by daughter, Mrs. C. A. Barr, Phoenix and brother, Charles Nelson, Texas.
HARDING, Beatrice, 67, b. Cape Town, South Africa, came to Phoenix in 1945. Survived by husband, Earl, of Phoenix. Burial in East Rest Haven Park.
VAN HORN, Roy Cole, 68, formerly of Port Orchard, Washington. Survived by wife, Pearl, of Avondale; daughter Mrs. Frank Porter of Chimacuen, Washington.

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