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Abbott, Betty Lee Acquaro, Gerloma "May" Acquavella, Rose I. Adams, Garry Ray, 55, First Congregation United Church of Christ, Arrangements by Arizona Aftercare. Adn, Chastity Afman, Gordon Dale Alber, Marion Alcala, Eugene Leo "Gene', b. 22 Sept 1951 in San Antonio, Texas, USAF vet,wife, Carmen Cuomo-Alcala, son Matthew Eugene, daughters Laurie and Naomi Alcala, st-daus. Sarah Gonzalez and Karissa Warren, mother Rose E. Alcala, Sisters Terry Meza and Linda Alvaerez Alcala;bros. Carlos, Thomas, Robert, Daniel. Father, Thomas B., and sister Anna, preceded him in death. Aldred, Florence E. Alexandre, Samuel Arnold Alexander, Lorenzo Agustus Althaus, Karmyn L. Anderson, France J. "Andy" Anthony, Jack Malcolm Austin, William Byron Babish, Timothy Bahnsen, Robert (Bob) Baker, Jeanne H. Wilson Daley Barnes, Lola I., Rev., was born Sept. 6, 1910 in Pocotello, Idaho. She was the founder and pastor of The Church of All Nations at 5005 S. 7th Street in Phoenix, Az. She pastored the church for many years. She was preceded in death by her sisters Pearl and Mable, and a brother James. She is survived by a nephew, James NABORS, and a host of friends and loved ones. The family request donations be sent to Sun Health Hospice, 12740 N. Plaza Del Rio Blvd. Peoria, AZ. 85381. Barnes, Rosella, 76, Sun City, husband, George, dau. Laurie PLUMMER, Grandville, Michigan; grandsons Keith BARNES and Matthew BRENNER, Plano, Texas. Barnhouse, Lillian M. Barra, Maggie Layton Bartle, Leland E. Bateman, Lois Mae Baumer, Phillip Andrew Bazzano, "Buzz" Henry M., 88, of Phoenix, passed away June 19, 2002. U.S. Army, WW II. Beals, Kenneth Richard, died June 20, 2002. He was born on January 24, 1922 on the Blue Water Ranch, Weed, New Mexico. He was the first born of a set of twin boys after the birth of seven daughters. He is survived by his wife Norma Dell CARTER, sisters Elizabeth LEMMON (Greenly, CO), Verona CARTER (Cottonwod, AZ), Bonnie DEGLEY (Mesa, AZ), Cleedith BAKER (Thatcher, AZ), children Jack (Kay) BEALS, Penny (Jerry) NOBLE, Anthony (Leslie) BEALS, Lomand (Janice) BEALS, Linda (Bruce) LAMB, Cara (Jim) STEELE, Jan (Brad) LARSEN, Richard (Linda) BEALS, 36 grandchildren, and 14 great-grandchildren. Preceded in death by his first wife Vanada MOORE, infant son Michael, his mother and father, 6 sisters, one brother and one great- granddaughter. Interment Pima Cemetery, Pima Arizona. Beam, Wallace W., Jr., 66, b. Chambersburg, PA 5 May 1936. Vietnam vet, wife Celia M.; daus. Sandra UMSTEADT and Peggy McGUIRE; son Russell; step-dau Tammy HONNEN; stepsons Dan, Michael, Bill, Steve GRAY; sister Bonnie BEAM; bros Bobby and Warren. Interment Resthaven Park Cemetery, Glendale. Beck, Irene Margaret Beebe, Robert Dale, 71, Mesa, U.S.Air Force veteran, City of Mesa Cemetery. Bennett, Patricia May Bennett, Edith Helen Berringer-Kephart, Janet Larue, died June 11, 2002. Survived by sister Patsy and brother William (Bill) and 5 children Diana, Georgianna, Barbara, David & Cindy. 10 grandchildren and 5 great grandchildren. Bidwell, Pearl "Lee" Stricklan, April 9, 1919 - June 20, 2001, Scottsdale, Arizona. She was born in Savannah, Georgia. Herfamily moved to Idaho. She lost her mother at age 11 and when her father remarried the family returned to Georgia. She met her husband, Harry Bidwell, in Cairo, Egypt. The two married August 3rd 1951 in Johannesburg, South Africa. She is survived by her husband, Harry BIDWELL, daughters Glynis BIDWELL BROOKS, Barbara GREENSHIELD, Son-in-law David GREENSHIELD, grandchildren Leslie Anne Emerick, Bonnie and Ricky GREENSHIELD, honorary granddaughter Cori ROBINSON, sister-in- law Eunice SALTER, brother-in-law Derek SNELL Bikoski, Edward A. Bills, Harry Bishop, Elizabeth M. Blanco, Rosie B., 74, Interment St. Francis Catholic Cemetery, 5005 E. Oak, Phoenix. Blumenthal, George Bobbitt, Sally Ayala Bochenek, Edna A. Bodendorfer, Theresa Bohnenkamp, Mary Elizabeth, 71,b. 13 August 1931 in Keokuk, Iowa, married Edward Henry Bohnenkamp. Preceded in death by her parents, sister, and husband. Survived by son, Matthew Wayne Bohnenkam and daughter Melanie Todd, grandchildren Kori, Koty, and Chandi. Boltz, Howard Brady, William, 65, Mesa. St. Francis Cemetery Brannon, Marie, 91, of Phoenix, died June 19, 2002. Born July 3, 1910 in Sharpsburg, Pennsylvania. She is survived by daughters: Shirley HECK of Phoenix, Nancy BRANNON of Cave Creek, son: Richard of Florida. Bray, Dally Michael, 2 years, Winkleman, Arizona. Globe Cemetery, Globe, AZ. Brenner, Walter Michael Brickner, Eugene "Gene" Britt, Richard Dean, b. 22 July 1931 in Hastings, Nebraska. U.S.AirForce veteran. Wife, Miriam Ann Britt; sons, Chris Britt; daughter, Beth Jones; grandchildren Seth, Hannah and Emily; sister Beverlee Cook. Broadman, Ira S. Brown, Ruth S. Burge, Donald S. Burnham, Stanford Alma, 81, of Mesa, WW II US Navy Submarines, died June 21, 2002. Cabot, Murray A. Carpenter, Philip F., 79, of Sun City AZ, passed away June 18, 2002. Carranza, Mercedes Carroll, James L. Cartwright, Theda Virginia Casey, Mary M. Castro, Esther O. Chabarria, Gilbert M. Chandler, Yolanda Marie, 37, b. 14 July 1964 in Dayton, Texas. Husband, Booker T. Chandler, Jr.; sons, Booker II, Stephen, Daniel, Christopher; daughters,Rhema and Glory; mother Emma Simmons; brother Christopher Singleton; father George Singleton; grandmother Lee Ester Simmons. National Memorial Cemetery of Arizona. Chesley, Andrew Alexander, 79, U.S.Air Force veteran. Cirino, Kenneth "Chico", b. 5 August 1936 in Collinwood, Ohio, to Michael A. and Theresa M. Cirino. Married Barbara Amundson 24 April 1957. Survived by children: Joni, Michael, Anjala, Theresa and Anna. Two brothers: Fred and Robert. Ciura, Andrew James (Jim), 62, of Tempe Az, passed away June 21, 2002. Clement, Nicole Marie Clyde Jacob Coates, Sr. Colella, Daniel Vincent Collins, Harlan Comley, Esmond G. Concholar, Alvin Bill Connery, William Patrick Cooper, Ronnie D. Corbitt, Jerry D. Cornell, Edith Cowan, Donald Eugene Craig, Yvonne M. "Skeeter" Cram, Eleanor "Dottie" Crawford, Joseph Edwin Cunningham, Robert Oscar Dam, Sylves Carroll Damanti, Jane Ann Davis, Marvin Joseph DeMello, David George Denney, Patricia L. Devries, Robert Dial, James M. Diamond, Reta S., a resident of Arizona for 56 years, passed away on June 20, 2002 in Tempe. She was born on May 1, 1907 in Patras, Greece. Her son Gus DIAMOND, grandson Gus T. DIAMOND, daughter-in-law Tamara DIAMOND, sister-in-law Barbara DIAMOND, and great-grandson Zachary DIAMOND survive her. Trisagion services at Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Cathedral, 1973 N. Maryland Ave., Phoenix. Dowdy, Rich Doyle, Lynnine Skynyrd, 48, a native-born resident of Phoenix, passed away peacefully on June 19, 2002. He was predeceased by his father, William Lynn Doyle. He is survived by his mother Marcella Gustafson, stepfather Ewald Gustafson, sisters Judy Cadriel (husband Marc), Alice Sweesey, Gayle Aasen (husband Rowan), Brenda Larson (husband Carl), Carrie Chaffin (husband Robert), half-sister Billie Sue Miller (husband Joe), brother Kenneth Doyle (wife Trina), two nieces, twelve nephews, their families, and numerous aunts, uncles, cousins and friends. Internment at Resthaven Cemetery West. Doyle, Pat E. Drenth, John Ducharme, William F., 85, of Phoenix AZ, died June 20, 2002. He was born in Somerville, Mass. in 1917. He was a 32nd Degree Mason. "Dutch" DUCHARME is survived by his wife Virginia. Daughter Lyn WEST and husband Cecil. Daughter Micki BARKER. Grandchildren, Bonnie and JJ BARKER. Tom CUPPLES and wife Denie and great grandchildren Madison and Taylor CUPPLES. Interment at The National Memorial Cemetery of Arizona, Phoenix, AZ. Duff, Stephen M. Duncan, Reverend Oran E. Dunlap, Thomas Gerard Dunsmore, Mary E., died on June 19, 2002 at her home. She had lived in the area since 1942. She was preceded in death by her parents Cora T. Dunsmore and Fred Dunsmore Sr. as well as her brother Fred A. Dunsmore. Her sister-in-law, Patricia Dunsmore, nieces Ann L. Dunsmore, Mary Kay Ponder (Steve) and nephew Bob Dunsmore (Kathy) and 5 grand nieces and grand nephews survive her. Easley, Christopher Alan Ebert, Linda Ann Ekberg, Howard Glenn Enright, Joseph Kenneth Erb, Harold "Count", 90, of Phoenix, passed away June 18, 2002. Greenwood Memory Lawn Mortuary, 719 N. 27th Ave. Phx. Erkkila, Barbara Joan Burr, Professor Emeritus, age 71, was a "Buckeye from Ohio" - born, reared and educated there. Barbara retired in 1991 in Paradise Valley, Arizona. She is survived by her only son, Brian ERKKILA, of Paradise Valley; and 5 grandchildren, Jayi, Shanti, Lila, Aria, and Tejah. Eskew, Larry R. Espinosa, Victor M. Evans, Marie Burke, 90, died in Chico, California. b. Bethel, Ohio to Clara and Edger Burke 28 July 1911. Married William Earnest Evans. Survived by sister, Evelyn McGrane of Chico, CA; three children, Elizabeth J. Chadwick of Morrison, CO, John E. Evans of Decatur, GA, and Robert W. Evans of Chico, CA. Eversole, Sherry L. Dusenberry Fitzgerald, Deborah M. Flaskerud, Eileen Flenner, Lawrence Wilson Floyd, Mary Jane, 76, of Scottsdale Arizona, passed away June 20, 2002. No services. Simes Mortuaries Casa Grande Chapel Foulke, Edna Louis Warren French-Palmer, Edith C., passed away April 13, 2002. Memorial June 29th at All Souls Cemetery, Chardon, Ohio. Jack Monreal Funeral Home, Willowick, Ohio, 440-585-4555 Furman, Carol M. Gamble, Thelma Grace, 70, of Peoria AZ, passed away June 22, 2002. Gant, Judith A. Garcia, Norma Carrera Garcy, Mary Gerasimos, Duane A. Gilpin, Shirley Lynn Glascock, Edward T. Gomez, Adam David Gomez, Joseph Anthony Good, James H. Goode, David A. Goodman, Novella Gordon, George Phillip Gower, Patricia Ann Greenhow, Edwin P. Grey, John Steven Griffith, Floyd Freddie Gutierrez, Ignacia Hanner, Michael III Hardy, Dorothy E. Harris, Joanne S. Hauck, Harold V. Hawkins, Gordon W. Haynes, Marie Healy, Bradford Helleland, Cheryl L. Hermann, Karl Woodrow Heyer, John Hicks, Celia Bernice, 83, of Phoenix Arizona, passed away June 18, 2002. Greenwood Memory Lawn Cemetery, 719 N. 27th Ave., Phoenix. Hoban, Christine Lewis Frederick Hoffman, Arlan J. Horacek, Charles E. Hoyle, Riley Marie Huddleston, Gary Hugh Hunter, Alfred H. Hunter, Karen Ann Hurlbert, Robert Terrance Irish, Melvin "Harvey" Jacobs, Jack Jameson, Estelle Golden Jarnagin, William A. Jasso, Connie M. Jennings, Henry B. Johnson, Rosalie Anne Johnson, Vern M. Johnson, Anna Mae Johnson, Arthemise J. Jungermann, Eva S. JURADO, Kalos, Peter T. Keeler, Carol Joan Kehl, Elnora M. Kelemen, Edith Kennedy, Kenneth Delbert Kenner, Sarah Pauline Keppel, James Edwin, 85, was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on August 16, 1916. He attended public school in Wheeling, West Virginia He was a member of the American Legion, Masonic Lodge and Scottish Rite. Wife, Mary Lou; children Jim, David and Ann; daughter-in-law Linda; son-in-law Ted and his grandsons Scott and Mike. Contributions to the First Presbyterian Church of Mesa, the Shriner's Crippled Children's Hospital or the American Heart Association. Kerswill, Roy Kimball, Richard Lee King, Patricia Mary King, Virginia Jackson Klecker, Marie L. Kluge, Roman Koepnick, EvaLena Koopman, Carl David Kowall, Faye E. Kramer, Mary N. Fillicetti Kruckenberg, William George Jr. Kuopus, Ina Elvira LaBash, Patsy Anita, 35, of Phoenix, was born in Farmington, Missouri on February 20, 1967. Parents Edna Christine & Benjamin ROBINSON, preceded her in death. Husband, Michael; son Jonathan, daughter Amanda; brothers Bill, Duane, Dennis and Chris, and a sister Imogean. Lard, Joel Elva Lasukau, Manase Kaktisi Learn, Bonnie Lenore Lewis, Lee Eric Lehman, Edward S. Lemelin, Anna K. Leonhart, Hazel R. LeRoy, Leola Lutes Levine, Sylvia Green, wife of the late Leon LEVINE and the late George GREEN, a resident of West Bloomfield Mich., was born November 18, 1916. She was 85. Sons, Dr. Robert GREEN of Northfield, Ohio and Michael GREEN (and his wife, Kelly) of Calabasas, Calif.; granddaughters, Candice (and her husband, Michael) TAHI of Los Angeles and Lindsay GREEN of Santa Monica, Calif; One sister and brother-in-law, Claire and Daniel FINN of Gaithersburg, MD.; one brother and sister-in-law, Jack (John) and Belle SWARTZ of Phoenix; and by many other loving relatives, nieces, nephews and friends. Sylvia touch many lives. Service was held at Temple Beth El, Bloomfield Hills, Mich. Liestman, Robert Linstad, Gerda Lodice, Rose A. Lopez, Juanita Gomez Lott, Diana Franklin Macliver, Doris B. Maddy, Vivian J., 90, of Phoenix AZ. Paradise Valley Baptist Church, 14034 N. 32nd St., Phoenix, AZ. Arrangements by Greenwood Memory Lawn Mortuary. Manning, James Samuel Marchello, Phyllis A. Marlow, L. Dennis, 85, of Cottonwood AZ, served U.S. Army Air Force. Green Acres Cemetery, 401 N. Hayden Rd., Scottsdale, AZ. Marquez, Jessie L. Marra, John Joseph Marranca, Salvatrice "Sally" Martin, Steven Brandon Lee Martin, Allyne Fenwick Massart, Rev. Richard J. Matej, Karolina Matusio, Dee Ann McConnell, Linda Hatton McFarland, Neil B. McFarlin, Anne Helen McGarrity, Bonnie J. McGinnis, Hazel Doran McIlvoy, Floyd W. McInerney, Ora Gilliland McMorris, Loretta Elizabeth McNair, Joan L. Mead, Adam E. Meadows, Mark J. Medal, Peter Menuey, Zana Velma Meyers, Russell George Miguel Reveles Perez, Milewski, Judith C. "Judy" Miller, Leona C. Miller, Everett L. Mink, Mable L. Mitchel, Pauline Mitchell, Shirley Temple Mitchell, Eleanor M. Moon, Rachel V. Moore, Wesley Mora, Sandra Lee Morales, Raul Cienfuegos Morris, Nealie Ann Moser, Dorothy Ann Mueller, Carolyn Jean Mullins, Mildred Dorothy Murphy, Jack Myers, Dr. Everett Earl Nadeau, Kenneth Nagey, Stanley A Najarian, Charles Richard Neal, Thomas C. Newcomb, Robert E. Ngo, Sun Nickerson, Ann B. Noble, Moss Nornton, Geraldine M. Norris, Lelan Claude Northrup, Donald Keith Norwood, Eleanor Novak, Bette J. Nowak, Leonard O'Brien, Charles Francis II Ogle, Barbara Jean Ortiz, Robert (Bobby) Osife, Annie Laurie Owensby, James Packer, Adrienne Dale Paetznick, Denny Noel Palfy, George R. Parrish, George K., 78, formerly of Phoenix, passed away June 28, 2002. He served in the US Air Force WWII. Contributions: American Cancer Society. Whitton Mortuary, Merced CA. Pascoe, Dr. Paul L. Payne, Arthur E. Pell, Dancy Peloso, Emma Pennington, Eldora McDermitt Perez, Miguel Reveles Peters, Robert "Jack" Peters, Ruby Bernice aka Ruby Bernice Koehler Poje, Richard J. Pregill, Herbert Pruett, Annie L. Purvis, Kirke James Ramirez, Edward Joseph Randall, Gordon H. Rasmussen, Charles William Ray, Nancy Jean Reafleng, Harry Elza Jr. Reckard, Ralph Joseph Reese, Amanda Relyea, Loretta May Rembialkoski, Robert E. Ressler, Marga Anna Reynolds, Raymond Eugene Rhodehouse, Floyd W. Rice, Christina Margaret Rich, Patricia Ida Rist, Paul Robertson, Florence Louise Robles, John Benjamin Anthony Rogers, Madeline Rohr, Hubert H. Rouda, Milton B. Rudell, Nathan Hayes Rudolph, Martha, 72, passed away June 26, 2002 in Phoenix, AZ. She was born in Grand Forks, ND and moved from California to Arizona 13 years ago. She was a member of the Rottweiler Association. Survivors include her son Lance (Bea) RUDOLPH, daughters Rifka (Alfred, Sr.) GONZALEZ and Faith (Barry) CHUNOFSKY, grandchildren, Shandra and Alfred, Jr. GONZALEZ, brothers Richard, Vincent, Neil, Brian and James ROBINSON and sister Viola. Graveside service Beth Israel Cemetery, Phoenix, Arizona. Salisbury, George Champlin, Jr.,was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on January 1, 1922 and entered into rest on June 28, 2002. He was a Technical Sergeant during WWII and was a recipient of a Bronze Star. Survived by his wife Peggy SALISBURY; daughters, Anne S. FLASH and Barbara S. ROMANO, husband Robert; sons, Robert C. SALISBURY & wife Mary; Richard M. SALISBURY & wife Terri; grandchildren, Christopher FLASH & wife Nancy, Edward FLASH & Amanda FLASH, Emily, Kevin & Colleen SALISBURY, Anne Catherine ROMANO; great-grandchild Melanie FLASH. Contributions: U.S. Lawnbowling Association or the Congregational Church of Sun City. Sanchez, Myrna Echerivel Santillan, Myrna Tapia Sargent, Mark Joseph Saville, James C. Sawyer, Thomas E. Lt. Col. (Ret) USAF Scala, Joseph L Schenk, Donald R. Schiffler, Carroll Schlesinger, Steven Schuldt, Ronald Robert Scott, Ruth Shelley Scott, Olivia J. Seehawer, Jack E. Shaw, Gary David Sheldon, John W. Shepherd, Betty Darlene Shirlaw, Art Shutes, Norman Lee Silvert, Jack Simmons, Allan M. Simon, William P. Singer, Paula J. Skelton, Pollyanna G. Skully, Stephen Blase Slote, Edward B. Smith, George Smith, Margaret Susan Smith, Travis Alan, 19, born 25 March 1983. Survived by father, Wayne E. SMITH, stepmother Elaine, brothers Corey, Brennan, and Keaton of Mesa, Arizona. Mother Tanya LOWE and stepfather Mike and sister Cheyanne of Montrose, Colorado. Burial in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Solomon, Elbert Drew (Bert) Sorensen, Kenneth Dwayne "Ken" Sorensen, Leo J. Stanfield, Ellen Ray Stauffer, Charles J. Stephen J. Tischler, Stetler, Effie Blanche Wilson Stimson, David William Stockwell, Mary Stolzberg, Lillian Stutzman, Paul D. Tannenbaum, Sidney Donald Taylor, Patricia A. Taylor, Kenneth K. Telles, Maria Tharp, Barbara Lee Thomas, Joseph A., 74, Prescott. Cremation at Bradshaw Crematory, Prescott Valley. Thompson, Rev. Walter W. Thompson-Mooney, Michelle "Shelly' Thornton, Geraldine M. Thorp, Agnes Tiffany, Elwood Frank Tope, Gerald Ryan Townsend, Calista V. Turpin, Charlene Alice Unfer, Ann Marie Vachris, Frank Vincent Valentine, Reatha Grace van Biene, Jean Ann Vandeventer, Eudora H. Varnes, Billy Lee Velonis, George Viera, Dennis Anthony Villegas, Abedon Daniel Vincent, Milo J. Vizzerra, Fernando Walker, Helen A. Walters, David Cooney Wampler, Gloria Grace Wardrop, Barb Watkins, Marilyn Heid Watson, Phillip R. Watters, Donald T. Weathersby, J. W. Weaver, Verus M. Weiss, Eve Hastman Wennersten, Kenneth Reid Weybright, Richard Edward, 96, Sun City. Whisenant, Jon "Randall" White, Frances D. Whyman, Helen H. Wildey, Sandra Bishop Wiley, Marie C. Williams, Warren L. Wilson-English, Arlene Dianne, 69, of Peoria Arizona, passed away June 17, 2002. Winburne, Rosemary Ann Winkler, Albert Herman, 93, Survived by son, David Elder WINKLER and grandchildren of Augusta, Georgia. Witkowski, Anna, 72, Sun City. Wodark, Barbara Jean, 53, Mesa. Arrangements by Mariposa Garden Memorial Park & Funeral Care. Woeckener, Carolyn J. Wolfe, Eleanor M. Wonink, Hendrik Woodward, Dorothy Ellen Wyckoff, Nancy Lee Young, Stephen Henry Zaluga, Stephanie Alice Zeeman, Yolanda, 52, Interment National Memorial Cemetery Of AZ. Zegerson, Norma 
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