Obituaries

Patricia M. Hogan of Phoenix, Arizona passed away peacefully on February 18, 2019, surrounded by her loving family. Pat was born on January 23, 1933 to John and Eleanor Hogan in Woodbury, NJ. In 1952, at the age of 19, Pat joined the IHM order of Nuns and spent 22 years teaching school in Pennsylvania and in Savannah, Georgia. In...

Evelyn Rodack died peacefully at her home in Phoenix, Arizona on Tuesday, February 19, 2019 at the age of 96 years old. She was born on April 7, 1922 in New York City, New York, and she married her high school sweetheart, Ted Rodack, in Jersey City, New Jersey in 1945. During the early 1950s, Evelyn and Ted relocated to...

Gary L. Cooper, 83, born in White River, Arizona, fittingly passed away on Arizona’s statehood birthday. Gary was preceded in death by his wife, Roberta, and survived by his two children, Julianne Wheeler and Jon Cooper (Jackie), five grandchildren, Samantha Terrell (Marc), Shannon Wheeler, Brynn Wheeler, Max Cooper, and JD Wheeler, and by his five siblings, Gaye Ludwick, Ron Cooper,...

Linda A. Lavin, born August 15th, 1947 raised in Phoenix, Arizona, passed away peacefully Thursday the 14th of February 2019 at her home surrounded by her loving family.Family, faith and football were a staple in Linda’s life. She was blessed with many friends throughout the years, and had a love for God, socializing, traveling, playing games and cheering from the...

TSgt Benjamin J. Salcido, 33, passed away unexpectedly on February 1, 2019, while stationed with the USAG in Germany.Benji was born January 10, 1986 in Mesa, AZ. Son of Dave and Rhonda Salcido, brother to Dave (Victoria), Chad, Shayla (Scott) Robinson, Camilla (Cameron) Bendixsen, Amanda (Wadi) Jones, Hannah (Mark) Forson, Sierra (David) Tanner, Jace, Olivia and Maci. Grandson of Ron...

Maria del Rosario Magdaleno Blanco, “Rose”, passed away on February 10, 2019. She was born December 10, 1925, the third of ten children to Andrés Guzmán Magdaleno and Maria Chavez Magdaleno in Miami, AZ.Her parents had emigrated from Aguascalientes, Mexico, to Arizona where her father worked in the copper mines. When she was 17, her father was killed in a...

Donald L Myers, born August 31st in Huntington Beach, CA. passed away February 1, 2019, in Mesa, Arizona. He was 63 years old. He is survived by his wife of 36 years Joan Myers, 2 sons Jason and Michael and a grandson Gavin. He moved here in 1962 with his family where they settled in south east Phoenix. He attended...

Robert “Bob” Falk, 93, of Phoenix, Arizona, passed away on February 5, 2019, surrounded by family and friends.Born Robert Edward Johnston on August 1, 1925, in Chicago, IL. At a young age, he was adopted by his stepfather Clarence V. Falk.He attended and graduated from Hirsch High School in Chicago. Bob was an accomplished drummer and during his High School...

Patricia Ann Nichols, “Pat”, entered in to eternity peacefully on January 31, 2019, and to be reunited with her husband of 65 years.Patricia, affectionately known as “Grandma Pat”, was born May 10, 1930 in Chicago, IL. She was the oldest of three children born to J. William and Lucille Ann Fleming. Pat earned her RN Degree from the St. Joseph’s...

Patricia Louise Bowker-Haman, 75, passed away from Alzheimer’s Disease on January 31, 2019 in Phoenix, Arizona.Pat was born January 6, 1944 in New York City to Florence Crandall Bowker and Willard Hughes Bowker, Jr. The oldest of four children, she grew up in the Los Angeles area, graduating from Dominguez High School in 1961. She and her two sisters, Peggy...

Catherine M. Johnson left this earthly life for her Heavenly home on January 30, 2019. She was born on Staten Island, New York on May 19, 1932. Catherine spent her early years working as a legal secretary for various firms throughout Manhattan before moving to Phoenix with her husband, Robert, whom she was preceded in death by in 1970. She...

Grace Marie Crawford was taken to be with our Lord on Saturday, January 26th, 2019 in Gilbert, AZ. Grace was 93.Grace was born on 7/5/1925 to John and Elizabeth (Delagardelle) Herrmann in LaPorte City, IA. Grace was the youngest of 7 siblings. Grace grew up on the family farm in Gilbertville, IA where she was relied upon to complete her...

Anne Kathleen Phillippi (Annie),12/12/1944 – 12/30/2018Anne Phillippi passed away in her Phoenix home on December 30, 2018 at the age of 74. After a 12 year battle with a rare form of cancer and a beautiful life, Annie peacefully passed in her sleep and became God’s newest Angel.  Born in Fort Knox, Kentucky and raised in Columbia Heights, Minnesota, Annie...

Boyd A. McDuffy, a longtime resident of Phoenix, passed away January 27, 2019.Boyd is survived by his wife Patti, mother Della V Roberts, Warren Gilmour, sisters Mary Peery (Darryl), Michelle Murphy, nieces LaNette, Breanna, their children and many, many extended family members.Boyd was a joy to all who met, or knew him. He was a lover of children and animals....

John Joseph Krahulec, 95 of Phoenix AZ died peacefully after a brief illness on January 24, 2019.John was born in Dalcom Slovakia. He served in WWII with the Royal Canadian Artillery. He moved his family to Phoenix in 1952 and always loved having been a valley resident for over sixty years. He worked for the circulation department at the Arizona...

Theresa Diane Scholz, champion of kindness and kinship, passes at age of 49.On Saturday, January 12, 2019, Teri, a loving wife and mother, passed away after an unexpected battle with cancer. Born in 1969 to a devoted mother and father, Gail and Judson Morris of Hollywood, CA. Teri grew up in Encino where she formed lifelong friendships. The Morris household...

With great sadness our family says goodbye to a beloved husband, dad, grandpa, son, brother, uncle and friend.Jose Garcia, age 63, drifted off to his final resting place while sleeping. Joe was born in Sonora, Mexico on July 20, 1955.  He moved to Arizona at the age of 8. At the age of 17, he joined the U.S. Marine Corp....

Albano, Merle Margaret Wallach “Margo”, born December 13, 1941, when her family was living on a farm near Byrnesville, Mo, died Tuesday, January 22, 2019, after being in hospice care at home in Phoenix for two weeks.Margo died at approximately 8:27 a.m., almost to the minute of the start of her marriage ceremony to Robert Albano on January 22, 1966....

Elizabeth Louise “Betty” Mankowski passed away peacefully on January 17, 2019 in Phoenix, Arizona at the age of 82 years. She was born on April 20, 1936 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin to Edward and Rose (Heim) Haselkamp. She attended Pius High School and married the love of her life and husband of 61 years, Robert Mankowski in 1957. In 1964, they...

Claire Ann Zwickl, loving wife, sister, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother passed away Thursday, January 17th, at the age of 90. She was born on August 21st, 1928, in Koenigstein im Taunus, Germany, the fourth daughter of Rosa and Josef Flugel. She was raised in a loving environment in a beautiful resort town in Germany until World War II. When the...