Obituaries

Mary ‘Regina’ Newhard, 66, beloved mother, sister, and grandmother died on Friday, September 5, 2014; the following day would have been her 67th birthday. She was born September 6, 1947 in Phoenix, AZ. She worked for the United States Postal Service before she retired, and was a dedicated member of the American Postal Workers Union. She was married 38 plus...

86, passed away peacefully at home on September 4th, 2014.  Elda spent her life caring for her family.  She lived in Portage, Indiana and moved to Surprise, Arizona in 1993.  She made her final move to Phoenix to live with her daughter, Christine and son-in-law, Kenneth in 2011.She was preceded in death by her husband of 66 years, Vicente and...

Witzeman, Robert Allen, 87 of Phoenix, Arizona passed away on August 30, 2014.  Bob was born May 7, 1927 in Akron, Ohio, where he grew up.  He served in the Navy in 1945, graduated from Oberlin College in 1950, and Case Western Reserve Medical School in 1954.  He moved to Phoenix in 1958 and practiced medicine as an anesthesiologist for...

72, passed away on September 2, 2014.  He was born June 27, 1942 to Harold and Dorothy Summers in Glendale, CA.  The family returned to Phoenix, AZ shortly thereafter which is where he resided for the remainder of his life.    He graduated from Carl Hayden High School in 1959.  Eventually, he went to work for his father at Summers Tile...

went to be with the Lord on August 29, 2014, with family by his side.Born on February 11, 1935, Paul graduated from Phoenix Union High School. He retired as a bank executive and deacon from the Diocese of Los Angeles, California.Paul is preceded in death by:  parents Pablo and Eloisa Chacon, sister Mary Lou Strauss, brothers William Apodaca and Arthur...

84, died August 29, 2014, at the Mother House in Dubuque, Iowa. Burial is in Mount Carmel Cemetery. She was born September 18, 1929 to Mark Aloysius and Henrietta Ketchmark Larkin. She entered the BVM congregation from St. Agnes Parish, Phoenix on September 8, 1947 after graduating from St. Mary’s High School. She was an elementary school teacher and superior/principal...

On August 25, 2014, far too soon, we lost Jarrod Camp in a tragic work-site accident.  Jarrod leaves behind his beautiful wife of four years and best friend of eight years, Cara Cunningham Camp, to whom he was a loving and devoted husband and protector.  Also mourning Jarrod are his mother Linda, father Kim (Shirley), brother Ryan, and countless friends...

36, of Phoenix, passed away on August 25, 2014.  Jeremy is survived by his son Cody, daughter Amberly, grandson Cayden, mother Mary, brother Joshua, sisters Mickaela and Danielle, grandparents Karl and Ann Baker and many more friends and relatives.   He just recently became a grandfather and he was going to be called “Paps.”  Jeremy was a very loving person who...

Sullivan, William John  On the morning of August 23, 2014, William Sullivan, 94, died at his Phoenix home surrounded by family. William, known as Bill or “Chief” to family and friends, was born December 11, 1919 in Duluth, Minnesota, into a loving home full of family, humor, art, ideas, games and adventure. In 1940, Bill moved to Phoenix with his...

84, of Paradise Valley, passed away on August 28, 2014. He is survived by his wife Zenaida of 56 years, three daughters, two sons and 10 grandchildren. Visitation will be held from 9:00-10:00am, Friday, September 12, 2014 at Whitney & Murphy Funeral Home, 4800 E. Indian School Road, Phoenix.  Funeral Mass will follow at 10:30am the same day at St....

Larry was born in Florence, Alabama on September 8, 1941 and moved to the Phoenix area at age 3.  He graduated from Washington High School in 1959.  He earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in education from Arizona State University in 1964 and 1968. While at ASU, Larry was president of Kappa Kappa Psi, national honorary band fraternity; and president...

Beloved wife of the late Robert B. Wright and mother of Bruce (deceased) went home to be with the Lord August 26, 2014.  Marge arrived in the Valley with her husband from Scranton, PA in 1955.  Sharing his love of animals, the two began volunteering at the Arizona Humane Society (AHS) in 1958; one year after it was founded.  Thus...

“Ricky,” age 51, flew on Angels wings to rest in Gods arms, free of pain and at true peace.  A Memorial Service will be held at 12:00 P.M., on Thursday, September 11, 2014, followed by a luncheon reception at Whitney & Murphy Funeral Home, 4800 E. Indian School Road, Phoenix.

72, passed away on August 16, 2014 in Mesa, AZ. A Memorial Service will be held at the Broadway Christian Church located at 7335 E. Broadway Road, Mesa, AZ at 10am, Saturday, August 30, 2014.  In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to The Wounded Warrior Project.   Please send condolences and view his obituary atwww.whitneymurphyfuneralhome.com

Rambo, Della “Betty” died on August 25, 2014.

Carol Ann Quaranta (Lockhart), 78, of Huntington, WVA, joined the angels in Heaven on August 22, 2014 in Phoenix. She is preceded in death by her mother Ruby and Father William Lockhart, her husband Pat Quaranta, Jr., Sister Helen Conway and Brother Howard Lockhart. Carol was born in Huntington to Ruby and William Lockhart on August 11, 1936 and was...

Frances Lucille Coulter passed away peacefully at her home on August 23, 2014 at the age of 90 with her family by her side.  Frances was born on June 12th 1924 in Omaha, Nebraska. In 1947, at the young age of 23, she moved to Phoenix to live with her sister and brother-in-law.  As fate would have it, she went...

Gary Darwin Stewart, 76, passed away on August 20, 2014 in Phoenix, Arizona. Gary was born on May 2, 1938 in Minneapolis, Minnesota to Charles and Irene Stewart.Gary moved to the Phoenix area in the mid 1970’s where he became a successful business entrepreneur.  He was a business owner, home builder, and in his later years, a building inspector.Gary was...

Patrick Anthony Lawlor recently passed away, living to the magnificent age of 94. He was born in the town of Ballybunion (where the River Shannon meets the Atlantic Ocean) in County Kerry, Ireland—he was the fourth of seven children. Patrick and one brother, Monsignor Timothy F. Lawlor, immigrated to America. As proud as Patrick was to be Irish, he was...

On Monday, August 18, 2014, at the age of 85, our mother died from complications of a life well lived.Ginger was the quintessential only child born to Wynema Posey and Thomas Burnett Blaine on June 26, 1929 in Jackson, Tennessee, and the grand child of Alexander Lawrence Posey; Muscogee Creek Poet Laureate of Oklahoma.  The family arrived in Phoenix on...