Obituaries

Gloria Delgado Zazueta, 71, lost her courageous five-year battle with ovarian cancer on March 2, 2011. Born on April 8, 1939 in Phoenix, Gloria was the oldest daughter of Alejandro and Maria del Carmen Delgado. She was a proud graduate of St. Mary’s High School in Phoenix and also attended Arizona State University. She married Humberto Zazueta and devoted her...

passed away on February 27, 2011 at the age of 91 in Phoenix, AZ. She was born July 30, 1919 in Big Timber, Montana on a ranch in a log cabin to Gary E. Anderson and Nellie Laura (Gillispie) Anderson. She moved with her family to Illinois where she met and married Oliver E. McKee on January 4, 1936 in...

Ann Holig LaFond, beloved mother, grandmother, sister, aunt, friend, foster mother and mentor, passed away peacefully on February 25th, 2011. Ann was born in Swanville, Minnesota and was the second of three children of Joseph and Marjorie Holig. She graduated from Swanville High School and St. Cloud School of Nursing, and shortly thereafter married and raised five children in Phoenix,...

beloved wife, mother, grandmother, sister, friend, and colleague, passed away on February 24, 2011. Born in Boston, MA, Suzanne was the third of four children of Paul White and Margaret (Sheehan) White. She grew up in Cambridge and graduated with highest distinction from Emmanuel College in Boston. After graduation, she taught elementary school. She met Peter Kelly, the love of...

April 17, 1989-February 20, 2011. Beloved daughter, sister and dear friend, Alexandra “Ali” Elizabeth Adelmann, 21, of Phoenix, Arizona transitioned to her heavenly home surrounded by family and friends on Feb. 20, 2011. Her passing followed a courageous seventeen-month struggle with a severe traumatic brain injury, the outcome of a car accident while driving home from the University of Arizona,...

81, was called to her heavenly home on February 23, 2011. A loving mother to Gene, Becky, Ana, grandmother to Gabriel, Anthony, Andrea, Adam, Darren, sister and daughter and mother-in-law to Armida, Ramona, Rachel, Mario, Joanne, Gary, David. She will be our guardian angel who will always be loved and will remain in our hearts forever. A Memorial Mass will...

83, of Phoenix, AZ. Died February 21, 2011. She was born in Phoenix, AZ October 31, 1927 and is survived by Ernie Balderrama (Lucy), Roberta Durazo (Freddie), Robert Balderrama (Gloria), Norman Balderrama (Norma), Magdelena Mendez (Robert) and David Morales, 25 grandchildren, 50 great-grandchildren, 16 great, great-grandchildren, sisters Emma Tabanico, Eva Nunez, 1 brother Ned Godinez. A Memorial Mass will be...

John I. Bishop, 68, passed away on February 17, 2011. He enjoyed spending time on the golf course and heading out to Concho Valley to get out of the heat. He enjoyed traveling to Hawaii. He was an active member of the Hawaiian Club and the Hawaiian Golf Club of Arizona, American Legion and AZ American Italian Club.John worked 30...

86 passed away on February 14th, 2011. She was born January 4th, 1925 in Hayden, AZ. She is preceded in death by her loving husband Antonio A. Cota and survived by siblings , Ricky Garcia, Jennie Pacheco, Rudy Garcia and Patsy Rios, her daughter Gloria Hughes and her son-in-law Burton Hughes, her son Antonio “Gordo” H. Cota Jr., three grandchildren...

91, passed away on February 16, 2011 of congestive heart failure. Born in Phoenix, Arizona on September 14, 1919. He was enrolled in the Civilian Conservation Corps from October 12, 1937 to March 31, 1940. He served in the U. S. Army during World War II from January 7, 1941 to June 13, 1945 when he was Honorably discharged. He...

Age 95, died peacefully in his home, surrounded by his family, on February 12, 2011. He was an aircraft mechanic in WWII, and worked for the Corps of Army Engineers. He met, and married the love of his life for 59 years, Elizabeth Turnage, in a small town in Mississippi. After earning a degree in Civil Engineering from Ole Miss,...

Passed away on February 17, 2011 in Phoenix, AZ. A resident for 32 years, formerly from the Cleveland Ohio area. Preceded in death by his father Herbert C. Taylor. Survivors include his wife Catherine, daughters Katherine L. Roth, Laurie R. Sherwood (Jim). Also survived by his mother Irene L. Taylor, sister Sharlene Jayjock and brother David Taylor. Paul served in...

A native Phoenician passed away on Thursday, February 10, 2011 surrounded by his loving family. He was the son of Leon S. and Dorothy Black. Rick attended Kenilworth grade school, Phoenix Union and West High Schools, Stanford, U of A law school, and was a member of Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity. He was a prominent trial attorney known for initiating...

On February 10, 2011, Frank J. Bergero entered into eternal rest. Frank is survived by his loving wife Anita, son James, daughter Kathleen and her husband Marvin Cohen, granddaughter Gabrielle Gaylor and her husband Matt and son Aiden, his brother Andrew and his wife Teresa, his sisters Josephine Donato, Ann Cortopassi, Mary Mulvihil and her husband Robert, and his many...

Born August 27, 1930 in Olathe, Kansas to Kendall and Mary Louise (Clarke) Day, passed away on February 3, 2011 in Phoenix, AZ at the age of 80. Ken worked for many years as a field superintendent for International Surfacing, Inc. and was a veteran who served in the United States Navy as a helicopter crew member during the Korean...

Benjamin A. “Ben” Butler, 78, a native Phoenician passed away on Tuesday February 8, 2011 surrounded by his loving family. He was the son of Bertha andR.G. “Ted” Butler. Ben attended St. Mary’s High School and ASU and was in Delta Sigma Phi Fraternity majoring in business.He was the owner of Butler Brothers and Associates for years prior to merging...

December 10, 1915 – February 10, 2011. Jo Swiger was the 9th of 11 children, born in the coal-mining town of Monongah, WV. She and her husband, Buck, and their 3 daughters relocated to Phoenix in 1957, where two of her sisters lived. She was very active in the Catholic parish of St. Theresa where she was Prefect of the...

79, passed away surrounded by his loved ones on Thursday, February 3, 2011. Joe was born in Chicago, Illinois, on March 24, 1931 to the late Salvatore and Lucille Cacioppo. He graduated from Lane Tech in Chicago in 1949. Joe was a veteran of the US Army and served in Europe during the Korean War. Joe married his childhood sweetheart...