Obituaries
Gale Patricia Clements
Aug 21, 2024
Gale Patricia (Nieuwenhoff) Clements passed away peacefully on August 21, 2024 after a decade long battle with Alzheimer's disease. She was surrounded by friends and family.
Gale was born on September 22, 1938 to John and Maria Nieuwenhoff in Millbury, Massachusetts during the Great New England Hurricane of 1938, hence the spelling of her name. Gale was preceded in death by...
Hector Velasquez
Aug 20, 2024
It is with great sadness, we share the passing of Hector Velasquez, 89. Born in Phoenix, Arizona, he attended Phoenix Union High School and joined the Army’s 101st Airborne Division.
Hector later transferred to the 161st Air Refueling Wing stationed at the Arizona Air National Guard. He retired as a SMSGT from the U.S Air Force after serving for 43 years.
He...
John Francis Duff
Aug 18, 2024
On Sunday, August 18th, 2024, John Francis Duff, beloved son, brother and uncle, was hit and killed in a motor vehicle accident near his home in Norfolk, VA. He was 81 years old.
John is preceded in death by his parents, Roden Robinson Duff Jr and Lillian K. Duff, brother Roden Robinson Duff III, and sister-in-law Claire Elizabeth Duff. He is...
Kim Steinmetz
Aug 14, 2024
In Loving Memory of Kim Steinmetz – A Brilliant Mind and Eternal Rebel with an Unmatched Spirit
Kim, beloved mother, cherished GiGi, and beacon of knowledge and joy, broke on through to the other side on the 14th of August 2024, at the age of 67. We find comfort knowing that she was reunited with her daughter McKenzie Mica and her...
Frank Conception Contreras
Aug 13, 2024
Frank “Pancho” Contreras, 67, has been called home by our Lord and is at peace after a battle with leukemia. He was born in Phoenix, Arizona to Joe “Longo” and Armida “Sookie” Contreras. He retired as an Engineer from the Phoenix Fire Dept. after serving for 30 years. But his passion was music as he played drums professionally for over...
John Richard Hawley
Aug 12, 2024
It is with great sadness, we share the passing of our father, John Richard Hawley, 80. He is now reunited with our mother, Lola. Born in Michigan, he attended Phoenix Union High School and joined the Marines after graduation. He stole his best friend's sister in 1970 and they spent an adventurous 50 years together, filled with love and laughter....
Roberto Flores
Aug 11, 2024
It is with profound sadness that I share the passing of my beloved father Roberto Rivera Flores, who left us on August 11, 2024, at 8 AM at the age of 77. He was surrounded by his loving family, Linda, Sue Flores, Roberto Flores Junior, Danny, Rivera Flores Dolores, Ann Flores, Anna Marie Flores Margarita Adele Flores in his final...
Rita Elizabeth Driscoll
Aug 11, 2024
Rita Elizabeth Driscoll, 99, died August 11, 2024 at The Terraces in Phoenix, Az. The family would like to thank the kind nurses and staff who took such good care of her for many years.
Rita was born June 10, 1925 in Troy VT, a daughter of J.Homer and Yvonne E (Heroux) Galipeau. She graduated from Bishop De Goesbriand School of...
Carol R. Hall
Aug 9, 2024
Carol Hall, a beautiful wife, mother and friend, passed away on August 9, 2024.
Carol was an enigma – from teacher (to the chagrin of her children) to artist to volunteer in the community – she had both a structured view and inspirational vision of what you can do as a person.
She and Ed, her husband of more than 50 years,...
Philip Lovell
Aug 9, 2024
Phil Lovell was born February 27, 1951, in New York City to George and Ann Lovell. They soon moved to Rochester for his father’s medical practice and that is where Phil grew up, along with his older brother, Rob Lovell (now in Maine) and younger sister, Carol Carmody (now in Boston). Some of Phil’s favorite times were summers at their...
Diego Roman Lorenzo
Aug 9, 2024
Our beloved Diego was the funniest, loving and most caring. He was a son, brother and uncle to his nieces and nephews. He battled a malignant illness that no one should ever go through, He was and will continue to be a warrior. He never lost. He won heaven, he’s now free and painless.
He graduated at the top percent of...
Bryce Kotlow Ewing
Aug 8, 2024
Bryce Kotlow Ewing, 18, son of Urszula Kotlow and Michael Ewing, passed away on August 8th, 2024. Bryce was born in Tucson, Arizona, on August 5th, 2006. He graduated from Pinnacle High School and was about to start Arizona State University in the Ira A. Fulton School of Engineering to study aerospace engineering. Bryce is survived by his sister, Isabelle...
Roden Robinson Duff III
Aug 7, 2024
On Wednesday, August 7th Roden Robinson Duff III devoted husband, father, grandfather and great grandfather passed away peacefully at home, surrounded by his daughters, granddaughter and son-in-law. He was 92 years old.
Rod is preceded in death by his beloved wife of 68 years Claire Duff, who passed away in March of 2024. He is survived by his six daughters Mary...
Cecilio Leo Hernandez
Aug 5, 2024
Cecilio (Leo) Hernandez age 60 from San Tan Valley, AZ. A beloved husband, dad, Pa, brother, and friend sadly left our world on August 5th, 2024. He had a servant heart and was hard working in every aspect of his life. He brought joy and laughter to everyone he met. He loved his family, he was helpful, kind and generous....
Molly Lawson
Aug 4, 2024
Molly Lawson, 57, daughter of Dr. Michael and Doris Lawson, passed away at Hospice of the Valley’s Ryan House on August 4, 2024. Molly was born in 1966 in Salt Lake City, Utah, moved back and forth across the country with her family from Vermont to Washington to California and finally to Arizona in 1974. Molly attended school in the...
Christina Irene Demarbieux
Aug 4, 2024
January 25, 1983 - August 04, 2024
Christina was born January 25th, 1983 in Fresno, California to parents, Elizabeth Ayala and Benjamin Demarbieux SR. She raised 5 beautiful daughters in a happy loving home along with her spouse Johnny Rodriguez, that she shared her life with for 22 years.
Christina was known for her big heart, never forgetting a birthday, being a...
Olga S. Berumen
Aug 4, 2024
Olga S. Berumen, 90, passed away on Sunday, August 4, in Phoenix, Arizona.
Born on June 24, 1934, in Solomon, Arizona, Olga will be deeply missed by her husband of 59 years, Gilbert Berumen, as well as by her family and friends. Olga was a beacon of happiness and warmth, a devoted homemaker, loving mother, beloved nana, and champion of green...
Bettie Carolyn Stewart
Aug 4, 2024
Bettie Carolyn Stewart, 93, of Phoenix, Arizona, passed away peacefully on Sunday, August 4th, at her Clarendale Arcadia residence. Previously, and for over 15 years, Bettie was a long-time and cherished member of the Scottsdale House community.
Born on December 13, 1930, in Calhoun, Georgia, to Vonnie and Sterling Stewart, Bettie moved to Arizona in 1952, where she created a life...
Elioenai Cocoba Fuentes
Aug 3, 2024
Elioenai Cocoba Fuentes, affectionately known as Eli, was called home to our Lord on Saturday, August 3, 2024. Born on March 25, 2001, in Phoenix, Arizona. He was the cherished son of Maria Fuentes and Walter Mayen and the loving brother of Mia who will miss him dearly. Known for his kind heart, quick wit and infectious smile. Eli was...
Cheryl Jean Richards
Aug 2, 2024
Services for Cheryl Richards, 78, formerly of Globe, will be held at Whitney & Murphy Funeral Home on Indian School Road in Phoenix at 11 a.m. on September 14. Cheryl passed away in Mesa on August 2, 2024 from complications of Alzheimer's. A proud Globe native, Cheryl's family first arrived in Arizona in 1913 when her German-born great-grandfather, an employee...
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