Obituaries

Apr 9, 2019

Fern Darlene Olson Cole – 12-04-1931 - 04-09-2019  Fern went to be with the Lord on April 9th, 2019 after receiving excellent care at Good Samaritan - Prescott Village Care Center in Prescott for multiple incurable illnesses.  She was 87 years old.  Fern was born in Ortonville, MN on Dec 4, 1931, the daughter of Louis B. and Elsie Olson,...

Apr 7, 2019

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Apr 1, 2019

Danny Baker was born in Lake City, Tennessee to Luke and Mary Baker on April 29, 1946. He died on April 1st in Prescott, Arizona, succumbing to Alzheimer’s.  Danny was raised in Dayton and New Lebanon, Ohio but spent many fun-filled summers visiting his grandparents and cousins in Tennessee and Florida. These summers helped form his strong affection for the...

Mar 30, 2019

Mar 30, 2019

Jack Mitchell, 94, died peacefully at home on March 30, 2019. Jack was born in Prescott, Arizona to Betty and Harold Mitchell. He graduated from Shattuck Episcopal Military Academy in Faribault, MN. He earned a Mechanical Engineering degree from Indiana Tech. graduating in 1954. Jack’s hobbies included hiking with the Prescott Outing Club, where he met Edith, his wife of...

Mar 28, 2019

Mar 26, 2019

Richard Dale Frye (Sifu Rick Frye) 59, of Prescott Valley, Arizona passed away at home surrounded by his loved ones on March 26, 2019. He was born on July 22, 1959, in Mesa, Arizona. He was preceded in death by his parents Delores “Jane” Green Frye, and Kenneth Dale Frye. He leaves behind his loving wife of 31 years, Rita...

Mar 25, 2019

Mar 24, 2019

David Michael Chavis was born on his Mothers birthday June 26th, 1946 in Asheville, North Carolina and passed away at the age of 72 on March 24th, 2019.  He was the first son of Oixont Rose Chavis. Shortly after, him and his parents moved to Southern California. He remained there until 1989 when he moved with his 2 younger brothers...

Mar 22, 2019

Juan Fonsica passed away peacefully on March 22, 2019 at the Good Samaritan Marley House in Prescott.He was born in San Filipe Zambales, Philippines, on January 28, 1928. Juan spent his first eighteen years attending school and at his grandmother’s farm among the mango trees, surrounded by rice fields, bamboo, and the river, in which Juan would fish. At the...

Mar 22, 2019

Dolores Diane Jones, 82, passed away peacefully at her home in Prescott, Arizona on March 22, 2019.  Dolores was born in San Francisco to Dolores and Lawrence Rasmussen. She attended Dominican College and the University of California, Berkeley before falling in love and marrying Larry Jones in 1957. Larry and Dolores were married for 62 years.  In the mid-'60s, the...

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Mar 14, 2019

Chauncy Ray Sedelmeier passed way on March 14, 2019 in Prescott, Arizona at the age of 83. Chauncy was born July 11, 1935 in Friend, Nebraska.  In keeping with his birthplace name, he lived his life a true friend to everyone he met. His wife Karen Marie, of 60 years, daughter Kim DiLallo, granddaughter Morgan DiLallo, sister Susan Holmes and...

Mar 14, 2019

Margaret Ann Tessman passed away on March 14, 2019 in Glendale, AZ. She was born in Fulda, Minnesota on August 14, 1934 to Otto and Ann Soeldner.  Margaret is survived by her beloved children Michael (Joy) Tessman of Prescott, AZ, Dawn (Bill) Chilson of Prescott, AZ, Anna Tessman of Glendale, AZ, and Richard Tessman of Glendale, AZ, grandchildren Jocelyn (Danny)...

Mar 13, 2019

Elisabeth Friedrich Ruffner September 17, 1919 – March 13, 2019 On September 17, 1919, in the Mt. Airy neighborhood of Cincinnati, Ohio, Elisabeth Alma Friedrich came into the arms of her parents, Clara and William. World War I was over, and the country was eager for peace and security. Between the flu pandemic, race riots, the anti-communist blacklist and domestic...

Mar 11, 2019