Obituaries

Feb 7, 2005

Piedad D. Castro died Monday, February 7, 2005 in Prescott Valley, Arizona. He was born November 23, 1925 in Palmer Lake, Colorado, the son of Domingo and Eufemia (Dorado) Castro. Piedad was 79 years old. Piedad was a hard worker all his life. He worked for Lemoneria Ranch and Ortiz Trucking. He enjoyed being with his grandchildren and great grandchildren...

Feb 5, 2005

Colvin "Bus" Smith died peacefully at his home in Dewey, Arizona on February 5, 2005. He was born in DeQueen, Arkansas on January 5, 1917, the son of Colvin and Irene (Rucker) Smith. Bus had a long and healthy 88 years. After a successful career in banking, he retired as CEO and President of Nevada State Bank in 1980. Upon...

Jan 29, 2005

George Elbert Travis died January 29, 2005 at Las Fuentes Care Center in Prescott. He was 86 years old.             George was born April 29,  1918 in Prescott to William and Dorothy (Day) Travis. He retired in 1979 as an engineer from Phelps Dodge Mining Co. George enjoyed hunting, fishing, traveling, and lapidary work.  He was most proud of being from...

Jan 29, 2005

Bill A. Porter, died suddenly Saturday January 29, 2005, as a result of a heart attack. He was born June 2, 1935 in Chickasha, Oklahoma the son of Austin F. and Vella Mae (Farris) Porter. Bill was 69 years old.   Bill?s family moved to Globe, Arizona when he was four years old and he grew up in Globe. He was...

Jan 28, 2005

Thomas A. Melle, 83, died at his home in Prescott on Friday, January 28, 2005.  He was born September 10, 1921 in Saskatchewan, Canada, the son of Anton and Clara (Fenrich) Melle.  He married Montana Lindquist February 9, 1946.  Tom was a US Navy veteran and served as a machinist mate first class at Normandy.  After the war, he owned...

Jan 22, 2005

CAROL E. BLAINE, 87, died on Tuesday, January 18, at Prescott Samaritan Village.   She was born on December 12, 1917 to Dr. John R. and Marcia B. Westaby in Clark, South Dakota.  After earning her bachelor?s degree in English, in 1939, she taught elementary school at Belle Fourche, South Dakota.  During WWII she joined the American Red Cross, serving in...

Jan 22, 2005

Catherine "Beckie" Townsend, 83, of Prescott, passed away January 22, 2005. Born in Ogden, Utah, she lived in Wyoming as a child, later moving to Salt Lake City where she graduated from Westminister College. She worked for Western Air Lines and United Air Lines as a flight attendant, and after marriage, as a passenger agent. Moving to Phoenix in 1956,...

Jan 18, 2005

Jan 18, 2005

Dorothy Eleanor Benedict, 70, died Wednesday, January 19, 2005 at her home in Prescott.  She was born February 19, 1934 in Belding, MIch., the daughter of Raymond and Zada (Hamond) Curtis.  She married Ladro Benedict January 8, 1954, and he died in 1997. Mrs. Benedict retired from a long career in nursing as an LPN.  She had moved to the...

Jan 15, 2005

Lorne w. (Rus) Currie died at his home on January 15, 2005. He was born in Vancouver B.C.        .   He served in the Royal Canadian Air Force and the U.S. Army, reaching the rank of Command Sargent Major. After sucessfully completing 23 years of militiary service, he managed men?s clothing stores in California and Oregon. His retirement in 1994, brought...

Jan 10, 2005

Robert Wurl died January 10, 2004 at YRMC in Prescott, Arizona He was born September 5, 1922 in Chicago, Illinois the son of John E. and Marguerite J. (Jensen) Wurl. Bob was 82 years old.   Bob moved to Prescott 20 years ago following his retirement as a locksmith from the University of Cal. At Santa Cruz. . He was extremely...

Jan 6, 2005

Perry W. Thomas, of Chino Valley, died January 6, 2005, at Bob Stump VA Medical Center in Prescot, Arizona.  He was born December 30, 1929, in Phoenix, the son of Alexander W. and Beatrice B.(Perry) Thomas.  Perry was 75 years old.   Perry proudly served in the U.S. Navy during the Korean Conflict.  He retired from YRMC in the engineering department....

Jan 2, 2005

Beverly ?Jean? Stirpe died January 2, 2005, at her home in Prescott at the age of 72.  She was born July 16, 1932, in New Ulm, MN, the daughter of Earl and Ruth (Sills) Anderson.  She moved from California to Prescott in December of 1992.   Jean was a member of the Sharlot Hall Museum and Yavapai Learning Institute, and she...

Dec 29, 2004

James ?Sandman? Sleeper, 24, died Wednesday, December 29, 2004 in Prescott Valley, AZ. He was born May 6, 1980 in Grants, New Mexico, the son of Jimmie and Rhonda (Landrum) Sleeper. Later that year the family moved to Prescott Valley. After completing high school, James started working in the construction field as a carpenter. James enjoyed working with his hands...

Dec 29, 2004

Bill F. Taylor died December 29, 2004, at his home in Williamson Valley.  He was born March 6, 1931, in Loma Linda, California, the son of Frank Lindsay and Wilma Jane (Benson) Taylor.  Bill was 73 years old.   Bill and his family moved to Prescott in1940, where he attended school and worked on ranches around Prescott in his teens.  Bill...

Dec 24, 2004

Ramona Ruth (Orr) Huff passed away on December 24, 2004, at her home in Prescott, Arizona.  She was born on December 31, 1916, on the family farm west of Whiting, Iowa.  She was the daughter of Ray and Daisy (Waugh) Orr.   She was her dad?s helper on the farm.  She drove the team of horses, the model Ts, and the...

Dec 21, 2004

David Clifford ?Cliff? Sorrells died December 21, 2004 at Hospice of the Valley in Peoria, Arizona.  He was born on March 13, 1917, in dusty, New Mexico, the son of David Benjamin and Mattie Mae (Welty) Sorrells.  Cliff was 87 years old.   Cliff?s parents came to Yavapai County by covered wagon in 1920 from New Mexico. They homesteaded on what...

Dec 20, 2004

Hewson Lawrence, age 84, died December 20, 2004, at his home in Prescott.  He was born in New York City on February 4, 1920, to John J. and Edith (Bond) Lawrence.  In 1923, they moved to Pasadena, California, where he grew up.   After graduating from Flintridge Preparatory School in 1939, he attended the University of Southern California where he received...

Dec 19, 2004

A small-town girl, Esther broke with many traditions, graduating from high school at the age of 16 and moving to Madison, where she received her B.A. in Spanish and continued studies in Psychology at the graduate level. Post-college years found her as a flight attendant for United Airlines, a teacher of radio mechanics, and finally as a Civil Servant, living...

Dec 19, 2004

Mary ?Theresa? Echeverria, 84, died Sunday, December 19, 2004, at Meadow Park Care Center in Prescott.  She was born September 12, 1920, in Wapato, WA, the daughter of Edward J. and Nettie (Felt) Davis.  She moved to Arizona in 1945, and in 1982, she moved to Yavapai County.   Theresa is survived by her children and their spouses; Larry and Jatone...