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Priscilla Wright

Priscilla Wright

Jan 22, 2024

Priscilla ("Percy") Price WrightMarch 27, 1928 - January 22, 2024After a lengthy and fulfilling life of faith, family, andcommunity service, long-time Prescott resident Percy Wright,95, passed into the arms of our Lord, Jesus Christ and wasreunited with her husband of 62 years on January 22, 2024.She is survived by her three children; David (wife Dedie),Susan Lee (husband Doug), and Stuart...

Andrew Christian Peterson

Andrew Christian Peterson

Jan 22, 2024

Andrew Christian Peterson passed away peacefully on January 22, 2024 in Prescott AZ. Andrew was born in Junction City Oregon on December 5, 1937 to Andrew and Wilma Peterson. He attended Oregon State University followed by the University of Illinois where he received a PhD in Chemical Engineering. His career took him to Pennsylvania, Idaho, and New Mexico where he...

Frances Carol Gocs

Frances Carol Gocs

Jan 22, 2024

Frances Carol was born on December 17, 1941 to Leo and Vera Berka, in Bronx, New York. She lived there and for a time in Corona and then Baldwin, NY. During her childhood, her father remarried and along with him and his new wife, Frances lived with her cherished grandmother. Frances was a child full of joy and wonder, learning...

Ruth M. Leek

Ruth M. Leek

Jan 19, 2024

Ruth Mildred Tullis Leek was born on April 9, 1919 in Albert, Kansas, to Albert and Mae Tullis.

She died peacefully on January 19, 2024, at the age of 104 years.

Ruth spent her early years in Albert and Great Bend, Kansas. There she met and married Max

Leek in 1937. Ruth and Max raised four beloved children: Terrence Starr Leek (passed away

2021),...

Justin Joseph Harley

Justin Joseph Harley

Jan 19, 2024

Justin Joseph Harley, age 34, passed away in his home on January 19th, 2024, due to unforeseen complications with his diabetes.

He is survived by his mother, Constance Harley-Fairchild, his two brothers, Thomas and Christoher, his wife, Rachel and his four children, Mya, Vin cent, Teaghan and Ariah.

Memorial Service to be held on February 24th, 2024 at 11:00a. at Dewey Faith...

Abigail Sue Elder

Abigail Sue Elder

Jan 16, 2024

Abigail (Abba, Abba Dabba), a dainty little thing with a not so little personality. She winked and giggled her way into our hearts with her mischievous quips and jabs. Then melted us with her massive marshmallow heart. She loved her sisters Riley and Jordan and her brother Jackson fiercely. Danger to anyone that may try to cross her siblings, and...

Carolyn Savage

Carolyn Savage

Jan 15, 2024

Carolyn Savage was born 7/19/1940 in Sulphur, Oklahoma to Woody and Clara Mercer. Soon after Carolyn’s birth, the family relocated to Imperial, California where she spent her childhood and attended most of her school years. Prior to starting high school, they relocated again to Yuma, Arizona where she attended and graduated from Yuma High School. This is where she met...

Walter Shafer

Walter Shafer

Jan 11, 2024

Walter Ervin Shafer passed away peacefully at home on Thursday, January 11, 2024, afterstruggling to recover following a hospitalization for COVID-19. He was 96, the age to which hismother lived and that he had long said he wanted to reach. A loving husband and devotedfather, Walt is survived by his four children: Steve (Kathy), Kevin (Karen), Kent (Nancy), andMargie Bellamy...

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