Obituaries, July 5, 2006

Katherine Diaz

Katherine Diaz Wilhoit-Garcia, 80, died June 29, 2006, at Verde Valley Medical Center in Cottonwood. She was born in Mexicalle, Mexico.

A homemaker, she lived in Cottonwood the past 16 years, having moved to the Verde Valley from California.

She is survived by three sons, Fernando Diaz, John Diaz and David Diaz; three daughters, Gloria Ayala, Vicky Casados and Linda Jacobo; five sisters, Esther Garcia, Betty Rodriguez, Batrice Garcia, Virginia Magana and Gloria Rodriguez, 26 grandchildren, 17 great-grandchildren.

Services were July 3 in Cottonwood at Kingdom Hall. Bueler-Hepler Funeral Home handled arrangements.

Jean E. Nielsen

Jean Elizabeth Nielsen, 84, died June 30, 2006, at Infinia Health Care Center in Camp Verde. She was born April 26, 1922, in Estacada, Ore.

She was a retired elementary school teacher. She moved to the Verde Valley from California 11 years ago.

She is survived by a son, Richard Nielsen, of Scottsdale; a daughter, Marian E. Meenke, of Sedona; and three grandchildren.

Arrangements were by Bueler-Hepler Funeral Home and Camp Verde.


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