Obituaries

Edna Maxine Lopez, 87, of Cottonwood, passed away July 6, 2019. She was born May 25, 1932, in Versailles, Indiana, to Cecil E. Lemen and Alice Dearinger.

Pauline “Grandma” Carter went home to Jesus on July 8, 2019. Pauline was born in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, on Feb. 24, 1941, to Bertha Watts and Wilson Ryder.

Teresa Susan Williams Susie “Sunshine” Williams, 60, of Sedona, Arizona, passed suddenly on Wednesday, July 3, 2019, at her home in Cornville, Arizona.

Timothy Albert Hay went to be with the Lord on July 2, 2019, at the VA Hospital in Prescott, Arizona, after a short battle with cancer.

Kent Hurst, born on May 8, 1928, in Florida. Died on July 4, 2019, in Cottonwood, Arizona.

Our treasured Freddie crossed over to a galaxy far, far away on June 11, 2019 in Flagstaff from an acute case of meningitis.

On May 28, 2019, Dale Foss, a longtime resident of Rimrock, passed peacefully in his sleep.

Naomi Ruth Bechtel, 81, of Cottonwood, Arizona, passed away at home on June 29, 2019.

Christine Santoro, born on June 20, 1940, died June 5, 2019 in Cottonwood, Arizona.

Cina Harris, born on December 16, 1939. died May 19, 2019 in Sedona, Arizona.

Dennis Keith Hartley went home to be with Heavenly Father on April 9, 2019, at the age of 76 after a long battle with cancer.

Gloria Herrera, 79, born May 25, 1940, passed on June, 14, 2019, at home in Clarkdale, Arizona.

Tom Murphy, 67, of Clarkdale left this life peacefully with his family by his side on Friday, May 24, 2019.

Jean-Robert Champagne: It is Impossible to reduce a life as big as Jean’s into a paragraph for a newspaper, this has always been a mystery to me. How difficult to capture a person’s meaningful purpose in a few brief lines of text.

He loved playing guitar, hunting and fishing. He loved living life to the fullest and loved to make people laugh. He never met a stranger. In 2015 Taylor became a daddy to a beautiful daughter that he shared with Valerie Wilson.

Nelson Jacob Shaum, Jr. was born April 10, 1924, in Elkhart, Indiana. Moving from Elkhart, Indiana in 1936 to Flagstaff, Arizona, where he lived until he moved to Cottonwood, Arizona, around 1982.

Betty Vivian Coe, 89, of Cottonwood, Arizona, went home to the arms of her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, on June 18, 2019. Betty passed away suddenly after a bout of pneumonia.

Thomas Joseph Brennan, Jr. The Lord, in His infinite mercy, lifted from this life our beloved Tommy, 85, at home on Monday, May 13, 2019.

Allyson Flynn, born on January 14, 1952. Died May 3, 2019 in Cottonwood, Arizona.

Steven Evans Morehouse passed on June 14, 2019, from complications of a head injury. Steve was born October 7, 1941.

Larry L. Russell of Camp Verde, Arizona, born July 30, 1940, passed away in Phoenix, Arizona, on Sunday, March 31, 2019.

Floyd Junior Smith, 86, was born up a holler near Hazard, Kentucky, on March 11, 1933, and went home to be with Jesus on June 7, 2019.

Basil Vincent Murphy Sept. 4, 1925 - May 30, 2019. Basil, 93, went home to be with Jesus after a well-done life of service.

Shannon Lynn Smith, 46, of Cottonwood, Arizona, left us this past Saturday, June 8, 2019.

Robert F. Potisk, 71, of Cottonwood, passed away Monday, June 10, 2019. He was born on July 6, 1947, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to Lucille Potisk.