Obituaries

John David Tourtillott was born July 19, 1945 in Rockford, Illinois and passed away peacefully in his sleep on December 30, 2022 in Cottonwood, Arizona.

Eileene (Minzghor) Barkley, 89, passed away peacefully on January 17, 2023. She was born on September 29, 1933 in Casslake, Minnesota to parents Matt and Edwina Minzghor. She loved her seven siblings, three brothers and four sisters.

Louise (Lovey) Warner of Cottonwood, Arizona passed away peacefully at the age of 105 on December 26, 2022.

Mary Katherine McDonald Lovell Bruce was born across the river in Camp Verde, Arizona on July 17, 1925 to Benjamin Everett McDonald and Ora Lee Sullivan.

Vernon “Scott” Lerette, 62, entered eternity on December 4, 2022. His interment service will be with military honors at Prescott National Cemetery (Veteran), March 2023.

Mary Kay (Holmgren) Runke, beloved wife, mom, and Grammy, peacefully passed on to be with our Savior on Saturday, January 14, 2023, at home surrounded by the love of her life, Larry; and her daughters, Gayle (Porcello), Sandi (Hemmingsen), and Sheila (Runke); granddaughters, Kiley, Lauren, and Madison (Porcello); and sons-in-law, Joe Porcello and Hemming Hemmingsen. Kay was born and raised in Flagstaff, Arizona, the only child of Art and Mary Holmgren.

Linda Marie Libby, 66, of Camp Verde, Arizona, passed away on December 24, 2022. She was born September 28, 1956 in Phoenix, Arizona to Hugh and Peggy Sue Libby.

Edward “Bardo” Victor Anaya passed away on January 5, 2023, in Cottonwood, Arizona, at the age of 66.

Kirstin Karen Gorham passed away peacefully in her home in Camp Verde, Arizona on December 19, 2022.

Mel Lovett, 95, of Cottonwood, Arizona passed away December 31. She was born in Clatskanie, Oregon.

Rafael L. Ruiz, a resident of Camp Verde, Arizona, and a husband, father of four, grandfather to six, great-grandfather of three, beloved stone mason, passed away December 8, 2022.

Edith Mae Hilton DeCroix entered this world on September 22, 1929 and left this world on December 16, 2022.

Jon Hutchinson died on December 24, 2022. He was born in Huntington, Indiana, and grew up in the Florida Keys.

Robert Graves Loy passed away at home in the presence of loved ones early Sunday morning, December 16, 2018, at age 94.

Virginia Eloise (Greenwell) Loy passed away at home with family by her side on Monday evening, December 5, 2022, at age 95.

E. Louise Sanderson, 91, of Cottonwood, Arizona, passed away on December 13, 2022, at her home. She was born January 7, 1931, in Long Beach, California to Charles M. and Veta Irene Allen.

Jean Faye Kleck, 82, of Cornville, Arizona passed away peacefully at home surrounded by loved ones on November 10, 2022. Jean was born in Santa Monica, California on January 23, 1940.

Edwin Franklin “Corky” Davis: loving husband, father, brother, grandfather, great-grandfather, uncle and friend, passed away on December 25, 2022 at his daughter’s home in Sedona, Arizona, surrounded by family. He was 95 years old. Cork was born in Phoenix, Arizona on September 07, 1927.

Raymond Daniel Angus September 13, 1934 to December 17, 2022

Jacqueline A. Keenan (Jackie) of Clarkdale, Arizona has left this world for a new journey on December 21, 2022.

Betty Lucille (Ebersole) Sutter, 94, of Sun City, Arizona passed away on November 12, 2022. She was born on January 16, 1928 in Sterling, Illinois to Roy and Ruth Ebersole.

Raymond Joseph Freudinger, of Cottonwood, Arizona, passed to join his wife Marion in Heaven on November 17, 2022. Ray was born on February 3, 1938, to Charles and Angela (née Rash) Freudinger in Chicago.

It is with a heavy heart that we inform you of the loss of our loved one, Susan Joan Karstadt, “Susie.”

Dennis R. Vogler, 83, of Cottonwood, Arizona, passed away December 9, 2022. He was born February 8, 1939, in Jasper, Indiana, the son of Edward A. and Eleanora C. (Pfaff) Vogler. He attended Jasper High School and Sheridan Community College.

Thomas M. Wamsley, 74, of Cottonwood, Arizona, passed away on Sunday, December 4, 2022, at the Haven of Sedona. He was born on February 28, 1948, in Tuscola, Illinois to Paul Wamsley and Mary Stanfill.