Obituaries

Helena Lorraine Bailey, 89, of Cottonwood passed away November 21, 2020 in Phoenix. She was born December 23, 1930 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, the daughter of Joseph and Loretta Stanley.

Reverend Winston L. Worden December 17, 1934 – October 22, 2020, Age 85 Winston Lester Worden of Cottonwood, Arizona passed peacefully at Cottonwood Village on the late evening of October 22nd, 2020, at the end of a decade long demise from Lewy Body Dementia with complications from COVID 19.

Anthony Gordon “Jos” Driver was born September 19, 1938 in Maseru, Basutoland (Lesotho) to William Gordon Driver and Daphne Weymouth Rhodes Forrester.

Norman “Bud” Deal May 8, 1933 - November 9, 2020 Norman Deal died peacefully at his home in Cottonwood Arizona on November 9, 2020. He was 87 years old.

Duane D. Dewey, 70 of Irons, Michigan passed away at home under Hospice Care following a long battle with cancer.

Wendy Jones Blauert was born on December 1, 1963 in Ann Arbor, Michigan to Bill and Dorothy Williamson. She grew up in Toledo, Ohio and graduated from the University of Toledo in 1988 with a degree in Marketing.

Raul Gonzales born March 25, 1956, passed away November 8, 2020.

Laura Manthei Cross passed away at home on November 17, 2020. She was born April 20, 1926 in Lake Linden, Michigan to Dr. W.A. Manthei and Ruth Orr Manthei.

Newman Joseph Parker IV “Joey" was born on December 20, 1973 in Cottonwood, Arizona. He passed on November 1, 2020 in Flagstaff, Arizona.

On October 31, 2020 Dorman Loyd Raines of Camp Verde, Arizona gently passed from this world. He is survived by his wife, Vivian, 4 children, many grand and great grandchildren.

Rebecca Elaine Cory was born September 24, 1955 in Xenia, Ohio and passed away October 26, 2020 in Camp Verde, Arizona.

William “Bill” Wesley Carter, Jr., 76, of Rimrock, Arizona passed away Thursday, November 5, 2020 at his home.

Wendy Williamson Jones, age 56, a former resident of Prescott, Arizona, was born in Michigan and passed away November 7, 2020 in Sedona, Arizona.

Charles M. Sharp SR. died Monday night, November 2, 2020. He was 93. Charles was a long time resident of Cottonwood, Arizona for 24 years.

Mrs. Sylvia Terry was born on September 17, 1936, to the late Orville and Edith Carmon McGrath.

Michael Joseph McAlister, 76, of Camp Verde, Arizona, passed away on Friday October 30, 2020.

Robert Patrick Esser was born on September 12, 1943 to Raymond and Katherine Esser and passed away October 27, 2020.

Maryann Minnick, 91, took her final seat on the front row of Heaven’s choir of angels on October 27th 2020.

Bertha G. Cook has passed away after living in Cornville, Arizona for many years and enjoying the beautiful desert.

Anna Angell Sowers, 99, of Cottonwood, Arizona, passed away on October 25, 2020.

Lisa Kirby Larson slipped away peacefully into the arms of Jesus on Sunday, October 25th, 2020 at her home in Cottonwood, Arizona.

Wilma Louise Douglas Heidenreich was born in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky in a coal mining company town on January 3, 1924.

Larry Arthur McCarty, 77, passed away Oct. 12, 2020 at Mayo Hospital in Phoenix. He was born May 4, 1943 in Burlington Iowa, the son of Kathryn (Kuntz) and Arthur McCarty and stepmother, Alberta (Hendrickson) McCarty.

James Warren Jackson was born September 2, 1941 in Los Angeles, California and passed away October 3, 2020 in Cottonwood, Arizona.

Jess C. Burress passed away peacefully in his sleep on October 12, 2020. He was 88 years old.