Obituaries

Roberta Merrill, 81 of Cottonwood, Arizona passed away peacefully on May, 20, 2020. She was born October, 29, 1938 in Rockford Illinois.

Juanita Uribe Molina, 88, of Cottonwood, Arizona, passed away on May 18, 2020 in Phoenix, Arizona.

John David (Dave) Cech of Cottonwood, passed away on May 20, 2020 after a short battle with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF).

On May 13, 2020 Peggy Louise Miles passed away surrounded by her family at home in Camp Verde, Arizona. She was 83 years old.

Larry Warren Upton, age 80, of Camp Verde, Arizona, passed away on May 6, 2020.

Before the sun would rise on the morning of Monday, May 11, 2020, John Wiley Altizer reluctantly made his final flight West.

Marilyn Hudson Moore, 84, of Cottonwood, Arizona, passed away May 19, 2020.

Sterling R. Hillebert, Skid, was born on January 18, 1925, to Lee DeRoy Hillebert and Willie Mae Gunn, in Phoenix, Arizona.

On Wednesday May 6th, 2020 Ramona Jean Fant passed away peacefully at home while surrounded by family at the age of 82, after a long and courageous battle with cancer.

Diane Lee Bell was born in Paulding, Ohio, on August 8, 1929, and passed away on May 15, 2020, in Surprise, Arizona. She was a 1947 graduate of Wickenburg High School.

Ruth Leilani Craig was born on November 23, 1948 in Honolulu, Hawaii and died peacefully on May 12, 2020 in Cottonwood, Arizona after a six-month battle with lung cancer.

Angel Alvarez Vargas, age 86, of Cottonwood, Arizona was called home by his “ladybug” Juanita Vargas to join her in eternal peace, on May 10th 2020.

Dale Berry of Cornville, Arizona, was born on June 20, 1934, and found rest on May 7, 2020, with his loving wife of 49 years by his side.

Larry Warren Upton, 80, of Camp Verde, Arizona, passed away May 6, 2020, after a long battle with COPD.

Thomas “Tom” Olson, 73, of Clarkdale, Arizona, passed away on May 3, 2020 in Cottonwood.

Vivian Apodaca, age 99, passed away peacefully April 15, 2020, with family at her side. She was born December 2, 1920 in Humboldt, Arizona, to Maruricio and Amelia Arias. She grew up in Jerome, Arizona.

Phyllis Marie (Garrison) Lindner, a longtime resident of Clarkdale, lost her short battle with cancer on March 16, 2020.

Jane F. Hurst, 72, of Clarkdale, Arizona, passed away peacefully at home on Friday, May 8, 2020. She was born in Moline, Ill., on May 28, 1947 to the late Floyd and Musetta Kracht.

Douglas Edwin Braly, 63 of Cottonwood, passed away on April 26, 2020. He was born on January 23rd, 1957 to Joseph and Charlotte Braly.

Joseph R. Selna, 96, of Clarkdale, passed away May 2, 2020. He was born July 1, 1923 in Jerome, the son of Natalina and Virgil Selna.

Robert Edward McNeil, Jr., 67, passed away Tuesday, May 5, 2020 in Fort Worth, Texas. Robert was born July 27, 1952 in Henderson, Texas to Macie (Clay) McNeil and the late Robert Edward McNeil, Sr.

Evelyn Alice Garcia (nee Mazorowicz) formerly of Auburn Hills, and Fraser, Michigan, passed away quietly in her sleep at her Cottonwood, Arizona home on May 1, 2020, at the age of 85.

Carl Clayton Clark, 77, passed away peacefully on April 30th, 2020 at his home after a courageous battle with chronic illness.

Allen Lee Bumbar, age 75, of Cottonwood, Arizona, passed away on May 3, 2020 in Cottonwood. Affordable Burial and Cremation, of Prescott Valley, Arizona is in charge of the arrangements.

Lynn Peltier was born on March 22, 1944 and died on April 16, 2020 in Cottonwood, Arizona. Westcott Funeral Home is handling the final arrangements.