Local Obituaries for Families in Safford, Arizona
Darwin Pina
Sep 29, 2015
Darwin Steve Pina, age 53, of Bylas, passed away Tuesday morning, September 29, 2015, at his home. Darwin was born March 26, 1962, in San Carlos, to Scott Pina and Genevie Nosie. Darwin has resided in the community his entire life. He worked as a landscaper for many years and always enjoyed it. He loved to jog, listen to gospel...
Dan Goseyun
Sep 26, 2015
Dan C. Goseyun, age 76, of Bylas, passed away Saturday, September 26, 2015. Dan was born July 3, 1939, to Louis Goseyun and Irene Pike Goseyun. Dan worked with the Ash Creek Cattle Association for many years. His family will always remember him as being friendly, greeting everyone with a smile and a handshake that he came in contact with....
Margie Sanchez
Sep 25, 2015
Margie B. Sanchez, a longtime resident of Safford, Arizona, passed away on September 25, 2015 at Tucson Medical Center after a brief illness. She was born on March 28, 1925 to Pablo and Mercedes Barela in Fort Thomas, Arizona. Margie worked for many years as a nurse for several Safford area physicians. She enjoyed cooking, gardening and sewing. She was...
Rudolfo Barragan
Sep 24, 2015
Rodolfo M. Barragan, 88 of Solomon, entered into rest on Thursday, September 24, 2015 at Haven Health in Safford. He was born on March 29, 1927 in Silver City, NM, to Luciano and Secudina Barragan. He joined the U.S. Army on June 6, 1945; he served in Germany with the Co-B 12565th Engr. Combat Battalion for the duration of his...
Jack Gilbert
Sep 20, 2015
Andrew J. Jack Gilbert, 79, of Safford, passed away on September 20, 2015. Jack was born in Phoenix, AZ, on April 30, 1936, to Andrew J. Gilbert Jr. and Helen Grace Gilbert. Jack grew up in Bisbee, AZ, graduating from Bisbee High School in 1954. After graduating, he moved to Tucson where he attended the University of Arizona, earning his...
Harold Noake
Sep 20, 2015
Harold E. "Buck" Noake, Jr., 88, passed away peacefully at his home in Thatcher on Sunday, September 20, 2015. Buck was born May 30, 1927 to Harold E. Noake, Sr. and Cecil McKinney Noake, in Uvalde, Texas. He earned his Associates Degree at Southwest Texas Junior College in Uvalde Texas. Prior to earning his degree, Buck served in the U.S....
Lupe Garcia
Sep 18, 2015
Lupe Benavidez Garcia, passed away on Friday, September 18, 2015 at Mt. Graham Regional Medical Center in Safford. Lupe was born on February 27, 1944 in Safford, AZ, to Pablo and Celia Benavidez. She was raised in Pima and attended school there. In the late 1960s she married Arnold Garcia and they made their home in Goodyear. They both worked...
Daniel Huston
Sep 15, 2015
Daniel Shaw Huston, age 61, of Clifton, passed away September 15, 2015, in Safford, Arizona. Daniel was born on July 16, 1954, in Cleveland, Ohio, to James and Lucille Huston. Daniel graduated from the Moody Bible Institute in Chicago, Illinois. He always had a personal interest in hearing Gods word, listening to gospel music, sharing his love with his family...
Annette Sanchez
Sep 14, 2015
Annette Charlene Sanchez, 48, of El Paso, Texas, passed away September 14, 2015 in Phoenix, Arizona after a lengthy illness. Annette was born October 22, 1966, in Bisbee, Arizona, the daughter of Harry & Rita Hansen. Her family moved to Safford, Arizona where she attended grade school and high school. In 1982, Annette married the love of her life, Eddie...
Albert Flores
Sep 13, 2015
Albert E. Flores, age 65, passed away Sunday, September 14, 2015 at the Veteran's Hospital in Tucson. A Memorial Mass for Albert will be held on Friday, September 25th at 10:00 a.m. at the St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church.
Jesse Duane
Sep 12, 2015
Jesse Duane, 75 of Bylas, entered into rest Saturday, September 12, 2015. Jesse was born March 1, 1940, in Bylas, to Nelson Duane and Madeline White Duane. Jesse grew up in Bylas, attending the Ft Thomas Schools, and later becoming a welder and rancher. One of his many achievements was getting the opportunity to work as a welder for Disneyworld...
Elmen Welker
Sep 9, 2015
Send Flowers Elmen Bingham Welker August 4, 1922 - September 9, 2015 Elmen Bingham Welker, 93, formerly of Safford, passed away on Wednesday, September 9, 2015 in Phoenix. Funeral services will be conducted at 10 a.m. on Thursday, September 17, 2015 a the Christ Church of the Valley in Scottsdale, with Pastor Travis Brown officiating. Viewing will be prior to...
Josephine Barrera
Sep 4, 2015
Josephine Barrera passed from this earth, September 4, 2015. She was 100 years old. Josephine was born in El Vado, New Mexico on May 16, 1915. She resided in Arizona for 85 years. Josephine married Ernest Giles at the age of 15. They were married for 60 years. She was widowed three times. Josephine is survived by her only son,...
Patsy Fabre
Sep 4, 2015
Patsy Joeann Fabre, 75 of Duncan, passed away Friday, September 4, 2015. Patsy was born January 27, 1940 in Canton, Illinois, to Frank and Lenora Frame. A memorial funeral service for Patsy will be Saturday, September 12, 2015, at 11 a.m. at the First Southern Baptist Church in Duncan, Arizona.
Jesse Sandoval
Sep 3, 2015
Jesse P. Sandoval, age 51 of Pima, passed away Thursday, September 3, 2015. Jesse was born August 14, 1964 in Safford, Arizona, to Julia and Alejandro Sandoval. Jesse lived in the Gila Valley his entire life, earning his G.E.D. and later working for many years for VIP Farms in Thatcher, Arizona. He enjoyed camping and spending free time with his...
Cleora Colvin
Sep 2, 2015
Cleora Cluff McBride Colvin was born on February 28,1924, to the late Vernon Howard and Pearl Allen Cluff. She died September 2, 2015, at her daughter's home in Lakeside, Arizona due to complications related to end-stage dementia. She was 91 years old. Cleora was born and reared in Pima, Arizona. Her family was one of the founding families in the...
Nelda Howard
Aug 29, 2015
Nelda Jo Shiflet Howard, 84, passed away peacefully August 29, 2015 at her home. Nelda was born July 30, 1931 in Central, Arizona, to Joseph and Edith (Coombs) Shiflet. She attended Thatcher High School, graduating with the class of 49. She married her high school sweetheart, Verdell Howard, in the Mesa Arizona Temple after graduation. She was a lifelong member...
Elizabeth Moring-Thompson
Aug 28, 2015
Elizabeth Moring-Thompson, Betty, 77 of Alpine, lost her battle with cancer and entered into eternal rest, surrounded by her family, on Friday, August 28, 2015. Betty was born April 8, 1938 in Glasgow, Ayrshire, Scotland. She came to the United States at the age of 20 to marry her first love and husband Charlie L. Moring. Charlie was in the...
