Local Obituaries for Families in Safford, Arizona
Helen Fernandez
Feb 1, 2014
Biography Helen Leola Fernandez, Safford passed away Saturday, February 1, 2014. She was 46 years old. Helen was born July 1, 1967 in Winnemucca, Nevada to Ernest and Peggy Swindlehurst Schrader. She was the middle child of five siblings, Mona, Joseph, Patricia and Victor. Helen lived in Winnemucca with her oldest child, Taylor Tapia, until she met Buddy Montgomery in...
Daniel Hunter
Jan 27, 2014
Daniel Hunter was born October 8, 940 in San Carlos, Arizona to Martin and Matilda Dillon Hunter. He moved on to be with the Lord on January 27, 2014. He was 73 years old. In the early years of his life Daniel was a cowboy in the Eagle Creek area where he met Emily Pike, and later married in October...
Boyce Mills
Jan 27, 2014
Boyce Terrell Terry Mills, Jr., 70 of Safford passed away January 27, 2014. Terry was born June 12, 1943 to Boyce and Georgia Walker Mills, Sr. in Sand Springs, OK. Terrys step-father was in the military and moved around a lot. The family was stationed in Ft. Huachaca and Terry attended school in Bisbee, where he excelled in track. He...
Penny Holmes
Jan 26, 2014
Penny Holmes, 41 of Sierra Vista, formerly of Safford passed away January 26, 2014 in Sierra Vista, Arizona. Penny was born September 21, 1972 in Tucson, Arizona to Kenneth Holmes and Claudette Bryce. Penny had a strong Christian faith and was very strong willed. She had a great love of animals and was always the advocate for them. Penny is...
Rita Perez
Jan 24, 2014
Rita M. Perez, 88 of Safford passed away January 24, 2014 in El Paso, Texas. Rita was born May 22, 1925 in Santa Rita, New Mexico to Jose and Eugenia Rios Molinar. Rita enjoyed sewing and owned and operated Rita's Alteration Shop on Main Street in Safford for nine years. Rita is survived by her sister, Victoria Salazar and several...
Florence Stacy
Jan 21, 2014
Florence Ann Stacy, 77, of York Valley, passed away on January 21, 2014 at home with her loving family by her side. She was born May 1, 1936 in El Paso, TX to Oscar and Mattie Bell Beauford. She was the youngest of five children. The family moved several times when she was young due to her fathers work. They...
Hazel Carlin
Jan 18, 2014
Hazel Winterhalter Carlin, 101, of Pima, entered into rest on Saturday, January 18, 2014 at the Mulberry House in Pima. She was born on November 5, 1912 in Canton, OH, to John C. Winterhalter and Bessie Byerly Winterhalter. Hazel graduated from the McKinley High School in 1930. She was married to George Carlin and they moved to Arizona and settled...
Selso Valdez
Jan 17, 2014
Biography Selso T. Valdez, 85 of Clifton passed away January 17,2014 in Tucson. Selso was born September 24, 1928 in Garfield, New Mexico to Escolastico and Rafaelita Tellez Valdez. A Rosary will begin at 10:00 a.m. on Friday, January 24, 2014 at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Clifton with Mass of Christian Burial to follow at 11:00 a.m. Interment...
Susan Welker
Jan 15, 2014
Susan Welker left us on Wednesday, January 15, 2014 knowing that she was loved very much by her family and friends. She fought her cancer courageously to the very end, never giving up hope and never losing faith. Born on October 7, 1942 in Safford, Arizona, she was the oldest child of five born to Norman and Charlotte Welker. She...
Judy Tatum
Jan 14, 2014
Judy Tatum, 66, of Pima passed away on Tuesday, January 14, 2014 after many years of battling cancer. Judy was born in Flagstaff, Arizona on October 21, 1947 to Jack and Arlene Jones. She grew up ranching in Southern Arizona, where she loved to ride, work the cattle and participate in the daily operations of the ranches, as well as...
Carol DiBartola
Jan 14, 2014
Carol Lane DiBartola, 81, of Safford, AZ passed away January 14, 2014, at her home with family and her loving husband of 63 years at her side. She was born on September 30, 1932 in Pittsburgh, PA, to Clement Paul Lane and Katheryn Mercedes Wolfe Lane. She married Philip Edward DiBartola Jr. on January 27th 1951 in Pittsburgh, PA. Carol...
Jewel Higgins
Jan 13, 2014
Jewel Lee Jones-Higgins was born May 18, 1932 in Okemah, Oklahoma. She was the second eldest child of four born to Ceolia and L.C. Jones. The family moved from Okemah, Oklahoma, to Safford, Arizona, in 1949. She remained in Safford, where she resided until her departure. Jewel retired from Eastern Arizona College after 26 years of dedicated service from 1971...
James Denton
Jan 12, 2014
James Newell Denton, 73 of Duncan passed away January 12, 2014 in Tucson. James was born July 26, 1940 in Morenci, Arizona to Newell James and Dorcas Ruth Sloan Denton. Before retiring James worked as an electrical foreman and in his spare time he enjoyed coin collecting, traveling and being with his family. James was a member of the Elks...
Jack Lane
Jan 11, 2014
Jack Donald Lane, 83, of Clifton, passed away January 11, 2014. He was born December 14, 1930 on the banks of the Rio Grande River in El Paso, Texas to Edward Earl and Cora Ethel Mullins Lane. He met Nancy Jerain while picking cotton in the fields of Texas right before he left to serve in the Marine Corp. Nancy...
Helen Lewis
Jan 8, 2014
Helen Lewis, 86, of Mesa, passed away on January 8, 2014, surrounded by her loving family. She is survived by her husband of 65 years, Robert, daughters; Claudia (John) Shideler-Scott, Marilyn (Dennis) Taylor, grandchildren; Nicholas Shideler, Allen Taylor, Stacy Sullivan, sister Coleen Maxwell, and 6 great grandchildren. Helen is preceeded in death by parents; Glen & Clara Palmer, and brothers;...
Eva Pipkin
Jan 7, 2014
Eva Catherine Bancroft Pipkin, 92 of Safford, formerly of Duncan, passed away January 7, 2014 at Haven Health of Safford. Eva was born September 29, 1921 in Quanah, Texas to Ira and Ella Mae Wagnor Holt. She spent many years working at Gracies Cafe in Crane, Texas, a restaurant that was owned by her and her sister, Snookie. People would...
Corbett Longstreet
Jan 7, 2014
Corbett Longstreet peacefully entered into rest Tuesday morning, January 7, 2014 at Haven Health in Safford with his loving family by his side. Corbett was born August 16, 1929 to Jeff Longstreet and Mary Bond. When he was two years old his mother passed away and he was raised by his grandmother, Evelyn Longstreet, and grew up in Bylas. He...
JoAnne Lemon
Jan 5, 2014
Joanne Rae Sanders Lemon passed away at home on January 5th, 2014. Joanne was born in Riverside, California on August 26th, 1929 to Edward R. Sanders and Ruby H. Benson Sanders. When she was 9 months of age, the family moved to Southern Arizona where Joanne was raised in the Chiricahua Mountains and the Sulfur Springs Valley. She married Keith...
Horace Carter
Jan 1, 2014
Horace "C" Carter, age 93 of Pima was called to rest at his daughters home in St. Johns on Jan. 1, 2014. Horace was born to Willman Carter and Polly Matthews Carter on May 27, 1920 in Glenbar, Arizona. He worked on the family farm in Glenbar until he was drafted in 1941. He served in the Field Artillery motor...
Lora Wingfield
Jan 1, 2014
Lora Edith Wingfield, 82, of Pima passed away Jan. 1, 2014, at The Arbors Assisted Living Home in Safford, with her family by her side. Lora was born Feb. 14, 1931, in Mesa, Arizona to George & Edith Fuller along with one little sister and later with two more sisters and a brother. She spent most of her childhood days...
