Local Obituaries for Families in Safford, Arizona
Paul Hansen
Jan 8, 2010
Paul K. Hansen 1958 ~ 2010 Paul K. Hansen passed away January 8, 2010 in Salt Lake City, Utah of complications from surgery. He was born September 25, 1958 in Salt Lake City, Utah to LaVar T. and Dorothy Pendleton Hansen. He married the love of his life, Teresa Dana Wildley, September 19, 1985. He loved working at Home Depot...
Cecil Utley
Jan 7, 2010
Cecil J. Utley 1937 ~ 2010 Cecil J. Utley,72, passed away January 7, 2010 after a long and valiant battle with M.S. and many other illnesses. Born May 5, 1937 in Sevier, Utah to Cecil Cleve and Jeanette Hyatt Utley. Married his eternal sweetheart, Sally Peterson in the Manti Temple September 12, 1955. She passed away April 30, 1997. He...
Winston McOmber
Jan 6, 2010
Winston I. McOmber 1918 ~ 2010 Winston Isaiah McOmber, December 27, 1918, Oakley, Idaho - January 6, 2010, Salt Lake City, Utah. He was the fifth of seven sons and one daughter of Calvin D. and Achsah Stout McOmber. Raised on a dairy farm he learned to work at a young age as he worked the fields with teams of...
Lucille Pitts
Jan 6, 2010
Lucille F. Pitts 1923 ~ 2010 Lucille Fuller Pitts passed on January 6, 2010 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Born June 15, 1923 in Sunnyside, Utah to James and Ludeveka Turkelson Fuller. Married Kenneth V. Pitts in 1941; they were together for 46 years. They raised their children in Carbon County. Mom was actively involved in public services but her...
Clarice Arnold
Jan 5, 2010
Clarice Love Arnold, 89, a native of Safford, died Tuesday, January 5, 2010 at Hospice of Arizona in Peoria, Arizona after a short illness. Clarice was born November 7, 1920 in Safford to J.T. & Lora Owens. On December 23, 1940 she married E.J. Arnold in Galveston, Texas. They returned to Safford and made their home on 6th Avenue living...
William Giles
Jan 5, 2010
William C. Giles Bill William Chidester Giles, beloved husband, dad, grandpa, brother, uncle and friend, died January 5, 2010 in West Valley City, Utah with his family at his side. Born August 31, 1933 in Price, Utah to Fayett and Phebe Loisa Chidester Giles, the youngest of nine children.. Served during the Korean Conflict from 1953-55. Graduated in 1969. Married...
Max Dickinson
Jan 4, 2010
Max E. Dickinson 1939 ~ 2010 Max E. Dickinson, age 70, passed away January 4, 2010, in St. George, Utah. Born December 28, 1939 in Santaquin, Utah to Kenneth and Anna Wirthlin Dickinson. Max married Sally Ann Siebert and later divorced. Married Laraine Privett. Max enjoyed his hunting, fishing, his horses Whiskey and Brandy, and being with his friends. He...
Richard Gonzalez
Jan 3, 2010
Richard Alvarez Gonzalez, 84 of Clifton joined our Lord on January 3, 2010. He was born March 14, 1925 in Morenci, AZ to Petra Alvarez and Francisco Gonzalez. He attended Morenci High School until 1943 when he was drafted into the Army and served as a Corporal in World War II. After his discharge, he returned to Morenci where he...
Barbara Simonsen
Jan 3, 2010
Barbara Hoobler Simonsen Patty Patty returned home to her Heavenly Father January 3, 2010 after enduring a long illness. She was born February 28, 1945 to Wayne and Barbara Hopkins Hoobler in Denver, CO. She married her childhood sweetheart, Scott Simonsen, March 1, 1963; later solemnized in the Salt Lake Temple. Patty graduated from Granger High School in 1963, attended...
Gene Westerman
Jan 3, 2010
Gene C. Westerman Its All About Me I was born December 13, 1932 in the Charity Ward of the old Salt Lake County Hospital, to Sidney Jonathan and Mary Sturm Westerman, the last of their nine children. My mother always told me it was a difficult birth, which is why I was so difficult to raise. I grew up in...
Francis Oakeson
Jan 2, 2010
Francis W. Oakeson 1924 ~ 2010 Francis Wayne Oakeson, age 85, passed away January 2, 2010 due to cancer. He was born February 20, 1924 in Midvale, Utah to Francis Emil and Martha Lucille Carlsen Oakeson. He married Avon Whitaker Smith; later divorced. He grew up on a farm and learned to work hard. Graduated from Granite High School and...
Verl Taft
Jan 2, 2010
Verl Warr Taft 1915 ~ 2010 Just before midnight, January 2, 2010, at the age of 94, Mom slipped away from us to a wonderful reunion with many dear loved ones who had previously departed and were awaiting her arrival. Born May 6, 1915 in Granger, Utah. For most of her life she lived just two houses from where she...
Omar Rivera
Jan 1, 2010
View the image gallery Omar Rivera, 21, of Safford passed away Jan. 1, 2010. Omar was born August 3, 1988 to Albert and Becky Rivera in Safford, Arizona. He attended Safford Schools and graduated in May of 2006. While in High school he loved to skateboard, and playing guitar. Omar had a talent for drawing and took some drafting classes...
Leeta Smith
Jan 1, 2010
Biography Leeta Bertha Smith, a young 93, went to meet her Savior on January 1, 2010 in Tucson, Arizona. Leeta was born in Lamesa, TX, July 5, 1916. With two older and two younger brothers, she had to be tough ~ and she was! She was a tom boy growing up doing most of the things that the boys did....
Ronald Williams
Dec 31, 2009
Ronald A. Williams 1946 ~ 2009 West Valley City Ronald A. Williams, died at home Thursday, December 31, 2009. He was born in Salt Lake City on November 11, 1946. He lived in California for 30 years working for Eds Typewriter Service. Ron returned to West Valley in 1985, and took a job with S.L. County Landfill where he worked...
Zachery Harrison
Dec 30, 2009
Zachery Wayne Harrison Zach Attack Each life that touched ours for good describes the life of our Zachery. He began his earthly mission on September 5, 1992. He left for his heavenly mission on December 30, 2009. He accomplished many things in his life from being an honorary garbage truck driver to singing with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. He will...
Rosa Martinez
Dec 28, 2009
Rosa Mojarro Martinez, 83 of Safford passed away December 28, 2009 in Tucson. She was born May 18, 1926 in Morenci, Arizona to Aurelio & Maria Mojarro. She was preceded in death by her husband Manuel Martinez and sons Walter and Danny.
Marcus Holmgren
Dec 28, 2009
Marcus M. Holmgren 1930 ~ 2009 Marcus Madson Holmgren, beloved husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather, passed away surrounded by his family on December 28, 2009. Born July 31, 1930 to Homer and Marco Madson Holmgren in Salt Lake City, UT. He graduated from East High School and the University of Utah, and served a mission for The Church of Jesus...
Emma Huff
Dec 27, 2009
Emma Alice Huff, 80 of Safford passed away December 27, 2009. Emma was born October 20, 1929 in Montezuma County, Colorado to Emory & Arizona Wilson. She married Dan Huff on March 1, 1952 and they were blessed with three sons, Douglas Lynn, Jerry Daniel and Donald Wayne Huff. The family lived in many different places including Canada, Colorado, Utah,...
