Local Obituaries for Families in Safford, Arizona
Barbara Barwick
Jul 12, 2009
Barbara Lynne Hilton Barwick 1954 ~ 2009 Our loving wife, mother, daughter, sister, aunt and friend passed away peacefully in her sleep July 12, 2009. She was born July 10, 1954 to Dr. LaMarr and Raona Evans Hilton in Salt Lake City, Utah, the third of five children. The glue that held us together. She attended nursing school at Western...
Clarence Bartel
Jul 11, 2009
Clarence Bartel 1918 ~ 2009 Clarence Bartel, 91, passed away July 11, 2009 in Sandy, Utah. He was 91 years old. He was born February 14, 1918 in Cleveland, Ohio. He was the son of Gustaf Adolf and Pauline Gorning Bartel. He was one of ten children. He was proud of his military service. He served in the US Army...
Douglas Carter
Jul 10, 2009
Douglas H. Carter Crawdad Douglas Herman Carter, 71, passed away July 10, 2009 in Murray, Utah. Born December 22, 1937 in Price, Utah, son of Joseph A. and Florence E. Plewe Carter. Married Marianne Dirnberger; later divorced. Met his lifes love, Be Cruz Carter. He was a WWII veteran and retired from Tooele Army Depot and Primary Childrens Medical Center....
Blaine Brown
Jul 10, 2009
Blaine Douglas Brown Gone Fishing Our beloved husband, father, grandfather, great grandfather, brother, uncle and friend, Blaine Douglas Brown, 83, passed away July 10, 2009. Born August 21,1925 in Greenwich, Utah, to Lester Earl and Flora Belle Stoker Brown. Married Norma Lou DeLange, February 1944 in the Manti Temple. She preceded him in death. Married Ruth Crane Powell, (div). Then...
Trent Tharp
Jul 9, 2009
Trent Lee Tharp 1970 ~ 2009 Trent Lee Tharp, age 38, passed away suddenly, in his twin brother Troys arms, of a heart attack at work July 9, 2009. He was born November 2, 1970 in Iowa City, Iowa to Leonard Sonny and Ragena Kraft Tharp. He was a loving son and brother and he dearly adored his nephews and...
Dale Olson
Jul 9, 2009
Dale Horne Olson Ollie Our loving husband, father, grandfather, brother and friend, Dale Horne Olson, age 75, passed away July 9, 2009 at home in Heber City, Utah after suffering from a long battle with cancer. Born August 11, 1933 in Heber City, Utah son of James Paul and Esther Horne Olson. He married Cherril Hughes April 27, 1950 in...
Harvey Walton
Jul 8, 2009
Harvey Clyde Walton Clyde Harvey Clyde Walton, age 85, passed away July 8, 2009 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Born December 25, 1923 in Salt Lake City, Utah to Harvey LeeVon and Adella Dean Mauss Walton. Married Violet Ann Ballew Walton April 30, 1954 in Pomona, California; later solemnized in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. She preceded him in death...
Ardyth Driscoll
Jul 8, 2009
Ardyth Adele Driscoll 1922 ~ 2009 Ardyth Adele Jones Driscoll passed away peacefully, with her family at her side, July 8, 2009 in South Jordan, Utah. Born June 5, 1922 in Sterling, Idaho, daughter of Thomas Henry and Delila Porter Jones. Married Allen A. Driscoll November 1, 1950; later solemnized in the Salt Lake Temple. Ardyth served proudly in the...
Fred Rodela
Jul 6, 2009
Fred B. Rodela, 90 passed away in Whittier, California on July 6, 2009. He was born on November 22, 1918 in Morenci to Casimino & Cuca Rodela. Fred served in the Navy during WWII and worked as a fabrication foreman for Cutler-Hammen for 27 years. Fred married Ernestina Pepi and enjoyed working in his vegetable and flower garden. He was...
Lorin Childs
Jul 4, 2009
Lorin P. Childs Gone Too Soon Lorin P. Childs, 60, passed away July 4, 2009 at his home in Hermiston, Oregon after a courageous battle with brain cancer. He was born February 6, 1949 in Salt Lake City, Utah, son of Donald A. and Lucille R. Roe Childs. He attended Salt Lake City schools and graduated from West High School...

Helen Hoyland
Jul 3, 2009
Helen G. Hoyland 1934 ~ 2009 Helen G. Hoyland, age 74, passed away July 3, 2009 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Born October 27, 1934 in Palmyra, New York, daughter of Roy D. and Clara Andrews Gilbert. Married Richard D. Ward; later divorced. Mom was a Registered Nurse having worked in Rochester and Plattsburg, New York, Wyoming, Oregon, Arizona and...
Maricela Lopez
Jul 2, 2009
Maricela Marci M. Lopez, 23, of Winnemucca, Nevada, passed away Thursday, July 2, 2009, in a car accident near Mojave, CA. She was born January 24, 1986, in Tucson, AZ to Elaine C. Lopez and Fredrick Dominic Rosales. Marci spent the first nine years of her life in Clifton, AZ and later moved with her mother to Winnemucca, NV where...
Charlotta Douglas
Jul 2, 2009
Charlotta Hancock Douglas passed away on July 2, 2009. She was born September 8, 1921 in Eden, Arizona to Charles Ira Hancock and Sarah Malena Wilkins. She lived in Eden and attended school in both Eden and Pima. She was a lifelong resident of the Gila Valley. Charlotta married Bert Douglas and they were blessed with 5 children, Jean, Larry,...
Betty Upton
Jul 1, 2009
Betty Upton, age 90, passed away in Pima, Arizona, on July 1, 2009, at the Mulberry House where she had been in residence since February. Betty was born Elizabeth Allen Minton in Jetson, KY, to Allen Thurman Minton and Stella Phelps. She is a descendant of two pre-Revolutionary War American Families who were part of the building of America. Betty...
Scottie Newsome
Jun 30, 2009
Scottie Joe Newsome Rest in Peace, Tru Our beloved father, son, brother, uncle and friend, Scottie Joe Newsome, passed away June 30, 2009. He was born August 6, 1983 in Salt Lake City, Utah to Joseph Scott Newsome and Darlene Phelps. He is survived by his son, Kamron; father, Joe; grandmother, Maryland; siblings: Stephanie, Alicia, Travis, Sammy, Andy, Amanda, Julie,...
Rulon Peterson
Jun 29, 2009
Rulon Christian Peterson 1925 ~ 2009 Our beloved, dad, grandpa, great-grandpa, uncle, brother and friend, Rulon Christian Peterson, age 84, passed away on June 29, 2009 after a courageous battle to endure to the end. Born January 12, 1925 in Rexburg, Idaho to Homer and Luella Arnold Peterson. He was the seventh of 10 children. Married Jannet Irene Olsen on...
Frank Perkins
Jun 29, 2009
Frank Ronald Perkins 1921 ~ 2009 Frank Ronald Perkins, 88, passed away June 29, 2009, at his home in West Valley City, Utah, with his loving family by his side. Ron was born January 29, 1921 in Price, Utah to Frank and Lavina Wardle Perkins. He married Jennie Bernice Kinder November 22, 1940 in Salt Lake City, Utah, they were...
Wesley Lake
Jun 28, 2009
Wesley Jordan Lake was born on March 16, 1987 and went to be with his Lord and Savior June 28, 2009. Wesley was the youngest son of Steve Lake and Jana Ballard, brother to Bret and Chance Lake, grandson of Jim and Jo Ann Ballard, and Ken and Joan Lake. Wes moved from the valley 3 years ago to Lafayette...
Hendrika Bosch
Jun 28, 2009
Hendrika Bosch 1920 ~ 2009 Loving wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, Hendrika, passed away June 28, 2009 at home surrounded by those she loved. Born March 8, 1920 in Delft, Netherlands, to Hendrikus and Maria Elzenaar. Preceded in death by her husband, Cornelis, in 2005. She will be greatly missed by her daughter, Trudie (Gerrie) Mooy; grandchildren, David (Judith) Mooy,...
David Morrow
Jun 27, 2009
David L. Morrow Together Again David Lendrum Morrow, loving son, husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather, passed away June 27, 2009 in Taylorsville, Utah. He was born July 31, 1926 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, son of David Lendrum and Alta Drollinger Morrow. Married Yvonne Bonnie Easthope December 18, 1946 in the Alberta Temple in Cardston, Alberta, Canada. Davids life was filled...