Local Obituaries for Families in Safford, Arizona
Gary Asmus
Apr 18, 2009
Gary Woodrow Asmus 1941 ~ 2009 Gary Woodrow Asmus, age 67, passed away on April 18, 2009. Born July 25, 1941 in Salt Lake City, Utah to Woodrow Wilson and Larue Debonham Asmus. Married Barbara Lyn Miller on April 15, 1978. He loved golf, trips to Mesquite and surfing the web. His hobbies included woodworking, family, doing things with his...
Marvin Jarvis
Apr 15, 2009
James A. Jarvis 1933 ~ 2009 James Albert Jarvis, 76, passed away February 28, 2009 in Murray, Utah. Born January 12, 1933 in MonteVideo, Minnesota, son of Matthew George and Mary Margaret Child Jarvis. Married Pastora Elissette Perdomo October 8, 1972; later solemnized in the Salt lake Temple. He was a projectionist in the theater in Delta, Utah and retired...
Margaret Burnham
Apr 15, 2009
Margaret Lois Burnham 1921 ~ 2009 Margaret Lois Burnham passed away on April 15, 2009, in Bountiful, UT due to complications of age. She was born February 16, 1921 in West Point, UT. She was the daughter of Frank Corbett Lee, and Jenny Irene Montgomery. Most of her youth was spent in Yost, UT and Malta, ID, where she graduated...
David Clinger
Apr 14, 2009
David Lee Clinger 1941 ~ 2009 Our beloved husband, father, grandfather, brother and friend passed away peacefully at home of natural causes April 14, 2009. Born August 29, 1941 in Rexburg, Idaho, to Eva LaVern Lucas and Albert William Clinger. He overcame a physical disability to earn 3 degrees and worked nearly 25 years for Sperry Univac/Unisys as a Senior...
Deluvina Tafoya
Apr 13, 2009
Deluvina Tafoya Della Our loving mother, grandmother, sister, aunt and friend passed away April 13, 2009. She was born January 26, 1935 in Cleveland, New Mexico to Gregorio and Annie Lujan Pando, the first of seven children. She worked for BD and Merit Medical as a QA and at Jordan Valley Hospital and Hillcrest Care Center, in housekeeping, before retiring....
Violet West
Apr 12, 2009
Violet Joanne West 3/21/26 ~ 4/12/09 Born in Salt Lake City, Utah where she lived most of her life. Married Howard H. West April 20, 1946 and divorced 17 years later. Jo worked for 29 years at O.C. Tanner Co., retiring in 1991. Her reception committee in heaven includes both parents; two sisters; one grandson, one great-grandson and many friends....
Helen Barton
Apr 12, 2009
Helen Barton 1924 2009 Helen Ahlstrom Barton passed away April 12, 2009, after a short bout with cancer, in Salt Lake City, Utah. She was a woman of virtue, humility and integrity. She treasured her family and her many friends. In her later years, she thoroughly enjoyed her trips with the Senior Tours. She was raised in Salt Lake County,...
Syble Stromness
Apr 10, 2009
Syble Irene Ginn Stromness 1927 ~ 2009 Our loving wife, mother, sister, grandma, grandma-great, angel, Syble Irene Ginn Stromness, peacefully returned to her Father in Heaven on Friday, April 10, 2009, surrounded by family. Born March 27, 1927 to Coy Jackson Ginn and Margie Irene Hudson in Salt Lake City, Utah. She was sealed to her eternal companion, Wilford H....
Fern Hall
Apr 9, 2009
Fern LeJeune Hall Loving Mother and Friend Fern LeJeune Larson Hall, born May 8, 1922, returned to her loving Heavenly Father after a very brief, courageous endurance of cancer, surrounded by her loved ones on the morning of April 9, 2009. A proud, life-long faithful servant of her Lord and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She had...
Joan Lloyd
Apr 9, 2009
Joan Amber Openshaw Lloyd Nana Joan Amber Openshaw Lloyd, age 58, passed away at home surrounded by family. Born November 20, 1950 in Salt Lake City to Tietjen R. And Amber Mary Winkler Openshaw. Married Joseph Michael Lloyd on October 3, 1969. Enjoyed aerobics and golfing. Loved her grandson, Drew. She was adored by her nieces and nephews and she...
Vernon Harrison
Apr 8, 2009
Vernon O. Harrison 1923 ~ 2009 Vernon Oliver Harrison passed away April 8, 2009 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Born January 22, 1923 in East Burnstadt, Kentucky to Arthur Vernon Harrison and Martha Christensen. Attended the University of Utah. Served in the Army Air Corps during WWII. Married Thelma Terry February 29, 1944. Vern worked for United Airlines for some...
Donald Smith
Apr 5, 2009
Donald Ray Smith In Loving MemoryJuly 6, 1926 ~ April 5, 2009 Donald Ray Smith, son of Harry Melroy Smith and Bessie Lee Dorton, has entered the eternities to experience the anticipated peace and beautiful reunion he is now enjoying. Known by his family as Grampy and the rest of the world as Ray, he will be deeply missed and...
Woodrow Burnham
Apr 4, 2009
Woodrow Arden Burnham 1918 ~ 2009 Woodrow Arden Burnham, age 90, passed away due to complications associated with age on April 4, 2009 in Bountiful. Born July 3, 1918 in Brigham City, Utah to Wallace Clinton and Anna Kim Burnham. Arden was a graduate of Box Elder High School in 1936. He attended Utah State University, graduating with a degree...
Shirley Mahu
Apr 2, 2009
Shirley Mahu Miss Hollywood Shirley Pearl Nelson Barney Mahu, age 82, passed away April 2, 2009. She was born June 23, 1926 in Salt Lake City, Utah daughter of Archie Nelson and Pearl Elizabeth Dangerfield Nelson. Married Bob R. Barney in 1946; later divorced. She was a faithful member of the LDS Church, serving in many callings. She was a...
Linda Paskett
Apr 2, 2009
Linda Jean Free Paskett Nana Linda Jean Free Paskett, age 56, passed away April 2, 2009 surrounded by her family. Her courageous spirit filled us all with hope, faith and exceptional love. She was born June 22, 1952 in Murray, Utah to Samuel R. and Dorothy Nixon Free. She married her eternal companion, Darrell Kay Paskett, March 22, 1973 in...
Albert Mattson
Apr 2, 2009
Albert John Mattson 1915 ~ 2009 Al Tar, 93, of Salt Lake City, UT and Ishpeming, MI, born in National Mine, MI to Matt Laituri and Sofia Hangasmaa Mattson, passed away peacefully at home April 2, 2009. His wife, of 72 years, Anita Lucille and son, Dean, teamed together and cherished each moment in caring for Albert the last two...
Lucille Farr
Apr 2, 2009
Lucille Farr 1921 ~ 2009 Lucille Thurza Morris Farr, 87, passed away April 2, 2009 in Sandy, Utah. Born August 1, 1921 in Almy, Wyoming, daughter of Thomas Edward and Thurza Brown Morris. Married Albert Farr August 14, 1948; he preceded her in death. She was a member of the Ladies Auxiliary of the VFW for many years. Survived by...
GarFaye Jensen
Apr 1, 2009
GarFaye Curtis Jensen Precious Mom GarFaye Curtis Jensen, age 72, passed away on April 1, 2009. Born February 20, 1937 in Salina, Utah to Morris Hugh and Sadie Phoebe Bassett Curtis. Married Ricard Douglas Jensen, later divorced. Was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Enjoyed cooking, crafts, flowers and gardening. Most of all she loved...
Orson Bohn
Mar 31, 2009
Art Bohn Gone 6 Wheeling Orson Arthur Bohn, 71, passed away March 31, 2009 in West Jordan, Utah. Born March 2, 1938 in Murray, Utah, son of Orson and Mary Moyes Bohn. Married Carol Pennington April 13, 1962 in the Salt Lake Temple; later divorced. He was an electrician and volunteered at the LDS Church Welfare Square Dairy. He loved...
Stephanie Bird
Mar 30, 2009
Stephanie Rose Jacobson Bird 1951 ~ 2009 Stephanie Rose Jacobson Bird passed away unexpectedly, March 30, 2009, after emergency surgery, in Paris, France, while doing what she loved, traveling with her friends in the Utah Shakespearean Festival tour. Stephanie was born June 6, 1951 in Worcester, MA to Louise Pauline Jensen and Edward James Jacobson Sr. She married David Reed...
