Local Obituaries for Families in Safford, Arizona
Pete Gallegos
Jul 25, 2008
Pete P. Gallegos Our Hero Pete Pasqual Gallegos, 82, passed away July 25, 2008 in Salt Lake City, Utah. He was born October 23, 1925 in Cuba, New Mexico to Felicito and Juanita Valdez Gallegos. He married Rumelia Arellenes September 19, 1948 and loved her very much. Pete served in the US Army, WWII veteran and fought in the Battle...
James Brown
Jul 24, 2008
James M. Brown 1914 ~ 2008 James Maurice Brown, 93, passed away July 24, 2008 in Ogden, Utah. Born December 27, 1914 in Blackfoot, Idaho, son of James and Elizabeth Valire Brown. Married LaNelda June Wright July 23, 1943 in Elko, Nevada; solemnized 1956 in the Salt Lake Temple. Member of the LDS Church. He was musically inclined and enjoyed...
Maryjane Cederholm
Jul 22, 2008
Maryjane Cederholm 1924 ~ 2008 Our sweet mother and grandmother, Maryjane Haslam Jensen Cederholm, was reunited with her beloved husband July 22, 2008. She was born June 17, 1924, in Salt Lake City, Utah to Harvard Yale and Antonia Millecam Haslam. She married Jose Fon Joe Jensen October 15, 1941. Together they reared a beautiful family in Kearns; they were...
Floyd Smith
Jul 21, 2008
Floyd H. Smith Fishing Forever Put me in your pocket where Ill be close to you. No more will I be lonesome, and no more will I be blue. For when we have to part, dear, therell be no sad ado, for Ill be in your pocket, love, Ill go along with you. Our husband and father passed away July...
Catherine Woodruff
Jul 20, 2008
Catherine Kay Nellie Woodruff Noble Mother Catherine Nellie VandenAkker Woodruff passed away July 20, 2008 after suffering a second major stroke. She left this life as she lived, with order and dignity, while attended by her family. She was born May 11, 1913 in Salt Lake City, Utah, daughter of Leonard and Marie Unck VandenAkker. Married George Fred Judd Woodruff...
Kathleen Larsen
Jul 18, 2008
Kathleen Larsen 1960 ~ 2008 Kathleen Larsen, beloved mother, daughter, sister, and aunt, passed away peacefully, but unexpectedly, in her sleep July 18, 2008. She was born January 2, 1960, in Price, Utah to Hayden Evans and Teresa Colleen Larsen. Kathy centered her whole life around her daughter, Ashley, whom she adored. Kathy was a great mother, always making time...
Dorothy Blackham
Jul 17, 2008
Dorothy Lorrain Barham Blackham 1939 ~ 2008 Our beloved mother, sister, grandmother, great-grandmother, wife and dear friend, passed away in her West Jordan home July 17, 2008 after struggling with health problems. She was born September 30, 1939 in Martin, Utah to Donald Lloyd Barham and Virginia Mildred Granger Barham. Dorothy attended schools in Carbon County, later earning her GED...
Roger Jensen
Jul 17, 2008
Roger Leo Jensen 1927 ~ 2008 Roger Leo Jensen was born September 22, 1927 to Joseph E. and Leba Sorensen Jensen in Richfield, Utah and died July 17, 2008 in Salt Lake City, Utah of complications from an accident in December 2007. He was a proud graduate of Richfield High School class of 45 during war time. He served in...
Kim Hayes
Jul 14, 2008
K. Joshua Hayes 1982 ~ 2008 Our cherished and precious son, brother, fianc and friend, has finally found the peace that eluded him much of his short life. He bravely fought the disease of addiction and died at over 60 days of being clean and sober. He put up a valiant fight against the debilitating depression he suffered with and...
David Savage
Jul 12, 2008
David Earl Red Savage 1935 ~ 2008 Our loving husband, father, grandfather, brother and friend, Dave Savage, age 73, passed away July 12, 2008 in Salt Lake City, Utah surrounded by his family. Born April 3, 1935 in Salt Lake City, Utah, son of Ven Ransler and Erma Leal Shurtleff Savage. Dave was raised on a ranch in Eastern Montana...
Ann Reeve
Jul 12, 2008
Ann Lyman McQueen Reeve 1919 ~ 2008 Ann Lyman McQueen Reeve passed away quietly July 12, 2008 after a gentle, persistent struggle with a leaky heart valve and a blood clot on her lung. She was born March 7, 1919 in Blanding, Utah, daughter of Albert Robinson and Mary Ellen Perkins Lyman, the eleventh of fifteen children. Circumstances abruptly yanked...
William Hill
Jul 12, 2008
William Joseph Hill Together Forever Beloved husband, father, grandfather, uncle and friend, William Joseph Hill, age 83, passed away on July 12, 2008. Born September 26, 1924 in Granger, Utah to William D. And Thelma Carlisle Hill. Married Jeanne Deverall on April 2, 1946 in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. Was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of...
Karl Sperry
Jul 10, 2008
Karl L. Sperry Uncle Bonehead Karl Lamar Sperry died July 10, 2008 in West Valley City, Utah from natural causes. He was born June 4, 1935 in Nephi, Utah to Louis Lode and Norma Sparks Sperry, the second of three children. Karl retired from Stone Container after more than 40 years and was a Sargent in the US Army. He...
Dennis Hughes
Jul 9, 2008
Dennis Lee Hughes enny 1944-2008 Dennis Lee Hughes, age 64, passed away July 9, 2008 in SLC, UT. Born Feb. 24, 1944 in Alameda, CA, son of George Emmett and Betty Grace Kelly Hughes. Married Carolyn Rae Jones Seaman, February 1979 in SLC, UT. Previously married to Donna Duncan. Dennis was a cherished husband, father, grandfather, son, brother, and uncle....
Silden Gandy
Jul 8, 2008
Sildem J. Gandy Jr. Drinkin Coffee and Still Smokin Sildem Joye Gandy II, age 80, passed away July 8, 2008 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Born September 6, 1927 in Society Hills, South Carolina, son of Sildem Joye and Maude Rebecca Crolley Gandy. Married Clara Fivas and they had five children; later divorced. Married Rella Sweat Braithwaite who brought four...
John Kay
Jul 7, 2008
John H. Kay 1961 ~ 2008 John Henry Kay passed away July 7, 2008 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Married to Sharlyn VanDerMeyden Kay for 19 years. Survived by sons: Jacob, Chris and Kenneth; daughter, Jennifer; 7 grandchildren; 2 sisters. Memorial services will be held Friday, July 11, 2008, 7-9 p.m. at McDougal Funeral Home, 4330 South Redwood Road.
Kermit English
Jul 7, 2008
Kermit G. English Sr. Pop Kermit Gilman English Sr., 80, passed away July 7, 2008. Born October 16, 1927 in East Point, Georgia, son of Keely Griffin and Ruth Aliene Banks English. Married Christine Mavis Kaylor June 26, 1949 in Atlanta, Georgia; solemnized in the Salt Lake Temple June 21, 1971. Served in the US Navy for 21 years. Earned...
Ronald Newman
Jul 6, 2008
Ronald G. Newman Friend to Everyone Ronald Glenn Newman, 49, passed away July 6, 2008 in Murray, Utah. Born September 14, 1958 in Salt Lake City, Utah, son of Glenn Calton and Maria Berloth Newman. He was a self-made man who taught himself many skills and trades. Survived by girlfriend, Gina Jensen; children: Jayson, Brandon and Ryen; 3 grandchildren; mother,...
Preston Lee
Jul 6, 2008
Preston R. Lee Together Again His only wish, since the death of his dearly loved wife, Pauline, who died March 28,2004, was finally fulfilled Sunday, July 6, 2008. They are now joined together in the afterlife as they were in life. Born April 1, 1916 in Tooele, Utah, son of Hyrum White and Lillian Estella Robinson Lee. Married Pauline Breslin...
Bonnie Hair
Jul 5, 2008
Bonnie Ann Sorensen Hair 1951 ~ 2008 Bonnie Ann Sorensen Hair, age 57, passed away peacefully on July 5, 2008 after a valiant fight with breast cancer. She was born on June 7, 1951 to James Bernell and Ila Mae Young Sorensen in Murray, Utah. She was raised in Spanish Fork, Utah, the oldest of six children. She married Eldon...
