Current Obituaries
Agnes (Scoffer) Williams
Nov 14, 2018
BLACKWATER - Agnes (Scoffer) Williams, 92, of Blackwater died on Nov. 14, 2018, at home, surrounded by her family.Mrs. Williams was born on April 28, 1926, in Blackwater and was a daughter of Horace and Pauline Manuel Scoffer. She loved to cook, garden, sew, travel and eat ice cream. She was a very loving person who loved to spend time...
Gerald Duane Jose
Nov 12, 2018
CASA GRANDE - Gerald Duane Jose, 51, of Casa Grande died on Nov. 12, 2018, at Banner-University Medical Center Phoenix.Mr. Jose was born on Nov. 26, 1966, in Los Angeles to Mandy and Annie (Lopez) Jose. He served in the Marine Corps and enjoyed playing and watching sports, especially baseball and football. He also enjoyed travel, country music, horses and...
Russell E. "Russ" Schlittenhart
Nov 11, 2018
Russ Schlittenhart, 86, of Casa Grande died on November 11, 2018 after an extended fight with cancer. Russ was born on born November 18, 1931in Milwaukee, WI, and raised in Shirley, WI. When Russell was 15 years old, he boarded a train for Arizona due to asthma. He served in the army and in 1954 he married Lianne Voigt. In...
Marie "Maddie" Bonfiglio
Nov 10, 2018
Longtime Pinal County resident of Florence, Coolidge and Casa Grande.Born December 11, 1930. Died November 10, 2018 in Casa Grande.She is predeceased by her parents, Carlota Martinez and Enrique Barriga, a brother, Alfred Barriga and son, Marcos Bonfiglio. She is survived by brothers, Enrique Martinez, Virgil Monteros of California and sisters, Lupe Mathis of Maryland and Estrella Monteros of California.She...
Carolina Virginia "Carol" Ayres
Nov 10, 2018
BLACKWATER - Carolina Virginia "Carol" Ayres, 68, of Somerset, Wisconsin, died on Nov. 10, 2018, at home.Mrs. Ayres was born on March 18, 1950, in Picacho to Manuel and Ramona (Choyguha) Escarsega. She enjoyed reading, watching movies, writing in her journal, cooking, games of chance, nature, hunting, fishing and socializing with her family and friends.Survivors include her husband, Richard A.;...
Albert Lee Smith
Nov 8, 2018
ELOY - Albert Lee Smith Sr., 71, of Eloy died on Nov. 8, 2018.Mr. Smith was born on Nov. 30, 1946, in Eloy, a son of the Rev. Votie and Irene Smith, and lived in the community all his life. He attended Westside Church of God in Christ and New Destiny Church.Survivors include his wife, Julia; a daughter, Louisa Wallis...
Judy Nell Beddo
Nov 7, 2018
Judy Nell Beddo, 76, of Casa Grande passed away on November 7, 2018. Ms.Beddo was born on December 1, 1941 in Pauls Valley, Oklahoma. Her family moved to Eloy when she was a young girl where her dad was a farm laborer and all of the children helped out by picking cotton in the fields. She graduated from Santa Cruz...
Rodolfo R. Martinez
Nov 7, 2018
CASA GRANDE - Rodolfo R. Martinez, 73, died on Nov. 7, 2018, in Casa Grande.Mr. Martinez was born on July 16, 1945, to Simon Martinez and Aurora Perez in Three Rivers, Texas. He married Connie, and they had 51 great years together.He enjoyed fishing, dancing and travel. He was a devoted member of St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church for...
Gary Wayne Lewis
Nov 6, 2018
BAPCHULE - Gary Wayne Lewis, 58, of Bapchule died on Nov. 6, 2018, at Mercy Gilbert Medical Center.Mr. Lewis was born on April 8, 1960, in Sacaton to Oscar M. Lewis Sr. and Louise Garcia-Lewis. He loved being with his family, especially his grandchildren.He liked to cook, play pool and watch western movies. He loved to whistle wherever he went...
Tommy Earl Gaines
Nov 6, 2018
CASA GRANDE - Tommy Earl Gaines Jr., 51, died on Nov. 6, 2018, in Casa Grande.Mr. Gaines was born on Aug. 1, 1967, in Florence and was a son of Tommy Gaines and Bobbie Johnson. He loved spending time with his family and friends and making people laugh. He enjoyed racing bikes, listening to music and working on his old...
Pablo Suarez "El Prieto" Osuna Se.
Nov 6, 2018
CASA GRANDE - Pablo Suarez "El Prieto" Osuna Sr., 101, of Casa Grande died on Nov. 6, 2018.Mr. Osuna was born on Sept. 16, 1917, in Tubutama, Sonora, Mexico, to Pablo Amaya and Refugio (Suarez) Osuna. He married Maria C. Valenzuela on May 22, 1946, in Tucson. He worked as a cowboy all his life and was a team roper...
Jettie Faye Mcdaniel
Nov 5, 2018
ELOY - Jettie Faye McDaniel, 75, died on Nov. 5, 2018.Ms. McDaniel was born on Sept. 25, 1943, in Bald Knob, Arkansas, to Lonnie and Essie (Wheeler) Cornwell. She moved with her family to Arizona in 1948 and grew up in Eloy. She later found her way to Phoenix, where she raised two sons and adored her granddaughter, the love...
Ulysses "Seedz" Webb
Nov 3, 2018
SACATON - Ulysses "Seedz" Webb, 48, of Casa Blanca died on Nov. 3, 2018.Mr. Webb was born on March 24, 1970, in Sacaton and was a son of Russell Jackson and Esther M. Webb. He loved being with his family and friends and liked doing mechanical work.Known as gifted and creative, he was a talented artist who did tattoos, drawings...
Carlos G. Apodaca
Nov 2, 2018
ARIZONA CITY - Carlos G. Apodaca, 47, died on Oct. 2, 2018, in Dallas.Mr. Apodaca was born on May 4, 1971, to Ramon and Margarita Apodaca. He enjoyed working on electronics and, as a child, loved sculpting dinosaurs out of clay with his older brother. He also loved travel to exotic places and went to Brazil, Egypt, France and surrounding...
Frederick "Fred" Jacob
Nov 1, 2018
CASA GRANDE - Frederick "Fred" Jacob, 91, died on Nov. 1, 2018, at The Garnet of Casa Grande, where he lived for the past three years.Mr. Jacob was born on April 20, 1927, to Josephine and Charles Jacob in the German Yorkville section of New York City and raised there. He attended school in New York City and in 1945...
Laxia Roberta Harrison
Oct 31, 2018
ELOY - Laxia Roberta Harrison, 46, of Carefree died on Oct. 31, 2018, at home.Ms. Harrison was born on July 26, 1972, in Tucson and was a daughter of Edward Guerrero Jr. and Angelina A. Xavier. She enjoyed all kinds of painting as a hobby and loved creating artwork.Survivors include three sons and a daughter, Dominic, Brian I. and Natalia...
William Walter "Bill" Isom
Oct 31, 2018
CASA GRANDE - William Walter "Bill" Isom, 95, a longtime Casa Grande-area farmer, died on Oct. 31, 2018.Mr. Isom was born to Walter and Nellie Isom on Oct. 7, 1923, in Modesto, California. He served as a second lieutenant in the Army Air Corps from 1943 until 1945, during World War II. He farmed in the Casa Grande area from...
Dominga Rodriguez Almanza
Oct 31, 2018
CASA GRANDE - Dominga Rodriguez Almanza, 84, of Casa Grande died on Oct. 31, 2018.Mrs. Almanza was born on Sept. 20, 1934, in Martindale, Texas, and was a daughter of Jesus Rodriguez and Juanita Sanchez. She loved to cook, listen to music, dance and sing. She was a loving person and loved to spend time with her family.She formerly was...
Debra Kay Jones
Oct 29, 2018
SACATON - Debra Kay Jones, 55, of Sacaton died on Oct. 29, 2018.Mrs. Jones was born on July 2, 1963, in Sacaton to Harrison Nasewytewa and Julia Mae Schurz-Nasewytewa. She loved watching Turner Classic Movies and was a big Seattle Seahawks fan. She also loved spending time with her grandchildren and had to have her coffee.She had a good sense...
Robert Ramirez Sr.
Oct 28, 2018
SANTAN - Robert Ramirez Sr., 58, died on Oct. 28, 2018, in Santan.Mr. Ramirez was born on July 3, 1960, in Fabens, Texas, to Jose Ramirez Sr. and Norma Parsons. He loved spending time with his family.He did farm work in his younger years. In 1996 he started working as a planning and zoning surveyor. In 2009 he went to...
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