Current Obituaries
Carol Jean Baptisto
Mar 17, 2015
SACATON - Carol Jean Baptisto, 66, of Sacaton died on March 17, 2015.Visitation will begin at 9 a.m. Tuesday at First Pima Baptist Church. The funeral will follow at 10, with Pastor Eric Gibbs officiating. Burial will be in East Sacaton Cemetery.Mrs. Baptisto was born on Nov. 27, 1948, in Sacaton. She was a certified nursing assistant and also an...
Elizabeth Barber
Mar 17, 2015
Elizabeth F. Barber, 88, of Casa Grande died on March 17, 2015, in Casa Grande.The service will be held at 10 a.m. Friday at Trinity Southern Baptist Church.Mrs. Barber was born on June 19, 1926, in Joliet, Illinois, and was a daughter of James and Esther Finney. She was a homemaker, and family was her passion. She was a member...
Lawrence Valenzuela
Mar 16, 2015
ELOY - Lawrence Valenzuela, 50, of Eloy died on March 16, 2015.The wake will begin at 5 p.m. today at 101 S. Picacho Heights Road. Funeral Mass will be celebrated at 8 a.m. Wednesday at Holy Family Catholic Mission in Blackwater. Burial will be in Blackwater.Mr. Valenzuela was born on Nov. 29, 1964, in Sacaton. He was a farm tractor...
Ramiro H. Molina-Esparza
Mar 15, 2015
Ramiro H. Molina-Esparza, 69, of Casa Grande died on March 15, 2015, at home.Visitation will be from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday at the Gila River District 1 Multipurpose Building in Blackwater. The graveside service will be at 7 a.m. Saturday in North Blackwater Cemetery, with Pastor Leo Campos officiating.Mr. Molina was born on March 28, 1945, in Mexico and...
Raquel Flores
Mar 15, 2015
ELOY - Raquel Romero Flores, 24, of Eloy died on March 15, 2015, at Banner Casa Grande Medical Center.Visitation will begin at 9 a.m. Thursday at St. Helen of the Cross Catholic Church, with rosary recited at 10. Funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10:30 by the Rev. Alonzo Garcia. Burial will be in Eloy Memorial Park.Ms. Flores was born...
Roy R. Sharp
Mar 15, 2015
Roy R. Sharp, 80, of Casa Grande died on March 15, 2015.The celebration of life will be at 2 p.m. March 27 at J. Warren Funeral Services, Cole & Maud The Gardens Chapel.Mr. Sharp was born on July 31, 1934, in Belleville, Pennsylvania, a son of Jesse D. and Amelia Peachey Sharp. He married Janet Keens on Aug. 23, 1958....
Ralph Cardona
Mar 15, 2015
COOLIDGE - Ralph F. Cardona, 87, recently of Reno, Nevada, died on March 15, 2015.Rosary will be recited at 10 a.m. Saturday at St. James Catholic Church in Coolidge. Funeral Mass will be celebrated at 11 by the Rev. Adolfo Martinez. Burial will be in Heritage Valley Memorial Park.Mr. Cardona was born on Oct. 24, 1927, in Coolidge. He was...
Willard Steele
Mar 15, 2015
Willard Gene Steele, 75, of Casa Grande died on March 15, 2015, in Phoenix.Visitation will be from 6 p.m. to midnight Thursday at Native Christian Fellowship Church in Casa Grande. The funeral there will be at 7 a.m. Friday. Burial will be in Florence Cemetery.Mr. Steele was born on Jan. 3, 1940, in Whitesboro, Oklahoma. A career missionary, he traveled...
Shamus Robertson
Mar 15, 2015
Shamus Hues Robertson, 33, of Phoenix died on March 15, 2015, at home.Visitation will begin at 9 a.m. today at Greater Evangelist Temple Church of God in Christ in Casa Grande. The funeral will follow at 10, with Elder C.C. Edwards officiating. Burial will be in Mountain View Cemetery.Mr. Robertson was born on Sept. 1, 1981, in Mesa. He worked...
Frederico Lujan
Mar 14, 2015
ELOY - Frederico Lujan, 61, of Eloy died on March 14, 2015, at Hospice Family Care in Casa Grande.The memorial service will be at 6 p.m. Friday at J. Warren Funeral Services, Cole & Maud The Gardens Chapel in Casa Grande, with the Rev. Juan Humes officiating.Mr. Lujan was born on Dec. 5, 1953, in Eloy and was a son...
Cheryl Ann Breshears
Mar 14, 2015
Cheryl Ann Breshears, 68, of Casa Grande died on March 14, 2015, at home.Mrs. Breshears was born on April 5, 1946, in Turlock, California, and was a daughter of Norman W. and Alta Mae (Ramey) Hartvickson. She was an office manager for Arizona Pacific Wood Preserving. She enjoyed camping, the outdoors and being with her many friends in the area.Survivors...
Frank Ramirez
Mar 13, 2015
Frank N. Ramirez, 52, of Marana died on March 13, 2015.Visitation will begin at 9 a.m. Wednesday at J. Warren Funeral Services, Mountain View Chapel. The graveside service will follow at 10 in Mountain View Cemetery, with Deacon Pat Abiles officiating.Mr. Ramirez was born on June 26, 1962, in Casa Grande. He was an assembler of manufactured homes and a...
Germaine Kisto
Mar 13, 2015
SACATON - Germaine Marie Kisto, 73, of Sacaton died on March 13, 2015, at Chandler Regional Medical Center.Visitation will be from 6:30 to 11 p.m. today at St. Anne feast house, with rosary recited at 6:30. Funeral Mass will be celebrated at 9 a.m. Thursday at St. Anne Catholic Mission by the Rev. Gregory Rice. Burial will be in St....
Jessie Daniels
Mar 12, 2015
Jessie Mae Daniels, 92, of Casa Grande died on March 12, 2015, at La Estancia Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Phoenix.Visitation will begin at 10 a.m. Wednesday at New Hope Baptist Church. The funeral will follow at 11, with the Rev. Terry Harris officiating. Burial will be in Mountain View Cemetery.Mrs. Daniels, known to many as Grandma, was born on...
Herminia Gomez
Mar 12, 2015
COOLIDGE - Herminia Gomez, 82, of Coolidge died on March 12, 2015.Visitation will begin at 9 a.m. today at St. James Catholic Church, with rosary recited at 10. Funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10:30 by the Rev. Adolfo Martinez. Burial will be in Florence Cemetery.Mrs. Gomez was born on May 21, 1932, in Florence. She was an educational assistant...
Jeffory "Petey" Sanders
Mar 12, 2015
Jeffory Allen "Petey" Sanders, 52, of Casa Grande died on March 12, 2015, at St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center in Phoenix.Mr. Sanders was born on Sept. 11, 1962, in Vallejo, California. He loved music and started playing drums at age 4. He was a very accomplished drummer in the band Ash in Casa Grande and earlier taught English in...
Calvin Blackwater
Mar 11, 2015
COOLIDGE - Calvin Earl Blackwater, 64, of Coolidge died on March 11, 2015.The graveside service will be at 6 a.m. today in North Blackwater Cemetery.Mr. Blackwater was born on March 25, 1950, in Sacaton. An Army veteran of the Vietnam War and also a member of the National Guard, he was proud of having served his country. He worked as...
Robert Myers
Mar 10, 2015
MARICOPA - Robert Seymour Myers Jr., 55, of Maricopa died on March 10, 2015, at Chandler Regional Medical Center.Mr. Myers was born on March 6, 1960, in Alexandria, Virginia. He lived an adventurous life and spent many years working in Alaska. He spent 10 years working as an arborist and had a passion for nature and much compassion for animals....
Richard E. Burton
Mar 10, 2015
Richard (Chip) Earl Burton, 58, passed away on March 10, 2015 in Eloy, Arizona.Richard was born in Detroit, Michigan on August 07, 1956 and held the incredible distinction of being the smallest premature baby ever to survive, weighing in at a mere 1lb 10oz. Due to his diminutive size, his family and many of his childhood friends knew him as...
Raquel Antone
Mar 9, 2015
SACATON - Raquel Charlene Antone, 23, of Sacaton died on March 9, 2015, in Casa Blanca.Visitation will be from 6 to 10 p.m. Wednesday at Upper Santan Presbyterian Church. The funeral there will be at 8 a.m. Thursday, with the Rev. Aaron Johns officiating. Burial will be in Upper Santan Cemetery.Ms. Antone was born on March 25, 1991, in Phoenix....
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