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Helen May Burchell
Jun. 25, 2016
Helen May Burchell 1925-2016. Born Tecumseh, MI Aug. 16, 1925. Given a life expectancy of 6 months to a year after a three-year battle with tuberculosis, she moved to Tucson in hopes the warm dry climate might allow her to live a little longer. It did. She died here peacefully at home more than...
Janet Nazzaro Corey
Jun. 19, 2016
Janet Nazzaro Corey passed away June 19, 2016 a victim of relentless cancer. She was born July 3, 1945 in Santa Monica, CA. Her father, Col. Joseph J. Nazzaro, was under orders to join a B-29 Group stationed in Okanawa and departed when she was 3 weeks old. His return the following June was a...
Ruth M. Ward
Jun. 16, 2016
Ruth Minnie Ward the Matriarch of our family will be so deeply missed, Born March 30, 1930 to Richard and Minnie Balogh in New York. Ruth married young to Warren Ward and would have 6 children, 2 deceased and 4 surviving, "Warren, Edwin, Ruth, John, Melanie and Christian." Ruth had a vibrant soul...
Alexandra S. Bloom
Jun. 13, 2016
Alexandra (Sandy) Bloom was born August 18th, 1927 and was the only child of Samuel and Bird Schiff . She was born in Chicago, Illinoise but spent most of her childhood in Baltimore, Maryland. After graduating Northwestern University with a Bachelor Degree in Education, she began teaching...
Dr. Paul Sherman Paulson
Jun. 12, 2016
Paul Sherman Paulson, MD (1928-2016) Dr. Paul S. Paulson passed away in Green Valley, AZ, on June 12 at age 87. A beloved husband, father and a talented physician, Paul was born Oct. 21, 1928, in Turtle Lake, North Dakota. His father, Paul Paulson Sr., operated a livery and draying business in...
Annette Zatzeff
Jun. 11, 2016
Annette Katzeff, 95, formerly of Tucson, died June 11, 2016. Survived by daughters Rochelle Katzeff (Louis Stamler) and Karen Morris (Jerry); grandchildren, Stephanie and Jason; and 4 great grandchildren. She is preceded in death by husband Albert Katzeff. Funeral services will be 1:00 p.m....
Elmo Lee Matthews
Jun. 07, 2016
Matthews, Elmo Lee went home to be with the Lord on June 7, 2016 at age 81, in his home in Tucson. He is survived by his daughters Carol Jean (Paul) Beneux, Lynn Marie Owens, and his son Gary Lee (Tonja) Matthews; 4 grandchildren and 8 great grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents;...
Ingeborg Thordis "Teddy" Zagona
Jun. 06, 2016
Ingeborg Thordis (“Teddy”) Zagona peacefully ended a full and beautiful life on June 6, 2016 at age 99. She was born September 15, 1916 to Tillie and Sven Aas, Norwegian immigrant homesteaders and educators, and grew up in the small farming town of Fertile, Minnesota. After graduating from...
Robert Scott Weinhold
Jun. 06, 2016
Robert (Bob) S. Weinhold passed away on June 6, 2016, after a 25 year struggle with environmental illnesses. Bob was born in Ithaca, NY and grew up in Columbus Ohio where his mother Virginia and sister Amy Weinhold (Ric Shorr) still reside. His brother Tom Weinhold (Vera) also survives him. His...
Golda Bailey
Jun. 05, 2016
Golda Bailey, 99, of Tucson, passed away, Sunday, June 5, 2016. Golda was born September 14, 1916 in Caney, Kentucky to Bascom and Etta Morris. She is preceded in death by her husband Wheeler Bailey in 1994. Survived by son Roger Bailey; daughters, Peggy Scott and Cathy Kleist; many...
Marcia Jean Kirmse
Jun. 02, 2016
Marcia Satterlee Kirmse, 68, of Tucson passed away June 2, 2016. Marcia was born in Des Moines, IA of the late F.F. “Slats” and the late Evelyn “Jeff” (Jeffries) Satterlee. Marcia graduated from the University of Arizona in 1969. She retired from Tucson Electric Power Co. after more than 20...