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Ruth Winger
Nov. 17, 2014
Ruth Winger passed away Monday, November 17, 2014. She is survived by her sons Richard of Phoenix; Ronald (Nancy) of Albuquerque, NM: five grandchildren, Keri, Alan, Nathan, Sarah and Matthew and nephews, Mark and Jack Freed of Santa Rosa, CA. She was preceded in death by her husband Robert, her...
Virginia May Rife
Nov. 15, 2014
RIFE, Ginnie May (Dillow), 86 years old from Casa Grande, AZ passed away Saturday, November 15, 2014 at her home. Ginnie was preceded in death by her husband Walter and son-in-law John Hiller. She is survived by her six children, 13 grandchildren, 19 great grandchildren and 9 great-great...
Elizabeth Sussdorff Claiborne
Nov. 14, 2014
Elizabeth Sussdorff Claiborne, age 86, passed away November 14, 2014 in her sleep. Born in Latvia but raised in New Orleans, she chose to live in the Southwestern desert for 28 years until her death. A graduate of Newcomb Art College, Elizabeth was an artist who worked in oil and clay, and...
Gary Paul Williams
Nov. 11, 2014
GARY PAUL WILLIAMS Age 83, of Tucson, passed away on Tuesday, November 11, 2014. He was born in Yakima, WA, son of the late Everett and Agatha (White) Williams. Mr. Williams served in the US Marine Corps Reserve and later was employed in the wholesale food industry in Spokane, WA for 42 years...
Clifford Bradley Altfeld
Nov. 09, 2014
ALTFELD, Clifford B., 62, of Tucson, AZ and born in Elyria, OH, died November 9, 2014. Loving husband of Lyn Lewis; son of Shirley Altfeld; father of Rachel Markam (Chad) and Alexandra Altfeld, and grandfather of Evan Markham. Partner at Altfeld & Battaile, P.C., member of the Tucson Unified...
Richard Hayward Leon
Nov. 07, 2014
The Rev. Dr. Richard Hayward Leon, 79, of Redmond, WA and Tucson, AZ, died in a bicycle accident in Tucson on November 7, 2014. He was born to Douglas and Helen Hanson Leon on March 9, 1935 in Seattle, WA. Richard, known to everyone as Dick, graduated from Franklin High School, class of 1953, and...
Harriet Young Wise
Nov. 04, 2014
WISE, HARRIET YOUNG, 89, of Tucson passed away November 4, 2014 at her residence with her family gathered about her. She was born in Renovo, PA, daughter of the late Robert H. A. and Rose A. (Beck) Young. After graduating from school she worked as a registered nurse in the Philadelphia area. She...
Diane Kathryn Pierson Monnier
Nov. 03, 2014
Diane Kathryn Pierson Monnier 70, summertime resident of Roger's City, Michigan and wintertime resident of Tucson, AZ, passed on to heaven suddenly in Tucson, AZ on November 3, 2014. She experienced a dissected aorta and thankfully did not suffer in her final hours on this earth. Diane was born...
Jan Wiesel
Oct. 29, 2014
Jan Wiesel passed away October 29th unexpectedly. Jan was born on November 4, 1930 in Jasina, Czechoslovakia. He was a holocaust survivor and arrived in the United States in New York in 1952 after graduating from school in Sweden. After the war, he learned his trade as a machinist. He moved to...
Richard B. Gonzales
Oct. 25, 2014
Richard B. Gonzales, 70, of Tucson, died October 25, 2014. Richard was born January 22, 1944 in Tiger, Arizona to Jose D. Archuleta Gonzales and Armida Barnett Gonzales. Survived by sons Richard J. Gonzales, and Steven Gonzales; daughters Felicia Gonzales and Christina Gonzales; 16 grandchildren...
Alfred Koestel
Oct. 25, 2014
Alfred Koestel, born January 18, 1921, died October 25, 2014. “Always inquisitive, always learning”. Alfred was born in Germany and came to the United States with his family at a very young age. He attended Fenn College, Case Western Reserve University and Yale, achieving his Master of Science...
Mildred Rickles
Oct. 23, 2014
Mildred Rickles Born in Chicago, IL on Mar 18, 1927 and died Oct 23, 2014 in Tucson, AZ. Beloved mother of Julia (Robert) Rawdin and Philis S. (Ronald) Gold both of Tucson, AZ. Beloved grandmother of Heather (Harry), Sarah, Eric (Liz), Harrison, Jenifer, Travis (Stella), Joshua, Isaac; and...