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Dora B. Dimitt
Jan. 24, 2014
DORA DIMITT 88 of Tucson died Friday January 24, 2014. Beloved wife of 54 years of Robert Dimitt. Preceded in death by her siblings Oscar B. Robles, Amanda Mason, Bernice Ortiz and Alma Hoge. Mrs. Dimitt worked most of her life in sales at various stores in Tucson. She loved baking, feeding the...
Elsie Wilhelmina Ball
Jan. 23, 2014
A native Tucsonan, she was born October 14, 1917 and died January 23, 2014. Preceded in death by Carl A. Ball, Jr.. Survived by daughter Elaine (Rubin) Sabin of Phoenix; granddaughters Aliza Sabin of Scottsdale and Natanya (Michael) Washburn of Norwalk, CT; great grandchildren Carlin, Ayla and...
Bernyce Simon
Jan. 23, 2014
Bernyce Simon, 79, of Tucson, born October 23, 1934 in Paterson, NJ and died January 23, 2014. Beloved wife of Donald Simon for 58 years; devoted mother of Michael (Lynn) Simon of North Caldwell, NJ and Deborah (Rob) Quint of Philadelphia, PA; dear sister of Judie Beyer of Gilbert, AZ; cherished...
Martin Thomas Mayer
Jan. 23, 2014
Martin Thomas Mayer July 27th, 1940 � January 23rd, 2014 Martin Thomas "Marty" Mayer, 73, of Hereford Arizona, passed away last Thursday, January 23rd, 2014 at UMC, Tucson, his loving wife Yvonne at his side. Born in Milwaukee Wisconsin on July 27th, 1940, to Mary Elizabeth and Martin Peter...
Abelardo M. Pesqueira
Jan. 20, 2014
Abelardo M. Pesqueira, 90, life-long resident of Tucson, passed away January 20, 2014. He was the son of the late Jesus M. and Juana (Mendoza) Pesqueira. He served with the US Army during WW II and the Korean Conflict. Later he was employed by Hughes Aircraft and later worked for the City of...
Joyce Navdeen Childs
Jan. 19, 2014
Joyce N. Childs 77, of Marana, died January 19, 2014, Joyce is preceded in death by her son, Russell Childs and brothers, Charles and David Provenzo. She is survived by husband, Pastor Wayne R. Childs; and children Brenda Gorman, Steven (Lisa) Childs, Helen (Thomas) Dempewolf, and Kathleen...
Robert William DeBry
Jan. 17, 2014
Robert passed away peacefully in his sleep on January 17, 2014 in Sahuarita, Arizona after a lengthy battle with cancer. He was born on January 11, 1927 in Salt Lake City, Utah, the son of Dutch immigrants Gerrit and Pieternella DeBry. He was the tenth of eleven children born to the couple. He...
John Pimlott
Jan. 14, 2014
John Pimlott, 81, of Tucson, died January 14, 2014. Preceded in death by his wife, Mattie Broom Pimlott. Survived by a niece Bertha Roberts. John retired from the U.S. Air Force after 20 years of service. He will be sorely missed by his friends at Baboquivari. Private interment in Evergreen...
Marion Spear Felling
Jan. 13, 2014
Marion Spear (Henderson) Felling passed away on January 13, 2014 in Rockville MD. Born in 1916 in Randolph, MA, she was 97 years old. She moved to Willcox in 1933 after graduating high school in Easton, MA, and spent the next 33 years in Arizona, mostly in Tucson, where she met and married Albert...
Anna Marie Oberdick
Jan. 13, 2014
Anna Marie (Burd) Oberdick of Tucson, AZ, passed away on January 13, 2014, after a long illness. She was preceded in death by her parents, Thomas Charles and Sarah Virginia (Lear) Burd. Anna Marie leaves behind her husband of 61 years Earl Charles along with her four children Alice M. (C....
Anne Elizabeth Wiora
Jan. 10, 2014
ANNE E. WIORA 91, slipped away peacefully on Friday, Jan. 10 in Sierra Vista. Anne was born on May 22, 1922, in Brooklyn, NY to Laurence and Annie O'Brien. She graduated from Andrew Jackson, St. Albans. She met the love of her life Alfred P. Wiora in February 1943 and they were married Aug. 2,...
Mary Jeanne Pierce
Jan. 09, 2014
MARY JEANNE PIERCE 91, passed to the other side of eternity on January 9, 2014. Born in 1922, Mary served with the US Coast Guard, then in Civil Service at Fort Huachuca, AZ. She resided in Tucson for 26 years, then moved to Phoenix for her final 9 years. She is survived by her son, Thomas...