Obituaries

May 152013
 

Joseph S. Griffo, 85, passed away on Saturday, May 4, 2013, in Snowflake. Services were held May 10. He was a World War II veteran who served in the Navy. Joseph was a retired nuclear engineer who always saw the best in everyone. Survivors include his wife, Zora Griffo; two sons, Gordon Griffo and Mark Read More…

May 152013
 
Pete Ellsworth

Morley “Pete” Ellsworth, 84, passed away on Wednesday morning, May 8, 2013, at Sierra Blanca Nursing Center in Lakeside following a lengthy illness. A visitation will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. on Friday, May 17, at the Downtown Chapel of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, located at 300 N. 11th Read More…

May 152013
 
Louis Maestas

Louis L. Maestas, 78, passed on to be with our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on Tuesday, May 7, 2013, at his home in Holbrook. A Rosary service will be held at 10 a.m. on Thursday, May 16, at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church in Holbrook, followed by the celebration of Mass of Christian Read More…

May 102013
 
Louis M. Erickson

Louis M. Erickson, 93, of Pinetop died April 25, 2013. He was born July 9, 1919, to Christian and Emma (Larson) Erickson in Osage, Iowa. Louis grew up in Rothsay, Minn. He served in the U.S. Army during WWII and was awarded a Battle Star. 

He married Inga Paulson in 1947 and together they lived Read More…

May 102013
 
Walker Gene Bomar

Walker Gene Bomar died Saturday, May 4, 2013, in Lakeside from injuries he sustained as the result of a car crash. His late grandfather, Steven Massey was there to welcome him into heaven. He was 14 years old. Walker was born on May 28, 1998, in Show Low to his mother, Jill Rebekah (Massey) Bomar Read More…

May 102013
 

Funeral services are pending for longtime Holbrook businessman Louis Maestas, who passed away on Tuesday, May 7, 2013.

May 102013
 

Donn Lee Henry left us to be with his Heavenly Father on Sunday, May 5, 2013, at 2:39 a.m. He was 72 years old. Donn was born on Sept. 10, 1940, in Chandler and graduated from Chandler High School. His parents, were the late Jack Cookston and Lela Mae (Dunn) Henry. He worked for Arizona Read More…

May 102013
 

Darren Al Aday “Tweety” entered into rest unexpectedly on May 3, 2013, in Whiteriver, Arizona. He was born on March 2, 1979, and was raised by parents Flora and Brazie Cobb and grew up in East Fork, Ariz., and went to the East Fork Mission growing up. He was baptized in the Lutheran Church and Read More…

May 082013
 
Celia Wheeler

Our beloved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and great-great-grandmother, Celia McGee Wheeler, 85, left this life to join her dear sweetheart in heaven on her mother’s birthday, May 3, 2013, in Monroe, Utah. Celia was born Dec. 7, 1927, to Elwood Dewitt and Celia Hunt McGee in Kirtland, N.M., in their family home. She was the last Read More…

May 082013
 

Annabel Gwen Farr Stenquist passed peacefully from this life on Saturday, April 27, 2013, one week short of her 89th birthday. Funeral services were held on her birthday, May 4, at the Show Low Stake Center of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The concluding service and interment were held May 6 at Read More…