Obituaries

LaVonne (Vonnie) Kennealy, age 85, passed away on May 10, 2021.  She was born in Eitzen, MN and attended Caledonia High School in Caledonia, MN, graduated from Macalester College with a Bachelor’s Degree, and earned a Master’s Degree from University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. She was a proud Educator and Administrator in Public Education in Wisconsin and served as an Administrator in...

Daniel A. Martinezwas unexpectedly taken away from us on May 9th 2021. He was born in Canutillo, TX but Chandler is where he called home. Anyone who ever talked to him knew immediately how intelligent of a mind he possessed. In school he was always enrolled in advanced classes, from Cats to honor roll, to AP in High School. He...

Tia Kardi Kozlowskiage 17 of San Tan Valley, Arizona, passed away Thursday, May 6th 2021. She was a senior at Poston Butte High School and was dually enrolled in the cosmetology program at CAVIT. Everyone who met Tia radiated to her personality, laugh, kindness and humor. Tia loved everyone and had an open heart and mind. She was non judgmental...

Helen Marie Haggarton, 93, a longtime resident of Chandler, AZ passed away peacefully on May 3rd, 2021 in Safford AZ. Marie was born February 14th 1928 in Manilla Arkansas to Arthur Carlton and Pearlie Tucker. She moved to Chandler in 1942 with her family and attended Chandler schools. During her teen years she worked at the Chandler telephone company as...

Mrs. Anna “Floretta” Dotson (Cooley)died peacefully on April 27th 2021 in Chandler, Arizona at the age of 82.Floretta is survived by her sons Mitch, Perry, Bryan and Loren of Arizona, as well as her loving grandchildren and great grandchildren. She is preceded in death by her husband James Thurman Dotson, of Oklahoma.Floretta was born on July 17th 1938 in Bald...

Betty Jane Hawley Tate– April 27, 1927 – April 27, 2021Betty Jane Hawley Tate, age 94, passed away peacefully with family on Tuesday, April 27, 2021 at Loving Hearts Group Home in Mesa, Arizona. She was born April 27, 1927 in Phoenix, Arizona at the Good Samaritan Hospital. She was a graduate of Phoenix Union High School. She was married...

Joseph Jay Aposhian, beloved son, brother, uncle, husband, father, grandfather and great grandfather passed to the other side with his daughter Melinda by his side on April 22, 2021. He was born October 12, 1942 in Salt Lake City, Utah to Nida Lucille Newton and Joseph L. Aposhian.He moved to Scottsdale, Arizona in 1959 with his family. He later met...

Latissia (Tish) Morris, and Aden Morrispassed away on April 16thand 17th,2021, as the result of a car accident they were both involved in. In life they were inseparable, in death their love for each other is now eternal. Tish as she was affectionately known, was born May 23, 1982, in Roswell, NM. From a young age, it was obvious that...

Obituary for Sidney BurgessSidney Wheeler Burgess died April 17, in Phoenix, Arizona of congestive heart failure.  She was 82.Sidney Patricia Rosenthal was born January 11, 1939 in Salt Lake City, Utah.  She was the second of five children born to Aaron and Pat Rosenthal.  She was named after her Uncle Sid when she was born on his birthday.  She liked...

Estelle LawSeptember 20, 1927 to April 14, 2021The world lost one of its most precious human beings when Estelle “Stella” Law left us on April 14 at her home in Sun Lakes, Arizona. Stella, 93, died peacefully while holding the hand of her son Steve Law.Stella’s children Diane Putman and Steve Law were the jewels of her life.She was buried...

Charlotte Lee Strange, 83, passed away peacefully on April 14, 2021, surrounded by her loving family.  Charlotte was the daughter of Joe and Pauline Weltzheimer, born in Chandler on August 05, 1937.  She graduated from Chandler High School in 1956.She was a loving wife for 62 years to her husband Bill and was a devoted mother to her children; Sheila,...

John David Rockhill III, a truly independent and rugged American, passed away on April 18, 2021 and will be deeply missed by many family members and friends. Born in Safford, Arizona on May 27, 1952 to John D. Rockhill II and Marie Lucille Roper Rockhill, John was one of eight littermates. They are Shirley Donahue, Roxanne Rockhill, Charles Rockhill, Riley...

Walter Henry Brendecke, Jr.died on April 3, 2021 in Phoenix, AZ.  He was 91.  Walter was born in Chicago, IL on July 1, 1929 to Walter, Sr. and Margaret Brendecke.  Walter graduated from Thomas Kelly High School in 1947, and in August of 1948 enlisted in the Air Force, then a branch of the U.S. Army.  Soon afterward, Walter transferred...

Donny Nel Seamsterwas born on November 9th. 1956 in Phoenix, Arizona. He spent his childhood life in Gilbert, Arizona. He attended Gilbert High School and graduated in 1975. He received a scholarship for football to go to Arizona Western College. One of his first jobs was working for the City of Mesa in the Sanitation Department and working in the...

Rebecca ‘Beckye’ Jarrett, 77Some people live their lives as legends, for they set lofty standards. Tall stories will be told of them. Setting the mark high for us to admire was Rebecca “Beckye” Jarrett as a pioneering woman in the military avionics industry from 1966 to 1998, as a loving wife and savvy business partner to her husband Jerry Jarrett...

Lisa Niewiadomski, 47, passed away on April 11, 2021, in Sun Lakes, Arizona.  She was born in Warren, Michigan, and raised in Hazel Park, Michigan.  She moved to Arizona in 1994 with her best friend Eve and remained in Arizona throughout her adult life.Lisa enjoyed music, camping, movies, cooking, reading, and playing cards.  She had a wonderfully weird sense of...

ELIZABETH JANE (TURPIN) BRUMGARDJune 25, 1926 – March 13, 2021Elizabeth Jane Brumgard (ne Turpin) was born on June 25, 1926, in West Chester, PA, and passed away peacefully on March 13, 2021, in Phoenix, AZ.  Elizabeth was the daughter of Harry Deshields Turpin and Leora Jane Turpin (ne Hubbard).Known to her family and friends as “Betty”, she grew up on...

Willard Lee Keith, 97, of Chandler, AZ (formerly of Sierra Vista, AZ) passed away peacefully on March 22, 2021, at the Chandler Regional Hospital and Medical Center in Chandler, AZ.He is survived by his sister, Juanita Snoda Mills (Raymond) of New Albany, IN, his sons Willard (Butch) Lee Jr (Jenise) of Ogden, UT and Jefferey of Sierra Vista, AZ, his...

Sharon Lynn Ryan, age 67, passed away peacefully on March 15, 2021, after a two-year battle with breast cancer.  Sharon was born April 28, 1953, in Roswell, NM to Alma Lynn & T.Z. McCullough. Their family of eight moved to Chandler, AZ when Sharon was two and she called Chandler her home for 65 years.  She was the middle of...

Linda Marlene (Marxman) Tafoyapassed away suddenly on Wednesday, March 10, 2021. She will be cremated and services will be held at a later date.Linda was born to Marlene and Richard Marxman on June 7, 1952, in Winslow, Arizona. The family subsequently moved to Chandler where she grew up. Linda is survived by her son, Brett Tafoya (Leticia), grandsons, Brett Jr.,...