Obituaries

Aden, Wayne Glen8/28/35-12/28/2017Wayne Aden, 82 of Chandler died Thursday, December 28 at his home surrounded by friends and family. He was born and raised in Gothenburg, NE. He was drafted into the US Army in 1958 and was stationed in Germany during the Korean war. He moved to Arizona in 1974 and started a business doing custom farming in Chandler....

Ruth Ann Dassen(née Raithel), age 64, of Mesa, Arizona, passed away Saturday morning, December 23, 2017, following a two-year battle with metastatic breast cancer. Ruth was born March 7, 1953 in Tempe, Arizona. She attended Coronado High School in Scottsdale, Arizona, graduating with academic honors and college scholarships in 1971. She then attended both Scottsdale Community College and Arizona State...

CHAVEZ, San Juan (JOHNNY) Serna (11/27/1929-12/28/2017)has made his last trip to the casino. In his 88 years of life, he was loved by many and admired by even more. He was the youngest son of Alejandro and Solema Chavez. He often told stories of camping out with the sheep or helping his father make adobe bricks. Johnny only achieved an...

Maxine Hirschi Ballardwas born June 7, 1926 to David Milo and Allie DeMille Hirschi in Hurricane, Utah. She passed away in the presence of her three daughters Dec 24, 2017. She was 91 years old. She married James Lavan Ballard on her 20th birthday, June 7, 1946, in the St. George, UT temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of...

Brien Grunsby, 54, of Chandler, AZ passed away December 24, 2017. Brien was an avid outdoorsman, loved to travel and had a wonderful sense of humor. He is survived by his daughter Chelsea Grunsby, his parents Fred and Dot Grunsby, his sister Cindy (Scott) Daering, his aunts Elizabeth (Ed) Vardy, Marie (Brian) Vaughan, and his uncles Felix (Joy) O’Brien, Gerry...

Ronald James McLeanOctober 9, 1926 to December 4, 2017Ronald James McLean passed away on December 4, 2017, in Chandler, AZ at the age of 91. He was born in Chicago, Illinois and eventually moved to Tucson, AZ after marriage to Florence McLean where he raised his family, attended the University of Arizona, pursued a career in mechanical engineering, and made...

Barbara Josephine MacDonald1921 – 2017Well before 9/11, the internet, walking on the moon, JFK’s assassination, television, World War II and the Great Depression, a lady of hardy stock arrived to an Italian-Irish family in Wellesley, Massachusetts. Always a touch of contradiction, she loved to ice skate, but always faired better swinging at a softball. Serving as a Corporal in the...

Edwin A. Earhart, 79, of Chandler, AZ, passed away on December 17, 2017. He was born in Columbus, Ohio, graduated from The Ohio State University and was a pharmacist in Ohio and when he moved to Arizona in 1979. He married his wife, Linda, and started his family there. He enjoyed travel, good food (especially desserts), sports (with the Arizona...

Jerry Lynn Myers, 70, October 29, 1947 – December 18, 2017, was born in Los Angeles, CA. At the age of 6 months, Jerry was featured in the movie, I Jane Doe, starring Vera Ralston and John Carroll. From California, the family moved to South Dakota where he spent his childhood. He lived in Watertown, Sioux Falls, and then spent...

Arnold R. Canales, Jr.69, of Chandler, AZ, passed away on December 15, 2017. An Arizona native, Arnold was born and raised in Tucson. He was preceded in death by his mother, Olga A. Malone. Arnold attended Palo Verde High School and the University of Arizona, both in Tucson. Arnold is survived by Sheri, his wife of 27 years, his children...

Patricia “Pattie” Jones, age 64. Lost her fight on December 11th from a 2 month battle with cancer. Pattie is survived by her husband Stephen, daughter Wendy Turner, parents Charles and Florence Mortellaro, brothers Joseph, Thomas, and the late William Mortellaro. Pattie was born on June 13, 1953 in Lackawana, N. Y. and grew up in the Buffalo, N.Y. area....

Bob (Robert) Enderleheard the trumpets calling and went with grace to join his Heavenly Father and the angels on December 8, 2017. He spent his final days surrounded with love from his wife, children, grandchildren, siblings and friends. He was born a poor boy in Missouri and worked hard to earn his undergrad degree from St Procopius College (Benedictine University)...

Martinez, Josephine Viola79, of Tempe, AZ, beloved wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother passed away December 6, 2017. Viola was born on July 31,1938 in Tucumcari New Mexico. Viola was preceded in death by her husband of 55 years, Johnny G. Martinez, and her parents, Santiago Blea and Esther Ramirez, her brother James Blea, sister Elsie Blea Serrano. Viola was the...

Marcos Tomas Peñapassed away while in hospice care on November 30, 2017 in Goodyear, AZ. He was 93 years old. Marcos was born on November 6, 1924 in Bani, Dominican Republic., but spent 25 yrs in Massachusetts, and 17 in Arizona. Marcos was married to the late Isabel Z. (Brens) Peña.Marcos enjoyed spending time with family, especially grand kids and...

Gerald Lowerypassed away November 26, 2017. He was born May 1, 1928 in Chicago Illinois. He served as a proud veteran in the US Army from 1950 to 1951. He met Inge Ziron while serving in Germany and they married October 21, 1952. They lived in Illinois till 1978 when they move their family to Chandler Arizona. He is survived...

Enrique (Henry) Ramirez(age 74) Born July 22, 1943 in La Joya Texas passed November 22nd 2017, in Mesa Az of Natural Causes. Enrique a beloved husband, father and grandfather was survived by his wife of 54 years Maria (Gloria) Ramirez his 4 sisters, 4 children, 1 son-in-law, 11 grandchildren, and 9 great grandchildren (with 2 on the way). After serving...

Colonel Keith Allan Cerhan, age 81, of Sun Lakes, Arizona, died on November 28, 2017 of heart failure after a brief illness. He was born in North Liberty, Iowa on June 9, 1936 to Robert and Julia (Krob) Cerhan, and he graduated from Oxford High School in 1954. He married Mary Ann Stanerson on October 25, 1961 in Cedar Rapids,...

Barbara Jean Wellnitz – Lindstrom, age 60, died on November 15th 2017 in Phoenix Arizona, ending her courageous battle with cancer.She was born on June 18th, 1957 in Rochelle Illinois, to parents Albert and Secelia Wellnitz. Barb was a wife, mother and school teacher. She and her husband Ed, met in a Church Singles group, and it really was a...

Dee Dad DaveErnest Miles Larsonwent to his eternal rest on Thursday November 28, 2017 at Banner Hospital of Sun City West Arizona. Ernest, son of Lars and Nanny Larson, was born in Maddock North Dakota September 22, 1928. Ernest M. Larson served his country honorably in the European theatre of World War II with the U.S. Army. Ernest Larson owned...

Fredrick “Fred” McArthurpassed away while in hospice care on November 21, 2017 in Chandler, AZ due to complications from lymphoma. He was 58. Fred was born on September 22, 1959 in Escondido, CA, but spent most of his life in Arizona. He lived some of his childhood years in Yuma, and the remainder in the Phoenix area. Fred was never...