Local Obituaries for Families in Sedona and surrounding areas.
Cecily Macarthur
Nov 18, 2014
Cecily MacArthur left this world peacefully at her home in Sedona on November 18, 2014 after bravely fighting cancer for seven years at the age of 62. Cecily grew up in Scituate, Mass where she cultivated her love of nature, art and sailing. She attended Thayer Academy in high school and was selected to live in India as an exchange...
David Joseph Polcyn
Nov 15, 2014
David Polcyn, age 57, of Sedona, Arizona passed away on November 15, 2014 while hiking in the Beaver Creek area of the Coconino National Forest. He was born in Chicago, IL on October 11, 1957. He graduated from Newtown High School in Newtown, CT in 1975 and from the University of Connecticut in 1980 with a degree in International Business....
Dell Levi Norman
Nov 14, 2014
Dell Levi Norman, age 86, passed away on Friday, November 14, 2014. Often known by family and friends as "Bill", he passed peacefully at home with his wife Patricia and friends at his bedside.Dell was born November 28, 1927 in San Francisco, California of parents Ernest and Edna Marie Norman. He spent his youth in Parma, Idaho. He was a...
Christina Louise Ryley
Nov 12, 2014
Christina Louise Ryley, 73, of Sedona, died Nov. 12.An Arizona native, she taught gifted and special needs students. She was a writer, poet and musician who supported the arts in Sedona, participating in 1st Friday, poetry events and creative writing groups.She is survived by Gary Ehlenberger, her siblings John and Fran, nieces and nephews Johnny and Michelle, her cat Scooter...
Kevin Gerald Hughes
Nov 11, 2014
Kevin Hughes, 65, of Sedona passed away peacefully on November 11, 2014, ending his five-year battle with melanoma. Kevin was born in Detroit, MI on September 23, 1949 to Gerald and Helene Hughes. He graduated from Gerrish-Higgins High School, Roscommon, MI in 1967, earned a BA in Engineering from Michigan State University in 1972 and an MBA from Kent State...
Elbert 'Bert' W Garrison
Oct 26, 2014
ELBERT W. GARRISON, known to his friends as Bert, died on October 26, 2014. He was born to Clara and Roland Garrison of Dover, Delaware on November 22, 1919. As a youth he was involved in Scouting, rose to the rank of Eagle Scout, then Quartermaster in the Sea Scouts. After he and his wife, Gene, moved to Phoenix he...
Margaret Rose Olheiser
Oct 14, 2014
Margaret Rose Olheiser passed away on October 14, 2014 at the age of 85 of natural causes. She was a published poet and is survived by her loving and caring husband of 50 years Martin Olheiser; her son Louis Summus; daughter-in-law Mary Summus; her only grandchild Tara Rose Summus; sister Norma Burnett; and many friends and relatives. She was preceded...
Mary Esther Willemssen
Oct 13, 2014
Mary Willemssen, age 69 of Cottonwood, AZ died Monday, October 13, 2014 at Cottonwood Village in Cottonwood, AZ.Memorial services will be at 2:00 PM on October 30th at Greer's Mortuary in Sedona, AZ with Chaplain Joel Boyd officiating.In lieu of flowers memorials may be directed to Hospice Compassus, 70 Bell Rock Plaza, Suite A, Sedona, AZ 86351.Mary Esther Freerksen was...
Rosemond Clariss Avery
Oct 4, 2014
Rosemond Clariss Avery, 92, of Sedona, died Oct. 4.She is survived by her daughters Connie Avery of Sedona and Janet (Michael) Miller of Tampa, Fla.; grandchildren Sheana Pickard of Bellingham, Wash., Holly Pickard of Phoenix, Ben Miller of Kansas City, Lucas Miller of Los Angeles, Kate Pape of Reno, Nev., and Benjamin Miller of Dublin, Ireland; and great-grandchildren Gabe Miller...
