Local Obituaries for Families in Sedona and surrounding areas.
Nancy Ann Slakoff
Apr 24, 2021
March 15th 1945 — April 24th 2021
Nancy Ann Slakoff, 76 of Sedona died Apr. 24th
She is survived by her husband Gerald; daughter Heather Ann, son Michael Joseph Hauptly, step children Sheryl Beth Cutler, Debra Ellen Heeke, and Nancy Lynn Albert; grandchildren: Chyna Lynn Hauptly and Michael Sean Hauptly.
Celebration of Life will be held on June 15th 2 PM at Greer’s...
Dennis Craig Stephens
Apr 17, 2021
Dennis Craig Stephens was born in Dallas, Texas on January 23, 1945 and spent his childhood growing up in nearby Fort Worth. His family returned to Dallas where he graduated High School at South Oak Cliff. He later attended Texas Tech University in Lubbock, where he became a life-long Red Raider fan. Dennis served honorably in the United States Air...
Stephanie Frazier Dempsey
Feb 26, 2021
Stephanie Frazier Dempsey
Stephanie Frazier Dempsey passed away after a gracious and brave fight with cancer on February 26, 2021.Stephanie was born August 23, 1956 in New Orleans, and had a happy childhood growing up in Phoenix. She attended Northern Arizona University and Arizona State University, graduating with her Bachelors of Science in Nursing.With Stephanie’s passing, Northern Arizona lost a caring...
Karen Mieske
Feb 22, 2021
On February 22, 2021 Karen J. Mieske, 62, of Sedona VOC passed away peacefully. The lived in Sedona since 2000. She always was in awe of the Red Rocks. She was born in Port St. Joe, Florida but was raised in Boulder Creek, California. She and sister Rae Ann loved to hike and explore the woods around them and go...
Robert Curtis Klitzke
Feb 18, 2021
Robert Curtis Klitzke, 87, of Sedona, Arizona, passed away peacefully of natural causes on Thursday, February 18, 2021, at home with his wife Betty Jane and daughter Kathleen at his side.
Bob was born June 7, 1933, on the family farm in Greenwoods, Michigan, to the late Walter and Alma (Freis) Klitzke. Bob attended the one-room school house in...
Peggy P. Schlichtemeier
Feb 11, 2021
Peggy P. Schlichtemeier, 71, of Sedona Arizona, passed away on February 11, 2021 after a short battle with Leukemia.
Peggy was born on May 4, 1949 in Lincoln, Nebraska, the second of eleven children to Russell and Jean Reinig. After graduating from Pius X High School, Lincoln, NE, in 1967, she pursued a degree in Business Administration from the University of...
Marjorie Jane Tyrrell
Feb 6, 2021
Marjorie Jane (Burnside) Tyrrell, born on March 25, 1935 passed on February 6, 2021 to be with her beloved Lord and Savior. She was born to Charles and Lela Burnside, in Rushville, Illinois. She married John Kelly in 1952 and later moved to the Grand Canyon, Arizona in 1956. They moved to Flagstaff in 1958. She worked at Valley National...
Virginia C. Farrell
Jan 20, 2021
Virginia C. Farrell1932 – 2021Virginia C. Farrell went to be with her Lord and Saviour on Jan. 20, 2021Virginia was born in a small rural town of Port Arthur, Ontario, Canada to parents Nick Senarchuk and Josephine Hublit.Virginia moved to the United States in her early adult life where she met and married her soul mate, Thomas Farrell. During these...
Sharon Elizabeth Sears
Jan 20, 2021
Sharon Elizabeth Sears ~ 88 YearsMarch 2, 1932 ~ January 20, 2021
Our mother, Sharon, passed away peacefully during the early morning hours of January 20, 2021, in Sedona,Arizona. She was born March 2, 1932, to Meritha and Edmond Maupin in St. Louis City, Missouri. As ayoung child, her parents divorced, and in 1945, her mother married Carl G. Rice in...
Alfred Rosario Beaudin
Jan 17, 2021
Alfred “Al” Rosario Beaudin, 90, husband of Gerri Beaudin, passed away on January 17, 2021. Al was born February 10, 1930 in Manchester, NH. He was the son of the late Charles and Herminie Beaudin. Al moved to Sun Lakes, AZ in 1986 to enjoy the sunshine and warmer temperatures. He is survived by his beloved wife of 34 years...
Earl Hugh Mcleod
Jan 7, 2021
Earl, husband of Caryl for 56.5 years, father of Mickey, Stephen and Scott, grandfather of Amanda, Mathew, Nick, Jamar, Samantha, Kyle and Zach and great-grandfather of Abbie, Olivia and Grayson; passed on January 7, 2021. Earl, born in Detroit, MI was raised there until temporarily locating with relatives in West Hempstead, NY where he met Caryl in 1955 at W....
Erwin Ray Polcyn
Jan 5, 2021
Erwin Ray Polcyn
August 6, 1925 – January 5, 2021
Erwin Polcyn, age 95, of Sedona, Arizona, passed away on January 5, 2021, at Sedona Winds Assisted Living due to complications of the COVID-19 virus. He was born in Chicago, IL on August 6, 1925. He grew up in Cicero, IL and graduated from Morton High School in 1943. He immediately enlisted...
Donald W Long
Nov 29, 2020
Donald W Long March 5, 1920 - November 29, 2020 Donald Long passed away at age 100 in Village of Oak Creek, AZ. after a fall and brief illness. He was born in Worcester, MA. where he resided until going off to war at age 21. USAAF Lieutenant Donald Long became a gifted Navigator and flew countless missions around the...
Thomas Nelson Hutchinson
Nov 27, 2020
Tom Hutchinson passed away November 27th, 2020. He valiantly battled kidney cancer for 19 years, always on the cutting edge of the latest treatments. He took his final breaths at home, in Sedona, Arizona, surrounded by his wife of 50 years, DiAnn Hutchinson, daughter Hilary Heartisan, son-in-law Jason Heartisan, grandchildren Arwinn (12) and Avalon (6).
Tom was born December 26th,...
Frank Carl Vetter
Oct 26, 2020
Francis (Frank) Carl Vetter was born January 8, 1953 in Aurora, Nebraska to Robert J. and B. Roberta (Herron) Vetter. Frank was raised on the family farm southwest of Aurora, Nebraska. He graduated from Aurora High School in 1971 and graduated from Kearney State College, now known as the University of Nebraska at Kearney, in 1975 with a degree in...
Irene Alpert
Oct 20, 2020
We are sad to announce that our dear Aunt, Irene Alpert, passed away on October 20, 2020 in Sedona, AZ. Irene Rita (Julia) Donohue, was born in Brooklyn, NY on February 16, 1929. Irene was married to Alvin H. Alpert, July 24, 1964 in New York City. They moved to Sedona in 1987. Alvin passed away in 2011. Irene was...
Wayne Baier Grayye) Hintze
Oct 18, 2020
Wayne Hintze died suddenly and unexpectedly from an irregular heart rhythm not life sustaining caused by a heart attack on October 18, 2020 at the age of 69. He was visiting his son in Sedona, Arizona. He was born March 14, 1951 to Lehi Ferdinand Hintze and Ione Nelson Hintze in Brigham City, Utah.
Wayne's father was a renowned Geologist who...
Richard Elmer Chamness
Oct 5, 2020
Richard Elmer Chamness was born to William and Lotha Chamness on September 15, 1925 in Muncie, Indiana. He was married to Elaine Chamness for 65 years. He was a Navy pilot WW II veteran. First in his family to attend college made possible by the G.I. Bill. With an engineering degree from Purdue, he became an Aerospace engineer working with...
Lorraine Joyce Blanchard
Sep 24, 2020
Long-time Sedona resident, Lorraine Joyce Blanchard, died 09/24/2020 in Cottonwood, Arizona, where she had resided for the last 5 years of her life. She was born 07/28/1931 in Seattle Washington. As a child she moved frequently with her family Linally settling in Glendale, California, where she met the love of her life, William “Bill” Blanchard. They were married 02/10/1951 and...
Karen Scott
Sep 5, 2020
Karen Scott, 74, passed peacefully at 11:19pm on September 5th, 2020 in her home in Sedona, AZ.
Karen Lee Schmidt was born in 1946 in New Jersey, the second of five children to parents Walter J. Schmidt and Wanda Nan (French) Schmidt. After graduating from the University of Massachusetts and earning an MBA in Marketing at Northwestern University, she...
