Local Obituaries for Families in Sedona and surrounding areas.
Josephine Pelusi
Oct 19, 2009
Josephine Pelusi, 78, of Sedona, passed away peacefully October 19. She was preceded in death by her husband Rudolph. She is survived by daughter, Loretta Rhoades of Sedona; son Mario (Angela) of Bloomington, Illinois; and two grandchildren, Alessandra and Francesca of Illinois.Visitation will take place Friday, October 23, 9AM @ Greer's Mortuary. A graveside service follows at 11AM at Sedona...
William Steven Turpel
Oct 19, 2009
William Steven Turpel died October 19, 2009. Services are private.
Steven Allen Hart
Oct 16, 2009
Steven Allen Hart, 46, died October 16, 2009, in Phoenix. A resident of Sedona, he moved to Arizona 18 months ago. He was born January 1, 1963, in Detroit, Michigan.He is survived by his mother, Jean Horton of Page; sons Dustin Hart of Flagstaff and Jacob Hart of Mt. Pleasant, Michigan; and brother David Hart of Sedona.He was preceded in...
Helen Ardella Campbell
Oct 16, 2009
Helen Ardella Campbell, 91, died October 16 at her home in Sedona. She had been a resident of Monrovia, California for 58 years (1947-2005).Helen Ardella Ruth was born in York, Pennsylvania, where she was raised on a farm by her grandparents. She married Irvin W. Bortner in 1936 and followed him to San Francisco during his service in the US...
Bryan Charles Herschell
Oct 15, 2009
Bryan was born in Buffalo, New York, May 1, 1948 and died in Sedona, Arizona, October 15, 2009.A graduate of Tonawanda H.S. in New York, he also attended the University of Texas at Austin.Bryan lived a reasonably long and colorful life. He was well-known and well loved by many people.Bryan served his country honorably for almost 20 years. His ashes...
Joanna Elizabeth Skelley
Oct 14, 2009
Joanna Elizabeth Skelley, 90, died October 14, 2009. She lived in Sedona for 30 years.She was born in Mattoon, Illinois. She and her husband made their home in San Diego until 1979. She enjoyed traveling and loved music.Survivors include husband William Skelley of Sedona; son Thomas Skelley of Sedona; daughter Peggy Barron of San Carlos, California; sister Dorothy Jean Lewis...
Ruth Edna Kirkpatrick
Oct 14, 2009
Ruth Edna Kirkpatrick died October 14, 2009She was a resident of Sedona, retiring here in 2001, from Akron, Ohio.She was born in Detroit, Michigan and raised there.She is survived by her husband, Thomas Kirkpatrick of Sedona; sons Michael Kirkpatrick of Globe, Sam Kirkpatrick of Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, and Robert Kilpatrick of Kent, Ohio; brothers Steve Major of Florida and William...
Stephen Mark Pearson
Oct 4, 2009
Steve Pearson passed away unexpectedly but peacefully on Sunday, October 4, 2009, in Sedona, Arizona. He was born October 24, 1954, to Mabel (Olsen) and David Pearson, the third of six children, in Madison, Wisconsin. He grew up in Middleton, Port Washington, and McFarland, Wisconsin, and finished high school in McFarland. He attended UW Eau Claire for one year, then...
Mary Lou Smith
Sep 30, 2009
Mary Lou Smith, a resident of Sedona for 24 years, died September 30, 2009 at the Flagstaff Medical Center. She was 77.She was born in Detroit, Michigan on january 30, 1932. She grew up and attended an all girl Catholic school called Immaculata. Following high school, she worked as a secretary and went to school. During this time she met...
Robert Edward Mcmanus
Sep 27, 2009
Robert Edward McManus, 93, of Sedona, died September 27, 2009. Bob was the oldest of four boys raised in Omaha, Nebraska. He went to parochial grade schools, Central High School, and Creighton University. In Omaha, he became interested in photography and became the president of the photography club. The photography club had meetings at the Joslyn Art Museum and it...
Robert Henry Switzgable
Sep 21, 2009
Robert Switzgable was born July 18, 1914 in Lansing, Michigan. He graduated from Saint Mary's High School in Lansing, Michigan. He married Janet Cheshire in 1941. They made their home in Chicago, Illinois. He served in the Army First Division, 26th Infantry in Europe in World War II, where he received the Purple Heart. On his return, he was a...
Thelma Kinslow Finley
Sep 19, 2009
Thelma Kinslow Finley, 84, longtime Sedona resident, passed peacefully at her home on September 19.Born in Kendrick, Oklahoma on August 1, 1925 to Albert Warren Kinslow and Bertha Kinslow, Thelma married Ivan in 1945 and enjoyed a 61-year marriage and many years in California. They moved to Sedona in 1979. Thelma had worked in banking, and in retirement was active...
Ann Chmieleski
Sep 14, 2009
Ann Chmielecki died September 14, at VVMC in Cottonwood.She was born July 18, 1921, in Oak Creek, Wisconsin. She was 88 years old.She was a resident of Sunset Village in Sedona and lived in Arizona for the last 15 years.She is survived by her husband, George Chmielecki, of Sedona.No service is scheduled.
Sheila Doreen Polakoff
Sep 11, 2009
Sheila Doreen Polakoff died September 10, 2009. A graveside serivce will be held at the Sedona Community Cemetery on Sunday, September 13, at 9:30AM.
