Local Obituaries for Families in Sedona and surrounding areas.
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.
Harold William Carter
Aug 31, 2009
Harold William Carter died August 31, 2009. Services are private.
William Herbert Lyons
Aug 29, 2009
William Herbert Lyons, 83, of Sedona, Arizona passed away August 29th, 2009. Born December 22, 1925 in Bronx, New York, he was the son of Herbert William Lyons and Irene Manley Lyons. After graduation fron high school in New York, Bill joined the Navy, was trained as an electrician and served as a submariner during World War II in the...
Virginia Meyer
Aug 15, 2009
Virginia B. Meyer died August 15, 2009 in Houston, Texas. A funeral service was held on Tuesday, August 18 at Christ the King Lutheran Church in Houston. Interment will take place at the Sedona Community Cemetery in Arizona Friday, August 21 @ 2PM.
Bella Aurora Young
Aug 11, 2009
Bella Aurora Young died Tuesday, August 11, 2009 at Kachina Point Health Care Center. A 25-year resident of Sedona, she was born in Pawtucket, Rhode Island on October 28, 1910. The first daughter, second child of Wilfred and Lucy Plante. Preceded in death by her husband Earl Young and daughter Jacqueline, four brothers and two sisters.She was an accomplished seamstress...
