Local Obituaries for Families in Sedona and surrounding areas.
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...
Walter Wesley Hamilton
Aug 11, 2009
Walter Wesley Hamilton, a 10-year resident of the Sedona community, was born November 3, 1935 in Kansas City, Missouri, and passed away at home in Sedona on Tuesday morning, August 11, 2009, with his family by his side. Walter was an extremely warm, vibrant and extroverted person who tended to leave an indelible impression on the people he met and...
Yves Albert Fedrigault
Aug 8, 2009
Yves Albert Fedrigault died August 8, 2009 in Phoenix, Arizona.He was born and raised in France. He moved to Montreal when he was 17 years old. He worked as a baker in France, then did carpentry work in Montreal. He then moved to Maryland and worked in construction. He retired in 2002 and moved to Sedona, where he built his...
Clarence Miller Bates Jr
Jul 30, 2009
Clarence Miller Bates Jr. went to be with his Savior, Thursday, July 30th, at his home in Sedona, Arizona, at Red Rock Crossing which he loved so much. Clarence was born March 23, 1918 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In January, he and his wife Bertha (Treichel) celebrated their 73rd wedding anniversary. He and his wife moved to Sedona in 1972 from...
William Charles Jacober
Jul 30, 2009
William Charles Jacober died July 30, 2009.Services are private.
James Howard Hawk
Jul 27, 2009
J. Howard Hawk, a resident of Sedona since 1968, died suddenly at home on July 27. He was 91 1/2 years old.Howard was born in Kingsport, Tennessee November 11, 1917. His family moved to Southern Californiawhen he was 5 years old. Howard lived in various cities including Azusa, Long Beach, Capistrano Beach, and Bakersfield.By the time Howard was a young...
Randolph Howe Brownell Jr
Jul 20, 2009
Randolph "Ron" Brownell, 76, of Oak Creek, Sedona, and Jackson Hole, Wyoming, died July 20, 2009.Beloved brother of Barbara Brownell of New York; father of Randolph Brownell III of Linville, Virginia, and Sher Schwartz of Ketchikan, Alaska; grandfather of Randolph Brownell IV and Tennyson Brownell; loyal friend, successful entrepreneur and remarkable raconteur.A memorial will take place Sunday, July 26, 11:00AM,...
