obituaries


Darla Leong

Darla Leong

December 12, 2023

Darla Rene Leong, 83, of Green Valley, Arizona, passed away on December 12, 2023, in Green Valley.  She was born on December 21, 1939, in Lubbock, Texas, to Burnis & Vivian Whited.  Darla moved to Arizona in 2012.

Darla is survived by 1 daughter, Melissa Kish; 2 sons, Joseph D’Amico and John Leong; 2 brothers, Jim Whited...

Carmen Maria Vallejo

Carmen Maria Vallejo

December 9, 2023

Maria Del Carmen Delgado Vallejo, 56, lived in Tucson, AZ sadly left us December 09, 2023, in her home. Carmen was born in Nuevo Laredo, Durango, Mexico on August 6th, 1967, moved to Tucson, AZ when she was five years Old. She went to Cragin Elementary, Doolen Middle school, and Catalina High School. She was a hard worker, achieved her...

Derek Alfred Wilcox

Derek Alfred Wilcox

December 7, 2023

Derek Alfred Wilcox was born in Darlaston, England, to the parentage of Laura Brookes and Alfred Wilcox on August 9th, 1933.

Derek was a soft-spoken man with a big loving heart. He had a great sense of humor & a love of music, literature, fast cars & life! While he was a very fun man he was...

Tanya Bennett

Tanya Bennett

December 6, 2023

Tanya, 68, was born in Pensacola Florida on May 18, 1955. She passed peacefully in Tucson Arizona on December 6, 2023. Many thanks to Peppi’s House for the compassionate care given in her last days on Earth.

She is preceded in death by her Mother Mary Jane Dougherty, Father Jerome Matthew Dougherty and Brother Donald Manning Dougherty....

Mirabel Sweet

Mirabel Sweet

December 5, 2023

Mirabel (Mo) Digel Sweet, 96, former longtime resident of Boulder, CO, passed away peacefully on December 5, 2023, while snow birding in Tucson, AZ.

Mo was born in 1927, in Bradford, PA, to Robert A. Digel, Sr. and Mirabel Hamlin Digel. One of five children, she grew up in Smethport, PA, and spent summers with her family...

Edward Johnson

Edward Johnson

December 1, 2023

To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted.

- Ecclesiastes 3:1-2 (King James Version)

Obituary

Edward Lee Johnson, known by friends...

Frederick Frasher

Frederick Frasher

November 22, 2023

Frederick (Fred, Freddy) F. Frasher, was born September 10, 1955, and passed on November 22, 2023, at age 68. He is preceded in death by his father, Ralph C. Frasher, and mother, Frances M. Frasher. Fred is survived by his older sisters, Judith Travis, Barbara Tritten, Susan Harp and Janet Frasher, and also his cousins, nieces and nephews, along...

Jose Salazar Alcaraz

Jose Salazar Alcaraz

November 21, 2023

José Jesús salazar Alcaraz, conocido como “Don Manolo”, nacio en el pueblo de Providencia Sonora el 14 de Febrero de 1949.

Fue llamado al reino de los cielos por nuestro señor y salvador Jesucristo en Tucson, Arizona el 21 de Noviembre del 2023. Don Manolo falleció en la comodidad de su hogar rodeado de sus seres queridos....

Joseph Harbor Hylton

Joseph Harbor Hylton

November 17, 2023

Joseph Harbor Hylton is from Martinsville ,Virginia. Born on August 10, 1944. He passed away on November 17th, 2023. He served in the Air Force for 20 years and retired with honorable discharge. He also was a great mechanic doing that his whole life and even making that a side job in and out of the military....

Kay White

Kay White

November 14, 2023

Kay Simpson White was born June 19, 1941, in Rosiclare, Illinois and passed away on November 14, 2023, in Tucson, Arizona. Kay was a remarkable woman in many regards: a proud and courageous role model to her two daughters Karen and Julia, a wonderful wife and pioneering founder and Executive Director of the non-profit Administration of Resources and Choices...

Jacqueline Lawton

Jacqueline Lawton

November 12, 2023

With great sadness, we announce the peaceful passing of Jacqueline Sue (Hawlish) Lawton on November 12, 2023 in Tucson, Arizona at age 85. Born on September 3, 1938, Jaci spent a happy childhood in Alhambra, California. She graduated with the Alhambra High School Class of 1956.

Jaci had a lifelong connection to the ocean. She lived most...

Jennifer Romo

Jennifer Romo

November 12, 2023

Jennifer Lynn Romo,57, died in the peace and comfort of her home surrounded by and visited by many people that loved her. She was born June 6, 1966 in Chicago, Illinois; the daughter to Theresa Lungaro and Otto Braun and sister to her surviving brother, Mark.

Jennifer moved to Tucson shortly after high school where she met...

Carol Pratt

Carol Pratt

November 10, 2023

Carol Birdine Pratt-Condron, born September 23, 1932 to Gerald Rostellen Pratt and Rowena Birdine Pratt (Price) in San Francisco, Ca. She was preceded in death by her three husbands, William John Hartman, Weldon Eldon Mitchell and Martin Edward Condron. Also, her beloved sister Gloria Rowena Knowles. She leaves behind her children Gerald William Hartman, Deanna Gloria Fitzgerald (Joseph) and...

Manuel Arriola Espinoza

Manuel Arriola Espinoza

November 4, 2023

On Saturday, November 4, 2023, our beloved father and tata, Manuel Espinoza Arriola, took his last breath at his home in Sahuarita, AZ, surrounded by family. He was 95 years old, just missing his goal of living to be 100. He is survived by his loving wife of 68 years, Adela, and his children: Marisa Espinoza (Sahuarita, AZ), Diana...

Alfonso Zamorano

Alfonso Zamorano

November 4, 2023

Alfonso Zamorano (Poncho), was born on September 7th, 1948. He passed away at his home on November 4th, 2023.

Alfonso is the youngest of five children, born to Joseph and Tonietta Zamorano.

Al had a long career at the phone company and retired from Cemex. He always enjoyed his jobs and built himself a great...

Ruben Naterra

Ruben Naterra

November 3, 2023

Our father, grandfather, brother, uncle and friend, Ruben Naterra, left this world on November 3, 2023. Ruben was born on May 21, 1957, to Porfilio and Alicia in Stuttgart, Germany, where his father was stationed in the Army. Throughout his dad's career in the Army, he moved to several parts of the United States including Sierra Vista, Arizona, where...

Miah Karolina Pena

Miah Karolina Pena

November 2, 2023

Miah Karolina Peña Tucson,AZ 1997-2023

You gave this world a light unseen. You gave your all to the best that can be. You love the people life gave to you. It was hard I know when the love was unseen. No matter what went on you grew indeed, mistakes were made but your love will carry on....

Jose Trinidad Amaya

Jose Trinidad Amaya

November 1, 2023

Jose Trinidad Amaya was born on June 4, 1939 in El Tigre, Sonora and passed away on November 1, 2023 in Tucson, Arizona. He was 84 years old. He is survived by his children; Alma Gonzalez, Rosie Brown, Beatriz Amaya, Trini Amaya, Giselda Roche, former wife Beatriz Amaya, as well as his sister Eva Amaya Rascon, 14 grandchildren, 17...