obituaries

October 3, 2023

Harold Goldman was a gentleman and a scholar. At an early age he showed his curiosity for understanding how instruments work by taking his mother's wristwatch apart and experimenting with silverware and electrical outlets.

He excelled as a student and made personal friendships with several of his teachers, keeping in touch with them for many years. After...

October 1, 2023

It is with our deepest regrets that we wish to inform his family and friends, Ronald M. Reichelt passed away October 1st, 2023 at the Santa Rosa Care Center in Tucson, AZ, from complications due to Dementia and Alzheimer's. Ronald leaves behind 6 children , Kathy, Connie, James, Toby , Rachel and Glenn, 11 grand children and 7 great...

September 30, 2023

Lynn Preston Dickens of Tucson, Arizona entered into eternal rest at home on September 30, 2023, at the age of 77. He was born the youngest of three on March 20, 1946, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

In 1951, due to his father’s health prompted a move to Tucson, Az. Lynn has also lived in Placerville, California, El...

September 28, 2023

Mrs. Gertrude (Tula) R. Gonzalez, 84, passed away on September 28, 2023, in her home in Tucson, Arizona. She was born on January 3, 1939, to Amelia & Arcadio Robles in Ajo, Arizona. Tula graduated from Ajo High School in 1957. She married Louie Gonzalez in April of 1960 and moved to southern California. There is where they began...

September 26, 2023

September 24, 2023

Elizabeth "Betty" Anne Hewitt passed away Sunday morning, September 24, 2023, from the Fairmount Assisted Living home in Tucson, Arizona; she was 92. A lifelong Catholic, Betty lived a life of service and social activism, marching for equal rights in the 1960s through her recent involvement with "No More Deaths" of southern Arizona. She also loved camping, skiing, and...

September 23, 2023

Ronald Earl Jones departed his earthly life on Saturday, September 23, 2023, in Tucson, Arizona. He was born in Costa Rica on March 12, 1955. He was a graduate of Pasadena High School and Pasadena City College in Pasadena, California. He served in the U.S. Air Force for many years and fought in the Gulf War. During his time...

September 22, 2023

Kenneth Raymond Bruce, 71, passed away on September 22, 2023 in Tucson, AZ. He was the husband of Betty Jean Bruce. They shared (34) years of marriage together.

Born August 12, 1952 in Sioux City, Iowa, Kenneth was the son of William Raymond Bruce and Jean Annette Bruce. He retired from the U.S. Army and...

September 21, 2023

Verna Lou Woolsey was born in Provo, Arkansas to Omer and Lula Prock. She lived in several states, but considered Rolla, Kansas “back home”, graduating from high school in 1952. After attending Draughon’s Business College in Amarillo, Texas, she married Dean Woolsey (deceased) and moved to Webster City, Iowa. In July 1966 the family moved to Tucson, Arizona. Verna...

September 19, 2023

Tucson resident Nancy Rene Gomez (Bellomy), passed away September 19, 2023, surrounded by family. She was born May 19, 1933, to Wallace and Dorothy Bellomy in Platteville, Colorado and was their only child. She spent her childhood in Colorado and California. After high school she joined the Navy where she met the love of her life and longtime partner, Gabriel...

September 19, 2023

Rae Ellen (Rhodes) Mitchell, formerly of Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, passed away Sept. 19, 2023, at Peppi’s House in Tucson, Arizona.

Rae “Ellen” was born on Sept. 9, 1942, in Conway, Missouri, to George and Martha Rhodes. She was the fourth of five children. When she was six months old her family moved to Nebraska, where she lived in...

September 19, 2023

VIRGINIA GRACE MILLER

Sunrise: 10 October 1943 Sunset: 18 September 2023

Virginia Grace Miller, 79, of Tucson, Arizona passed away at Tucson Medical Center on 18, September, 2023 after courageously battling a long-term illness. Known affectionately to those who loved her as "Gracie Mae & quot;, she was born to Albert and Lydia Miller on...

September 15, 2023

Eddy Adam Smith, 57, of Tucson, AZ, passed away on September 15, 2023. He was born in Los Angeles, California. Eddy was a skilled construction worker who provided for his family by building block walls, porches, and cement floors and anything else that he could get his hands on, always trying to find a way to make extra money. Eddy...

September 9, 2023

Arthur William Platt, husband, son, brother, uncle, cousin, and friend; passed away on September 9, 2023, in his home at the age of 68. Arthur was born in Glendale, AZ on February 3, 1955, to Arthur William Platt Sr & Dorothy Lavon Platt.  Arthur was known for his big heart, smile, kindness, love of God and sense...

September 8, 2023

Ernestine Noedel Jenkins, 94, recently of Oro Valley, AZ, passed away peacefully on Sept. 8, 2023. Born in Santa Fe, NM in 1929, Ernestine was most often referred to as Tina to her family and friends. Her parents Daniel O. Martinez and Luisita L. Martinez raised Tina and her brothers and sister in Santa Fe surrounded by aunts, uncles,...

September 6, 2023

Dennis Bernier Connors passed away on September 06, 2023, in Tucson, Arizona at the age of 55. He was born in Alexandria, Virginia on January 26, 1968, the fourth of six children of parents Richard Xavier Connors and Elizabeth Irene Bernier. He grew up in Scituate, Massachusetts, south of Boston, amidst legendary sports teams and rich political history, which...

September 6, 2023

Philip Calvin Green, 89, of Green Valley, AZ passed away peacefully the evening of Wednesday

September 6, 2023. Phil was born in Ottumwa, Iowa to Norine and James Calvin Green on June 13, 1934 and grew up with his brother and two sisters. He graduated from West High School in Madison, WI. After high school, Phil received ...

September 5, 2023

Janis Kay Riley passed away in her home in Tucson, Arizona, on September 5th, 2023. She was 63 years old.

Janis was born on May 9th, 1960, in Los Angeles, California, to parents John and Nancy. She had four brothers: David, James, Glenn, and Michael, and a sister, Linda.

After high school, where she competed...

September 5, 2023

Jacob (Jake) William Wilhoite, Jr. entered into the presence of our sweet Lord and Savior at 8:13 am, on a sunny morning, here in Tucson, Arizona, on September 5th, 2023. He left this world surrounded by the love and dedication of his wife, Kerri Baxter Wilhoite, in the comfort of their home. Jake was a Christian and now is no...

September 5, 2023

A life well lived and loved unexpectedly ended on September 5th. Maestra Maria Luisa Navarro Reyes was 79 at the time of passing.

Mari was born on February 23, 1944, to Adolfo Navarro Rodriguez and Consuelo Reyes Abarca in Villamar Michoacan. After graduating from La Normal Urbana Federal in Morelia, Michoacan, she dedicated 55 years to education....