obituaries
Brenda Morales
October 7, 2023
Brenda Jean Morales, born in Brockton Mass on October 9th, 1961, settled in Tucson, AZ in 1971. Beloved wife, mother and grandmother passed away peacefully surrounded by her loved ones on October 7th, 2023.
Brenda is survived by her husband Ben Morales (39 years), daughter Bridget Cashin (Morales) and son Brandon Morales. Grandmother to Kaden Cashin (15)...
Martin Stanley Iii
October 7, 2023
Martin Kern Stanley III passed away from complications due to metastatic lung cancer on October 7th, 2023. He is preceded in death by his mother, Margaret “Franny” Buster Stanley and father, Martin Kern Stanley Jr.
Martin previously resided in Benton, TN, Mountain Lakes, NJ, and Bellingham, MA. He served in the United States Navy from December of ...
Priscilla Gonzalez
October 5, 2023
Priscilla Necole Gonzalez survived by her father: Jonathan Ryan Gonzalez Sr; mother: Angel Marie Landry along with her brothers: Jonathan Ryan Gonzalez Jr.; Marco Antonio Gonzalez. She also had her Papa Ruben Gonzalez, along with her Titi. Aunt's and uncles in Tucson, aunts and uncles in Louisiana, aunts and uncles in Florida, her grandma in Pennsylvania. Priscilla was to young...
Carmen Matsuda
October 4, 2023
Carmen Matsuda passed away on October 4, 2023, at the age of 94. Carmen was born on April 23, 1929, in Zamboanga, Philippines. She and her family survived WWII. She went on to practice dentistry until coming to the US with her parents in 1954 to join her siblings, who had moved to Tucson after the war.
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Rafael Flores
October 3, 2023
It is with our deepest regrets that we wish to inform his family and friends that Rafael Flores passed away on October 3, 2023, at University Medical Center in Tucson, Arizona from complications due to a stroke. Rafael leaves behind his loving wife, Marion, and 3 grandchildren Erika, Angel and Sandra. His brothers and sisters, Javier, Mandrake, Luis, Felipe,...
Harold Goldman
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...
Ronald M. Reichelt
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...
Lynn Dickens
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...
Gertrude Gonzalez
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...
Elizabeth Hewitt
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...
Ronald Earl Jones
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...
Kenneth Bruce
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...
Verna Lou Woolsey
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...
Nancy Rene Gomez
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...
Rae Ellen Mitchell
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...
Virginia Grace Miller
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...
Eddy Smith Sr
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...
Arthur William Platt
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...
Ernestine Noedel Jenkins
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,...
