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Janet Bode
Jan 8, 2020
Ruth Janet Kreider Bode, 94, of Green Valley passed away January 8, 2020.
Janet was born July 18, 1925 in Dayton, Ohio to parents Harry C. and Bessie (Wells) Kreider, who preceeded her in death along with her brothers Edward, who passed in 2019, and Dale, who was killed in WWII.
She attended Colonel White...
Gregg A. Zeller
Jan 1, 2020
Born 1933 in Milwaukee, WI, graduated from Marquette University and upon returning from military service married Nancy Ehlert. They had two daughters; Karen (Bensil Greenhill) and Susan (David Beeny) and four grandchildren:  Kelly, Katherine, David, and Braxton. After retiring from working in Chicago as an insurance claims analyst, they retired in 1997 in Green Valley. Subsequently Gregg and Nancy...
Larry Gauger
Dec 8, 2019
Oshkosh – Larry Gauger 75, died Sunday, December 8, 2019 at the Tucson Medical Center in Tucson following a brief illness. He leaves his wife of 49 years, Debra/Debbie (Kroll) Gauger; his sons, Tracy Gauger and his wife, Moniste Gauger; Larry Gauger Sr and his fiance Chris Cundy; his daughter, Tammy Gauger; 9 Grandchildren; 6 Great Grandchildren; his sister,...
Ralph Lamar Shelton, Jr.
Nov 9, 2019
Ralph Shelton died peacefully at home a little after noon on Saturday, Nov. 9 th , of natural causes. He was 90. His family was with him, he was comfortable and he did not suffer.
Ralph LaMar Shelton, Jr., was born April 4, 1929, in Salt Lake City, to Ida Brough and Ralph L. Shelton, Sr. His...
Marleen Bell
Oct 30, 2019
Marleen Bell of Green Valley died October 30, 2019, at the age of 83. She was born to Elmer A. and Leona Payne Markham on July 5, 1936, in Lime Ridge, WI. She received her baccalaureate degree in music from Milton College (WI) in 1958 and studied Speech Pathology at UW Madison Graduate School (WI) and CSU Northridge (CA),...
Alice J. Kessler
Oct 8, 2019
Alice J. Kessler passed away October 8, 2019 at LifeCare Center in Longmont, CO. She was 89 years old.
Alice was born on January 24, 1930 in Fairfax, MN to Carl and Frances Jenson. She grew up in Anoka, MN where she met her first husband Clifford Swartout. They were married in 1949; he preceded her in...
Laurence Maxwell Smets
Oct 1, 2019
Laurence Maxwell Smets of Arivaca Arizona died on October 1, 2019.  He was born in Augusta, Maine on April 15, 1949.  He enlisted in the Marine Corps at the age of 17 and served 3 tours in Vietnam, returning home with a bullet lodged in his knee for over 30 years.  A commercial lobsterman and world traveler, who loved the...
Michael Dennis Blake
Sep 27, 2019
BLAKE, Michael Dennis
of Vail, AZ died on September 27, 2019. He is survived by his wife of 15 years, Pat; his daughters, Melanie (Ben) and Carolyn; his son, Brian; his stepdaughters, Theresa (Mike) and Jeni (Paul); his grandsons,...
Ronald R. Shickel
Aug 23, 2019
April 4th, 1940 - August 23rd, 2019
Ronald Ray Shickel passed away peacefully Friday August 23rd, 2019 at the age of 79.
Ron was born on April 4th, 1940 in Normal, IL to Ray and Donna Shickel. As a young boy, Ron moved to Tucson, AZ with his father. At the age of 17, Ron...
Jeweldine 'Judy' Ashton (Nee: Nash)
Jul 30, 2019
Judy Ashton, 91, passed away July 30, 2019, in Green Valley, AZ after a short illness.
She was born March 31, 1928 in White Hall, IL to Harry and Nelle Nash who preceded her in death.
She was married May 25, 1972, to Robert Ashton who preceded her in death. She was also preceded in...
Ginny Mary Carlson
Jul 26, 2019
Ginny Mary (Dalman) Carlson, known as Ginger, passed away July 26, 2019. She was 77 years young. Ginny was born on March 2, 1942, in St. Cloud, Minnesota, to Mike and Mary (Saunders) Dalman. She was married to husband, Wayne, for 61 years. They have five children, Scott (Brenda), Tami Nosek, Jodi Berg (Tim), Brad (Kris), and Brett (Robin),...
Jonette L. Harvey
Jul 21, 2019
Jonette Brimer Harvey, "Jody", a longtime resident of Green Valley, passed away into God's arms on Sunday morning, July 21, 2019. Jody was born in Los Angeles on Sept. 6, 1938, the daughter of Joe Walker Brimer and Jeanette S. Bulmer. Most of Jody's childhood was spent in Wichita, Kansas, the home of her maternal grandparents and their large...
Jacob Van Alphen
Jul 5, 2019
Jacob Peter (Jake) Van Alphen, resident of Green Valley passed away in his home on July 5th at the age of 91. He was born in 1927 on Staten Island, NY, the son of the late Jacob and Rose Van Alphen. He and his late wife, Barbara, moved from Staten Island to Pomona, NY where he worked as a...
John Miller
Jun 24, 2019
Miller obit 7.1.19
JOHN MILLER
My grandpa, John Thomas Miller, was born in Dearborn, Michigan on Dec. 3, 1939. His mother, Margaret, was from pure Irish ancestry and was bequeathed with a harmonious Celtic spirit. When my grandpa spoke of her he did so with a rare tenderness born in the heart of...
Janet S. Hill
Mar 8, 2019
Janet S. Hill, 79, of Green Valley, Arizona passed away on Friday, March 8, 2019, due to complications from Alzheimer's. Â Her husband and her two children were by her side.
Janet was a retired finance director from a midwest municipality. Â She was an avid outdoor...
Daniel William Garcia
Mar 4, 2019
Daniel Garcia, resident of Green Valley, Arizona went to the Lord on March 4, 2019 at the age of 73. His wife, children, grandchildren, and siblings were at his side. Dan is survived by his wife of 51 years, Dorothy (Bryan) Garcia, son Daniel Jr, grandsons Adam and Michael, and daughter Reina-Marie (Balach), husband Ilija and grandson Aleksandar. Dan grew...
Charles Schreil
Mar 4, 2019
?Charles Schreil, resident of Green Valley, Arizona, passed away on March 4, 2019 at the age of 97. Chuck grew up in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and spent the rest of his adult life in Northern California working for Pacific Gas and Electric. He retired in 1994 and moved to Green Valley with his wife Donna. Chuck loved to play golf especially...
Keith Griffith
Feb 25, 2019
We will be celebrating the life of Keith Griffith on Sunday, March 10th at 2:00 pm in Mount Vernon at the Skagit Valley Convention Center - Cascade room located @Â 2300 Market St, Mt Vernon, WA 98273 *We are kindly asking that this be an adult only memorial due to the...
Janet Bode
Jan 8, 2020
Ruth Janet Kreider Bode, 94, of Green Valley passed away January 8, 2020.
Janet was born July 18, 1925 in Dayton, Ohio to parents Harry C. and Bessie (Wells) Kreider, who preceeded her in death along with her brothers Edward, who passed in 2019, and Dale, who was killed in WWII.
She attended Colonel White...
Gregg A. Zeller
Jan 1, 2020
Born 1933 in Milwaukee, WI, graduated from Marquette University and upon returning from military service married Nancy Ehlert. They had two daughters; Karen (Bensil Greenhill) and Susan (David Beeny) and four grandchildren:  Kelly, Katherine, David, and Braxton. After retiring from working in Chicago as an insurance claims analyst, they retired in 1997 in Green Valley. Subsequently Gregg and Nancy...
Larry Gauger
Dec 8, 2019
Oshkosh – Larry Gauger 75, died Sunday, December 8, 2019 at the Tucson Medical Center in Tucson following a brief illness. He leaves his wife of 49 years, Debra/Debbie (Kroll) Gauger; his sons, Tracy Gauger and his wife, Moniste Gauger; Larry Gauger Sr and his fiance Chris Cundy; his daughter, Tammy Gauger; 9 Grandchildren; 6 Great Grandchildren; his sister,...
Ralph Lamar Shelton, Jr.
Nov 9, 2019
Ralph Shelton died peacefully at home a little after noon on Saturday, Nov. 9 th , of natural causes. He was 90. His family was with him, he was comfortable and he did not suffer.
Ralph LaMar Shelton, Jr., was born April 4, 1929, in Salt Lake City, to Ida Brough and Ralph L. Shelton, Sr. His...
Marleen Bell
Oct 30, 2019
Marleen Bell of Green Valley died October 30, 2019, at the age of 83. She was born to Elmer A. and Leona Payne Markham on July 5, 1936, in Lime Ridge, WI. She received her baccalaureate degree in music from Milton College (WI) in 1958 and studied Speech Pathology at UW Madison Graduate School (WI) and CSU Northridge (CA),...
Alice J. Kessler
Oct 8, 2019
Alice J. Kessler passed away October 8, 2019 at LifeCare Center in Longmont, CO. She was 89 years old.
Alice was born on January 24, 1930 in Fairfax, MN to Carl and Frances Jenson. She grew up in Anoka, MN where she met her first husband Clifford Swartout. They were married in 1949; he preceded her in...
Laurence Maxwell Smets
Oct 1, 2019
Laurence Maxwell Smets of Arivaca Arizona died on October 1, 2019.  He was born in Augusta, Maine on April 15, 1949.  He enlisted in the Marine Corps at the age of 17 and served 3 tours in Vietnam, returning home with a bullet lodged in his knee for over 30 years.  A commercial lobsterman and world traveler, who loved the...
Michael Dennis Blake
Sep 27, 2019
BLAKE, Michael Dennis
of Vail, AZ died on September 27, 2019. He is survived by his wife of 15 years, Pat; his daughters, Melanie (Ben) and Carolyn; his son, Brian; his stepdaughters, Theresa (Mike) and Jeni (Paul); his grandsons,...
Ronald R. Shickel
Aug 23, 2019
April 4th, 1940 - August 23rd, 2019
Ronald Ray Shickel passed away peacefully Friday August 23rd, 2019 at the age of 79.
Ron was born on April 4th, 1940 in Normal, IL to Ray and Donna Shickel. As a young boy, Ron moved to Tucson, AZ with his father. At the age of 17, Ron...
Jeweldine 'Judy' Ashton (Nee: Nash)
Jul 30, 2019
Judy Ashton, 91, passed away July 30, 2019, in Green Valley, AZ after a short illness.
She was born March 31, 1928 in White Hall, IL to Harry and Nelle Nash who preceded her in death.
She was married May 25, 1972, to Robert Ashton who preceded her in death. She was also preceded in...
Ginny Mary Carlson
Jul 26, 2019
Ginny Mary (Dalman) Carlson, known as Ginger, passed away July 26, 2019. She was 77 years young. Ginny was born on March 2, 1942, in St. Cloud, Minnesota, to Mike and Mary (Saunders) Dalman. She was married to husband, Wayne, for 61 years. They have five children, Scott (Brenda), Tami Nosek, Jodi Berg (Tim), Brad (Kris), and Brett (Robin),...
Jonette L. Harvey
Jul 21, 2019
Jonette Brimer Harvey, "Jody", a longtime resident of Green Valley, passed away into God's arms on Sunday morning, July 21, 2019. Jody was born in Los Angeles on Sept. 6, 1938, the daughter of Joe Walker Brimer and Jeanette S. Bulmer. Most of Jody's childhood was spent in Wichita, Kansas, the home of her maternal grandparents and their large...
Jacob Van Alphen
Jul 5, 2019
Jacob Peter (Jake) Van Alphen, resident of Green Valley passed away in his home on July 5th at the age of 91. He was born in 1927 on Staten Island, NY, the son of the late Jacob and Rose Van Alphen. He and his late wife, Barbara, moved from Staten Island to Pomona, NY where he worked as a...
John Miller
Jun 24, 2019
Miller obit 7.1.19
JOHN MILLER
My grandpa, John Thomas Miller, was born in Dearborn, Michigan on Dec. 3, 1939. His mother, Margaret, was from pure Irish ancestry and was bequeathed with a harmonious Celtic spirit. When my grandpa spoke of her he did so with a rare tenderness born in the heart of...
Janet S. Hill
Mar 8, 2019
Janet S. Hill, 79, of Green Valley, Arizona passed away on Friday, March 8, 2019, due to complications from Alzheimer's. Â Her husband and her two children were by her side.
Janet was a retired finance director from a midwest municipality. Â She was an avid outdoor...
Daniel William Garcia
Mar 4, 2019
Daniel Garcia, resident of Green Valley, Arizona went to the Lord on March 4, 2019 at the age of 73. His wife, children, grandchildren, and siblings were at his side. Dan is survived by his wife of 51 years, Dorothy (Bryan) Garcia, son Daniel Jr, grandsons Adam and Michael, and daughter Reina-Marie (Balach), husband Ilija and grandson Aleksandar. Dan grew...
Charles Schreil
Mar 4, 2019
?Charles Schreil, resident of Green Valley, Arizona, passed away on March 4, 2019 at the age of 97. Chuck grew up in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and spent the rest of his adult life in Northern California working for Pacific Gas and Electric. He retired in 1994 and moved to Green Valley with his wife Donna. Chuck loved to play golf especially...
Keith Griffith
Feb 25, 2019
We will be celebrating the life of Keith Griffith on Sunday, March 10th at 2:00 pm in Mount Vernon at the Skagit Valley Convention Center - Cascade room located @Â 2300 Market St, Mt Vernon, WA 98273 *We are kindly asking that this be an adult only memorial due to the...
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