Obituaries

On August 25, 2014, far too soon, we lost Jarrod Camp in a tragic work-site accident.  Jarrod leaves behind his beautiful wife of four years and best friend of eight years, Cara Cunningham Camp, to whom he was a loving and devoted husband and protector.  Also mourning Jarrod are his mother Linda, father Kim (Shirley), brother Ryan, and countless friends...

36, of Phoenix, passed away on August 25, 2014.  Jeremy is survived by his son Cody, daughter Amberly, grandson Cayden, mother Mary, brother Joshua, sisters Mickaela and Danielle, grandparents Karl and Ann Baker and many more friends and relatives.   He just recently became a grandfather and he was going to be called “Paps.”  Jeremy was a very loving person who...

84, of Paradise Valley, passed away on August 28, 2014. He is survived by his wife Zenaida of 56 years, three daughters, two sons and 10 grandchildren. Visitation will be held from 9:00-10:00am, Friday, September 12, 2014 at Whitney & Murphy Funeral Home, 4800 E. Indian School Road, Phoenix.  Funeral Mass will follow at 10:30am the same day at St....

Sullivan, William John  On the morning of August 23, 2014, William Sullivan, 94, died at his Phoenix home surrounded by family. William, known as Bill or “Chief” to family and friends, was born December 11, 1919 in Duluth, Minnesota, into a loving home full of family, humor, art, ideas, games and adventure. In 1940, Bill moved to Phoenix with his...

Beloved wife of the late Robert B. Wright and mother of Bruce (deceased) went home to be with the Lord August 26, 2014.  Marge arrived in the Valley with her husband from Scranton, PA in 1955.  Sharing his love of animals, the two began volunteering at the Arizona Humane Society (AHS) in 1958; one year after it was founded.  Thus...

Larry was born in Florence, Alabama on September 8, 1941 and moved to the Phoenix area at age 3.  He graduated from Washington High School in 1959.  He earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in education from Arizona State University in 1964 and 1968. While at ASU, Larry was president of Kappa Kappa Psi, national honorary band fraternity; and president...

72, passed away on August 16, 2014 in Mesa, AZ. A Memorial Service will be held at the Broadway Christian Church located at 7335 E. Broadway Road, Mesa, AZ at 10am, Saturday, August 30, 2014.  In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to The Wounded Warrior Project.   Please send condolences and view his obituary atwww.whitneymurphyfuneralhome.com

“Ricky,” age 51, flew on Angels wings to rest in Gods arms, free of pain and at true peace.  A Memorial Service will be held at 12:00 P.M., on Thursday, September 11, 2014, followed by a luncheon reception at Whitney & Murphy Funeral Home, 4800 E. Indian School Road, Phoenix.

Rambo, Della “Betty” died on August 25, 2014.

Carol Ann Quaranta (Lockhart), 78, of Huntington, WVA, joined the angels in Heaven on August 22, 2014 in Phoenix. She is preceded in death by her mother Ruby and Father William Lockhart, her husband Pat Quaranta, Jr., Sister Helen Conway and Brother Howard Lockhart. Carol was born in Huntington to Ruby and William Lockhart on August 11, 1936 and was...

Frances Lucille Coulter passed away peacefully at her home on August 23, 2014 at the age of 90 with her family by her side.  Frances was born on June 12th 1924 in Omaha, Nebraska. In 1947, at the young age of 23, she moved to Phoenix to live with her sister and brother-in-law.  As fate would have it, she went...

Gary Darwin Stewart, 76, passed away on August 20, 2014 in Phoenix, Arizona. Gary was born on May 2, 1938 in Minneapolis, Minnesota to Charles and Irene Stewart.Gary moved to the Phoenix area in the mid 1970’s where he became a successful business entrepreneur.  He was a business owner, home builder, and in his later years, a building inspector.Gary was...

Patrick Anthony Lawlor recently passed away, living to the magnificent age of 94. He was born in the town of Ballybunion (where the River Shannon meets the Atlantic Ocean) in County Kerry, Ireland—he was the fourth of seven children. Patrick and one brother, Monsignor Timothy F. Lawlor, immigrated to America. As proud as Patrick was to be Irish, he was...

On Monday, August 18, 2014, at the age of 85, our mother died from complications of a life well lived.Ginger was the quintessential only child born to Wynema Posey and Thomas Burnett Blaine on June 26, 1929 in Jackson, Tennessee, and the grand child of Alexander Lawrence Posey; Muscogee Creek Poet Laureate of Oklahoma.  The family arrived in Phoenix on...

88, was reunited with her husband Ritchie and son Ricky in Heaven on August 16, 2014. Also joining her in this journey is Willie Jiron, her beloved son-in-law, who also left us on August 16, 2014.She leaves behind her Love, daughters, Misha Dawa and Dena Jiron, her strength, son-in-law Jerry Dawa, her beauty, grandchildren, Christy Dawa, Angela Garcia, Martin Garcia,...

On August 15th, 2014, Petro “Peter” Hambas, age 76, passed away with honor and dignity surrounded by his loved ones and is now within the loving embrace of the Lord Jesus Christ.  He will be remembered with fond admiration as a loving gentle soul who was ever faithful to the Lord, Family and Friends.  Peter placed high importance on personal...

59, “Left the Game” August 16, 2014. He was dedicated AZ Cardinals Fan and an employee of Wells Fargo/CBRE.  He is preceded in death by his mother Manuela and his mother-in-law Vina and is survived by his wife Dena, son Michael (Katrina), daughter Michele (Michael), grandchildren Jayla and Ashton, father Guillermo, Sr., siblings Diana (Rita), Adela, Maria (Henry), and Marco....

83, of Phoenix AZ, passed away on August 15th, 2014.  She was born December 29th, 1930 to Byron and Myrtle Delange in St. Paul, Minnesota.  She was the oldest of seven children and loved her family dearly.  In 1952 she married the love of her life Edward Lynch, and in 1956 they had their only child Joy.  In 1961 the...

93, of Phoenix, passed away August 17, 2014.  She is survived by her son Jon.  A Memorial Service will take place on Saturday, August 23, 2014 at 11:00 A.M. at Christ Church Lutheran, 3901 E. Indian School Road, Phoenix.  In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the “general fund” at Christ Church Lutheran or Hospice of the Valley,...

The sweet, kind, gentle soul that was Harold Heisser, 97, was lifted up to Heaven on August 8, 2014.  Harold was born on June 8, 1917, to the late Charles and Olive Heisser, in Flagstaff, AZ.  The family moved to Phoenix four years later.  Harold called Phoenix home for most of his life.  At 16, he went to work for...