Obituaries

It is with deep sadness we announce Selma “Sally” Romley gently passed away on November 29, 2022. Sally was born July 7, 1925 to Richard M. and Edna Elias in Ray/Senora, Arizona. She spoke Spanish and Arabic before she was fluent in English. She attended elementary school at Emerson Elementary, graduated from North Phoenix High School and married William “Bill”...

Alice Rink died, with her two daughters beside her, on November 23, 2022, two days after her 93rd birthday. Alice was born to Frank and Margie (Olson) Hunter on a dairy farm in Richland Center, WI on November 21, 1929. Her father was a farmhand and she began helping her parents with the milking by the time she was 8....

Marie Corrales Marín lived her life of 98 years in loving service to her family, friends, and associates fortunate and blessed to know her. Slowed only by complications from a steep fall in 2017, she took her last breath in the comfort of her home the evening of November 25, 2022. Born in Winkelman, Arizona on May 31, 1924, to...

Ramon “Ray” Duarte Nieto, 80, of Scottsdale AZ, born in Phoenix to Clara Pimbert and Matias and Gabriela Nieto. He had 21 brothers and sisters. He attended AZ Boys Ranch, Chandler High School, Phoenix College and ASU. Ramon joined the US Army from 1962 – 1965. After 43 years he retired from the U.S. Post Office in 2004. He was...

Patricia Starr Newquist passed away peacefully on November 17, 2022, in Scottsdale, Arizona. She was born March 21, 1934, in Denver, Colorado. Pat was the only child of the late Col. Clifford Starr and Madeline Carey. A graduate of St. Rose College, she taught at Cobleskill, NY Central School. On October 12, 1957, she married Harvey Newquist, her loving husband...

Betty S. Scherer, 90, of Casa Grande passed Nov. 19, 2022 at Copper Sky Assisted Living in Casa Grande.The memorial service will be at 1:00 p.m. on Sunday, December 4, 2022 at Harvest Family Church, with Pastor Tom King officiating. She was buried at the National Memorial Cemetery of Arizona, in Phoenix next to her husband Richard C. Scherer.Betty was...

On October 29, 2022, the phenomenal mind and heart of Marguerite “Peggy” Joy took leave of us after 92 years of tireless labor. Peggy Devine was born in Brooklyn, New York on April 11, 1930, into a tight-knit but complex family that both nurtured and tried her spirit. Peggy’s aunts and grandparents fed her insatiable craving for knowledge, making her...

Graciela Q. Peña, 99 years of age, passed away Sunday, November 27, 2022, at Ryan House hospice center in Phoenix, AZ. The beloved matriarch was born October 17, 1923, in Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico to Clementina Guerrero and Carlos Quiroz and has lived in Arizona since 1946.Graciela married Thomas Milazzo and had two children before Thomas passed. Four years later, she...

Raymond Farrell Maldoon  May 21, 1922 – October 23, 2022.Ray was born in Marysville, Kansas to Roy and Marguerite Maldoon. He attended Saint Gregory’s Roman Catholic elementary school and Marysville high school. He attended Kansas State University but his college education was interrupted by the start of World War II. He served from June 1943 to August 1946. He completed...

Ralph C. Wills, 75, passed away on November 21, 2022, after a bravely fought battle with Myelodysplastic Syndrome and colon cancer.A proud Phoenix native, he was born December 27, 1946 to parents Ruth and John Wills. He was a graduate of North High School and later attended Phoenix College.Ralph exceled at many things in his young years, especially anything mechanical....

With heavy hearts, we announce Sanjay’s passing on 25thNovember 2022.Sanjay was a beloved son, loving brother, devoted life partner, forever friend and much more. Born in India, he moved to the US in 1999 and made Phoenix, AZ his home. He had a passion for life and a desire to excel at anything he set his heart on. An exceptionally...

Consuelo M. Enser passed away peacefully in Phoenix, AZ on November 21, 2022. Born on January 1, 1937 in Aldama, Chihuahua, Mexico, to father, Andres Lara Aguliar and mother, Francisca Portillo Porras. In 1960, she moved to Arizona and in 1982 she became a U.S. citizen.Consuelo met Anthony J.P. McGrath and later married in 1964. Together they had three beautiful...

Olivia Salazar Garcia returned to the Lord on November 25, 2022; she was 93 years old. Born to a humble beginning to Pete and Mary Salazar in Phoenix, AZ, through a mix of hard work, determination and love, Olivia built herself a remarkable life. Being one of seven children in a predominately Mexican neighborhood, life was not always easy, but...

Charles Alan Bailey, a passionate educator with a fierce love of learning and music, passed away November 12, 2022 at age 79. Born in Marion, VA on March 9, 1943 to Roy Lee Bailey and Ennice Brookes Bailey, he grew up alongside his elder brother Robert Edward Lee and younger brother Michael David, graduating from Marion High School in 1961.Charles...

Sylvia Keith lived her 101 years with courage, determination and abiding love for her family and community. She took her last breath in the comfort of her home the morning of October 29, 2022. Sylvia was born in New York City, New York, July 23, 1921. She loved baseball and attended many Yankee games with her father. Sylvia often told...

Barbara Jane deRoos Mitchell  1940 – 2022Barbara Mitchell passed away November 19th at age 82 after a short illness. She is predeceased by her husband, Michael F. Mitchell III, her parents, Robert and Betty deRoos of San Mateo, California, and her sister, Elizabeth Dority. She is survived by her son Robert and daughter-in-law, Mary, her daughter Carol, and her grandchildren,...

Margaret “Edie” Reyno, beloved wife, mother and nana passed away on November 16, 2022 due to Alzheimer’s Disease at age 84. She is survived by her husband of 59 years, John Reyno; their two daughters, Tiffany Reyno, and Tara (Tom) Ritchie, and her granddaughter Simone Ritchie; brothers Joe (Eileen) McIvor and Alan (Shirley) McIvor and 5 nieces and a nephew....

Lilia D. Lopez, 94, passed away on November 10, 2022 at A Place in the Sun in Scottsdale. Lil called this her home for the past 5 yrs. due to the loving care that Ilie and Adriana Iugan and their staff provided. Lilia was a native Phoenician born on May 30, 1928. Lilly resided with her sister, Marguerite for most...

Joseph “Joe” Salerno passed away on Saturday, November 12, 2022, in Phoenix Arizona. He was surrounded by his devoted family and wife, Louise, who was the love of his life for over 50 Years. He was born in the Bronx, New York on September 16, 1938 and is predeceased by his parents, Michelina (Russo), Angelo Salerno and brother Carmine Salerno.After...

Mary Louise Ramirez, 90, passed away on November 1, 2022 in Phoenix, Arizona.   She is survived by her children Christopher Ramirez Sr., Sisto Ramirez Jr., Ernestine Linnen, and Richard Ramirez Sr., sisters Viola Lazano and Sally Bojorquez, and five generations of grandchildren.  She was preceded in death by her daughter Norma Ramirez, husband Sisto Ramirez Sr., and granddaughter Norma Gomez.Mrs....