All Obituaries

Ann "Elaine" Kemery, born December 27th, 1933 in Philadelphia, PA to Anna and John Wischum, passed away June 7th 2021 at home with family in Phoenix, AZ after living a very full life. Elaine was a strong independent woman who raised 5 children resulting in 12 grandchildren, 7 great grandchildren, and 3 great great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by sons Barry and David Kemery. She is survived by daughter Donna Fitzgerald and sons Bryan...

Mary Ellis Creeden (Hindal) was born on December 30, 1945 in Des Moines, Iowa to Paul Hindal and Mary Marie Hindal (nee Lawson). She was a vivacious outgoing person who made friends easily wherever she went. Quick with a joke or a story she was the life of the party at any get together. She went to Hillis Elementary, Franklin Junior High, Roosevelt High and Grand View University (then Grand View Junior College). She also took classes at the University of Phoenix, earning an...

Bobbi "Bonnie" Jean (Shoemaker) Walter, 89, took the Hand of her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ and peacefully entered her heavenly home on Friday, June 4, 2021.  She was at home surrounded by the love of her family. Bobbi was born on December 23, 1931 in Wilkesboro NC to the late Leona Mae Teague Shoemaker Schneider and the late James Fred Shoemaker. Bobbi had a magnetic personality, full of life and love for all of her family and many friends.  She was known...

Wayne Walter Worden was born in Seneca Falls, New York on March 8, 1955. He went to be with the Lord on May 28, 2021 after a nearly 5 year bout with cancer. He is survived by his wife Ginger, brothers Wesley (Paulette) and Mark (Carla), Sister Ellen (Dwight), sons Edmund (Holli) and Christopher (Erin), and granddaughters Gloria and Clara. Wayne lived an incredible life that involved a lot of moving as an adolescent. The son of a Methodist minister (Ralph), his family moved multiple times...

Arlene Marie (Herrin) Seff born March 2nd, 1937 in Chicago, Illinois passed away at home on May 26th, 2021 in Peoria, Arizona. Arlene married Ralph Robert Seff on April 7th, 1955 and had three children. She is proceeded in death by her parents Henry and Ann (McKillop) Herrin, and siblings Joseph Herrin, Marilyn Wheeler, Jeanne Plain, and Harry Herrin. She is survived by her children George (Cindy) Seff, Deidre Wilson, Jeffery (Joan) Seff, grandchildren Amanda Hume, Zackery Seff,...

Bertha May Potter was born in Lincoln Township lowa on September 17, 1920. The last survivor of nine children born to Tom Potter and Alta May Eikenbery-Potter. On May 22, 2021, Bertha died at Hospice of the Valley in Surprise, AZ 10 days after a fall in her apartment at the Desert Winds Nursing Home in Peoria, AZ. She spent the early part of her life in Kossuth and Winnebago counties, north central, IA. She married Alfred Edward Julius, Sr on September 17, 1937. After losing her husband of...

Mary Louise Lightfoot, 76, passed away in Sun City, Arizona on May 16th, 2021 at 5:28pm. A celebration of life to be planned for a later date. Mary, or Snooks as she is known by her family, was the eldest of four siblings. She is preceded in death by her parents Mary Louise Scroggins (m. Blades) and Marion Howard Scroggins, both of her brothers, Ronald Gordon Scroggins and Marion Voncile ‘Vonnie’ Scroggins, as well as her sister Shirley Marie Stone. She is survived by her...

Allen Ray Armstrong passed away on May 7, 2021 at the age of 71 in his home. He is survived by his  wife, Carol Armstrong, 3 sons and their families; Anthony and Kim Armstrong, David Armstrong, and  Robert Armstrong and Teresa Smith, 8 grandchildren and 4 great grandchildren. His brother Verl  Armstrong and his wife Billie Ann and their children and grandchildren.   He was born in Pocatello, Idaho to Basicilia Beaker and Verl Armstrong on January 23, 1950. He ...

Julie Anne Van Horn, 64, passed away peacefully on Thursday, May 6, 2021. She was born in Detroit, Michigan to Norman Van Horn and Mary Anne Brennan Van Horn. She grew up in Michigan, California, and Georgia, but her heart was always with Michigan and summers she spent at Rondeau Park in Canada. She moved in 1980 to Florida with her parents and lived with them through their passing. In 2018, she moved to Sun City, Arizona to be near family. There she joined the volunteer group Sun City...

Rory K. Schwarz, 35, passed away on Monday, May 3rd, 2021, in Prescott, Arizona. He was born on February 25, 1986, in Glendale, Arizona, to Jerry and Diane Schwarz. He is survived by his parents; sister, Mallory Miller; brother-in-law Tony Miller; a niece and nephew; and numerous aunts, uncles, and cousins. A Celebration of Life will be held at 2p.m. on Friday, May 21, 2021, at Regency Mortuary. The family suggests donations to The Phoenix Rescue Mission