Donald Stephen Bruneman Donald Stephen Bruneman (Don) died on October 12, 2016 in Tallahassee, Florida. Don was born in Littleneck, Long Island, NY and attended Peekskill Military Academy. After graduating from Michigan State University, Don became a pilot in the Army. After marrying his wife, Joyce, of 54 years, he and his family spent 17…
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Features, October 2016
In Passing
Sally Ann Stotts Sally Stotts was born in Detroit, Michigan in 1937. She grew up on her parents’ farm in a northern suburb of Detroit where she learned and loved growing plants and gardening. After high school she became a secretary at the nearby General Motors Technical Center where she met her future husband, Clarence…
Features, September 2016
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Robert (Bob) Cleland Robert Fred Cleland, 68, of Goodyear died July 28, 2016. Mr. Cleland was born June 25, 1948 in St. Clair Shores, Michigan. He was a member of the United States Army, serving in Vietnam from 1968 to 1970. Over his 43-year career as a plastics engineer, Bob worked for a number of…
Features, August 2016
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Llyod James Eason, Jr. Lloyd James “Jim” Eason Jr., Colonel U.S. Army retired, age 79, passed away at his home in the presence of his loving family on June 10, 2016 in McCall, Idaho, the place he loved best. Jim was born in Nampa, Idaho in l936 to Lloyd and Eula Eason. He attended high…
Features, July 2016
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Gary William Barnard Gary William Barnard was born on August 4, 1939, to John William Barnard and Fern Lorene Holt in Pittsburg, Kansas. Gary died peacefully in his sleep on May 24, 2016. After the passing of his parents at a very young age, Gary was raised by his Aunt Loretta and Uncle George Barnard…
Features, June 2016
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Edward Renfro Edward L. Renfro died on April 15, 2016, with his family by his side. He was a longtime resident of PebbleCreek in Goodyear, Arizona. He was born in Sioux City, Iowa on September 7, 1929. He graduated from Central High School and Morningside College in Sioux City, Iowa in 1953. Preceding him in…
Features, May 2016
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Bernard “Barney” Farley Bernard “Barney” Farley passed away peacefully on April 3, 2016, with family by his side. During the last three years Barney battled a bone marrow disease that progressed into acute leukemia. He knew the treatments would be difficult but, forever the optimist, he lifted our spirits and fought a courageous battle. Born…
Generals, April 2016
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Ralph Jackson Lester Ralph Jackson Lester of Goodyear, Arizona died on February 20, 2016, at home after a protracted illness. Ralph was born in Mexico City on June 2, 1922, to Ralph J. Lester and Bertha Peimbert Lester. Ralph lived the majority of his life in Arizona from Nogales and Tucson to Phoenix, Goodyear and…
Features, March 2016
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Robert (Bob) Sherman Robert Sherman was born on December 2, 1927, to Nathalie and Henry Sherman who were the foundation of the man he became. Raised with five brothers Hank, Al, Jerry, George, Patrick and a sister Dorothy, family is what Bob cherished and over the course of his life, innumerable friends also became his…
Features, February 2016
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Jacquelyn Boutin Plante Jacquelyn Boutin Plante of 19132 W. Osborn Road, Litchfield Park, Arizona died at home on Saturday, December 19, 2015, after a year-long battle with brain cancer. She was 67 years old. During her illness she was in the loving care of Hospice of the Valley and her husband, Bob Plante. Jackie was…