On September 21, 2022, Arnulfo “Arnie” Verdugo loving husband and father of four children passed away at the age of 93.      Arnulfo was born on October 16, 1928. His mother, Celia, and father lived in Nogales, AZ; then later moved to Tucson, AZ. Arnie did well in school and completed two years at the University of Arizona. He joined the Navy, and then later met his wife, a neighbor, got married and moved to Los Angeles, CA. Arnie was...

Ligaya Balcueva Comal Floyd, also known as Nora, departed her loving family on September 18, 2022 at the age of 68. She will be greatly missed as a wife, mother, and grandmother. Ligaya is survived by her beloved husband, Franklin Keith, her children Franklin (wife Jennifer) and Rowena (husband Paul), and her four granddaughters, Ashlynne, Annabelle, Lynnea, and Ileana and her one grandson, Austin. She is also survived by her sisters, nieces, and nephews in her home country of the...

Theresa was born on July 21, 1947, in Manhattan, New York. She was the second child of two children born to first generation Italian Americans Carlo DiDonato (Naples) and Antonina Billera (Sciacca, Sicily). She grew up with her family and slept with her non-English speaking grandmother from the age of one until her grandma died when she was twenty-one years old. The family moved from Little Italy, Manhattan, to Brooklyn when she was five. She met her husband Dan on the NCO dance floor at Ft....

On Thursday September 15, 2022, Sandra Arlene Rivero loving mother grandmother and great grandmother left this earth to enter into Eternity with her loving husband David. Sandra was born in Phoenix, Arizona on May 21, 1943.  She married her high school sweetheart, David Rivero, in December of 1964.  They raised three children: daughters Kitrina (Rivero) Meyer, Stacey Rivero, and son Nicholas Rivero and were blessed later in life with two stepchildren, Ross Blaisdell and...

Robert Allen Schaneman passed away at home on September 15, 2022. Bob was born November 27, 1935, son of Martin Schaneman and Katheryn (Rifschnyder) Schaneman. He was a first generation American. His German parents immigrated from Russia. Bob lived and worked on the family farm west of Torrington Wyoming until 1955. A graduate of Torrington High School in 1953, he enjoyed sports and participated in football and basketball. He later earned an Associate Degree from Laramie County Community...

On Sunday, September 4, 2022, Walter P. Werra, loving husband, father and grandfather, passed away at the age of 83. Walter was born in Staten Island, New York to Albert and Grace Werra. Walter was raised with his older brother, Albert who was hearing impaired, and younger sister, Grace, who was deaf in Westerleigh.  Walter, who was also deaf, attended Public School 40 and McKee High School, both hearing schools, and loved math! A McKee High School graduate he was a member of the...

Earl “Wayne” Martin, 92, of Surprise, Arizona, passed away on September 13, 2022. He was born on March 16, 1930, in Ervin Township, Howard County, Indiana. He was the son of Ross L. and Goldia M. (Crawford) Martin. On November 22, 1950, he married Carol Anne McCoy of Russiaville, Indiana, who survives. He is preceded in death by his parents and three sisters, Bette Butcher, Maxine Duke and Evelyn Hahn. Also surviving are son Greg (Patty) Martin of Avon, Indiana; daughter Karen...

Marilynn Legge Burr passed away peacefully August 27, 2022 at age 84. For the last few years, she struggled with dementia and Primary Progressive Aphasia, but her family now rejoices in the knowledge that she is dancing and singing with Jesus Christ, her Lord and Savior.  Marilynn was born in 1937 to Agnes and Byron Legge.  She grew up in Spokane, WA, attending West Valley High. After graduating from Central Washington in 1959 with Music and Education degrees, she moved to West...

Sheri L. Mathews, age 72, of Glendale, passed away on Thursday, September 8, 2022. She was born on April 1, 1950, to the late Jesse Lee and Juva F. (Topliffe) Savage in Westfield, NY. Sheri attended Mayville Central, N.Y. graduating in 1968, then furthered her education at C.C.B.I in Syracuse, N.Y. graduating class of 1969 obtaining her degree in Secretarial Sciences. On April 18, 1970, she married William “Bill” O. Mathews in Mayville, N.Y. Sheri worked as an Administrative...

Scott Michael Hain (60) of Prescott, AZ, passed away on September 8, 2022, from complications of kidney disease. Scott was born on May 17, 1962, in Sioux City, Iowa, and adopted by George and Elaine Hain on May 22, 1962, in Lincoln, NE.  He graduated from Pius X High School in Lincoln, and earned his bachelor's degree in Marketing and Management from the University of Nebraska-Kearney.  His career in the food and beverage industry led him to various locales, from Colorado...