Tucson Daily Citizen
January 9, 1958Safford - (AP) - Clayton Hakes Sr., a Valley National Bank vice president and former mayor of Safford, died Wednesday night of a heart attack at his Safford home. He was 56.
Active on community affairs, Hakes was in charge of the bank's business development and community relations program for Greenlee, Graham and Cochise counties. He had served with the VNB since 1926. His son, Claton Jr., is manager of the bank's office in Coolidge. The elder Hakes was named manager of the bank's Safford office in 1934 and appointed vice president and area supervisor for eastern Arizona in June 1955.
He was born in Mesa and studied at Lamson's Business College, Phoenix. He entered banking in 1918 at the First National Bank in Mesa. Hakes ran as a "businessman's candidate" for mayor of Safford in 1948 and served two terms. For many years he was a director of the Safford Chamber of Commerce. He also was active in Rotary, the Graham County Game Assn. and the Arizona League of Cities and Towns.
He is survived by his wife, LaRue, and two sons, Clayton Jr. and Gail.
Arizona Republic
September 25, 1986Mesa - Irene Hakes Willis, 83, a salesclerk for Everybody's Dreug Store in Mesa for 25 years before retiring, died Sept. 23, 1986, at Mesa Lutheran Hospital. Mrs. Wills, of Mesa, was born in Mesa. During World War II she worked as a riviter, assembling aircraft for the Goodyear Co. in Avondale. She was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints 20th Ward, serving in the church's Relief Society and as a visiting teacher's supervisor.
Survivors include daughters, Shirley Bushong and Pat Tyrell; sons P. Gail, Ted and Chad; three sisters, two brothers; 22 grandchildren; and 20 great grandchildren.
Mail Tribune
June 22, 2004Blanche Hakes, 94, formerly of Ashland, died Saturday (June 19, 2004) at her sons home in Boron California.
The Arizona Republic
September 21, 2007Lorum Ellis Stratton, 97, of Snowflake, AZ, passed away on March 22, 1910 (sic) . Lorum Ellis Stratton, age 97, passed away September 19, 2007. He was born March 22, 1910 in Snowflake, AZ to William Ellis and Minnie Kartchner Stratton. Lorum lived most of his life in Snowflake. He is probably the last of the second generation pioneers of Snowflake. Lorum had a great love for Snowflake and for his friends everywhere. He attended Snowflake Union High School where he was active in sports, student government, and the only junior to be Student Body President. After high school, he served in the Northern States Mission as a missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, one of three missions he would serve. He spent much of his early adult life working in the lumber and logging areas around Snowflake. Later he was appointed Postmaster in Snowflake, where he worked from 1961 to 1978, a position that suited him well because of his love and concern for people. He served in state and national positions in the Postmaster Association. He served in various civic organizations in Snowflake, including Kiwanis. He loved horses and rodeos and spent many happy days riding, serving as a trail wrangler and head wrangler for the trail rides. He attended the National Finals Rodeo for more than 20 years.
Lorum married Annette Hakes in 1936 and they had 5 children. She passed away in February 1982. He later married Beulah T. Hunt with whom he served two missions for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, one in San Antonio, Texas (l983-1984) and one in London, England (1990-1991). He was a life long member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and served in various ward and stake callings, including High Councilor, Counselor in the Snowflake Stake Presidency and during the last years of his life, Stake Patriarch. He was a temple worker in both the Arizona Mesa and Snowflake Temples.
In addition to these lasting memories which he will leave with all who knew him, he will also be remembered for the legacy of his carefully crafted handmade benches. During some 15 years he made 1000 benches of various shapes and sizes. He relished the opportunity to give them to family, friends and some to folks who just asked. He was a friend to everyone he met. He genuinely loved people. He never met anyone he didn't like and couldn't talk to. He truly treasured being able to call so many "friend".
Lorum is survived by his wife, Beulah; 11 children, Lorum H. (Karen), Lynnette (Mike) Waite, Trudy (Sam) Grimes, Blaine K. (January) and Jilene (Gary) Hatch and his Hunt family children, Todd (Gloria) Hunt, Pete (Connie) Hunt, Rob Hunt, Brad (Cheryl) Hunt and Lisa (Steve) Ault and Hilton Honyoama; 50 grandchildren and 61 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by Sue Hunt Hageman as well as his first wife, Annette.
The Deseret News
September 12, 2003Our beloved father, father-in-law, grandfather, great-grandfather, Patriarch, and friend Francis Russell Hakes passed away peacefully on September 9, 2003 in American Fork, Utah, at age 90. Russell was born March 14, 1913 in Bluewater, New Mexico to Collins Riley and Emma Charlotte Pomeroy Hakes. He was the eighth child in a family of 12 and was the last to pass from this mortal existence.
He served in the Texas Louisiana Mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1933 to 1935. He attended Arizona State University; Gila Junior College, and Brigham Young University, graduating in 1940. While at BYU he met Hazel Spencer of Malad City, Idaho. They were married in the Salt Lake Temple June 7, 1943. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II in the Philippines.
His life's work has been with the Church Educational System, serving as a Seminary teacher in Snowflake, Arizona and Lehi, Utah where he was also principal. In this work he touched the lives of many thousands of young people. He retired in 1978 and then served as a volunteer in the Church Office Building in the Welfare Department. Always active in the LDS Church, he served in many different assignments including bishop's counselor, high counselor, counselor in a stake presidency, and president of the Lehi Utah North Stake from 1974-1983. He was later ordained a Patriarch in the Church by President Howard W. Hunter.
He is survived by three children: Lorene (David) Worlton, Russell (Laraine) Hakes, Kenneth (Toni) Hakes, 17 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his wife, Hazel and a son, Joseph L., who died in infancy.
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U.S. Veterans Gravesites
Name: Francis Russell Hakes
Service Info.: US ARMY WORLD WAR II
Birth Date: 14 Mar 1913
Death Date: 9 Sep 2003
Cemetery: Lehi City CemU.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946
Name: Francis R Hakes
Birth Year: 1913
Race: White, citizen (White)
Nativity State or Country: New Mexico
State of Residence: California
County or City: Santa Barbara
Enlistment Date: 11 May 1942
Enlistment State: California
Enlistment City: Los Angeles
Branch: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
Branch Code: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
Grade: Private
Grade Code: Private
Term of Enlistment: Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law
Component: Selectees (Enlisted Men)
Source: Civil Life
Education: 4 years of college
Civil Occupation: Clerks and kindred occupations, n.e.c.
Marital Status: Single, without dependents
Height: 72
Weight: 173
The Deseret News
July 27, 1995Hazel Lorene Spencer Hakes, 76, passed away July 25, 1995 at her home in Lehi. She was born January 30, 1919 in Malad City, Idaho, a daughter of William Walter and Amelia Whitehead Spencer.
Married F. Russell Hakes June 7, 1943 in the Salt Lake LDS Temple.
She graduated from BYU in 1940 with a degree in Home Economics Education. She taught school in Salem; Springville; McCook, Nebraska; Malad City, Idaho; Snowflake, Arizona; and Lehi, Utah. She retired in 1984 after having been the Lehi High School librarian for 25 years. She was an active member of the LDS Church having served on the stake boards of the Primary, Relief Society, and Young Women. She also served as Relief Society President, and in the presidency of the ward Primary and Young Women. She also served as a teacher in all of the church organizations.
She is survived by her husband, Russ and children, Lorene Worlton (David), of Lehi; Russell Alan Hakes (Laraine) of Hockessen, Delaware; and Kenneth Leigh Hakes (Toni) of Sandy, Utah; 17 grandchildren, and one great-grandchild; brothers, Joseph W. Spencer, Loren J. Spencer, Melvin R. Spencer and Ralph W. Spencer, and sister, Emma Ward.
Arizona Republic
November 27, 1953Mesa - Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. today in the Meldrum Mortuary Chapel for Joan Stewart, 35, a native of Mesa, who died Wednesday night.
Mrs. Stewart was born in Mesa in 1918 and reside there all her life. At the time of her death she lived at 223 S. LeBaron.
She is survived by four children, Frederick, John, Walter, and Karen, all of Mesa. She is also survived by five brothers, Rowe E. Hakes of Casa Grande, Clayton Hakes of Safford, Elwell Hakes of Ashland, Ore., Vander Hakes of Los Angeles, and Russell Hakes of Snowflake; anf five sisters, Mrs, Irene Willis of Mesa, Mrs. Annette Stratton of Snowflake, Mrs. Ruth Freemler of Modesto, Calif., Mrs. Van Jones of Baldwin Park, Calif., and Mrs. Lynne Powell of Mesa.
Her mother and father, Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Hakes, live in Asland, Ore.
Arizona Republic
August 21, 1991Melvin Frederick Stewart, 73, of Phoenix, a retired small engine repairman for J.C. Penny Co. Inc., died Aug. 19, 1991. He was born in Chandler and was a World War II and Korean War Army veteran.
Survivors include his wife, Juanita Mary; daughters, Patricia Cox, Lorraine Nellis, Anita Hanna and Karen; sons, Robert Lee, Richard R., Martin L., Walter, Frederick and John; five sisters; four brothers; 50 grandchildren; and 10 great grandchildren.
Find-a-Grave
Monte James Jones was born in St. Anthony, Idaho on Feb. 28, 1918 to Thelma Worrell and Percy Rowe Jones. He grew up in Southern California. He was very athletic, excelling in football and track. He was a WWII veteran, serving in the Pacific. On April 15, 1942 he married Nan Hakes while stationed in Arizona. They moved to the Medford area in 1954 where they raised their three sons and two nephews.
Monte lived a life of service to his family, church, and country. He was a devoted husband and father and set a worthy example to his sons. He was a hard worker and worked at Tucker Snow Cat. He also was a welder in a steel fabrication business, making bunks and stakes for logging trucks for several years. After moving to Utah in 1989, he served 15 years in the Salt Lake and Bountiful Temples for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.
Monte is survived by Monte and Jan Jones, Centerville, Utah, Bill and Lorie Jones, and Bryant and Jeanette Jones, Kent, Washington, Walter and Karen Stewart, Provo, Utah and John and Laree Stewart, Snowflake, Arizona. He leaves 12 grandchildren and 26 great grandchildren.
The Press-Enterprise
May 21, 2008BETTY B. GILLMAN 86, died at her home in Yucaipa on May 16th. Born on June 2, 1921 in Mesa, Arizona, she was a 52 year resident of Yucaipa. She grew up in the South Gate area and graduated from South Gate High School. She was a homemaker and a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Survivors include her son, LeRoy B. Gillman of Yucaipa; a daughter, Marlene Labadie of Pleasant Grove, Utah; 16 grandchildren and 36½ great-grandchildren. Preceded in death by her husband, Morrel, of 62 years and sons Darrel and Ron.
Burial will be at Montecito Memorial Park.
The Press-Enterprise
October 9, 2001MORREL W. GILLMAN, 87, died Friday at his home. Born in Lindon, Utah, he lived in Yucaipa 44 years. He was a landscape consultant for 35 years. He worked for LeRoy's Landscape Services in Yucaipa. He was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, First Ward, in Yucaipa.
Mr. Gillman is survived by his wife, Betty; a son, LeRoy of Yucaipa; a daughter, Marlene Labadie of Utah; 16 grandchildren; 25 great-grandchildren; and a sister, Thelma of Utah.
Arizona Republic
December 4, 1986Jetta Pomeroy Tyrrel, 91. a homemaker, died Dec. 3, 1986, at Mesa Lutheran Hospital. Mrs Tyrrel was born in and resided in Mesa. She was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, former Relief Society president for the church, and a member of the Daughters of Utah Pioneers.
Survivors include a daughter, Suzanne Miles; sons Jerry and Jay; a sister; 10 grandchildren; and 10 great grandchildren.
The Fresno Bee
August 8, 1994
IDA IONE JOHNSON, Services for Ida Ione Johnson, 97, of Sanger, will be he
ld in Mesa, Ariz. Mrs. Johnson, a retired real estate and insurance broker for Passey & Bond, died Thursday. Wallin & Son Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
The Arizona Republic
March 19, 2003
Vere A. Johnson, 97, of Phoenix, Arizona passed away March 14, 2003. No se
rvices are scheduled. Arrangements handled by La Paz Funeral Home.
The Fresno Bee
September 28, 1997
STUBBS, JOIE - Services for Joie Stubbs, 74, of Wonder Valley, will be he
ld at 3 p.m. Tuesday at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 36309 E. Kings Canyon Road, Dunlap. Mrs. Stubbs, owner of Joie's Health Center, died Thursday. Visitation will be from 2:30 to 7 p.m. Monday at Wallin & Son Funeral Home and from 1 to 2:30 p.m. Tuesday at the the church. Remembrances may be sent to Squaw Valley Community Center Garden Club Fund, 47560 Pintail Lane, Squaw Valley 93675.
The Arizona Republic
August 22, 2007Dale Elijah Johnson, 82, passed away at his residence on August 20, 2007. He was born in Mesa to Ida Ione Pomeroy and Jennings A. Johnson. After graduating from Mesa High in 1943, Dale enlisted in the Army Air Corps. Upon completion of his pilot training at Las Vegas Army Air Field, he was assigned to a B-17 squadron. Upon his discharge, he attended BYU, ASU, and graduated from the Pacific School of Banking at the University of Washington.
Dale spent most of his career with Valley National Bank, retiring in 1984 as Vice-President of consumer loans and credit card operations. He served on an International Banking Committee traveling to Europe semiannually. He was president of the Mesa Country Club for two terms, Big Ho of the Mesa HoHoKams, a founding board member of the Arizona Arthritic Foundation, and was elected to the Mesa City Council in 1992, serving a term of four years.
Dale is survived by his wife, Nadine of 61 years; 3 children: Breck Johnson (Maryjane), Candy Zeper (Bernie), and Cyndy Pence; 8 grandchildren, and 11 great grandchildren.
The Salt Lake Tribune
December 29, 1991OREM--Helen DeLucia Pomeroy, 73, of Orem, died December 27, 1991, at her home in Orem. She was born October 16, 1918, a daughter of Luigi and Maria Mancino DeLucia in Santa Maria Capua Vettere, Italy. She married Reuel Nephi Pomeroy, September 19, 1943, in Killeen, Texas. He died May 20, 1984.She was a member of the Sharon Park 2nd Ward serving in many positions in the LDS Church. She was the Secretary to the Dean of Fine Arts at BYU. She was a member of the VFW Auxiliary and the BPW Auxiliary.
Survivors include three sons, Marion Pomeroy of Las Cruces, New Mexico, Loren Pomeroy of Salt Lake City, Gary Pomeroy of Lawrence, Kansas, 14 grandchildren, and one great-grandchild. She was preceded in death by three daughters Denise, Delores, and Monita Pomeroy, and she was also preceded by two brothers and one sister.
The Arizona Republic
October 29, 2003Leonard Robert McBride, 98, of Gilbert, AZ passed away on Sunday, October 26, 2003. He was in construction most of his life. He worked for the City of Safford in forest management in the Graham mountains.
He is survived by his daughter, Dorothy Harmon son, Harold Taylor brother, Bruce McBride sister, Frankie Farr 12 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren.
Herman-Rhode Funeral Homes
Maxine H. (VanCleave) Spafford (90) passed away Monday evening, February 6, 2012 at Carriage Square Nursing Home.
She was born Maxine Helen VanCleave on May 12, 1921 to Micajah and Helen VanCleave.
She married William (Bill) Spafford on June 10, 1944. They celebrated 50 years together. Bill died April 30, 1995.
Maxine was the ultimate card player. She loved family get togethers and a good game of cards. She loved caring for her family and anyone who she came in contact with. Her beautiful smile was infectious.
Maxine attended Savannah Avenue Baptist Church before her health failed.
Survivors include two sons, Albert (Marilyn) Spafford, Marshalltown, Iowa, Gregory (Kitty) Spafford and daughter, Joyce (Rick) Glenn of St. Joseph, Missouri, twelve grandchildren, sixteen great grandchildren, several nieces and nephews and a host of people who loved her.
Maxine was also preceded in death by her parents, sister Virginia Snethen and twin brother, Max VanCleave.
The Arizona Republic (Phoenix, AZ)
January 25, 2006Helen Hathcock Crismon, passed away January 19, 2006, at the age of 88. She was born June 7, 1917, to Henry Ulyssus and Beatrice Jane Munns Hathcock in Ririe, Idaho. At the age of two her family moved to Mesa, Arizona, where she spent the remainder of her life. She married Oscar Virgil Crismon December 23, 1936 in the Salt Lake Temple. They owned and operated Crismon's Flowers for 36 years.
She is survived by her five children: Carole Irene (Ivan) Cook, of Provo, UT, Clarence Virgil (June, deceased) Crismon, of Mesa, AZ, Joyce Helen (Edward) Western of Mesa, AZ, Elaine (Jerry) Petersen of Salt Lake City, UT, and Charles (Lesa) Crismon of Mesa, AZ, who gave her 30 grandchildren, 71 great grandchildren and five great-great grandchildren. She is survived by one sister, Vesta Lucille (Douglas) Sanders of Long Beach, CA. She was preceded in death by her brothers: Henry Vernon Hathcock, David Stanley Hathcock, and Sidney Arthur Hathcock; and sister, Stella Stewart.
Helen was a devoted wife, mother and grandmother. She filled her home with a variety of music. She loved cooking, entertaining, visiting, crocheting afghans, attending family reunions, writing family histories and being editor of the family newsletter. She took a personal interest in extended family members and kept family ties strong. She was an active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and served in all the auxiliary organizations. Helen will be remembered for her devotion to the Lord and her service to family, friends, neighbors and the needy.
Interment, City of Mesa Cemetery, 1212 N. Center St., Mesa, AZ.
The Arizona Republic (Phoenix, AZ)
December 18, 2002Glenna Jennings Crismon, 86, Mesa, Arizona, passed away December 14, 2002. Meldrum Mortuary.
Arizona Daily Star
July 26, 2015)Norene (Laura) Temple enjoyed 97+ years of life before passing away on July 18, 2015.
Norene Pomeroy was born at home in Mesa, Arizona, of pioneer parents from the Mortensen and Pomeroy families.
She attended Tempe Normal and then the University of Arizona, graduating in 1940. There she met Bob Temple, a university football player, whom she married.
The Temples lived in several locales for Bob's business until retiring to Tucson, Arizona, in 1982.
Norene was an avid bridge player and remained a Wildcats basketball fan to the end.
She is survived by son, Robert (Judy); grandson, Casey (Tina); granddaughter, Amy Roberson (Joseph); eight great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren.
55101. Francis Rollie Pomeroy Jr.
Arizona Republic
October 22, 1995Francis "Rollie" Pomeroy , 70, of Mesa, a retie engineer with Motorola Inc., died October 19, 1995. He was born in Mesa and was a Korean War Army veteran.
Survivors include his daughter, Penni Dobbins; sons, John ans Scott; sister, Norene Temple; and four grandchildren.
Los Angeles Times
June 10, 1927
McArthur, Samuel L., late of 865 South Fair Oaks avenue, Pasadena, an empl
oyee of the Challenge Creamery Company for fourteen years. Funeral services Saturday at 1 p. m. from the Bramble Funeral Church 1810 Toberman street.