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.
56768. 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.
The Arizona Republic (Phoenix, AZ)
January 11, 2002Marion G. Donaldson, 91, of Tucson AZ, Born February 6, 1910 in Mesa. Passed away January 9, 2002 in Tucson. His wife, Kathryn Jensen Donaldson, prededed him in death. He was a long time AZ. Teacher & school administrator: Former Principal at Mesa High School. Superintendant of Amphitheater School District, Tucson, Academic VP Maricopa County Junior College District & founding Dean of Scottsdale Community College.
Survivors: 2 sons: George & Bill Donaldson; 2 daughters: Karen Donaldson & Kathryn Donaldson Baker.
Arizona Republic
August 17, 1999Kathryn J. Donaldson, 84, of Scottsdale, a homemaker, died Aug 14, 1999. She was born in Mesa. Survivors include her husband Marion Gray; daughters, Kathryn Donaldson Baker and Karen; sons George and William; sister, Leona Lassen Ellsworth; and five grandchildren.
56776. Helen Elizabeth Donaldson
The Arizona Republic
December 23, 2000Helen Elizabeth Coleman, 88, of Mesa AZ, died December 14, 2000.
The Arizona Republic
October 15, 2004Paul J Coleman, of Mesa, passed away on October 12, 2004. He was born July 30, 1910. He was a life long resident of Mesa and was proud of his Coleman/ Phelps heritage. He pointed with pride to the fact that he was born in his family's home located on the land that is now Pioneer Park. He attended Mesa Public Schools, graduating from Mesa High School in 1928. His father, John Thomas Coleman was a vegetable farmer and labored hard in the fields, so Paul vowed he would try a different occupation. Paul was a good student and while in high school became proficient in math and accounting. Because of his unique talent, he was recommended to one of the local businessmen, Zebulon Pearce, a partner in the Johnson/Pearce Company.
In 1929 Paul went to work for Johnson/ Pearce, later renamed Pearce Development Company. He worked for them an unheard of, 70 years, retiring in 1999, when the company moved to Phoenix from Mesa. Paul said, "The Pearce family always considered me family, not just another employee, and extended many benefits that would not have come from any other employer." In 1937, Paul started keeping books and making income tax returns for the Munoz Family who owned the El Charro Cafe. Fred Munoz, owner of the El Charro Restaurant is one of Paul's closest and dearest friends.
Paul met and married Helen Elizabeth Donaldson, also of Mesa. Helen passed away in 2000, following 67 years of marriage. They are survived by three children, Donna Kay Odom (Art) of Chandler, Nicholas Kent Coleman (Marsha) of Mesa, and Anna Ruth Smith (David) of Piano, Texas, 9 Grand Children and 27 Great Grand Children. Paul was an Elder in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and a member of the Fraser Ward. He appreciated the many thoughts of kindness by ward members.
Interment at City of Mesa Cemetery.
Kerrville Daily Times (TX)
January 24, 2011KERRVILLE - Anna Lea Mayhew Donaldson, 87, died peacefully after a short illness on Thursday, Jan. 20, 2011, at Peterson Regional Medical Center.
Anna Lea was born Jan. 31, 1923, in Uvalde, Texas, to Arthur B. and Anna Cate Mayhew.
At the age of 3 she was taught to read and write by her grandmother, Elisabeth Cate, who resided with them. She attended school in Uvalde before entering Baylor University, graduating in 1943 with a degree in music history.
Anna Lea married John Pershing Donaldson, an Army pilot, in May 1944, and they lived in several locations before settling in Austin until 1952, when they moved back to Uvalde so John could be a flight instructor in Hondo, Texas. During their time in Uvalde, they enjoyed a full life with four children, were active in the community and attended First Baptist Church, where she played the organ for 13 years. They were part of a wonderful group of friends who called themselves the Frio River Beach Club.
Following the death of her husband, she sold the family home and returned to Baylor University in 1970 for a graduate degree in music and then attended the University of Texas and received a graduate degree in library science. She worked for nine years as Reference Librarian at the Abilene, Texas, public library, and then as the reference and music librarian at Hardin Simmons University for nine years.
She loved music, books and the academic atmosphere, remaining at Hardin Simmons until she retired at age 70 and moved to Kerrville in 1993. In Kerrville, she volunteered at the Trinity Baptist Church library and Butt-Holdsworth Memorial Library.
Anna Lea is survived by Diane Donaldson and by Sally Donaldson Justice and husband, Clyde, all of Kerrville; Jon Donaldson and wife, Mary, of Austin, and George Donaldson and wife, Tracie, of Las Vegas, Nev.; grandchildren, Lea Anne Nickells and husband, Mark, John-David Wallace, Mathew and Sara Donaldson; great-grandchildren, Cullen, Tucker and Mason Nickells and Cooper Katherine Wallace; niece, Fran Potter; and nephew, Jim Luper.
Anne Lea was preceded in death by her husband, John P. Donaldson; parents, Arthur and Anna Mayhew; brother, Ancil Mayhew; and sister, Elisabeth Luper.
Arizona Republic
September 12, 1985Mesa - Donald Esworth, 81, who had been a prominent rancher in the Queen Creek area and High Priest in the Mesa East Stake Church Of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, died Sept. 9, 1985, at Mesa Lutheran Hospital. Mr. Ellsworth was born in Mesa. He had served as bishop of the Chandler Ward and president of the Mesa and East Mesa Stakes as well as regional representative on the General Welfare Committee.
Survivors include his wife, Margaret; daughters, Mrs. Max "Carolyn" Schnepf, Mrs. Darel "Margaret Ann" Schnepf and Mrs. Jerry "Juna" Griffiths; sons, D. Delos and Robert; three sisters; 21 grandchildren; and 22 great grandchildren.
The Arizona Republic
June 27, 2001Mildred Adelia Post Cooper, Long time resident of Mesa, Arizona died June 23, 2001 at the age of 91 in the loving home of Priceless Care in Gilbert, Arizona. She was born in St. David, Arizona on May 18, 1910 to Howard Orvil Post and Tressie Mae Evans the seventh child of eleven. She attended school in St. David until her senior year when the family moved to Tucson where she finished high school then graduated from the University of Arizona. She taught school in Round Valley and in the Tucson area.
Mildred married James Leroy Cooper of Gilbert in 1937. They are the parents of six children. The first are twins James Gary (Lucia Espain) of St. George, Utah Gayle Bramwell (Richard) of Gilbert Morris Post (Cheryl Brown), Chandler Conny Johnson Curtis (Paul), Gilbert William Newell (Cathy Forshee), Dublin, Texas Jan Adkins Petersen (Bill), Grand Junction, Colorado. They have 33 grandchildren and 59 great-grandchildren. She is also survived by one sister, Framces Post Luke.
Mildred and family moved to the Mesa area in 1943 where they had a dairy near Southern and Stapley. She played a very vital and supportive role with her husband in business and community and public service. She has been active in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints all of her life and has given much service as a teacher and leader, sister and friend. She has been a a true follower of Christ and has endured valiantly to the end. She will be dearly missed and will always be remembered for her testimony and example.Burial at Mesa City Cemetery.
Bunker Family Funerals / Cremation
Eleanor Inez (Dutch) McEntire, 95, passed away October 6, 2013 in Mesa, Arizona. She was born January 1, 1918, the 9th of 11 children born to Sybil and Orson Cooper and the last surviving sibling.
She was preceded in death by her husband John, daughter Shirley and granddaughter Cindy.
She is survived by her children Roger (Connie), Sue (Al), Kenneth (Sharon), and Terry, grandchildren Lori, Dale, Dani, Debbie, Chapelle, Holly, Mike, Kenna, John, Clayton, Johnny, Erin and Megan, 20 great-grandchildren and 1 great-great grandchild.
Arizona Republic
November 4, 1989John Washington McEntire, 77, of Gilbert, an irrigation pump mechanic, died Nov. 1, 1989. He was born in Phoenix and was a World War II Army Air Corps veteran.
Survivors include his wife Eleanor "Dutch"; two sons, three daughters; one brother; 14 grtandchildren and three greatgrandchildren.
The Arizona Republic
October 5, 2004Jesse Franklin Cooper, age 84, of Mesa, AZ. passed away October 2, 2004.
The Post and Courier (Charleston, SC)
October 6, 2001COOPER, Paul Henry, of Lugoff and formerly of Moncks Corner, a retired disaster preparedness director with Berkeley County, died Friday.
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The State (Columbia, SC)
October 7, 2001LUGOFF - Services for Paul Henry Cooper, 79, formerly of Moncks Corner, will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Moncks Corner, with interment in Biggin Cemetery.
Mr. Cooper died Friday. Born in Mesa, Ariz., on September 11, 1922, he was a son of Orson Prince Cooper and Sybil Cora Newell Cooper. Mr. Cooper served in the U.S. Coast Guard, the Merchant Marines, and the Royal Air Force during World War II. He was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, and was a Sealer at the Columbia Temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Mr. Cooper was a volunteer at the Kershaw County Medical Center and attended Arizona State University.
Surviving are his wife, Lillie Branham Martin Cooper; daughters, Tookie C. Harrop and Kim J. Cooper, both of Moncks Corner, Coral C. Werner of Provo, Utah; sister, Eleanor C. McIntyre of Gilbert, Ariz.; brother, Jesse F. Cooper of Mesa, Ariz.; 12 grandchildren; two great-grandchildren