Reynaldo Escalante Ramirez

  Reynaldo Escalante Ramirez passed away peacefully on Dec. 29, 2024, at the age of 97. Ray was born on Jan. 19, 1927, in Superior, AZ and was the beloved son of Juanita and Miguel “Mike” Ramirez. Ray was the oldest and last surviving of five siblings (Mike, “baby”,...

Ramon O. Quiroz

  With profound sadness, we announce the passing of Ramon Quiroz, who departed this life on Dec. 29, 2024, in Oro Valley, Arizona at the age of 92. Ramon was born on Dec. 31, 1931, in Magdalena of Sonora, Mexico, and came to the United States in 1957.   Ramon was a...

Camerino Martin Lopez Jr.

  Camerino Martin Lopez Jr. died peacefully at his home in Chandler, Arizona, on Dec. 17, 2024, at the age of 80, after a long illness from Congestive Heart Failure and COPD. At the end he was surrounded with family – as he had hoped to be – his wife, his children and...

Juanita Carol Franz McNeil

   Juanita Carol Franz McNeil, 80, passed away at home in Kearny on Oct. 4, 2024, due to natural causes.     She is survived by her husband, Don McNeil; stepson, Dustin McNeil; several step-grandchildren; sister, M. Louise Morgan; and three brothers, Robert J. Franz,...

Josephine (Cupina) Urtuzuastegui Turner

  Josephine (Cupina) Urtuzuastegui Turner, 89, passed away peacefully on Dec. 26, 2024, leaving behind a legacy of snark, laughter, and empty threats to “beat you up one side and down the other.” Born Nov. 28, 1935, in Somerton, Arizona, she lived a life as colorful...