Obituaries

Matthew Wesley Rowe

     Matthew Wesley Rowe, formerly of Athens, Ohio, passed on Christmas Day, Dec. 25, 2024. Matt was born in Waco Texas on April 18, 1956, into a military family stationed at Connelly Air Base to an Air Force Navigator father, Wesley J. Rowe, and Air Force Nurse...

Elizabeth Bicknell

   Elizabeth Bicknell, 86, passed away in Tucson on Nov. 26, 2024.    Elizabeth is survived by her daughter, Terry (Jim) Kent of Oracle; sister-in-law, Linda Crim of Oneonta, Alabama; four grandchildren, Julie (Dustin Harvell) Hartman of Florence, Brian (Katrina) Kent...

Jimmy Dominguez

   Jimmy Dominguez, 77, passed away in Tucson on Nov. 24, 2024. He is survived by his wife, Maria Dominguez; daughter, Corinna (Brian) Crick; son, Eric “Sammy” (Tiffany) Dominguez; seven grandchildren, three sisters and two brothers.    Jimmy attended school in San...

John J. ‘Jack’ Gorham

  John J. Gorham “Jack” passed away peacefully at his home in San Manuel on Dec. 30, 2024.   Jack was born in Superior at the house on Kumke Ct. next to the Magma Club on Dec. 22, 1932, the fifth son and eighth child born to Pat and Molly Gorham.  It was a stormy...

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...

Norma Herrera

   Norma “Kay” Herrera, 82, passed away from natural causes in Mesa on Dec. 8, 2024.  Born Dec. 5, 1942, in Florence, she grew up in the picturesque mining community of Superior, where she was a faithful member of the Presbyterian Church.    Kay was preceded in death...