Dub Boyles
Dub Boyles, 77, of Buckeye died Jan. 31, 2016.
Mr. Boyles was born Oct. 30, 1938, in Phoenix to Jeffie and Adeline Boyles.
He is survived by his wife, Ruth; one son, Bryan; four grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.
A visitation will be at 6 p.m. Thursday at Thompson Funeral Chapel, 926 S. Litchfield Road, Goodyear. A graveside service will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Greenwood Memory Lawn Cemetery, 719 N. 27th Ave., Phoenix.
Condolences for the family may be left at ThompsonFuneralChapel.com.
Carol Jean Burgess
Carol Jean Burgess, 79, of O’Fallon, Mo., and formerly of Litchfield Park died Jan. 26, 2016, in Chesterfield, Mo.
Mrs. Burgess was born Feb. 25, 1936, in Tipton, Mo.
She was a member of the P.E.O., Church for All People in Litchfield Park and St. Andrews United Methodist Church in De Soto, Mo.
She is survived by her husband, Dean Burgess; three daughters, Nancy Burgess Wiley, Karen Burgess Palmer and Donna Burgess McMillan; two sisters, Suellen Franklin and Linda Askren; and eight grandchildren.
A memorial service was held Jan. 30 at Baue Funeral and Memorial Center in St. Charles, Mo.
The Rev. Robert Werner officiated.
Elena ‘Helen’ Burruel
Elena “Helen” Burruel, 72, of Avondale died Jan. 24, 2016, in Sun City.
Mrs. Burruel was born Dec. 7, 1943, in San Bernardino, Calif.
She is survived by her husband, Refugio Burruel; one daughter, Patricia Ortega; one son, Jason Burruel; three sisters, Dolores Wheatly, Rosemary Tuten and Gloria Rodriguez; and four grandchildren.
Funeral services were Feb. 2 at West Resthaven Funeral Home in Glendale.
Memorials may be made to the Arizona Humane Society, 1521 W. Dobbins Road, Phoenix, AZ 85041.
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Ronald Lee Jarrell
Ronald L. Jarrell, 77, of Litchfield Park died Jan. 31, 2016, in Phoenix.
Mr. Jarrell was born Nov. 5, 1938, in Phoenix.
He is survived by his wife, Charlotte A. Jarrell; two daughters, Debbie Latham and Vicki Pascucci; one son, Keith Jarrell; one brother, Robert Jarrell; nine grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
A viewing will be from 9 to 10 a.m., with services at 10:15 a.m. Saturday at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 301 W. Wigwam Blvd., Litchfield Park.
Frankie McCray
Frankie McCray, 71, of Tolleson died Jan. 31, 2016.
Mr. McCray was born Nov. 2, 1944, in Seagraves, Texas, to Scott and Veneta McCray.
He served in the United States Navy from 1961 to 1967 as an aircraft mechanic.
He is survived by his wife, Patricia; one daughter, Jeannie Fox; one son, Scott McCray; two sisters, Sharion Patterson and Brenda Locke; seven grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Thompson Funeral Chapel, 926 S. Litchfield Road, Goodyear. Interment will be at the National Memorial Cemetery of Arizona in Phoenix.
Condolences for the family may be left at ThompsonFuneralChapel.com.
William Britten Millspaugh
William Britten Millspaugh, 82, of Lewisville, Texas, and formerly of Litchfield Park and Buckeye died Jan. 22, 2016, in Flower Mound, Texas.
Mr. Millspaugh was born in 1933 in southern Illinois.
He served in the United States Army.
He moved to Arizona in 1963.
He was president of Unidynamics, was a consultant at Hercules, Orbital Sciences, Kilgore and Space Data and was a lobbyist for AARP.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Mona Sue Millspaugh.
He is survived by three daughters, Andrea Lea Fryt of Highland Village, Texas, Teresa Sue Drown of Highland Village, Texas, and Carrie Millspaugh Ulvestad of Woodinville, Wash.; and seven grandchildren.
A private memorial service will be held in the summer.
Memorials may be made to the Arizona Humane Society, the Salvation Army or the American Lung Association.
Paul D. Porter
Paul D. Porter of Litchfield Park died Jan. 21, 2016.
Mr. Porter was born in Haverhill, Ohio, and grew up in Ashland, Ky.
He served for four years in the United States Air Force.
He worked for 27 years for the Federal Aviation Administration’s Air Traffic Division before retiring to Litchfield Park.
He is survived by his wife, Bonita Spears Porter.
There will be no public services.
Diane Reed
Diane (nee Bittle) Reed, 69, of Avondale died Jan. 21, 2016, at Serenity House in Glendale.
Mrs. Reed was born June 25, 1946, in Altadena, Calif.
She moved to Avondale in 1949. She attended Avondale Elementary School and Junior High and graduated from Agua Fria High School in 1964.
She worked as a silversmith and ran her own gallery in Silver City, N.M.
She is survived by her husband, Melvin Reed; one son, Jeordy Dean Fritts; one stepson, Bill Reed; two daughters, Debbie Shea and Denise Reed; one stepdaughter, Melinda Cruce; her mother, Pauline Bittle; three brothers, Jerry Bittle, Richard Bittle and Bruce Bittle; two sisters, Donna Lee and Lynda Dennison; 17 grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren.
Services were held Jan. 30.
The Rev. Sylvester Salcido officiated.
Christina Moreno Rodriguez
Christina Moreno Rodriguez, 54, of Tolleson died Jan. 19, 2016.
Ms. Rodriguez is survived by three sons, Jessie Rodriguez III, Jason Rodriguez and Joseph Rodriguez; her parents, Arsenio and Juanita Moreno; one brother, Ernesto Moreno; two sisters, Corina Aponte and Senaida Gallinger; and five grandchildren.
Services were held Jan. 28 at Redeeming Grace Church in Goodyear.
Flora Marie Seal
Flora Marie Seal, 80, of Tonopah died Jan. 30, 2016, at her home from heart failure.
Mrs. Seal was born April 7, 1935, in Koshkonong, Mo.
She moved to Arizona in 1956.
She worked for 27 years as a cafeteria worker at the Osborn School District in Phoenix. She was also a cafeteria worker at Embry Riddle.
She was a member of Palo Verde Baptist Church.
She was preceded in death by her husband of 51 years, Richard Seal; and one daughter, Cheryl Seal.
She is survived by two daughters, Linda Lenzing of Prescott Valley and Mary Seal of Tonopah; two sons, Clint Seal of Tonopah and Wayde Seal of Tonopah; three brothers, Wayne Staley of Rothchild, Wis., Frank Staley of Ohio and Ralph Staley of Snowflake; 10 grandchildren; and 19 great-grandchildren.
A memorial service will be planned at a later date.
Memorials may be made to Hospice of the Valley, 1510 E. Flower St., Phoenix, AZ 85014.
Robert Michael Sherman
Robert Michael Sherman, 88, of Goodyear died Jan. 28, 2016, from pancreatic cancer.
Mr. Sherman was born Dec. 2 1927, in Chicago to Nathalie and Henry Sherman.
He joined the Merchant Marine at age 16 in 1944. He also served in the United States Army and Reserves, and saw combat in the Atlantic War Zone and the Mediterranean and Middle East during his 10 years of service.
He worked in engineering and contract management, retiring from the Target Corp. in 1991.
He and his wife, Nancy, moved from Mt. Prospect, Ill., to PebbleCreek in Goodyear in 1999.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Nancy.
He is survived by two daughters, Laura of Goodyear and Kathryn of Appleton, Wis.; one brother, Patrick of Wauconda, Ill.; and one grandchild.
A celebration of life was held Jan. 30 at the PebbleCreek Tuscany Renaissance Theater in Goodyear. Services will be held at a future date at Matz Funeral Home in Mt. Prospect, Ill.
Memorials may be made to the New Life Center at www.newlifectr.org or Build the Backstage at PebbleCreek Theatre. Donations may be sent to Kathryn Rowen, 4706 Waterstone Court, Appleton, WI 54914.
Condolences for the family may be left at ThompsonFuneralChapel.com.
Jeanne Richards Sorenson
Jeanne Richards Sorenson, 86, of Goodyear died Jan. 14, 2016, at Abrazo Maryvale Hospital in Phoenix.
Mrs. Sorenson was born Sept. 21, 1929, in Soda Strings, Idaho, to Lionel A. Richards and Mayme E. Lau.
She worked in her parents’ movie theater and uncle’s drug store.
She attended the University of Idaho in Moscow.
In 1949, she married Quentin Floyd Sorensen. They lived in Pocatello, Idaho, before moving to Morago, Calif., in 1964. They moved to Arizona in 2004 and lived in PebbleCreek in Goodyear.
She was preceded in death by her husband of 57 years, Quentin Floyd Sorensen.
She is survived by two sons, Robert of Spokane, Wash., and Wade of San Leandro, Calif.; and three grandchildren.
A celebration of life will be held from 2 to 5 p.m. Feb. 27 at her home.
Memorials may be made to Hospice of the Valley, 1510 E. Flower St., Phoenix, AZ 85014.