Arizona School Yearbooks by County
Patricia L. Warhus, 84, of east Mesa, died Dec. 17, 2002, in Mesa.
Mrs. Warhus, a nurse, was born in Windsor, Ontario, Canada.
She is survived by daughters Elizabeth and Christine; sons John, Richard, Robert, and Thomas; brother Dale McMahon; 15 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Memorial contributions may be made to Covenant House, 346 W. 17th St., New York NY 10011-5002. Mariposa Gardens Memorial Park and Funeral Care handled arrangements.
Stanley E. Forsyth, 86, of east Mesa, died Dec. 17, 2002, in Mesa.
Mr. Forsyth, an owner and operator of lumber mills, was born in Pacific, Wash.
He is survived by his wife Neoma and sons Earl, Lester, Carl, and Larry. Mariposa Gardens Memorial Park and Funeral Care handled arrangements.
Ida Schwalb, 88, of east Mesa, died Dec. 17, 2002, in Mesa.
Mrs. Schwalb, a retired administrative assistant, was born in Brooklyn, N.Y.
She is survived by her daughters Sandy and Renee. Mariposa Gardens Memorial Park and Funeral Care handled arrangements.
Mary Chubay, 85, of east Mesa, died Dec. 14, 2002, in Mesa.
Mrs. Chubay, a homemaker, was born in Perth Amboy, N.J.
She is survived by her husband Peter. Mariposa Gardens Memorial Park and Funeral Care handled arrangements.
Jean Whiting, 82, of east Mesa, died Dec. 14, 2002, in Mesa.
Mrs. Whiting, a homemaker, was born in Wellington, Texas. She is survived by her husband Philip; daughters Phyllis Aggeler and Suzanne Vierling; sons-in-law Greg Aggeler and Dean Vierling; sisters Nita Kinman, Lometa Bendixon and Beth Zitzelperger; brother Billy Smith; four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Memorial contributions may be made to Banner Hospice, 1325 N. Fiesta Blvd. No. 1, Gilbert AZ 85223.
Mariposa Gardens Memorial Park and Funeral Care handled arrangements.
Phyllis H. Stanley, 82, of east Mesa, died Dec. 18, 2002, in Mesa.
Mrs. Stanley, a homemaker, was born in Hartford, Conn. She is survived by her daughters Judy Hoffman and Linda Stricker; son Allan and his wife Donna; sister Iva Wopperer; four grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. Memorial contributions may be made to the Alzheimer's Association, 2323 S. Hardy Dr., Tempe AZ 85282. Mariposa Gardens Memorial Park and Funeral Care handled arrangements.
Joseph Tarro, 84, of east Mesa, died Dec. 5, 2002, in Mesa.
Mr. Tarro, an engineer, was born in Bedford, Ohio. He is survived by his daughter Joanne Petersen; sons Bruce and Robert; sis-ters Betty Stanko, Tese Messner and Mary Brusnwick; brother John Taylor; 14 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren. Bunker's Desert View Chapel handled arrange-ments.
Margaret A. Petrie, 90, of east Mesa, died Dec. 6, 2002, in Mesa.
Ms. Petrie was born in An-derson, Calif. She is survived by her hus-band Pete; nieces Shirley Spina and Helen Freeman and nephew Harold Fobes. Memorial contributions may be made to Red Moun-tain United Methodist Church, 2936 N. Power Road, Mesa AZ 85215. Melcher's Mission Chapel handled arrangements.
Martha Alice Lay, 92, of east Mesa, died Dec. 7, 2002, in Mesa.
Mrs. Lay, a retired school-teacher, was born in Mason County, Texas.
She is survived by her daughters Amanda Brenden and Deborah Hilcove; sons Thomas, William and Barry; sister Eunice Dayton; 11 grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild. Mariposa Gardens Memo-rial Park and Funeral Care handled arrangements.
Eric R. Lewis, 44, of east Mesa, died Dec. 8, 2002, in Mesa. Mr. Lewis, an emergency response specialist, was born in Cheyenne, Wyo. He is survived by his wife Julie; sons Taylor, Cameron, and Spencer; parents Dick and Marian and brother David. Memorial contributions may be made to the Eric Lewis Children's College Fund at Bank of America.
Mariposa Gardens Memo-rial Park and Funeral Care handled arrangements.
Gus A. Gonzales, 85, of east Mesa, died Dec. 9, 2002, in Tempe.
Mr. Gonzales, a retired U.S. Postal Service employee, was born in San Lorenzo, Mex-ico.
He is survived by several nieces and nephews, in-cluding Rosalia Zoudlik and Ken Clayton Jr.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Ameri-can Heart Association, PO Box 7038, Phoenix AZ 85011; or the American Dia-betes Association, 2328 W. Royal Palm Road Suite D, Phoenix AZ 85021. Mariposa Gardens Memo-rial Park and Funeral Care handled arrangements.
Alfred C. Donielson, 93, of Sun City, a ranch owner, died Nov. 29, 2002. Born in Loveland, Colo., he moved to Arizona in 1990. Mr. Donielson is survived by his daughter, Nancy Donielson, of Sun City. Arrangements by Advantage Funeral and Cremation Services.
Helen Dorothy Dressler, 90, of Sun City, an assistant bank treasurer, died Nov. 29, 2002. She moved to Arizona from Ohio. Arrangements by Menke Funeral Home.
Dora Durazo-Hardin, 71, of Sun City, died Dec. 2, 2002. She moved to Arizona from New Mexico. Arrangements by Sunland Mortuary.
Fred M. Gibbs, 94, of Sun City West, a lumber salesman, died Nov. 29, 2002. Born in Minnesota, he served in the Army and Navy. Arrangements by Menke Funeral Home.
