Obituaries

Alice Margaret Kelly

9 December 1932 - 10 June 2023

Alice Margaret (Peggy) Kelly (nee Lamb), age 90, passed away on Saturday, June 10, 2023 at Allen Harbor Senior Living, with her loving family by her side. She was born in Poughkeepsie, NY on December 9, 1932, to the late Francis B. and Alice Tweedie (Wallace) Lamb.

Robert Simms

30 September 1940 - 7 June 2023

Robert "Bob" Simms, a beloved member of the community, passed away on June 7, 2023, at the age of 82 in Encinitas, CA from complications of dementia. Born on September 30, 1940, in Los Angeles, CA, Bob was a man of many interests and talents.

James Dugald Mines

9 July 1946 - 2 June 2023

James Dugald Mines, 76, of Ada, passed away peacefully at home under the loving care of his family on June 2, 2023. Jim was born on July 9, 1946 to Walter and Margaret (McLean) Mines in Detroit, Michigan. After Jim graduated from Walled Lake High School in 1964...

Verlon Lloyd Stone

18 March 1944 - 30 May 2023

Verlon Lloyd Stone was born in Viola Township in Audubon, Iowa, on March 18, 1944, to Melva and Sievert Stone. He was the oldest of five boys. On August 22, 1965, he married his high school sweetheart, Ruth Marie (Spehr) Stone, while they were both pursuing bachelor’s degrees in education at State College of Iowa (now University of Northern Iowa).

Elaine Magdalena Morrall

26 January 1933 - 29 May 2023

Elaine Magdalena Morrall entered this world on January 26, 1933, in McIntosh, South Dakota, and departed on Memorial Day May 29, 2023, in Grand Junction, Colorado. She lived an active, engaged, productive, and independent life for all her 90 years.

Albert Arthur Fallon

4 March 1944 - 24 May 2023

Albert Arthur Fallon (Al) of Phoenix, AZ, late of Henderson, NV, passed away on May 24, 2023 at the young age of 79. He was born near Camp Lejeune, North Carolina on March 4, 1944 and lived in Yeadon and Upper Darby, Pennsylvania until the family moved to Abqaiq, Saudi Arabia. He grew up there and spent High School vacations in Abqaiq until entering College in Florida.

Glen Leslie Curtis

6 August 1932 - 22 May 2023

Glen Leslie Curtis was born on August 6, 1932, in Riverside, California. He was extremely premature at less than 3 pounds and was no bigger than his father’s hand. In those days, a baby born that was premature rarely survived – but after a 6-month hospital stay, Glen survived, grew, and ultimately thrived. He lived to be 90 years old, passing away in his sleep on May 22, 2023, in St. George, Utah.

Thomas Kimble

12 June 1937 - 19 May 2023

Mr. Thomas "Gary" Kimble, 85 years old, passed away on Friday May 19, 2023, in St. George, Utah. He resided in the Southern Utah Veterans Home since November 2018. Born in Silver City, New Mexico June 12, 1937, to Thomas William Kimble and Mary Catherine Moyer. He was married to Alta Lee Goforth McCain- celebrating their 60th Wedding Anniversary in February of this year.

William Edwin Jewell

19 May 2023

William "Bill" Edwin Jewell, 80, of Baltimore, passed away Friday, May 19th with his family by his side from advanced lung cancer at Gilchrist Hospice Center in Towson, Maryland. William was born in Oakland, CA, where his family lived before settling in Ridgewood, NJ, and ultimately relocating to Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, where his father was employed as an executive with Aramco.

Glenn Karl Jones

2 November 1951 - 18 May 2023

Glenn Karl Jones passed May 18, 2023 in Illinois on his way to his favorite ham radio convention. He was born in Houston, Texas on November 2, 1951. He and his twin sister, Glenna, had that special "twin" relationship and felt each other's happiness and pain.

Elsa Ellen Metting

7 August 1924 - 16 May 2023

Following a long, full life, our mother passed on May 16, 2023. Elsa Ellen (Pekkanen) Metting arrived on August 7, 1924, in Poland, Ohio, the seventh of eight children born to Edwin and Alena (Namie) Pekkanen who emigrated from Finland in the 19th century.

Virginia Minerva Wise Onnen

12 May 2023

On the evening of May 12, 2023, Virginia, 96, passed away in Austin, Texas in the presence of family. Born in a farm house in Sawyer County, Wisconsin, Virginia was the youngest of five children. Her parents were Lawrence Anthony Wise and Olga Goffin Wise. The family lived on the farm until 1930, when they moved to Ladysmith, Wisconsin.