OBITUARIES 10/12/2005

Horst Bruno Bukowski

Horst Bruno Bukowski, known to friends and family as “Bruno”, went to be with the Lord at his home early Sunday morning. Bruno was a blessing to his loving wife, Maria “Maruca,” his daughter, Jeannette and two sons, Bruno and Norbert. Bruno was a grandfather to five and was a great grandfather to two.

Bruno was born April 26, 1935, in Elbing, East Prussia (now Poland). He was educated in hotel and restaurant management before joining the German Airforce as a translator. It was while in the Air Force stationed in Ft. Bliss, Texas, that he met and fell in love with his wife, Maria. After his service his home became the United States and later in life proudly became a US Citizen.

Bruno worked in architecture as a draftsman and builder. He built his own beautiful home and business in Prescott Country Club, Dewey, where he worked as a hairstylist and upholsterer.

Bruno always liked working with his hands and had a sharp mind. The Bible says that Jesus is in Heaven right now building a mansion for his children. Bruno is right there by his side helping! His hobbies were fine German cars and the stock market. Above all he loved his family. We were truly Blessed!

Services will be at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church, in Prescott, Thursday morning at 11 a.m.

Hampton Funeral Home was entrusted with the arrangements.

(Information provided by survivors.)

Billie Mae (Johnson) Daughtry

Billie Mae (Johnson) Daughtry, age 87, died Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2005, at the Patrick Haven Adult Care Home in Prescott. Billie was born May 17, 1918, in St. Joseph, Mo., to Karl and Pauline (Dillon) Johnson.

Billie was a singer most of her life beginning with radio shows with her two sisters in St. Joseph then moving to El Paso, Texas, where she continued refining her skill, began singing with big bands and met her future husband, Stan Daughtry. They were both in the same band in Los Angeles, Calif., when they fell in love, got married in Yuma and moved to Phoenix. Since her husband was also a musician, they moved around the world to Honolulu, Hawaii, Las Vegas, Nev. and finally settled in Prescott in 1971, where they worked at The Pine Cone Inn for many years.

Billie is survived by her daughter, Sandy Canada of Prescott Valley; two grandchildren, Sean Canada of Mosca, Colo. and Steffanie Bowen of Council Bluffs, Iowa; and five great grandchildren.

A memorial service will be held Friday, Oct. 14, 2005, at 1 p.m., at Heritage Memory Mortuary, 131 Grove Ave., Prescott.

Services entrusted to Heritage Memory Mortuary.

(Information provided by survivors.)

Keith Farnam Quail

Keith Quail of Prescott died Oct. 6, 2005, on his 92nd birthday.

He is survived by his wife, Geri Quail (formerly Geri Schott); daughter, Sandra Nitsche of Evergreen, Colo., daughter, Barbara Malone of Lubbock, Texas; eight grandchildren, three great-grandchildren; stepsons, Brian Schott of Lufkin, Texas and Stephen Schott of Prescott.

He was born in Douglas, Ariz., on Oct. 6, 1913. At age 5, his family moved to Topeka, Kan., to engage in farming and ranching. Quail graduated from Washburn University in Topeka in 1937. While in law school, he served as law clerk to the presiding Judge of US Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals and law clerk to a Justice of the Kansas Supreme Court. Immediately after law school, he moved to Albuquerque, N.M., where he became law clerk to Judge Sam Bratton, the Chief Judge of the US Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals. After two years of service, he became tax trial attorney for the New Mexico Bureau of Revenue and also entered the private practice of law.

In 1942, he enlisted in the US Army as a private in the infantry. He was a 2nd Lieutenant in 1943 and was sent to India to join the American segment of a joint British-American Task Force under the command of a British General. The task force was being trained to take Burma and defend India from the Japanese who had invaded China and Burma and had driven the British forces from Burma. His specific duty was to assist in training 60 and 80mm mortar crews in the jungles of Burma without the use of customary sights and heavy iron base plates. The American element of this Task Force later served successfully in Burma and became known as Merrill’s Marauders. He was awarded a Bronze Star based on his service during the war. Upon his return to the US in 1945, Quail was commissioned in the regular Army and stationed at Ft. Benning, and married Mary Ellen Scott “Scottie,” a US Army nurse whom he met when hospitalized in Assam, India. She preceded him in death in 1987.

At Ft. Benning, he was enrolled as a student in the Field Grade Officer’s School and served as the second in command of an infantry battalion. He played polo and was listed with a handicap by the national polo organization. In 1937, he resigned as a Lt. Colonel and became a member of the Arizona Bar and moved to Prescott to establish the law firm of Favour and Quail. From Oct. 1, 1947 to Jan. 1, 1999, Keith practiced law in Prescott. He was president of the Yavapai County Bar, served on the Board of Directors of the Arizona State Bar and was president of the Arizona State Bar in 1956-1957. Keith was Arizona State Chairman of American Trial Lawyers Association, a fellowship member in International Academy of Trial Lawyers and fellowship member of International Society of Barristers.

After arriving in Prescott, Keith learned to rope and enjoyed team roping with instruction from Chuck Sheppard, George Goswick and Dr Jack Fletcher. His interest in ranching resulted in his becoming president of the Yavapai Cattle Grower’s Association and a life member thereof. He also became interested in flying. This increased his mobility as a trial lawyer and his logbook reflects 650 hours as a pilot of a multi-engine airplane. While living in Prescott he devoted much of his time to civic affairs. He was a member of the Board of Directors and Vice-president of the Yavapai College Foundation, Captain of Yavapai Mounted Sheriff’s Posse, President of White Mountain Range Riders, legal counsel for the Foundation of the First Congregational Church Foundation and a substantial financial contributor to various charitable organizations.

In 1994, Quail became trustee of a one million dollar trust created by James LeGate, a friend and client whose purpose was to establish an endowed Chair in the Nursing and Allied Health Dept of Yavapai College. This trust funded equipment for and instruction of nursing students and nursing scholarships. This is the only endowed Chair in a community college in Arizona.

Memorial service for Mr. Quail will be Wednesday, Oct. 12, at 10:30 a.m., at the First Congregational Church at Gurley and Alarcon.

In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorial donations be made to the First Congregational Church Foundation in the name of Keith F. Quail, attention Roland Wood, President.

Private burial will be at Heritage Memorial Park in Dewey with arrangements entrusted to Heritage Memory Mortuary Prescott.

(Information provided by survivors.)

James “Gus” Guscott

James “Gus” Guscott died Sept. 28, 2005, in Prescott. He was born Dec. 29, 1960, in Fargo, N.D., the son of Gilbert and Barbara (Linton) Guscott. Jim was 44 years old.

Jim was diagnosed a week after graduating from the University of Mass at Amherst with an inoperable brain tumor. He learned to live within the limitations the tumor created. He maintained a passion and zeal for baseball working in the front office for the minor league farm teams of the Pittsburgh Pirates, Cincinnati Reds, Minnesota Twins, and ending his career with the Albuquerque Dukes, the AAA farm team of LA Dodgers in 2001, as Director of Sales.

Jim moved to Prescott to be with his parents in 2001 when the tumor started taking away his memory; but he continued to work at Safeway helping any way he could to until February of this year.

Jim is survived by his parents Gil and Barb Guscott of Prescott; brothers, Chuck (Sherri) of Quartz Hill, Calif., Michael (Pam) of West Chester, Penn.; sisters, Elizabeth (Nick) Trevisick of Brentwood, Ind. and Nancy Frost of Durham, N.C.; two nieces and four nephews.

A celebration of Jim’s life will be at 11 a.m., Saturday, Oct. 15, 2005, at Prescott United Methodist Church, 505 W. Gurley. Inurnment will be in the church’s columbarium.

The family suggests memorials in Jim’s name to YRMC Hospice, Restricted Fund, P.O. Box 26565, Prescott Valley.

Please visit www.ruffnerwakelin.com to sign the guest book or view a tribute to Jim.

(Information provided by survivors.)

Dr. John Miles Clark

Dr. John Miles Clark, age 77, of Rogers, Ark., died Saturday, Oct. 8, 2005, in Rogers. He was born June 23, 1928, in Prescott to Carl Clark and Mae Miles Clark.

He graduated from Prescott High School in Prescott, the University of Arizona at Tucson, and the Logan Chiropractic College in 1965. He served in the army during the Korean War and served in General Douglas Mac Arthur’s Honor Guard. He started his chiropractic business in Forsyth, Mo. He also practiced at the Morter Chiropractic Clinic in Rogers for many years. He was a member of the Rogers Chamber of Commerce and served on the Ambassador’s Committee.

He was a member of the Natural Statesmen Chorus and the Double Pair O’Docs Barbershop Quartet. He helped start the REACH Gifted and Talented Program in the Rogers Public Schools. He moved to Rogers from Sullivan, Mo., in 1977.

He was preceded in death by a stepson, Stephen Boyd, and one brother, Carl Clark Jr.

Survivors include his wife, Louetta M. Clark, whom he married May 1, 1982; one son, Matthew Carl Clark of Rogers; four daughters, Linda Clark and Betsy Clark of Springdale, Ark., Summer Swaim and Jessica Clark of Rogers; two stepsons and stepdaughters-in-law, Mike Boyd and Kimberly Boyd of Rogers and Jeffery Boyd and Ruth Boyd of Rogers; one brother, Richard Clark of Scottsdale; two sisters, Hazel Deming and Mary Wineck of Prescott; six grandchildren, Jaclyn Page Swaim, Marina Clark, Taylor McFeeters, Daniel Swaim, Hannah Schmidt, Zoe Clark and Quinn Clark Blevins; eight step-grandchildren, Michael Boyd, Chris /Boyd, Josh Boyd, Tyler Boyd, Stephen (Andy) Boyd, Alexandra Boyd, Patrick Atkinson and Aaron Atkinson, and one great-grandchild, Isaac Dean Perry.

Memorial services will be at 11 a.m., Wednesday, Oct. 12, at the Benton County Funeral Home in Rogers with Doyle Bollock.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Best Research, 215 West Poplar, Rogers, AK

(Information provided by survivors.)


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