Obituaries

William (Bill) Blount, 71, member of a pioneer Prescott family, was born Nov. 7, 1949, and passed away in Prescott Valley on July 11, 2021.

Joseph (JD) David Wallace, age 92, of Prescott Valley, Arizona, was born Nov. 30, 1928 in Handley, Tarant County, Texas, and passed away on July 15, 2021 in Prescott Valley. Arrangements are entrusted to Ruffner-Wakelin Funeral Homes and Crematory.

Robin Eugene Coleman, age 56, was born Jan. 26, 1965 in Greeley, Colorado, and passed away July 17, 2021, in Chino Valley, Arizona. Arrangements are entrusted to Chino Valley Funeral Home.

Diane Marie Neff, age 72, of Kirkland, Arizona, passed away on July 17, 2021 in Prescott, Arizona. Affordable Burial and Cremation is in charge of the arrangements.

Charles Medina Huerta, age 100, of Prescott, Arizona, passed away on July 18, 2021 in Prescott. Affordable Burial and Cremation is in charge of the arrangements.

Cynthia (Cindy) Gail Welch passed away on July 17, 2021, in Prescott, Arizona.

Phyllis Leah Runyan Gates, 91, was born in Jerome, Arizona, on Dec. 16, 1929, and passed away in Mayer, Arizona, on July 16, 2021.

Diane Marie Neff passed away peacefully surrounded by loved ones on July 17, 2021.

Robert C. Sherman was born Sept. 23, 1934, in Paterson, New Jersey, and passed away July 14, 2021, in Prescott Valley, Arizona.

Eugene L. Casteel, age 92, of Prescott, Arizona, passed away on July 17, 2021 in Prescott.

Irene Carol Marince, née Johnson, was born in Windom, Minnesota, and passed away at age 94 on April 15, 2021.

James Edward Jones (Jim), 74, was born Aug. 10, 1946, in Prescott, Arizona, into a pioneer family who had settled in the Verde Valley and eventually in Dewey and Humboldt, Arizona. Jim was welcomed into his Heavenly home on Jan. 12, 2021.

Evelyn Rose Schumaker, was born to Russell and Roma Kaffenbarger on Aug. 16, 1948. Sadly, Evelyn passed away July 9, 2021, at her home in Cordes Lakes, Arizona.

Austin Michael Howard Burns, born May 20, 1999, passed away July 12, 2021.

Ravenell Young (Rolan), age 100, passed away on Friday, July 9, 2021, in Prescott Valley, Arizona.

Susan Bender was born on March 1, 1947, in Toledo, Ohio, and died July 4, 2021, at home in Prescott Valley, Arizona, after more than a three-year battle with ovarian cancer.

John H. Allen, known also as Jack, Dad, and Grandad, passed away June 30, 2021, surrounded by his three children. He lived 91 purposeful years.

Courageous tenacity describes our beloved Jennifer Wolf Fryman, who passed away at age 49, June 8, 2021.

Anna Chastain left us on the morning of May 22, 2021, released from the caring arms of loved ones and her cherished husband, Paul Chastain.

Judith “Judy” D. Jimenez, born Dec. 30, 1947, in Hawthorne, California, passed away July 14, 2021, in Prescott, Arizona.

Brett R. Cluff, born Aug. 27, 1970, in San Francisco, California, passed away July 9, 2021, in Prescott, Arizona.

Michele A. Reece, born Sept. 2, 1970, in Pomona, California, passed away July 11, 2021, in Ash Fork, Arizona.

Craig Lawson, age 57, born in Van Nuys, California, in 1964, passed away July 11, 2021, in Prescott, Arizona.

Alice Margene Fellows, born Aug. 3, 1923, in Saltillo, Ohio, passed away July 13, 2021, in Prescott Valley, Arizona.

Joseph D. Wallace, born Nov. 30, 1928, in Fort Worth, Texas, passed away July 15, 2021, in Prescott Valley, Arizona