Obituaries

October 22, 1964 – March 21, 2023 Susan (Sue) Laura Schumacher, age 58 of Mesa, Arizona passed away in the evening of March 21st, 2023.

June 11, 1955 – March 13, 2023 It is with great sadness that we announce that on March 13, 2023, Lawrence “Larry” Albert Kukulski died unexpectedly of natural causes in Mesa, Arizona at 67 years of age.

July 3, 1950 – March 21, 2023 Robert Jamison Pinnow, 72, passed away peacefully on March 21, 2023 at his home in Apache Junction, AZ, with his wife Mary by his side. Robert was born in Elgin, IL on July 3, 1950.

November 3, 1971 – March 18, 2023 Santiago M. Lopez III, 51, of San Tan Valley, Arizona, passed away Saturday, March 18, 2023. He was born in Riverside, California, on November 3, 1971.

June 5, 1934 – March 18, 2023 Emil Skocypec, 88, of Queen Creek, Arizona, passed away on Saturday, March 18, 2023, surrounded by his loving family and his priest after a period of failing health.

January 2, 1942 – March 20, 2023 Georgia Ann Smedstad, 81, of Florence, Arizona, passed away peacefully in her home on March 20, 2023. She was born on January 2, 1942, to George and Marceline Perkins in Grand Forks, North Dakota.

James Patrick Halpin of Wentworth, SD passed away on March 16, 2023 at Banner Baywood Medical Center in Mesa, Arizona. Jim was born on May 6, 1937 in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. He graduated from Washington High School, Class of 1955.

October 27, 1926 – March 16, 2023 Age 96 left us to join his loved ones in heaven on March the 16th 2023 after a brief stay in Banner Baywood Medical Center. Bud was born in Aurora IL to Thomas and Helen Larrison on October 27th 1926.

December 29, 1940 – March 12, 2023 Gerald L. (Jake) Jacoby, 82 passed away on March 12, 2023 at Brookdale Memory Care in Mesa AZ following heart and Alzheimer’s issues over the past five years.

Joan Whiteside, 92 passed away peacefully on March 6th, 2023. Beloved wife of the late Thomas and beloved Mother of Suzanne Marie (Michael Kiraly) Fountain Hills, AZ. Beloved twin sister of Jean O’Hara, who preceded her in death in 2011.