Obituaries

December 28, 1961 – April 21, 2022 Shirley was a very loving, caring fiancée, mother, grandmother, daughter, sister and friend. Shirley was brought into the world to Carl and Rilla Price on December 28, 1961.

August 17, 1948 – April 28, 2022 Linda Strong was born in Tupelo, Mississippi. She passed away in Gilbert, AZ on April 28th, 2022. She is survived by her son Raymond Frederick Smith Jr. and granddaughter Kaleigh.

January 13, 1939 – May 1, 2022 Don (Donald) Blank passed away quietly on May 1, 2022 at home with loving family around him after enduring a long illness.

June 5, 1945 – April 24, 2022 Joseph Allan McPhee, 76, died peacefully surrounded by his loving family on April 24th, 2022. Heaven gained a wonderful soul this day.

Maria Mayville, 84 passed away on Tuesday, April 26, 2022, in Gilbert, Arizona after a brave year-long battle with cancer. She was born April 15, 1938, in Martinez, California. She graduated in 1956 from Antioch High School.

Charles “Pete” Graves, 87, of Gold Canyon, AZ, was born March 24, 1935 in Leon, IA, the sixth child of Earl and Nellie Ellars Graves. Pete would later become a big brother to four more siblings. He died on Tuesday April 12, 2022.

Patricia Mary Kunz (nee Conner), passed away peacefully on April 29, 2022 at the age of 81. Patricia was born May 18, 1940, in Cleveland, OH and attended St. Mary’s Academy. She married and raised 3 sons in Simi Valley, CA.

March 16, 1962 – April 4, 2022 David was raised in Gilbert, AZ and had a love of music since childhood. He was especially partial to the music of Elvis Presley. David made friends everywhere he went and was loved by all.

February 16, 1940 – April 25, 2022 John P. Vincent, age 82, of Mesa, AZ, formerly of Northwest IN, passed away Monday, April 25, 2022 at Mercy Gilbert Hospital, surrounded by family.

October 2, 1980 – April 23, 2022 He told his oncologist that he was going out the same way he came into this world, fighting! And he fought the good fight.