Esther L. Romo

Esther L. Romo, 87, passed away on Friday, November 9, 2012 at Tucson Medical Center in Tucson, Arizona.

John Panzer

January 24, 1932 �“ November 9, 2012

Levi Joe Lack

Levi Joe Lack of the Rubicon Crossed Ranch near Douglas died November 12, 2012 at the age 28. He was born in Las Cruces, New Mexico on July 25, 1984 to Randy and Melodee (Anderson) Lack. Levi was a graduate of Valley Union High School in Elfrida, AZ, was a hard worker, cowboy for several ranches in Southern Arizona and New Mexico. Levi also work as a farrier and broke horses. Survivors include his parents Randy (Tessa) Lack of Winston, NM and Melodee (Rusty) Boss of Willcox, AZ; his brother Scotty Lack of Hatch, NM and sisters Lacey Lack and Sarah Boss both of Willcox. Levi is also survived by his grandmothers Elsie Chambers of Deming, NM , Alice Anderson of the Rubicon Crossed Ranch and Peggy Boss of Douglas. Memorial Services will be 3 p.m. on Sunday, November 25, 2012 at the Brown Page Mortuary in Douglas, AZ. A pot luck will follow the memorial at the Cowbelle’s (Southeast Corner of 10th street and Pan American Avenue) in Douglas. Contributions may be made to the St. Judes Cancer Research Center. On line condolences may be extended to the family at www.westlawnchapelmortuary.com Cremation entrusted to Westlawn Chapel, Mortuary and Crematory of Willcox, AZ and Memorial Services entrusted to Brown Page Mortuary of Douglas, AZ.

William F. Winter

William F. (Bill) Winter, of Douglas, AZ, passed away on Oct 13, 2012 after a short illness.

FRANCIS C. GAUDET

Francis Clement Gaudet, a Douglas resident since 1981, passed away at his home on Wednesday, November 14, 2012. He was born December 11, 1921, in Norwich, CT. His parents, John and Mary MacAulay Gaudet, predeceased him, as did his brother, Harold, and sisters, Margaret Boyle and Eleanor Gaudet. In a March 1998 Daily Dispatch interview, he expressed his outlook on life as “I’m the luckiest guy in town…there’s nothing money will buy that I want or need…” He was lucky enough to marry two lovely ladies. His first wife, the former Karen Margarete Drewsen, and their son, Paul Gerard Gaudet, predeceased him in 1996. Their son, Pierre Francis Gaudet, predeceased him in 2005. He is survived by his wife, Josefina V. Gaudet. Surviving daughters are Anne (Serabjit Malhotra) and granddaughter, Lauren of Brooklyn, NY and Margaret (Brian Battersby) and grandchildren, Michael and Tara of Tuckahoe, NY. He is also survived by daughter-in-law Karla and granddaughter Michelleanne (Shelley), D.O., of Elgin, SC. His brother, James (Patricia) of Westborough, MA, also survives him. He graduated from Bulkeley School, New London, CT, the Electric Boat Company Apprentice School, Groton, CT as a machinist and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY as a mechanical engineer. He joined the International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) as a design engineer in 1951 and retired in 1977 as a senior planning manager. He was mechanical design manager of the first commercially available transistorized computer, the IBM 608, and of all IBM transistorized computers. As a technology planning manager, he forecast IBM’s electronic component requirements and their effect on its manufacturing resources. He directed IBM’s initial studies of large scale integrated circuitry and robotic applications. He had articles published in the Reader’s Digest, Arizona Highways and the Mensa and American Ex-POW Bulletins and local publications The Voice in the Desert and the former Bisbee News. He was a Life Member of the Military Order of the Purple Heart, Disabled American Veterans, American Ex-Prisoners of War and the Rainbow (42nd Infantry) Division Association, other World War Two military awards included a Combat Infantry Badge, Presidential Unit Citation and a Bronze Star Medal with an Oak Leaf Cluster. He was a parishioner of the Immaculate Conception Church, and a member of Douglas Elks Lodge #955 and the IBM Quarter Century Club. He leaves life as he lived it; quietly and unobtrusively. A Mass of the Resurrection will be celebrated at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, November 20, 2012 at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church with Father Gilbert Malu officiating. Interment of the cremains will be in the Gaudet family plot in St. Mary’s Cemetery, New London, CT as the convenience of the family.

Frank Nelson Clark

Frank Nelson Clark passed away on November 8, in Tucson. He was born September 6, 1916 in Wellston, Ohio. He was the son of Harrison Clark and Edna Marie. He was preceded in death by his younger brother Leonard Clark in 1972 and by his older brother Ray Clark in 1977.

William F. Winter

William F. (Bill) Winter, of Douglas, AZ, passed away on Oct 13, 2012 after a short illness.

William Joseph “Willie” Fullen

Born January 13, 1947 in Miami AZ. He passed away October 24, 2012 in Montrose, Colorado at age 65.

Orr, Phyllis (Holcomb)

Phyllis Orr (nee Holcomb), beloved mother, grandmother, and sister, passed away peacefully on November 23, 2012.

Claire Pauline (Whitmer) Neff

Claire Pauline (Whitmer) Neff passed away on December 1, 2012 of, as yet an undiagnosed cause, at the hospital in Show Low, AZ. She was 36 years old.

Jesus Guillermo “Memo” Martinez

Jesus Guillermo “Memo” Martinez, 18, entered into eternal peace on Oct. 30, 2012. He was born on Nov. 21, 1993 in Douglas.

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