Tessiejewel Baker
Tessiejewel Baker, 83, of Mesa, passed away November 30, 2000. Mrs. Baker, a bookkeeper, was born in Salt Lake City, Utah. Survivors include her sons Robert and Tim, 11 grandchildren, 25 great grandchildren and 3 great great grandchildren. Apache Junction Mortuary handled the arrangements.

Edith S. Jacovich
Edith S. Jacovich, 90, of Apache Junction, passed away December 5, 2000. Mrs. Jacovich, a homemaker, was born in Canton, Illinois. Survivors include her husband John, son Don, 4 grandchildren and 3 great grandchildren. Bunker’s Desert View Chapel handled the arrangements.

Emily Elizabeth Kennard
Emily Elizabeth Kennard, an infant, passed away December 2, 2000. Emily was born in Phoenix. Survivors include her parents Kyle and Theresa, brothers Kyle Jr., Justin and Zachary and grandparents Arthur and Thelma Kennard and Joyce Lewis. Bunker’s Desert View Chapel handled the arrangements.

Charles F. McConnell
Charles F. McConnell, 67, of Iowa City, Iowa, passed away November 30, 2000 in Apache Junction. Mr. McConnell, a switchman and WWII Army Veteran, was born in Hulbert, Arkansas. Survivors include his wife Alice, daughters Lisa Hedgecoth and Julie Burnside, sons Michael, David, John, Charles and James McConnell and Doug Tidwell, mother Eula, sisters Patty McConnell, Kay, Aschbrenner, Mary Klenk and Linda Mullins and 14 grandchildren.

Garnet William Myers
Garnet William Myers, 79, of Mesa, passed away December 5, 2000. Mr. Myers, a miner, was born in Pageton, West Virginia. Survivors include his daughters Diana Stewart, Judi Myers and Angela Martin, son David, sisters Katherine Huff and Ruby Sauter, Brothers Fred Jr. and George, 10 grandchildren and 15 great grandchildren. Bunker’s Desert View Chapel handled the arrangements.

John M. Skittlethorpe
John M. Skittlethorpe, 79, of Apache Junction, passed away December 7, 2000. Mr. Skittlethorpe, a military policeman and WWII and Korean War Veteran, was born in Bath, North Carolina. Survivors include his wife Janice, sister Sarah Winberry and Lou Smith, brother Taylor and 3 grandchildren.

Kelly Steven Skow
Kelly Steven Skow, 43, of Mesa, passed away November 29, 2000. Mr. Skow, a heavy equipment operator, was born in Weiser, Idaho. Apache Junction Mortuary handled the arrangements.

Willliam W. Trude
William W. Trude, 74, of Apache Junction, passed away November 28, 2000. Mr. Trude was born in Altoona, Pennsylvania. Survivors include his wife Betty, daughter Sherri Volosky, sons William, David, Craig, Wallace and Gerald, 3 sisters and 1 brother. Mr. Trude belonged to the VFW, American Legion and Moose Club in Apache Junction.

William Edward Hartman Jr.
William Edward Hartman Jr., 61, of Apache Junction, passed away December 3, 2000. Mr. Hartman, a route salesman for Wonder Bread, was born in LeMars, Iowa. Survivors include his wife Shirley, daughter Rhonda Mount, sons William, Arlo and Brian, step daughters Muriel Dean and Vivian DeHaai, stepson Marvin DeHaai, sister Jackie Herbold, brothers Jerry and Darrell, uncle and aunt Kenny and Cathy Whitmier, mother in law Elizabeth Aalbers, 12 grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren.

Edith S. Jacovich
Edith S. Jacovich, 90, of Apache Junction, passed away December 5, 2000. Mrs. Jacovich, a homemaker, was born in Canton, Illinois. Survivors include her husband John, daughter Donna Johns and son Don, both of Illinois, 4 grandchildren and 3 great grandchildren. Bunker’s Desert View Chapel handled the arrangements.

Mischele R. Riggins
Mischele R. Riggins, 43, of Apache Junction, passed away December 9, 2000. Mrs. Riggins, a school teacher, was born in Corry, Pennsylvania. Survivors include her husband Donald, daughters Emma and Ginny, grandmother Dorothy Turbin, parents Virginia and Mark Harvey, sisters Sondra Harvey and Dee Ladd and brother Michael Harvey. Apache Junction Mortuary handled the arrangements.

Clair Irvin Taylor
Clair Irvin Taylor, 82, of Mesa, passed away December 10, 2000. Mr. Taylor, a glass molder and WWII Army Veteran, was born in Clark County, Kansas. Survivors include his wife Barbara, daughters Adrienne Hoxie, Sheri Holm, Karen Bickerdyke and Barbara Holz, sons Dean, Gary, Vernon and Melvin, sisters Waneta Bauman, Ethel Jardon, and Eva Christian, brothers Floyd, Irl and Roy, 16 grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Heart Association, 2929 S. 48th Street, Tempe, AZ 85282. Bunker’s Desert View Chapel handled the arrangements.

Jody Montana-Binder
Jody Montana-Binder, 52, of Apache Junction, passed away December 14, 2000. Mrs. Montana-Binder, a nurse, was born in Hartford, Connecticut. Survivors include her husband Alex, daughter Judith Lanning, son Timothy Curtis, mother Pegg Arnold, brother Fred Arnold and 3 grandchildren. Apache Junction Mortuary handled the arrangements.

Richard F. Bird
Richard F. Bird, 73, of Apache Junction, passed away December 19, 2000. Mr. Bird, a retired computer operator, was born in Mt. Clemens, Michigan. Survivors include his wife Joan, daughter Michelle Krstyen, son James, brother Bill and 4 grandchildren. Memorial contributions may be made to the Gold Canyon United Methodist Church Youth Group, 6640 N. Kings Ranch Road, Apache Junction, AZ. 85219. Apache Junction Mortuary handled the arrangements.

Robert L. Bruce
Robert L. Bruce, 80, of Apache Junction, passed away December 17, 2000. Mr. Bruce, an administrator and WWII Marines Veteran, was born in Lockwood, Missouri. Survivors include his wife Raisa, son Michael, 3 grandchildren and 1 great grandchild. Apache Junction Mortuary handled the arrangements.

John A. Wentzel
John A. Wentzel, 80, of Apache Junction, passed away December 15, 2000. Mr. Wentzel, a mail carrier and WWII Army Veteran, was born in Reading, Pennsylvania. Survivors include his wife Rita, daughter Joanne McEvoy, step daughters Sharon Bechtol and Debra Peck, step son James Eisenhower, sisters June Shirley and Stella Dion, 2 grandchildren and 10 step grandchildren. Bunker’s Desert View Chapel handled the arrangements.