From Yavapai County, Arizona:
Betty Summerow
Betty Jean Summerow, 66, formerly of Prescott, died Saturday, Oct. 16, 1999, in Scio, Ore.
She was born Feb. 13, 1933, in Plevna, Ala.
Mrs. Summerow worked as a seamstress. She lived in Prescott off-and-on from 1952 until she moved to Oregon in 1988.
She is survived by her husband of 44 years, James; daughters, Kathy Johnson, Liz Tuttle and Patty Grace; sons, James, Ron and Don; brothers, Franklin Cates, George Cates, Monroe Cates and David Cates, and Murray Cates, of Prescott Valley; sisters, Geri Hazelwood and Joyce Pittman, and Joeann Cates and Carolyn Little, both of Prescott Valley; and 10 grandchildren.
Services are at 2 p.m. today at Weddle Funeral Home in Stayton, Ore. Interment will be at Lone Oak Cemetery.
Memorial Contributions are suggested to the North Santian Church of Christ Sunday school, 11687 Sublimity Road SE, Sublimity, OR 97385.
Weddle Funeral Home in Stayton, Ore., helped the family with arrangements.
Bernice Dudy
Bernice Marian Dudy, 82, of Prescott, died Friday, Oct. 15, 1999, at Yavapai Regional Medical Center.
She was born Dec. 12, 1916, in Duluth, Minn., to Olaf and Minnie (Sundin) Skogg.
Mrs. Dudy moved to Phoenix from Duluth, Minn., in 1966, and to Prescott 11 years ago. She enjoyed music, and was a piano and organ teacher.
She was a member of the First Baptist Church in Prescott.
Mrs. Dudy is survived by her sons, David LaForge of Phoenix and Bruce LaForge and Richard LaForge, both of Prescott; sister, Doris Gustafson of Duluth, Minn.; seven grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Visitation will be from noon to 1 p.m. Thursday at the Hampton Funeral Home, followed by services at 1 p.m. at the funeral home, with Pastor Joe Thompson officiating.
Burial at Redwood Memorial Gardens in Dewey will follow the service, with Pastor Bob Hanson officiating at the committal service there.
Memorial contributions are suggested to First Baptist Church, P.O. Box 226, Prescott, AZ 86302.
Hampton Funeral Home helped the family with arrangements.
Kathleen Anderson
Kathleen Elaine Anderson, 47, of Prescott Valley, died Saturday, Oct. 16, 1999, in Prescott's Yavapai Regional Medical Center.
She was born April 21, 1952, in Boulder, Colo.
She was a medical transcriptionist for Precision Imaging Center in Prescott and Advanced Imaging of Prescott and Prescott Valley. She enjoyed shopping and movies, and had a good sense of humor.
Survivors include her mother and stepfather, Phyllis and Fred Wilson of Cottonwood; father and stepmother, George Anderson, M.D., and Myra, of Cottonwood; daughter, Amy Shearer; in the Peace Corps; sisters, Linda Schaetzle of Prescott Valley, Barbara Anderson of Tonasket, Wash., Amy Moses of Phoenix, Ellen Ferris of Tempe and Elaine Drury of Lafayette, Tenn.; brothers, Michael Moses and David Anderson, both of Phoenix; and stepbrother, Charles Roberts of Tempe.
Visitation will be 7 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Westcott Funeral Home, 1013 E. Mingus Ave., in Cottonwood.
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Verde Baptist Church, 102 S. Willard St., in Cottonwood. Burial will be in the Valley View Cemetery in Clarkdale.
Memorial contributions are suggested to the American Heart Association, 2929 S. 48th St., Tempe, AZ 85282, or the Childrens Medical Center, 1935 Amelia, Dallas, TX 75235.
Westcott Funeral Home in Cottonwood helped the family with arrangements.
Murray Brainard
Murray Burch Brainard, 58, of Prescott, died Friday, Oct. 15, 1999, at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Prescott.
He was born May 7, 1941, in Erie, Pa., to Burch Gordon and Elizabeth Ann (Kofod) Brainard.
Mr. Brainard served in the U.S. Air Force during the Vietnam War. He married Cynthia Ann Coomer on April 24, 1981.
He was a mobile home transporter who owned and operated his own rig. He enjoyed being outdoors, hunting, restoring old cars and fixing or making anything mechanical or electrical.
Mr. Brainard will continue to help people even in death, since he was an organ donor.
He is survived by his wife, Cynthia; daughter, Michelle of Prescott; sons, Scott of Prescott Valley, John of Prescott and Shawn of Williamsburg, Va.; brother, Terance Nordland of San Antonio, Texas; and eight grandchildren.
A celebration of Mr. Brainard's life will be at 4 p.m. Wednesday at the family home. Private cremation was at Bradshaw Crematory in Prescott Valley.
Arizona Ruffner Wakelin Funeral Home helped the family with arrangements.
Donald Larson
Donald Lee Larson, 69, of Chino Valley, died Friday, Oct. 15, 1999, in Prescott.
He was born Sept. 24, 1930, in Millbank, S.D.
Mr. Larson served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War, earning the Purple Heart. He was a member of American Legion Post #40 in Chino Valley.
He enjoyed camping and fishing.
Mr. Larson is survived by his wife, Janette; daughters, LaDonna of Iowa and Cheryl of California.; sons, Kevin of Sioux Falls, S.D., and Brian of Omaha, Neb.; brother, Benjamin of South Dakota; half-brother, Myron Maddox of South Dakota; stepsons, Ken, Eddie and Larry Peter; seven grandchildren, seven step-grandchildren and two step-great-grandchildren.
Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Chino Valley Cemetery, with Father Fred LeClaire, C.M.F., officiating.
Memory Chapel helped the family with arrangements.
Harold Bateman
Harold Bateman, 38 a Dewey resident whose 6-year-old daughter Caitlyn died in a boating accident on Oct. 2 at Lake Pleasant died Thursday, Oct. 14, 1999, in Phoenix from injuries he suffered in the same accident.
He was born Feb. 19, 1961, in Williams to Billy Joe and Betty Jean (Culp) Bateman.
Mr. Bateman worked as a backhoe operator for Wentz Excavating in Prescott Valley. His hobbies were baseball, fishing and hunting.
Survivors include his daughter, Ceairra Bateman of Spring Valley; sons, Jonathan and Troy, both of Chino Valley; brother, Billy Joe Bateman of Goodyear; and sisters, Bonnie Thompson of Dewey and Connie Bateman of Glendale.
Visitation will be from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. today at Sunrise Funeral Home, 8167 E. Highway 69 in Prescott Valley.
A graveside service will be at 10 a.m. Monday at the Redwood Memorial Gardens in Dewey, where interment also will take place.
The family suggests memorial contributions to help cover medical expenses be made to the Harold Bateman Memorial Fund at the Bank of America in Prescott Valley or Phoenix.
Sunrise Funeral Home helped the family with arrangements.
Margaret Henschen
Margaret Henschen, 81, of Dewey, died Wednesday, Oct. 13, 1999, in Prescott Valley.
She was born Jan. 28, 1918, in Hoboken, N.J., to John Henry and Minna Henschen.
Miss Henschen worked as a seamstress for most of her adult life. While working for Playtex, she designed lingerie.
She is survived by her nephew, Robert Friedrich of Dewey.
Private cremation was at Bradshaw Crematory in Prescott Valley.
Arizona Wakelin Bradshaw Chapel helped the family with arrangements.
Herbert Smalley
Herbert Harold Smalley, 67, formerly of Prescott, died at his home in Oak Harbor, Wash., Saturday, Oct. 9, 1999, following a brief illness.
He was born Feb. 17, 1932, in White Plains, N.Y., to Herbert Harry and Frances Mary (Malaski) Smalley.
Mr. Smalley served in the U.S. Army during the Korean Conflict. He moved to Prescott in the early 1960s.
He married June Jones Wedekind in Phoenix on March 11, 1978. They lived in Chino Valley and Wickenburg, where he was an alcohol counselor at The Meadows.
The couple moved to Oak Harbor, on Whidbey Island, Wash., in 1996. Mr. Smalley enjoyed weight lifting, walking on the beach and Frank Sinatra music.
He is survived by his wife, June; stepchildren, Mark Jones of Sulphur, La., Jacob Wedekind of Oak Harbor, Wash., Michael Wedekind of Madison Heights, Va., Melony Wedekind of Reno, Nev., Robert Wedekind of Chino Valley and Casey Isbell of San Diego, Calif.; and nine step-grandchildren.
A memorial gathering for family and friends was held in Oak Harbor. Private inurnment will be at a later date in White Plains, N.Y.
Burley Funeral Chapel in Oak Harbor, Wash., helped the family with arrangements.
