From Yavapai County, Arizona:
Roy Conley Jr.
Roy Conley Jr., 57, died Saturday, May 16, 1998, at his home in Paulden.
He was born Oct. 20, 1940, in Waurika, Okla., to Roy and Bonnie S. (Rolling) Conley.
Mr. Conley served his country in the U.S. Air Force just after the Korean Conflict. He worked as an undercover police officer for the Amarillo (Texas) Police Department for six years, and later as a security guard until a back injury forced him to retire.
He was a member of the Moose Lodge in San Diego, Calif. He moved to Paulden from San Diego in June 1994. He received great pleasure from researching his native American "Choctaw" heritage, as well as collecting arrowheads, coins and stamps.
Mr. Conley enjoyed flying. He loved his family both his children and his grandchildren and his wife, Shirley.
Survivors include his wife, Shirley, of Paulden; daughter, Sandra Ortmeier of Descanso, Calif.; sons, Darrell of Oviedo, Fla., and Lance of Dover, Del.; father, Roy of Amarillo, Texas; brother, Gary Heinrichs of Los Alamitos, Calif., and 10 grandchildren.
A service of remembrance will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center Chapel, with Chaplain Gerald Belstine officiating. Private cremation was held at Mountain View Crematory.
The Arizona Ruffner Wakelin Funeral Home helped the family with arrangements.
Beatrice Bundy
Beatrice Bundy, 91, died Monday, May 18, 1998, in Prescott.
She was born April 24, 1907, in Buffalo, N.Y., to Lyman and Bertha (Morton) Baker.
Mrs. Bundy moved to Dewey from Fredonia, N.Y., in 1993. She was a member of the Fredonia Baptist Church. She married Elton Bundy in 1931 in New York. He preceded her in death in 1984.
Survivors include her daughters, Alice Bull of Dewey and Joan Thomas of California; son, Robert of Virginia, and three grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday at Larson-Timko Funeral Home in Fredonia, N.Y. Interment will be at Forest Hill Cemetery in Fredonia.
Sunrise Funeral Home helped the family with local arrangements.
Clena Brewster
Clena Anzil Brewster, 80, of Bagdad, died Thursday, May 14, 1998, in Prescott.
He was born Oct. 4, 1917, in Carter, Mo., to Ezra Bryant Brewster and Clara Mae (Pogue) Brewster.
Mr. Brewster had been a resident of Arizona for more than 60 years. He was a member of the Christian Life Assembly Church in Bagdad. He was preceded in death by his wife, Margaret, in 1997.
He is survived by several nieces and nephews and several grandchildren.
Private services will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday at Christian Life Assembly in Bagdad.
Memory Chapel Mortuary helped the family with arrangements.
Roberta Dillon
Roberta M. Dillon, 76, of Chino Valley, died Saturday, May 16, 1998, in Prescott.
She was born Nov. 8, 1921, in Toppenish, Wash., to Delos and Lilly (Thompson) Stewart.
Mrs. Dillon was a housewife. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and true friend to all.
Survivors include her husband, Robert; daughters, Lee Head and Jeanne Hick, both of Phoenix and Susan Baker of Colorado; and several grandchildren.
Graveside services were held today at Chino Valley Cemetery.
Memory Chapel Mortuary helped the family with arrangements.
Leonard Larson
Leonard Larson, 93, of Chino Valley, died Sunday, May 17, 1998, in Prescott.
He was born June 28, 1904, to Andrew I. Larson and Emma C. Erickson.
Mr. Larson was a retired Texaco sales representative.
Survivors include his wife, Frances; daughter, Coralee Mercado; sons, David and Iver; and numerous grandchildren.
No services are planned.
Memory Chapel Mortuary helped the family with arrangements.
Leslie Mohr
Leslie J. Mohr, 59, died Saturday, May 16, 1998, in Prescott.
He was born Oct. 2, 1938, in Eureka, S.D., to Gearhardt and Hattie (Steiger) Mohr.
Mr. Mohr is survived by his brothers, Jerald of Billings, Mont., Douglas of Great Falls, Mont. and Harvey of Minneapolis, Minn.
Private services will be held.
Memory Chapel helped the family with arrangements.
Charlene Westmoreland
Charlene Westmoreland, 16, died Thursday, May 14, 1998, at St. Joseph's Hospital in Phoenix.
She was born March 2, 1982, in Prescott, to Logan and Jeannette (Bukowski) Westmoreland.
Miss Westmoreland worked at El Chaparral Restaurant and attended Excel Education Center. She was a sophomore.
She had been in the "Mini Miss" and Jr. Miss pageants. She was in the Mile High Entertainers and the Humboldt Cloggers. She also participated in gymkhana.
Miss Westmoreland lived in Bay Field, Colo., for 14 months, and was on the Bay Field High School volleyball and track teams.
Survivors include her parents, Logan and Jeannette of Prescott; sister, Lyda of Prescott; grandparents, Bruno and Marie Bukowski of Dewey; and numerous aunts, uncles and cousins.
Memorial services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at Calvary Chapel, 2313 E. Highway 69.
Friends have established the Charlene Westmoreland benefit account at County Bank, and anyone who wishes to contribute may do so at any of that bank's branches.
Hampton Funeral Home helped the family with arrangements.
Kathryn Rushton Andrus
Kathryn C. (Rushton) Andrus, 81, died Tuesday, May 12, 1998, at Mountain View Manor.
She was born Dec. 7, 1916, at her parents home on the east edge of Lohrville, Iowa.
She attended Farnhamville elementary and high schools, graduating in 1934. On June 6 of the same year she married Herbert Rushton. They lived just north of Farnhamville for five years, moving to a farm six miles west of Churdan in 1939.
She and her husband farmed the family property until 1968, when they moved to Prescott Valley. Mr. Andrus died in August 1976. In 1980, she married Carl Andrus, relocated and built a home in Humboldt in 1981. Her husband, Carl, died in December 1995.
Mrs. Andrus was a member of the Presbyterian Church while living in the Churdan area, and later became a founding member of the Open Door Baptist Church in Prescott Valley. She was a 4-H leader for a few years in Churdan. She was an accomplished artist since her youth, and while in Arizona, took formal art lessons. She provided many of her friends and relatives with realistic life, oil and chalk paintings and drawings for their enjoyment.
Survivors include her sister, Norma Kinyon of Lohrville, Iowa; sons, Roger of Garland, Texas, Mitchell of Fernandina Beach, Fla., Warren of Humboldt and Darwin of Prescott; 15 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by two brothers, Everett and Dale Haynes; her husbands, Herbert and Carl; one grandchild and one great-grandchild.
A memorial service will be held at 2:30 p.m. today at the Open Door Baptist Church, 8451 E. Stevens in Prescott Valley.
Brown Funeral Home in Churdan, Iowa, helped the family with arrangements.
