Joe FurnoMarch 17, 1930 – April 29, 2018 By Jackie Urquijo My grandfather Joe Furno was born March 17, 1930, in Meadville, PA., an Italian guy born on an Irish holiday, St. Patrick’s Day. Grandpa Joe’s parents, Rafael and Josephine, immigrated from Italy to the United States to raise a family. They had three kids, […]
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Patricia O’Dea (1949-2017)
Patricia O’Dea, founder of the Patagonia Montessori School leaves a legacy of love. Photo by Linda Jade Fong Lessons from Miss Patty by Linda Jade Fong “Espresso beans saved us,” Patty told me. It was 1999 and she, Binx Selby, and I had worked for months putting together an application for a charter school—one of […]
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Denise Jepsen-Blake, 1960 – 2017
Denise Jepsen Blake June 1, 1960 – February 19, 2017 Denise Jepsen Blake died in St. Joseph’s Hospital in Tucson on Sunday, February 19, 2017 at the age of 56. She is survived by son Ryan Mitchell Blake, the light of her life; her parents James and Kathy Jepsen; her sister Patricia Jepsen-Glab; brothers Paul […]
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Marka Louise Collie Moss, 1923 – 2017
Marka Louise Collie MossMarch 5, 1923 – January 21, 2017 Arizona lost another pioneer when Marka Moss passed away peacefully at her home in Elgin on Jan. 21, 2017. Marka’s grandparents homesteaded in Elgin in 1908 where Marka was born and lived most of her 93 years. She and her late husband, Austin, spent a […]
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Stephen Jones Mann, 1952 – 2015
Stephen Jones Mann July 1, 1952 – September 3, 2015 After a life battling a disease passed to him through a childhood blood transfusion, in the early hours of October 3rd, 2015 Stephen Jones Mann took his last breath. He was the son of James Harold Mann and Mildred Elzetta Jones and was brought into […]
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James “Jock” MacLeod Soper, 1946 – 2015
James “Jock” MacLeod Soper July 12, 1946 – December 21, 2015 Born in New York City to George and Mary Soper, Jock spent his youth in Darien, Connecticut and graduated high school from St. Luke’s School in New Canaan, Connecticut in 1964. He went on to continue his education at Dartmouth, class of 1968. Jock’s […]
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Donald Weinstein
DONALD WEINSTEIN, 89, died of a aortal aneurysm Sunday, December 13 while at Peppi’s House in hospice care in Tucson. Donald grew up in Rochester, New York, born to immigrant parents who came to America in the early 20th century to escape the persecution of Jews in middle Europe and Russia. In 1944, at the […]
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Jim Coleman, 1945 – 2015
The town of Patagonia mourned the death of Jim Coleman when he died early in December. The Vietnam veteran, motorcycle rider, firefighter, ranger, town councilor, father, and devoted husband to Marilyn will be missed by all his colleagues and friends. Jim was born James Ray Coleman, in Albuquerque, New Mexico on July 31, 1945, making […]
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In Memory of Kathy Massey
“Friend to all and dancer extraordinaire” It was news to Kathy Massey’s daughter, Amanda, and other family members to read in Facebook memorial tributes about Kathy’s fame on the dance floor. The dance stories continued to roll in during the celebration of life service held for the popular Patagonia resident. One very tall female friend […]
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A Tribute to George Masek
Last year the Patagonia Regional Times felt that George Masek should be one of our citizens of the year for the many ways in which he had contributed to the local community over decades. George said he would rather not be publicly recognized. For those who knew him, this desire to be outside the limelight […]