Obituaries

The world has lost another great cowboy. Delbert “Cotton” Wayne Basinger, born in Italy, Texas Sept 29, 1934 has passed away and gone to be with our Lord and Savior on Nov. 24, 2022. Cotton is preceded in death by his wife of 66 years, Pat Basinger, his mom Virgie, dad Russel, brother Buddy, and […]

Peter Paul Smith  December 17, 1947 – October 27, 2022 United States Army, Retired Peter was born to John Stanley Smith and Valeria T. Smith [Brazinskas] in Gardner, MA. After graduating with the awesome class of ’65 from Gardner High School, he attended the University of Massachusetts in Amherst and Kings Point Merchant Marine Academy in […]

Jeanne Byrd Witt Matthews  February 3, 1945 – October 22, 2022 Jeanne Byrd Witt Matthews passed away peacefully during a magnificent Arizona sunset on October 22, 2022. She left this earth in the place she loved most, her home, surrounded by her loving family.  Jeanne was born February 3, 1945 in Baltimore, MD, the youngest […]

Avi Segal December 25, 1943 – October 19, 2022 Aviezer “Avi” Segal was my dad. He was a wonderful father and couldn’t have cared more about me. He also loved the world, everyone in it, every plant, animal, even bugs. He always sought out to help people as best he could, and I wish I […]

Annie McGreevy January 26, 1938 – October 6, 2022 Annie McGreevy died peacefully October 6, 2022 at home in Sonoita, AZ surrounded by family. She was born in 1938 in Kansas City, MO where she grew up enjoying many sports, especially field-hockey and golf. She attended the Sunset Hill School for 15 years and then went […]

Paul Anthony Mihalik, Jr. January 14, 1961 – August 28, 2022 Paul Anthony Mihalik, Jr. passed away on August 28,2022. He was 60 years old. Paul (Pablo) is survived by his parents Paul and Lucy Mihalik of Patagonia, Arizona. He is also survived by his siblings: Denise Heiss (Jac) of Patagonia, CliffMihalik (Karen) of Springdale, WA, John […]

Dennis Thomas Adams January 13, 1938 – August 25, 2022  Called Tom by everyone, he was a social sciences teacher and school superintendent who was much loved by the people with whom he worked. Tom was an extraordinarily kind and generous man who went out of his way to help people in need. People who […]

Glen E. Goodwin July 3, 1958 – July 19, 2022 Glen “Gooch” Goodwin, beloved Bisbee-Patagonia resident and lifelong Arizonan, passed away on July 19, 2022 at the age of 64. Gooch was born in Patagonia and spent the first four decades of his life working on ranches throughout the southwest. Endowed with a creative spirit, […]

Susan Ellen Raymaley Crabbe  November 26, 1946 – July 19, 2022  Susan Ellen Raymaley Crabbe (Suellen) passed away July 19, 2022 in Tucson, Arizona. She was 75 years young, and the oldest of five children born to Virginia Newhall Heald and Edwin Rudolph Raymaley Jr. She enjoyed much of her childhood in Plattsburgh, New York riding ponies, playing […]

Lee Allen Rogers August 30, 1944 – March 10, 2022 Lee was an ordinary man who did incredible things and lived the life of his dreams, which was to build his home and learn to live sustainably. He was a craftsman, gardener, and toolmaker at the end of his life.  When diagnosed (July, 2021) with […]