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H-O Click on the underlined names to see headstone,
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Harper, Bernard Lee
b. August 3, 1925
d. November 9, 2003
~ husband of Emma Jane Leiss Harper, Emma Jane Leiss
b. December 1, 1917
d. January 29, 2002
~ wife of Bernard Lee Harper, Rocky Edward
b. February 7, 1982
d. June 2, 1986
b. December 4, 1927 Phoenix, Arizona
d. May 7, 2012 Mesa, Arizona
~ husband of Jo Anne
~ father of Jeffry, Edward, Don and Evan
~ Korean War Harrison, Jo Anne Jesperson
b. September 2, 1930 Benson, Arizona
d. January 24, 2017 Mesa, Arizona
~ wife of Berni Dorn
~ mother of Jeffry, Edward, Don and Evan Harrison, Robert Terry
b. December 6, 1930 Phoenix, Arizona
d. July 19, 1932 Santa Cruz County, Arizona
~ son of Berni Harrison & Mary Muson Harrison, Steve Terry
b. June 15, 1867 Kentucky
d. October 31, 1939 Tucson, Arizona
~ son of Henry H. & Melvina Chandler Harrison
~ husband of Hettie Cora
Hathaway, James David
b. February 17, 1927 Arizona
d. February 10, 2014 Nogales, Arizona
Heinritz, Edgar Wayne
Heinritz, Mary Louise Mahoney
Heredia, Maria Refugia 'Cuca' Yourgules
Heredia, Thomas C.
Hetler, Jeremiah 'Jerry'
Hill, Adrian
Hill, Fay Marie
Hill, Samuel Thompson
Hilton, Hettie Cora Collie
Hinson, Elizabeth L. Riggs
Hiser, Frances Leigh
Hobart, Howard
Holderbaum, Albert Ervin 'Papa Dutch'
Holderbaum, Amanda Ellen
Hooker, Priscilla Hendrickson
Hopper, Jerry 'Dewgy'
Houston, Edna Ethelyn Lawton
Houston, Nathaniel Lyon
Houston, Nathaniel Lyon
Hutchinson, Aileen Fryar
Hutchinson, Dr. Edward Buel 'Duke'
Jackson, Donald Joyzel 'Joe'
Jackson, Leslie Bernerd
Jacobs Grace (see Lowe, Grace)
Jacobs, May W.
Johnson, Ann
Johnson, Ermon David
Johnson, Esther Russell
Johnson, son
Johnson, William L.
Jones, Barbara
Jones, Dona May Crawford
Jones, James
Knipe, Dorothy Athalia Stoddard
Knipe, Frederic Orlando Jr.
Krom, Vicki L. Orr
Kurc, Daniel A.
Kurc, Mitchell, R.
Lieurance, William Floyd
Lindsey, Boots Elaine Benham
Lindsey, Dorothy Dean
Lindsey, Helen Melba Lehan
Lindsey, Howard A.
Lindsey, Naomi Elaine
Lindsey, William Ellsworth
Lowe, Alonzo T. 'Lon'
Lowe, Grace Ramona Jacobs
Lowe, James Wiley
Lowe, Robert A.
Lowy, Dorothy K. Parker
Maake, Ilene (see Frazier, Ilene)
Maloney, George E.
Marsh, Bonnie
Martinez, Angelina (see Heredia Angelina Martinez)
Martinez, Andrew Aaron
Matlock, Catherine Elaine 'Kitt'
Matlock, Evalena Dudley
Matlock, Mack Arthur 'Buster'
Mayo, James Leandria 'Slim'
Mayo, Katherine Hollans "Kay"
Mayson, Aurel M.
Mayson, Viginia B. Johnson
McCarty, John Anthony
McCarty, Rhoda Mae Swigart
McClellan, Gene B.
McClellan, F. Marion Hathaway
McDaniel, Robert Elmer
McGregor, Florence Riggs
McGregor, Robert Roy
McIntyre, John A.
McIntyre, John Rube
McKay, Nancy Cloud Brower
McKay, Roy Walter
McKay, Yenita R. Davis
McLoy, Della Bell Stoddard
McRell, Donald Winthrop
McRell, Gwennefred Maxine Darnell
Moore, Lottie (see Honnas, Lottie)
Moore, Nancy Ella 'Babe' Littlefield
Morrison, Charles E.
Morrison, Lillian Grace Krayenbuhl
Musgrave, Prudence Walker
Neil, William F.
Ochoa, Alvessa (see Hummel, Alvessa)
Opfenring, Dan James Willis
Orr, Betty Lou Crowley 'Mother'
Orr, Paul Wayne
Ortega, Rosa Carrion
Click below for surnames
b. January 26, 1892 Lochiel, Arizona
d. December 1, 1954 Huachuca Mountains, Arizona
~ son of Lincoln & Nellie Harrison Hathaway
~ husband of Virginia Parker
~ father of Virginia Helen Hathaway Wilson
Hathaway, Virginia Hazel 'Virgie' Parker
b. August 3, 1895 Parker Canyon, Arizona
d. July 26, 1951 Canelo, Arizona
~ daughter of James & Emily Coggins Parker
~ wife of James Wilson Hathaway
~ mother of Virginia Helen Hathaway Wilson
b. February 21, 1884 Kewanee, Illinois
d. April 21, 1951 Nogales, Arizona
~ husband of Sina Rector
~ son of August & Alta Earl Heavner
b. August 22, 1919 Roundhill, Viginia
d. January 6, 1997 El Paso, Texas
~ son of Louis Eugene & Sina Rector Heavner
~ memorial stone
b. June 1, 1885 Kewanee, Illinois
d. October 19, 1941 Elgin, Arizona
~ daughter of Anderson & Rosa Sumner Rector
~ wife of Louis Eugene Heavner Sr.
b. December 13, 1925 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
d. February 21, 1982 Tucson, Arizona
~ son of Frederick & Gertrude Heinritz
~ husband of Mary Louise Mahoney
~ QMS US Navy, World War II
b. May 9, 1928 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
d. February 20, 1996 Kalispell, Montana
~ wife of Edgar Wayne
b. October 27, 1909
d. February 20, 1984
~ son of Juan & Guadalupe Heredia
~ husband of Angelina Martinez
b. March 2, 1916 Nogales, Arizona
d. October 18, 2008 Tucson, Arizona
~ daughter of Francisco Martinez & Ygnacia Castillo
~ wife of Alfredo Castillo Heredia
b. May 19, 1921
d. May 4, 1989
~ wife of Thomas C.
b. September 18, 1914
d. July, 1985
~ headstone says 1919 - Social Security Death Index says 1914
~ son of Juan & Guadalupe Heredia
~ husband of Maria Refugia 'Cuca' Yourgules
b. October 2, 1842 Dixon, Illinois
d. April 28, 1920 Elgin, Arizona
~ son of Nathan & Catherine Culp Hetler
~ husband of Mary Elizabeth McCleary
~ unmarked grave
b. February 22, 1922 Muskogee County, Oklahoma
d. July 2, 2002
~ husband of Rita Martin
~ US Army
b. January 28, 1900
d.
February 23, 1973
~ wife of Samuel Thompson Hill
b. June 8, 1928 Lordsburg, New Mexico
d. January 22, 2010 Arizona
~ daughter of Beauford and Vivian Martin
~ wife of Adrian Hill
b. August 24, 1882 Abbeville, South Carolina
d. February 23 1961 Tucson, Arizona
~ son of John Livingston & Tallulah Riley Hill
~ husband of Fay Marie Hill
b. January 24, 1875 Kentucky
d. November 14, 1952 Phoenix, Arizona
~ daughter of Reuben Burrow Collie & Lucinda Smith
~ sister of Captain Stone Collie
b. January 25, 1876 Trinidad, Colorado
d. June 6, 1957 Phoenix, Arizona
~ daughter of James Monroe Riggs & Elizabeth Drucilla Hudson
~ wife of Alexander
b. May 1, 1932
d. May 10, 1988
b. Jan. 15, 1867 Rockport, Maine
d. July 4, 1944 Nogales, Arizona
~ retired Navy
b. October 21, 1907 Coopertown, Oklahoma
d. May 8, 1993 Vail, Arizona
~ husband of Amanda Ellen
b. August 22, 1915
d. June 26, 1997
~ wife of Albert Ervin 'Papa Dutch'
b. June 2, 1907
d. May 1982
~ son of Peter Honnas & Della Piercy
~ husband of Lottie Leona Moore
~ father of Donald E. & Raymond Cecil 'Ray'
b. March 15, 1870 Nebraska
d. March 13, 1949 Phoenix, Arizona
~ daughter of William H. Piercy & Amelia Zartman
b. April 30, 1934 Tucson Arizona
d. August 12, 2020 Arizona
~ son of Cecil Levan & Lottie Leona Moore Honnas
~ husband of Caroline Pine
~ brother of Raymond Cecil 'Ray' Honnas
b. August 12, 1907 Elizabeth, Oklahoma
d. April 17, 1995 Arizona
~ daughter of Ed & Ella Littleman Moore
~ wife of Cecil Levan Honnas
b. November 8, 1931 Tucson, Arizona
d. October 6, 2008 Tucson, Arizona
~ son of Cecil Levan & Lottie Leona Moore Honnas
~ husband of Mimi
~ brother of Donald E. Honnas
b. 1863 Syracuse, Indiana,
d.
August 2, 1931 Nogales, Arizona
~ wife of Henry
b. June 1, 1960
d. May 18, 1984
b. October 24, 1891 Kansas
d. August 16, 1981 Arizona
~ wife of Nathaniel Lyon
~ mother of Ethelyn Houston Telles
b. April 11, 1896 Salt Lake City, Utah
d. Oct. 4, 1948 Elgin, Arizona
~ son of Nathaniel Lyon & Eleanor Walsh Houston
~ husband of Edna Ethelyn Lawton
~ father of Ethelyn Houston Telles
~ WWI
b. January 10, 1861 Au Sable Forks, New York
d. January 5, 1941 Patagonia, Arizona
~ son of James & Margaret Gibson Houston
~ husband of Eleanor Walsh
~ father of Nathaniel Lyon Houston
b. October 23, 1910 Patagonia, Arizona
d. January 6, 1982 Tucson, Arizona
~ daughter of Ramon Ochoa & Felipa Moreno
~ wife of Gene
~ mother of Linda
~ memorial stone
b. August 24, 1874 Iowa
d. February 21, 1935 Nogales, Arizona
~ daughter of Christian & Christine Leibfritz
~ wife of Ed Hummel
~ first postmaster at Sonoita, Arizona 1912 - 1914
~ no stone
b. 1866 Ironton, Ohio
d. April 9, 1943 Sonoita, AZ
~ son of John & Rosa Hummel
~ husband of Clara
~ no stone
b. October 2, 1894 Cincinnati, Ohio
d. April 15, 1974 Tucson, Arizona
~ son of Louis Hummel & Emma Yockey
~ husband of Alvessa Ochoa
~ father of Linda
~ memorial stone
b. October 25, 1906 Illinois
d. November 23, 1964
~ daughter of Dr. Edward Buel 'Duke' & Annie Hutchinson
~ sister of Buel Hutchinson
b. September 14, 1898 Illinois
d. September 19, 1961 Menlo Park, California
~ son of Dr. Edward Buel 'Duke' & Annie Hutchinson
~ husband of Katherine 'Kit' Warfield Hutchinson
~ brother of Aileen Fryar
b. August 27, 1867 Madison, Wisconsin
d. February 12, 1952 Patagonia, Arizona
~ father of Buel Hutchinson
~ memorial stone (buried in Forest Hill, Madison, Wisconsin)
b. April 27, 1930 Illinois
d. March 30, 1975 Sacramento, California
~ son of Buel & Katherine Warfield 'Kit' Hutchinson
~ husband of Kirsten Loft Rasmussen
~ brother of Mary Hutchinson
b. April 14, 1901 Illinois
d. August 4, 1980
~ daughter of John & Mary Warfield
~ wife of Buel
~ mother of Mary Katharine Hutchinson
b. May 31, 1928 Copenhagen, Denmark
d. March 8, 2013 California
~ daughter of Axel Georg & Else Margrethe Rasmussen
~ wife of Edward Buel 'Ned' Hutchinson
b. May 27, 1926 Chicago, Illinois
d. Dec. 20, 2013 Prescott, Arizona
~ daughter of Buel Hutchinson & Katherine Warfield 'Kit'
~ wife of William Gibson Mann (1st husband)
~ wife of Robert Widen (2nd husband)
~ sister of Edward Buel 'Ned' Hutchinson
b. October 3, 1932 Knox County, Texas
d. February 4 2010 Huachuca City, Arizona
~ husband of Ruth E.
b. November 27, 1905
d. September 1980
b. January 19, 1902
d. March 31, 1981
b. March 25, 1869 Wisconsin
d. July 12, 1952 Elgin, Arizona
~ daughter of Lyman & Nancy Clark Jacobs
~ sister of Grace Lowe
b. January 5, 1879 Shrewsbury, New Jersey
d. December 4, 1954 Nogales, Arizona
~ daughter of William & Abbie Emery
~ wife of Gerard Roberts (first husband)
~ wife of George Januel (second husband)
~ elected first female deputy sheriff in Arizona 1914
b. July 22, 1908
d. January 7, 2005
~ wife of William
b. March 14, 1870 East Claridon, Ohio
d. November 29, 1932 Santa Cruz County, Arizona
b. October 19, 1846 Ohio
d. October 17, 1932 Vaughn, Arizona
~ wife of George
b. October 6, 1872 Trinidad, Colorado
d. January 26, 1939 Tucson, Arizona
~ daughter of James Monroe & Elizabeth Hudson Riggs
~ wife of George Thomas Finley (first husband)
~ wife of Charles Johnson (second husband)
~ mother of James Leslie Finley
b. unknown
d. unknown
~ possibly son of Mattie Riggs Johnson?
b. November 9, 1906
d. August 1, 1995
~ husband of Ann
b. unknown
d. unknown but 2022 or later
b. April 4, 1935
d. October 8, 2002
~ daughter of Herman & Lanna Heavner Crawford
b. unknown
d. unknown
~ temporary marker
b. May 10, 1887 Fairhaven, Massachusetts
d. July 7, 1963 Tucson, Arizona
~ wife of Frederic Orlando Knipe, Sr.
~ mother of Frederic Orlando Knipe, Jr.
& Louise Knipe Thomas
b. December 15, 1914 Rincon Mountains, Arizona
d. March 18, 1969
~ son of Frederic Orlando & Dorothy Stoddard Knipe
~ father of Frederic Orlando Knipe III, Peter Anthony Knipe,
& Mary A. Knipe Verplank
b. September 11, 1943 Tucson, Arizona
d. October 11, 2023 Tucson, Arizona
~ son of Frederic Orlando & Edith Counter Knipe, Jr.
~ brother of Peter Anthony Knipe
& Mary A. Knipe Verplank
b. December 16, 1941 Tucson, Arizona
d. December 30, 2020 Tucson, Arizona
~ son of Frederic Orlando & Edith Counter Knipe, Jr.
~ brother of Frederic Orlando Knipe III
& Mary A. Knipe Verplank
b. February 1, 1963
d. November 30, 1996
~ daughter of Paul Wayne & Betty Lou Crowley Orr
b. September 28, 1936
d. January 13, 1998
~ AE2 US Navy
b. November 23, 1934
d. August 31, 1982
~ US Navy
b. June 4, 1882 Stanfold, Quebec, Canada
d. February 4, 1963 Nogales, Arizona
~ son of Ed. T. LeGendre & Helene Desroches
~ memorial headstone
b. September 11, 1901 Canyon, Texas
d. September 21, 1975 Glendale,
Arizona
~ wife of Edward
~ memorial headstone
b. September 17, 1914 California
d. December 25, 1960 Tucson, Arizona
~ son of Artemes & Lenore Seisert Lieurance
~ husband of Dorothy
b. May 7, 1934
d. May 5, 2011 Elgin, Arizona
~ US Air Force
b. January 17, 1928 San Pedro, California
d. September 12, 2003 San Diego, California
~ daughter of Howard & Eunice Parker Lindsey
~ 'Our Beloved Betsy'
b. August 7, 1896 Sunnyside, Arizona
d. June 6, 1991 Sierra Vista, Arizona
~ daughter of William A. & Eva Launders Parker Jr.
~ wife of Howard
b. January 26, 1920 Nogales, Arizona
d. July 9, 1966 Tombstone, Arizona
~ wife of Howard Alonzo Lindsey
b. May 22, 1918 San Diego, California
d. May 2, 2001 Tombstone, Arizona
~ son of Howard W. & Eunice Parker Lindsey
b. September 22, 1980
d. October 10, 2017
b. September 24, 1925
d. April 14, 2007 Tombstone, Arizona
~ son of Howard W. & Eunice Parker Lindsey
b. July 14, 1879 Berryville, Arkansas
d. June 23, 1940 Elgin, Arizona
~ husband of Grace Ramona Jacobs
b. May 31, 1889 California
d. June 5, 1967
~ daughter of Lyman & Nancy Clark Jacobs
~ wife of Alonzo T. Lowe
b. July 22, 1916 Phoenix, Arizona
d. May 17, 1992 Phoenix, Arizona
~ Private, US Army, WWII
b. 1913
d. 1994
b. December 12, 1911 Texas
d. December 16, 1977 Tucson, Arizona
b. October 15, 1908
d. July 1984
~ husband of Jewel Bernice Parker
b. April 22, 1916 Cochise, Arizona
d. March 27, 1984 Arizona
~ daughter of James Arthur 'Jim' & Anna Shields Parker
~ wife of George E. Maloney
b. July 21, 1924 Prescott, Arizona
d. March 16, 2017 Arizona
~ son of William G. 'Willie' & Jesse Stark Mann
~ husband of Mary K. Hutchinson
~ father of Katharine, Susan, Gibson, and Amy
b. 1970
d. 1983
b. March 22, 1991
d. January 4, 2012 Pima County, Arizona
~ son of Dan Martinez
~ age 20, died in automobile accident
b. February 26, 1949
d. July 29, 2010
b. September 18, 1912 Stephens County, Oklahoma
d. March 8, 1991
~ wife of Mack Arthur M. Matlock
~ mother of Nancy Jean Matlock Boss
~ 'A Cowboy's Sweetheart'
b. August 10, 1910
d. March 16, 1980
~ husband of Evalena Dudley
~ father of Nancy Jean Matlock Boss
~ 'Born a Cowboy'
b. June 19, 1912 Ethel, Mississippi
d. May 16, 1998 Sierra Vista, AZ
~ husband of Katherine 'Kay' Hollans
~ son of James LeRoy & Minnie Wilson Mayo
~ U.S. Army, World War II
b. August 6, 1917 Duluth, Minnesota
d. October 30, 2004 Sierra Vista, AZ
~ daughter of Charles Hollans & Zelma Moyer Mayo
~ wife of James 'Slim'Mayo
b. July 16, 1908 Chiago, Illinois
d. October 1981 Sonoita, Arizona
~ husband of Virginia B. Johnson
~ a.k.a. Miyazofsky-Mason
b. September 30, 1911 Kalamazoo, Michigan
d. March 1980 Sonoita, Arizona
~ wife of Aurel M. Mayson
b. January 16, 1873 Kansas
d. August 23, 1949 Patagonia, Arizona
~ son of John & Ellen McGraven McCarty
~ husband of Rhoda Mae Swigart
b. March 5, 1870 McVeytown, Pennsylvania
d. March 17, 1946 Elgin, Arizona
~ daughter of Samuel & Elizabeth Rupert Swigart
~ wife of John Anthony McCarty
b. February 11, 1924 Tucson, Arizona
d. November 21, 2009 Phoenix, Arizona
~ son of George B. & Ann Callahn McClellan
~ husband of F. Marion Hathaway
~ U.S. Navy, WWII, Pacific
b. June 26, 1926 Nogales, Arizona
d. October 15, 2016 Phoenix, Arizona
~ daughter of Jim & Virginia Parker Hathaway
~ wife of Gene McClellan
b. July 24, 1891 Arizona
d. December 7, 1968 Tucson, Arizona
~ PFC Army WWI
b. November 9, 1877 Safford, Arizona
d. September 15, 1955 Safford, Arizona
~ daughter of James M. & Elizabeth Hudson Riggs
~ wife of Rob R. McGregor
b. January 10, 1872 Carlisle,Pennsylvania
d. April 2, 1942 Tucson, Arizona
~ son of Thomas & Jennie Woodburn McGregor
~ husband of Florence Riggs
~ Infantry, Spanish American War
b. 1980
d. 1986
b. November 4, 1890 Dodge City, Kansas
d. March 29, 1986 Canelo, Arizona
~ son of Louis Kossuth & Emily Ruth Coffey McIntyre
~ husband of Emily Ruth Parker
~ father of Margaret, Elizabeth, Ruth, Ida, Lucy, Laura, and Edwin
b. March 8, 1918 Troy, Ohio
d. September 28, 1994 Elgin, Arizona
~ daughter of Harold & Marcalle Cloud Brower
~ wife of Roy Walter McKay
b. September 17, 1920 Dow, Oklahoma
d. February 25, 1992
~ husband of Nancy Brower
~ son of Walter & Emma J. Frazier McKay
~ US Army WWII, Korea
b. 1920 Kansas
d. March 26, 1964 Elgin, Arizona
b. May 4, 1915 Elgin, Arizona
d. February 28, 2000 Fort Collins, Colorado
~ daughter of Harry & Lulu Belle Brizzee Stoddard
~ wife of Ira McLoy
b. July 29, 1906 Lancaster, Massachusetts
d. July 19, 1985 Diamond Springs, California
~ son of Ephraim Harry & Anna Madsen McRell
~ husband of (1) Rosalind Prevost (2) Gwennefred Maxine Darnell
~ 2nd marriage April 20, 1949 Nevada
~ Col. Retired US Army
b. October 2, 1919
d. June 20, 2015
~ wife of Donald W. McRell
~ married April 20, 1949 Nevada
d. Nov. 8, 1961
~ son of Ken Moffit & Alice Stoddard
~ unmarked grave
b. April, 1873 Arkansas
d. February 14, 1948 Tucson, Arizona
~ daughter of Robert & Emily Golbert Littlefield
b. February 7, 1924 Winkleman, Arizona
d. June 18, 2017 Arizona
~ son of Burt and Mollie Young Morgan
~ husband of Monta Carol Gardner
~ father of Hal Dee
b. June 21, 1949 Tucson, Arizona
d. October 12, 2017
~ son of Monta Carol Gardner and Burt Howard Morgan
b. June 29, 1929 San Francisco, California
d. September 20, 2013 Tucson, Arizona
~ daughter of Reagen & Hettie Lee Dalton Gardner
~ wife of Howard
~ mother of Hal Dee
b. December 24, 1909
d. October 15, 1963
~ Lieutenant USNR WWII
b. November 27, 1911 San Bernardino County, California
d. March 27, 1980 Sonoita, Arizona
~ wife of Charles E. Morrison
~ no stone
b. December 6, 1933 Simi, California
d. May 30, 2012 Tucson, Arizona
~ daughter of John W. & Mary Alice Buchheim Gates
~ wife of Col. Joseph 'Jay' Castleman Morrison
b. February 1, 1846 Shelby County, Texas
d. July 14, 1923 Phoenix, Arizona
~ daughter of Joseph & Mary Walker
~ wife of Bennett
~ mother of George West Musgrave
~ mother of Addie M. Parker
b. August 28 1868 Ohio
d. December 1, 1928, Fort Huachuca, Arizona
~ son of Henry & Elmira Towns Neil
~ husband of Elizabeth
b. December 31, 1926 Los Angeles County, California
d. July 2, 2012 Yuma, Arizona
b. June 8 1941 Isle of Wight County, Virginia
d. May 20, 1973 Fairbank, Arizona
~ wife of Paul Wayne
~ mother of Vicki L. Orr Krom
b. July 20, 1931 Bisbee, Arizona
d. January 3, 2013 Sierra Vista, Arizona
~ husband of Betty Lou Crowley
~ father of Vicki L. Orr Krom
b. 1880 Safford, Arizona
d. 1926 Arizona
~ Wife of James Ortega
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