In memoriam: Funeral notices, September 18, 2022

Patricia was born on a farm outside of Salt Lake City September 20, 1933 and passed away August 10, 2022 at the age of 88. She spent most of her life in Tucson, attending Catalina Jr. High and graduating from Tucson High School and the University of Arizona. She met and married fellow Tucson High Badger and Arizona Wildcat, Roger Braden, in 1954. They were married 62 years until Roger's death in 2017. Patricia was also proceeded in death by her son, Gary Braden in 2019 along with her parents, Elsie Bagshaw and John William Bagshaw and siblings, Robert Bagshaw, Joy Dykes, Cleo Wilson and Carol Hill. Patricia is survived by her daughter Cindy Hansen and three grandchildren, Echo Hansen, Monica McTeague and Ryan Hansen. She has seven great-grandchildren, Macy and Bryden Sanders, Taylor, Gabriel and Rachel Hansen and Lucy and Calla McTeague. Patricia worked fulltime for Tucson District One/TUSD for thirty-two years, and part-time for another eight more years. She had two master degrees in education and was at various times an elementary school teacher, a helping teacher and a learning disabilities teacher. She absolutely loved education and never minded the long hours or hard work. It brought her great joy to work with children, especially her kindergarten class of primarily Yaqui students at Richey School in the 1970's. Patricia was a barrel racer in her youth. Later her hobbies included bridge, tennis, gardening, sewing, reading, facilitating a prayer group, travel, and shopping. She loved dressing up and was seldom seen without her trademarks, hat and scarf. She especially loved spending time with family and friends, always graciously welcoming them with open arms in a house decorated to the hilt for every holiday. Her positive, kind, and generous nature will be sorely missed. A special thank you to Liam and Victoria with TMC Hospice for making her last days comfortable and peaceful. A Memorial Service will be held at Lodge on the Desert, September 24, 2022 at 10:00 a.m. Flowers are totally appropriate because she loved them, but in lieu of flowers a donation can also be made to Rudy's Rescue Cat Sanctuary because she deeply loved her cat Becky Four Paws. Call (520) 730-4856 for details. Arrangements by EAST LAWN PALMS MORTUARY.

84, of Tucson, passed away on August 8, 2022. She is survived by her son, Edward Mazac (Katrina); daughter, Carmen Mazac; granddaughter, Kayla Cook (Andy); great-grandson, Tobias Cook and great-granddaughter, Yael Cook. Funeral service will be held Wednesday, September 21, 2022 from 12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. at EAST LAWN PALMS MORTUARY, 5801 E. Grant Road, Tucson, AZ 85712. Following the funeral service will be a graveside service from 1:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. at East Lawn Palms Cemetery, 5801 E. Grant Road #C, Tucson, AZ 85712.

94 of Tucson, AZ went to eternal rest on September 14, 2022. He was preceded in death by his wife of 53 years, Olga Navarro Burruel; his parents, Pedro and Adelina Burruel; brother, and sister-in-law, Edward and Amalia; brother, Manuelito and sister, Grace Borquez. He is survived by loving daughters, Bernadette (Armando L.)  Altamirano, Norma Mrocek and partner, Dave Mrocek; six grandchildren, Caroline (Marc) Jasso, Matthew Altamirano, Armando J. (Naideny) Altamirano, Seth Ackerman, Shea (Dawn) Ackerman and Siri Ackerman and partner, Toby Hansen; four great-grandchildren, Marc Daniel, Amanda (Luis), Olivia, Adonis, Parker, Jackson and Luke; two great-great-grandchildren, Camilla and Baby Boy Gutierrez. Oscar was born in Tucson. As a child he lived in several cities in AZ and CA. He was a Veteran, serving in the US Army as a surgical tech on the Navy Hospital Ship USS Comfort. He graduated from Whittier High School in Whittier, CA., also attended Community College. Oscar considered himself a jack of all trades. While living in California from 1962 to 1969, he worked for Chrysler Corp and Lockheed Aircraft. Returning to Tucson, he was warehouse supervisor for Coors Corp., retiring in 1990, to devotedly care for his infirm wife Olga. Oscar enjoyed dancing, storytelling, good jokes, and family gatherings as well as being an avid Wildcat fan. Visitation will be held Monday, September 19, 2022 from 5:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. at CARRILLO'S TUCSON MORTUARY (South Chapel) 240 S. Stone Ave., with a Rosary recited at 6:00 p.m.  Mass will be offered Tuesday, September 20, 2022, 10:00 a.m. at St. Augustine's Cathedral, 192 S. Stone Ave. Interment to follow at Holy Hope Cemetery. Arrangements by CARRILLO'S TUCSON MORTUARY, INC. 

Fran Leeper Buss, writer, educator, activist, was born March 3, 1942, in Manchester, IA, and died on July 19, 2022, in Tucson, AZ.  She spent most of her childhood in Dubuque, IA and graduated from the University of Iowa.  Her early marriage ended in divorce, but resulted in three wonderful children.  She co-founded the Women's Crisis and Information Center in Fort Collins, CO, in 1971.  She met David Buss at United Campus Ministry in Fort Collins; they were married in 1972. As he was finishing his seminary training she became interested in ministry and pursued her Master of Divinity at Iliff School of Theology in Denver, CO.  At Iliff she developed an abiding interest in social ethics, which found expression throughout her life. Part of her education at Iliff was done long distance as she and David jointly served as ministers in the Campus/Community Ministry in Las Vegas, NM.  She graduated from Iliff and was ordained in the United Church of Christ in 1976.  During her time in Las Vegas she became acquainted with and started interviewing Jesusita Aragon, the last of the traditionally trained midwives in the area still delivering babies. She continued her interviews with Jesusita after moving to Whitewater, WI.  Jesusita's life story was published as La Partera: Story of a Midwife in 1980, which embarked Fran on a career as an oral historian. Over the years since then she has published four more oral histories and analyses, with an additional one pending publication.  She also wrote a successful young adult novel, Journey of the Sparrows, and a memoir, also pending publication. She and David moved to Tucson in 1987.  She decided to delve deeper into history and returned to graduate school at the University of Arizona.  She earned her Ph.D. in 1995.  She has won a number of awards over the years.  Many of her unpublished oral history interviews are archived at the Schlesinger Library of the History of American Women housed at Harvard University. Her journals, kept over the course of some 50 years, additional tapes and transcripts of interviews, and unpublished articles and books are also housed in the Schlesinger. Her 125 oral histories are of poor and working class women from around the country. Her work has always been dedicated to giving voice to the voiceless. She was a feminist starting in the early 1970s.  She organized, taught, and wrote with a heart for social justice. She is survived by her husband of 50 years, David; her three children: Kimberly Buss (David Frankel), Lisa Evans, and Jim Leeper (Joanne Corcoran); her seven grandchildren: Jacob, Eli, and Anna Frankel, Maya, Rachel, and Noah Evans, and Nina Leeper, her sister Barbara Jennings (L.A.) and her brother Jim Barker (Nancy) and many nephews, nieces and grand nieces and nephews. A celebration of her life will be held on September 25, 2022 at 2:00 pm MST at Rincon Congregational United Church of Christ. Please mask.  It will be on Facebook live on the Church's Facebook page and posted on the church's Youtube channel.  A gift in Fran's memory may be made to Austin Tan Cerca de la Frontera, www.atcf.org, 3707 E. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Austin, TX   (512) 474-2399.

Mary Ann Liddle Butler, 83, of Oro Valley, Arizona, passed away on August 7, 2022 in Tucson, Arizona.   A celebration of Mary Ann's life will be at 2:00 pm, Friday, September 30, at Mountain Shadows Presbyterian Church in Tucson.   Mary Ann was born on February 25, 1939, in Chicago, Illinois, to Kenneth and Mary Ann Loos.  Mary Ann received her degree in education from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.  She then earned her Master's degree at Columbia University in New York City.  She was a lifelong schoolteacher, teaching in Illinois, School District 11 in Colorado Springs, and finishing her impactful career in the Amphitheater Unified School District in Tucson.   Mary Ann was an active and devoted member of Lambda Chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma Arizona, an international organization that promotes professional and personal growth of women educators and excellence in education. She served in various officer roles with DKG over the years, including Chapter President and at the State level Chairman and Member of various committees.   She was also very involved with her church, Mountain Shadows Presbyterian Church, where she was an Ordained Deacon for 6 years and then was an Ordained Elder where she served as moderator of Worship and Music, and moderator of the Personnel Department.  She was very involved in the renovation of the Church Sanctuary completed just last year.  She also served as worship co-leader alongside the Pastor and many visiting Pastors.   Mary Ann never met a stranger, and was a friend, support system, and loving caregiver to so many in her life.  She is very much missed….   Mary Ann is survived by her husband Wayne Butler; her sisters Linda Walka and Carol Jean Shepard (Tom); her children - Brian (Anna), Susan (Randy), Jeff (Susan), and Kevin; her grandchildren - Zachary, Alyssa, Adam, Lia, Rachel, Amanda, Juliana, and Christopher, and several great-grandchildren. Edward Donn, Bill Liddle, and her son Eric Liddle preceded her in death.   In lieu of flowers, the family is encouraging donations to the organizations that were near and dear to Mary Ann - Mountain Shadows Presbyterian Church where she led an active church life (mountainshadowschurch.org); Delta Kappa Gamma (azdkg.weebly.com/forms--applications.html); or Tohono Chul Park, a botanical garden, nature preserve and cultural museum in Tucson where she spent many wonderful times with family and friends (tohonochul.org/support/make-your-gift/).

Gloria Lassman Dulgov passed away peacefully on September 3, 2022, at the age of 88, after a brief illness, with her daughter, Beth Bracken, by her side. Born in Brooklyn, New York in 1934, to Bernard and Leah Lassman, she was a 1956 graduate of Juilliard School of Music, with a Bachelor of Science in Piano. Gloria and her then Husband, Gerald Dulgov, moved to Tucson, Arizona. From 1959 until her 1985 move to California, Gloria was an active part of the Tucson, Arizona Music, Art and Theatre and cultural scene with several Workshops, Studios and Theatres, Highlights include co-founding Workshop Center for the Arts, Events and Classes with the Jewish Community center and playing Piano with the Playbox Theater, in Trail Dust Town. After a stint as the Cultural Arts Director for the then "Randolph" Park. She then created and became the Executive Director of "Senior Now Generation", bringing meals and activities to Senior sites in the Tucson and surrounding area. As the founding Executive Secretary of "Council House", she helped bring affordable housing to Seniors by building a new accessible multi-story "Council House" on the former Jewish Community Center site. A resident of Lafayette, California since 1986, she taught Piano privately until her retirement in 2014 at age 80, this time focusing on children. Other career highlights locally include fundraising for "The Wellness Community", ADL," and the Berkeley Jewish Community Center". Her home was always filled with Children and recitals. Her passion for life was equal to her passion for the Arts. It was her goal to share the love of the Arts with everyone, and instilled that in her family in New York, and then her daughter and Grandchildren with that same passion. She also continued to volunteer at the San Francisco Symphony, until age 83. Gloria had a zest for life and always forged new paths ahead of many. Gloria's love for the Arts and her friends and family was apparent throughout her life. She also loved to entertain and would entertain often at her home in Lafayette, California. Gloria is survived by her daughter, Beth Bracken, and grandchildren Andrew Bracken and Benjamin Bracken. She is preceded in death by her parents, and beloved brother Bennett Lassman. A Celebration of Life was held in her honor for immediate friends and family. Memorial contributions in her honor can be given to the "Julliard School of Music", "San Francisco Symphony", and the "San Francisco Contemporary Jewish Museum". Arrangements by Sinai Memorial Chapel, Lafayette, CA.

On September 1, 2022, Marvin L. Hanson, our beloved Dad and Grandpa, peacefully passed away at the age of 97. Marvin was born in Clear Lake, Minnesota on August 28, 1925, the eldest child of Nels and Rose Hanson. He is preceded in death by his parents, his wife of 47 years, Rosemary Kehle; sister, Ellen Imholte and brother, Lyle Hanson. He is survived by his children, Karen Bogdan (Wayne), Carol Hanson-Rogers and Kenneth Hanson, also four grandchildren, David, Krista, Ashley and Danielle plus three great-grandchildren, one great-great-grandchild and numerous nieces and nephews. After his high school graduation, Marvin joined the Army/US Air Force in 1943, honorably serving in WWII, Korea and Vietnam. He retired after 31 years on August 31, 1974 following his last assignment at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Tucson. During his military service, Marvin was a radio operator, gunner and mechanic on a B-17 Flying Fortress. On January 1945, he was stationed at RAF Knettishall, England and was a part of the 388th Bombardment Group, 8th Air Force. A moment he was proud of was a mission, during a truce, he and crew flew 3 food drops to the people of the Netherlands. After retirement, Marvin did all the things he loved to do, including spending quality time with family and friends. A committal service will be held at EAST LAWN PALMS MORTUARY on Tuesday, September 20, 2022 at 3:00 p.m. In lieu of flowers, donations may be given to American Legion Post #36, Veterans of Foreign Wars Post #4903 or Disabled American Veterans Chapter #18.

89, passed away July 29, 2020. Born in Tucson to H.F. and Marian Lim, he graduated from Tucson HS in 1948 and earned a BS from University of Arizona. He was commissioned in the Navy in 1952 and was a veteran of the Korean War. He married his high school sweetheart Estelle Don in 1953. After earning an MA at ASU, Raymond taught Industrial Arts at Flowing Wells HS for 27 years until he retired. He was in the Naval Reserve for 24 years and retired as a Lt. Commander. His lifelong passions were tennis, music, bowling, bike riding, travel, his pets, Arizona Wildcats sports and laughing. He was a gifted artist and created amazing metal sculptures, paintings, carvings and more. He helped raise money for Reid Park Zoo, the Humane Society of So. AZ and the Tucson Chinese Cultural Center donating his art for auctions. Raymond and Estelle volunteered for 10 years delivering meals for Mobile Meals. Raymond is preceded in death by his wife of 65 years, Estelle, and survived by their loving children, Keith (Irene), Dana, Melinda (Steve) and Heidi (Michael); grandchildren, Vanessa (Larry), Joe, Jessica, Eric, Michelle, Emelia and Natalie; great-grandchildren, Leah, Stella, and Ava; brother, Larry (Clara). The Lim family would like to thank Sherry for her years of caregiving, love, and friendship and for making the final years of both Raymond's and Estelle's life rich and fulfilled. Thanks also to Patrick for his kind and loving caregiving and lasting friendship. A memorial service will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, October 1, 2022 at EVERGREEN MORTUARY CHAPEL, 3015 N. Oracle Road, Tucson, AZ, 85705.

Linda Marie Lough (nee Breeding), (originally from Tucson, AZ) of 2240 Kent Drive, Florissant, MO 63033 entered into rest June 29, 2022. Beloved Wife of Lawrence "Warren" Lough; preceded in death by father, Herschell William and mother, Goldie Marie Breeding (from Tucson AZ) loving mother of Michael William (Ellen) Lough and Jennifer Diane (Gerald) Bauer and grandmother of Emily Margaret, Alison Grace, and Joseph Warren Lough  (all from MO); sister of Rosalie Briggs, Robert Lee Shepard, William Clanton Breeding, John Paul (Debbie Breeding) and Catherine Noel Breeding (all siblings  of Tucson AZ)., Linda was dearly loved by her immediate family, many aunts, uncles, cousins and friends.   Linda graduated from Pueblo High School with honors and a scholarship to the University of Arizona.  While attending University of Arizona, Linda was employed at McLellans Department Store. After marrying Warren, she moved to Salem, Missouri and then to Florissant, MO where she worked for many years as a Cashier at Schnucks grocery store. Linda was dearly loved and will be greatly missed by all who knew her.   A Celebration of Life is being planned for October 1, 2022, at Baue Cave Springs, 3950 West Clay Street, St. Charles, Missouri 63301; contact Warren for details.   Donations to American Heart Association in honor and memory of Linda Marie (Breeding) Lough. Arrangements by Baue Funeral Home.

 Cynthia "Cindi" Wells Parker,79  December 1, 1942 - July 29, 2022   Cindi was born in Somers, Connecticut, the second daughter of A. Herbert and Priscilla C. Wells. She was an accomplished horsewoman, showing her horse, Honeybee in all the New England horse shows. Cindi won almost every class in which she participated. The Wells family owned and operated a summer stock theater, The Somers Playhouse, and Cindi was an acclaimed actress in many shows over eleven years, receiving numerous glowing theater critics' reviews. At 16, Cindi had an urge to move to the southwest and she became a student at the Judson School in Scottsdale, Arizona for her high school years, participating in and teaching horsemanship. Her love of horses led her to become a racehorse trainer, operating her own racing stable, and horse breeding business. She owned a renowned stallion who produced many successful offspring. Cindi then went to the University of Arizona where she graduated with a 4.0 grade point average, earning a Bachelor of Science in family and consumer resources degree. She began working at the Beacon group in Tucson that helps create work opportunities for people with mental and physical disabilities. She spent several years working there and had a crew that she supervised working landscaping. She went on to become an investigator for adult protective services, and later for child protective services for the state of Arizona. When Cindi's mother became ill, she moved to Connecticut to help care for her mom and dad. After her mother's passing, she remained in Connecticut, and continued working for adult protective services as an investigator. In 2015, Cindi and her dad went to Lake Havasu for Christmas. While there, her father became ill and passed away in 2016. Cindi stayed in Lake Havasu until she passed away. Cindi is survived by her beloved daughter, Sarah Parker of Southern Ca., her sister, Nancy Wells Campbell of Lake Havasu, Az., her nephew, Wesley J. Campbell Jr. of Casa Grande, Az., her two grand nieces, Jordan Campbell, Amanda, (Logan) Sant, and Zadia Danner of whom she considered her second daughter of Tucson, Az. There are also cousins on the east coast, and Michigan, and many treasured friends across the states to include Connecticut and Arizona. Cindi had a big, warm and caring heart, she was loved by everyone who made contact with her. She had the most beautiful smile that will never be forgotten, and a wickedly funny sense of humor. She will be tremendously missed by everyone, especially her family. We know that she is reunited with her mom and dad and is riding Honeybee across the heavenly skies. A celebration of life will be held at a later date in Cindi's hometown, Somers, Ct.

Helen Marie (Schwarz) Schaefer passed away peacefully at home on Thursday, September 1, 2022, following a long battle with Parkinson's. Born in Evanston, IL, in 1933 and raised in Highland Park, IL, she was the daughter of Irving and Marie (Levi) Schwarz. Helen graduated from the University of Michigan with a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, and later went on to get her Master's and PhD in physical chemistry from the University of Illinois, where she met her husband, John P. Schaefer. After relocating to Tucson, AZ in 1960 when John became a faculty member at the University of Arizona's chemistry department, Helen initially taught chemistry, as well. Unable to build a career in teaching due to University nepotism regulations, Helen became a champion for education and the community, serving on the boards of numerous community organizations as well as the University of Arizona Board of Trustees and National Leadership Council. Perhaps Helen's greatest legacy was the chairing of the Development Council for the University's world-renowned Poetry Center, and the building housing the Center is named in her honor. Helen loved classical music and sang in the local community chorus. In her spare time, she also enjoyed knitting and getting together with her needlepoint group. Helen is survived by her husband of 64 years, John; her daughters, Ann Schaefer-Reid and husband Andy Reid, and Susan Kliman and her husband Douglas; her grandson, Randall Kliman; her sister, Caroline Siegel and her husband Ron; sister-in-law, Anita Meyer, as well as several cousins, nieces, and nephews. A memorial service in her honor will be arranged in the fall. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that contributions in her memory be made to the University of Arizona Poetry Center.