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William Joseph Crites

Posted 2018-01-23 by Judy Wight Branson
The Prescott Courier, Prescott, Arizona
Sunday, April 4, 1971, page 2, column 7

William Crites

William Crite4s died at the Veterans Hospital at Whipple April 1,
1971. He resided at 225 Navajo Drive at the time of his death.

Born February 22, 1900 at Globe, Arizona, he had been a resident of
Prescott for the past 50 years and of Arizona most of his life. A
miner by occupation, he had mined in copper mines in several Arizona
towns.

He was a veteran of World War I and is survived by two sons, David
Crites of Oxnard, California and Arthur Crites in Viet Nam; six
daughters, Miss Sharon Crites of Prescott; Mrs. Christine DeGrott of
Everett, Washington, Mrs. Karen Stone of Prescott; Mrs. Lyle Peters
of Oxnard, California, Mrs. Betty Jo Hughes of Albuquerque, New
Mexico, and Mrs. Bille Clark of Brownwood, Texas; two sisters, Mrs.
Nora Selleck of Scottsdale and Mrs. Luella King of Harper, Kansas;
two brothers, Frank of Casa Grande and Charles Hamm of Compton,
California; and 23 grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held at the Veterans Chapel at Whipple
Monday, April 5, at 10 a.m. with interment in the Veterans
Cemete4ry. Full military rites will be accorded.

Visitation is Sunday (today) at the Hampton Funeral Home from 5 p.m.
until 8 p.m.

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