Irving L. (Irv) Setterberg |
| Posted 2008-08-14 by Judy Wight Branson |
| The Daily Courier, Prescott, Arizona Wednesday, January 11, 2006 Irving L. Setterberg, 79, of Prescott, born Oct. 1, 1926, in Chicago, Ill., died Saturday, Jan. 7, 2006, at Prescott Valley Samaritan Center. Memorial service will be at 10 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 14, at Trinity Presbyterian Church. Arrangements by Hampton Funeral Home, Prescott, Ariz. ---------------------------------- The Daily Courier, Prescott, Arizona Thursday, January 12, 2006 The Lord called Irving (Irv) Setterberg home Saturday, Jan. 7, 2006, after a long illness. The highly respected and successful founder of Setterberg Jewelers in Arizona, passed away at the Prescott Valley amaritan Nursing Home. Irv was an avid hunter and golfer, born in Minnesota and graduated from Cokato High School. Irv's parents were in the jewelry business and in 1946, Irv went to work and learn in his father's store in Cokato, Minn. In 1955, Irv and his wife, Mary, purchased the store from his dad, Walter. Irv was active in local civic clubs and state jewelry organizations. Irv joined Rotary in 1962 and is a Past President of Rotary. Mary and Irv sold their store to brother Wendell in 1968, and moved to Phoenix. Phoenix jeweler Paul Johnson and Irv opened "Paul Johnson Jewelers" in Sun City in November of 1968. The population of Sun City was 12,000. In January of 1969, Irv joined the Sun City Rotary Club. He was a resident of the Sun Bowl Merchants Association for several terms and a member of the Northwest Valley Chamber. He was an American Gemological Society Registered Jeweler. In 1974 Irv and Paul bought out "Jewels International" in the La Ronde Center, in Sun City, Ariz. Information provided by survivors. |
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