James (Earl) Sanburn |
| Posted 2016-06-30 by Sharla |
| The Wickenburg Sun, Wickenburg, Arizona Wednesday, June 29, 2016 James ‘Earl’ Sanburn was called home to rope his final calf on Friday, May 27, 2016, surrounded by his wife, Jane and children. Earl was born Aug. 7, 1942, to Lee and Mable (Franklin) Sanburn in Lenox, Iowa, and raised in the rural areas around Lenox, Bedford, Conway and Nodaway. Earl married Carolyn Dunn of Nodaway, Aug. 10, 1957, and to this union, three children were born Terri, Tracy and Cody. In 1959, Earl moved his family to Corning when he started working at Conoco Oil. Along with breezing racehorses in the early hours he later learned to shoe. In 1960, he hired out as a lineman and was a trouble shooter and technician for Western Telephone Company, now known as Frontier. He worked there for 25 years. Earl was very fortunate to have owned several very nice roping horses, one that took him to a championship in calf roping at Grand River, Iowa, in 1971. Some of Earl’s others passions included braiding leather and rawhide, along with hunting and guns. On June 15, 1985, Earl married Jenalee Jane (Beckett) Curphey of Lenox. They resided north of Lenox for a short time, then moved to Sidney, Iowa. Later they found themselves moving to Wickenburg for 18 years, moving to North Platte, Neb. in 2014. Earl was a devoted and loving husband, father, grandfather and brother. He will be missed and loved. He is survived by his wife Jane; daughters Terri Sanburn (Gary Warner) of Stapleton and Tracy (Sean) Jackson of North Platte; son Cody (Triana) Sanburn of Lincoln; grandsons Aidan and Kade; 10 step-grandchildren; six step-great-grandchildren; sister Jean Moore of Clarinda; niece Marilyn (Kim) Shore of Clarinda; nephew Jeff (Lisa) Moore of California; stepsons Richard (Kathy) Curphey of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Mike (Bobbie) Curphey of Texas and Gary Curphey of Sharpsburg, Iowa; sisters-in-law, Leola Adams and Lois Lamb, both of Mt. Ayr, Iowa, Imogene Mains and Janice (Mike) Miller, both of Creston, Iowa; brother-in-law David Beckett of Lenox, Iowa; cousin Robert Miller of Sand Springs, Okla. He was preceded in death by his parents; step-father, Joe Neuhardt; brothers-in-law Marty Moore and Earl Beckett; and one step-grandson. Online condolences may be shared at carpentermemorial.com or pearsonfuneralhomes.com. Memorials are suggested by the family to be determined at a later date. Services were held June 4 at the Pearson Funeral Home in Corning, Iowa. Pearson Funeral Home and Carpenter Memorial Chapel were in charge of arrangements. See Also: Find A Grave |
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