CAVE, Vernon Dale

Arizona Daily Sun, Flagstaff, Arizona
Friday, October 09, 2009 

Vernon Dale Cave, 71, formerly of Flagstaff, died Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2009, in Phoenix, after a courageous battle with cancer.

He was born Dec. 14, 1937, in Cherokee, Iowa. He was a husband, father, grandfather, uncle and poker player extraordinaire. He owned several businesses in Flagstaff for 30 years before moving to Phoenix in 1991.

Mr. Cave is survived by his wife, Y-Vette; daughters Sherri Brooks (Terry), Sandi Balmaceda (Ruben) and Shelly Almendarez (Arnold); sons Thayer Thacker (Lynn) and Thaddeus Thacker (Susanne); 11 grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; sister Vivian Bode (Doug); and a niece and nephew.

A service will be Saturday at Hansen Desert Hills Mortuary, 6500 E. Bell Road, in Scottsdale.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations to Hospice of the Valley in Phoenix.

Posted by Judy Wight Branson on October 13, 2009

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