HOELSCH, Clarine Frances

The White Mountain Independent, Show Low, Arizona - 02/01/2005 Clarine Frances Hoelsch, 71, of Show Low and Scottsdale died Jan. 25, 2005 at Scottsdale Healthcare Osborn. She was born Jan. 27, 1933 in Ava, Missouri to Everett Austin Denney and Anna Ethel (Shelton) Denney. Clarine first moved to Arizona in 1945, then returned to Missouri and graduated from Ava High School in 1950, then moved to Arizona. She worked at Mountain Bell for many years, then quit to stay home and raise her children. She was active in all aspects of her kids' lives, from being a room mother to attending and cheering all their various sports and activities. She returned to the work force in 1978, first at the Goldwater's Distribution Center, then at Broadway Southwest at Los Arcos Mall. She retired in 1993 and moved to the White Mountains town of Show Low. Clarine was an active volunteer at Navapache Regional Medical Center in the gift shop. She loved helping people and assisted at many elections. In addition, she was a wonderful, caring wife, mother and grandmother, generously giving her love in a quiet, unpretentious manner. She will be greatly missed by her family and by all who knew or loved her. She is survived by her husband of 46 years, Alan Hoelsch; two sons David Hoelsch and Michael Hoelsch; daughter Alison Meyer (Jeffrey); four grandchildren, Lindsay Meyer, Austin Meyer, Philip Meyer and Zachary Meyer; two sisters Reba McGovern and Juanita Denney; brother Paul Dewayne Denney; and many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents, a brother Doyle Denney and sisters, Lena Irvin and Eula Metcalf. Services were held Saturday, Jan. 29 at the Ascension Lutheran Church, 7100 N. Mockingbird Lane, Paradise Valley. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to The Ovarian Cancer Research Fund, 14 Pennsylvania Plaza, Suite 1400, NY, NY 10122. Arrangements were handled by Messinger Indian School Mortuary in Scottsdale.