QUESADA, Dora Ocampo

The Wickenburg Sun, Wickenburg, AZ September 23, 1998, p. 16 Dora Ocampo Quesada, a 76 year old native of Wickenburg, died suddenly on September 21. She was the daughter of Wickenburg pioneers Jose F. and Francisca Ocampo Quesada and granddaughter of Teodoro Mazon Ocampo, who settled in Wickenburg in 1860. She is survived by sisters Josefina Quesada Alvarez and Alicia; brothers, Bernard and Eugene; sister-in-law Betsy; and brother-in-law Jesus Alvarez. She is also survived by numerous nieces, nephews and cousins: William Frances Sr., Louise and Michael Alvarez; William Frances Jr., Suzanne and Nicholas Logan Alvarez; Jim, Terry, Jennifer and Jeffrey Springer; Mark Margolis; Irma and Felix Ortega; Adelina Ortega; Felix Ortega; Daniel Ortega; Asia Comenon; Yvette Ortega Heinze; Matthew Heinze; Zachary Heinze; Irene Ortega Hershkowitz; Philip Ben, Martha, Sarah, Anna, Julie and Mitchell Ben Hershkowitz; Maria and Ronald DeHart, Sr., Eva, Irene, Kimberly and Rondald DeHart Jr.; Steve and Daphne DeHart Zieder; Aaron and Kyle Zieder; Jacqueline Miller; Travis Miller; Kristin, K….. and Cameron DeHart; Bernard, Jo Frances, Daniel Jr., Ruth Ann, and Betsy Ortega; Shirley Dickenson, Rochelle Nicolas, Jo Frances, Jonathan, Linda and Kimberly Snethen; David and Sheila Walker; Angela Anderson, David Jr., and Joshua Walker; Lorne Be., Justin and Jeremy Kelly; Tony and Deinse Fraga; and Jacob, Bethany and Sarah Louise Fraga. She was a graduate of the following schools: Wickenburg, St. Joseph Hospital School of Nursing in Phoenix, and received the first Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing issued by the Arizona State University in Tempe. Her first career was that of First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army Air Corps in World War II. She continued her nursing career as a civilian. She retired as an elementary school teacher from the Tempe Elementary School District in 1980. She was a member of St. Anthony Catholic Church, The First Families of Arizona; served on the Board of Trustees of two museums: The Phoenix Museum of History in Phoenix and the Desert Caballeros Western Museum in Wickenburg. She also was a member of the Society of Hispanic Historical Ancestral Research and the Arizona Historical Society. She was a member of American Legion Post 41 in Phoenix. She fought for civil rights, and in the mid 1980s led the fight to save South Mountain Park in Phoenix from developers. She then was appointed to the City of Phoenix Parks and Recreation Citizens Advisory Committee. She was instrumental in the donation of her family’s manuscripts and photographs to Arizona State University in Tempe. The collection is known as the Teodoro Mazon and Mariana Rodriguez Ocampo Collection. It is the largest collection of the Mexican/Mexican-American historical presence in the State of Arizona. Visitation will be held from 5 p.m.to 8 p.m. Thursday, September 24 at Frey Funeral Home, 980 N. Tegner St., a Rosary will be said at 6 p.m. Thursday, September 24 at Frey Funeral Home. A funeral mass will be conducted at 10 a.m. Friday, September 25 at St. Anthony Catholic Church, 232 N. Tegner St., with Father John Vogt being the celebrant of the mass. Interment will be at the Wickenburg Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to: ASU Foundation, Jose Franco and Francisco Ocampo Quesdada Research Scholarship Endowment, P. O. Box 875005, Tempe, AZ 85287-5005. Frey Funeral Home and Cremation Services in Wickenburg handled the arrangements.