MILLS ,
Edna
(Maiden Name: Bryan)
The Prescott Courier, Prescott, Arizona
Sunday, October 8, 2006
Edna Mills, 96 of Prescott, Ariz., passed away October 5, 2006, at the
Arizona Pioneers' Home in Prescott, Ariz. She was born April 4, 1910,
in Prague, Oklahoma, the daughter of pioneering Oklahoma settlers who
relocated to Arizona in 1914.
Her father was a Zanjaro for Salt River Project and they resided at
Lateral 21 (83rd Avenue) and "L" Road (now Bethany Home Road) in
Phoenix. She was a graduate of historic Pendergast Elementary School
and Tolleson High School in Arizona.
She worked as a department manager for 35 years for the Newberry store
in downston Phoenix.
She has resided in Prescott at the Arizona Pioneers' Home for the past
eight years.
Edna and Clarence lived many years in Yarnell, Ariz., all of their
married life, except when they moved to the Arizona Pioneers' Home June
24, 1998.
She was preceded in death by her first husband William Kent and husband
Clarence Mills; parents Ervin G. and Eunice L. (Hodge) Bryan;sisters
Grace Fiscus and Nova Yaney; brothers Qrville and Cecil Bryan.
Survivors include nephews, Dennis (Carol) Ficus, Gary Yancy (the late
Bobbi), Farrell (Paula Yancy, Darryl (Vera) Self; nieces Janelle
Zagrean, Carroyl Self, Charlene Fiscus, Marcia (Fred) Miller; and
brother and sister-in-law Orland C. (Dorothy A.) Mills.
A memorial service will be Saturday, October 14, 2006, at 1 p.m. at the
Arizona Pioneers' Home Chapel at 300 S. McCormick St., Prescott, Ariz.
with Reverend Paul Jones of Yarnell, Ariz., officiating.
In lieu of flowers, please make donations to the Arizona Pioneers' Home
in remembrance of Edna.
Services entrusted to Heritage Memory Mortuary.
Information provided by survivors.