GREENWOOD, Ann Elizabeth

Wickenburg Funeral Home & Crematory, Wickenburg, Arizona Ann Greenwood August 24, 1931 - July 28, 2014 Ann Elizabeth Greenwood, age 82, passed away July 28, 2014 in Wickenburg, Arizona. Ann was born August 24, 1931 in Bellmore, New York to William Hurley and Elizabeth Gleason Hurley. She was raised in Bellmore and attended St. Barnabas Catholic School and later graduated from Mepham High School. Ann married Ronald Greenwood on September 23, 1956 at St. Barnabas Catholic Church in Bellmore and they briefly made their home in Farmingdale later moving to Levittown, Long Island. Ann worked as a secretary with the Sperry Corporation. She was also a mother and homemaker and was an excellent seamstress and quilter and also enjoyed ceramics. She always found time to keep a perfect home and be a mother as well as working at Sperry. In 1977 She and Ron moved to California settling in Newbury Park. She began working with the Talley Corporation as a contract administrator. She and Ron retired in 1987 and spent time RV-ing around the country. She enjoyed traveling and they covered most of the country with the RV. In 1988 they settled in Kingman, Arizona and eventually came to the Wickenburg area in 1993 where they found a home at Desert Cypress Mobile Home Park. In 1997 they ultimately moved to North Ranch where they have resided until this time. Ann is survived by her husband Ronald on Congress, Arizona and children: Joan (Richard) Selee of Camarillo, CA., Ron (Ana) Greenwood of Los Angeles, CA., Kevin Greenwood of Thousand Palms, CA., and Catherine (Scott) Beckstead of Moorpark, CA., grandchildren: Laura (Brian) Duarte, Jason Hineline and Patrick Beckstead and great-grandchildren: Kannon, Karisa & Kelsey Duarte. Ann enjoyed writing and loved to go to the library also working crossword puzzles. She had written several Children's Books and was published with her book "A Pack Of Dreams" Most important in her life was her family. She will be forever in our hearts. Family services are planned at a later date.