Donna Peterson Rescorla, 70, passed away on Jan.17, 2018, in Lakeside, Ariz. She was born in Tucson on Aug. 7, 1947, to Don L. and Lucile Eyring Peterson. A graveside service was held on Jan. 25, at the R.V. “Mike” Ramsay Memorial Cemetery in Snowflake. Donna was raised in Arizona and graduated in 1965 from Holbrook High School. She was the salutatorian. At the time, she lived in Keams Canyon and rode a school bus to Holbrook each day, a round trip of 145 miles. Donna attended Brigham Young University where she met and married Brian Rescorla. After living in both Utah and Arizona, they moved to his hometown of Timmins, Ontario, Canada. While there, Donna began a career as a reporter for the Timmins Daily Press. She eventually became an award-winning journalist. Nearly 20 years ago Donna returned to Arizona. She resided in Snowflake and subsequently became a reporter for the White Mountain Independent. She was there for several years before declining health brought her to retirement. The last few years Donna became interested in genealogy. She was involved with indexing photocopies of original documents to make them accessible to everyone through the Internet. She indexed well over half a million records. Donna was a fourth and fifth generation member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Donna is survived by her son, Christopher Rescorla, of Provo, Utah; her daughter, Maren Hanson, her husband and three children, of South Porcupine, Ontario, Canada; her brothers, Richard Peterson of Holbrook and Douglas Peterson of Springville, Utah; and many nieces, nephews, cousins and friends. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; her brother, Don Larry Peterson; and a son Matthew. Owens Livingston Mortuary of Show Low handled the arrangements.
