Gary Onnen Gary Alan Onnen, 71, died Jan. 23, 2022, due to complications from COVID, in Phoenix. Gary was born Sept. 5, 1949, in Morris, Minn., the son of Ralph Edwin and Nancy Tyree Onnen. Services will be at held at 2 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 18, at Calvary Chapel Snowflake, located at 311 S. 1st St. E., in Snowflake. Burial will be at the Mike Ramsay Memorial Cemetery in Snowflake. Gary married his high school sweetheart, Cheryl Stone. They celebrated 52 years of marriage in December 2021. Gary worked most of his adult life at Abitibi Papermill in Snowflake. The past five years he was a bus driver for Sequoia Village School. Gary loved to hunt and fish, once he had grandsons to go with him, he spent a lot of time teaching them to hunt and fish and he would take anyone that wanted to go. Gary loved gardening, he has several different types of roses growing in his yard, vegetables in his raised beds, and fruit trees. Gary spent many years as a volunteer loan officer for Rim Country Credit Union and served as a union president at the papermill. Gary and Cheryl served as field directors for the Miss Arizona Scholarship Pageant for 12 years. He also served as judge, security, interview training, and special events. Gary is preceded in death by his parents and two grandsons, Grant Delanson Snair and Forrest Zachary Touchstone. Gary is survived by his wife Cheryl (Stone) Onnen of Snowflake; daughters, Anne Lang (Bryan) of Snowflake and Kristen Snair (Eric) of Glendale; seven grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren; two brothers; and four sisters. Owens Livingston Mortuary of Snowflake handled the arrangements.
