Barbara Ann Spooner Havens
Born 05/30/1930 Jerome, Arizona
Death 10/25/2022 Mesa, Arizona
Parents Robert and Alta Mae Dickinson Spooner
Spouse Jack A. Havens 12/20/1926 – 01/10/2006
Children Holy Lynn Martinson
Grandparents Frank Lee Dickinson and Hulda Smith Dickinson Marshall
Barbara’s grandparents were natives of Arizona with pioneer heritage. Barbara's grandfather, Frank Lee Dickinson and her grandmother, Hulda Susan Smith Dickinson traveled to Arizona from Missouri by wagon train in the late 1800’s.
Barbara Ann Spooner Havens passed away peacefully on October 25, 2022. She was a loving mother, wife, grandmother and mostly a good friend.
Barbara was born May 30, 1930, in Jerome, Arizona to Robert and Alta Mae Spooner. Her parents were both from pioneer families in the Verde Valley area.
In 1945 the family moved to Coolidge, Arizona, where she attended Coolidge High School, where she met the love of her life, Jack A. Havens. They married in 1952. In 1957 their daughter, Holly Lynn, was born.
Barbara’s life was full of activities and teaching. She taught second grade for 49 years, starting in Coolidge, then in Glendale, Show Low and Lakeside before retiring in 2002.
She had many activities: golf, choir, Delta Kappa Gamma, Verde Valley Historical Society, fishing and rock hunting. These activities were the center of her life, and she cherished all the moments and friends that she met through the years.
Jack A. Havens, 79, of Mesa, died Jan. 6, 2006.
Born December 20, 1926 Morton, Texas
Parents Dan and Marylee Havens
Spouse Babara Ann Spooner Havens
Children Holy Lynn Martinson
Jack's family moved to Coolidge in 1936 where Jack graduated from high school and excelled in sports. During the "Fifties" he was a member of the popular softball team Coolidge Boosters. After military service he became an intertype operator for the Coolidge Examiner.
In 1959 he worked for Rocky Mountain Bank Note Co. and inaugurated the magnetic code on personal checks. While working for First National Bank in Pinetop he opened their first bank at Whiteriver. He served as President of the Pinetop Lions Club and was a member of Pinetop Lakes Country Club. He worked for Arizona Water Co. and retired as manager in 1985.
He is survived by Barbara, his wife of 53 years, his daughter, Holly and her husband Jerry Martinson of Pinetop.
He was preceded in death by his parents and his sister Darlene Troutt.
