Obituaries
Former pro MMA fighter ‘Figure Four’ dies at 43 in Maricopa
Staff Reports
April 24, 2026
Beloved MUSD teacher remembered after cancer fight
Monica D. Spencer, Senior Maricopa Reporter
April 18, 2026
Maricopa business owner dies after car accident
April 17, 2026
![From left: Ron Smith, Joan Koczor, Elizabeth Howell and Mayor Nancy Smith stand with the Proclamation for Older Americans Month during a city council meeting on May 2, 2023. [Monica D. Spencer]](https://inmaricopa.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/mdspencer-050223-older-americans-month-proclamation-web-01-1024x683.jpg)
Maricopa loses another tireless advocate for city’s seniors
December 31, 2025
Joan Koczor, a ‘relentless’ voice for Maricopa seniors, dies at 81
December 22, 2025
Beloved business owner dies in ‘ghastly’ motorcycle crash
October 14, 2025
Paul Shirk, the beloved Maricopa historian, has died at 76
April 18, 2025
Terry Jackson, who founded Wildcat in 2004, has died at 73
December 19, 2024
Maricopa Pantry loses longtime ‘family’ member
October 28, 2024
Maricopa pioneer John Smith has died. He was 96
September 4, 2024
Norman Wayne Walker
March 4, 2023