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Jennifer Wells Secker1 min read

Jan. 7, 1942 — March 24, 2026

Jennifer Sue Secker, of Sedona, died on March 24.

Jennifer is survived by her brother, Warren [Mary] Wells, and sister, Julie [Lloyd] Stewart; her children, Chris Katsaras [Becky] and Julie Davis [Gary]; and Jim’s children: Elizabeth Goldasich [Matt], Eric Secker and Matt Secker [Lottie]; her nine grandchildren: Nicholas Katsaras, Bradley, Michael and Matthew Goldasich, Will Secker, Annie Secker King [Spencer], Catie Grace, Madeline and Caleb Secker.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Bill/Dorothy Wells, and her husband, James “Jim” Secker, who died on Dec. 27.

A private service will be held for both on Saturday, April 25, at their home. In lieu of flowers, please contribute a donation in Secker’s memory to either Rogers, Arkansas, Public Library or the Sedona Humane Society.

Christopher Fox Graham

Christopher Fox Graham is the managing editor of the Sedona Rock Rock News, The Camp Verde Journal and the Cottonwood Journal Extra. Hired by Larson Newspapers as a copy editor in 2004, he became assistant manager editor in October 2009 and managing editor in August 2013. Graham has won awards for editorials, investigative news reporting, headline writing, page design and community service from the Arizona Newspapers Association. Graham has also been a guest contributor in Editor & Publisher magazine and featured in the LA Times, New York Post and San Francisco Chronicle. He lectures on journalism, media law and the First Amendment and is a nationally recognized performance aka slam poet. In January 2025, the International Astronomical Union formally named asteroid 29722 Chrisgraham (1999 AQ23) in his honor at the behest of Lowell Observatory, citing him as "an American journalist and longtime managing editor of Sedona Red Rock News. He is a nationally-recognized slam poet who has written and performed multiple poems about Pluto and other space themes."

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