Marana Municipal Complex gets new name to honor late mayor Ed Honea

MARANA, Ariz. (KGUN) — The Marana Municipal Complex is getting a new name to honor the late mayor Ed Honea, who died suddenly last month.

Tuesday, Dec. 3 was the town council’s first meeting since Honea’s passing. A picture of him was displayed in front of his chair.

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“Of course it's heartbreaking. It doesn’t feel real, it doesn’t feel real,” Council Member Patti Comerford said. “When you think of Marana, you think of Ed Honea, you think he’s always going to be here.”
While several items were on the meeting’s agenda, all but one were moved to the next meeting.

“Let’s move these things to another meeting, it’s too soon after his passing," Council Member Patrick Cavanaugh said. “We need to remember a great man in Marana. A man that had his heart and soul in this town.”

The meeting was spent remembering Honea and his decades of service to the town.

The one item staying on the agenda was the vote to rename the town’s municipal complex in honor of Honea. Council Member Comerford says they wanted to do something that would be fitting, and explained this was their favorite idea.

“Everybody was like, ‘yes, yes!’ because he was all about the town. He lived and breathed the town. So that was perfect, that was perfect. We all agreed that that was such a great, a good tribute to him,” Comerford said.

The council passed the item unanimously, renaming the municipal complex the “Ed Honea Marana Municipal Complex.”

A memorial service will be held on Saturday, Dec. 21 at 1 p.m. at the newly-renamed Ed Honea Marana Municipal Complex located at 11555 W. Civic Center Dr.