Category: Obituaries

John Joseph Carroll was born in Philadelphia, Penn., on April 28, 1974 to Claire Quinn Crum and John A. Carroll, Jr.  He died unexpectedly on May 26, 2023.  At an early age, his family moved to Kingman, AZ.  He graduated from Kingman High School in 1992.  This was also where he met his wife, Penni Rae Walls.  They married in 1997 and moved to Winnemucca, Nev., to start their new life, where their children, Brenden Joseph, and Brooks deChantel were born. John spent his entire career in gold mining.  He took great pride in his participation in Mine Rescue, the…

Hans Peterson, of Bullhead City, died March 2, 2023. Known to most people as Wildman, Peterson was a homeless resident of Bullhead City for five to six years. He loved camping alongside the riverbank where he spend most of his free time. Hans was not your average individual, he marched to the beat of a different drum, not driven by the same wants and desires as most people. Very basic and simple, he was not enticed to acquire any of life’s luxuries. His worldly possessions consisted of only the most basic needs in order to survive. His truck work tools…

Patricia Mary (Rickert) Stipsky was born at the Methodist hospital in downtown Los Angeles, California in 1937 and passed away at Kingman Regional Medical Center on February 12, 2024. She was 86 years old. Patricia (Pat) liked to deny that she was born in Kingman since her parents, Val and Hazel Rickert, traveled to Los Angeles for the birth of their only child, returning after two weeks. She grew up at the Wal-A-Pai Court on Route 66 (Front Street) and graduated from Mohave County Union High School in 1955. In fact, Pat lived her entire life in Kingman with the…