Category: Obituaries

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…

Joe O’Neill was born on November 6, 1947 in Dublin, Ireland. The Lord has called Joe on January 16, 2024. A Christian mass is scheduled for Saturday, February 17, at 11 a.m., at St. Mary Roman Catholic Church, 302 E. Spring Street. Burial will follow the mass, at Mountain View Cemetery in Kingman. May Joe rest in peace.

March 13, 1943 – May 31, 2023 Elaine Anne Byrnes passed away on May 31, 2023, at a Hospice house in Tucson. Elaine was born on March 13, 1943 in Boston, Massachusetts to Samuel and Anna (O’Shea) Cooke. In June 1961 Elaine married her soulmate, John Byrnes. Together, they raised a familyand relocated to Lake Havasu in 1976.  Elaine volunteered at her children’s elementary schools, Starline and Oro Grande and eventually built a career at the Lake Havasu Board of Realtors. Upon retirement, she volunteered at the Lake Havasu City Visitor Center. In 2020, she moved to Tucson to be closer to family. Elaine was a loving wife, and a dearmother to her five children. She was also a proud“Grammy/Gigi” to ten…