Category: Obituaries

Oct. 19, 1930 to Jan. 21, 2021 Marty as he was known to many was born in Allegan, Michigan to Ernest W. and Elva VanOrman Swanty. He was the third of four children and was raised on the family farm until 1945 when the family relocated to Mesa, Ariz. He attended Mesa High School where he excelled in football, earning a scholarship to Northern Arizona University. Following college, he married his first wife Diane Canning with whom he had two children, Jeff and Debbie. Later on, he married Patricia Brown who had two children, Melody and Mickey from a previous…

Longtime resident Judy Ann (Finch) Smith who was born on February 13, 1939, to Arlise and Vernie Finch in Kingman Arizona died on Sunday, January 24, 2021 due to Covid-19 complications. Her father’s family arrived in Kingman Arizona in 1921 in an old Model-T leaving the Sacramento Mountains in New Mexico to start a new life in Kingman. The Elks Club and Courthouse were already here, but there were very few houses.  What is now Topeka used to be the old Highway 66.  It came down through Slaughter House Canyon and down that way.   Judy’s father Arlise attended grades 3rd…

George William ‘Bill’ Clinch, of Kingman, died Thursday, January 14, 2021. He was 83. Mr. Clinch was born July 29, 1937 in Bell, Calif., to George William and Alta Irene (Tuttle) Clinch. A Kingman resident since 1999, Mr. Clinch was a self-employed retired plumber. He was a member of the VFW Post 3516, American Legional Post 13, and Moose Lodge. He served in the U.S. Navy during the Korean Conflict. He is survived by his wife Kathleen Clinch of Kingman; daughter Cheri Parral of Bellflower, Calif.; eight grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren and many nieces and nephews. Mr. Clinch was predeceased by…