Obituaries

William Robert “Bill” Blake III

September 16, 2024

The owner of the Blake Ranch cattle company, William Robert “Bill” Blake III, was called to our heavenly father at age seventy-seven on September 9 after a battle with Acute Meyloid Leukemia.

Bill was born in Kingman, Arizona where he attended grade school and graduated from Mojave County high school in 1965 and the University of Arizona in Tucson in 1970. Bill has always been an outstanding Rancher and member of the Mohave County community. Despite the unexpected death of his father, William “Bob” Blake Jr.

Jeffrey Lawrence Ellico

September 16, 2024

Jeffrey Lawrence Ellico, of Kingman, died Thursday, September 12, 2024. He was 71. Mr. Ellico was born Aug. 4, 1953 in Bay City, Michigan. The family contact is his wife Norma Jean Ellico. Arrangements were made by Sutton Memorial Funeral Home.

Grace Charlene Graeber

August 27, 2024

Grace Charlene Graeber, of Bullhead City, died Thursday, August 22, 2024. She was 100. Mrs. Graeber was born Sept. 13, 1923 in Fairview, Montana. The family contact is her granddaughter Deborah J. Czimbal. Internment was at National Memorial Cemetery of Arizona in Phoenix. Arrangements were made by Sutton Memorial Funeral Home in Kingman.

Alvaro Jose Dinis

August 27, 2024

Alvaro Jose Dinis, of Kingman died Wednesday, August 21, 2024. He was 52. Mr. Dinis was born May 18, 1972 in Portugal. The contact is Jeanette Deran. Arrangements were made by Sutton Memorial Funeral Home.

Joan Barkhurst

August 27, 2024

Joan Barkhurst was born 1933 in Newcastle, Wyoming. She was the youngest daughter of Daniel and Helen Thomson. She passed away peacefully at home on August 21st, 2024 in Kingman Arizona.

One of her greatest joys as a girl was riding bareback on her horse Prince while exploring the mountains around her family’s ranch home.

She attended nurse’s training at a Catholic Teaching Hospital in North Dakota, received her RN (Registered Nurse) degree and loved this career her entire life.

John William Newell (Jack)

August 23, 2024

From his home in Meadview, Arizona, Jack made the trip to his eternal home on August 19, 2024. Members of his family were there to wish him a smooth and easy trip.