Obituaries

Mohave County has lost an admired pioneer family member. Dan Cofer Bishop, 84, passed away on December 16 at home in Kingman, Arizona. Dan was born in Kingman to Jennielee and Dan McDonald, August 21, 1936. Dan was preceded in death by his young father due to a mining accident but he was lucky to have a second father in his life, Judd Bishop. The family loved and worked on the Windmill Ranch near Wickiup where Dan grew into the role of rancher/cowboy. He graduated from Mohave County Union High School in 1955, attended the University of Arkansas, Northwest University Traffic Institute and Mohave Community College where he was also

Yvonne Collins died December 6, 2020 at Kingman Regional Medical Center. Born to Emile and Marie Rose Labonte on May 18, 1930 in Claremont, NH, she was preceded in death by her parents, younger sister Pauline and her husband of 52 years William “Slim” Collins; her granddaughter Julie and great-grandson Colton Tyler. Slim and Yvonne relocated to Winslow, Ariz., in 1964 with their two sons, where they both worked for the Santa Fe Railroad. The family moved to Kingman in 1968 where she eventually worked for the United States Postal Service, serving the Wikieup area. Yvonne was a devout Roman Catholic all her life. With her husband she volunteered at