Obituaries

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 and 4th in the Little Red School House while his

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 his daughter Holly Robertson, daughter Kimerley Skall, sister Loretta McCalman,