Obituaries

MANUEL ESPARZA GARZA

June 14, 2019

Manuel Esparza Garza, of Kingman, died Thursday, June 13, 2019. He was 77. Mr. Garza was born June 7, 1942 in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico. A service will be held Tuesday, June 18 at Resthaven Cemetery, 4310 E. Southern Ave., in Phoenix, with interment following. The family contact is Mr. Garza’s daughter Leticia Gaspar. Arrangements were made by Sutton Memorial Funeral Home.

RICHARD A. CHRISTENSON

June 11, 2019

Richard A. Christenson, of Kingman, died Wednesday, June 5, 2019. He was 68. Mr. Christenson was born May 9, 1951 in Clinton, Iowa. A service will be held Friday, June 14 at 10 a.m. at Sutton Memorial Funeral Home. The family contact is his wife Kim Louise Christenson. Arrangements were made by Sutton Memorial Funeral Home.

ANTONE JUNIOR MATTISON

June 11, 2019

Antone Junior Mattison, of Golden Valley, died Sunday, June 9, 2019. He was 89. Mr. Mattison was born April 23, 1930 in Onaka, SD. A viewing will be held June 15 at Sutton Memorial Funeral Home from 3 to 4 p.m. with services following at 4 p.m. The family contact is his wife Luisa Mattison. Arrangements were made by Sutton Memorial Funeral Home.

The fullness of joy

June 9, 2019

Have you ever experienced the fullness of joy? Have the experiences of your life ever been described as your “…cup running over?” I pray that you have because there is no greater feeling than that. We live in a world where so many are full, but not with joy; but with sadness, sorrow and discouragement. The tragedy of such an empty feeling is that God never intended for us to feel that way. He created each of us to walk in fullness of joy. In 1975, my wife Lynda and I were expecting our daughter. For months we had been preparing for what we thought, was to be God’s gift

ALICE ANN KRAHNKE

June 7, 2019

Alice Ann Krahnke, of Kingman, died Monday, June 3, 2019. She was 83. Mrs. Krahnke was born Nov. 9, 1935 in Coaldale, Penn. The family contact is her husband Ronald Edward White. Arrangements were made by Sutton Memorial Funeral Home.

JACQUELINE MORRIS LAWREY

June 7, 2019

Jacqueline Morris Lawrey, of Kingman, died Tuesday, June 4, 2019. She was 89. Mrs. Lawrey was born Dec. 18, 1929 in Phoenix, Ariz. The family contact is her son John Frank Lawrey. Arrangements were made by Sutton Memorial Funeral Home.

MARY HELEN PLATTER (CHAMBERLAIN)

June 6, 2019

Mary Helen Platter (Chamberlain) was born April 3, 1945 to Howard and Helen Chamberlain. She passed away unexpectedly May 30, 2019 at her home in Costa Mesa, California, just nine days after her brother Alan. She was also preceded in death by her parents Howard and Helen Chamberlain and nephew Mark Chamberlain Jr. Mary was an excellent artist from a very young age and continued it as a hobby until eye surgery left her unable. She spent years working as an insurance claim adjuster, then working for a realtor, and spent her final years working for her dear friends Glen and Theresa at their auto shop. Mary is survived by