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Joan Barkhurst

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.

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