BELANGER, Beth Renee

Kingman Daily Miner, Kingman, AZ Friday, November 19, 2010 Beth Renee Buckner-Belanger passed away Sunday, Nov. 14, 2010, at St. Luke's Hospital in Phoenix at the age of 54 after a long fight with health problems due to a car accident in 1997. She was born Nov. 18, 1955, in Muskegon, Mich., and was raised in Jugville, Mich. After she married Damian Belanger on Sept. 13, 1975, she moved to Lake Leelanau, Mich. In 1991, they moved to Kingman where she has resided ever since. Beth is survived by her husband, Damian; her two daughters, Jeannette Chandler (husband Damon) and Elizabeth Belanger; son, Bruce Belanger; ex-son-in-law, James Todd; three grandsons, Matthew, Joshua and Alexander Todd; and a granddaughter, Dawna Hanson; a sister, Marsha Roberts; three brothers, Lonny Taylor, Harold and Bryan Buckner; stepfather, Bruce Wixson and stepmother, Lynda Buckner; as well as many who called her Mom and she had taken them into her home and heart. She was preceded in death by her mother, Erma Taylor-Wixson; father, Harold Buckner; son, J.D. Belanger; and two grandchildren. She had a profound effect on many lives and was instrumental in helping many of us pull our lives together. Every teenager who walked through her door she treated as her own, therefore, she had an enormous amount of unofficially adopted children. She was very loved and dear to many people's hearts and will be greatly missed by many. Please share all the wonderful memories with all who loved her dearly. Services will be held at 1 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 23, at the Loyal Order of Moose, 302 Monroe St., Kingman. In lieu of flowers, a trust has been set up for her grandchildren for whom she lived. Donations can be sent to: http://bit.ly/d4GQjj.