Wendy Lee Lienhart1 min read

Wendy Lee Lienhart

May 16, 1960 — Dec. 19, 2021

Wendy Lee Lienhart, 61, of Cottonwood, died Dec. 19. She worked in bartending/serving, cashiering, caretaking and managing establishments. With her love for animals, she loved her cats, birds, dogs, snakes and hedgehogs. Her favorite job was working at The Pet Kingdom in Cottonwood.

She was preceded in death by her sister Deborah Chalmers-Hager. She is survived by her son Tyler James Lienhart of Sedona; daughters Jennifer Rose Lienhart and Amy Nicole Lienhart both of Cottonwood; sister Elizabeth Dexter and 2 grandchildren.

No services are planned at this time but a celebration of life will be held in the near future.

Please make contributions to any animal charity of your choice.

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Christopher Fox Graham

Christopher Fox Graham is the managing editor of the Sedona Rock Rock News, The Camp Verde Journal and the Cottonwood Journal Extra. Hired by Larson Newspapers as a copy editor in 2004, he became assistant manager editor in October 2009 and managing editor in August 2013. Graham has won awards for editorials, investigative news reporting, headline writing, page design and community service from the Arizona Newspapers Association. Graham has also been a guest contributor in Editor & Publisher magazine and featured in the LA Times, New York Post and San Francisco Chronicle. He lectures on journalism and First Amendment law and is a nationally recognized performance aka slam poet. Retired U.S. Army Col. John Mills, former director of Cybersecurity Policy, Strategy, and International Affairs referred to him as "Mr. Slam Poet."

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Christopher Fox Graham is the managing editor of the Sedona Rock Rock News, The Camp Verde Journal and the Cottonwood Journal Extra. Hired by Larson Newspapers as a copy editor in 2004, he became assistant manager editor in October 2009 and managing editor in August 2013. Graham has won awards for editorials, investigative news reporting, headline writing, page design and community service from the Arizona Newspapers Association. Graham has also been a guest contributor in Editor & Publisher magazine and featured in the LA Times, New York Post and San Francisco Chronicle. He lectures on journalism and First Amendment law and is a nationally recognized performance aka slam poet. Retired U.S. Army Col. John Mills, former director of Cybersecurity Policy, Strategy, and International Affairs referred to him as "Mr. Slam Poet."