Local obituaries for Moapa Valley Mortuary

May 25, 2013

Berl Dee Mays, age 77, died Saturday, May 25, 2013 at his home in Logandale, Nevada. He was born July 8, 1936 in Butler, Missouri to John and Eva Barker Mays. On July 26, 1966 he married Helen Marie Metcalf in Elko, Nevada.

Berl moved to Idaho as a baby with his family. He was part of...

May 24, 2013

Ronnie E. Bennett, 56, loving father, son, brother, and grandfather passed away Thursday night in Mesquite, NV. He was born March 4, 1957 in Chillicothe, Ohio to Henry and Elsie Bennett.

Ronnie was a hard worker. If there were leaves to be raked or trees to trim chances are Ronnie was going to do it. His presence...

May 24, 2013

Jose Perez, age 91, died May 24, 2013 at his home in Moapa, Nevada, surrounded by his loving family. He was born February 8, 1922 in Santa Isabel, Jalisco, Mexico. On November 27, 1942, he married Pascuala Olivarez in San Gaspar, Jalisco, Mexico. She preceded him exactly one year ago from the day of his death, May 24, 2012....

May 22, 2013

Josephine "Jo" "Josie" Irene Guntle, age 87, died Wednesday, May 22, 2013 in Mesquite, Nevada. She was born March 14, 1926 in Sutton, Nebraska to Daniel H. "Shorty" and Clara Eva Wahl Moore. On January 20, 1946 she married Edwin L. Guntle. They then moved to Miamisburg, Ohio. She worked for 25 years for the Miamisburg School District, and...

May 19, 2013

Esther Marie O'Brien Buscemi Miskell, 90, passed away Sunday, May 19, 2013 at Mesa View Regional Hospital. She was born March 13, 1923 in Chicago, IL to Edward O'Brien and Glady Irwin.

Esther was first married to Joseph Buscemi in 1939 and is survived by 3 sons of that marriage; Dominic of Spring Hill, FL, Edward and...

May 18, 2013

Thomas Francis Aiani Jr., age 89, died peaceably Saturday, May 18, 2013 in Mesquite, Nevada. He was born September 19, 1923 in Chicago, Illinois to Thomas Francis Aiani Sr. and Rose Larocco. In 1948 he married Eleanor Fahey. She preceded him in death on May 5, 1979. Thomas was raised in Chicago, and graduated from St. Ambrose College. As...

May 17, 2013

Surrounded by family, Jenora Lynn Facer passed away peacefully at her home in Mesquite, Nevada, on Friday, May 17, 2013. Born July 12, 1949 in Ogden, Jenora was raised in Washington Terrace and graduated from Bonneville High School. She married Leland Jack Facer II on February 14, 1971 in Las Vegas and was proud to be a military wife....

May 15, 2013

Calvin Meyers

Calvin Ward Meyers, age 57, entered the Great Creator's loving, comforting arms Wednesday, May 15, 2013 at 8:43 a.m. He was born September 9, 1955 in Las Vegas to Herbert Ward Meyers and Christina Samson Meyers. He was married to the late Mitzi Pete Meyers. Calvin graduated from Stewart Indian School. He loved to cook,...

May 15, 2013

Dale R. Dyches of Mesquite, NV passed away at his home on May 15, 2013 after a courageous 42 year battle with Multiple Sclerosis. He was 72. Dale was born in Moroni, UT on December 31, 1940 to Joseph and Leah Dyches. He graduated from North Sanpete High School. He married his high school sweetheart and love of his...

May 10, 2013

Derek Lester Hughes born July 28,1971 in Pocatello, Idaho to Larry L. Hughes and Linda Barnum Schmidt. Derek returned home to his loving Heavenly Father on May 10, 2013 at his home in Mesquite Nevada.

Derek spent the first 10 years of his life in Pocatello until his parents divorced and Linda moved the family to Mesquite....

May 7, 2013

Judith "Judy" Rae Marshall, age 74, died Tuesday, May 7, 2013 at her home in Logandale, Nevada. She was born on February 12, 1939 in Las Vegas, Nevada to Orson Francis and Lucille Sevey Johnson. On March 21, 1961 she married Joseph Lloyd Marshall in the St. George LDS Temple. Judy grew up in Overton. As a young woman,...

May 5, 2013

Ruth Milne, age 81, died peacefully Sunday, May 5, 2013 in her Mesquite home. She was born on November 26, 1931 in Pawnee City, Nebraska to Armen P. and Loreen Bock. She married her high school sweetheart, Elvin Milne August 18, 1949. Elvin proceeded her in death in 2003. They were married a few weeks short of 50 years....

May 3, 2013

Jimmie Robbins

Jimmie Arthur Robbins, age 75, died Friday, May 3, 2013 at his home in Overton, Nevada. He was born on March 7, 1938 in Overton, Nevada to Oscar Leonard and Rachel Burgess Robbins. He married Rosalie Rae Bennett on May 13, 1984 in Overton, Nevada, they were sealed in the Las Vegas LDS Temple on...

Apr 28, 2013

Edward Newton Jones passed away at 11pm on April 28 at the Dixie Regional Hospital in St. George, Utah from complications from recent strokes. Ed was born in Rawlins, Wyoming to Loyd C. Jones and Myrtle A. Melton. His final resting place will be in Wasatch Lawn Cemetery in Salt Lake City, Utah at 11 a.m. on Saturday, October...

Apr 27, 2013

Benjamin Robert Thornton, age 83, died Saturday, April 27, 2013 at his home in Overton, Nevada. He was born May 25, 1929 in Chloride, Arizona to Benjamin Franklin and Jennie Ivy Henton Thornton. On February 12, 1951 he married Verna Rae Bagshaw in Las Vegas, Nevada. She preceded him in death on July 5, 1999. Ben grew up in...

Apr 23, 2013

Dennis Freeman

Dennis Ray Freeman, age 55, died suddenly, Tuesday, April 23, 2013 in California. He was born September 12, 1957 in Boulder City, Nevada to Kermit C and Ruth Ellen Stein Freeman. On July 1, 1977 he married Cherrlyn Robison in Logandale, Nevada. They were later sealed in the St. George LDS Temple. Dennis lived most...

Apr 23, 2013

James Potter

James Arthur Potter, age 68, died Tuesday, April 23, 2013 at his daughter's home in Logandale, Nevada. He was born May 8, 1944 in Las Vegas, Nevada to Troy Lee and Thelma Margaret Schunot Beshears. He was raised by his step father, James Potter. On July 5, 1962 he married Jane Lynn Staub in Las...

Apr 21, 2013

Theodore Ernst Reinert of Beaver Dam, AZ passed away on April 21, 2013 at the age of 83. He was born February 28, 1930 in Sheboygan, WI to Michael & Frieda Reinert. Ted married the love of his life Lillian Schmidt on November 16, 1946. Together they had three children Ted Jr., Linda and Vicky.

Theodore was...

Apr 21, 2013

Carol Ann Jacobson-Johnson, 68, passed away Sunday, April 21st at her home in Beaver Dam, AZ after a valiant fight against cancer. Carol was born January 21st 1945 in Gary Indiana to Alfred Bonner and Margaret Welches. She married Nels A. Jacobson in 1965 in East Gary Indiana after graduating high school. She then moved from her childhood home...

Apr 19, 2013

Rosario Gonzalez, 49, passed away Friday, April 19, 2013 at his home in Bunkerville, NV after a long illness. He was born November 16, 1963 in Zacatecas, Mexico to Gaudencio and Maria Ramirez Gonzalez.

Rosario lived in CA for most of his life until he moved to Nevada in 1986 and then to Bunkerville in 1996. He...