Local obituaries for Moapa Valley Mortuary

Oct 5, 2012

Doreen Natalie Thiel passed away at her home in Mesquite, Nevada on the morning of October 6, 2012 at the age of 77 from Leukemia. She was born October 19, 1934 in Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada to Emil Freiheit and Natalie Sonneburg.

She is survived by her only daughter, Deborah Natalie Polich, her son-in-law Bob Polich both of...

Sep 30, 2012

John Rollin Brummett, 81, of Mesquite, Nevada passed away on Sunday, September 30, 2012. He was born September 13, 1931 in Winchester, Illinois to Collier Brummett and Bertha Lee Leeper. On December 25, 1951 he married Beverly Stoddard in Winchester, Illinois.

John attended Jacksonville High in Jacksonville, Illinois. He served our nation in the Korean War in...

Sep 29, 2012

Edythe Leavitt

Edythe Meralda Prisbrey Lytle Leavitt, age 96, died Sunday, September 30, 2012 in Caliente, Nevada. She was born January 3, 1916 in Overton, Nevada to Loren and Lydia Copper Prisbrey. On July 9, 1934 she married John V. Lytle in Las Vegas, Nevada. They had three children and later were divorced. On November 2, 1956...

Sep 27, 2012

James Jensen

James Anders Jensen, age 71, died Tuesday, September 25, 2012 in Overton, Nevada. He was born December 31, 1941 in Racine, Wisconsin to Anders and Oda Therkelsen Jensen.

James grew up in Sacramento, California. He then moved to South Lake Tahoe where he met his wife and fathered a son. He then moved...

Sep 27, 2012

Robin Brooks

Robin Alan Brooks, age 51, died Thursday, September 27, 2012 in Las Vegas, Nevada after battling cancer. He was born July 4, 1961 in Dover, Delaware to Alvin and Ada Ann Leavitt Brooks. Robin lived most of his life in Las Vegas, Nevada. He worked as a laborer. He was baptized into the Church of...

Sep 22, 2012

Thomas Francis Timer

Thomas Francis Timer, 84, of Mesquite, Nevada passed away on Saturday, September 22, 2012. He was born October 16, 1927 in Youngstown, Ohio to Joseph Timer and Frances Bannon. On June 23, 1948 he married his high school sweetheart Margaret...

Sep 20, 2012

Claude Beaver, age 51, died Thursday, September 20, 2012 at his home in Overton, Nevada after battling cancer for nearly a year. He was born May 21, 1961 in Copper Hill, Tennessee to Hoyt and Nettie Byers Beaver. On May 4, 1996 he married Maria Garcia in Mesquite, Nevada.

Claude grew up in Tennessee and later in...

Sep 19, 2012

D.C. Garcia

Desiderio Chavez "D.C." Garcia, age 85, died September 19, 2012 in Las Vegas, Nevada. He was born August 6, 1927 to Antonio and Maria Chavez Garcia. On April 1, 1948 he married Angela Sanchez in Texas. She preceded him in death on April 3, 2002. D.C. grew up in Texas. As a young man, he...

Sep 18, 2012

Ada Ann Brooks

Ada Ann Brooks, age 80, passed away Tuesday, September 18, 2012 at her home in Las Vegas, Nevada. She was born November 24, 1931 in St. George, Utah to Woodruff and Zelma Leavitt. She married Alvin Alan Brooks on August 1, 1951 in Las Vegas, Nevada. He preceded her in death on April 10,...

Sep 15, 2012

Herbert Grant Watkins, age 78, died Saturday, September 15, 2012 in St. George, Utah surrounded by his family. He was born January 15, 1934 in Provo, Utah to Ira Oray and Ida Jane Snyder Watkins. On February 28, 1958 he married Marcia Dee Reynolds in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. Grant grew up in Provo, Utah. He raised his...

Sep 13, 2012

David Andrew Kotalion, of Mesquite, Nevada, passed away quietly on Thursday, September 13, 2012, after a long illness. He was born on April 26, 1958 in Norristown, Pennsylvania, to Mathias and Katharina Seller Kotalion.

He was raised in Collegeville, Pennsylvania and attended schools there. He moved to Las Vegas in 1978, to be close to his brother,...

Sep 12, 2012

Jason William Graves, age 45, died Wednesday, September 12, 2012 in Las Vegas, Nevada. He was born July 26, 1967 in Salt Lake City, Utah to Rodney Carl and Dixie Dee Anderson Graves. On (Date) he married Sherida Louise Cardwell in Midvale, Utah. She preceded him in death on November ??, 2000. Jason grew up in the Salt Lake...

Sep 10, 2012

Glynn Edward Bricker, age 64, died Monday, September 10, 2012 in Saint George, Utah. He was born April 8, 1948 in Rensaler, Indiana to Harry Thomas and Dana Marie Hurley. He married Tina Joy Wharton on October 15, 2010 in Kingman, Arizona.

He served his country during the Vietnam Conflict in the United States Army.

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Sep 7, 2012

Wanda Jean Overy, 81, died Friday July 7, 2012 at Mesa View Hospital in Mesquite, NV.

Wanda was born October 7, 1930 in Pontiac, MI to Roy Walter and Dessie Ozalia Weddell Sharpley. She married Thomas Donald Overy on July 17, 1954.

She is survived by her husband and no services are planned at this...

Sep 6, 2012

Hudson, Wyoming - Ruby Mae Bartholomew, 86, passed away Thursday September 6th in Mesquite Nevada. She was born September 4th 1926 in a coal mining camp near Oak Creek, Colorado. She graduated from high school in Fredrick, Colorado in 1944 and from the Colorado State College of Education now known as the University of Northern Colorado in 1957.

Sep 6, 2012

Noel Lewis Chamberlain, age 77, died Thursday, September 6, 2012 in Mesquite, Nevada. She was born December 25, 1934 in Kanab, Utah to Adolphia Lewis and Leona Rider. Noel and her husband Kelton were sealed in the St. George Temple, June 5, 1956.

Noel loved sewing, gardening, cooking, reading, doing crafts, and her flowers. She served faithfully...

Sep 5, 2012

Mesquite, NV- Dixie L. Oldfather, 76, passed away Wednesday, September 5, 2012 at Summerlin Hospital in Las Vegas, Nevada. She was born February 10, 1936 in Pima, Arizona to John William Johnson and Madeline Merrill. She shared her life with John Price for the best part of twenty seven years.

Dixie was raised in Miami, Arizona and...

Sep 4, 2012

Tommy Dean Monk, age 71, passed away Tuesday, September 4, 2012 at his home in Logandale, Nevada after a long battle with brain cancer. Tommy was born on December 20, 1940 in Roswell, New Mexico to William Lester Monk and Winnie Gladys Essary. He married Linda VanPelt on November 25, 1965 in Las Vegas, Nevada. In 1971 they moved...

Aug 28, 2012

Stanley Clark Williams of Mesquite, Nevada passed away at home Tuesday, August 28, 2012 at the age of 93 with family and friends at his bedside.

He was born and raised in Detroit Michigan, he was one of eight children. He was a carpenter by trade and a veteran. Stan and wife Hazel, married in 1939. He...

Aug 24, 2012

Thomas "Doug" Marion Douglas, 76 passed away August 24, 2012, at his home in Mesquite, NV. He was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma on January 31, 1936, to Orville Douglas and Ruby Chambers. He married Glenda Ann Houston on June 13, 1954 in Nevada, Missouri.

Thomas graduated from Miami, Oklahoma High School and then attended college at...