Local obituaries for Moapa Valley Mortuary
Mary Rogalski
May 31, 2012
Mary Florence Rogalski, age 88, died Thursday, May 31, 2012 in Mesquite, Nevada. She was born May 12, 1924 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin to Andrew and Katherine Pinkowski Golata. On April 16, 1966 she married Kazimierz Rogalski in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Mary grew up in Milwaukee. During WWII she worked as a seamstress. Her life was devoted to her husband and...
Larry Reber
May 31, 2012
Larry Reber Larry Reber, 83, passed away Wednesday, May 30, 2012, surrounded by family at his home in Bunkerville, NV. He was born November 28, 1928 In Bunkerville, NV, to Louis Rumell and Velma Leila Waite. He married his high school sweetheart, Colleen Wittwer, May 23, 1947 in the St. George Temple. They had just celebrated their 65th wedding...
Alma Rosa Lujan
May 31, 2012
Alma Rosa Lujan
Alma Rosa Lujan, 14, died May 31, 2012 in Scenic, Arizona. She was born December 15, 1997 in Salt Lake City, UT to Manuel and Lucia Castro-Lujan.
Alma began her life in Wendover, UT, and migrated to Mesquite, Nevada in 1998. Alma attended Beaver Dam Middle School. She disliked negative comments and...
Joseph Kramer
May 28, 2012
Joseph Wesley Staley Patterson Kramer was born January 22, 1938 in Salt Lake City to Blenn Case Patterson and Wesley Staley Patterson who had two children, Joe and his sister Peggy. He was baptized L.D.S. He entered the Navy in 1955 and was honorably discharged in 1959. He worked at Eimco and Hercules. After becoming an electronic technician, he...
Maxine Waymire
May 24, 2012
Maxine B. Waymire, a long time resident of the Reno, Wadsworth, and Fernley communities, passed peacefully into eternal rest on May 23. Maxine was born March 20, 1909 in the ranching community of Raven, about 10 miles south of New Castle, Colorado, to Joe and Emma Porter Collins. She attended a one-room schoolhouse, on Mamm Creek, a few miles...
Pascuala Perez
May 24, 2012
Pascuala Perez, age 88, died Thursday, May 2, 2012 in Mesquite, Nevada. She was born May 17, 1924 in Jerome, Arizona to Juan and Nicolasa Navarro de Olivarez. On November 27, 1942 she married Jose Perez in San Gaspar, Jalisco, Mexico. Pascuala grew up in Jerome until her family moved to Mexico when she was eight. In 1953, Hidden...
Jenifer Kay Perkins
May 21, 2012
Jenifer Kay Christensen Perkins, age 67, died Monday, May 21, 2012 at her sister's home in Logandale, Nevada. She was born December 15, 1944 to Noel Kenneth and Evelyn Mae Forsell Christensen. On December 10, 1966 she married Murray Lewis Perkins in Gary, Minnesota. Jenifer was raised in Minnesota riding horseback and running free. She moved to Overton in...
Patty Jean Credille
May 16, 2012
Patty Jean Credille
The family of Patty Jean Credille celebrates her life and mourn her passing. Born Patty Jean Olson, March 17, 1935 in Millville, Ut. Patty enjoyed a happy childhood and grew up in Ogden where she met and wed Ralph W Credille on September 14, 1954.
A sibling, wife, mother, grandmother and great...
Roger Marquez
May 12, 2012
Jose Rogelio "Roger" Marquez, 23, died May 12, 2012, in Overton, Nevada. He was born July 22, 1988 to Jose Marquez and Maria Soccorro Alvarado in Odessa, Texas. Roger moved to Moapa, NV in 1994 where he attended Perkins Elementary, Mack Lyon Middle School and graduated from Moapa Valley High School. In high school he excelled in soccer. He...
John Anthony Zappia
May 10, 2012
John Anthony Zappia, 70, passed away May 10, 2012, in Mesquite, Nevada. He was born October 23, 1941 in Los Angeles, California to Rocco and Anna (Ellise) Zappia. John married Mary Pineda in Los Angeles, CA on November 14, 1970.
John grew up in Los Angeles, CA. He enjoyed sports but loved his Dodgers. He retired to...
Louise Behling
May 9, 2012
Louise Behling, age 90, died Wednesday, May 9, 2012 at Desert Springs Hospital in Las Vegas, Nevada. She was born January 4, 1922 in Price, Utah to Harold Keith and Dora Armelia Birch Temple. She married Nelson John Behling, they were later divorced. Louise lived in Kansas until she was 6 years old when her family moved to Price,...
Cellio Colacino
Apr 26, 2012
Cellio Cy Colacino, 89, passed away at home on April 27 2012 in Mesquite NV. Cy was born September 25, 1922in Des Moines, IA. Cy was a winter resident of Mesquite for the last 15 years; his permanent home was in Nathrup CO. Cy was raised in Milwaukee, WI.
Cy met his future wife Delores Hoffmeister at...
Amy Carney
Apr 25, 2012
Amy Gomez Carney, 79, of Mesquite, Nevada, passed away peacefully at home on Wednesday, April 25, 2012.
Amy was born January 31, 1933 in Redlands, California to Thomas Garcia and Angela Peralta Gomez.
Amy attended Randsbury Highschool in Randsbury, California. She left school in 1951 without graduating, a decision she always regretted. After leaving school...
David Hollis Muzingo
Apr 25, 2012
David Hollis Muzingo, 42, passed away April 25, 2012. He was born January 31, 1970 in Escondido, CA to Hollis C. and Lou (Sizemore) Muzingo.
David graduated from Dixie State College and Weber State University with a bachelor's degree in social work but preferred to make his living in construction.
David served in the National...
Jay Littlefield
Apr 22, 2012
Merlin Jay Littlefield, age 72, died Sunday, April 22, 2012 at his home in N. Las Vegas, Nevada, surrounded by his loved ones. He was born April 22, 1940 in Tropic, Utah to Norman Mazel and Clella Hall Littlefield. On December 30, 1959 he married Charlotte Long in Pioche, Nevada. On March 30, 1965 they were sealed in the...
Shelley Willis Vincent
Apr 22, 2012
Shelley Lorraine Vincent, 48, died April 22, 2012 near Mesquite, Nevada. She was born March 4, 1960 in Provo, Utah to Paul Farmer and Patricia Ann Crawley Willis. She was raised in Utah Valley, she attended Mountain View High School and Graduated from the Utah Valley Community College.
Shelley moved to the St. George area four years...
Richard D. Wilson
Apr 20, 2012
Richard Deloss Wilson age 77, passed away with family by his side April 20, 2012. He was born July 21, 1934 to Harry and Olga Heldua Wilson in New Port, Oregon. Richard married Jean Elizabeth Goulde in Reno on April 15, 1998. He served proudly in the United States Air Force as an Airman First Class. He later became...
Dana Laverne Diaz
Apr 19, 2012
Dana Diaz, 68, passed away April 19 peacefully at home in Mesquite, NV. She was born March 20, 1944 in Ft. Meyers, FL to Vernon and Kathleen (Wisenbaker) Maynard. She married her sweetheart, John, after a whirlwind courtship and traveled throughout the country for 23 years while her husband served in the U. S. Marine Corps. They would celebrate...
Michael Charles Westphal
Apr 18, 2012
Michael Charles Westphal, age 18, died Wednesday, April 18, 2012 in Mesquite, Nevada. He was born August 18, 1993 in Dayton, Ohio to Charles Mark and Deborah Lynn Kuspa Westphal. Michael grew up in California and Montana. He graduated from Anaconda High School in Anaconda Montana. He attended college at Montana State University in Bozeman, Montana before recently moving...
Edgar Salvador Cortez
Apr 14, 2012
Edgar Salvador Cortez, age 22, died unexpectedly April 13, 2012 in Mesquite, Nevada. Edgar was born September 15, 1989 in Visalia, CA to Aristeo and Martha Cortez. Edgar moved from CA to Mesquite six years ago. He worked at the Conestoga Golf Course as a cook. He enjoyed football, fast racing and spending time with friends. Edgar was a...
