Local obituaries for Moapa Valley Mortuary

Mar 21, 2012

Charles Gierut, age 84, died March 21, 2012 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Charles was born January 15, 1928 in Chicago, IL to Stanley and Susan Korlawski Gierut. Charles and his lovely wife Dolores M. Jacubs were married in Chicago, IL on June 22, 1986. Charles grew up in Chicago, IL where he attended a Catholic High School. He was...

Mar 20, 2012

Patricia Ann Wegner

Patricia Wegner, 80, of Mesquite, Nevada, died March 20, 2012 at her home.

Patricia was a loving wife, mother and friend, she will be missed.

Mar 20, 2012

Arnold Segmiller, age 75, passed away Monday, March 12, 2012 at Desert Springs Hospital in Las Vegas, Nevada. He was born July 12, 1936 in Las Vegas to Ben and Daisy Sackett Segmiller. Arnold lived at the Las Vegas Reservation as a child and then moved to Moapa in the 1970's. He was a proud member of the Moapa...

Mar 12, 2012

Louisa May Ryan

Louisa May Ryan, 95, died March 12, 2012 at her home in Bunkerville, Nevada. She was born November 22, 1916 in Omaha, Nebraska to David William and Patty May Watkins Kinnison.

Louisa was a loving, peaceful and gentle woman, everyone that knew her would agree. She enjoyed traveling in her motor home...

Mar 9, 2012

Linda Leona Pohlmeier

Linda Pohlmeier, 62, passed away March 9, 2012 at her home in Mesquite, Nevada surrounded by her loving family. She was born November 23, 1949 in Chicago, Illinois to the proud parents of Albert and Irene Comyn. She married Gerald Pohlmeier on April 6, 1982 in Honolulu, Hawaii. They were married for 30 beautiful...

Mar 8, 2012

Marion Kay, age 68, died Thursday, March 8, 2012 in Las Vegas, Nevada. She was born June 29, 1943 in San Carlos, Arizona to Albert and Daisy Dewey Nosie. On June 4, 1973 she married Wallace Kay, Sr. In Las Vegas, Nevada. He preceded her in death on October 2, 2001.

Marion grew up in Arizona. She...

Mar 5, 2012

Gary Joe Bowman

Gary Joe Bowman, died March 5, 2012, in Mesquite, Nevada. Gary was born on July 29, 1939 in Sterling Colorado to Joe Bowman and Esther (Miller). He grew up in Brush, Colorado and married the love of his life Eva (Davis) on February 8, 1962, they recently celebrated their 50th anniversary. They have two...

Mar 2, 2012

Harry Leavitt, age 71 , passed away March 2, 2012 in Las Vegas, Nevada. He was born January 3, 1941 in Bunkerville, Nevada to Eldred and Ruby Leavitt. He married Patricia Ann Foster June 1960 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Harry attended highschool in Bunkerville, Nevada. He retired from Labors Union and moved to Tonopah, Nevada in 1995....

Mar 1, 2012

John (Buck) Lockler, 63, passed away in Mesquite, Nevada March 1, 2012. While his family is deeply saddened by his passing they are relieved that Buck has been released from the ravages of Cancer.

Buck is survived by his wife Theresa, their tree dogs Penny, Brandy and Tucker and his pal Tommy Kitty, as well as members...

Feb 23, 2012

Frank Elbert White, age 83, died Thursday, February 23, 2012 in Las Vegas, Nevada. He was born August 29, 1928 in McGill, Nevada to Richard and Maude Myrtle Miller White. On November 6, 1949 he married Marilyn Sue Brewer in Kingman, Arizona. Frank grew up in Ely, Nevada. He served in the US Navy during WWII and the Korean...

Feb 19, 2012

Florence L. Nelson

Florence L. Nelson, 71, died February 19, 2012 in Mesquite, Nevada. She was born December 17, 1940 in Colorado, to Leroy and Velma Fuhlendorf Newton. Florence enjoyed gambling, she enjoyed playing the slot machines, she would move from machine to machine. She loved to fish and play golf. She was the recording secretary for...

Feb 15, 2012

Dorothy "Dottie" June Van Cleave Smith, 83, peacefully passed away Wednesday, February 15, 2012, at her home in Mesquite, NV, with family at her side. She was born June 2, 1928, in Needles, CA to Guy and Socorro Van Cleave. Dottie enjoyed golf, travel, hunting and fishing, and doing crossword puzzles. She married James "Smitty" William Smith in 1946....

Feb 13, 2012

Ida Louise Jarvis

Ida Louise Jarvis, 85, died February 13, 2012 in Saint George, Utah. She was born to Anthony and Cyrilla Moir Sty on January 23, 1927 in Joliet, Illinois.

She grew up in Chicago, Illinois. She attended Our Lady of Grace Elementary and Schurz High School. She left the windy city, Chicago, in...

Feb 9, 2012

Elizabeth Louise Sozzoni - Sullivan, age 36, died Thursday, February 9, 2012 in Las Vegas, Nevada. She was born January 26, 1976 in Las Vegas, Nevada to Lance Sylvester and Diane Jo Beckwith. She married Billy Michael Sullivan of Las Vegas, Nevada.

Liz grew up in Las Vegas. As a young family, they moved to Logandale, Nevada....

Feb 1, 2012

Robert John "J.R." Eisneman, age 46, died Wednesday, February 1, 2012 at his home in Overton, Nevada. He was born July 15, 1965 in Irvington, New Jersey to Edgar Eugene and Rose Robbins Eisenman. On December 28, 1997 he married Deborah Jeanne Reel in Las Vegas, Nevada. J.R. grew up in New Jersey. He joined the Army and served...

Feb 1, 2012

Karen Alma Benn, age 57, died Wednesday, February 1, 2012 in Moapa, Nevada. She was born September 23, 1954 in Cedar City, Utah to Harry and Irene Benn. Karen lived her early years in Moapa the moved to Layton, Utah in the foster care program before graduating from Sherman Indian School in Riverside, California. She married Finley John, Jr.,...

Feb 1, 2012

Lindy Mark Lape, 83, died February 7, 2012 in Mesquite, Nevada. He was born May 27, 1928 in Vandalia, Illinois to Orville Dennis and Ida Morton Lape. He married Billie Sisson Lape in 1974 in Pasco, Washington, they spent 38 happy years together. Lindy was an athletic man upon graduation from high school he was invited to baseball try...

Jan 29, 2012

Lorraine Palella

Lorraine Mary Palella, 84, died January 29, 2012 in Mesquite, Nevada. She was born March 9, 1927 in Chicago, Illinois to Frank and Mary Pelligrino Sommario. She married Gaetano "Guy" Palella on January 26, 1946 in Chicago, Illinois. They were married for 66 years. She lived most of her life in Chicago, Illinois. She retired...

Jan 28, 2012

Robert William McGrew

Robert William McGrew, 49, died January 28, 2012 in Mesquite, Nevada from injuries sustained in an auto accident. He was born May 23, 1962 in Willoughby, Ohio to Ronald Larry and Selma "Sally" Louise Barbian McGrew. He married Anna Marie Barnes in Lytle Creek, California. They had three sons and were later divorced.

Jan 28, 2012

Irene Benn

Irene Elsie Benn, age 89, died Saturday, January 28, 2012 at Highland Manor in Mesquite, Nevada. She was born June 27, 1923 in Moapa, Nevada to Fred and Mary Jane Lampson Benn. She later married Harry Benn in Moapa. Irene lived most of her life in Moapa. She worked for many years as a cook,...