Local obituaries for Moapa Valley Mortuary

Nov 10, 2010

Gerald "Jerry" Raleigh Reilly

Gerald "Jerry" Raleigh Reilly, age 72, passed away Wednesday, November 10, 2010 at his home in Mesquite. He was born April 22, 1938 to Gerald Reilly and LaFonda Whiston in Los Angeles, CA. He was raised in Riverside, CA and lived most of his life in California.

Jerry moved with his...

Nov 8, 2010

Euland Zecher

Euland Arthur Zecher, age 87, died Monday, November 8, 2010 in Mesquite, Nevada. He was born June 18, 1923 in West Carthage, New York to Arthur David and Hazel Aldrich Zecher. On October 20, 1954 he married Shirley Anne Skretteberg in Rapid City, South Dakota.

Euland grew up in upstate New York in...

Nov 6, 2010

Reeda Idonna Tanner, age 88, died peacefully at her retirement home in Las Vegas, Nevada. She was born January 2, 1922 in Widtsoe, Utah to Ole Peter and Mary Nelsina Busk Nielsen. On July 5, 1938 she married LaVar Robert Tanner in Nephi, Utah. He preceded her in death on August 5, 1998.

Reeda grew up in...

Nov 6, 2010

Donald D. Kvachuk

Donald D. Kvachuk, of Mesquite, Nevada, former resident of Salt Lake City, Utah, passed away suddenly on November 6, 2010, after a spectacular life. Don was born in 1937 to Alex and Della Kvachuk. He retired from Lucent Technology with 35 years of service.

Friends and family loved his big smile, happy...

Nov 4, 2010

John Kay Mitchell

Mesquite, Nevada- John Kay Mitchell, 73, passed away November 4, 2010, at his home. He was born May 26, 1937, in Provo, Utah, to Arthur Harold Mitchell and Irva Gardner Mitchell. He married Patricia Hansen in 1956. Their children are Cynthia Mitchell Hanks, Michelle Mitchell Roberts (Randy), Todd Hansen Mitchell (Valorie), Brian John Mitchell...

Oct 31, 2010

Donald L. Francis

Donald LaVerne Francis, age 78, died Sunday, October 31, 2010 in Las Vegas, Nevada. He was born February 15, 1932 to George Washington and Winsom Ila Ezra Francis in Rockwell, Iowa. On July 9, 1983 he married Hazel Williams in the West Jordan Utah LDS Temple. Donald grew up in Rockwell and Mason City,...

Oct 29, 2010

Clark Harrison

Ronald Clark Harrison, age 42, died Friday, October 29, 2010 at his home in St. George, Utah. He was born June 25, 1968 in Las Vegas, Nevada to Ronald Allen and Faye Ruesch Harrison. On September 17, 1997 he married Brenda Lynn Busic. Clark grew up in Logandale, Nevada. He graduated from Moapa Valley High...

Oct 28, 2010

David Kennedy

David Eugene Kennedy passed away October 28, 2010 in Mesquite, Nevada. He was born November 18, 1940 in Denver, Colorado to Alex and Blanche Atherton Kennedy.

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Oct 28, 2010

Denzil W. Pollock

Denzil Wallace Pollock, 93, peacefully passed away October 28, 2010, at his home in Beaver Dam, Arizona. He was born January 28, 1917 in Tropic, Utah to Loram and Maggie Johnson Pollock. He married Emma Brooks March 28, 1939 in the St. George LDS Temple.

He was raised in Tropic and at...

Oct 25, 2010

Orville Roberts

Orville Ronald Roberts died October 25, 2010, peacefully at home. He was born July 27, 1939 to Orville and Audrey Roberts in Sioux City, Iowa.

He grew up in Fairmount, North Dakota. He loved going back to visit the people of Fairmount and did as often as possible.

He retired from...

Oct 24, 2010

Philo Jay Sylvester, age 73, died Sunday, October 24, 2010 at his home in Las Vegas, Nevada. He was born July 26, 1937 in St. George, Utah to Horace Greeley and Virginia Lee Sylvester. On September 11, 1965 he married Melba Knight in the St. George LDS Temple.

Philo grew up Mesquite. He served a mission in...

Oct 23, 2010

Virginia Ermina Wunsch, age 86, died Saturday, October 23, 2010 at her home in Logandale, Nevada. She was born January 4, 1924 in Silverton, Oregon to Arthur Corbett and Gertrude Isabel Mitchel Orton. On September 2, 1949 she married Paul John Wunsch, Sr. in California. He preceded her in death.

Virginia, at the age of four, moved...

Oct 19, 2010

David Glenn "Rocky" Humes, age 55, died Tuesday, October 19, 2010 in Overton, Nevada. He was born July 4, 1955 in Las Vegas, Nevada to Robert Glenn and Eva Johnson Humes.

Rocky grew up in Overton, Nevada where he excelled in football, basketball and track at Moapa Valley High School. From 1974 - '99 he lived in...

Oct 19, 2010

Verl L Frehner

Verl "L" Frehner, 75, passed away peacefully in his home surrounded by family, on October 19, 2010 in Scenic, AZ. He was born August 16, 1935 to Fenton and Mary Leavitt Frehner in St George, UT, and was raised in Mesquite, NV. He married Toni Lawrence September 2, 1961 in the St George Temple....

Oct 19, 2010

Ward "Tony" Sanders

Ward "Tony" Sanders died Tuesday, October 19, 2010 in Mesquite, Nevada. He was born August 17, 1953 in Alaska to Donald Anthony and Nola Belle Carroll Sanders.

Tony was happiest making music, hunting for rocks and playing penny Keno. He had a quick wit and was referred to by friends as the...

Oct 14, 2010

Ronald Doyle Olson, age 65, passed away on October 14, 2010 surrounded by his loved ones. He was born on February 21, 1945 in Salt Lake City, Utah as the second child of Doyle Herman and Irene Carrico Olson. Ron graduated from South High School, where he excelled in Math and Science. He later attended the University of Utah...

Oct 14, 2010

John J. Ligouri

John J. Ligouri passed away peacefully on October 14, 2010. He was born on December 5, 1923, the ninth of ten children born to Gennaro and Mary Ligouri, in Des Moines, Iowa.

John attended St. Anthony's Catholic School through the eighth grade and graduated from Dowling Catholic High School in 1942. He...

Oct 8, 2010

Vernie Shreck

Vernie Eva Shreck, age 85, passed away peacefully Saturday, October 8, 2010 in Mesquite, Nevada. She was born September 5, 1925 in Malta, Montana to Guy Dwight Clark and Cleo Salina Redford Clark. She married James Russell Blue who passed way on May 3, 1950. On March 31, 1951 she married Donald Thomas Shreck in...

Oct 4, 2010

Gerald Wittwer

Gerald Merl Wittwer, age 78, passed away Monday, October 4, 2010 in St. George, Utah. He was born September 21, 1932 in Bunkerville, Nevada to Merl Harmon and Elizabeth Leavitt Wittwer. He attended school in Bunkerville and Mesquite, and later attended the University of Reno. He paid his way through school by hauling ice for...

Sep 28, 2010

Joseph D. Bishop Sr., age 72, passed away September 28, 2010 in St. George, UT. Joe was born January 4, 1938 in Las Vegas, NV to Richard and Lois Ward Bishop.

Joe served his country for more than twenty years during war time in the Navy and then went on to be a part of changing the...