Local obituaries for Moapa Valley Mortuary

Jul 6, 2010

John Cervantes

John (Juan) had passed away on Tuesday the sixth of July, 2010 at his summer home in Mesquite Nevada. He was born in San Bernandino California to the late John and Maria Cervantes. Born the second child of three.

As a foreman for the Union Pacific Railroad, he retired after 36 years of...

Jul 5, 2010

Carl Horowitz, age 86, died on Monday, July 5, 2010 in Overton, Nevada. He was born August 10, 1923 in Poland to Nathan and Amelia Roth Horowitz. He later met and married Irene Mandel.

Jul 2, 2010

Debra Shari Roberts

Debra Shari Roberts passed away Friday, July 2, 2010 after a courageous fight. She is survived by her husband John Zook, twin brother Doug Roberts and his wife Donna.

A memorial service celebrating her life will be held Saturday, July 10, 2010 at 10 a.m. at Virgin Valley Mortuary. You are invited...

Jul 1, 2010

Alyce Glorietta Miner, age 60, died Thursday, July 1, 2010 in rural Clark County, Nevada due to injuries sustained in an auto accident. She was born December 13, 1949 in Missouri to Samuel Caldwell and Clarice Floyd Ellsworth. She married Roosevelt Tillis, they had two children and were later divorced. She then married Harold Brent Miner.

Alyce...

Jun 30, 2010

Douglas Craig Grow, age 69, died peacefully at his home on Wednesday, June 30, 2010 in Overton, Nevada. He was born January 25, 1941 in Ogden, Utah to John Leonard and Ethel Randall Grow. On March 17, 1967 he married Patricia Ann Jordan in the Logan Temple.

Craig grew up in Huntsville, Utah, where he graduated from...

Jun 28, 2010

Beth Wadsworth Olson passed away on Monday, June 28, 2010 in Las Vegas, Nevada. She was born July 28, 1929 in Chinook, Montana to Eli Arnold and Sara Ann Humpherys Wadsworth. On October 7, 1949 she married her sweetheart (who shared her birthday), Roy Christian Olsen in the Idaho Falls Temple.

Beth grew up in Chinook, Montana...

Jun 28, 2010

Rulon Max Huntington

Rulon was born 28 September, 1918 in Midway, Utah to his parents George Augustus and Elizabeth Ross Huntington at the family homestead on Stringtown Road. He died in his 92nd year at the home of his son David on 28 June, 2010 in Pepperell, Massachusetts where he was convalescing following reconstructive knee surgery after...

Jun 25, 2010

Nicole Alice John-Bonta, age 34, entered into peace on Friday, June 25, 2010 at 7:15 a.m. at Renown Hospital in Reno, Nevada. She was born on September 23, 1975 in Las Vegas, Nevada to Karen Benn (Moapa) and Finley John Jr. (Kaibab, AZ). She is the grand daughter of Irene Benn (Moapa) and the late Harry Benn (Moapa), grand...

Jun 21, 2010

Clifford Thomas McGillvray, age 77, passed June 21, 2010 in Beaver Dam, Arizona. He was born October 23, 1932 in Butte, Montana to Daniel and Wilmot Richards McGillvray. Clifford grew up in Butte, Montana and joined the United States Army. He fought in the Korean War. After the War he graduated from Montana State University and later received his...

Jun 19, 2010

Heidi Dannette Commeau, age 40, died Saturday, June 19, 2010 in Mesquite, Nevada from injuries sustained in an auto accident. She was born July 27, 1969 in Doylestown, Pennsylvania to Daniel Wendig and Kathleen Elaine Robbins.

Heidi moved to Logandale as a young girl in 1974. She graduated from Moapa Valley High School in 1987. She lived...

Jun 13, 2010

Johnny Nathan Lee, age 68, died Sunday, June 13, 2010 at his home in Moapa, Nevada. He was born December 15, 1941 in Overton, Nevada to Robert E. Lee and Verma Chappo Lee.

John grew up in Tecopa, California near Pahrump, Nevada and spent his summers in Moapa. While attending the Stewart Indian School, he joined the...

Jun 9, 2010

Leslie David Hubble

Les Hubble, age 63, passed away Wednesday, June 9, 2010 at his home in Mesquite, Nevada. He was born on January 28, 1947 in Christmasville, Tennessee to Zoella and Lester Hubble. He married Diana Venable on September 14, 1984.

Les retired from the U.S. Air Force and the Federal Government. He loved...

Jun 7, 2010

Mary Sprague Putnam

Mary Sprague Putnam age 83 passed away June 7, 2010 in St. George, Utah. She was born in Overton, Nevada on October 18th, 1926 to Oliver and Betsey Leavitt Sprague.

She graduated from Moapa Valley High School in 1944. After high school she attended the Western Union training academy and worked at...

Jun 5, 2010

Hazel White

Hazel Pulsipher White passed away peacefully June 5, 2010 surrounded by her family at home in Mesquite. She was 91 years old.

Hazel was born in a tent on her family's ranch on the western edge of Mesquite on November 28, 1918, to John Lewis and Margaret Bodil Johnson Pulsipher. She married Donald...

Jun 4, 2010

Opal Dayes

Opal Dayes, age 96, passed away peacefully Friday, June 4, 2010 at her home in Logandale, Nevada. She was born June 11, 1913 in Egar, Arizona to Loren Sumner and Martha Ann Nelson Mattice. On February 19, 1932 she married Alfred William Holmgren in Pasadena, California. They were later sealed in the Mesa Arizona LDS...

Jun 1, 2010

Beloved husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, and friend Art Kalipetsis passed away June 1, 2010 in Mesquite, Nevada. He was born July 13,1931 in Lark, Utah to Stephanos and Angelina Conti Kalipetsis. He was preceeded in death by both parents, brother George, and son Tony. He is survived by his wife Gladys, brother Jim, sons Steve (Tammy), Mike (Chris), 6...

May 18, 2010

Yvonne Yvette Mendoza, age 71, passed away on Tuesday, May 18, 2010 in Henderson, Nevada. She was born September 13, 1938 in Munising, Michigan to Charles and Evelyn Knee Maxam. On August 31, 1968 she married Daniel Mariano Mendoza in Corona, California and then one year later they were sealed in the Mesa Arizona Temple on August 31, 1969....

May 16, 2010

In Loving Memory Darhl E. Carter-Schofield

Born - March 7, 1918 - Passed - May 16, 2010

Darhl E. Schofield passed away Sunday, May 16, 2010 in Beaver Dam, Arizona. She was preceded in death by husbands Clarence Edward Carter and Coy B. Schofield and daughter Joyce. Survivors include her son, Gerald E. Carter Sr....

May 8, 2010

Sharlene Wisespirit-Frank, age 57, died Saturday, May 8, 2010. She was born on January 27, 1953 to Owen and Betty Bow Wisespirit in Schurz, Nevada.

Sharlene was close to her brother, Leonard. She thought they were twins because not only did they look alike but they shared the same birthday with just a year in between. She...

Apr 29, 2010

Joseph Carmen Occhiuto, age 75, died Thursday, April 29, 2010. He was born January 23, 1935, in Utica, NY to Rocco and Rose Gulla Occhiuto.

Joe (known as "Papa Joe") grew up in Utica, New York and in Los Angeles, California. He learned the trade of laying carpet from his brother Rocco in Los Angeles which helped...