Local obituaries for Moapa Valley Mortuary

Oct 24, 2009

Joe Ellett was born in Yarnaby, Oklahoma on January 16, 1926. Father Jake was a pharmacist and mother Ruth was a long-term teacher, in whose shoes Joe was destined to follow. Right after graduating from high school, he enlisted in the Navy and served our country during World War Il and the Korean War. Joe then took advantage of...

Oct 18, 2009

Vincent Razzano Vincent Joseph Razzano, age 68, of Mesquite, Nevada passed away October 18, 2009 at his home. He was born on March 18, 1941 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Anthony and Leonerda Riccardi Razzano.

Vincent joined the United States Air Force at a young age and served Our Country for 23 years. He retired as a Master...

Oct 14, 2009

Verna Laurea Leavitt Rodgers, age 75, passed away Wednesday, October 14, 2009 in Mesquite, Nevada. She was born October 12, 1934 to Alma Decatur and Ivie Jones Cox Leavitt. On January 21,1953 she married her high school sweetheart, Rex Dewayne Rodgers in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Laurea grew up in Moapa Valley, Nevada until she was fifteen years...

Oct 6, 2009

Joe Bell ? Joe Morrill Bell, age 70, of Mesquite, Nevada passed away October 6, 2009 at his home after a courageous battle with cancer. He was born on February 18, 1939 in Waco, Texas. At a young the family moved to San Diego, California where he grew up. After graduation he joined the Army for several years where...

Oct 6, 2009

Charles David "Dave" Bullock, age 70, died Tuesday, October 6, 2009 at his home in Overton, Nevada. He was born October 16, 1938 in Denver, Colorado to Harry Charles and Medea Irene Smith Bullock. On February 20, 1960, he married Paralee Anne "Perry" Kelley in Coeur d'lene, Idaho.

Dave grew up in Denver. He served in the...

Oct 2, 2009

Doris Agnes Boever Robison, age 87, died Friday, October 2, 2009. She was born December 24,1921 in Belgrade, Minnesota to Frank Frances and Mary Virginia Boever. On Jun 1, 1970 she married Joe Ray Robison in Elko, Nevada. They later renewed their vows on June 25, 1983 in Wenatchee, WA.

Doris really was a 'Rosie the Riveter'...

Sep 24, 2009

George Felkel

George Francis Felkel age 86, passed away on September 24, 2009 at his home in Beaver Dam, Arizona. He was born on September 29, 1922 in Taylor Springs, Illinois to Clarence and Anna Stank Felkel. He is survived by his wife Louise, a son Thomas, two grandsons James and Robert, three sisters Dorothy Wiley, Marilyn...

Sep 22, 2009

Dolores Lee Kenemore, age 67, died on Tuesday, September 22, 2009 at her home in Logandale, Nevada. She was born February 2, 1942 in Overton, Nevada. On October 2, 1981 she married Lonnie Doil Kenemore in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Dolores was raised in Overton by Richard and Dorothy Louise Fulkerson Heath. From a young age she always...

Sep 22, 2009

Ronda Lea Chapel Gardner, 38 , of Beaver Dam, Arizona passed away Tuesday, September 22, 2009. She was born July 31, 1971 in Tacoma, Washington to Donna Stewart and Ronald Merle Chapel.

She began her life in Tacoma, but soon her family moved to Idaho and then to Elko, Nevada. She started school while in Elko, and...

Sep 20, 2009

William Douglas Jones, age 71, died Sunday, September 20, 2009 at his home in Overton, Nevada. He was born August 25, 1938 in Las Vegas, Nevada to William Albert and Phyllis Johnson Jones. On June 28, 1957 he married Joyce Maxwell in Overton, Nevada.

Doug lived his whole life in Overton, Nevada. As a young man, he...

Sep 19, 2009

Donna Mora

Former longtime Red Bluff area resident Donna Mora passed away in Las Vegas, Nevada September 19, 2009. Born October 17, 1956 to Lloyd and Evelyn Schwede in Eureka California, the family moved to Tehama County where Donna attended local elementary schools and graduated from Red Bluff High. Donna was a local hairdresser for many years...

Sep 14, 2009

Patricia Jean "PJ" Frymire, passed away peacefully, September 14, 2009 in Murray, Utah. She was born February 5, 1936 in Tulsa, Oklahoma to Ray Wilbur and Katherine Leo Thurman O'Dell. On August 28, 1977 she married Ralph David Frymire in Las Vegas, Nevada. They were later sealed in the St. George LDS Temple.

PJ grew up in...

Sep 13, 2009

Armese Gilbert

Dale Armese Gilbert, age 84, died September 13, 2009 in Mesquite, Nevada. She was born on July 12, 1925 to Farrel and Alta Shaw Simonsen in Sterling, Idaho. Armese graduated from high school in Leadore, ID. She became a Registered Nurse in 1952 from the LDS Hospital in Idaho Falls, ID and received her Bachelor...

Sep 13, 2009

John Richard Corwin, age 83, died Sunday, September 13, 2009 in Las Vegas, Nevada. He was born October 14, 1925 in El Monte California to William Benjamin and Laura Estella Barton Corwin. On July 15, 1944 he married Juanita Mae Goodman in El Monte California. She preceded him in death on February 27, 2001.

John grew up...

Sep 9, 2009

Tonia Faye Payne, age 73, died Wednesday, September 9, 2009 in Las Vegas, Nevada. She was born February 8, 1936 in Boulder City, Nevada to Howard Leslie and Dora Chadburn Perkins. On July 16, 1954 she married her sweetheart, James Calvin Payne in Overton, Nevada.

Tonia grew up in Torrance, California . She moved to Overton in...

Sep 7, 2009

Richard Gilster, Sr.

Richard Allen Gilster, age 93, died Monday, September 7, 2009 in Fresno, California. He was born July 3, 1916 in Britt, Iowa to Otto Frederick and Elsie Burgardt Gilster. On August 6, 1937 he married his college sweetheart, Dorothy Lorena Whiteley, in Pasadena, California. She preceded him in death on November 29, 1997.

Sep 7, 2009

Billie Eugene Norman

Billie Eugene Norman, age 76 passed away on September 7, 2009 in Mesquite, Nevada. He was born August 13, 1933 in Dallas, Texas to Jay Earl and Willie Mae Elizabeth Burns Norman. He married Diana Yvette Dorsey on January 15, 1962.

Bill worked as a salesman most of his life. He lived...

Sep 6, 2009

Elsie Mildred Reynolds, age 74, died Sunday, September 6, 2009 in Logandale, Nevada. She was born August 10, 1935 in Buffalo, New York to Wilfred and Loretta Sarah Luck Murphy. On November 25, 1975 she married Earnest Duane "Ed" Reynolds in Las Vegas, Nevada. He preceded her in death on November 3, 2005.

Elsie grew up in...

Sep 2, 2009

Robert A. Chaney

Robert Allen Chaney, 81, passed away Wednesday, September 2, 2009 at his home in Mesquite, Nevada. He was born July 26, 1928 in Henderson, Kentucky to Robert and Alice Scales Chaney. He married Dinah Cooper on December 31, 1978 in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Robert moved from Salt Lake City, Utah to...

Sep 1, 2009

Eugene Michael Kasmar Jr. passed away on September 1, 2009 after his long battle with cancer. He was 59 years old.

Eugene (Geno) was born in Cirero, Illinois on November 28, 1949 to his loving parents Eugene and Rosemary Kasmar. He was their first of two children.

In 1955 the family packed up and moved...