Local obituaries for Moapa Valley Mortuary
John Richard Corwin
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...
Tonia Faye Payne
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...
Richard Gilster
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.
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Billie Eugene Norman
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...
Elsie Mildred Reynolds
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...
Robert Allen Chaney
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...
Eugene Michael Kasmar Jr
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...
Linda Helen Cheatwood
Aug 31, 2009
Linda Helen Cheatwood
Linda Helen Cheatwood, age 47 passed away August 31, 2009 in California. She was born July 6, 1962 in South Lake Tahoe, California to Jay David Cheatwood and Georgia Helen Andersen.
Linda grew up in South Lake Tahoe and moved to Reno, Nevada where she began working in the gaming industry. She...
Fred Carlyle Sheets
Aug 30, 2009
Fred Carlyle Sheets
Fred Carlyle Sheets, 67, of Mesquite, Nevada, passed away peacefully at his home with his loving wife by his side on August 30, 2009. He was born on December 9, 1941 in Rigby, Idaho to Glen and Elizabeth Sheets.
After serving 20 years in the service and traveling the world, Fred decided...
Gordon "Gus" Ford
Aug 29, 2009
Gordon "Gus" Nilsson Ford, age 76, died peacefully Saturday, August 29, 2009 in Orem, Utah surrounded by all his children and their spouses. He was born October 11, 1932 in Raymond, Alberta, Canada to John Henry and Ada E. Nilsson Ford. On March 21, 1958 he married LaVee Harris in Ogden, Utah. They had three children and were married...
Jeannine Elaine Hendricks
Aug 27, 2009
Jeannine Elaine Hendricks
Jeannine Elaine Hendricks passed away on August 27, 2009 in O'Fallon, Missouri. Jeannine is the daughter of William and Eva Holmes and grew up in Fallon, NV. After leaving Fallon, she lived for many years in Sacramento, CA where she worked for IBM. Upon retirement, she moved to St. George, UT.
She...
Arthur Ray Robison
Aug 24, 2009
Arthur Ray Robison, age 91, died Monday, August 24, 2009 at his home in Overton, Nevada. He was born October 7, 1917 in Overton, Nevada to Joseph Benjamin and Mildred Andersen Robison. On May 20, 1940 he married Barbara Nay in Las Vegas, Nevada. They were later sealed in the St. George LDS Temple. She preceded him in death...
Thomas Francis O'Connell
Aug 23, 2009
Thomas Francis O'Connell Jr, 70, passed away Sunday, August 23, 2009 at his home in Mesquite, Nevada. He was born July 22, 1939 in Brooklyn, New York to Thomas Francis and Rita Davron O'Connell. He married Julie Ann Kelly on April 8, 1986 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Tom moved from Lancaster, California to Mesquite, Nevada in 2002....
John Peter Dykeman
Aug 18, 2009
John Peter Dykeman
On August 18, 2009, John Peter Dykeman slipped away peacefully in his home with his family. He courageously battled terminal cancer and left an indelible legacy of strength, love, and laughter during life's challenges as well as its triumphs.
He was born in Elbridge, Onondaga, New York on June 30, 1941. He...
Jerry Wayne Vandyck
Aug 17, 2009
Jerry VanDyck
Jerry Wayne VanDyck, 71, of 361 Honeysuckle Lane in Mesquite, NV, passed away on August 17, 2009. Jerry was born July 18, 1938 in Benton Harbor, Michigan to Clarence and Josie VanDyck. The family moved back to their home state of Oklahoma in 1947. Jerry completed his schooling in Ponca City, Oklahoma.
Jerry...
June Pulsipher
Aug 15, 2009
June Pulsipher
June Pulsipher, age 81, passed away peacefully at her home Saturday, August 15, 2009 in Logandale, Nevada. She was born June 29, 1928 in St. George, Utah to Ira and Josepha Jane Abbott Leavitt. On September 5, 1946 she married her childhood sweetheart, Howard Kyle Pulsipher in Mesquite, Nevada. They were later sealed in the...
James Edward Frehner
Aug 13, 2009
James Edward Frehner
James"Jimmy" Edward Frehner age 21, died Thursday , August 13, 2009 , in Las Vegas Nevada at UMC Hospital. He was born November 15, 1987 in Las Vegas, NV to Edward Terry and Sherrie Dianna Hunt Frehner. Jimmy grew up most of his life in Las Vegas. When the family decided to move to...
Richard Smith Genseal
Aug 12, 2009
Richard Smith Genseal
Richard Smith Genseal "Gunner", age 76, died Wednesday, August 12, 2009 He was born June 25, 1933 in Beardstown, Illinois to Joseph Robert and Anna Mae Smith. On June 7, 1957 he married Doreen Ann Starr in Henderson, Nevada. Dick grew up in Beardstown where he was the only student every year in his...
Steven Douglas Brown
Aug 11, 2009
Steven Douglas Brown, beloved husband, father, brother and friend, passed away suddenly Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2009, in Las Vegas, at the young age of 41. He was born in Las Vegas, June 18, 1968, to Harold Gene and Esther Aileen Brown.
Steven graduated in 1986 from Hurricane High School, where he was student body president, always recognized...
George Henry Waite
Aug 9, 2009
George Waite
George Henry Waite, 68, passed away Sunday, August 9, 2009 at Kolob Care Center in St. George, Utah. He was born January 3, 1941 in Waterbury, Connecticut. George had lived in Mesquite for the past 20 years. He spent 15 years as a crap dealer at the Oasis. He was always known as Mr. Christmas...
