Local obituaries for Moapa Valley Mortuary
Lawrence Keith Davis
Feb 8, 2009
Lawrence Keith Davis
The day has come when my physical body has surrendered its fight for life. My soul now rests with my lord in a high mountain meadow overlooking His entire splendor. Take my ashes and scatter them so the flowers may grow and life can continue. Bury my faults, my weaknesses and all prejudice against...
Stanley "Stan" Marvin Hatton
Feb 6, 2009
Stan Hatton
Stanley Marvin "Stan" Hatton, age 69, died Friday, February 6, 2009 at his home in Alamo, Nevada. He was born November 5, 1939 in Los Angeles, California to Norman Edgar and Marie Anna Lester Hatton. On April 10, 1970 he married Glenda Kay Perdue in Fayetteville, Arkansas. They were later sealed in the St. George...
Violet Geraldine Zadroga
Feb 5, 2009
Violet Zadroga
Violet Geraldine Zadroga, 94, of Mesquite, Nevada passed away February 5, 2009 following a brief illness. She was born on December 7, 1914 in Chicago, Illinois to Frank and Mary Kuich. She is survived by her daughter, Diane Taterka, grandson, Michael Taterka, niece, Ann Beltran, and family friend, James Sowa. She was preceded in death...
Marjory Moody Scheaffer
Feb 3, 2009
Marjory Scheaffer
Marjory Moody Scheaffer, 65, of Mesquite, NV, returned to the loving arms of her heavenly father on February 3, 2009. After a short, courageous battle with cancer, she passed away peacefully at Mesa View Hospital in Mesquite. Born April 3, 1943, in Delta, UT, to Connie and Floyd Moody, the third of seven children, she...
Elizabeth Jane Mitchell
Feb 3, 2009
Elizabeth Jane Mitchell
Elizabeth Jane Mitchell, age 90, passed away Tuesday, February 3, 2009 in Mesquite, Nevada. She was born October 15, 1918 in Detroit, Michigan to Norman and Hazel Haight Rumrill. Elizabeth married Donald Mitchell on February 10, 1940 in Napoleon, Ohio. Donald preceded her in death on March 7, 1965.
Elizabeth moved to...
Christine Elizabeth Oldham
Feb 2, 2009
Christine Elizabeth Oldham, 95, passed away Monday, February 2, 2009 at Highland Manor in Mesquite, Nevada. She was born April 10, 1913 to Eugine Milton and Martha Easly Billiter. She married Austin Downard Oldham in March 1934 in Illinois. Austin preceded her in death on December 29, 1994.
Christine moved to Mesquite ten years ago from Grand...
Ruby Lorraine Warr
Jan 26, 2009
Ruby Warr
Ruby Lorraine Worthington Warr, age 88, died Monday, January 26, 2009 in Scenic, Arizona. She was born in Grantsville, Utah on April 30, 1920.
She is survived by three children; Valerie McCally of Scenic, AZ, Doug (Marge) Warr of Brookings, OR and Tom (Beverly) Warr of Mesquite, NV; two sisters, Rowena Madsen of...
Mary Alice Dotson
Jan 26, 2009
Mary Alice Dotson
Mary Alice Dotson, age 75, died Monday, January 26, 2009 at Valley Hospital in Las Vegas, Nevada. She was born April 18, 1933 to Bryson Wolcott and marilla Crowther Cook. On June 26, 1964 she married Robert W. Dotson in the Logan Utah Temple. He preceded her in death on April 23, 2007.
...Ileana Marie Bairett
Jan 25, 2009
Ileana Marie Bairett
Ileana Marie Bairett age 27 of Scenic Arizona passed away January 25, 2009 at St. George Medical Center. Ileana was born July 24, 1981 in Salt Lake City, Utah to Richard Lee Bairett Sr and Kynnette Newland. She is the daughter of Richard L Bairett and Darlene Woolsey Bairett of Arizona and Kynnette Newland...
Marie Noble Swanson
Jan 22, 2009
Marie Noble Swanson, 92, passed away Thursday, January 22, 2009 in Las Vegas, NV. She was born August 30, 1916 in Taneyville, Missouri to Lucas DeShield and Kate Moser Wallace. Marie married Raymond Swanson on August 9, 1963 in Calument City, Illinois. Raymond preceded her in death on January 9, 1991.
Marie moved to Algonquin, Illinois in...
Mary Ruth
Jan 21, 2009
Mary Yvonne (Bonnie) Nielson Underwood Ruth
Bonnie Ruth was born July 19, 1934 in Leamington, Utah to Wallace and Viola Yates Nielson. She married Vance Underwood in February 1951. They were later divorced. She married Narvin (Tyke) Ruth in November 1969.
She was a beloved daughter, mother, grandmother, sister, and aunt. She started her life...

Betty French
Jan 9, 2009
Betty French, 77, of Beaver Dam, Ariz., and formerly of Crook, CO died Jan. 9, 2009, in Beaver Dam, AZ. Memorial services will be held at a later date. She was born May 7, 1931, in Peetz, CO. She attended and graduated Peetz High School. In 1946, she married Jerry Hume. She married Robert French in 1971. Mrs. French...
Arthur Haskell Chatelain
Jan 4, 2009
Arthur Haskell Chatelain "Art"
Arthur Haskell Chatelain (Art), 87 years old, passed peacefully in his sleep on Sunday morning, January 4, 2009. Art was a proud resident of Mesquite for the past 18 years and a lifelong Mason. Art was born in Utah in 1921. Art leaves behind his beloved wife, Marjorie, who brought joy to his...
Edna Mae Popplewell
Jan 1, 2009
Edna Mae Popplewell
Edna Mae Popplewell (78) passed away January 1, 2009 in her home in Overton. Edna was born January 31, 1930 in Indiana to Dan Hammack and Lizzie Darnell.
Enda grew up mostly in Kentucky, but over the years had lived in many different locations, working as a waitress....
Dorothy Ellen Artus
Jan 1, 2009
Dorothy Artus
Dorothy Ellen (Thayne) Artus, age 74, passed away January 1, 2009 in Las Vegas, Nevada. She was born January 20, 1934 in Las Vegas, Nevada to Emerald Quincey and Vonda Melissa Humphries Thayne.
She was a resident of Las Vegas for 60 years and a resident of Logandale for the past...
Jack Willmore
Dec 29, 2008
Theodore Jack Willmore, 78, passed away Monday, December 29, 2008 at Highland Manor in Mesquite, Nevada. He was born August 27, 1930 in Pocatello, Idaho to Harry Theodore and Tabitha Ellen McCann Willmore.
Jack was a long time resident in Las Vegas, and lived in Mesquite for the past several years. He served an LDS mission to...
James Hyrum Steel
Dec 28, 2008
James Hyrum Steel, age 76, died Sunday, December 28, 2008 at his home in Logandale, Nevada. He was born March 12, 1932 in Plano, Idaho to James Hamilton and Myrtle Pearl Oakey Steel. On August 13, 1958 he married Lorraine Gloria Krausz in the Idaho Falls Temple.
Jim grew up in Plano, Idaho, served an LDS Mission...
Jeffrey Wade Wilson
Dec 24, 2008
Jeffrey Wade Wilson, age 39, returned to his Heavenly Father on December 24, 2008 in Mesquite, Nevada after a fight with cancer. Jeff was born on September 8, 1969 in Arlington, Washington, the third child of Edna Queen and John Paul Wilson. He married Linda Wilson and they had one child, Kristine Marie Wilson. They later divorced.
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Hubert Everett Simons
Dec 24, 2008
Hubert Everett Simons, age 76, died Wednesday, December 24, 2008 at Sunrise Hospital in Las Vegas, Nevada. He was born January 11, 1932 in Beaumont, Texas to Theodore John and Cecil Alice Heathcote Simons. On November 5, 1952 he married Hazel Patricia Simons in Richmond, California. After 55 years of marriage, she passed away on November 9, 2007.
...Marjorie Eleanor Renfrow
Dec 17, 2008
Marjorie Renfrow
Marjorie Eleanor Renfrow, age 85, died Wednesday, December l7, 2008 in Mesquite, Nevada. She was born June 16, 1923 in Downey, Idaho to Clinton .John and Winifred Evans Mock. Marjorie grew up in Downey until her senior year when the family moved to Wendell, Idaho where she graduated from high school. She graduated from the...