Local obituaries for Moapa Valley Mortuary

Oct 25, 2008

Marjorie Jean Wolfe

Marjorie Jean Wolfe, age 85, died Saturday, October 25, 2008 in Mesquite, Nevada. She was born April 11, 1923 McPherson, Kansas to Ezra (Chic) and Dorothy Bohall. On February 13, 1960 she married Jacob C. Wolfe Jr. in Raton, New Mexico. Jean spent the last three years living in Scenic, Arizona, where she moved...

Oct 22, 2008

Utah Parker

Utah Carroll Parker, age 66, died Wednesday, October 22, 2008 at Highland Manor in Mesquite, Nevada. He was born April 10, 1942 in Texarkana, Texas to Marion James and Martha Ann Sanders Parker. On June 3, 1967 he married Barbara Jean Patterson in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Utah grew up in Texas. As a...

Oct 18, 2008

Douglas Bryan Bundy

Douglas Bryan Bundy, 27, passed away On Saturday, October 18, 2008 in Mesquite, Nevada. He was born August 18, 1981 in St. George, Utah to Douglas D. and Barbara (Sandberg) Bundy.

Bryan was raised in St. George until he was 15 years old. He attended Sunset and Dixie Downs Elementary Schools, Snow...

Oct 10, 2008

Rodger Waters

Rodger Decker Waters, age 55, died peacefully Friday, October 10, 2008 at his home in Overton, Nevada. He was born October 4, 1953 in Cedar City, Utah to Ronald Morgan and Retta Decker Waters.

Rodger grew up in Las Vegas. He moved with his family to Overton in 1976. He graduated from the...

Oct 6, 2008

Geri Barefield

Geraldine "Geri" Barefield, age 67, died Monday, October 6, 2008 at her home in Overton, Nevada. She was born August 12, 1941 in Blackfoot, Idaho to John Earl and Ruth Ardella Olson Andersen. On August 6, 1983 she married William "Bill" Lee Barefield.

Geri grew up in Idaho, then moved to Jackson, Wyoming...

Oct 4, 2008

William Milan Potts, age 84, died Saturday, October 4, 2008 in Mesquite, Nevada. He was born June 14, 1924 in Lewellynn, Nebraska to Henry and Haley Potts. On February 16, 1946 he married Elizabeth Josephine in Castle Rock, Colorado. She preceded him in death on February 4, 1997.

William was a longtime resident of Green River, Wyoming...

Oct 4, 2008

Mary Irene Allard Wyatt born August 25, 1922 in Pembroke Ontario, Canada; died at home in Mesquite, NV on October 4th, 2008 of natural causes incident to age.

Her parents were J.B. Allard and Marguerite Murphy Allard. She had two brothers, Leo and Bud Allard who have preceded her in death.

She was enlisted in...

Oct 4, 2008

William (Bill) Milan Potts, age 84, died Saturday, October 4, 2008 in Mesquite, Nevada. He was born June 14, 1924 in Lewellynn, Nebraska to Henry and Haley Potts. Elizabeth (Jo) Josephine Hodge, age 71, died February 4, 1997 in Mesquite, Nevada. She was born March 4, 1925 in Rock Springs, Wyoming to John and Sara Hodge. On February 16,...

Oct 4, 2008

Ursula L. Wysznewskij

Ursula L. Wysznewskij of Mesquite, Nevada passed away October 4, 2008 at her home. She was born August 11, 1928 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin to Friedrich and Lina Nerge Kirchhoefer. Ursula lived in Salt Lake City, Utah until the age of eight when here family moved to Germany. SheCame back to America in...

Oct 1, 2008

Elaine Heeks

Elaine Heeks, age 84, died Wednesday, October 1, 2008 at her daughter's home in Bunkerville, Nevada. She was born May 20, 1924 in Chicago, Illinois to Oscar and Mabel Johnson Schmitt.

Elaine grew up in Chicago and later moved to Southern California. She married John (Jack) Heeks in Las Vegas, Nevada in 1986....

Sep 28, 2008

Mesquite, Nevada - Bob Wyatt, 89, passed away on the 26th day of September 2008 quietly in his home at Mesquite, Nevada. He was born on December 23 1915 in Cerci, Arkansas, to Ola Meyers and Robert Alsey Wyatt. He had been married to his first wife for 50 years Ruth Beatrice Vaughn they married in Philadelphia, PA, on...

Sep 25, 2008

Henry "Hank" Edward Easley

Hank Easley, age 80, passed peacefully on Thursday, September 25, 2008. He went on to his happy hunting and fishing grounds!

Hank was born on March 23, 1928 in Glen Fork, West Virginia. He moved with his family in 1935 to California working from the age of 9 until he retired...

Sep 18, 2008

Donna Rae Fletcher, 61, returned home to her Heavenly Father on September 18, 2008. After a heroic battle with cancer, Donna passed peacefully, surrounded by her loving family.

Donna was born May 1, 1947 to Perry and Carma Keller in Hurricane, Utah. The family soon moved to Montana where Donna spent most of her life. Donna grew...

Sep 15, 2008

Jean Mulholland

Jean Elizabeth Mulholland, age 95, passed peacefully on Monday, September 15, 2008 at Highland Manor in Mesquite, Nevada. She was born May 12, 1913 in Manhattan, New York. She was married to Robert Bruce Mulholland in Florida. He passed away in 1998.

Jean lived most of her younger years in New York. She...

Sep 11, 2008

Carol Ann Anderson

Carol Ann Anderson, 68, went to be with her Lord on September 11, 2008 in Mesquite, Nevada. She was born in Los Angeles, California on May 18, 1940 to Aolah Haulch. Carol graduated from a divinity school in Dallas, Texas in 1978, having a great love for the Bible. She was the top sales...

Sep 11, 2008

Dorothy J. Cockrell

Dorothy Jean, "Dot" Cockrell, age 71, passed away Thursday, September 11, 2008 in Mesquite, Nevada. Dot was born on November 30, 1936 in Covington, Tennessee to Ernest and Maudie Ervin Parker. She married Elroy "Roy" Cockrell on July 30, 1974 in Columbia, South Carolina. He preceded her in death on March 30, 2002.

Sep 10, 2008

Tom Patton

Tom D. Patton, age 80, passed away Wednesday, September 10, 2008 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Tom was born on May 4, 1928 in Muskogee, Oklahoma to Ted and Fannie McCall Patton.

At age 17, Tom enlisted in the U.S. Navy. He moved from Evanston, Wyoming to the Virgin Valley 25 years ago. He...

Sep 9, 2008

Gloria Miller

Gloria Lorraine Miller, age 80, died Tuesday, September 9, 2008 at Dixie Regional Medical Center in St. George, Utah. She was born December 17, 1927 in Posen, Illinois to John Joseph and Anne Heydisch Gierszewsky. On April 12, 1947 she married Paul Peter Wroblewsky in Chicago, Illinois. He preceded her in death on April 17,...

Sep 7, 2008

Marguerite Nickle

Marguerite Joyce Nickle, 71, passed away Sunday, September 7, 2008 in Mesquite, Nevada. She was born September 16, 1936 in Boulder, Colorado to Leslie and Margaret Baker Richmond. She married Steve Nickle on December 3, 1976 in Lovelock, Nevada. He preceded her in death on November 26, 1997.

Marguerite enjoyed traveling, spending time...

Aug 31, 2008

Walter Schanus

Walter Herbert Schanus, age 80, of Mesquite, Nevada passed away Sunday, August 31, 2008 at Kolob Care and Rehab Nursing Home in St. George, Utah. Walter was born July 1, 1928 in Shakopee, Minnesota to Joseph and Minnie Ruecker Schanus. He married Evelyn Janke on January 11, 1950 in Hibbing, Minnesota.

Walter was...