Local obituaries for Moapa Valley Mortuary

Aug 27, 2008

Martha D. Galbreath

Martha Dot Galbreath, age 95, died August 27, 2008 at her home in Overton, Nevada with her family at her side. She was born July 17, 1913 in Berrion County, Michigan to Harvey Franklin and Mable W. Heltzel Stine. On August 13, 1928 she married Howard L. Galbreath. He preceded her in death on...

Aug 21, 2008

Janet Arlene Jensen

August 2, 1937-- August 21, 2008

Mom passed away peacefully at home, after a short but serious bout with liver cancer. She worked for the Clark County School Dist. starting out as the playground supervisor and retiring 33yrs later as the Vice Principal's Secretary. She enjoyed working with the kids being one...

Aug 18, 2008

Arland Heber Whipple, age 58, died Monday, August 18, 2008 at his home in Logandale, Nevada after a long battle with Melanoma Cancer. He was born February 26, 1950 in St. George, Utah to Wilford and Emma Thompson Whipple. On September 23, 1972 he married his sweetheart Yvonne Callahan in the St. George LDS Temple.

Arland grew...

Aug 17, 2008

Taylar Ann Staats

Taylar Ann Staats passed away August 17, 2008. She was born March 27, 2008 in St. George, Utah to Arica Lee Jensen and Nathan B. Staats.

"A star that burns twice as bright burns half as long." Our little Tay Tay burned twice as bright! A little girl who touched us all....

Aug 13, 2008

Shirley Miars, Age 83, devoted wife and mother, passed away peacefully in her sleep at Highland Manor of Mesquite on August 13, 2008 after a long battle with Alzheimer's Disease. Shirley was born on December 3, 1924 in Montevideo, Minnesota to George and Mae Marholz (Martin). She married James Miars in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1947.

Shirley spent...

Aug 12, 2008

Loran B. Wells

Loran Wells died on August 12, 2008 at his home in Mesquite, Nevada. He was 81 years old. Loran was born August 6, 1927 to Roy William and Alta Lucille Brewington Wells in Whitefish, Montana. The family left Montana and settled in Aztec, New Mexico, where Loran and his older brother Roy were raised....

Aug 9, 2008

Kathy Mastin Chamberlain

Kathy Mastin Chamberlain, 48 died Saturday, August 9, 2008 in St. George, Utah following a lingering illness. She was born on November 10, 1958 in Cincinnati, Ohio to William and Mary Jo Artmier Mastin. Kathy Grew up in Cincinnati and graduated from Mt. Healthy High School in 1977. She married Bryan Leo Chamberlain on...

Aug 6, 2008

Howard Harding Holmes

Howard H. Holmes, retired Tech Sergeant in USA Air Force, age 87, died Wednesday, August 6, 2008 in Boulder City, Nevada. He was born January 14, 1921 in Moffat, Colorado to Harry Lincoln and Julia Holmes. On May 24, 1980 he married Gwendolin Kelly in the St. George, Utah Temple.

In 1998...

Jul 30, 2008

Jerry Franklin Renfrow, age 86, died Wednesday, July 30, 2008 in his home in Mesquite, Nevada. He was born September 28, 1921 in Gooding, Idaho to Jerry Franklin and Lula Wharton Renfrow. On September 4, 1947 he married Marjorie Mock in Wendell, Idaho.

Jerry moved to Mesquite in April of 2005 from Buhl, Idaho where he lived...

Jul 26, 2008

Alice Fanny Spady

Alice Fanny Spady, 94, passed away July 26, 2008.

She was born on October 10, 1913 in Lasalle, Colorado to Thomas Wilson Beal and Mary Bell Patterson Beal.

She grew up in Colorado, met and married her husband Paul John George Spady in Aurora, Colorado, March 27, 1933. They moved...

Jul 20, 2008

Raymond Robert Gould

Raymond Robert Gould, age 61, passed away peacefully at his home in Beaver Dam, Arizona after a courageous battle with illness. He was born on July 18, 1947 in Salt Lake City Utah to Melvin Jay Gould and Henrietta Miller. Raymond grew up in Salt Lake City, Utah and joined the Navy after graduation....

Jul 17, 2008

MESQUITE, NV - Eugene "Gene" Earl Sales, 82 passed away Wednesday, July 17, 2008 at his home in Mesquite, NV He was born to Earl and Eva B. Sales on January 8, 1926, in Riverton, Wyoming, in the shadow of Crow Heart Butte. He had an older brother, Francis (decreased).

He joined the Army Air Corp in...

Jul 15, 2008

Marjorie Post

Marjorie Beulah Artz Post, age 71, died Tuesday, July 15, 2008 at her home in Overton, Nevada after a long courageous battle with cancer. She was born June 29, 1937 to Claire Theodore and Beulah Agnes Barr Artz, the oldest of four daughters.

Marge was raised on a farm in North Dakota where...

Jul 10, 2008

Tommie Davidson

Tommie Allen Davidson of Mesquite, Nevada passed away July 10, 2008. Tommie and his wife, Jennye, moved to Mesquite eight years ago from Fort Pierce, Florida.

Tommie was born in Panama City, Florida on February 11, 1936, to Raymond Alexander Davidson and Merline Howard Davidson. Before World War II, Tommie and his family...

Jul 9, 2008

John Joseph Lustig,78, passed away Wednesday July 9, 2008. Born Jean Lustigman, in Paris, France on December 21, 1929, came to the United States in 1938 with his mother and sister. In 1946 he joined the U.S. Army and went to Europe as part of Patton's 3rd army replacements. In 1949 he joined the U.S. Marines. Since 1962 he...

Jul 8, 2008

Robert Brannan

Robert Edward Brannan passed away on July 8, 2008 at Dixie Medical Center in St. George, Utah. Robert was born on March 27, 1940 in Lincoln, Illinois to Clifford and Geneva Brannan, however, he was raised by his loving Uncle and Aunt, Wallace and Melba Morgan.

Robert, who went by Bob, graduated from...

Jul 5, 2008

Bennie Davis, age 92, died Saturday, July 5, 2008 at his home in Las Vegas, Nevada. He was born November 19, 1915 in Syracuse, New York to Isadore and Sarah Galinsky Davis. On July 3, 1934 he married Sylvia Kessel in Syracuse, New York.

Bennie grew up in Syracuse. He served his country in the US Navy,...

Jun 29, 2008

Deborah Brown

Deborah Ann Brown, 47, Passed away Tuesday, June 29, 2008 in her home in Las Vegas, Nevada. She was born October 8, 1960 in Atlanta Georgia to Franklin Marlon and Frances Jane West. She Lived in Mesquite for seven years before moving to Las Vegas.

Deborah is survived by one sister...

Jun 29, 2008

Theodore Rimpau

Theodore (Ted) B. Rimpau, 83, passed away Sunday, June 29, 2008 in Mesquite, Nevada. He was born January 21, 1925 in Hollywood, California to Helen Burntrager and Edward L. Rimpau. He attended Hollywood High School and after graduation, entered WWII. Ted served his enlistment in the European Theater, 558th Field Artillery in four campaigns. After...

Jun 28, 2008

Johanna Rawson

Johanna Burghart Rawson, age 80, died Saturday, June 28, 2008 at Nathan Adelson Hospice in Las Vegas, Nevada. She was born August 10, 1927 in Buxheim, Germany to Kaspar Melchior and Johanna Oefner Burghart. On February 6, 1952 she married James Howard Rawson in Sonthofen, Germany. He preceded her in death on June...