Local obituaries for Moapa Valley Mortuary

May 30, 2024

Timothy Wayne Wheat, 54, passed away on May 30, 2024 in Las Vegas, NV. Timothy was born on January 22, 1970 in Ticonderoga, NY to Leonard Boula and Laura Losky. Timothy was soon adopted by Richard Wheat, and his family moved back and forth to Logandale, NV and New York for much of his childhood. He attended a vocational...

May 23, 2024

Our cherished mother, Sherry J. Johnson, passed away peacefully in St. George, Utah, on the evening of May 23, 2024, at the age of 87. We imagine a joyful reunion with her life’s love and eternal companion, Gary Thorley Johnson, parents Charles and Phyllis Johnson, adoptive parents Della and Robert Lawrence, her nine siblings and their spouses, and many...

May 18, 2024

Moises Rojelio “Roger” Cortez, 85, passed away on May 18, 2024 in Las Vegas, NV. Moe was born on October 20, 1938 in Tyler, TX to Moises Cortez and Eduiges Soliz. As a young boy, he traveled with his family to different states, working various crops. As a young man he would run long distance at track meets, and...

May 16, 2024

June LaRae Constantino, 87, passed away on May 16, 2024 in Las Vegas, NV. June was born on May 25, 1936 in Kanesville, UT to Samuel Young Fletcher and Leona Dorthea Mayberry. June was raised on a farm in Kanesville playing with her siblings and her many cousins. At the age of eleven, her family moved to Mesa, AZ,...

May 13, 2024

Antonia Avila

Maria Antonia Huerta Avila, died Monday, May 13, 2024 in West Covina, California.  She was born August 1, 1941 in Tuxtuac, Mexico to Salvador Huerta and Maria Concepcion Romo.  On January 17, 1958 she married Domingo Avila in Villanueva, Zacatecas, Mexico.  They had four children and were later divorced.

Antonia grew up in...

May 11, 2024

Connie Jeanne Murphy Skelton, age 75, died Saturday, May 11, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada. She was born June 5, 1948 to Felix Grundy Murphy and Vivian Patsy Walker in Moab, Utah. Her childhood was spent in the red rocks of Moab with her siblings. She married her eternal sweetheart, Larry Ray Skelton on December 29, 1971 in the...

May 11, 2024

Oscar Manuel Anchondo, 77, of Moapa, NV passed away on May 11, 2024 in Las Vegas, NV. He was born in El Pajarito, Chihuahua, Mexico, on February 10, 1947 to Leonides and Delfina Anchondo.

As a young man Oscar served in Mexico’s Military patrolling the Sierra Madres before immigrating to the U.S.. He lived in New Mexico...

May 8, 2024

Lyleen Marie Henderson, 75, passed away on May 8, 2024 in St. George, UT. Lyleen was born on March 9, 1949 in Lincoln, NE to Lyle Monroe and Mary Haziel Clifford Henderson. She was raised on a ranch and grew up riding horses with her siblings and her cousins. They worked hard to tend to the animals....

May 4, 2024

Dell Lamont Sullivan, age 92, died Saturday, May 4, 2024, at his home in Las Vegas, Nevada. He was born September 28, 1931 to Archibald Cleo Sullivan and Eola Stratton in Hurricane, Utah. He married his eternal sweetheart, Marva Lee Stewart on June 9, 1961 in the St. George, Utah temple. He and Marva celebrated 55 years of marriage...

May 3, 2024

Virginia Mae Kingry Brass died Friday morning, May 3, 2024, at her home in Overton, Nevada. A colorful personality, Virginia was well known in the Overton community. If you didn’t find her at her regular hangout, the local McDonald’s, she was at the Moapa Valley Senior Center playing bingo or socializing.

Virginia was born June 24, 1927,...

Apr 30, 2024

Jason John William Bindner, 41, passed away on April 30, 2024. Jason was born on May 19, 1982 in Loma Linda, CA to Joseph William Bindner and Rhonda Ruth Baker. Jason was always interested in working. At fourteen, he started working with his dad at a car yard. At seventeen, he worked as a roofer. He loved being a...

Apr 30, 2024

Marcio Marcelo DaCosta, age 52, died Tuesday, April 30, 2024 at his home in Las Vegas, Nevada after a long battle with stomach cancer.  He was born November 9, 1971 to Augusto and Maria Do Socorro Da Costa in Sᾶo Paulo, Brazil.  On October 14, 2000 he married Thany Martins in the Sᾶo Paulo Brazil Temple.

Marcio...

Apr 25, 2024

Cynthia DeLayne Dotson, age 68 died Thursday, April 25, 2024, in St George, Utah.  She was born July 8, 1955, in Shurz, Nevada to Everlene Swain.

Before age two, she was adopted by Robert William and Barbara Dotson.  After Barbara’s early death Robert married Mary Alice Cook.  Cynthia, always grateful and looking for good, often commented that...

Apr 20, 2024

Thomas Edward “Ted” Deakin, 85, passed away in his home on April 20, 2024 in Moapa, NV. Ted was born on December 13, 1938 in Wayne, PA to Paul Edward Deakin and Ann Moore. Ted was raised in Portland, OR, and at eighteen, was recommended to join the military. He joined the United States Air Force 1957 where he...

Apr 19, 2024

Jeanae Gibson, 61, passed away on April 19, 2024 in Las Vegas, NV. She was born on February 25, 1963 in Richmond, CA to Monte Sobrero and Ferol Gibson.

She grew up in El Sobrante, Ca.

Attended Pinole Valley High School Attended/Graduated from BYU Hawaii and George Washington University with a degree in Education. Jeanae,...

Apr 15, 2024

Tracey Lynn Thornton, 70, was reunited with her sweetheart on April 15th, 2024. Tracey was born on January 28th, 1954 in Las Vegas, NV, to George Burton Whitney and Shirley Mae McClure. Tracey grew up in Las Vegas, along with one brother, Mac. Graduating from Valley High School in 1972. With a beauty queen mother, Tracey was crowned Miss...

Apr 13, 2024

Sharon Lee Turnstrom, 74, passed away on April 13, 2024 in Overton, NV after a long battle with Parkinson’s Disease. Sharon was born on February 21, 1950 in Warsaw, NY to Charles R. Barber and Phyllis E. Coffee. Sharon’s family moved often, following her father as he worked on building railroads through western New York. They eventually settled in...

Apr 11, 2024

Dale George Hunt, aged 86, peacefully passed away on April 11, 2024, in Las Vegas, Nevada. He was born on April 6, 1938, in St. George, Utah, to Ferlin Hunt and Verda Peterson. On December 27, 1977, he married his sweetheart Linda Stokes in the St. George Utah Temple.

Dale spent the first half of his life...

Apr 10, 2024

Michael Stanton Ellison, age 66, died Wednesday, April 10, 2024 at his home in Overton, Nevada.  He was born November 21, 1957 in Chicago, Illinois to Murrell and Shirley Fuqua Ellison.  On April 14, 1989 he married Theresa Jan Meadows in Austin, Texas.

Michael grew up in Chicago, but his family spent much of their time down...

Apr 6, 2024

Russell Graham Firmage, 81, passed away on April 6, 2024 in Overton, NV. Russell was born on May 4, 1942 in Provo, UT to Faye Graham and William Raddon Firmage. He married his high school sweetheart, Jessie Lynne Sundwall, on November 20, 1959 in Orem, UT. Russell and Jessie shared a singular focus on family. They always wanted to...