Local obituaries for Moapa Valley Mortuary
Hester E (Hukill) Sharkey
Sep 18, 2019
Hester Elizabeth Sharkey, 81, passed away on September 18 , 2019 in her home in Mesquite, NV. Hester was born on August 29, 1938 in Thornport, OH to William H. Hukill and Ethel Eldee Scott. She married Larry E. Sharkey in Richmond, IN on March 2, 1957.
Hester served twenty-eight years as a military wife with her...
Gene Arnold Gruenig
Aug 29, 2019
Gene Arnold Gruenig, age 84, died Thursday, August 29, 2019 in Mesquite, Nevada, after a courageous battle with cancer. He was born January 10, 1935 in Platte, South Dakota to Ruben and Elizabeth Anne Mahaney Gruenig, and grew up in Platte. After graduation from Platte High School in 1953, he entered the Unites States Navy, and while stationed at...
Ronald Lee Jirak
Aug 27, 2019
Ronald Lee Jirak, 71, passed away in Las Vegas, NV on August 27, 2019. Ron was born on October 19, 1947 with his twin brother, Donald, in Tooele, UT to Richard Albert Jirak and Mary Rose Fender. He married Jeanie Lee Mostteller on March 20, 1971 in Elko, NV; she passed away on February 21, 2006.
As...
Maxine Ruth (Hull) Poulsen
Aug 26, 2019
On August 26th, 2019, Maxine Ruth Hull Poulsen, age 88, passed away peacefully at her home in Alamo, Nevada surrounded by her family. She was born July 28, 1931 in Salt Lake City, Utah to Robert Rigby and Grace Evelyn Bailey Hull.
Maxine grew up in Ogden, Utah, where she attended Ogden High School and later went...
Michael J. Evans
Aug 24, 2019
Michael Joseph Evans, age 86, passed away on Saturday, August 24, 2019 in his hometown of Mesquite, NV. He was born in Toronto, Canada to parents Thomas Edwin and Edna Mary Rosar Evans. After moving to Southern California, he met and married Joan Gladys Barnes. She preceded him in death on November 4, 2013.
Michael spent his...
Robert Harris Mann
Aug 19, 2019
Robert H. Mann
Robert Harris "Bob" Mann, age 68, passed away Monday, August 19, 2019 at his home in Las Vegas, Nevada. He was born September 26, 1950 to Paul Harold and Judith Berenson Mann. On March 17, 1999 he married Sondra Lynn Lynch in in Maui.
Robert grew up in New York. He earned...
Pamela Jean (Thomas) Hollister
Aug 18, 2019
Pamela Jean Hollister, 74, passed away on Sunday, August 18, 2019 in her home in Las Vegas, NV. Pamela was born on October 12, 1944 in Lebanon, OR to Hasil Sneed Thomas and Dorris Okal Stoddard. Pam was married to Roy Fredric Hollister in Laguna Beach, CA on July 12, 1986, until his passing on September 6, 2003.
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Edwin Bronowicz
Aug 17, 2019
Life between the Dashes
On Saturday, August 17, 2019, the earth lost an angel. Ed Bronowicz, of Mesquite, Nevada passed away at Mesa View Hospital at the age of 73. Ed was born August 15, 1946 in Fawn River, Michigan to Henry and Mary Bronowicz. He had two sisters, Zenia Bohl (Dennis) of Athens,...
Gwendolyn (Brown) Waite
Aug 16, 2019
Gwendolyn Waite
Gwendolyn Ruth Brown Waite 89, passed away on August 16, 2019 in Rexburg, Idaho. She was born May 9, 1930 in Grand Rapids, Michigan to Major Lee Brown and Annie Louisa Lillywhite. She was the youngest of 9 children. She married Marvin LaVern Waite in the St. George, Utah temple on March 17, 1950.
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James Frederick Miller
Aug 13, 2019
James F. (Jim) Miller, 100, passed away Tuesday, Aug. 13, in Mesquite, Nevada. He was born June 14, 1919 in Lancaster, Ohio to William A. and Ethel (Clark) Miller. He was married to his hometown sweetheart, Jean Brenstuhl, in 1941.
He was a member of the Greatest Generation who, in his 100 years, had witnessed and experienced...
Dudley Duke Bushhead
Aug 12, 2019
Duke Bushhead
Dudley Duke Bushhead, age 59, went home to Our Great Creator on August 12, 2019 in his home on the Moapa Paiute Reservation. Duke was born on June 21, 1960 in St. George, Utah. His parents were the late Gilbert Bushhead and Thalia Rice Bushhead.
Duke was a student at Moapa Valley High...
Sheila Thomas Deselle
Aug 10, 2019
Sheila, 74, passed away on August 10, 2019 in Mesquite, NV. She was born June 7, 1945 to Lynn C. Thomas and Marion H Blomme in Alameda CA. She spent most of her youth in St. Helen, CA. She found her sole mate, Frank C. DeSelle, in Lake Tahoe and later married him in Laughlin, NV.
Sheila...
Graciela Susana Sabate
Aug 10, 2019
Graciela Susana Sabate, 61, passed away in her home in Las Vegas, NV on August 10, 2019 surrounded by her family. Graciela was born in Lanus, Argentina on December 21, 1957 to Genaro Foscaldi and Olga Craviotto. She married Anibal Aurelio Sabate in Buenas Aires, Argentina on January 12, 1979.
Graciela devoted her life to serving others....
Michael Grant Jones
Aug 8, 2019
Michael Grant Jones, 76, passed away on August 8, 2019 in his home in Overton, NV. Michael was born on December 4, 1942 in Long Beach, CA to Martin Edward Jones and Jean Catherine O’Donnell.
Michael served in the U.S. Navy, and was a proud veteran and a true patriot. He loved his country and raised the...
B.R. Behmer
Aug 7, 2019
Bernie Robert "B.R." Behmer, age 91, died Wednesday, August 7, 2019 at his daughter’s home in Overton, Nevada. He was born July 20, 1928 in St. Joseph, Missouri to Floyd John and Edna McPherson Behmer. On July 13, 1946 he married Rosemary Shurtliff in Kingman, Arizona. On June 20, 1959 they were sealed in the St. George LDS Temple....
David William Lehr
Aug 5, 2019
David Lehr, 67, of Mesquite, Nevada passed away at his home on August 5, 2019 with his loving wife by his side.
David was born in Toledo, Ohio to William and Dorothy Lehr on September 01, 1951. After graduating from high school, David married his sweetheart, Sandra Lee Fletcher for 46 wonderful years. David was a hard...
Cortney Ronald Staley
Aug 3, 2019
Cortney R. Staley
Cortney Ronald Staley, age 32, died Saturday, August 3, 2019 in Carson City, Nevada. He was born August 27, 1986 in St. George, Utah to Garen Van and Natalie Lewis Staley. On October 31, 2013 he married ShaRae Marie Wigley in Carson City. Cortney grew up in Moapa, Nevada where he excelled in football...
Allen George Curtis
Aug 1, 2019
Allen (Al) Curtis, 78 of Mesquite, Nevada, passed away on August 1, 2019 at his home, after a long illness.
He was born on April 28, 1941 in Salt Lake City, Utah to Arnold and Myrtle Amott Curtis. He married Ronnie on May 18, 1984 in Salt Lake City, Utah. After Allen graduated from South High School...
Kathryn Blaire Leavitt
Jul 27, 2019
Kathryn Blaire Leavitt
Salt Lake City, Utah – Kathryn Blaire Leavitt, 27, passed away July 27, 2019. She was born May 21, 1992 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Her mother is Marie Leavitt. She was second of three children. She was the peanutbutter between two slices of bread - Vincent Brock Leavitt, her older brother and Gregory...
Quirino Rubio
Jul 27, 2019
Quirino Rubio Castro, age 73, died Saturday, July 27, 2019 at his home in Moapa, Nevada.　He was born May 26,1946 in Barranca de Otates, Jalisco, Mexico to Quirino Rubio and Andrea Castro.　He married Gaudelia "Delia" Vidrio Avila in Mexico.　She preceded him in death on August 14, 1996.
Quirino grew up...
