Local obituaries for Moapa Valley Mortuary
Kathy Cooper
Mar 3, 2019
Nina Katherine Cooper, age 66, died Sunday, March 3, 2019 at her home in Overton, Nevada. She was born December 25, 1952 in Durango, Colorado to Melvin Gene and Mary Margaret Hill Wall. On November 5, 1968 she married David Mack Cooper in Durango.
Kathy grew up in Durango, Phoenix, Arizona and Torrence, California. She raised her...
Walter Gerard Nolan
Mar 1, 2019
Walter Gerard Nolan, 53, passed away Friday, March 1, 2019, peacefully at his home. He was born August 4, 1965 in Rockville Centre, New York to John and Cecilia Nolan. He married Susan Wursten in Las Vegas, Nevada, June 25, 2006.
Walter was the youngest of eight children and grew up in New York where he attended...
Chris Marshall
Feb 28, 2019
Christopher Karl Marshall, age 48, died Thursday, February 28, 2019 in St. George, Utah. He was born on April 7, 1970 in St. George to Melvin Karl and Sandra Lee Gaw Marshall. On October 8, 1998 he married Chrisie Bundy in St. George. He had one daughter that he shared with Chrisie and four step children. They were later...
Donald George Whitney
Feb 28, 2019
Don Whitney
Donald George Whitney, age 92, passed away peacefully Thursday, February 28, 2019, at his home in Logandale, Nevada, surrounded by his family. He was born into a pioneer family to Stowell Edward and Isabel Frehner Whitney on July 4, 1926, in Las Vegas, Nevada. His family was living on the original Whitney Ranch...
John Zachary Robison
Feb 26, 2019
John Robison
John Zachary Robison, 73, surrounded by loving family members, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, February 26, 2019 while a patient in the Dixie Regional Medical Center in St. George, Utah, following a brief illness and complications from surgery.
John was born on December 20, 1945 at Dry Lake, Nevada en route to the...
Geraldine "Geri" (Kerth) Karklins
Feb 25, 2019
Geraldine (Geri) Karklins, 82, of Mesquite, NV, passed away February 25, 2019 at Dixie Regional Medical Center in St. George, UT. Geri was born on March 9, 1936 in Dayton, OH to Louis John and Florence Marie (Wietlisbach) Kerth. She married Elgin Karklins in Vandalia, OH on October 12, 1963. Geri graduated from Miamisburg High School in Ohio and...
Cindy Lynette Young
Feb 24, 2019
Cindy Lynette Young, age 49, died Sunday, February 24, 2019 in Las Vegas, Nevada. She was born December 2, 1969 in Rexburg, Idaho to Leon Charles and Carolyn Sue Lambert Young.
Cindy grew up in Roseburg, Oregon. She earned her Associates Degree from Ricks College in Idaho, her Bachelor’s Degree from BYU in Provo, UT and her...
Raymond Dee Sweat
Feb 19, 2019
Raymond Dee Sweat was born on March 30, 1943 to Melvin and Florence Sweat. He is now free from having to endure the pains of cancer. Dad loved his golf, his friends and family, and even more golf. Dad was proceeded in death by both his parents; brothers, Gary and Lewis Sweat, and a sister, MaryLu. He is survived...
Britton Evan Wilson
Feb 18, 2019
Britton Evan Wilson, age 20, died Monday, February 18, 2019 in St. George, Utah. He was born September 17, 1998 in St. George to Jaydel Evan and Marshelle Murdock Wilson. He weighed 9 lbs. 12 oz. when he was born.
Britton spent most of his childhood in Mesquite, Nevada where he graduated with Honors from Virgin Valley...
Patricia Kay (Krum) Straley
Feb 16, 2019
Patricia Kay Straley, age 77, passed away peacefully Saturday, February 16, 2019 at her home in Mesquite, Nevada. She was born February 27, 1941 in Rochester, Minnesota to Richard and Velma Edith Krum Tointon. In June of 1991, she married Harold Raymond Straley in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Patricia was raised in Rochester. She raised her family in...
Maria Soto
Feb 16, 2019
Maria Soto, 78, passed away in St. George, UT on February 16, 2019. Maria was born in C.D. Juarez, Mexico on December 13, 1940 to Victor Rincon and Esther Chaparro. She married Feliciano Soto in C.D. Juarez, Mexico on July 21, 1958 until his passing on April 3, 2014.
Maria loved her family and spent all the...
Diann (Taylor) Jones
Feb 16, 2019
Diann Taylor Jones, age 76, died Saturday, February 16, 2019 at her home in Overton, Nevada. She was born October 7, 1942 in Ogden, Utah to Wilmer Harrison and Bernice Kendell Taylor. On January 5, 1961 she married Richard Lee Jones in Burley, Idaho.
Diann grew up in Roy, Utah. She and Richard raised their family In...
Marilyn Jeanne (Ellis) Fitch
Feb 15, 2019
Marilyn Jeanne Fitch, 87, passed away on February 15, 2019 in Mesquite, NV. Marilyn was born on August 3, 1931 in Latham, KS to Leland and Erma Crabtree Ellis. She married Harry Fitch Jr. on June 22, 1962 inWest Des Moines, Iowa.
Marilyn was a great pianist and vocalist. She attended Phillips University in Enid, OK for...
Leland Welton Ward
Feb 15, 2019
Leland Welton Ward, 85, passed away at home in Mesquite, NV on February 15, 2019 with his loving wife of over 65 years by his side after battling chronic leukemia for many years. Born July 18,1933 Lee is the son of Kenneth L. and Marie Noorda Ward. He is survived by his wife, Sharen Mumford Ward, daughters Sherilee Jensen...
Betty Louise Harter
Feb 15, 2019
Betty Louise Harter, 92, passed away on February 15, 2019 in Mesquite, NV in the home of her daughter and son-in-law. Betty was born on November 4, 1926 in Moline, IL to Carl Einar Johnson and Esther Anna Benson. She married R. Gale Harter on August 15, 1948, and enjoyed 67 years of marriage until his passing on October...
Sheila Shelley Jenson
Feb 15, 2019
Sheila Shelley Jenson, age 79, died Friday, February 15, 2019 at her home in Scenic, Arizona. She was born April 13, 1939 in St. George, Utah to Sherman Roy and Theo Wood Shelley.
Sheila grew up on the Arizona Strip where she gained a love for the desert and ranching. At age 13, she moved with her...
Yvonne Sunny Anderson
Feb 12, 2019
Ms Yvonne "Sunny" Austad Anderson finally has the smoking-hot body she has always wanted at the age of 72. She passed away peacefully surrounded by friends on Tuesday, February 12, 2019.
Sunny was born on August 31, 1946 in Salt Lake City Utah to Grover and Maxine Austad
Sunny is preceded in death by Her...
John Marich
Feb 11, 2019
Michael John Marich, age 69, died Monday, February 11, 2019 at his home in Alamo, Nevada, surrounded by his family. John was born on August 16, 1949 in Ely, Nevada to Michael and Dorothy Alice Dolfin Marich. On October 21, 1967 he married Sharon Fay Jackson in Ely, Nevada; his beloved wife of 51 years.
John grew...
Susan Topham Hafen
Feb 11, 2019
Mesquite, Nevada – Susan Topham Hafen, age 50, passed away on Monday, February 11, 2019 at her home surrounded by her loved ones. She was born on May 28, 1968 in Monticello, Utah to Kenneth Marlo and Opal Bauer Topham. She married Kraig Darien Hafen on July 26, 1991 in the Manti, Utah Temple. Susan lived in Monticello and...
Lucille Russell Hughes
Feb 8, 2019
Our beloved Mother, Grandmother, and Great-Grandmother Lucille Russell Hughes, 94, passed away on February 8, 2019, in Mesquite, Nevada. Lucille was born on October 29, 1924 in Hurricane, Utah to the parents of Ellis Russell and Estella Roundy. She married Clair Hughes in the St. George, Utah LDS Temple in the spring of 1973. Lucille graduated from Hurricane High...
