Local obituaries for Moapa Valley Mortuary
Kenton "Sam" Lee
Nov 22, 2018
Kenton "Sam" Lee, age 61, died at his home in Moapa, Nevada on Thursday, November 22, 2018. He was born November 19, 1957 in Las Vegas, Nevada to Clyde Vernon and Juanita Weed Lee. He was married to Deborah Inez Campbell. They had four children and were later divorced. He and Deanna Domingo were together for more than 10...
Belva Rose (Rose) Burton
Nov 20, 2018
Belva Rose Burton, (YaYa), 87, joined her Choir of Angels November 20, 2018. She was born on July 5, 1931 in Lake Shore, UT to Bertha Graves Rose and Banaire Rose. She was the sixth child of eight children.
She graduated from nursing school in Blackfoot, ID in 1963. She loved nursing and caring for others. Her...
Opal Marie (Duncan) Voyles
Nov 19, 2018
Opal Marie Voyles, 97, passed away on November 19, 2018 in Mesquite, NV. Opal was born on September 26, 1921 in Walnut Ridge, AR to Almer Jack Duncan and Nelly Marie Darnell. She married Conard E. Voyles on January 19, 1946 in St. Louis, MO, and enjoyed forty-five years of marriage before his passing on September 7, 1991.Opal was...
Rulon George Guymon
Nov 17, 2018
Rulon George Guymon, age 87, a true fighter ‘til the end, passed away Saturday, November 17, 2018 surrounded by his children in Las Vegas, Nevada. He was born September 2, 1931 in Provo, Utah to Lafayette Carlos and Mary Winnie Jackson Guymon. Rulon had 4 children with his first wife Nancy Campbell Bassett. On March 14, 1969 he married...
Dean Masao Hirabayashi
Nov 16, 2018
Dean Hirabayashi left our world as quietly as he lived on November 16, 2018 at home with his wife, Christine, holding his hand and his fur friend, Mahlah, lying at his side. Dean was born on October 15, 1956 in Los Angeles, CA to Henry (Hank) Hirabayashi (deceased) and Misa Izumi Hirabayashi and was raised and attended school in...
Richard Allen Gott
Nov 16, 2018
Richard Allen Gott, 83, passed away on November 16, 2018 in Mesquite, NV. He was born on November 30, 1934 in Bar Harbor, ME to Milton Gott and Cecelia Cousin. Richard married Mary "Kate" Bach on November 29, 2008 in Mesquite, NV.
Richard was a father, husband, brother, and a true friend...
Ellis O'Brian Paschal
Nov 13, 2018
Ellis O’Brian Paschal, age 74, died Tuesday, November 13, 2018 at his home in Mesquite, Nevada. He was born June 30, 1944 in Langdale, Alabama to Curtis Willard Paschal and Ima Marcell Powell. He was raised by his mother and her husband, Harold Rupp. On July 19, 1969 he married Dorolei Mae Dezell in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. Ellis was...
Charlie Jason Brown
Nov 13, 2018
Charlie Jason Brown, 91, passed away on November 13, 2018 in his home in Beaver Dam, AZ. Charlie was born on March 3, 1927 in Bethel, ME to Elwin William Brown and Jenny Florence Day. Charlie is survived by his wife, Lila Jean (Hawkins) Brown, being married on August 6, 1973 in Carson City, NV.
Charlie was...
Michael Dale Bargy
Nov 12, 2018
Michael Dale Bargy, Sr.,69, passed away Monday, November 12, 2018 at his home in Mesquite, NV. He was born April 21, 1949 in Ludington, Michigan to Claude Bargy and Arlene Winnifred Perry. He married Mary Etta Ballor on February 3, 1976 in Bath, Michigan.
He is survived by his wife; Mary, his sons; Jason Bargy, Chris (Kelly)...
Stephen Eugene Copple
Nov 10, 2018
Stephen Eugene (Buddha) Copple, 75, resident of Mesquite, Nevada, passed away on Saturday, November 10, 2018, at his home. The oldest of four brothers, he was born on December 5, 1942, in Shelby County, Indiana. He married Janice Platt in 1961 and lived for 34 years in Fountaintown, Indiana; where they raised three daughters. He worked for 30 years...
Fred Henry Herman
Nov 9, 2018
Frederick Henry Herman, 80, passed away on Friday, November 9, 2018 in St. George, UT. He was born on December 24, 1937 in Pontiac, MI to Fred Frank Herman and Catherine Ann Tipolt. He married Diane Ruth Garver on September 17, 2011 at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in Livonia, MI. Fred Herman retired from the Oakland County Sheriff Department...
Claudia M (Vermillion) Franklin
Nov 7, 2018
Claudia M. Franklin, 80, passed away November 07, 2018 at her home in Mesquite, NV. She was born March 20, 1938 in Spokane, WA, to Calvin B. Riddell and Constance Valeria Vermillion. She married Roy G. Franklin in 1960.
She was raised in Spokane, WA, And lived in various places in Washington State, Claudia was an executive...
Shirley Smith
Nov 3, 2018
Shirley Smith, age 84, passed away peacefully at her daughter’s home in St. George, Utah on Saturday, November 3, 2018.　She was born February 10, 1934 in Salt Lake City, Utah to George and Margaret Betsy Riley Majors.　 On August 19, 1955 she married James Monroe Smith in Henderson, Nevada.　They were later sealed in the Las Vegas LDS...
Mary A. (Booth) Olson
Nov 2, 2018
Mary A. Olson, 72, passed away on November 2, 2018 in Mesquite, NV. Mary was born on January 24, 1946 in Minneapolis, MN to Harry Booth and Elizabeth (Green) Booth. After graduating from South High School in 1964, Mary attended the University of Minnesota. She graduated in 1968 with a degree in teaching. Before graduating, her dear high school...
Master Sargeant Raymond Gene Rodgers
Nov 2, 2018
MSgt Raymond Gene Rodgers, 82, passed away November 2, 2018. Ray was born to Evelyn and Eugene Rodgers in Detroit, Michigan. However, it was his stepfather, George Aaron Griggs, who positively impacted his choices in life. After graduating from high school, Ray joined the United States Air Force where he served with honor and dedication for 20 years.
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Don Norris
Nov 1, 2018
Donald Brian "Don" Norris, age 62, passed away Thursday, November 1, 2018 at his home in Logandale, Nevada surrounded by his family. He was born April 7, 1956 in Gary, Indiana. His parents were Richard Lawrence and Francis Lillian Schultz Norris. On February 21, 1991 he married Crystal Lee DeGroot in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Don grew up...
Earl Duane Morris
Oct 31, 2018
Earl Duane Morris, age 85, passed away Wednesday, October 31, 2018 in Overton, Nevada. He was born June 3, 1933 in Basalt, Idaho to Harold George and Earlin Thornton Morris. On May 23, 1958 he married Doris Allyne Hansen in Ogden, Utah.
Earl grew up in Idaho. He served in the US Army at the end of...
Gilbert Park Travis
Oct 31, 2018
It saddens us to announce the passing of Gilbert Park Travis. He passed away on October 30, 2018 at the age of 94. He was born in Salt Lake City on October 7, 1924 to Gilbert Travis and Cleone Brockbank. He married Jewel Rose Rees on March 14, 1942. She preceded him in death after over seventy years...
Gladys Elaine (Zeeb) Ernst
Oct 28, 2018
Gladys Elaine Ernst, 82, passed away Sunday, October 28, 2018 at Dixie Regional Hospital in St. George, UT. She was born July 22, 1936 in Sheridan County, North Dakota to Sam Zeeb and Lillian (Ehrlich) Zeeb. She married Roy Ernst on March 12, 1955.
Gladys grew up in the Goodrich and Bismarck, North Dakota...
June May (Martin) Dufrane
Oct 24, 2018
Mesquite, Nevada – June May Dufrane, 85, passed away October 24, 2018 in Mesquite, Nevada. She was born June 3 1933, in Polson, Montana, to Archie D. Martin and Helen Frances Brown. She met and married her soulmate Harold Noel Dufrane, March 23, 1952 in Anchorage, Alaska. They moved to Missoula, Montana, where they had Keith, Jeff, Larry and...
