Local obituaries for Moapa Valley Mortuary
Jacob Edward Ruben
Feb 7, 2019
Our little Jacob Edward Ruben, age 7, died Thursday, February 7, 2019 in Las Vegas, Nevada after battling a genetic disease called Niemann Pick Type C. He was born March 2, 2011 in Las Vegas to Jacob William and Tiffany Lyn Huntsman Ruben.
Jacob loved being with his family. He loved sports. His favorite team was the...
Willard R Wilber
Feb 2, 2019
Willard R. Wilber, 70, passed away on February 2, 2019 in Mesquite, NV due to complications of COPD. Randy was born on May 17, 1948 in New York to Betty Ann Bronson. He married Kathy Dawn Rindfleisch in Phoenix, AZ on May 15, 1997.
Randy took pride in his career as a truck driver....
Lawrence Van Allen Deshayes
Feb 2, 2019
Lawrence Van Allen Deshayes, 70, passed away on February 2, 2019 in Mesquite, NV. Larry was born on September 17, 1948 in San Mateo, CA to Lawrence Vern Deshayes and Theresa Allene Kelly. Larry was raised in Bangkok, Saigon, and later Honolulu, HI. He and his family had traveled around the world many times as they moved from place...
Sandra Jo (Dresen) Bunker
Feb 2, 2019
Sandra Jo Bunker, age 67, died Saturday, February 2, 2019 at her home in LasVegas, Nevada. She was born June 15, 1951 in Beloit, Wisconsin to Joseph Theodore and Mary Annette (Enderle) Dresen. On October 6, 1975 she married Terry Ferren Bunker in the Salt Lake LDS Temple.
Sandra grew up in Wisconsin. She earned her bachelor’s...
Fredrick William Stuve Jr.
Jan 31, 2019
Fredrick (Rick) Stuve JR, 72, passed away peacefully on Thursday, January 31, 2019 in Mesquite, Nevada surrounded by loved ones. Rick was born on December 8, 1946 in Chicago, Illinois to Fredrick William Stuve and Dorothy Nelson. Rick moved to Riverside, California as a child and spent the majority of his life there. At the age of 17, Rick...
Joan Ann Flebbe
Jan 29, 2019
Joan Ann Flebbe, 80, passed away January 29, 2019 in Las Vegas, NV. Joan was born on April 27, 1938 in New Boston, MO to Everett Lincoln Eppley and Elsie Wedster. She married Howard Alfred Flebbe in Chicago, IL on November 26, 1982.
Joan was an avid Chicago Cubs fan, loved her family and spending time with...
Bill Anderson
Jan 29, 2019
William Joseph "Bill" Anderson, age 68, died Tuesday, January 29, 2019, in Las Vegas, Nevada. He was born April 16, 1950, in Denver, Colorado. He was adopted by Joseph Ross and Vivian Eslyne Olson Anderson on May 1, 1956. On May 26, 1973, he married Troya Kathleen Pollard. They had two sons and were later divorced. On February 2,...
Ralph Reichelt Baessler
Jan 28, 2019
Ralph Reichelt Baessler, 84, passed away on January 28, 2019 in Mesquite, NV. Ralph was born on July 1, 1934 in Salt Lake City, UT to Eric R. Baessler and Elizabeth Reichelt. He married Saundra Morgan, in Las Vegas, NV on December 23, 1995.
Ralph was employed by Glade Candy Company, in Salt Lake City, UTÂ as...
Sharron Ann (Rhodes) Downing
Jan 28, 2019
Sharron Ann Downing, age 80, died Monday, January 28, 2019, in Mesquite, Nevada. She was born January 5, 1939, in Los Angeles, California to Leon and Beatrice Willie Baker Rhodes. On August 29, 1978, she married James Wain "Jim" Downing in LaPuente, California.
Sharron grew up in Southern California, she spent many years in the San Fernando...
Donna Lee Anderson
Jan 27, 2019
Donna Lee Anderson, age 64, died Sunday, January 27, 2019 peacefully at her home in Moapa, Nevada. She was born December 15, 1954 in Camden, New Jersey to John Zielinski and Carol Patricia York. She was raised by her mother, Carol and her husband Paul Kline.
Donna grew up in New Jersey. At the age of 21...
Roman Solis Cortez
Jan 21, 2019
Roman Solis Cortez, age 74, died Monday, January 21, 2019 at his home in Overton, Nevada. He was born July 7, 1944 in Eagle Pass, Texas to Moises S. Edwiges Soliz Cortez. On February 10, 2011 he married Karen Marie Clements in Overton, Nevada.
Roman grew up in Moapa Valley from a young age. He worked for...
Danny Mendoza
Jan 20, 2019
Daniel "Danny" Mariano Mendoza, age 79, passed away on Sunday, January 20, 2019 in Las Vegas. He was born May 8, 1939 in New York, New York to Mariano Cardenas Mendoza and Catherine Sedlak. On August 31, 1968 he married Yvonne Yvette Maxam in Corona, California and then one year later they were sealed in the Mesa Arizona Temple...
Kenneth Darrell Duke
Jan 16, 2019
Kenneth Darrell Duke passed away on Wednesday, January 16, 2019 at the Nathan Adelson Hospice Home in Las Vegas, Nevada. He was born to Onas C. Duke and Virginnia Lucille (Heath) Duke on March 4, 1947 in Yuma, AZ.
Kenneth married the love of his live, Kathleen Patterson on March 19, 1981 in Las...
David Peter Stevenson
Jan 15, 2019
It is with great sadness that the family of David Peter Stevenson announces his passing on January 15, 2019 in Mesquite, NV, at the age of 80 years. David was born on December 23, 1938 in Kankakee, IL to Peter Alfred Stevenson and Genieve Marie Eimen. He married Janet Walker and had three daughters, and later married Norma Jean...
Paul Leroy Laymance
Jan 14, 2019
Paul Leroy Laymance, 85, passed away peacefully on January 14, 2019 in Mesquite, NV. Paul was born on May 28, 1933 in Mansfield, WA to Walter Eben Laymance and Ida Mae Lowe, Ida passed away early in Paul’s life, and Walter married Florence Mae Harvey, who adored and helped raise Paul. Paul married his sweetheart, Karen Lynn Friedrich, in...
Bette Lynne (Fortna) Cottrell
Jan 12, 2019
Bette Lynne Cottrell,72, passed away January 12, 2019 at Highland Manor in Mesquite, NV. She was born February 13, 1946 to Glenn E Fortna and Dorothy Nigh in Pontiac, Illinois. She married Richard Cottrell on July 5, 1964 in Pontiac, Illinois. She was raised in Pontiac, and graduated from Pontiac High School in 1964.
She and Richard...
Merlin James Lamb
Jan 12, 2019
Merlin James Lamb, age 83, died Saturday, January 12, 2019 in Las Vegas, Nevada. He was born May 15, 1935 in Caliente, Nevada to Philip Carlton and Thelma Shumway Lamb. On July 31, 1955 he married Janice France Garzand in Pioche, Nevada.
Merlin lived his life in Alamo, Nevada. He was a member of the Operating Engineers...
Wayne John Griffith
Jan 9, 2019
Wayne John Griffith, 61, died January 9, 2019, at Dixie Regional Medical Center in Saint George, Utah. He was born on September 28, 1957, in Brisbane, Australia, to Kevin Griffith and Leila Jean Maguire. Wayne married Carol Ann Harris on September 25, 2000, in Las Vegas, Nevada.
From the age of 15, Wayne worked in the timber...
Max Ray Peterson
Jan 7, 2019
Our beloved patriarch, Max Ray Peterson, age 93, died January 7th, 2019 surrounded by his family at his home in Alamo NV.
He was born December 6, 1925 in Garfield, UT to Niels Burk and Norma Gillette Peterson. He married his sweetheart and love of his life, Donna Marvella Youngdell on September 9, 1946 in West Jordan...
Hobson Dewitt Sewell
Jan 6, 2019
Hobson DeWitt Sewell, 78, passed away on January 6, 2019 in Littlefield, AZ. Hobson was born on October 18, 1940 in Chandler, AZ to Hobson Sewell Sr. and Rytha Dixon. Hobson served in the United States Army, and was a proud veteran. Hobson’s cremated remains will be scattered at a place he loved.
