Local obituaries for Moapa Valley Mortuary

Dec 26, 2017

Joyce Jones

Joyce Jones, age 78, died Tuesday, December 26, 2017 in Las Vegas.　 She was born April 8, 1939 in Cedar City, Utah to Lloyd Anderson and Alberta Day Maxwell.　She married William Douglas Jones on June 28, 1957 in Overton.　He preceded her in death on September 20, 2009.

Joyce moved with her...

Dec 26, 2017

David Robison

David Noble Robison, age 81, died peacefully at his home in Logandale, Nevada on December 26, 2017. He was born March 9, 1936 in Overton, Nevada to Dell Hinckley and Pearl Wittwer Robison. On February 28, 1958 he married Sherron Diane Green in the St. George LDS Temple.

David lived most of his...

Dec 25, 2017

Husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, brother, uncle and friend, passed peacefully, the morning of December 25, 2017. Malcolm was born in Hollywood California to Thomas Hugh and Virginia Ellis Rennings. Malcolm grew up in Hollywood CA because his father was in the motion picture business, while his mother played piano for the movie theaters. Malcolm worked in the motion picture...

Dec 24, 2017

Joe Mora

Jose Luis "Joe" Mora, age 57, passed away Sunday, December 24, 2017 in Las Vegas, Nevada after battling colon cancer. He was born September 22, 1960 in San Jose, California to Vicente and Marcella Gonzalez Mora. On September 12, 2002 he married Donna Lynette Schwede . She preceded him in death on September 19, 2009....

Dec 20, 2017

Lenore Perkins Cook Clay

The last surviving member of a pioneer Southern Nevada family, Lenore Perkins Cook Clay has joined her husband and her family wherever the afterworld is. She passed December 20th in her Las Vegas home. She was 98 years of age and the last of Ute V and Lovina Ellen Whitney Perkins’ 12 children....

Dec 20, 2017

Janie Tom

Janie Lynn Tom, age 37, died Wednesday, December 20, 2017 at her home in Moapa. She was born November 5, 1980 in Las Vegas to Clarence Alston and Gwendolyn Wall Tom.

Janie grew up in Moapa and graduated from Moapa Valley High School, where she excelled as an outstanding artist. She later worked...

Dec 19, 2017

William "Bill" Roy Holt, age 75, died in a car accident near Moapa, Nevada on Tuesday, December 19, 2017. He was born November 29, 1942 in Virginia to Cosby Roy and Margaret Virginia Moon Holt. In 1982, he married Sylvia Lee Kirkwood in Las Vegas.

Bill grew up in Portsmouth, VA. He entered the US Navy at...

Dec 16, 2017

Gary Bryan King, 73, passed away on December 16, 2017 in Las Vegas, NV. Gary was born on July 22, 1944 in Portland, OR to Bryan King and Lillian Ione Thompson. He married Jerrie L. Shepherd in Salt Lake City, UT on December 7, 1999.

Gary was a proud to have served in the U.S. Navy. After...

Dec 15, 2017

Our loving mother, grandmother, sister, aunt, and friend Melba Jean Kelley Long passed away December 15, 2017. Melba was born on December 12, 1945 to Arthur and Florence Kelley in Ely, Nevada. She grew up in Ibapah, Utah and later moved to Ely, Nevada where she graduated from White Pine High School. She went to Ponce Beauty School and...

Dec 14, 2017

Lee Johnston

Lee N. Johnston Sr. passed away on Thursday, December 14, 2017 in Las Vegas, Nevada. He was born July 11, 1944 in Las Vegas to Sam and Mable Johnston. He later moved to Yerington, Nevada with his parents. Where he met and married his true love Cecelia, they were married on April 5, 1965. In...

Dec 12, 2017

Debra Lynn Hammond, age 53, died unexpectedly on December 12, 2017 in Mesquite, Nevada, due to complications from Diabetes. Debby was born in Flagstaff Arizona, lived in Kalispell, Montana, Custer, South Dakota, San Diego, California, Kingman, Arizona and lastly Mesquite, Nevada.

Debby raised two children and worked at Walmart for 21 years, enjoying her early years of...

Dec 12, 2017

Dennis was born February 24th 1935 in Logan, Utah to Lloyd and Cora Petersen Reese. He passed away December 12, 2017 at Beehive Homes in Mesquite, Nevada after a lengthy illness. He leaves behind his spouse of 55 years, Edith Paige Reese. Dennis was a wonderful example of a Latter-day Saint.

He leaves a wonderful posterity of...

Dec 12, 2017

Larry Paul Ashinhurst, age 78, passed away, Tuesday, December 12, 2017 peacefully at his home in Las Vegas, Nevada. He was born July 13, 1939 in Glendale, Arizona to Paul Ernest and Edna Caroline Harris Ashinhurst. He married Christine Gillespie in Flagstaff, Arizona on December 24, 1969.

Larry grew up in Glendale, Arizona and attended Northern Arizona...

Dec 10, 2017

Ronald David Burditt Age 77 passed away on December 10, 2017 at a hospital in Las Vegas, NV due to complications from diabetes. He was born in San Jose, CA on August 18, 1940 to Dock Burditt and Viola Caldwell Burditt. He married Margaret D. Sharpe on October 22, 1966 in Phoenix, Az. They were later sealed in the...

Dec 7, 2017

James "Jim" Earl Moyes, age 48, passed away Thursday, December 7, 2017 in Las Vegas, Nevada. He was born December 12, 1968 in Henderson, Nevada to Earl Jerry and Paige Ann Penney Moyes.

Jim grew up in Henderson where he gained a love for the outdoors. He made a career in the US Navy where he became...

Dec 5, 2017

Mesquite, NV - Alfredo Romero, 50, passed away Tuesday, December 5, 2017, at his home. He was born on June 5, 1967, in Tijuana, Mexico, to Ramiro Romero and Caritina Vasquez Romero.

He married Neni Jean Brewer in Las Vegas, NV on June 5, 2008.

Alfredo liked to go to the river, fish and camp,...

Dec 5, 2017

Marty (John Martin) Gunderson, 78, picked up his shoeing tools and rode off into the wild blue yonder Tuesday, December 5, 2017 in Las Vegas, NV following a massive stroke.

Marty graduated High School from Napa High in Napa Valley, California. He met and married, Phyllis Adams on Dec 7, 1986.　They enjoyed 31 great years together....

Dec 4, 2017

Andrea Maria Boss - Jensen, age 45, passed away Monday, December 4, 2017 at her home in Logandale, Nevada after struggling with health issues for many years. She was born January 10, 1972 in Page, Arizona to Edward Andrew and Maria Collette Enneking Boss. On December 11, 1999 she married Brooks Roe Jensen in Mesquite, Nevada.

Andrea...

Dec 3, 2017

Richard (Dick) Joe Saiz, age 75, was welcomed into Heaven by his grandson Trevor on December 3, 2017. He lived in Overton, Nevada and passed away while doing what he loved most, riding and cutting on his horse Benny. He is now resting peacefully in the arms of his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

Dick was born...

Dec 3, 2017

Alma Raoul Leavitt

Alma Raoul Leavitt, age 75, died Sunday, December 3, 2017 at St. Rose Dominican Hospital in Henderson, Nevada. He was born March 27, 1942 in Las Vegas to Raoul Orange and Ruth Robison Leavitt. He married Tresa Bowler on August 5, 1960 in Logandale and they were sealed in the St. George, Utah LDS...