Local obituaries for Moapa Valley Mortuary
Clark Freeman
May 22, 2017
Clark Freeman
Clark Robert Freeman, age 88, died Monday, May 22, 2017 in Mesquite, Nevada. He was born May 15, 1929 in Salt Lake City , Utah to Abraham Clark Freeman and Minnie Olga Bailey.
Clark spent a lot of his childhood working in his father’s tire shop in Pasadena, California. As a young man...
Leroy John Trombley
May 20, 2017
LeRoy John Trombley, age 78, of Mesquite, Nevada passed away at his home on Saturday morning, May 20, 2017 surrounded by his family, after a short fight with cancer. Born March 2, 1939 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, he was the son of the late Paul and Luverne Trombley.
LeRoy attended Anoka High School and graduated in 1957. He...
Wayne Kimble Hall
May 19, 2017
Wayne Hall, age 78, died at his home in Mesquite, Nevada on May 19, 2017. He was born in Long Beach, California to Doris Henrietta Kimble on November 8, 1938.
Wayne loved to bowl and was in a bowling league for many years. He lived all over the state of Nevada and loved visiting his family in...
Gerald Ray Musser
May 17, 2017
Gerald Ray Musser, 87, passed away on May 17, 2017 in his home in Mesquite, NV after a long fight with cancer. Gerald was born on September 27, 1929 in Kemmerer, WY to Gerald D. Musser Sr. and Lillian Crone. He married Constance Louise Milner on October 21, 1965 in Las Vegas, NV, Constance passed away on November 21,...
Gail B Porritt
May 13, 2017
On May 13, 2017 Gail Brunker Porritt left this life for the next. Born premature on 18 July 1928 in Boise, Idaho to Thomas Orval Porritt and Florence Brunker, his story nearly ended there. Shortly after birth he stopped breathing and was pronounced dead. After receiving a blessing from his father, he began breathing again.
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Nina Matthews
May 13, 2017
Nina Irene Wells Matthews, age 83, died Saturday, May 13, 2017, in Las Vegas, Nevada. She was born December 26, 1933, in Slater, Wyoming to John Clarence and Phoebe Hirschy Moon. On April 26, 1953, she married Gordon Commodor Wells in Stevenson,, Washington. He preceded her in death on August 6, 1986. In 1991, she married Robert Donovan Matthews...
Jason Abel Karpowich
May 12, 2017
Jason Abel Karpowich, 52, passed away on May 12, 2017 in Littlefield, AZ. Jason was born on November 5, 1964 in Hazleton, PA to Donald A. and Sylvia (Perkosky) Karpowich. Jason was engaged to Stacy Stetchak.
Jason was an avid sportsman and outdoorsman, whether it be hunting or riding around on ATV’s and motorcycles, he loved to...
Virginia Bosman Krueger
May 9, 2017
Virginia Bosman Krueger, age 85, passed away May 9, 2017, at the BeeHive Home in Mesquite, Nevada. She was born on September 12, 1931, in River Falls, Wisconsin to Louis Bosman and Lois Hunt. She married Kenyon Kenneth Krueger on June 30, 1951, at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church Parsonage in Princeton, Wisconsin.
Virginia attended schools...
Andrea Jean Etsitty
May 5, 2017
Andrea Jean Etsitty, age 61, returned home to her Heavenly Father on Friday, May 5, 2017 in Las Vegas, Nevada. She was born May 31, 1955 in Las Vegas to Peterson Charles of Shivwits, Utah and Dorothy Mike of Moapa, Nevada. On June 17, 2000 she married Kenneth Murray Etsitty in Moapa, Nevada.
Andrea was an avid...
Barbara Lee (Morgan) Hall
May 4, 2017
Barbara Lee Hall, age 77, passed away May 4, 2017 in Bunkerville, NV. She was born on September 22, 1939 to Barbara and Maxwell Morgan in Glendale California.
Growing up, Barbara enjoyed bowling with her girlfriends, spending time with her family, and her job of making terrariums. Being a young, divorced mom on her own with 4...
Flo Seckinger
May 4, 2017
Delores Florence "Flo" Seckinger, age 76, died Thursday, May 4, 2017 at her home in Overton, Nevada. She was born March 17, 1941 in Crivitz, Wisconsin to Thomas and Helen Boryla Maye. On November 15, 1980 she married Leroy Seckinger in Overton.
She lived in Wisconsin until age nine when her family relocated to Southern California. In...
Donald Fraser
Apr 28, 2017
Donald "Don" Hugh Fraser passed away peacefully at the home of his daughter in Alpine, Utah, on April 28, 2017, with many of his family members present. Don was born July 14, 1934, in Vancouver, British Columbia. He is the son of Hugh Hyndman Fraser and Mary Robertson Watt who immigrated to Canada from their homeland of Scotland. His...
Charles Lester Thornton
Apr 28, 2017
USN Retired
Born: September 1, 1919 Binghamton, NY
Died: April 28, 2017 Mesquite, NV
Those whom he loved that predeceased him
His parents: Charles Lester Thornton Sr., NY
Etheldreda Lillian Collett, Eng
His wife:...
Lucile Marie (Trout) Russell
Apr 26, 2017
Mesquite, Nevada - Lucile (Lucy) Marie Trout Russell, 87, passed away on April 26, 2017 at home. She was born March 16, 1930 in Lakewood, Ohio to Roy Trout and Viola Helt Trout. She married Kenneth R. Russell on September 19, 1953 in Lakewood, Ohio.
She was raised in Lakewood, Ohio, where she was...
Merv Adams
Apr 26, 2017
Merv Adams
Mervin Lorraine Adams, age 88, died Wednesday, April 26, 2017 at his home in Logandale, Nevada. He was born May 23, 1928 in St. George, Utah to Thomas Harley and Tamzen Hardy Adams. On June 7, 1948 he married Dora Cox in Bunkerville, Nevada. They were later sealed in the St. George LDS Temple.
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Bobby R. Clapp
Apr 24, 2017
Bobby R. Clapp age 82 died on April 24, 2017 at Dixie Regional Hospital following a stroke. Bob was in the Air Force for six years before joining the Teamsters where he worked before retiring in 1994.
Bob is survived by wife Susan, daughters Barbara Hayes, Betty Hauptman, Cathy Patton and son Edwin Clapp and their spouses,...
Grace Harriet (Green) Conturso
Apr 24, 2017
Grace Harriet Conturso, 94, passed away on April 24, 2017 in Mesquite, NV. Grace was born on July 15, 1922 in Morrisville, PA to George Brown Green and Ethel Tomlinson. She married Ralph John Conturso in Morrisville, PA on February 28, 1942. Graveside Services will be announced at a later date. The family invites you to leave a message...
Preston Thornton
Apr 21, 2017
Preston Kent Thornton, age 46, peacefully returned to his Father-in-Heaven, surrounded by his loving family and friends on Friday, April 21, 2017 in St. George, Utah from complications caused from diabetes. He was born October 13, 1970 in St. George, Utah to Doyal Kent and Verona Frehner Thornton. On June 18, 2005 he married Kristina Ann "Krissy" Woods in...
Edgar “Ed” Matern
Apr 15, 2017
Edgar "Ed" Arthur Matern passed away Saturday, April 15, 2017 in Mesquite, Nevada. He was born July 29, 1930 in Salt Lake City, Utah to Max Arthur and Charlotte Huppman Matern. Ed married Arlene Stratton in 1974 who passed away on January 18, 2003. He married Kristine Mallory on June 4, 2005 who passed away April 13, 2011.
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Roy Christian Olsen
Apr 14, 2017
Roy Christian Olsen, age 87, died Friday, April 14, 2017 in Las Vegas, Nevada. He was born July 28, 1929 in Idaho Falls, Idaho to Henry LaVod and Maggie Margaret Bateman Olsen. On October 7, 1949 he married his sweetheart Beth Wadsworth in the Idaho Falls Temple. They shared a special connection of being the exact same age,...
