Local obituaries for Moapa Valley Mortuary

Mar 27, 2017

Boyd Worley, 78, passed away on March 27, 2017 in Mesquite, NV. Boyd was born on February 20, 1939 in Pocatello, ID to Charles Wallace Worley and Mary Marthine Robinson. He married Frances Marie Wood on January 23, 1958 in Pocatello, ID and they just celebrated fifty-nineth wedding anniversary.

Boyd graduated from Pocatello High School in 1956...

Mar 27, 2017

Robert Loya, 73, passed away on March 27, 2017 in Mesquite, NV. He was born on March 14, 1944 in Elizabeth, NJ to Frank Loya and Rose Hoefling. Robert married Patricia Marino on September 14, 1963 in Philadelphia, PA, and after her passing on June 3, 2012, married Bonnie Hutchins on February 15, 2014 in Mesquite, NV.

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Mar 26, 2017

Fred Wayne Wittman, 72, passed away on March 26, 2017 in Mesquite, NV. Fred was born on August 29, 1944 to Jake Henry Wittman and Pauline Wittig in Bazine, KS. He married Judith Huber on November 8, 1991 in Las Vegas, NV.

Fred was proud to have served his country in the United States Air Force for...

Mar 26, 2017

Gaetano Michael “Guy” Palella, age 90, passed away Sunday, March 26, 2017 in Ivins, Utah. He was born May 24, 1926 in Chicago, Illinois to Nicola and Josephine Caggiano Palella. On January 26, 1946 he married his sweetheart Lorraine Mary Palella in Chicago. She preceded him in death on January 29, 2012.

Guy lived most of his...

Mar 23, 2017

Roy Ernst, 87, passed away on March 23, 2017 in St. George, UT. Roy was born in Wakapala, SD on May 24, 1929 to Jacob Ernst and Ella Schnaubel. He married Gladys Zeeb on March 12, 1955 in Moorehead, MN.

Roy was a good friend to everyone, and loved to joke with any one near...

Mar 19, 2017

Larry Marvin Gale, 76, passed away on March 19, 2017 in Littlefield, AZ. Larry was born on February 22, 1941 in Delaware, OH to Harold Raymond Gale and Dorthy Louetta Hensley. He married Penny Lee Russell on May 17, 1968 in Cardington, OH.

Larry graduated from Willis High School where he played in the band...

Mar 17, 2017

Nathaniel John Wharton, age 81, passed away Friday, March 17, 2017 in Las Vegas, Nevada. He was born June 4, 1935 in Little Rock, Arkansas to Carl Jasper and LaVeda McClurg Wharton. On July 23, 1955 he married Judy Kay Williams in Malad, Idaho. She died May 25, 1993. On April 23, 1994 he married Sally Ann Peterson in...

Mar 17, 2017

Charles Lee Harper, age 62, passed away Friday, March 17, 2017 in Pioche, Nevada. He was born June 6, 1954 in Fort Wayne, Indiana to Richard and Hazel F. Nuce Harper. On September 27, 1991 he married Bella Mau in Garrett County, Maryland.

Charles grew up in West Virginia. He served in the...

Mar 16, 2017

Gary Michael Fuschetto, age 55, passed away Thursday, March 16 at his home. He was born November 15, 1961 in Brooklyn, New York to Ann Marzigliano Fuschetto and Anthony Fuschetto.

Gary grew up on Staten Island. He later moved to California where he met his wife Susan. They later moved to Mesquite, Nevada in December 2014.

Mar 16, 2017

Janice Jones, 65, passed away unexpectedly March 16, 2017 in Mesquite, NV. She was born Nov. 7, 1951 in Las Vegas, NV to Charles Hale & Vera (Lee) Woods. Janice lived her entire life in Mesquite. She spent 1 year at Southern UT State College before going to cosmetology school in Logan, UT. She married Lyle Jones of Littlefield,...

Mar 14, 2017

Marcha Litwiller, 71, passed away on March 14, 2017 in her home in Mesquite, NV. She was born to Charles Edward and Marjorie Harker Heninger on March 19, 1945 in Boise, ID. She married Robert Litwiller on July 26, 1981.

Marcha was raised in Las Vegas, NV. Her career entailed working in escrow, as a...

Mar 14, 2017

Alyssa Mariah Sayago, age 19, died Tuesday, March 14, 2017 in Las Vegas, Nevada. She was born January 2, 1998 in South Lake Tahoe, California to Sael Salin and Riena Melyssa Sipe Sayago.

Alyssa spent her first five years in the Tahoe / Carson area before moving to Las Vegas to start first grade. She graduated from...

Mar 11, 2017

Daniel Thomas Mossbarger, 70, passed away on March 11, 2017 in Mesquite, NV. Daniel was born on December 27, 1946 in Chicago, IL to Frank Wilbur Mossbarger and Helen Maslow. He met the love of his life, Cathie Meyer in February 1986.

Daniel was a proud Army Veteran, and was honorably discharged, was a member...

Mar 10, 2017

Lynn Robbins

Lynn Marie Robbins, age 69, passed away Friday, March 10, 2017 at her home in Logandale, Nevada. She was born October 18, 1947 in Scotia, California to William Alfred and Rose Marie Allen Charlton. On April 11, 1970 she married Leonard Oscar Robbins in Reno, Nevada. They were later sealed in the St. George LDS...

Mar 6, 2017

Ernest Waldroup

Ernest Lamar Waldroup, age 81, passed away peacefully Monday, March 6th, 2017 at his home in Enoch, Utah. He was born June 14, 1935 to Ernest and Lula Mae Prentice Waldroup in West Point, Georgia.

Early in his life Ernie lived in Tennessee and then for a short time in Salt...

Mar 5, 2017

Debbie McGlauflin died at home on March 5th in Mesquite, NV of complications from cancer. She was 66.

Debbie was born in Caribou, Maine to parents Ernest (Mac) and Hazel McGlauflin. The family moved from Maine to Wisconsin where Debbie graduated from Green Bay West High School in 1968. She worked in Green Bay in the banking,...

Mar 4, 2017

Marjorie Fenstermaker, age 95, passed away peacefully Saturday, March 4, 2017 in Mesa, Arizona. She was born December 20, 1921 in Moapa, Nevada to Dewey Arthur and Bessie Marie Bowler Hortt. On November 26, 1941 she married Robert Clark "Bob" Fenstermaker in Las Vegas, Nevada. He preceded her in death on October of 2008.

Marge grew up...

Mar 4, 2017

Roger Louis DiBenedict, 92, passed away on March 4, 2017 in Mesquite, NV. Roger was born on January 23, 1925 in Cleveland, OH to Benjamin DiBenedict and Rosa Primavera. He married Patricia Timko on January 21, 1963 in Cleveland, OH.

Roger loved music and was a talented musician. He played banjo, guitar, bass and several...

Mar 3, 2017

Wylma "Jean" Manz, age 81, died Friday, March 3, 2017 ,at Dixie Regional Medical Center, in St. George, Utah. She was born December 22, 1935 in Great Falls, Montana to Orda Lee and Wilma Ethel Noah Myatt. On August 12, 1976 she married John "Dick" Richard Manz in Roswell, New Mexico.

Jean grew up in Hobbs, New...

Mar 3, 2017

James Douglas "Doug" Hamburg, age 66, died Friday, March 3, 2017 at his home in Moapa, Nevada. He was born January 22, 1951 to Robert Wesley and Verlie June Weber Hamburg in Keokuk, Iowa. On March 24, 1984 he married Joyce Ann Meadows in Las Vegas, Nevada.

When Doug was a baby his family moved to California....