Local obituaries for Moapa Valley Mortuary

Jul 7, 2015

Donald Jansson, age 85, died Tuesday, July 7, 2015 at his home in Overton, Nevada. He was born October 27, 1930 in Shelton, Washington to Lawrence O. And Berniece Robbins Richard. On June 23, 1956 he married Violet Schugaard in California. She preceded him in death on December 13, 1994. On October 14, 2002 he married Bonnie Olsen Fredrickson...

Jul 6, 2015

Carole Anne Stuart, age 49, passed away, Monday, July 6, 2015 in Mesquite, Nevada. She was born June 1, 1966 in Fairchild Air Force Base in Washington to Lyle Leonard Starks and Carole Mae Marquardson. In May 1990 she married Dennis Anthony Stuart. They had two daughters and were later divorced.

Carole grew up in...

Jul 4, 2015

Mildred Victoria Bumgarner, age 87, passed away suddenly in St. George, Utah. She was born December 27, 1927 in Bollinger County, Missouri to Manuel E and Ida May Brinley Sample. On December 13, 1968 she married Walter Lewis Bumgarner in Kankakee, Illinois. They were later divorced. Mildred grew up in Missouri, until at the age of 14 her family...

Jul 4, 2015

Lucina Leavitt Shaner was born December 5, 1920 in Mesquite, Nevada to Dudley Edgar Leavitt, and Bertha Hafen Leavitt. Lucina was the seventh of nine children. Lucina passed away at her home in Mesquite, Nevada on July 4, 2015.

Lucina married Arthur Ray Shaner in West Milton, Ohio on July 15, 1941. They were the parents of...

Jul 3, 2015

Royce Conrad Ficklin, 82, passed away on July 3, 2015, in Mesquite, Nevada. He was born on June 13, 1933, in Duplessis, Louisiana, to Andrew Alfred and Philomene Ida Malbrough Ficklin. Our Dad was raised on a farm near Gonzalez, Louisiana. He was proud of his Cajun roots. His favorite memories as a child came from spending...

Jun 29, 2015

Sandy Abrams, 73, passed away June 29, 2015 at Highland Manor in Mesquite, NV. Sandy was born April 8, 1942 in Pottsville, PA to Mervin Diefenderfer and Paulyne Hudak. She married Ernest Smith Abrams III in Bayview, MD on June 13, 1959.

Sandy Abrams was born April 8, 1942 in Pottsville, PA, but grew up in Newark,...

Jun 29, 2015

Walter J. Smith, 84, passed away June 29th, 2015 in Mesquite, NV. He was born September 9, 1930 to Gilbert Dover and Joyce Eve Forney Smith in Allen, OK. He married Barbara Jane Dailey at Long Beach, CA. on July 23, 2005.

Walter was known as a hard worker. He graduated from California Polytechnic State University at...

Jun 27, 2015

Jean Lovey Carstensen, age 91, passed away June 27, 2015, at home in Mesquite, Nevada in the presence of her son and daughter. Jean was born July 7, 1923 in Jeanette, PA, to Joseph and Vera Witalis Levendusky.

As a young woman, Jean moved to California and lived at the Hollywood Studio Club where hopeful...

Jun 21, 2015

Constance May Baltz, 64, of Mesquite, NV passed away on June 21, 2015. She was born to Orville and Martha Baltz on May 8, 1951 in Fond Du Lac, Wisconsin. The family invites friends and family to leave a memory or message on their "Guest Book" at www.virginvalleymortuary.com.

Jun 18, 2015

Christopher James Hartley, age 24, passed away Thursday, June 18th 2015 in Hinesville, Georgia. He was born June 28, 1990 in Cedar City, Utah to James Robert and Shannon Frehner Hartley.

Chris was raised in Cedar City, Las Vegas, and Scenic, Arizona where he played high school football and received his high school diploma. He...

Jun 17, 2015

Abigayle Marie Robbins, the infant child of Roy James Robbins and Melissa Marie Hendrix Burke, was born June 17, 2015 in Las Vegas, Nevada. After only a brief stay on this earth, she quietly slipped away minutes later.

Survivors include her parents, Roy and Melissa; grandmother, Tina Gonser of Logandale, NV: grandfather: Richard (Lori) Hendrix of Las...

Jun 17, 2015

Reta Ione Deuschle Baker was born in Bison, South Dakota on December 24, 1932. She was the 6th child born to Lorence C and Gladys Mithcell Deuschle. She completed her education and graduated from Bison schools with the Class of 1953. Reta married Gordon Duane Baker in September of 1954 and together they had three children. She passed away,...

Jun 16, 2015

Richard Arthur Robinson, age 77, has gone to heaven to join our beloved family members. Richard passed away peacefully at his home in Moapa, Nevada on Tuesday, June 16, 2015. He was born April 5, 1938 in Ogden, Utah to Elmer Smith and Ora Mae Willden Robinson. In September of 1955 he married Patricia Torrence in Fredonia, Arizona. They...

Jun 11, 2015

Mary Elizabeth Myers, age 66, of Mesquite, Nevada, passed away Thursday, June 11, 2015 in her home surrounded by her loving family.

Mary was born in Devia, Tennessee to Carl and Janita Lowe Phillips on December 15, 1948. She met the love of her life Jerry Lee Myers. and later married him in Reno, Nevada...

Jun 11, 2015

Mesquite, NV – Virginia Faye Minton, age 85, passed away Thursday June 11th, 2015 at her home. She was born May 27th, 1930 in Griffin, TX to A.D. Evans and Mary Mitchell Evans. She married Richard Baines Minton on June 18th, 1949 in Gillette, WY.

Faye grew up on a farm in East Texas and...

Jun 7, 2015

Mesquite, NV - James Edward Ryan, 68 years old, passed away Sunday, June 7, 2015, peacefully at his home. He was born November 16, 1946, in Portland, Maine. He married Kathy Schell in Denver, Colorado on, August 24, 1968. Jim served our country in the US Army during the Vietnam War from 1966 - 1968. When he returned he...

Jun 5, 2015

Karen Sodeman, 44, passed away June 5, 2015 at her home in Mesquite, NV. She was born September 5, 1970 in Bellflower, CA to Larry Warren Sodeman and Barbara Janice Goodwin.

Karen spent her childhood in Bellflower, CA until she moved to Bullhead, AZ. She graduated from high school in Bullhead and attended Devry University for her...

May 31, 2015

Nancy Evelyn Cooper Jones, age 55, passed away May 31, 2015 in St. George, Utah surrounded by her family and friends. She was born on April 29, 1960 in Richmond, California, adopted, and sealed to William "Bill" Heber Johnson and Venetta Mackley Cooper. After a long and difficult struggle with diabetes, she surrendered to complications from her condition.

May 31, 2015

Barbara E. Burrows died May 31, 2015 of complications from COPD at her home in Mesquite, NV.

Born July 26, 1938 in Chicago, Barbara resided in Las Vegas from 1946 before moving to Mesquite upon retirement. Barbara worked as a hair stylist at Adah’s Hair Castle in Las Vegas for many years.

She...

May 29, 2015

Mesquite, Nevada ~ Freddie L. Porter, Jr. 52, passed away Friday, May 29, 2015 at Mesa View Regional Medical Center due to complications from a massive stroke he suffered at home on May 2, 2015. He was born October 15, 1962 in Louisville, Kentucky to Florence Greene and Freddie L. Porter, Sr. He married the love of...