Local obituaries for Moapa Valley Mortuary
Albert Carl Biederman
Jul 16, 2015
Albert Carl "Al" Biederman, age 95, passed away Thursday, July 16, 2015 at his home in Overton, Nevada. He was born December 25, 1919 in Cedar City, Utah to Albert Carl Sr. and Mary Elizabeth Rushton Biederman. On September 13, 1958 he married Phyllis Lawrence in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Al grew up in Cedar City. He served...
Kendall Ortiz
Jul 12, 2015
We lost our beloved husband, father, grandfather, brother and uncle, Kendall Ortiz on Saturday, July 11, 2015 at Centennial Hills Hospital in Las Vegas, Nevada. He passed peacefully surrounded by family and friends and will be forever missed.
Ken was born January 24, 1957 in Salt Lake City, Utah to Felix Ortiz and Grace Conigliaro.
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Judith Marie Bonds
Jul 10, 2015
Judith Marie Bonds, 74, passed away peacefully in Las Vegas, NV on Friday, July 10, 2015 at Mountain View Hospital, with her three loving children by her side. She succumbed to complications from liver cancer. She was born on February 16, 1941 in Norwalk, CT to Douglas Elmore Lowndes and Leona Cecelia Weller (Roth).
Judy...
Jim Tanner
Jul 10, 2015
James LaVar "Jim" Tanner, age 54, died suddenly in an unfortunate motorcycle accident near Pioche, Nevada on July 10, 2015. He was born March 2, 1961 in St. George, Utah to Robert LaVar and Linda Ann Pace Tanner. On November 26, 1980 he married Judith Whitney "Judy" Tanner in Logandale, Nevada.
Jim lived most of his life...
Rondy Clark
Jul 9, 2015
Rondy (Ron) James Clark passed away quietly in his sleep at the home which he shared with his wife, Liz, on Thursday, July 9, 2015 at 1:30 am. He was 64.
Ron was born on February 28, 1951, at Camp Atterbury, Indiana to James Clark and Frances Hutto Clark. He attended military academy in Mexico,...
Lynnette Wolfley
Jul 9, 2015
Lynnette Gibbons Wolfley, age 64, passed away on Thursday, July 9, 2015 after a valiant struggle with cancer. She was born April 28, 1951 in Afton, Wyoming to Morris Stanley and Della Mae Porter Gibbons. After high school, she met and married Craig Darwin Wolfley on June 20, 1970 in the Idaho Falls Temple. They moved to Etna, Wyoming...
Donald C. Jansson
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...
Carole Stuart
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...
Mildred Bumgarner
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...
Lucina Leavitt Shaner
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...
Royce Ficklin
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...
Sandra Ann Abrams
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,...
Walter J. Smith
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...
Jean Carstensen
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...
Constance May Baltz
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.
Christopher James Hartley
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...
Reta Baker
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,...
Abigayle Marie Robbins
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...
Richard Robinson
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...
Mary Elizabeth Myers
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...
