Local obituaries for Moapa Valley Mortuary
Virginia Faye Minton
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...
James Edward Ryan
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...
Karen Ann Sodeman
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...
Nancy Evelyn Jones
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.
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Barbara Ann Burrows
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...
Fred Porter
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...
Jd Robinson
May 28, 2015
Janice Dean "JD" Robinson, age 53, died Wednesday, May 27, 2015 in Moapa, Nevada surrounded by family. She was born January 27, 1962 in Castro Valley, California to Robert Robinson and Marley Perkins Robinson.
J.D. lived most of her life in Moapa. She married Randy Dufour on September 26, 1981 in Moapa. They were married for 25...
Juniper Ally Walker
May 26, 2015
Our precious little Juniper Ally Walker slipped away peacefully on May 26, 2015 in Las Vegas, Nevada. While only here for a short few months, she impacted many lives of those who loved her. She was born March 4, 2015 in Las Vegas to Aaron Michael and Heather Dawn Roundy Walker.
Shortly after her birth, she developed...
Bessie Margie Wilkinson
May 19, 2015
Bessie Margie Wilkinson, age 91, died Tuesday May 19, 2015 at her home in Overton, Nevada. She was born February 6, 1924 to Albert LeRoy and Margie Tanner Mott in Santaquin, Utah. On October 12, 1940 she married Glen Charles Wilkinson in Provo, Utah. He preceded her in death on January 1, 1992.
Bessie grew up in...
William Raymond Thompson
May 18, 2015
William Raymond "Bill" Thompson died on Monday, May 18, 2015, at the Beehive Homes in Mesquite, Nevada. Bill was born in Des Moines, on September 30, 1935, to Raymond and Harriet Thompson.
Bill grew up in Des Moines, graduated from Roosevelt High School in 1953, and Drake University in 1957. He married Mary Jane (Neal),...
Wanda Willow
May 16, 2015
Mesquite, NV - Wanda Francis Willow, 91, passed away May 16, 2015 at Highland Manor in Mesquite, NV. She was born March 22, 1924 in Corning, NY to Perry and Ethel (Morseman) Faulkner. She married Leon Willow Nov. 11, 1978 in Corning, NY.
Wanda spent much of her life in the area near Corning, NY....
Loretta Bowman Hunt
May 15, 2015
Loretta Bowman Hunt, 96, former longtime Clark County Clerk, died Friday May 15, 2015, of causes incident to age. She passed away quietly in her sleep at home after visiting with family. Born in Cappalappa, Moapa Valley, Nevada on February 10, 1919, Loretta was the eldest daughter of Elmer and Elizabeth Bowman. One of 11 children, Loretta helped in...
Dorothy "Dottie" Ann Mattert
May 14, 2015
Dorothy "Dottie" Ann Mattert, age 76, passed away Thursday, May 14, 2015 at Highland Manor in Mesquite, Nevada. Dottie was born January 25, 1939 in Waukesha, Wisconsin to Chester Deatrick and Frances Brining. Dottie loved the beautiful surroundings of Waukesha where she grew up and graduated from Waukesha High School. It was also in Waukesha where she met her...
Yvette Fregeolle
May 13, 2015
Yvette Anne Fregeolle, age 91, passed away peacefully, Wednesday, May 13, 2015 in Las Vegas, Nevada. She was born July 25, 1923 in Central Falls, Rhode Island to Amedee Joseph and Hortense Marie Fournier Corneau. Yvette grew up in a large family with eleven siblings.
On January 17, 1947 she married Roger Leon Fregeolle in Central Falls,...
Manuela Prieto Trejo
May 11, 2015
Manuela Prieto de Atondo
Mesquite, NV - Manuela Prieto, 74, passed away May 11, 2015 at Highland Manor in Mesquite, NV. Manuela was born May 30, 1940 in Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, Mexico to Pedro Prieto and Bonifacia Trejo. She married Jesus Atondo April 11, 2009 in Las Vegas, NV.
Manuela was raised in...
Donna Lucille Lubach
May 10, 2015
Donna Lubach, age 70, passed away peacefully on Sunday, May 10, 2015 in her home in Mesquite, Nevada. She was born in Baltimore, Maryland to Nellie Lucille Lewis Massie and Robert Kitts Massie. She married the Reverend Doctor James Louis Lubach in Sommerville, New Jersey on March 14, 1992.
Donna moved frequently in her early...
Retta Decker Waters
May 10, 2015
Retta Decker Waters, age 85, passed peacefully on Sunday, May10, 2015 at her daughter's home in Reno, NV. She was born May 3, 1930 in Parowan, Utah to Joseph Victor Decker and Vera Wood. On September 8, 1946 she married her eternal companion Ronald Morgan Waters in Las Vegas, NV. They were sealed February 27, 1965 in the St....
Edsel Lindy Corpe
May 5, 2015
EDSEL LINDY CORPE, 87 years of age, passed away peacefully at home in Mesquite, NV, surrounded by his loving wife Loretta and family, on May 5, 2015.
Born on June 6, 1927 in El Monte, CA. Ed, as he preferred to be called, was raised in Wrightwood, CA, and graduated in 1944 as valedictorian and student body...
William H.J. Cooper
May 4, 2015
Our loving husband and father William "Bill" Cooper passed away on Monday, May 4, 2015. William Heber Johnson Cooper was born on August 25, 1924 in Overton, NV. He attended Moapa Valley High School and loved the Moapa Valley with all of his heart. He served a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in...
Gregory Conwell
May 3, 2015
Gregory Francis Conwell, 47, passed away Sunday, May 3, 2015 in St. George, Utah. He was born September 19, 1967 to Robert F. and Frances Eileen Irish Conwell in Red Lodge, Montana. Greg attended school in Red Lodge and Roberts, Montana, where he participated in the Special Olympics. He was awarded a gold medal in gymnastics.
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