Local obituaries for Moapa Valley Mortuary

Apr 25, 2023

Jerry Junior Leonard, 82, passed away on April 25, 2023 in St. George, UT. Jerry was born on May 10, 1940 in Windsor, MO to Harold Alexander and Oleta Lucille Birchfield Leonard. His family moved to Stratford, TX and again to Oakdale, CA, where Jerry graduated from high school and attended college for a year. He left college to...

Apr 24, 2023

Otto “Bud” Gumprecht, 88, passed away on April 24, 2023 in his home in Overton, NV. Bud was the third of four children born to Helen Louise and Otto Gumprecht on February 3, 1935 in Shelton, NE. He moved with his parents to a farm near Yampa, CO. In 1940, the family moved again to Toponas, CO to live...

Apr 20, 2023

Raphella Benn, 74, passed away on April 20, 2023 in Moapa, NV. Raphella was born on June 16, 1948 in Las Vegas, NV to Harry Benn and Irene Ben. She was raised in Moapa and graduated from Moapa Valley High School in 1965/66. She then attended college and cosmetology school in California. She returned to Moapa where she worked...

Apr 14, 2023

Matthew Wayne Williams, 50, passed away on April 14, 2023 in Overton, NV. Matt was born on July 21, 1972 in Madison County, MT to Wayne Grant Williams and Bonnie Jean Bastian Williams. Matt grew up in Vernal, UT, spent many years with his family in Colorado, then spent the last several years in Nevada caring for his father....

Apr 7, 2023

Teresa Lynn Byers, 52, left this earthly life  Friday, April 7, 2023 in St. George, Utah. She was born January 28, 1971 in Las Vegas, Nevada and raised by Richard Wheat and Laura Raschke. She moved to Moapa Valley when she was seven years old where she would later graduate from Moapa Valley High School. As a...

Apr 4, 2023

Velma Ann Markle, 82, passed away on April 4, 2023 in Logandale, NV. Ann was born on October 27, 1940 in Rawlins, WY to Artie Velmo Morrow and Anna Ida Moles. She left home at sixteen and moved to Las Vegas, NV where she attended night school to gain her GED and worked at Paul’s Donuts. She later started...

Mar 31, 2023

Pamela Rae Geary, 77, passed away on March 31, 2023 in Overton, NV. Pamela was born on November 2, 1945 in Santa Monica, CA to Raymond and Lenore Gubser. After graduating high school, Pamela went to work at the Base Supply Store on the Fort Nellis Air Force Base, where she met Michael Geary, and they were soon married...

Mar 27, 2023

Sheila Wariner Jensen, 50, passed away peacefully on Monday, March 27, 2023 in her home in Las Vegas, Nevada, surrounded closely by her Husband and two Children.

Sheila was born on June 20, 1972 in Durango, Colorado, to Lynn Raymond Wariner and Idonna Millet. She was raised in Bloomfield, New Mexico.  Sheila enjoyed singing, music, dancing, water...

Mar 21, 2023

Manuel Juarez-Govea, 80, passed away on March 21, 2023 in Las Vegas, NV. Manny was born on February 13, 1943 in Michoacán, Mexico to Manuel Juarez and Josefa Govea. He loved working with his hands, and always had projects he was doing, like making benches, windmills, and other woodworking. He loved keeping busy. He was proficient in concrete work,...

Mar 14, 2023

Randall (Randy) Lane Henderson, 63, passed away on March 14, 2023. Randy was born on May 5, 1959, in Casper, WY to Rodney Laverne Henderson and Rosalie Claire Larson. His family later moved to Cortez, CO, and then Willis, TX, where he graduated from high school and joined the police academy. He became a guard at the Huntsville State...

Mar 3, 2023

Charles Clifton Hall, 68, of Smyrna, TN, passed away on March 3, 2023 after heart failure related to surgery complications. He was born on December 10, 1954, to Charles Kenneth and Thelma Beatrice Hall in Smithville, Missouri.

Charles worked hard all his life, primarily in mechanics, to provide for his family. After retiring in 2021, he and...

Mar 2, 2023

Herbert Delmar Johnson, 99, passed away on March 2, 2023 in Mesquite, NV. Herbert was born on July 8, 1923 in Killarney, Manitoba, Canada to George Seymour Johnson and Thelma McNamee. He moved from his home town of Killarney, Manitoba to London, Ontario, to England, to Belgium, to Wisconsin, to Florida, to New York, to Montana, and finally to...

Feb 20, 2023

Richard Allen Robinson, age 66, left this earth on  Monday, February 20, 2023 in Las Vegas, Nevada.  He was born June 24, 1956 in Boulder City, Nevada to Richard Arthur and Patricia Jean Torrence Robinson.  On February 14, 1974 he married Verna Lynne Short (Robinson) in Henderson, Nevada. Richard grew up in Henderson then moved his young family to...

Feb 20, 2023

Verna Lee Hudrlik, 81, passed away on February 20, 2023 in St George, Utah. She was born in Long Beach, California on February 21 1942 to Vernon and Mildred (White) Kerr. She was raised with a brother and sister. She graduated Robert A. Millikan High School.

She worked for Southwestern Bell and for Nissan motors where she...

Feb 18, 2023

To know Conly was to love him. Conly Warren Ruff was born on January 20, 2006 in Las Vegas, Nevada.  He was the fourth and final child of Jeremy Keith and Sara Renee Gleason Ruff. His older siblings; Mackenzie, Cody and Colton doted on him. Conly, age 17, passed away on Saturday, February 18, 2023 from injuries sustained in...

Feb 17, 2023

Jose Mario “Cheeseman” Martinez, passed away on February 17, 2023 in Moapa, NV. Mario was born on January 12, 1968 in Reno, Nevada to Jose and Audrey China Martinez. He attended MVHS and always played basketball with his friends. After his mother passed away, he moved away from Moapa. He moved around for some time before settling in Leeton,...

Feb 7, 2023

Rita Wagner, age 79, died Tuesday, February 7, 2023 at her winter home in Overton, Nevada.  She was born August 18, 1943 in Sidney, Nebraska to Frank Andrew and Kathryn G. Petersen Rasmussen.  On November 4, 1962 she married Wayne William Wagner in Kimball, Nebraska. Rita grew up in Kimball, but lived most of her adult life in Saratoga,...

Feb 5, 2023

Wyatt Chance Cassity passed away unexpectedly at his home in Las Vegas, Nevada on Sunday, February 5, 2023.

Wyatt was born April 14, 2001, in Sandy, Utah, to Scott Mumford Cassity and Heather Don Parris. Wyatt spent his younger years in Utah and relocated to Nevada where he graduated from Desert Oasis High School in...

Feb 5, 2023

Mark Henry Selig, 66, passed away on February 5, 2023 in his home in Logandale, NV. Mark was born on April 22, 1956 in Sunnyville, CA to Frank Henry Selig and Patricia Jean Long. When Mark was two years old, his family moved to Las Vegas, NV where Mark lived until moving to Logandale, NV in October of 2022....

Feb 1, 2023

Michael “Mike” Dennis Carter, 75, passed away on February 1, 2023 in his home in Las Vegas, NV. Mike was born on August 14, 1947 in St. George, UT to Ellis Chester Carter and Geraldine Billings. At fifteen, Mike’s family moved to Las Vegas, NV and he graduated from Rancho High School in 1965. He attended college for a...