Local obituaries for Moapa Valley Mortuary
Lynne Mills
May 26, 2013
Lynne Stratton Mills, age 68, died Sunday, May 26, 2013 in St. George, Utah. She was born December 3, 1944 in LaVerkin, Utah to Clell William and Mahala Ruth Hepworth Stratton. On January 29, 1966 she married Lamond Robert Mills in St. George, Utah.
Lynne grew up in LaVerkin, Utah and North Las Vegas, Nevada. She raised...
Berl Dee Mays
May 25, 2013
Berl Dee Mays, age 77, died Saturday, May 25, 2013 at his home in Logandale, Nevada. He was born July 8, 1936 in Butler, Missouri to John and Eva Barker Mays. On July 26, 1966 he married Helen Marie Metcalf in Elko, Nevada.
Berl moved to Idaho as a baby with his family. He was part of...
Jose Perez
May 24, 2013
Jose Perez, age 91, died May 24, 2013 at his home in Moapa, Nevada, surrounded by his loving family. He was born February 8, 1922 in Santa Isabel, Jalisco, Mexico. On November 27, 1942, he married Pascuala Olivarez in San Gaspar, Jalisco, Mexico. She preceded him exactly one year ago from the day of his death, May 24, 2012....
Ronnie Eugene Bennett
May 24, 2013
Ronnie E. Bennett, 56, loving father, son, brother, and grandfather passed away Thursday night in Mesquite, NV. He was born March 4, 1957 in Chillicothe, Ohio to Henry and Elsie Bennett.
Ronnie was a hard worker. If there were leaves to be raked or trees to trim chances are Ronnie was going to do it. His presence...
Josephine "Jo" Guntle
May 22, 2013
Josephine "Jo" "Josie" Irene Guntle, age 87, died Wednesday, May 22, 2013 in Mesquite, Nevada. She was born March 14, 1926 in Sutton, Nebraska to Daniel H. "Shorty" and Clara Eva Wahl Moore. On January 20, 1946 she married Edwin L. Guntle. They then moved to Miamisburg, Ohio. She worked for 25 years for the Miamisburg School District, and...
Esther Marie Miskell
May 19, 2013
Esther Marie O'Brien Buscemi Miskell, 90, passed away Sunday, May 19, 2013 at Mesa View Regional Hospital. She was born March 13, 1923 in Chicago, IL to Edward O'Brien and Glady Irwin.
Esther was first married to Joseph Buscemi in 1939 and is survived by 3 sons of that marriage; Dominic of Spring Hill, FL, Edward and...

Thomas Francis Aiani
May 18, 2013
Thomas Francis Aiani Jr., age 89, died peaceably Saturday, May 18, 2013 in Mesquite, Nevada. He was born September 19, 1923 in Chicago, Illinois to Thomas Francis Aiani Sr. and Rose Larocco. In 1948 he married Eleanor Fahey. She preceded him in death on May 5, 1979. Thomas was raised in Chicago, and graduated from St. Ambrose College. As...
Jenora Lynn Facer
May 17, 2013
Surrounded by family, Jenora Lynn Facer passed away peacefully at her home in Mesquite, Nevada, on Friday, May 17, 2013. Born July 12, 1949 in Ogden, Jenora was raised in Washington Terrace and graduated from Bonneville High School. She married Leland Jack Facer II on February 14, 1971 in Las Vegas and was proud to be a military wife....
Dale R. Dyches
May 15, 2013
Dale R. Dyches of Mesquite, NV passed away at his home on May 15, 2013 after a courageous 42 year battle with Multiple Sclerosis. He was 72. Dale was born in Moroni, UT on December 31, 1940 to Joseph and Leah Dyches. He graduated from North Sanpete High School. He married his high school sweetheart and love of his...
Calvin Ward Meyers
May 15, 2013
Calvin Meyers
Calvin Ward Meyers, age 57, entered the Great Creator's loving, comforting arms Wednesday, May 15, 2013 at 8:43 a.m. He was born September 9, 1955 in Las Vegas to Herbert Ward Meyers and Christina Samson Meyers. He was married to the late Mitzi Pete Meyers. Calvin graduated from Stewart Indian School. He loved to cook,...
Derek Lester Hughes
May 10, 2013
Derek Lester Hughes born July 28,1971 in Pocatello, Idaho to Larry L. Hughes and Linda Barnum Schmidt. Derek returned home to his loving Heavenly Father on May 10, 2013 at his home in Mesquite Nevada.
Derek spent the first 10 years of his life in Pocatello until his parents divorced and Linda moved the family to Mesquite....
Judith Rae Marshall
May 7, 2013
Judith "Judy" Rae Marshall, age 74, died Tuesday, May 7, 2013 at her home in Logandale, Nevada. She was born on February 12, 1939 in Las Vegas, Nevada to Orson Francis and Lucille Sevey Johnson. On March 21, 1961 she married Joseph Lloyd Marshall in the St. George LDS Temple. Judy grew up in Overton. As a young woman,...
Ruth Arlene Milne
May 5, 2013
Ruth Milne, age 81, died peacefully Sunday, May 5, 2013 in her Mesquite home. She was born on November 26, 1931 in Pawnee City, Nebraska to Armen P. and Loreen Bock. She married her high school sweetheart, Elvin Milne August 18, 1949. Elvin proceeded her in death in 2003. They were married a few weeks short of 50 years....
Jimmie Arthur Robbins
May 3, 2013
Jimmie Robbins
Jimmie Arthur Robbins, age 75, died Friday, May 3, 2013 at his home in Overton, Nevada. He was born on March 7, 1938 in Overton, Nevada to Oscar Leonard and Rachel Burgess Robbins. He married Rosalie Rae Bennett on May 13, 1984 in Overton, Nevada, they were sealed in the Las Vegas LDS Temple on...
Edward Newton Jones
Apr 28, 2013
Edward Newton Jones passed away at 11pm on April 28 at the Dixie Regional Hospital in St. George, Utah from complications from recent strokes. Ed was born in Rawlins, Wyoming to Loyd C. Jones and Myrtle A. Melton. His final resting place will be in Wasatch Lawn Cemetery in Salt Lake City, Utah at 11 a.m. on Saturday, October...
Benjamin Robert Thornton
Apr 27, 2013
Benjamin Robert Thornton, age 83, died Saturday, April 27, 2013 at his home in Overton, Nevada. He was born May 25, 1929 in Chloride, Arizona to Benjamin Franklin and Jennie Ivy Henton Thornton. On February 12, 1951 he married Verna Rae Bagshaw in Las Vegas, Nevada. She preceded him in death on July 5, 1999. Ben grew up in...
Dennis Ray Freeman
Apr 23, 2013
Dennis Freeman
Dennis Ray Freeman, age 55, died suddenly, Tuesday, April 23, 2013 in California. He was born September 12, 1957 in Boulder City, Nevada to Kermit C and Ruth Ellen Stein Freeman. On July 1, 1977 he married Cherrlyn Robison in Logandale, Nevada. They were later sealed in the St. George LDS Temple. Dennis lived most...
James Arthur Potter
Apr 23, 2013
James Potter
James Arthur Potter, age 68, died Tuesday, April 23, 2013 at his daughter's home in Logandale, Nevada. He was born May 8, 1944 in Las Vegas, Nevada to Troy Lee and Thelma Margaret Schunot Beshears. He was raised by his step father, James Potter. On July 5, 1962 he married Jane Lynn Staub in Las...
Carol Ann Jacobson-Johnson
Apr 21, 2013
Carol Ann Jacobson-Johnson, 68, passed away Sunday, April 21st at her home in Beaver Dam, AZ after a valiant fight against cancer. Carol was born January 21st 1945 in Gary Indiana to Alfred Bonner and Margaret Welches. She married Nels A. Jacobson in 1965 in East Gary Indiana after graduating high school. She then moved from her childhood home...
Theodore Ernst Reinert
Apr 21, 2013
Theodore Ernst Reinert of Beaver Dam, AZ passed away on April 21, 2013 at the age of 83. He was born February 28, 1930 in Sheboygan, WI to Michael & Frieda Reinert. Ted married the love of his life Lillian Schmidt on November 16, 1946. Together they had three children Ted Jr., Linda and Vicky.
Theodore was...