Local obituaries for Moapa Valley Mortuary

Mar 25, 2013

James Alfred West

Mesquite, NV- James Alfred West, 76, passed away on March 25, 2013 at Mesa View Regional Hospital. He was born September 5, 1936 in Los Angeles, CA to Glenn West and Mary Moran. He married the love of his life Shirley on May 22, 2010 in Bunkerville, NV. James loved to be around his...

Mar 24, 2013

Clovis Leon Gaddis, 94, passed away Sunday, March 24, 2013 at his Littlefield residence. He was born December 16, 1918 in Bochito, OK to Walter William Gaddis and Lola Dyer. He married Evelyn Mae Vaughan Gaddis October 29, 1980 in Las Vegas, NV. Clovis grew up and graduated in Calexico, CA. He was and avid tinkerer. He was an...

Mar 24, 2013

Herbert (Herbie) J. Allison, 66, passed away Sunday, March 24, 2013 at his Mesquite, NV residence. He was born October 4, 1946 in Yonkers, NY to Joseph Allison and Agnes Gregson. He married Judy Gadonniex in 1971 in Yonkers, NY. Herbert graduated from the Yonkers High School. He worked for Metro North Railroad as Assistant Director of Materials, Track,...

Mar 23, 2013

Frances Mae Ipharr, age 89, died Saturday, March 23, 2013 in Las Vegas, NV. She was born November 27, 1923 in Fargo, North Dakota to Peter John and Shirley Mae Hanson Klein. She married Victor LaNasa who was killed while serving in the Air Force. She later married Louis Bert Ipharr in Phoenix, AZ. Frances grew up in Ohio...

Mar 18, 2013

William "Bill" Leroy Cederburg

William "Bill" Leroy Cederburg, 77, long time resident of Rock Springs, Wyoming passed away on March 18, 2013 in Beaver Dam, Arizona, surrounded by family, after a long battle with cancer. Bill was born August 16, 1935, in Venus, Nebraska, the son of Vinton Cederburg and Ione Tikalsky. Bill graduated from high school...

Mar 17, 2013

Donald Gerald Tobin (1927-2013)

Gunnery Sergeant Ret. Donald Gerald Tobin, 85, formerly of Cedar Falls, died Sunday, March 17, 2013, at his home in Mesquite, Nevada after battling mesothelioma.

He was born April 19, 1927, in New York City, son of Lester and Anna Tobin. Donald enlisted in the United States Navy and assigned to...

Mar 15, 2013

Rexford DeLoy Elton, 76, passed away March 13, 2013 after a short illness. Only two days later his loving wife of 55 years, Gwendolyn Bridges Elton, 72, passed away on March 15, 2013 after a long and courageous battle. Rex was born September 13, 1936 in Palymyra, Utah to Rexford Samuel and Cleo Beck Elton. Gwen was born June...

Mar 15, 2013

Douglas Craig Shaul February 27, 1944 - March 15, 2013

Doug loved to serve his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and explain God's Son in a "Down to Earth" way to anyone. Doug also loved the mountains; was an Eagle Scout; loved animals, especially dogs (thou' he couldn't play with them on account of his allergies). He...

Mar 13, 2013

Jewel Rose Travis, 88, passed away Thursday, March 13, 2013 at Mesa View Hospital in Mesquite, NV. She was born December 30, 1924 in Deer Lodge, MT to Thomas Edison and Ina Eva Monroe Rees.

Funeral services will be on Monday, March 18 at the LDS Whipple Chapel, 121 Whipple Way, in Mesquite at 11 am. Viewings...

Mar 13, 2013

Rexford DeLoy Elton, 76, passed away March 13, 2013 after a short illness. Only two days later his loving wife of 55 years, Gwendolyn Bridges Elton, 72, passed away on March 15, 2013 after a long and courageous battle. Rex was born September 13, 1936 in Palymyra, Utah to Rexford Samuel and Cleo Beck Elton. Gwen was born June...

Mar 11, 2013

Michael O'Donnal Overson, age 67, died Monday, March 11, 2013, after a hard fought battle with cancer, in Las Vegas, Nevada. He was born December 1, 1945 in Tempe, Arizona to Ray Emmit and Ila Virgie O'Donnal Overson. On December 2, 1963 he married Glenda Sharon Lott in Las Vegas, NV, they had five children and were later divorced....

Mar 10, 2013

Josephine Oxborrow

Mesquite, Nevada - Josephine Genevieve Fogliani Oxborrow, 98, passed away on March 10, at her home in Mesquite surrounded by her family. Delivered by a midwife, she entered this world on November 27, 1914 in Spring Valley, Nevada. Her parents immigrated to the US from the Italian community of Biasca, Switzerland in the early 1900s...

Mar 10, 2013

Leonard Zeedyk, age 82, died Sunday, March 10, 2013 in St. George, Utah. He was born January 7, 1931 in Chicago, Illinois to Frederick and Florence Osher Zeedyk. On August 13, 1954 he married Edna Louise Jorgensen in Kingman, Arizona. They were sealed in the St. George LDS Temple on November 27, 1964. Leonard grew up in Chicago, Illinois....

Mar 10, 2013

Kenny Wayne Arledge

Kenny Wayne Arledge, passed away March 10, 2013 at his home in Mesquite Nevada. He was born on April 24, 1939 in Bloomburg, Texas to Seth Arledge and Gussie Colyer. Kenny graduated from Bloomburg High with a scholarship to play baseball, but instead decided to join the Army to serve his country. Kenny had...

Mar 9, 2013

Bryan Alan Starnes, age 27, died Saturday, March 9, 2013 in Duluth, Minnesota. He was born March 18, 1985 in West Valley City, Utah to James Patrick and Pauline Birch Starnes. Bryan grew up in Overton, Nevada. He graduated from Moapa Valley High School in 2004. He served an LDS Mission in the New York New York South Mission....

Mar 4, 2013

Lawrence (Larry) Wrick

Mesquite, Nevada - Lawrence Wrick, Age 67, passed away on March 4, 2013 from complications of congestive heart failure in Salt Lake City, Utah. He was born in Chicago, Illinois on June 28, 1945 to Marianne Huebner and George G. Wrick. He married Tracey Nevin in Garden Grove, California on July 17, 1982. He...

Mar 4, 2013

Roy Simmonds

Roy Morris Simmonds IV, age 45, died March 4, 2013 in Las Vegas, Nevada. He was born February 3, 1968 in Portland, Maine to Roy Morris III and Rita Geisenger. On December 31, 1989 he married Debra Michelle McKenrick in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Roy moved to Las Vegas as a little boy, graduated...

Mar 3, 2013

April 2, 1943 - March 3, 2013 Ed Graham passed away at the age of 69, Sunday March 3, 2013 in Mesquite, Nevada. He was born April 2, 1943 to Oscar and Kathryn (Kurtz) Graham in Bassett, Nebraska. He married Dale Ross August 14, 1981 in Riverton, Wy. Ed received his elementary education in Bassett, then his family moved...

Mar 2, 2013

Shirley Ann Golden, 61, passed away March 2, 2013 at her home in Mesquite, NV. She was born January 20, 1952 in Phoenix, AZ to JC Kent and Neva Jean Meyers. She married James Golden on June 20, 1970 in Phoenix, AZ. Shirley loved her two pugs Paris and Nicky. She liked camping, fishing, shopping, and getting her hair...

Feb 26, 2013

Robert Roy Johnston, age 95, died Tuesday, February 26, 2013 at his home in Overton, Nevada. He was born on December 4, 1917 in Los Angeles, California to Roy and Zola Frances Joselyn Johnston. He married Julia Cortez on July 27, 1985 in Los Alomitos, California. Robert grew up and lived most of his life in Southern California. He...