Local obituaries for Moapa Valley Mortuary
Jay May
Feb 20, 2011
My Friend, My Sweetheart, My Hero, Jay Allen May, age 72, died Sunday, February 20, 2011 in St. George, Utah. He was born December 27, 1938 in Oak City, Utah to Richard Morgan May and Eunice Mae Anderson. On December 19, 1964 he married Elma Jean Alldredge in the St. George LDS Temple. Jay grew up in Delta, Utah...
Wesley Adams
Feb 18, 2011
Wesley Don Adams, age 61, of Logandale, Nevada, passed from our presence on Friday, February 18, 2011 in Salt Lake City, Utah from complications due to treatment for cancer in the liver. He was born June 27, 1949 in Vernal, Utah to Donald Lee and Lois Brady. On February 20, 1977 he married Elizabeth Anna Beckwith in Las Vegas,...
Virginia Rice
Feb 17, 2011
Virginia Rice, age 77, died Thursday, Friday 17, 2011 in St. George, Utah. She was born February 19, 1933 in Mesa, Arizona to Rollie and Ruby Collins Drorbaugh. On March 7, 1953 she married Henry "Hank" A. Rice in Las Cruces, New Mexico. He preceded her in death on February 16, 1998. She grew up in Mesa, Arizona. In...
Vera Mae Woods
Feb 7, 2011
Vera Mae Woods
Vera Mae Lee Woods passed away at home on February 7, 2011. She was born on April 13, 1929 in St. Thomas, NV to John Amasa and Maude Reber Lee. She was raised in Mesquite and has lived here most of her life. She married Charles Hale Woods on November 15, 1947 in Las...
Boyd V. Applegate
Feb 6, 2011
Boyd V Applegate, age 59, died Sunday, February 6, 2011 at the VA Hospital in Las Vegas, Nevada after a valiant battle with Leukemia. He was born July 20, 1951 in Milford, Utah to Lyle D and Jewell Doreen Couch Applegate. On January 22, 1972 he married Christine Florence Myers in Milford, Utah. They were sealed on February 23,...
Candace Jensen Brown
Feb 5, 2011
Candace Jensen Brown Candace Jensen Brown, 60, left this earthly life on February 5, 2011, after a courageous battle with cancer, with her loving husband at her side. She was born on May 18, 1950 in St George, UT to Omer K. Jensen and Zona Russell Jensen. She had a wonderful childhood with her three siblings, Courtney, Eric, and...
James Donald Dodd
Feb 2, 2011
James Donald Dodd
James Donald Dodd, born February 19, 1951, passed away February 2, 2011 and returned home to the Lord after a brief battle with cancer.
He was born and raised in Bastrop, LA before moving to Mesquite, NV in 2008, where he was a member of the First Baptist Church of Mesquite where...
E. Gay Knuteson
Feb 2, 2011
E. Gay Knuteson
E. Gay Knuteson, 69, passed away peacefully in her sleep Wednesday, February 2, 2011.
She was preceded in death by her father Ward Carroll; her mother and stepfather Don and Nola Dippel and her brother Nordell Caroll.
She is survived by her husband Owen Ray Knuteson; her four children Ward...
Leslie Hinton
Feb 2, 2011
Leslie Hinton, age 81, died Wednesday, February 2, 2011 in Las Vegas, Nevada. He was born April 15, 1929 in Hurricane, Utah to John Leslie and Ruth Milne Fawcett Hinton. On August 22, 1950 he married Patricia Jean Harris in the St. George LDS Temple. She preceded him in death on February 26, 2008. Leslie grew up in Hurricane....
Eugene "Gene" Richison
Jan 28, 2011
Eugene "Gene" Richison
Eugene V. "Gene" Richison, 88, was born in C-Tree, Oklahoma on July 6, 1922 and died at his home in Mesquite, Nevada of natural causes on January 28, 2011.
Gene proudly served his country in the U.S. 7th Cavalry in the Philippines in WWII, earning the Purple Heart and Bronze Star Medals....
Bill Wunsche
Jan 28, 2011
Bill Wunsche
William August "Bill" Wunsche, age 76, passed away Friday, January 28, 2011 in Las Vegas, Nevada. He was born February 21, 1934 in Detroit, Michigan to Walter William and Marie Louise Schlager Wunsche. On November 3, 1957 he married Jean Ann Boik in Detroit, Michigan. She preceded him in death on June 28, 1995. Bill...
Harry Durben
Jan 25, 2011
Harry James Durben, age 77, died Tuesday, Janaury 25, 2011 at his home in Moapa, Nevada. He was born August 16, 1933 in Racine, Wisconsin to Henry Albert and Ethel Margaret Coutts Durben. He was married to his sweet heart Bonnie Mae Blodgett "forever". Harry grew up in Racine, where he worked as a meat cutter. He served in...
Nancy Jo Jannasch
Jan 25, 2011
Nancy J. Jannasch
Nancy J. Jannasch, age 67, passed away on Tuesday, January 25, 2011 at Southern Hills Hospital in Las Vegas where doctors and nurses fought to save her life. Nancy was born May 7, 1943 in South Bend, Indiana to Maxwell and Gertrude Marks Huff. After high school she moved to Chicago, married and had...
William "Bill" Fairchild
Jan 25, 2011
Bill Fairchild
William Ray "Bill" Fairchild, age 62, died Tuesday, January 25, 2011 at his home in Mesquite, Nevada. He was born January 2, 1949 in Iowa to Raymond Arthur and Thelma Louise Fairchild. On April 4, 1970 he married Julie Stein in Boulder, Colorado. They had two children, were married for 17 years and then divorced....
John Kelly Walsh
Jan 14, 2011
John Kelly Walsh
John Kelly Walsh, 80, passed away on January 14, 2011 at Dixie Regional Medical Center in St George, UT with his family at his bedside.
John was born in Nampa, ID to Stephen Kelly and Edna Yaryan Walsh on August 23, 1930. He soon moved with his parents to Casper, WY, where...
Brent Fenton Thurston
Jan 13, 2011
Brent Fenton Thurston, 52, beloved husband, father, and grandfather, passed away peacefully at home due to a long illness on January 13, 2011, surrounded by his loving family.
Brent entered the world on April 2, 1958, the second of five children born to Verland Thurston and Dorothy Frehner in Las Vegas, NV. Brent was always bright, athletic,...
Julia Bunnell
Jan 13, 2011
Julia Elizabeth Bunnell, age 81, passed away January 13, 2011 at her home in Overton, Nevada. She was born November 27, 1929 in Provo, Utah to August Gell Lewis and Leah Mae Wright. On June 2, 1948 she married Max Edwin Bunnell in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. Julia grew up in Provo, Utah. In 1954, she and Max...
Alice Jane Fuller
Jan 10, 2011
Alice Jane Fuller
Alice Jane Fuller, age 70, died Monday, January 10, 2011 in Mesquite, Nevada. She was born July 11, 1940 in Marysville, Utah to Louis Paxman and Enid June Sargent Lund. In March, 1957 she married Ernest John Fuller in Las Vegas, Nevada. They had three children and were later divorced. Alice grew up in...
Garth David Glazier
Jan 9, 2011
Garth Glazier
"Small but wiry" Garth David Glazier, aka Fred Schwartz left us in the early morning of January 9, 2011. He was born in Kanab, UT on September 15,1942 to Melvin "Todd" and Della Robinson Glazier.
Garth spent most of his life in Kanab where he and his brother Mel built and ran the...
Jessie Carol Griffin
Jan 9, 2011
Jessie Griffin
Jessie Carol Griffin, age 76, died Sunday, January 9, 2011 at Mesa View Hospital in Mesquite, Nevada. She was born April 5, 1934 in Tiffin, Ohio to Cornelius and Lunetta Schouten DeJonge. On May 7, 1955 she married James Willard "Jim" Griffin in Tiffin, Ohio.
Jessie grew up in Tiffin. In 1962, they...
