Local obituaries for Moapa Valley Mortuary

Jan 26, 2009

Ruby Warr

Ruby Lorraine Worthington Warr, age 88, died Monday, January 26, 2009 in Scenic, Arizona. She was born in Grantsville, Utah on April 30, 1920.

She is survived by three children; Valerie McCally of Scenic, AZ, Doug (Marge) Warr of Brookings, OR and Tom (Beverly) Warr of Mesquite, NV; two sisters, Rowena Madsen of...

Jan 26, 2009

Mary Alice Dotson

Mary Alice Dotson, age 75, died Monday, January 26, 2009 at Valley Hospital in Las Vegas, Nevada. She was born April 18, 1933 to Bryson Wolcott and marilla Crowther Cook. On June 26, 1964 she married Robert W. Dotson in the Logan Utah Temple. He preceded her in death on April 23, 2007.

Jan 25, 2009

Ileana Marie Bairett

Ileana Marie Bairett age 27 of Scenic Arizona passed away January 25, 2009 at St. George Medical Center. Ileana was born July 24, 1981 in Salt Lake City, Utah to Richard Lee Bairett Sr and Kynnette Newland. She is the daughter of Richard L Bairett and Darlene Woolsey Bairett of Arizona and Kynnette Newland...

Jan 22, 2009

Marie Noble Swanson, 92, passed away Thursday, January 22, 2009 in Las Vegas, NV. She was born August 30, 1916 in Taneyville, Missouri to Lucas DeShield and Kate Moser Wallace. Marie married Raymond Swanson on August 9, 1963 in Calument City, Illinois. Raymond preceded her in death on January 9, 1991.

Marie moved to Algonquin, Illinois in...

Jan 21, 2009

Mary Yvonne (Bonnie) Nielson Underwood Ruth

Bonnie Ruth was born July 19, 1934 in Leamington, Utah to Wallace and Viola Yates Nielson. She married Vance Underwood in February 1951. They were later divorced. She married Narvin (Tyke) Ruth in November 1969.

She was a beloved daughter, mother, grandmother, sister, and aunt. She started her life...

Jan 9, 2009

Betty French, 77, of Beaver Dam, Ariz., and formerly of Crook, CO died Jan. 9, 2009, in Beaver Dam, AZ. Memorial services will be held at a later date. She was born May 7, 1931, in Peetz, CO. She attended and graduated Peetz High School. In 1946, she married Jerry Hume. She married Robert French in 1971. Mrs. French...

Jan 4, 2009

Arthur Haskell Chatelain "Art"

Arthur Haskell Chatelain (Art), 87 years old, passed peacefully in his sleep on Sunday morning, January 4, 2009. Art was a proud resident of Mesquite for the past 18 years and a lifelong Mason. Art was born in Utah in 1921. Art leaves behind his beloved wife, Marjorie, who brought joy to his...

Jan 1, 2009

Edna Mae Popplewell

Edna Mae Popplewell (78) passed away January 1, 2009 in her home in Overton. Edna was born January 31, 1930 in Indiana to Dan Hammack and Lizzie Darnell.

Enda grew up mostly in Kentucky, but over the years had lived in many different locations, working as a waitress....

Jan 1, 2009

Dorothy Artus

Dorothy Ellen (Thayne) Artus, age 74, passed away January 1, 2009 in Las Vegas, Nevada. She was born January 20, 1934 in Las Vegas, Nevada to Emerald Quincey and Vonda Melissa Humphries Thayne.

She was a resident of Las Vegas for 60 years and a resident of Logandale for the past...

Dec 29, 2008

Theodore Jack Willmore, 78, passed away Monday, December 29, 2008 at Highland Manor in Mesquite, Nevada. He was born August 27, 1930 in Pocatello, Idaho to Harry Theodore and Tabitha Ellen McCann Willmore.

Jack was a long time resident in Las Vegas, and lived in Mesquite for the past several years. He served an LDS mission to...

Dec 28, 2008

James Hyrum Steel, age 76, died Sunday, December 28, 2008 at his home in Logandale, Nevada. He was born March 12, 1932 in Plano, Idaho to James Hamilton and Myrtle Pearl Oakey Steel. On August 13, 1958 he married Lorraine Gloria Krausz in the Idaho Falls Temple.

Jim grew up in Plano, Idaho, served an LDS Mission...

Dec 24, 2008

Jeffrey Wade Wilson, age 39, returned to his Heavenly Father on December 24, 2008 in Mesquite, Nevada after a fight with cancer. Jeff was born on September 8, 1969 in Arlington, Washington, the third child of Edna Queen and John Paul Wilson. He married Linda Wilson and they had one child, Kristine Marie Wilson. They later divorced.

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Dec 24, 2008

Hubert Everett Simons, age 76, died Wednesday, December 24, 2008 at Sunrise Hospital in Las Vegas, Nevada. He was born January 11, 1932 in Beaumont, Texas to Theodore John and Cecil Alice Heathcote Simons. On November 5, 1952 he married Hazel Patricia Simons in Richmond, California. After 55 years of marriage, she passed away on November 9, 2007.

Dec 17, 2008

Marjorie Renfrow

Marjorie Eleanor Renfrow, age 85, died Wednesday, December l7, 2008 in Mesquite, Nevada. She was born June 16, 1923 in Downey, Idaho to Clinton .John and Winifred Evans Mock. Marjorie grew up in Downey until her senior year when the family moved to Wendell, Idaho where she graduated from high school. She graduated from the...

Dec 16, 2008

Eva Jordan

Eva Rogerson Jordan, age 89, died Tuesday, December 16, 2008 in Mesquite, Nevada. She was born November 14, 1919 in Ogden, Utah to LeRoy and Pearl Tucker Rogerson. On March 14, 1942 she married Robert Grant Jordan in Idaho Falls, Idaho. She was a retired elementary teacher, having worked for the Ogden City School District...

Dec 14, 2008

Nelda Messer

Nelda Carol Messer, age 68, died Sunday, December 14, 2008 at Dixie Regional Medical Center in St. George, Utah. She was born November 26, 1940 in Overton, Nevada. On November 24, 1961 she married Norman Wesley Messer in Overton, Nevada. They had one son and were later divorced.

Nelda lived most of her...

Dec 12, 2008

Ronald Hoyle

Ronald Cullen Hoyle, age 38, died Friday, December 12, 2008 at his home in Logandale, Nevada. He was born July 25, 1970 in Hickory, North Carolina to R.C. and Coleen Parson Hoyle. On June 8, 2007 he married LaNae Doxey in Logandale, Nevada.

Ronald lived most of his life in Newton, North Carolina,...

Dec 9, 2008

Peggy Sorensen

Peggy Lou Sorensen, age 65, died peacefully, Tuesday, December 9, 2008 at her home in Logandale, Nevada. She was born November 25, 1943 in Columbus, Ohio to Henry Maxwell and Dorothy Morgan Backus.

Peggy grew up in Ohio, until as a teenager her family moved to Oregon. A few years later, as a...

Dec 9, 2008

Laurence Richard Vieths

Laurence Richard Vieths, 79 a ten year resident of Mesquite, Nevada passed away peacefully at home with family on December 9, 2008. Larry (aka "The Duke") was born on February 2, 1929 in Flagler, Colorado. He grew up and graduated from high school in Council, Idaho. He met Josephine in Salt Lake City, Utah...

Dec 8, 2008

Art Rudd

George "Art" Arthur Rudd, 78, of Mesquite, Nevada passed away at his home on December 8, 2008. He was born on July 3, 1930 in Salt Lake City, Utah to George and Louie Parry Rudd.

He grew up in Salt Lake City and married Ginger Heusser on November 25, 1949 in Salt Lake...