Local obituaries for Moapa Valley Mortuary
Berkeley Wayne Hunt
Jun 24, 2022
Berkeley Wayne Hunt, age 87, died Friday, June 24, 2022 in Mesquite, Nevada. He was born August 30, 1934 in Bunkerville, Nevada to Alva LaVere and Flossie Iola Waite Hunt.
Berkeley lived most of his life in Bunkerville. As a young man, he served in the Army and was released with an Honorable Discharge. He lived in...
Salvatore Gregorio, Sr.
Jun 20, 2022
Salvatore Gregorio, Jr., age 84, died Monday, June 20, 2022 in Mesquite, Nevada. He was born November 22, 1937 in New York to Salvatore Sr. and Catherine Mary Ermocida Gregorio. On June 14, 1958 he married Georgina Alicia Becerra in Los Angeles, California.
Salvatore grew up in Brooklyn until around seven years old,...
Samuel Bruce Lewis
Jun 18, 2022
Samuel Bruce Lewis, 82, passed away on June 18 in Logandale, NV. Samuel was born on August 22, 1939 in Anson, TX to Jefferson Watson Lewis and Oma Ruth Sims. He married Barbara Jean Brians in Anaheim, CA on June 5, 1987. Samuel worked as an electrician for many years and owned his own business, Sambarco in California. In...
Maria G (Marin) Marin De Fragoza
Jun 17, 2022
Maria Guadalupe Marin de Fragoza, age 85, died Friday, June 17, 2022 in Twin Falls, Idaho. She was born December 12, 1936 in Zacatecas, Mexico to Manuel and Petra Rodriquez Marin. On November 12, 1956 she married Francisco Fragoza in Tepechitlan Zacatecas. They had five children and raised them in Mexico. He preceded her in death on January 07,...
Louise Ann (Labella) Preston
Jun 14, 2022
Louise Ann LaBella Preston, age 82, died Tuesday, June 14, 2022 in Mesquite, Nevada. She was born June 23, 1939 in East Boston, Massachusetts to Giro and Louise DeMarco LaBella. On January 22, 1997 she married Carl Alvin Preston in Mesquite, NV. He preceded her in death on December 6, 2011.
Louise grew up in East Boston...
Gaynell Call Mackay
Jun 13, 2022
Gaynell Call Mackay, 90, passed away on June 13, 2022 in Las Vegas, NV. Gaynell was born on October 10, 1931 in Omaha, NE to Owen Udell Call and Maguerite Olson. Her family moved to Salt Lake City, UT, then to Ely, NV, and her family eventually ended up in Las Vegas, NV. As a young girl, her mother...
Jennifer Mcdaniel-Coleman
Jun 12, 2022
Jennifer Ann McDaniel-Coleman, 39, passed away on June 12, 2022 in Moapa, NV. Jennifer was born in Wheeling, WV on November 15, 1982 to Donald McDaniel and Twila Yocum. As a young girl, Jennifer fell in love with Medieval Reenactments and became a member of the Society for Creative Anachronism. She attended many events and loved the tight-knit community....
Elaine (Hardy) Whipple
Jun 9, 2022
Elaine Hardy Whipple, 94, passed away peacefully June 9, 2022 in Logandale, Nevada. Elaine was born November 18, 1927 in St. George, Utah to Dudley Leavitt Hardy and Vera Eva Wittwer. Elaine was raised in Bunkerville, Nevada, and was the eldest of four children. At the age of ten, her father passed away unexpectedly and Elaine felt the huge...
Gerald C. Kenny
Jun 6, 2022
Gerald (Jerry) C. Kenny, 65, peacefully passed away Monday, June 6, 2022 surrounded by his children and with the love of his family in his heart.
Preceded in death by his parents, John and Jeanne Glaser Kenny, Jerry was born and raised in Rochester, NY where he worked as a construction estimator before taking early retirement. His...
Annette Irene (Eyre) Jorgensen
Jun 1, 2022
Annette Irene Jorgensen, 65, passed away on June 1, 2022 in St. George, UT. Annette was born on February 19, 1957 in Mesa, AZ to DuWayne Lowmna Eyre and Maxine Leany. Annette was raised with her brother and three sisters, and her family moved around often as her father worked as a plumber. She later graduated from South Sevier,...
Gene Rammage
May 30, 2022
Lloyd Eugene Rammage, age 90, died Monday, May 30, 2022 at his home in Mesquite, Nevada. He was born November 25, 1931 in Lingle, Wyoming to Lloyd William and Laura Saunders Rammage.
Gene grew up in Kearney, Nebraska, and then moved to Washington State as a young man. On October 18, 1950 he married Patricia Perla Wagner...
Anita Mildred Roberts Fuqua
May 29, 2022
Anita Mildred Roberts FuQua, 88, passed away Sunday, May 29, 2022 in Mesquite, Nevada. She was born November 26, 1933 in Seminole, Oklahoma to George Francis Roberts and Ruth Mary Bryant Roberts. She married Ronald C. FuQua on November 03, 1950 in Lawton, Oklahoma.
She was born and raised in Seminole, Oklahoma. She attended Good Hope Elementary,...
Gary Dean Scacco
May 29, 2022
Gary Dean Scacco, 73, passed away on May 29, 2022 in Overton, Nevada. Gary was born on July 4, 1948 in Chicago, IL to Joseph Scacco and Alice Williams. His family moved to Moapa Valley, Nevada in 1958 when he was a young boy. He graduated from Moapa Valley High School in 1966. Directly after graduating high school, he...
Bernice (Shaw) Lau Curtis
May 29, 2022
Bernice Irene Lau Curtis was born on February 27, 1933 in Centerfield, Utah to Doyle T. Shaw and Alice B. Hone. Bernice grew up in Salina, Utah with her 4 brothers; Clair, VerLynn, Duane and Rodger Shaw. After the passing of her father Doyle, her mother Alice remarried to Dan Osborn.
Bernice met Dee Lau in Salina,...
Larry Blang
May 27, 2022
On May 27, 2022 Larry Blang loving husband and father of two passed away of a lung disease surrounded by family and friends at the age of 80 at his home in Mesquite Nevada. Larry was born September 9 1941 to John Blang and Alice Wincher Blang in Black River Wisconsin. At the age of fifteen, Larry said his...
Edwin Lehman
May 19, 2022
Edwin Lehman, known to friends as “Eddie,” passed away on May 19, 2022 at the age of 76. He started out in South Hill, Virginia & lived there for the first half of his life. Then he moved out west, where he lived in Moapa & Mesquite, Nevada for the rest of his life. Eddie worked for more than...
Laurel Bushman
May 15, 2022
Jessie Laurel Baird Bushman, 98, passed away on May 15, 2022 in Overton, NV. Laurel was born on May 14, 1924 in Heber City, UT to William Harry Baird and Winnie Murdock. She attended Wasatch High School with her best friend and aunt, Lucille, and they played on the basketball team together. She also played the Marimba and was...
Ira Vaun Garlick
May 15, 2022
Beaver Dam, Arizona – Ira Vaun Garlick, 77, passed away on Sunday, May 15, 2022 at home. Vaun was born February 23, 1945 in Fairview, Utah to Ira Garlick and Hilda Von Rigby. He married Dorthea Elenora Sanders November 25, 1966 in Fairview, Utah and sealed in the Manti Temple on May 11, 1968.
Vaun was raised...
John William Schoppmann
May 14, 2022
John William Schoppmann, age 87, died Saturday, May 14, 2022 at his home in Beaver Dam, Arizona. He was born April 21, 1935 in Cedar City, Utah to Howard and Lola Irene Henroid Schoppmann. On July 18, 1958 he married Patricia Louise Leavitt in the Mesa Arizona LDS Temple. John grew up in Caliente, NV Provo, Utah and Austin,...
Dolores Klein
May 13, 2022
Phillipians 1:3 I give thanks to my GOD at every remembrance of you
Dolores Klein, 88, passed away on May 13, 2022 in Las Vegas, NV under the tender care of her son and daughter. Dolores was born on April 26, 1934 in Detroit, MI to Andrew Casmir Klein and Bernice Rose Uzarski. Dolores loved...