Local obituaries for Moapa Valley Mortuary
Cleta Jean (Monk) Gifford
Sep 12, 2021
Cleta Jean Gifford, 48, passed away on September 12, 2021 in Las Vegas, NV. Cleta was born on October 5, 1972 in St. George, UT to Tommy and Linda Monk. She was raised in Logandale, NV and attended MVHS. She later attended CSN and worked hard to earn an Associate’s degree. Cleta loved music! She often would say that...
Lucy (Ibanez) Spotted Eagle
Sep 11, 2021
Lucy Spotted Eagle, 67, passed away on September 11, 2021 in Las Vegas, NV. Lucy was born on May 11, 1954 in Texas to Martin Ibanez and Paula Villareal. She married Leroy Spotted Eagle on February 9, 1971 in Las Vegas, NV.
Lucy loved her grandchildren and was their biggest supporter, often attending their sport games and...
Patricia Ann (Leach) Wardle
Sep 10, 2021
Patricia Ann Wardle passed away on September 10, 2021 in Scenic, Az. She was born on March 31, 1936 in Rochester, New York to Alfred Leach and Alberta Cummings Leach. She married George Mervin Wardle in 1993 in Elko, NV. She worked for the State of Utah for more than 20 years.
Patricia is survived by her...
Arlene (Thurston) Jensen
Sep 9, 2021
Arlene Jensen, age 89, died Thursday, September 9, 2021 at her home in Mesquite, Nevada surrounded by family members. She was born February 11, 1932 in Mesquite to Leslie Moroni and Gurda Zell Tobler Thurston. On July 1, 1949 she married Nephi Jensen in the St. George LDS Temple. He preceded her in death on January 26, 2008. Arlene...
Marie Leatham-Davis
Sep 7, 2021
Marie Leatham-Davis, 36, passed away on September 7, 2021, in Las Vegas from injuries sustained in a car accident. She was born on December 28, 1984, in Las Vegas to Melanie Webb Leatham and Nile Leatham.
Marie grew up and attended school in Las Vegas. She earned two associate degrees before graduating with honors in December of...
Charles "Bob" Robert Johnson
Sep 6, 2021
Charles Robert "Bob" Johnson passed away on September 6, 2021 in Logandale, NV. Bob was born on April 16, 1930 in Mesilla Park, NM to Charles Rollin Johnson and Ida Ione Graham. When his parents divorced, his mother, he and his little brother moved in with his grandparents in El Paso, Texas. He was raised with many of his...
Vyonne (Anderson) Hughes
Sep 6, 2021
Vyonne Hughes, 81, passed away Monday, September 6, 2021 at her home in Mesquite, NV. She was born on October 2, 1939 in Hurricane, UT to Jacob Arnold and Edith (Mangum) Anderson. She was married to Derald Eli Hughes on September 27, 1958 in the St. George, Utah Temple. Vyonne attended school in Hurricane, UT, Burbank, CA, and Mesquite,...
Linda Marie Whitney
Sep 6, 2021
Linda Marie Whitney, 67, passed away on Monday September 6, 2021 in Las Vegas, NV after several months of being treated for lymphoma cancer. She shared her residence between St. David, AZ and Circleville, UT. Linda was born on November 15, 1953 to Risorgi Berndardini and Mathilda Doris Boulos in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. She grew up on her father’s...
Richard Louis Fisher
Sep 5, 2021
Richard Fisher Richard Louis Fisher, 54, passed away on September 5, 2021 in Las Vegas, NV. Richard was born on August 16, 1967 in Las Vegas, NV to Harold Fisher and Ruby Fisher. He married Rosita Johnson on December 11, 2004 in Las Vegas, NV. Richard was raised between Parker, AZ on the family property and in Moapa, NV....
Miner Emmett Cole , Jr.
Sep 3, 2021
Miner Emmett “JR” Cole, Jr., age 84, died Friday, September 3, 2021 in Mesquite, Nevada. He was born August 31, 1937 to Miner Emmett Cole, Sr. and Annie Estelle Williamson Cole. Miner was born in Little Rock, Arkansas. He grew up in Salinas, California and graduated Salinas High School in 1956. He enjoyed a long career working as a...
Glenda Medlin
Aug 30, 2021
Glenda Charlene Medlin, age 74, died Monday, August 30, 2021 in St. George, Utah. She was born January 18, 1947 in Kingman, Arizona to Clarence Asa and Bertha Wynona McDaniel Wilson. On May 30, 1964 she married the love of her life, Steve Lee Medlin in Kingman, Arizona.
Glenda grew up in Peach Springs,...
Bud Myers
Aug 29, 2021
Bud Myers, age 86, passed away peacefully and surrounded by family in Las Vegas, Nevada on Sunday August 29, 2021. He was born on June 14, 1935 at a Conservation Civilian Corps (CCC) camp in the mountains of Kaibab, Arizona to the late Jim and Flora Myers. He is survived by his loving wife Lavinia Tom Myers, brother, Ronnie...
Willverna (Pulsipher) Leavitt
Aug 29, 2021
Willverna Pulsipher Leavitt, age 98, died Sunday, August 29, 2021 at her home in Mesquite, Nevada. She was born during the horse and wagon times on September 14, 1922 in Arden, Nevada to William and Nevada Hardy Pulsipher. On October 5, 1939 she married Harley Heber Leavitt in the St. George Temple. Harley preceded her in death on January...
Willard "Bill" Drew
Aug 27, 2021
Willard "Bill" Leroy Drew passed away Friday, August 27, 2021. Bill was born in Portage, Wisconsin on March 8, 1945 to Willard and Vinnie (Stowell) Drew.
He graduated from Oxford High School, Oxford, Wisconsin in 1963. Bill served in the Army and was deployed to Vietnam twice. His love of his family was the...
Catherine (Morton) Ellerton
Aug 26, 2021
Catherine Ellerton, 80, passed away on August 26, 2021 in her home in Overton, NV. Catherine was born on August 7, 1941 in Whitehall, MT to John Morton and Teresa Zimmerman. Catherine had a talent for music, which showed at an early age. In grade school, she participated in a singing contest in Butte, MT singing, “Someday My Prince...
Eileen Elizabeth Beiersdorf
Aug 25, 2021
Eileen Elizabeth Beiersdorf, age 79, died Wednesday, August 25, 2021 in Mesquite, Nevada. She was born November 23, 1941 in Chicago, Illinois to William John and Adeline Mary Hlavac Schiffer. On September 2, 1961 she married Donald Frank Beiersdorf in Hinsdale, Illinois.
Eileen grew up in Hinsdale and met Donald at Drake University in Iowa. She enjoyed...
Anna Marlene (Rogers) Dechant
Aug 25, 2021
Anna Marlene DeChant, age 75, died on August 25, 2021 in Mesquite, Nevada. Anna was born on March 26, 1946 in Watertown, New York to James and Muriel Rogers. While in grade school, Anna's family moved to Girard, Ohio, where she met, and later married John DeChant Jr. on December 16, 1967. Anna was a graduate from Youngstown State...
Deann (Lister) Walker
Aug 25, 2021
DeAnn Walker, 67, passed away on August 25, 2021 in Moapa, NV. DeAnn was born on November 9, 1953 in Ogden, UT to Marion Boyd Lister and Lola Mae Smith. She was the youngest of her four siblings, and was so young that she grew up with her nieces and nephews. She met Steve Walker and they were married...
Vada Charlene (Adams) Hopkins
Aug 24, 2021
Vada Charlene Hopkins, 83, of Mesquite, NV, passed away Tuesday August 24, 2021 while asleep at home.
Charlene was born January 8, 1938 in Los Angeles, CA, to Vada and Charles Adams. She grew up in National City where she met her husband, Gerald Hopkins. They were married on June 15, 1955. They recently celebrated their 66th...
Wilfred Albert "Sonny" Carrier
Aug 24, 2021
Wilfred Albert “Sonny” Carrier, of Mesquite, Nevada, 82, passed away on August 24, 2021. He was born to Wilfred and Alberta Carrier on November 13, 1938 in Dover, New Hampshire.
Sonny grew up in Berwick, Maine, adjacent to Portsmouth, New Hampshire. He loved going to the beach and was a devoted son and brother....
