Local obituaries for Moapa Valley Mortuary
John Brent Moore
Dec 25, 2020
John Brent Moore, age 79, died Friday, December 25, 2020 in Mesquite, Nevada. He was born November 6, 1941 in Tremonton, Utah to Raymond and Alta Hansen Moore. On June 6, 1967, he married Fran Commander in Ogden, Utah.
Brent grew up in Ogden and graduated from Ben Lomond High School. He then went in the Navy...
Joann Marie (Tapp) Kerber
Dec 24, 2020
Joann Marie Kerber, age 87, passed away on December 24, 2020 in Mesquite, NV. She was born on June 28, 1933 to Burgess Tapp and Ida Gray Tapp in Denver, CO. She married Benjamin Harry Kerber on November 20, 1953 in Denver, CO.
Joann is survived by one son; Ricky Dean (Linda) and one daughter; Karen Marie...
William "Bill" Fred Valerio
Dec 24, 2020
William Fred “Bill” Valerio, age 69, died Thursday, December 24, 2020 at his home in Mesquite, Nevada. He was born June 12, 1951 in Denver, Colorado to Fred Joseph and Rosemary May Morehead Valerio. On September 26, 1992 he married Kathleen Ann Fielding in Lake Tahoe, Nevada. Bill grew up in Aurora, Colorado where he was known as “Big...
Nicolas Huerta
Dec 23, 2020
Nicolas Huerta - Romo II
Nicolas Huerta - Romo II, age 84, died Wednesday, December 23, 2020 at his home in Overton, Nevada. He was born August 10, 1936 in Zacatecas, Mexico to Nicolas Huerta and Graciana Romo. He married Amparo Lopez in Logandale, Nevada.
Nicolas started coming to the United States at...
Judith Ann (Davis) Ingraham
Dec 19, 2020
Judith Ingraham, 75 years old, passed away December 19, 2020 at Dixie Regional Medical Center in St. George Utah. She was born December 10, 1945 in Evanston, Wyoming to Bob Davis and Betty Davis (Wheatley). She married Stephen Ingraham June 5, 1976 in Conifer, Colorado. Judith spent much of her adult life in the Denver, Colorado metro area where...
Randy W Rempe
Dec 18, 2020
Randy William Rempe, age 63, died Friday, December 18, 2020 at his home in Mesquite, Nevada. He was born September 20, 1957 in Fort Madison, Iowa to John William and Evelyn Ann Young Rempe. On May 22, 1993 he married Janette Stewart in the Las Vegas LDS Temple. Randy grew up in Iowa. He worked at a manufacturing plant...
Benjamin Harry Kerber
Dec 17, 2020
Benjamin Harry Kerber, age 86, passed away on December 17, 2020 in Mesquite, NV. He was born November 28, 1934 to Henry Harrry Kerber and Anna Sauer Kerber in Denver, CO. He married Joann Marie Tapp on November 20, 1953 in Denver, Co.
Benjamin is survived by his wife; Joann, one son; Ricky Dean (Linda) and one...
William Allen Mccrea
Dec 16, 2020
William A. “Bill” McCrea – Aug 31, 1929 – Dec 16, 2020. My dear, sweet husband, Bill, passed on to be with the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on December 16th, 2020, at Mesa View Hospital in Mesquite, Nevada. He was born to William Bruce and Nora Stockford McCrea on August 31st, 1929, in Torrington, Connecticut, and was their...
Geraldine Francis Bow
Dec 16, 2020
Geraldine Francis Bow, 70, passed away on December 16, 2020 in Las Vegas, NV, only a few days after her mother. Geri was a beloved mother, sister, grandmother, and great-grandmother. She loved to do beadwork, crossword puzzles, play Solitaire, and watch movies. She volunteered often for the Old School House in Logandale, NV. She was eccentric in her own...
Edward Hutchins
Dec 15, 2020
Edward Wier Hutchins died in Mesquite, Nevada, on December 15, 2020. He was happily married to Lenora Worden Hutchins for forty five years. They completed each other perfectly. Ed was born on May 6, 1935 to Frederick Strickland Hutchins Sr. and Annie Laurie Wier Hutchins in Winston Salem, NC. He graduated from Episcopal High School in Alexandria, VA in...
Preston Kirkham Larson
Dec 15, 2020
Preston K. Larson, a beloved son, brother, uncle and friend passed away peacefully after a lingering illness compounded by recent infection from the COVID-19 virus. He was born on March 18, 1942 in St. George, Utah, the first of six children of Preston Larson and Maxine Briggs Kirkham. He received his Bachelors and Masters Degrees from Arizona State University...
Roy David Barnum
Dec 14, 2020
Roy David Barnum was 59 years old. He passed away Monday, December 14th at Mesa View Regional Hospital, Mesquite, NV. Roy was born May 20, 1961 to James E. Roy Barnum and Colleen Keyes Barnum. He was raised in Mesquite, NV where he attended K through 12th grade at Virgin Valley schools. His profession was an Executive Chef. He...
James Kelly Frasure
Dec 14, 2020
James Kelly Frasure, 76, passed away Monday, December 14, 2020 peacefully at his home in Littlefield, Arizona. He was born July 19, 1944, to Myrtle Vance and Ernest Frasure in Pocatello, Idaho. He was raised in Chubbuck, Idaho and graduated from the School of Hard Knocks where he received his PhD. He married the love of his life, Sondra...
Diana Christine (Atkinson) Knight
Dec 13, 2020
Diana Christine Knight, age 50, died Sunday, December 13, 2020 at her home in Mesquite, NV. She was born September 20, 1970 in Salt Lake City, Utah to Herb Burton and Brigitte S. Rholing Atkinson. On February 14, 2006 she married Brent Vincent Knight in Mesquite, Nevada.
Diana grew up in Salt Lake City, Utah. She lived...
Juanita (Bow) Kinlichinie
Dec 13, 2020
Juanita Kinlichinie, 88, passed away on December 13, 2020 in her home in Moapa, NV. Juanita was a beloved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, great-great-grandmother, and aunty. She was the eldest member of the Moapa Band of Paiutes and was a spiritual leader, and enjoyed praying for her people. She enjoyed beading, watching westerns, word searches, and coloring. Many came to...
Rita Anne (Lucero) Hardy
Dec 11, 2020
Rita Anne Hardy, 61, of Mesquite, NV passed away peacefully with her daughter by her side Friday, December 11, 2020. She leaves behind her husband, Blaine Hardy married for 31 years, daughter, Kristi (Gabriel) Hardy, granddaughter, Olyvia Anne who was the light of her life, and sibling, John (Debra) Lucero Jr. She is preceded in death by her grandmother...
Patty Lou (Rodocker) Childs
Dec 10, 2020
Patty Childs
Patty Lou Childs, age 75, died Thursday, December 10, 2020 in Mesquite, Nevada. She was born January 9, 1945 in Chadron, Nebraska to Cleo Alton and Mary Elinor Jolley Rodocker. On September 9, 1961 she married her sweetheart of 59 years, Stuart Vincent Childs in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Patty grew up in Newcastle,...
Charles Morris (Tink) Christensen
Dec 9, 2020
Charles Morris (Tink) Christensen, age 85, passed away from COVID-19 infection on 9 December 2020 in Mesquite, Nevada. Born August 8, 1935 in Moroni, Utah the first-born son of Charles Waldemar and Mary Ramona Christensen. He married Patricia Ann Burgener on 22 February 1964 in Elko, Nevada. They had recently celebrated their 56th wedding anniversary. Morris was reared in...
Barbara Ann (Urban) Moose
Dec 9, 2020
Barbara Ann Moose, age 77, joined our Lord in Heaven on December 9, 2020. She was born on March 27, 1943 in Denver, Colorado to Frank and Mary Urban. Barbara truly lived life lovingly and passionately. She was an avid cruiser and her travels showed her many wonderful places in the world. One of Barbara’s favorite pastimes was to...
Oliver John Johnson
Dec 8, 2020
Oliver John Johnson, age 79, passed away December 8, 2020 in Mesquite, NV. He was born September 30, 1941 in Fort Dodge, Iowa to Harry Lawrence and Mathilda Katherine Popken Johnson. He married Bethel Ann Orness, after dating her for three years, on August 14, 1965 in Fort Dodge, Iowa, and they were married for 52 years.
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