Local obituaries for Moapa Valley Mortuary
Corrine Winston Roberts
Oct 22, 2020
Mesquite, Nevada - Corrine Winston Roberts, 77, passed away October 22, 2020 at her home. She was born January 6, 1943 in Council Bluffs, Iowa to Burman L. Winston and Opal E. Winston (Halley). She married Sonnie Lynn Roberts June 18, 1966 in Salt Lake City, Utah.
As the daughter of an Army officer, she lived in...
Zona Russell Jensen
Oct 21, 2020
Zona Russell Jensen, age 91, peacefully returned home on Wednesday, October 21, 2020 in Layton, Utah, surrounded by family. She was born January 6, 1929 in Hurricane, Utah to Ellis Alonzo and Estella Roundy Russell. She was the fourth of nine children. In her childhood and youth, she enjoyed the outdoors, sports, picking fruits and vegetables and singing with...
Evelyn Jean (Myers) Berry
Oct 18, 2020
Evelyn Jean (Myers) Berry, age 84, died Sunday, October 18, 2020 at her home in Logandale, NV. She was born June 27, 1936 to Robert A. And Cecelia Lutz Myers. On November 29, 1958, she married James Lanier Berry III in Topeka, KS. He preceded her in death on April 9, 2019.
Evelyn grew up...
Anita Norma (Starr) Langberg
Oct 18, 2020
Anita Norma Langberg, age 95, was born November 15, 1924 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to Benjamin and Jean Peipmeier Starr and was the only child. She was raised by her grandparents; Meta and Henry Peipmeier. She married Arthur D. Langberg on July 6, 1946.
Anita was on her own at the age of 17 and rented a room...
Ernestina "Tina" Gonser
Oct 15, 2020
Ernestina “Tina” Gonser, age 73, died Thursday, October 15, 2020 in Logandale, Nevada. She was born April 26, 1947 in Brownsville, Texas to Baudilio and Aurora Hernandez Torres. She married Roy H. Robbins on 1965 in Logandale, NV, until his passing on 1974, and later, in 1983, she married Ralph Gonser in Moapa, Nevada. He preceded her in death...
Wendell Darrell Kirkpatrick
Oct 14, 2020
Wendell Darrell Kirkpatrick was born April 24, 1939 to Ennis Hyrum and Eda Mae Seehorn Kirkpatrick in Paul, Idaho. He was the middle child joining Neal and Elaine and later Melvin and Galen. He graduated from Jerome High School in 1957, in a small class that has kept close. He always looked forward to each 5 year class reunion....
Nelda (Leavitt) Finlayson
Oct 14, 2020
Nelda Leavitt Finlayson, age 87, died Wednesday, October 14, 2020, comfortably at her home in Riverside, California. She was born on February 14, 1933, in Mesquite, Nevada, to Joseph Josiah and Cora Melvina Knight Leavitt. On July 31, 1953, she married Desmond Maurice Finlayson in the St. George LDS Temple. He preceded her in death on April 23, 1978....
James L. Robison
Oct 12, 2020
James Lee Robison, age 72, died Monday, October 12, 2020 at his home in Overton, Nevada. He was born October 31, 1947 in Overton, Nevada to Arthur Ray and Barbara Nay Robison. On January 28, 1972 he married Larene C. Leatham in the St. George LDS Temple.
James lived most of his life in Overton. After graduating...
Irval Lafaun Mortensen
Oct 11, 2020
Irval LaFaun Mortensen, 85, passed away, surrounded by family, on October 11, 2020 in Logandale, Nevada after a brief illness. Irval was born on March 20, 1935 in Pima, Arizona to La Faun Isaac Mortensen & Annie Allen Mortensen. Predeceased by his parents, younger brother Alfred Jay Mortensen, baby brother Charles Becker Mortensen, nephew Lee Mortensen, and niece Lisa...
Steven Guy Woodson
Oct 10, 2020
Steve Woodson, 60, passed away October 10th, 2020 at his home in Mesquite, Nevada, surrounded by family. He was born in Long Beach California. Steve moved to Redding California where he met his best friend, Leslie, They married in Kauai, Hawaii and spent 31 incredible years together.
Steve was raised in Garden Grove, California and relocated to...
Gregory Alan Harding
Oct 9, 2020
Gregory Alan Harding, 68 years old, of Mesquite, Nevada passed away on Friday, October 9, 2020. He was born on september 28, 1952 to Perry and Elner Harding. Greg grew up in Laramie, Wyoming and developed a passion for rock hunting and exploring. He loved collecting stamps and walking in the desert. Greg was employed at the Eureka Casino...
Evon (Bundy) Kelly
Oct 8, 2020
Evon Bundy Kelly
Evon Bundy Kelly, age 69 of Bunerville, Nevada, died peacefully in her home with family around her on October 8, 2020. She was diagnosed with cancer in late August 2020.
Evon was born in St. George, Utah on September 11, 1951 to David and Bodel Bundy, she was...
Concha Oritz
Oct 6, 2020
Concha Ortiz
Concha Ortiz, age 66, passed away at her home in Mesquite, NV on Tuesday, October 6, 2020. She was born December 6, 1953 to Rafael and Juana Flores Martinez, in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico.
Concha grew up in Mexico until she was 14 years old and then moved to Los...
Jacob D Baird
Oct 4, 2020
Jacob D Baird, 40, passed away on October 4, 2020 in Las Vegas, NV. Jacob was born on December 17, 1979 in Murray, UT to Bryan William Baird and Lori R. Meyer, and was raised in Kearns, UT. As a young boy Jacob discovered his passion for snakes, lizards, spiders and many other animals that he could catch and...
Virginia Rose (Patton) Herb
Oct 3, 2020
Virginia Rose Herb, age 95, passed away peacefully on Saturday, October 3, 2020 in Mesquite, Nevada. She was born May 8, 1925 in Stotts City, Missouri to Raymond J. and Lorene Stotts Patton. On April 18, 1944 she married Lon Thomas Morris in Great Lakes Naval Training Center in Chicago, IL. He preceded her in death on February 4,...
John Raymond Mcintosh
Oct 3, 2020
John Raymond McIntosh, age 75, passed away at his home in Mesquite, NV on Saturday October 3, 2020. He was born August 4, 1945 to Russell and Rachel Peters McIntosh in San Diego, CA. He married Sandra Rahn on December 23, 1988 in Washington state.
John grew up in California and parts of the North West. He...
Charles "Corky" Joseph Smith
Sep 30, 2020
Charles Joseph “Corky” Smith, age 78, died Wednesday, September 30, 2020 at his home in Mesquite, Nevada. He was born April 4, 1942 in Chicago, Illinois to Charles Joseph and Carolyn Martha Smicklas Smith. On November 21, 2008 he married Marie Berniece Silva Thomas in Bunkerville, Nevada. Corky lived most of his life in Chicago. He was proud to...
Sheila Mae Christian-Dunning
Sep 27, 2020
Sheila Mae Christian-Dunning
Mesquite, Nevada - Sheila Mae Christian-Dunning, age 39, passed away from Cancer in her home on Sunday, September 27th 2020 at 10:16 p.m. She was born August 09, 1981 to Laura Jean Christian and Robert Christian. She married Christopher David Dunning on September 15, 2012 in Visalia, California.
Sheila was raised in...
Dee Walden
Sep 27, 2020
Dee Walden, longtime resident and teacher who relocated to Mesquite, Nevada passed away at his home with his family around him September 27, 2020. Born in Livingston, Montana on April 21, 1941, graduate of Park City H.S. and Montana State University, married the love of his life, Alice Martin, on Jun 23, 1962. He was the Father of two...
Delores Dianne Simmons
Sep 27, 2020
Delores D. Simmons Delores Dianne Simmons, age 64, passed away in Pahrump, Nevada on Sunday, September 27, 2020. She was born January 3, 1956 in Las Vegas, Nevada to Clyde Vernon Lee and Juanita Weed. She was married to Thomas Simmons, until his passing in 1992. She grew up on her mothers’ land at Chappo Springs, California. She moved...
