Local obituaries for Moapa Valley Mortuary

Jun 25, 2020

Harlan “Bud” Bonham Harlan Duane Bonham was born in Freeport, Kansas on February 10, 1925 to Lawrence and Alma Brinkman Bonham. He was always known as “Bud”.  He grew up knowing hard work, solid values and simple pleasures.  At an early age he helped his Grandfather and Uncle Walt with their wheat fields. Bud loved farming and worked 13-hour...

Jun 24, 2020

Duane G. Carrier, age 72, passed away Wednesday, June 24, 2020 in Mesquite, Nevada after a long battle with cancer. He was born February 13, 1948 in Salt Lake City, Utah to Earl and Alma Carrier. He married the love of his life, Joy Hills, on May 1, 1978.

Duane lived most of his life in Salt...

Jun 23, 2020

Gary Leon Findley

Gary Leon Findley departed this world for his next great adventure on June 23, 2020 at age 83. Gary was born to Linn and Pauline Findley on February 23, 1937 in Ann Arbor, Michigan. He grew up and attended schools in California earning an Electronic Engineering Degree from Heald Engineering College in San Francisco....

Jun 23, 2020

Mary Lescenski

Mary Margaret Lescenski, age 78, died Tuesday, June 23, 2020 in Mesquite, Nevada. She was born May 25, 1942 in Duluth, Minnesota to Michael and Anna Glamuzina Opack. On May 17, 1990 she married Richard Joseph "Lou" Lescenski in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Mary grew up in Duluth, MN where she graduated from Denfeld...

Jun 21, 2020

George Edward "Ted" Jones III, died on Father’s Day, Sunday, June 21, 2020, at his home in Mesquite, Nevada surrounded by his loving family.　He was born October 23, 1932, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to George Edward Jones II and Edith S. DeMott.　In 1955, he married Marilyn Ann Johnson in Philadelphia.　They had three children before she passed away...

Jun 20, 2020

Melvin J. Prisbrey

Melvin Jay Prisbrey, age 77, died Saturday, June 20, 2020 in St. George, Utah. He was born October 29, 1942 in American Fork, Utah to Maxwell Henry and Afton Pulley Prisbrey. On September 15, 2006 he married Marguerite "Peggy" Hoover in the Mt. Timpanogos LDS Temple.

Mel grew up in American Fork....

Jun 20, 2020

Floyd Paul Caldwell passed away at his home in Scenic Arizona at age 83. Floyd was born in Bingham Canyon, Utah to Virgil Paul Caldwell and Pearl Schafemeyer. He married Joan Pettit on 08/15/1959 and had three children, two daughters, Debbie and Amber and one son, Mark.

Floyd loved to spend time outdoors with his wife, Joan....

Jun 17, 2020

Haskey Jerry Begay, age 84, died Wednesday, June 17, 2020 at his home in Moapa, Nevada.  He was born September 6, 1935 in Many Farms, Arizona.  He married Everline Swain in Las Vegas, Nevada.  She preceded him in death. Haskey grew up in Many Farms.  As a young man, he left home and started drifting, working on the railroad...

Jun 16, 2020

Richard Garey Gardiner

April 28, 1945 - June 16, 2020

Richard Garey Gardiner of Binford, ND, age 75, passed away Tuesday, June 16, 2020 in Mesquite, NV. He was born April 28, 1945 in Kalispell, MT to Earl and Katherine (Lighthall) Gardiner. He married Karen Peterson on November 25,...

Jun 15, 2020

Gayle Sedgwick

Gayle Gardner Sedgwick, age 77, died June 15, 2020 at her home in Mesquite, Nevada. She was born May 5, 1943 in Brigham City, Utah to Horace G. And Ethel Flora Petersen Gardner.

Gayle was raised in Deweyville, then raised her family in Bountiful, Utah where she worked and retired from the Utah...

Jun 14, 2020

Lloyd Wiltbank Stratton, age 89, died Sunday, June 14, 2020 in Mesquite, Nevada. He was born February 11, 1931 in St. George, Utah to Oliver Lang and Josephine Foremaster Stratton. On December 22, 1951 he married Mary Truman in Enterprise, Utah. They were sealed on December 10, 1960 in the St. George Utah Temple. She died on April 20,...

Jun 13, 2020

Alice E. Thompson

June 13, 2020

Alice (Hertzler) Thompson, who has been such a big part of our lives over the past several years, passed away on June 13, 2020. She was born at Culpepper, Virginia on January 9, 1921 to Joe and Vyrle (Hite) Hertzler and later moved to Lodge...

Jun 13, 2020

Mary Johnson

Mary Johnson, age 94, died Saturday, June 13, 2020 at her home in Beaver Dam, Arizona. Mary was born February 8, 1926 in Bingham Canyon, Utah to Michael and Mary Golesh Borich. She met her loving husband, Elmer Eugene Johnson, in Bingham Canyon; they were married on July 29, 1946 and spent 43 wonderful years...

Jun 13, 2020

Thomas LeRoy Dell

Thomas LeRoy Dell, 69, of Mesquite, NV passed away peacefully on Saturday, June 13, 2020 at home in the loving care of his family after an extended illness. Born February 9, 1951 in Hanover, PA, he was the son of Melvin Leroy Dell and Betty Louise Smith Dell. In 2011 he married Fay Anita...

Jun 7, 2020

Barbara Diane Wisner, 82, passed away on June 7, 2020 in Clovis, California. She was born on April 20, 1938 in Los Angeles, California to Alfred William Holmgren and Opal Mattice. Barbara was raised in California where she loved going to the beach and spending time in Atascadero with her grandmother and cousins. Barbara often reminisced about her family’s...

Jun 6, 2020

Brooke Burton

Jessica Brooke Burton, age 48, died suddenly from complications of asthma and COPD in Mesquite, Nevada. She was born August 24, 1971 in Tooele, Utah to Wallace L. Burton and Sue Ann Saunders Burton. Brooke grew up in Vernal, Utah, where she graduated from High School. She moved to Ashville, NC where she worked as...

Jun 4, 2020

THOMAS PATRICK KEEFE

"CHIEF"

Thomas Keefe, age 80 years young, passed away June 4th, 2020 at his home in Mesquite, Nevada with his wife, Dorie Keefe and dear friend, Mary Jo by his side, after battling a long battle with Mesothelioma.

Born August 15, 1939 in Cleveland, Ohio to William James Keefe &...

Jun 4, 2020

Adrian Max Call, age 53, died Thursday, June 4, 2020 in Salt Lake City, Utah of amyloidosis.  He was born May 27, 1967, to Arnold and Glenna Call in Nuevo Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, Mexico.  On August 17, 1990 he married Lisa Marie Anderson in the Salt Lake Temple.

Adrian grew up in Colonia Dublan, Mexico where he...

Jun 4, 2020

Ruben Medina, 84, passed away on June 4, 2020 in his home in Moapa, NV. Ruben was born on February 15, 1936 in Mexicali, B.C. Mexico to Jose Raymundo Medina and Delfina Borboa. He married Maria J. Ambriz on January 26, 1958 in Mexicali, Mexico.

Ruben loved his family the most and worked hard to provide for...

Jun 2, 2020

Tony Hardway

Everett Gordon "Tony" Hardway, age 88, died Tuesday, June 2, 2020 in St. George, Utah. He was born October 25, 1931 in Webster Springs, West Virginia to Bunnah A. and Leta Virginia Rose Hardway. On July 18, 1959 he married Virginia Lee Root in Aurora, Colorado.

Tony grew up in Bergoo, West Virginia....