Local obituaries for Moapa Valley Mortuary
Betty Louise Harter
Feb 15, 2019
Betty Louise Harter, 92, passed away on February 15, 2019 in Mesquite, NV in the home of her daughter and son-in-law. Betty was born on November 4, 1926 in Moline, IL to Carl Einar Johnson and Esther Anna Benson. She married R. Gale Harter on August 15, 1948, and enjoyed 67 years of marriage until his passing on October...
Sheila Shelley Jenson
Feb 15, 2019
Sheila Shelley Jenson, age 79, died Friday, February 15, 2019 at her home in Scenic, Arizona. She was born April 13, 1939 in St. George, Utah to Sherman Roy and Theo Wood Shelley.
Sheila grew up on the Arizona Strip where she gained a love for the desert and ranching. At age 13, she moved with her...
Yvonne Sunny Anderson
Feb 12, 2019
Ms Yvonne "Sunny" Austad Anderson finally has the smoking-hot body she has always wanted at the age of 72. She passed away peacefully surrounded by friends on Tuesday, February 12, 2019.
Sunny was born on August 31, 1946 in Salt Lake City Utah to Grover and Maxine Austad
Sunny is preceded in death by Her...
John Marich
Feb 11, 2019
Michael John Marich, age 69, died Monday, February 11, 2019 at his home in Alamo, Nevada, surrounded by his family. John was born on August 16, 1949 in Ely, Nevada to Michael and Dorothy Alice Dolfin Marich. On October 21, 1967 he married Sharon Fay Jackson in Ely, Nevada; his beloved wife of 51 years.
John grew...
Susan Topham Hafen
Feb 11, 2019
Mesquite, Nevada – Susan Topham Hafen, age 50, passed away on Monday, February 11, 2019 at her home surrounded by her loved ones. She was born on May 28, 1968 in Monticello, Utah to Kenneth Marlo and Opal Bauer Topham. She married Kraig Darien Hafen on July 26, 1991 in the Manti, Utah Temple. Susan lived in Monticello and...
Lucille Russell Hughes
Feb 8, 2019
Our beloved Mother, Grandmother, and Great-Grandmother Lucille Russell Hughes, 94, passed away on February 8, 2019, in Mesquite, Nevada. Lucille was born on October 29, 1924 in Hurricane, Utah to the parents of Ellis Russell and Estella Roundy. She married Clair Hughes in the St. George, Utah LDS Temple in the spring of 1973. Lucille graduated from Hurricane High...
Jacob Edward Ruben
Feb 7, 2019
Our little Jacob Edward Ruben, age 7, died Thursday, February 7, 2019 in Las Vegas, Nevada after battling a genetic disease called Niemann Pick Type C. He was born March 2, 2011 in Las Vegas to Jacob William and Tiffany Lyn Huntsman Ruben.
Jacob loved being with his family. He loved sports. His favorite team was the...
Willard R Wilber
Feb 2, 2019
Willard R. Wilber, 70, passed away on February 2, 2019 in Mesquite, NV due to complications of COPD. Randy was born on May 17, 1948 in New York to Betty Ann Bronson. He married Kathy Dawn Rindfleisch in Phoenix, AZ on May 15, 1997.
Randy took pride in his career as a truck driver....
Lawrence Van Allen Deshayes
Feb 2, 2019
Lawrence Van Allen Deshayes, 70, passed away on February 2, 2019 in Mesquite, NV. Larry was born on September 17, 1948 in San Mateo, CA to Lawrence Vern Deshayes and Theresa Allene Kelly. Larry was raised in Bangkok, Saigon, and later Honolulu, HI. He and his family had traveled around the world many times as they moved from place...
Sandra Jo (Dresen) Bunker
Feb 2, 2019
Sandra Jo Bunker, age 67, died Saturday, February 2, 2019 at her home in LasVegas, Nevada. She was born June 15, 1951 in Beloit, Wisconsin to Joseph Theodore and Mary Annette (Enderle) Dresen. On October 6, 1975 she married Terry Ferren Bunker in the Salt Lake LDS Temple.
Sandra grew up in Wisconsin. She earned her bachelor’s...
Fredrick William Stuve Jr.
Jan 31, 2019
Fredrick (Rick) Stuve JR, 72, passed away peacefully on Thursday, January 31, 2019 in Mesquite, Nevada surrounded by loved ones. Rick was born on December 8, 1946 in Chicago, Illinois to Fredrick William Stuve and Dorothy Nelson. Rick moved to Riverside, California as a child and spent the majority of his life there. At the age of 17, Rick...
Joan Ann Flebbe
Jan 29, 2019
Joan Ann Flebbe, 80, passed away January 29, 2019 in Las Vegas, NV. Joan was born on April 27, 1938 in New Boston, MO to Everett Lincoln Eppley and Elsie Wedster. She married Howard Alfred Flebbe in Chicago, IL on November 26, 1982.
Joan was an avid Chicago Cubs fan, loved her family and spending time with...
Bill Anderson
Jan 29, 2019
William Joseph "Bill" Anderson, age 68, died Tuesday, January 29, 2019, in Las Vegas, Nevada. He was born April 16, 1950, in Denver, Colorado. He was adopted by Joseph Ross and Vivian Eslyne Olson Anderson on May 1, 1956. On May 26, 1973, he married Troya Kathleen Pollard. They had two sons and were later divorced. On February 2,...
Ralph Reichelt Baessler
Jan 28, 2019
Ralph Reichelt Baessler, 84, passed away on January 28, 2019 in Mesquite, NV. Ralph was born on July 1, 1934 in Salt Lake City, UT to Eric R. Baessler and Elizabeth Reichelt. He married Saundra Morgan, in Las Vegas, NV on December 23, 1995.
Ralph was employed by Glade Candy Company, in Salt Lake City, UTÂ as...
Sharron Ann (Rhodes) Downing
Jan 28, 2019
Sharron Ann Downing, age 80, died Monday, January 28, 2019, in Mesquite, Nevada. She was born January 5, 1939, in Los Angeles, California to Leon and Beatrice Willie Baker Rhodes. On August 29, 1978, she married James Wain "Jim" Downing in LaPuente, California.
Sharron grew up in Southern California, she spent many years in the San Fernando...
Donna Lee Anderson
Jan 27, 2019
Donna Lee Anderson, age 64, died Sunday, January 27, 2019 peacefully at her home in Moapa, Nevada. She was born December 15, 1954 in Camden, New Jersey to John Zielinski and Carol Patricia York. She was raised by her mother, Carol and her husband Paul Kline.
Donna grew up in New Jersey. At the age of 21...
Roman Solis Cortez
Jan 21, 2019
Roman Solis Cortez, age 74, died Monday, January 21, 2019 at his home in Overton, Nevada. He was born July 7, 1944 in Eagle Pass, Texas to Moises S. Edwiges Soliz Cortez. On February 10, 2011 he married Karen Marie Clements in Overton, Nevada.
Roman grew up in Moapa Valley from a young age. He worked for...
Danny Mendoza
Jan 20, 2019
Daniel "Danny" Mariano Mendoza, age 79, passed away on Sunday, January 20, 2019 in Las Vegas. He was born May 8, 1939 in New York, New York to Mariano Cardenas Mendoza and Catherine Sedlak. On August 31, 1968 he married Yvonne Yvette Maxam in Corona, California and then one year later they were sealed in the Mesa Arizona Temple...
Kenneth Darrell Duke
Jan 16, 2019
Kenneth Darrell Duke passed away on Wednesday, January 16, 2019 at the Nathan Adelson Hospice Home in Las Vegas, Nevada. He was born to Onas C. Duke and Virginnia Lucille (Heath) Duke on March 4, 1947 in Yuma, AZ.
Kenneth married the love of his live, Kathleen Patterson on March 19, 1981 in Las...
David Peter Stevenson
Jan 15, 2019
It is with great sadness that the family of David Peter Stevenson announces his passing on January 15, 2019 in Mesquite, NV, at the age of 80 years. David was born on December 23, 1938 in Kankakee, IL to Peter Alfred Stevenson and Genieve Marie Eimen. He married Janet Walker and had three daughters, and later married Norma Jean...
