Local obituaries for Moapa Valley Mortuary
William Roy Holt
Dec 19, 2017
William "Bill" Roy Holt, age 75, died in a car accident near Moapa, Nevada on Tuesday, December 19, 2017. He was born November 29, 1942 in Virginia to Cosby Roy and Margaret Virginia Moon Holt. In 1982, he married Sylvia Lee Kirkwood in Las Vegas.
Bill grew up in Portsmouth, VA. He entered the US Navy at...
Gary Bryan King
Dec 16, 2017
Gary Bryan King, 73, passed away on December 16, 2017 in Las Vegas, NV. Gary was born on July 22, 1944 in Portland, OR to Bryan King and Lillian Ione Thompson. He married Jerrie L. Shepherd in Salt Lake City, UT on December 7, 1999.
Gary was a proud to have served in the U.S. Navy. After...
Melba Jean (Kelley) Long
Dec 15, 2017
Our loving mother, grandmother, sister, aunt, and friend Melba Jean Kelley Long passed away December 15, 2017. Melba was born on December 12, 1945 to Arthur and Florence Kelley in Ely, Nevada. She grew up in Ibapah, Utah and later moved to Ely, Nevada where she graduated from White Pine High School. She went to Ponce Beauty School and...
Lee Neil Johnston
Dec 14, 2017
Lee Johnston
Lee N. Johnston Sr. passed away on Thursday, December 14, 2017 in Las Vegas, Nevada. He was born July 11, 1944 in Las Vegas to Sam and Mable Johnston. He later moved to Yerington, Nevada with his parents. Where he met and married his true love Cecelia, they were married on April 5, 1965. In...
Debra Lynn Hammond
Dec 12, 2017
Debra Lynn Hammond, age 53, died unexpectedly on December 12, 2017 in Mesquite, Nevada, due to complications from Diabetes. Debby was born in Flagstaff Arizona, lived in Kalispell, Montana, Custer, South Dakota, San Diego, California, Kingman, Arizona and lastly Mesquite, Nevada.
Debby raised two children and worked at Walmart for 21 years, enjoying her early years of...
Dennis Carl Reese
Dec 12, 2017
Dennis was born February 24th 1935 in Logan, Utah to Lloyd and Cora Petersen Reese. He passed away December 12, 2017 at Beehive Homes in Mesquite, Nevada after a lengthy illness. He leaves behind his spouse of 55 years, Edith Paige Reese. Dennis was a wonderful example of a Latter-day Saint.
He leaves a wonderful posterity of...
Larry Paul Ashinhurst
Dec 12, 2017
Larry Paul Ashinhurst, age 78, passed away, Tuesday, December 12, 2017 peacefully at his home in Las Vegas, Nevada. He was born July 13, 1939 in Glendale, Arizona to Paul Ernest and Edna Caroline Harris Ashinhurst. He married Christine Gillespie in Flagstaff, Arizona on December 24, 1969.
Larry grew up in Glendale, Arizona and attended Northern Arizona...
Ronald David Burditt
Dec 10, 2017
Ronald David Burditt Age 77 passed away on December 10, 2017 at a hospital in Las Vegas, NV due to complications from diabetes. He was born in San Jose, CA on August 18, 1940 to Dock Burditt and Viola Caldwell Burditt. He married Margaret D. Sharpe on October 22, 1966 in Phoenix, Az. They were later sealed in the...
James Earl Moyes
Dec 7, 2017
James "Jim" Earl Moyes, age 48, passed away Thursday, December 7, 2017 in Las Vegas, Nevada. He was born December 12, 1968 in Henderson, Nevada to Earl Jerry and Paige Ann Penney Moyes.
Jim grew up in Henderson where he gained a love for the outdoors. He made a career in the US Navy where he became...
Alfredo Romero
Dec 5, 2017
Mesquite, NV - Alfredo Romero, 50, passed away Tuesday, December 5, 2017, at his home. He was born on June 5, 1967, in Tijuana, Mexico, to Ramiro Romero and Caritina Vasquez Romero.
He married Neni Jean Brewer in Las Vegas, NV on June 5, 2008.
Alfredo liked to go to the river, fish and camp,...
John Martin Gunderson
Dec 5, 2017
Marty (John Martin) Gunderson, 78, picked up his shoeing tools and rode off into the wild blue yonder Tuesday, December 5, 2017 in Las Vegas, NV following a massive stroke.
Marty graduated High School from Napa High in Napa Valley, California. He met and married, Phyllis Adams on Dec 7, 1986.　They enjoyed 31 great years together....
Andrea Boss-Jensen
Dec 4, 2017
Andrea Maria Boss - Jensen, age 45, passed away Monday, December 4, 2017 at her home in Logandale, Nevada after struggling with health issues for many years. She was born January 10, 1972 in Page, Arizona to Edward Andrew and Maria Collette Enneking Boss. On December 11, 1999 she married Brooks Roe Jensen in Mesquite, Nevada.
Andrea...
Richard Joe Saiz
Dec 3, 2017
Richard (Dick) Joe Saiz, age 75, was welcomed into Heaven by his grandson Trevor on December 3, 2017. He lived in Overton, Nevada and passed away while doing what he loved most, riding and cutting on his horse Benny. He is now resting peacefully in the arms of his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
Dick was born...
Alma Raoul Leavitt
Dec 3, 2017
Alma Raoul Leavitt
Alma Raoul Leavitt, age 75, died Sunday, December 3, 2017 at St. Rose Dominican Hospital in Henderson, Nevada. He was born March 27, 1942 in Las Vegas to Raoul Orange and Ruth Robison Leavitt. He married Tresa Bowler on August 5, 1960 in Logandale and they were sealed in the St. George, Utah LDS...
Marguerite Marie (Herbst) Rossner
Dec 2, 2017
Marguerite (Herbst) Rossner, 72, Mesquite, NV. Beloved Daughter of Robert and Matilda Herbst. Wife to Paul Rossner (deceased) and mother to Daniel, Craig and Paul Rossner, Grandmother to Daniel, Christina, Sean, Keith and Aiden.
Marge left us to be reunited with her husband on December 2, 2017 in the early morning hours. Marge went peacefully in her...
Don Berg Jr.
Nov 27, 2017
Don Berg Jr. passed away on November 26, 2017 in his home in Beaver Dam, AZ. He was born on April 18, 1931 in American Fork, UT to Don C. Berg and Berneice Young. Don was born a rancher. As a child, if he wasn’t at school or with his Grandpa Young, he was with the sheep. When he...
Mell Taylor
Nov 26, 2017
Melvin "Mell" Taylor, age 85, passed away Sunday, November 26, 2017, in Las Vegas, Nevada. He and his Identical twin brother, Delbert, "Dell" were born August 19, 1932, in American Fork, Utah, to Melvin Christensen and Mrytle "Mryt" Adamson Christensen. After Myrtle passed away 3 months after the twins’ birth, Melvin Sr. was unable to care for the boys....
Daniel Lawrence Whitmore
Nov 26, 2017
Daniel Lawrence Whitmore, age 66, died Sunday, November 26, 2017 in Sacramento, California. He was born December 9, 1950 in Las Vegas, Nevada to Leland Odell and Maudie Gertrude Seckinger Whitmore. On December 9, 1978 he married Latrice Robinson in Moapa, Nevada.
Daniel grew up in Overton. From the time he was a boy, he learned how...
Craig Bryon Wharton
Nov 23, 2017
Craig Bryon Wharton, age 59, passed away Thursday, November 23, 2017 in Las Vegas, Nevada. He was born May 26, 1958 in Inglewood, California to Nathaniel John and Judy K Williams Wharton. In 1992 he married Theresa Marie Hutz in Pocatello, Idaho.
Craig grew up in Brigham City, Utah and later moved to Poway, California and completed...
Miles Kent Nelson
Nov 23, 2017
Miles Kent Nelson, 79, passed away peacefully November 23, 2017 after a brief illness. He was born November 19, 1938 to Miles E & Melba Swapp Nelson in St. George, Utah. He married Diane Clark on March 6, 1959 later divorced but remained friends.  Married Nancy Anne Rasimas on January 2, 1988.
His early years were spent...
