Local obituaries for Moapa Valley Mortuary

Jun 8, 2017

Dorothy Wilcox

Dorothy Webb Wilcox passed away at the age of 69 Thursday, June 8, 2017 with her family by her side at Valley Hospital in Las Vegas, NV. 　Dorothy　was born November 21, 1947 to Arvel Thompson and Vilate Leavitt Webb in Hurricane, UT where she grew up and married Dennis Spendlove in the St. George...

Jun 8, 2017

Deborah Anice "Debbie" Hoyer, age 60, died Thursday, June 8, 2017 in Las Vegas, Nevada. She was born July 12, 1956 in Corona, California to Floyd Allen and Margaret "Peggy" Ann Todd Carter.

Debbie grew up in Riverside, California. As a young married woman, she started her family in Overton, Nevada. She was a hard working mother...

Jun 5, 2017

Virginia Faye Oliver, 79, passed away on June 5, 2017 in Mesquite, NV. Virginia was born on January 2, 1938 in Priest River, ID to Melvin Aaberg and Ellen Long. She married Glen William Oliver on September 8, 1957 in Sandpoint, ID.

Virginia loved to spend time with her family. She had a sharp mind,...

Jun 5, 2017

Leland E. "Lee" Nelson, age 90, passed away peacefully, Monday, June 5, 2017 in Salt Lake City, Utah. He was born July 8, 1926 in Tucson, Arizona to Leland Mark and Gertrude Bingham Nelson. On November 17, 1954 he married Constance Rowene "Connie" Burke in the St. George LDS Temple. She preceded him in death on January 4, 2014....

May 31, 2017

Rhoana Deelstra

Rhoana Deelstra passed away on May 31, 2017 at her home in Mesquite, Nevada. She was born on March 11, 1955 in St. George, Utah to George and Yvonne (Lister) Henderson. She grew up in Overton, Nevada surrounded by the beautiful scenic mesas and the warm desert of northeastern Nevada.

After...

May 22, 2017

Clark Freeman

Clark Robert Freeman, age 88, died Monday, May 22, 2017 in Mesquite, Nevada. He was born May 15, 1929 in Salt Lake City , Utah to Abraham Clark Freeman and Minnie Olga Bailey.

Clark spent a lot of his childhood working in his father’s tire shop in Pasadena, California. As a young man...

May 20, 2017

LeRoy John Trombley, age 78, of Mesquite, Nevada passed away at his home on Saturday morning, May 20, 2017 surrounded by his family, after a short fight with cancer.  Born March 2, 1939 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, he was the son of the late Paul and Luverne Trombley.

LeRoy attended Anoka High School and graduated in 1957. He...

May 19, 2017

Wayne Hall, age 78, died at his home in Mesquite, Nevada on May 19, 2017. He was born in Long Beach, California to Doris Henrietta Kimble on November 8, 1938.

Wayne loved to bowl and was in a bowling league for many years. He lived all over the state of Nevada and loved visiting his family in...

May 17, 2017

Gerald Ray Musser, 87, passed away on May 17, 2017 in his home in Mesquite, NV after a long fight with cancer. Gerald was born on September 27, 1929 in Kemmerer, WY to Gerald D. Musser Sr. and Lillian Crone. He married Constance Louise Milner on October 21, 1965 in Las Vegas, NV, Constance passed away on November 21,...

May 13, 2017

On May 13, 2017 Gail Brunker Porritt left this life for the next. Born premature on 18 July 1928 in Boise, Idaho to Thomas Orval Porritt and Florence Brunker, his story nearly ended there. Shortly after birth he stopped breathing and was pronounced dead. After receiving a blessing from his father, he began breathing again.

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May 13, 2017

Nina Irene Wells Matthews, age 83, died Saturday, May 13, 2017, in Las Vegas, Nevada. She was born December 26, 1933, in Slater, Wyoming to John Clarence and Phoebe Hirschy Moon. On April 26, 1953, she married Gordon Commodor Wells in Stevenson,, Washington. He preceded her in death on August 6, 1986. In 1991, she married Robert Donovan Matthews...

May 12, 2017

Jason Abel Karpowich, 52, passed away on May 12, 2017 in Littlefield, AZ. Jason was born on November 5, 1964 in Hazleton, PA to Donald A. and Sylvia (Perkosky) Karpowich. Jason was engaged to Stacy Stetchak.

Jason was an avid sportsman and outdoorsman, whether it be hunting or riding around on ATV’s and motorcycles, he loved to...

May 9, 2017

Virginia Bosman Krueger, age 85, passed away May 9, 2017, at the BeeHive Home in Mesquite, Nevada. She was born on September 12, 1931, in River Falls, Wisconsin to Louis Bosman and Lois Hunt. She married Kenyon Kenneth Krueger on June 30, 1951, at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church Parsonage in Princeton, Wisconsin.

Virginia attended schools...

May 5, 2017

Andrea Jean Etsitty, age 61, returned home to her Heavenly Father on Friday, May 5, 2017 in Las Vegas, Nevada. She was born May 31, 1955 in Las Vegas to Peterson Charles of Shivwits, Utah and Dorothy Mike of Moapa, Nevada. On June 17, 2000 she married Kenneth Murray Etsitty in Moapa, Nevada.

Andrea was an avid...

May 4, 2017

Barbara Lee Hall, age 77, passed away May 4, 2017 in Bunkerville, NV. She was born on September 22, 1939 to Barbara and Maxwell Morgan in Glendale California.

Growing up, Barbara enjoyed bowling with her girlfriends, spending time with her family, and her job of making terrariums. Being a young, divorced mom on her own with 4...

May 4, 2017

Delores Florence "Flo" Seckinger, age 76, died Thursday, May 4, 2017 at her home in Overton, Nevada. She was born March 17, 1941 in Crivitz, Wisconsin to Thomas and Helen Boryla Maye. On November 15, 1980 she married Leroy Seckinger in Overton.

She lived in Wisconsin until age nine when her family relocated to Southern California. In...

Apr 28, 2017

Donald "Don" Hugh Fraser passed away peacefully at the home of his daughter in Alpine, Utah, on April 28, 2017, with many of his family members present. Don was born July 14, 1934, in Vancouver, British Columbia. He is the son of Hugh Hyndman Fraser and Mary Robertson Watt who immigrated to Canada from their homeland of Scotland. His...

Apr 28, 2017

USN Retired

Born: September 1, 1919 Binghamton, NY

Died: April 28, 2017 Mesquite, NV

Those whom he loved that predeceased him

His parents: Charles Lester Thornton Sr., NY

Etheldreda Lillian Collett, Eng

His wife:...