Local obituaries for Moapa Valley Mortuary

Nov 23, 2016

Mary Ellen Syndergaard, 79, passed away on November 23, 2016 at her home in Mesquite, NV. She was born on March 15, 1937 in UPALCO, UT to Calvin Barker and Thelma Mathews. She married James Erwyn Syndergaard in Salt Lake City, UT on February 14, 1959 and was later sealed in the Salt Lake City LDS Temple...

Nov 23, 2016

Donallorene "Dona" Murphy Bledsoe, age 79, died Wednesday, November 23, 2016 in Overton, Nevada. She was born on November 26, 1936 in Boulder, Colorado to Donald Belshazzar & Lorene Mills Murphy. On December 27, 1953 she married James Montgomery Bledsoe, Sr. in Pueblo, Colorado. In 1959 they were sealed in the Manti LDS Temple.

Dona grew up...

Nov 21, 2016

My beloved wife, our beloved mother and grandmother, Constance (Connie) Musser passed away peacefully at her home in Mesquite, NV on November 21, 2016. Connie was a warm and caring person. She was always willing to help anyone and very giving. Her love for animals was one of her greatest accents. She once found a baby Canadian Goose (Oliver)...

Nov 19, 2016

Michelle Pullan

Michelle Jean Layton Pullan, age 49, passed away, Saturday, November 19, 2016, peacefully at home in Las Vegas after fighting cancer for the last eighteen months. She was born October 19, 1967 in Las Vegas, Nevada to Donald and Coleen Layton. On May 20, 1988 she married Rick Pullan in the Manti LDS Temple.

Nov 19, 2016

Martha Sue Harris, age 81, died Saturday, November 19, 2016 at her daughter's home in Overton, Nevada. She was born May 2, 1935 in Lewisville, Arkansas to Walter Jackson and Myrtle Emily Coleman Snider. On May 2, 1955 she married Morgan Ashby Harris in Galveston, Texas. He preceded her in April of 1999.

Martha lived most of...

Nov 17, 2016

William J. Hurd of Mesquite, Nevada and Steamboat Springs, Colorado passed away on November 17, 2016 after a sudden illness. He was 76 years old.

Bill grew up on Long Island, New York and received his Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering at Clarkson University in 1961 where he was the recipient of the Distinguished Service Award in...

Nov 17, 2016

Fredrick Allen Zimbelman, 74, passed away on November 17, 2016 at his home in Mesquite, NV. Allen was born on April 30, 1942 in Lexington, NE to Alvin Arthur Zimbelman and Hermina Griess. He married Kathy Ilene Hiatt on December 30, 1972 in North Platte, NE.

Allen was raised in Cozad, NE where he learned to love...

Nov 16, 2016

ATTENTION!!!! Change to Funeral Date

Due to an illness in the family, the funeral services have been changed to Saturday, December 10, 2016

Nora Brooksby Pointer Hughes, age 96, quietly passed away at the home of her daughter, Ethel Pointer Richards Kimura, in Westminster California, early in the morning of Wednesday, November 16, 2016 ....

Nov 10, 2016

Jerry Arnold Hannig, age 79, died Thursday, November 10, 2016 in Logandale, Nevada. He was born March 30, 1937 in St. George, Utah to Arnold Joseph and Myrle Louise Leavitt Hannig. On June 29, 1960 he married Katherine Bowler in the St. George LDS Temple.

Jerry lived in St. George until at the age of ten, his...

Nov 7, 2016

Kathryn Jean Farner Ormesher, 74, passed away on Monday, November 7, 2016, at her home. She was born on January 10, 1942, in Norfolk, Nebraska to Doctor John E. Farner and Helen Priscilla Harman Farner.

Kathie is survived by many who loved her well. Her sons, John Bradley Ormesher and James Ryan Ormesher reside in the Austin,...

Nov 4, 2016

Ruth Lyman McCullough, 80, passed away on November 4, 2016 in St. George, UT. She was born on June 19, 1936 in Cedar City, UT to Rulon McGregor Lyman and Mary Welch. Ruth married Joe McCullough in Bunkerville, NV on December 20, 2014.

Ruth was raised riding and training horses. She loved roping and racing...

Nov 2, 2016

Ida Frehner Cusick, age 83, died Wednesday, November 2, 2016 in Las Vegas, Nevada. She was born August 24, 1933 to Harry Samuel and Mary Syphus Frehner in St. Thomas, Nevada.

She was the 8th of 9 children. Her family moved to Logandale, NV when Ida was 3 months old. She graduated from Logandale High School. On...

Oct 31, 2016

Chester Lee Collins, age 65, died Monday, October 31, 2016 in Las Vegas, Nevada. He was born February 28, 1951 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma to Virgil and Mary Louise Coffee Collins. On May 18, 1989 he married Linda Jean Barnes in Paris, Texas.

Chester grew up in Pasadena, California. He worked as a cook in the restaurant...

Oct 29, 2016

Joyce Loraine Holtz, age 81, passed away peacefully Saturday, October 29, 2016 at her home in Overton, Nevada, surrounded by her beloved family. She was born July 8, 1935 in Sturgis, Michigan to Jacob Foster and Elsie Kime Baker. On October 12, 1951 she married Jerry Duane Holtz in Sturgis. He preceded her in death on March 16, 1986....

Oct 28, 2016

Connie Hickam Boyd, age 72, passed away peacefully at home on October 28, 2016 surrounded by loved ones in Mesquite, Nevada. Connie was born in Salt Lake City, Utah on April 4, 1944 (4/4/44) to Jack and Pat (Belnap) Hickam and was the second of three children. Connie attended South High School and graduated in 1962. During...

Oct 27, 2016

Sydney Ellysse Land, age 21, was taken from us on October 27, 2016 in Las Vegas, Nevada. We are comforted by the knowledge that she is with her Father in Heaven as well as other loved ones who have gone ahead. She was born March 24, 1995 in Las Vegas to Steven Keith and Connie Avis Hagler Land.

Oct 22, 2016

Dennis K Pulsipher, age 67, passed away peacefully on Saturday, October 22, 2016 while deer hunting in Unit 13, Nevada. He was born September 16, 1949 in Las Vegas, Nevada to Howard Kyle and June Leavitt Pulsipher. On November 11, 1970 he married Rhonda Talbot in St. George, Utah.

He was raised on the Hidden Valley Ranch...

Oct 18, 2016

Inge A. Smith, 91, passed away on October 18, 2016 at her home in Mesquite, NV. She was born on May 24, 1925 in Eckartsberg, Germany to Edmund and Luise Schwab Rossol. She married Guy Delman Smith in Germany on May 11, 1957.

Inge had a very strong work ethic. She enjoyed working for the...

Oct 16, 2016

Arthur Hugh Mitchell age 85 passed peacefully to begin his eternal life on Sunday morning; October 16, 2016 in Mesquite, Nevada.

Art was born October 12, 1931 in Colorado to Odes Hugh Mitchell and Elsie Mae Hitchcock Mitchell. Art married Ida M. Rydberg on December 16, 1951 at the First Baptist Church in Arvada, Colorado.

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Oct 15, 2016

A wonderful wife and mother, Juanita "Nita" Lee Tom a long-time resident of the Moapa and Virgin Valley areas died Saturday, October 15, 2016 in Beaver Dam, Arizona. She was born March 2, 1959 in the Overton hospital, known as the "Virmoa" Maternity Hospital, to Keith Allen Nay and Marilyn Maudeen Nay. She was a women of many talents....