Local obituaries for Moapa Valley Mortuary
Chester "Chet" Lee Collins
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...
Joyce Loraine Holtz "Grandma Jo"
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....
Connie Boyd
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...
Sydney Land
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.
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Dennis K Pulsipher
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...
Inge Smith
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...
Arthur Hugh Mitchell
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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Juanita "Nita" Tom
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....
Mark Ken Johnson
Oct 15, 2016
Mark Ken Johnson, age 65, passed away Saturday, October 15, 2016 at his home in Hiko, Nevada after a courageous battle with cancer. Through this he taught us the importance of optimism and a positive attitude: "It's all good". He was born September 13, 1951 in Fillmore, Utah to Chester Rogers and Stella Vee Stott Johnson.
Ken...
Yvonne Patricia Houston
Oct 14, 2016
Yvonne Patricia Houston 53, passed away peacefully surrounded by her family, October 14th 2016 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Yvonne was born September 5th 1963, in Boise Idaho, to Frank Cano & Patricia Winifred Steedon. Yvonne was a 52-year resident of Las Vegas. She was a graduate of Western High school and worked as a dental assistant for 20 years....
Victoria Carney
Oct 8, 2016
Mesquite, NV - Victoria Carney, 63, passed away Saturday, October 8, 2016 at Dixie Regional Medical Center in St George UT. She was born December 24, 1952 in Van Nuys, CA to Amy Gomez and Ernest Reyes.
Victoria grew up in Bassett, Ca, was married and had her son David. Her mother, stepfather and sister moved to...
William D. Meeks
Oct 6, 2016
William D. Meeks, 85 years old, US Navy First Class Diver and Special Projects, passed away October 6, 2016 in Mesquite, Nevada. He was born July 30, 1931 in Ponca City, Oklahoma to Pearl Claras Boyer and Fred James Meeks and had one brother, Dick Meeks, deceased and spouse, Jeannie from Ponca City.
Schooled in...
Ronald Johnson
Oct 5, 2016
Ronald Dean Johnson, age 63, died Wednesday, October 5, 2016 at his home in Indian Springs, Nevada. He was born January 16, 1953 in Memphis, Tennessee to Armer Woodrow Johnson and Dorothy Mae Larsh. On December 10, 1976 he married Mary Alice Harris in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Ronald grew up in many parts of the country as...
Laverne Hirschi
Oct 5, 2016
St. George, Utah – Nancy LaVerne Jones Hirschi, 93, passed away on October 5, 2016. She was born July 1, 1923 in St. George, Utah at the Harradence Nursery Home located on Tabernacle Street. She was the first of 5 children born to Isabelle Leavitt Jones and William Vaughn Jones. Her early life was spent at the hydro-electric...
Ronald G. Seaborn
Oct 4, 2016
Ronald G. Seaborn, 78, passed away on October 4, 2016 at his home in Mesquite, NV. Ronald was born on November 23, 1937 in Blackwell, OK to William L. Seaborn and Della Long. He married Sandra Kaye Potter Taylor on March 19, 1994 in Las Vegas, NV.
Ronald lived a full life. He was an...
Gloria Leavitt
Oct 4, 2016
Gloria Leavitt
Gloria Bowers Leavitt, age 79, passed away, Tuesday, October 4, 2016 peacefully at her home in Mesquite, Nevada. She was born May 25, 1937 in Kanab, Utah to Christopher Heaton and Fay Stevens Bowers. On August 3, 1957 she married Owen Douglas Leavitt in American Fork, Utah. On February 29, 1964 they were sealed in...
Timothy O'Keefe
Oct 1, 2016
Timothy Michael O’Keefe, 63, passed away on October 1, 2016 at his home in Mesquite, NV. He was born on July 4, 1953 in St. Paul, MN to Richard O’Keefe and Patricia Franke.
Tim was a talented woodworker and did all of the woodwork in his home. He also enjoyed fishing and hunting, and playing...
Becky Grauman
Sep 27, 2016
Rebecca Jo "Becky" Grauman, age 64, passed Tuesday, September 27, 2016 in Las Vegas, Nevada after a valiant battle with cancer. She was born January 8, 1952 in Ennis, Montana to Wayne Lee and Floral Judy Robison. On August 3, 1974 she married David Grauman in McAllister, Montana.
Becky grew up on ranches in Montana and British...
Mary-Ellen Helgen
Sep 24, 2016
Mary-Ellen Helgen, 60, of Mesquite, Nev., died Sept. 24, 2016, in St. George, Utah. A non-smoker, she died of complications from lung cancer. A celebration, of a life well-lived, will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 22, at St. Andrews Episcopal Church, 900 Soo San Drive in Rapid City, S.D. Inurnment services will be held at 11 a.m....
John Henry Peterson
Sep 20, 2016
John Henry Peterson, 84, passed away on September 20, 2016 in St. George, UT. John was born on March 6, 1932 in Minneapolis, MN to John Elof Peterson and Myrtle Blume. He married Elizabeth Ann Long on March 11, 1972 in South Lake Tahoe, NV.
John was a soft-spoken man that enjoyed working with cars and in...
