Local obituaries for Moapa Valley Mortuary

Aug 11, 2015

Enedina Cortez Silva, age 80, died Tuesday, August 11, 2015 at her home in Las Vegas, Nevada, She was born on May 14, 1935 in Texas to Moises Surita and Eduigis Soliz Cortez. She married Fred Lucero Silva, Jr. on May 21, 1956 in Logandale, Nevada.

Enedina grew up and started her family in Logandale. In 1976,...

Aug 9, 2015

Marilyn Duby Haynes, age 79, passed away peacefully Sunday, August 9, 2015 in Las Vegas, Nevada. She was born November 1, 1935 in Aztec, New Mexico to Abe and Rose Ulibarri Chavez. On December 4, 1954 she married Mendal Otis Haynes in Farmington, NM. They were later sealed in the St. George LDS Temple. He preceded her in death...

Aug 4, 2015

Harry Brent Perkins, age 91, died Tuesday, August 4, 2015 in St. George, Utah. He was born August 11, 1923 in Overton, Nevada to Fay and Jennie Mae Hewitt Perkins. On June 15, 1947 he married Betty Rae Sprague in Overton. They were later sealed in the St. George LDS temple.

Harry spent most of his life...

Aug 4, 2015

Mesquite, NV - Kleo Kay Goforth, aged 75, died peacefully on the morning of August 4, 2015 at her home in Mesquite, NV, after a long battle with cancer. Kleo was born on February 25, 1940 in Alliance, Nebraska, the daughter of Cleo A. Rodocker and Mary Elinor (Jolly) Rodocker.

Kleo was raised in Nebraska...

Aug 3, 2015

Marilyn Louise Meacham passed away August 3, 2015. She was born August 12, 1937 in Iowa to Claude Merle Cox and Leona Crace Corbin.

Marilyn loved to watch sports and spend much time as she could with her friends and family. She also loved to play bingo and loved the casino life.

She is preceded...

Aug 1, 2015

"Together Again"

Colleen Reber

Bunkerville, NV - Colleen Wittwer Reber, age 86, died on Saturday August 1, 2015. She was born on July 10, 1929 in Las Vegas, Nevada to Elizabeth Leavitt and Merl Harmon Wittwer. She spent her early years in the Virgin Valley and two days after graduating from Virgin Valley...

Jul 29, 2015

Sheila K. Reinke-Mexia of Mesquite, NV was born to Donald Atenhan and Doris Lowery Atenhan on May 22, 1945 in Deshler, NE. She was the oldest of three children, with two younger brothers. Everyone that knew Sheila, knew her to be fun, loving, and generous. After graduating High School, Sheila attended Nursing School, married, and became the mother of...

Jul 19, 2015

Bernice M. Clark, 95, passed away Sunday, July 19, 2015 in Mesquite, NV. She was born February 3, 1920 in Burley, ID to Carl Moon and Mary Koyle.

Bernice spent most of her childhood between Utah and Idaho. She graduated from High School in Hyrum, UT. She then married Farris Maughan, and they had two...

Jul 18, 2015

Charles "Butch" Connelly Perkins, age 78, died at his home surrounded by his family on July 18, 2015, in Sunset, Utah from cancer complications.

Butch was born Sept 4, 1936 in Overton, Nevada to Robert Elwood Perkins and Ester Lucille Connelly.

On February 12, 1960 he married Frances Nellie Hopkins in Glendale, Nevada. They were...

Jul 16, 2015

Albert Carl "Al" Biederman, age 95, passed away Thursday, July 16, 2015 at his home in Overton, Nevada. He was born December 25, 1919 in Cedar City, Utah to Albert Carl Sr. and Mary Elizabeth Rushton Biederman. On September 13, 1958 he married Phyllis Lawrence in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Al grew up in Cedar City. He served...

Jul 12, 2015

We lost our beloved husband, father, grandfather, brother and uncle, Kendall Ortiz on Saturday, July 11, 2015 at Centennial Hills Hospital in Las Vegas, Nevada. He passed peacefully surrounded by family and friends and will be forever missed.

Ken was born January 24, 1957 in Salt Lake City, Utah to Felix Ortiz and Grace Conigliaro.

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Jul 10, 2015

Judith Marie Bonds, 74, passed away peacefully in Las Vegas, NV on Friday, July 10, 2015 at Mountain View Hospital, with her three loving children by her side. She succumbed to complications from liver cancer. She was born on February 16, 1941 in Norwalk, CT to Douglas Elmore Lowndes and Leona Cecelia Weller (Roth).

Judy...

Jul 10, 2015

James LaVar "Jim" Tanner, age 54, died suddenly in an unfortunate motorcycle accident near Pioche, Nevada on July 10, 2015. He was born March 2, 1961 in St. George, Utah to Robert LaVar and Linda Ann Pace Tanner. On November 26, 1980 he married Judith Whitney "Judy" Tanner in Logandale, Nevada.

Jim lived most of his life...

Jul 9, 2015

Rondy (Ron) James Clark passed away quietly in his sleep at the home which he shared with his wife, Liz, on Thursday, July 9, 2015 at 1:30 am. He was 64.

Ron was born on February 28, 1951, at Camp Atterbury, Indiana to James Clark and Frances Hutto Clark. He attended military academy in Mexico,...

Jul 9, 2015

Lynnette Gibbons Wolfley, age 64, passed away on Thursday, July 9, 2015 after a valiant struggle with cancer. She was born April 28, 1951 in Afton, Wyoming to Morris Stanley and Della Mae Porter Gibbons. After high school, she met and married Craig Darwin Wolfley on June 20, 1970 in the Idaho Falls Temple. They moved to Etna, Wyoming...

Jul 7, 2015

Donald Jansson, age 85, died Tuesday, July 7, 2015 at his home in Overton, Nevada. He was born October 27, 1930 in Shelton, Washington to Lawrence O. And Berniece Robbins Richard. On June 23, 1956 he married Violet Schugaard in California. She preceded him in death on December 13, 1994. On October 14, 2002 he married Bonnie Olsen Fredrickson...

Jul 6, 2015

Carole Anne Stuart, age 49, passed away, Monday, July 6, 2015 in Mesquite, Nevada. She was born June 1, 1966 in Fairchild Air Force Base in Washington to Lyle Leonard Starks and Carole Mae Marquardson. In May 1990 she married Dennis Anthony Stuart. They had two daughters and were later divorced.

Carole grew up in...

Jul 4, 2015

Mildred Victoria Bumgarner, age 87, passed away suddenly in St. George, Utah. She was born December 27, 1927 in Bollinger County, Missouri to Manuel E and Ida May Brinley Sample. On December 13, 1968 she married Walter Lewis Bumgarner in Kankakee, Illinois. They were later divorced. Mildred grew up in Missouri, until at the age of 14 her family...

Jul 4, 2015

Lucina Leavitt Shaner was born December 5, 1920 in Mesquite, Nevada to Dudley Edgar Leavitt, and Bertha Hafen Leavitt. Lucina was the seventh of nine children. Lucina passed away at her home in Mesquite, Nevada on July 4, 2015.

Lucina married Arthur Ray Shaner in West Milton, Ohio on July 15, 1941. They were the parents of...

Jul 3, 2015

Royce Conrad Ficklin, 82, passed away on July 3, 2015, in Mesquite, Nevada. He was born on June 13, 1933, in Duplessis, Louisiana, to Andrew Alfred and Philomene Ida Malbrough Ficklin. Our Dad was raised on a farm near Gonzalez, Louisiana. He was proud of his Cajun roots. His favorite memories as a child came from spending...