Local obituaries for Moapa Valley Mortuary
James Harry Crotz
May 26, 2014
James Harry Crotz, 79, passed away on Monday, May 26, 2014 in Mesquite, NV. He was born July 25, 1934 in Peoria, IL to Earl Eugene and Betty Reed Crotz. James graduated from Manual High School in Peoria, IL in 1953. He married Gail Arlene Wilson on November 14, 1953 in San Diego, CA.
James was an...
Cdr. Lester Grant Hinchcliff, Jr., Usn, Ret.
May 25, 2014
Lester Grant Hinchcliff, Jr. (Grant), beloved husband, father, brother and grandfather passed away Sunday, May 25 at age 92. Dad was born in Ogden, Utah, to Lester Grant Hinchcliff and Adele Warner Hinchcliff on November 4, 1921, a descendant of Revolutionary War hero Ethan Allen, as well as noble Mormon pioneers who crossed the plains by both covered wagon...
George Eberle, Jr
May 23, 2014
George Eberle, Jr died Friday, May 23, 2014 at his home in Mesquite, Nevada. His wife of 37 years, Dr. Helen Graber, and their two dobermans, Champion Gus III and Kasha, were with him. He was born on September 22, 1928 in the Bronx, New York, to George Eberle and Marie Zeisness Eberle.
George grew up in...
Calvert Baxter Lyon
May 23, 2014
Calvert Baxter Lyon, age 74, passed away peacefully at home on Friday, May 23, 2014. He was born March 4, 1940 in Overton, Nevada to Warren McLachlan “Mack” and Dorothy Bowman Lyon. On September 6, 1960, he married Linda Lee Marshall in the St. George LDS Temple. Cal lived most of his life in Overton, Nevada. He served...
Dennis Ray Hone
May 20, 2014
Dennis Ray Hone, age 63, died Tuesday, May 20, 2014 in Las Vegas, Nevada. He was born August 5, 1950 in Provo, Utah to Ted and Betty Jewett Hone. On August 24, 1974 he married Roma Jo Ellen Andersen in the Manti Utah LDS Temple.
Dennis grew up in Payson, UT but spent most of his life...
Sandra Raye Bushhead
May 18, 2014
Sandra Raye Bushhead was born on November 5, 1953 to the (late) Gilbert and Thalia Rice Bushhead. She passed away in Las Vegas on May 18, 2014 with a lot of her loved ones present.
She attended Sherman Indian High School in Riverside, California. She worked at the Moapa Band of Paiutes Senior Center as a cook....
Myrle Louise Hannig
May 17, 2014
Myrle Louise Hannig, age 95, died Saturday, May 17, 2014 at Beehive Memory Care in St. George, Utah. She was born February 12, 1919 in Gunlock, Utah to Joseph Eugene and Essie Vilate Barney Leavitt. On June 15, 1936 she married Arnold Joseph Hannig in Washington, Utah. They were sealed May 10, 1959 in the St. George LDS Temple....
Mary Asay Sparks
May 17, 2014
Mary Asay Sparks, 101, Beloved Mother, Grandmother, Great-Grandmother, Great-Great-Grandmother, aunt, sister and friend, went to be with her Heavenly Father and family on May 17, 2014, at her home in Mesquite, NV.
She was born in Cowley, Wyoming on January 13, 1913, the daughter of Theodore Parmer Asay and Mary Probin Dutton Asay. She was the youngest...
Gerald "Jerry" Arnold Cook
May 10, 2014
Gerald A. Cook passed away unexpectedly May 10, 2014 in Mesquite, Nevada at the age of 78. He was born August 6, 1935 in Salt Lake City, Utah to Henry Arnold Cook and LaVinnia Brooks Lawrence.
Jerry attended Granite High School and worked as a land surveyor. He married Janice Maxine McEwan on July 18, 1952 in...
Robert Charles Hayden
May 9, 2014
Robert (Bob) Charles Karr Hayden of Mesquite, Nevada wet to be with the Lord on May 9, 2014. Bob was born on December 10, 1926 in Ferndale, Michigan to Robert and Ada Hayden. He left high school early and enlisted in the Army Air Force in 1944. He received an honorable discharge in 1945, when the war ended. He...
Vicki Kay Collup
May 7, 2014
Vicki Kay Collup, age 59, died Wednesday, May 7, 2014 at her home in Overton, Nevada with her sons and husband at her side. She was born November 13, 1954 in Albuquerque, NM to James Richard and Shirley Jane Bryant Van Dervort. On June 12, 1975 she married William Robert "Bill" Collup in Scottsdale, Arizona.
Vicki grew...
Sarah Lynn Reber
May 6, 2014
Sarah Lynn Reber, 78, passed away Tuesday, May 6, 2014 in Hemet, CA. She was born September 4, 1935 to Marcellous and Olva Habern Eddelman in Ft Worth, TX. Funeral Service will be Monday, May 19, 2014 at Virgin Valley Mortuary at 11 AM. There will be a viewing at 10 AM prior to the funeral with interment in...
Virginia Powers
May 1, 2014
Virginia Powers, age 86, passed away Thursday, May 1, 2014 after a 7-year battle with Alzheimer’s. She was born on December 15, 1927 to Pat and Maude Glader in Petersburg, Indiana.
This dynamic woman was always full of wonderful ideas. Her most recent venture was starting the Moapa Valley community-wide yard sale. What a hit...
Betty Jo Jarvis
Apr 30, 2014
Betty Jo Jarvis, age 60, died Wednesday, April 30, 2014 at her daughter’s home in Hiko, Nevada. She was born February 17, 1954 in Caliente, Nevada to Thomas Worth and Lois Ellen (Walch) Steele. On March 7, 1981 she married Jerald Lynn Jarvis in Alamo, Nevada. They were later sealed in the Las Vegas Temple. He preceded...
Trinity Kathleen White
Apr 26, 2014
Trinity Kathleen White, age 13, passed away quietly in her sleep at her home in Logandale, Nevada on Saturday, April 26, 2014. She was born February 7, 2001 in Phoenix, Arizona to Lon Leslie and Paula Jessie Sprague White. Trinity lived in Arizona until at age nine, her family moved to Logandale, Nevada. She was a lovely young girl...
Ronald Joseph Scherer
Apr 25, 2014
Ronald Joseph Scherer, age 77, passed awayFriday, April 25, 2014 in St. George, Utah. He was born April 3, 1937 in Madison, Wisconsin to Leo J. and Dona Bohte Scherer. On October 30, 1981 he married Betty J. Barto Hunter in Las Vegas, Nevada. Ronald grew up in St. Cloud, Minnesota. He served in the US Navy during the...
Donald Lee Adams
Apr 24, 2014
Donald Lee Adams, age 89, died, Thursday, April 24, 2014 in Las Vegas, Nevada. He was born April 1, 1925 in Reynoldsburg, Ohio to John Jewett and Florence Ethel Burt Adams. On August 11, 1948 he married Lois Jean Brady in Vernal, Utah. Donald grew up in Ohio until the family moved to Texas when he was...
Patricia Touchstone
Apr 24, 2014
Patricia Touchstone, age 79, died Thursday, April 24, 2014 at Sunrise Hospital in Las Vegas, Nevada. She was born March 17, 1935 in Ely, Nevada to Charles and Lena Maggie Jensen Ciciliano. On March 31, 1951 she married Benjamin Clifton Touchstone in Kingman, Arizona. On March 30, 2001, they were sealed in the St. George LDS Temple....
Connie Angelina Markle
Apr 22, 2014
Connie Angelina Markle, 60, passed away Tuesday, April 22, 2014 in Mesquite, Nevada. She was born April 1, 1954 in Laramie, WY to Grace Vilapando. On December 9, 1979, she married George J. Markle in Las Vegas, NV.
Kenneth John Dammer
Apr 21, 2014
Kenneth John Dammer, 77, passed away on Monday, April 21, 2014 at his residence. He was born on December 22,1936 in Milwaukee, WI to John and Lucille Miszewski Dammer. He married Rae Annette Davis on August 21, 1971 in Los Angeles, CA.
