OBITUARIES OF NYE COUNTY, NEVADA Compiled by members of the Pahrump Nevada Genealogical Society P. O. Box 3273 Pahrump, NV 89041 Appearing in newspapers distributed in Pahrump, Nevada Pahrump Valley Times: 2160 Calvada Blvd., Pahrump, NV 89048 Nevada West Pahrump Valley Star Las Vegas Review-Journal Other Sources: Pahrump Community Public Library, 701 East St., Pahrump, NV 89048 Town of Pahrump, 400 N. Hwy 160, Pahrump, NV 89060 (for Chief Tecopa Cemetery Information) Grandview Cemetery, 6441 Vicki Ann Rd., Pahrump, NV 89048 Pahrump Nevada Genealogical Society 2005 NAME DEATH DATE PAGE PAHRUMP CEMETERY (SECTION, ROW, PLOT IF KNOWN) AND NOTES Abbott, Susan 3/28/2005 24 Chief Tecopa, Westside2 4/W/22 Abril, Charles 3/28/2005 24 Grandview, Garden of Grace 18/B/1 Alger, Charles L. 12/21/2005 91 Alsop, Lynn W. 11/19/2005 82 Anderson, Richard I. 9/10/2005 70 Angelino, Paul 10/28/2005 77 Grandview, Garden of Peace 57/B/4 Archer, Gale O. 10/11/2005 74 Avery, Elizabeth "Betty" 6/1/2005 39 Ayers, Patricia Ann 2/7/2005 12 Bailey, Dana Rosa Ann 5/27/2005 36 Bailey, Leroy 1/2/2005 2 Barca, Robert 10/1/2005 71 Barnett, Frederick G. 4/16/2005 27 Barnett, Thomas G. 3/3/2005 17 Obituary from Las Vegas Review Journal Bass, Sheldon 12/15/2005 89 Beitman, Von Nathaniel 12/17/2005 90 Bell, Robert "Bob" Vincent 4/16/2005 27 Belvill, Vincent E. 1/10/2005 2 Benedict, Arnold Eugene 9/28/2005 70 Bennett, Elaine M. (Caverly) 8/31/2005 65 Bennett-Smith, Muriel E. "La 4/15/2005 29 See also Smith, Muriel E. "Lady Mike" Bertolino, Carol Evelyn Wils 7/31/2005 55 Chief Tecopa, Newwest 1/J/13 Biddle, Ethel (Marie) 5/26/2005 36 Obituary from Las Vegas Review Journal Biddle, Robert Calvin 2/3/2005 11 Grandview, Garden of Devotion 44/D/3 Birdsell, Martin (Marty) Lew 1/16/2005 7 Blosser, Theodore Gregory (G 9/28/2005 69 Obituary from Las Vegas Review Journal Bogash, Sandra J. 8/16/2005 59 Boman, Jack Rembrant 1/20/2005 8 Booth, David A. "Gus" 12/30/2005 92 Grandview, Garden of Grace 2/D/3 Bordner, Michael Anthony 9/19/2005 69 Obituary from Las Vegas Review Journal Borresch, Robert N. 12/6/2005 86 Boyd, Charles B. 3/29/2005 23 Boyd, David Cannon 2/14/2005 15 Boyer, Ronald C. 11/7/2005 79 Bradley, Ella Mae 10/8/2005 72 Brooks, Rita M. 8/19/2005 62 Chief Tecopa, Westlawn 3/F/23 Brosenne, Sabrina Heather 12/1/2005 85 Brotherton, George C. 3/2/2005 17 Brown, Ronald Charles "Brown 12/18/2005 90 Brown, William Harley 4/28/2005 32 Burton, Donna Pauline 10/24/2005 76 Grandview, Garden of Grace 26/C/4 Butler, Gertrude Elizabeth 3/30/2005 23 Buttes, Robert G. 9/10/2005 69 Calkins, James Lawrence 10/7/2005 72 Callender, Sibyl Kelleshon 11/12/2005 80 Canino, Kathlyn Marie 6/10/2005 40 Carnie, (Carney), Barry Jame 2/16/2005 13 Grandview, Garden of Grace 1/B/2/II Carpenter, Paul A. 3/15/2005 20 Obituary from Las Vegas Review Journal Charbonneau, Terry 7/12/2005 46 Cheffer, Beulah Mae 5/19/2005 37 Chesnut, Wayne D. 9/6/2005 67 Christophiades, Sandra 1/4/2005 1 Grandview, Garden of Grace 26/C/3 Churchman, Robert Lester 10/16/2005 73 Clark, Catherine E. 11/23/2005 83 Obituary from Las Vegas Review Journal Clark, William H., Sr. 11/26/2005 83 Obituary from Las Vegas Review Journal Clark, Winifred (Betty) 3/23/2005 22 Clem, Jerry 10/10/2005 73 Cline, Dorothy Jane 7/15/2005 48 Cole, Shirley 5/15/2005 34 See also Driskill-Cole, Shirley Coleman, Ronald (Ron) Willia 10/22/2005 76 Coleman, Ronald Arvid 12/25/2005 92 Cooper, Evelyn 6/19/2005 40 Cowdery, Richard Eugene 9/11/2005 80 Creamer, Richard L. 11/29/2005 83 Grandview, Garden of Grace 19/C/2 Crocker, Lillian Mae 8/29/2005 64 Grandview, Garden of Grace 19/C/2 Daugherty, Donna Louise 6/8/2005 39 Davidson, Helen M. 10/2/2005 72 Davis, Betty Jean 4/24/2005 31 Day, Charlotte Emma 1/17/2005 4 Deterra, Joseph Bateman III 11/14/2005 81 DeTrueaux, Tamara 4/19/2005 29 Dixon, Gail Jean 8/24/2005 63 Dollens, Wanda Ann 8/16/2005 59 Dorner, James Joseph "JJ" 1/10/2005 2 Drake, Janice Ann 7/11/2005 46 Dreseler, Anneliese 4/15/2005 26 Driesner, Vicki I. 4/22/2005 30 Driskill-Cole, Shirley 5/15/2005 34 See also Cole, Shirley Dukes, Amanda Patricia 10/15/2005 73 Dunning, James 5/25/2005 36 Eden, Coy Lee Allen 9/17/2005 69 Edwards, Lillian 12/14/2005 88 Elder, Frances C. (Brown) 12/17/2005 89 Eldredge, Shirley Maxzine 2/25/2005 14 Chief Tecopa, Newwest, 1, K, 191/K/19 Ellis, Patricia M. 7/20/2005 51 Elmore, Margaret "Maggie" 2/6/2005 12 Obituary from Las Vegas Review Journal Empey, Clifford Ronald 2/14/2005 12 Obituary from Las Vegas Review Journal Endres, Robert 3/30/2005 23 Erickson, Roger 11/6/2005 79 Evans, Charles 11/29/2005 84 Farmer, Daniel Thomas 12/14/2005 88 Feigl, Bernhard 5/17/2005 35 Ferra, Eugene James 9/5/2005 67 Findlay, Clifford "Pete" 10/30/2005 77 Fitch, Clinton S. 11/18/2005 82 Floyd, John Carlton 2/8/2005 12 Ford, Leland M. 6/23/2005 42 Fosco, Benjamin P., Sr. 6/29/2005 43 Fout, Betty 5/1/2005 33 Grandview, Garden of Peace, 31/31/C/2 Frazier, Thelma 5/17/2005 35 Frehner, Floyd "Huck" Melvin 3/27/2005 24 Obituary from Las Vegas Review Journal Fullbright, Charles A. 12/5/2005 86 Funke, Jack Michael 12/29/2005 87 Gagnon, Beverly J. 9/20/2005 69 Gallemore, Frances M. 10/24/2005 76 Garcia, Loreto J. 1/31/2005 9 Obituary from Las Vegas Review Journal Geary, Jay Lewis 2/26/2005 14 Obituary from Las Vegas Review Journal George, Cora Jean 7/20/2005 51 Gilgan, Elizabeth Alice 2/20/2005 13 Gill-Wright, Shirlee Ann (Ba 7/13/2005 47 Goedhart, Rachelle 3/2/2005 16 Gomez, Sharon 8/21/2005 62 See also Leiva-Gomez, Sharon Greenway, Roger Lee 6/13/2005 40 Griffith, Edith Mary 10/6/2005 72 Griffith, Garfield W. 12/13/2005 88 Obituary from Las Vegas Review Journal Groesbeck, Glenda Lee 8/23/2005 61 Grogan, Thomas Francis 6/21/2005 42 Grandview, Garden of Faith 28/A/4 Gross, Joseph J. 1/12/2005 3 Grover, Timothy Raymond 10/5/2005 72 Grubb, Grant 6/22/2005 42 Obituary from Las Vegas Review Journal Gulberg, Donald 8/31/2005 65 Guthrie, Eleanor Rose 5/29/2005 37 Hall, Bertha Katrina Smith 3/21/2005 22 Hampton, Alex, Jr. 9/24/2005 66 Hanlon, Dorothy J. 11/23/2005 83 Hansen, Arthur Theodore 9/1/2005 67 Hansen, Patricia Adair 5/9/2005 33 Grandview, Garden of Devotion 34/A/4 Hardcastle, Richard "Rocky" 2/24/2005 14 Harmes, Phyllis 12/14/2005 89 Harris, Kenneth R., Jr. 1/13/2005 3 Hartley, Forrest 2/26/2005 15 Harvey, William Angrove 9/7/2005 67 Hayes, Roena 12/4/2005 86 Haynes, Leona Mary 4/27/2005 31 Heil, Eugene 4/18/2005 29 Heinz, Geneva R. 1/19/2005 5 Grandview, Garden of Grace 20/C/4 Henderson, Viyella Ophelia 9/25/2005 66 Grandview, Garden of Faith 4/D/1 Hennigh, Claire Anne 1/10/2005 2 Hidalgo, Jacob C. 11/22/2005 82 Hightower, Arvilla 6/17/2005 41 Hildebrand, J. T. 3/13/2005 20 Hill, Gwynne Peticolas 11/27/2005 84 Hinkle, Dorothy 9/8/2005 68 Holbrook, Ruth Lois 4/23/2005 30 Hope, Ernest 5/25/2005 36 House, Lucille 1/1/2005 6 Grandview, Garden of Devotion 36/B/4 Hughes, Edwin Joseph 1/7/2005 1 Grandview, Haven of Peace Back Wall, B-1 Hunter, Audry J. 6/12/2005 40 Jackson, Doris Marie 5/8/2005 33 Jackson, Rodna (Ronnie) 4/4/2005 25 Jensen, Linda Ordine 1/25/2005 8 Jeske, Neva Irene 10/20/2005 75 Obituary from Las Vegas Review Journal Johnson, Bernice 4/3/2005 25 Grandview, Garden of Faith 23/A/3 Johnson, Jeanne Lee 8/6/2005 57 Johnson, Robert T. (Kid) 1/28/2005 8 Johnston, Jack Bruce 12/13/2005 88 Chief Tecopa, Newwest 1/K/21 Jones, Alice Louise 1/30/2005 9 Jones, Kathryn A. 11/24/2005 83 Jones, Timothy (Tim) 2/4/2005 12 Justus, Alva J. 3/9/2005 19 Kaahea, Michael Kaaihala, Jr 7/18/2005 50 Kavinsky, Nancy M. 3/22/2005 22 Obituary from Las Vegas Review Journal Kaye, La Vearn William 11/20/2005 82 Grandview, Garden of Grace 24/D/4 Kelly, Monty J. 8/13/2005 59 Kendrick, Betty Gene 3/14/2005 20 Kerns, Warner Scott 8/23/2005 61 Kidd, Hazel 4/13/2005 26 Kimberlin, Robert P., Jr. 6/7/2005 39 King, Marion L. 4/5/2005 25 King, William (Bill) 9/29/2005 70 Klier, Helen F. 7/15/2005 49 Chief Tecopa, Westlawn 3/F/16 Klok, James 4/28/2005 31 Obituary from Las Vegas Review Journal Knight, Charles Edward "Chuc 7/24/2005 52,53 Knight, Russell Dee 8/10/2005 57 Krei, Evelyn June 12/31/2005 92 Kruschke, Geneva 9/14/2005 68 Obituary from Las Vegas Review Journal Kuenzer, Lyle E. 5/7/2005 33 Kuhry, Betty Jane 1/19/2005 4 Lambert, Mike 5/14/2005 34 Laning, Patricia Anne 12/11/2005 87 Leaker, Clyde Sheets 3/6/2005 19 Leanna, Larry R. 8/26/2005 64 Obituary from Las Vegas Review Journal Leckemby, Helen Bartlett 1/18/2005 7 Obituary from Las Vegas Review Journal Leiva-Gomez, Sharon 8/21/2005 62 Lewis, William 1/18/2005 5 Little, John 12/2/2005 85 Lubera, Stanley 10/28/2005 77 Obituary from Las Vegas Review Journal Lucido, Joseph 11/12/2005 80 Lynch, Polly Ann 9/7/2005 67 Chief Tecopa, Indian Site 2/M/10 Macaluso, Patricia M. 1/12/2005 3 Maddox, Shirley Dean 11/8/2005 80 Martin, Columbine Westbrook 9/16/2005 68 Martinez, Patricia 4/8/2005 25 Chief Tecopa, Newwest 1/E/2 Marty, Rheba Jo 3/14/2005 20 Marzoline, Margy M. 4/14/2005 26 Obituary from Las Vegas Review Journal Massey, Jack A. 4/7/2005 25 Maxwell, Alexander C. 12/24/2005 91 Grandview, Garden of Faith 5/D/2 Maxwell, Lorette M. 1/3/2005 1 Chief Tecopa, Westside 4/R/6 Mayfield, Joanne Jeannette 9/30/2005 70 Grandview, Haven of Rest Back Wall, B-5 McConnell, Scott Anthony 8/29/2005 64 McCracken, Deborah W. 2/19/2005 13 McCracken, Eugene "Mac" 8/15/2005 60 McDonnell, Mary Vanderham 3/4/2005 17 McGhee, Earl Buck 5/30/2005 38 McGowan, Norma 5/12/2005 34 McKoy, LouEtta "Lou" 4/17/2005 28 McManus, Lawrence G. 10/9/2005 74 Meagher, Leatha Virginia 6/22/2005 42 Obituary from Las Vegas Review Journal Medeiros, Robert F. 7/4/2005 45 Melero, Leopoldo "Leo" Aviti 2/8/2005 11 Miller, Carolyn 4/2/2005 25 Miller, Gary O. 8/13/2005 59 Miller, Josephine E. 2/28/2005 16 Chief Tecopa, Westlawn, 3, F, 23/F/22 Miner, Ralph F. 11/20/2005 81 Mitchell, Wallace T. "Ted" 7/27/2005 54 Modjeski, Richard J. 7/6/2005 45 Grandview, Haven of Rest Back Wall, A- 4 Modjeski, Ruth 2/20/2005 14 Grandview, Haven of Rest Back Wall, A- 4 Moorleghem, Paul Henry 7/20/2005 51 Moorleghem, Paul Matthew 7/16/2005 50 Morland, Lottie J. 12/12/2005 88 Grandview, Garden of Devotion 36/B/4 Moshier, Gwendolyn 3/17/2005 21 Grandview, Haven of Rest Front Wall, B-3 Mulcahy, Hollis Arthur 2/2/2005 11 Nakielski, Charlotte Vera St 10/21/2005 75 Natlis, Susan 11/30/2005 84 Nedrow, William 1/3/2005 1 Newberry, Marrion A. 11/12/2005 80 Newnham, Jeanne Francis 10/26/2005 76 Nighswonger, Gary 3/24/2005 22 Nixon, Betty Lucille 8/25/2005 63 Nogera, Lisa Lee 2/26/2005 15 Nunziati, Ron 4/12/2005 26 Oakley, Donald John 11/14/2005 82 Odagis, James A. 7/27/2005 54 Olson, Charles Raymond 1/13/2005 3 Orendorff, Frank William 11/2/2005 79 Ostrander, Alice A. 11/28/2005 84 Owens, Gail Martin 2/25/2005 14 Paden, Mary Ann 5/3/2005 33 Chief Tecopa, Westlawn 3/F/24 Palmer, Robert S. 1/11/2005 2 Parker, Barbara Lyn 10/22/2005 76 Parks, Thomas Andrew "Andy" 6/17/2005 41 Payne, Beatrice Lorraine 5/25/2005 36 Pearson, Kathy R. 10/2/2005 71 Pelliccioni, Joe "Maury Schw 12/19/2005 90 Pennock, Julia V. 3/20/2005 21 Perry, Anthony J., Sr. 10/31/2005 77 Grandview, Garden of Devotion 20/B/4 Pettit, Don Otis 1/4/2005 3 Phariss, Donald Leroy 8/30/2005 64 Grandview, Garden of Grace 12/B/1 Picciolo, Dominic 11/26/2005 84 Pickens, Gerald F. 1/6/2005 1 Pierce, Irene 10/1/2005 71 Polkosnik, William 6/27/2005 43 Portwood, Alfred Thornton, J 1/12/2005 3 Powell, Larry Young 9/15/2005 68 Purdy, Roger L. 12/4/2005 86 Quiroga, Karen 11/11/2005 79 Ragar, Judy Eileen Shanley 2/16/2005 13 Ramos, Ramon 8/16/2005 60 Rapp, Otis L. 10/8/2005 74 Redling, Susan H. 11/8/2005 79 Rice, Ralph R. 5/16/2005 35 Rich, Jane E. 1/25/2005 5 Richmond, Ardella 7/7/2005 45 Roberts, Otho June 12/7/2005 87 Chief Tecopa, Newwest 1/C/21 Roberts, Wayne Lynwood 8/5/2005 57 Robinson, Patricia Jean 12/7/2005 87 Chief Tecopa, Newwest 1/K/20 Rogers, Lillian Gladys 7/13/2005 46 Romo, Joseph L. 7/19/2005 51 Ronich, Frank Albert 8/17/2005 60 Ross, David C. 2/20/2005 13 Russell, Mindy 1/28/2005 9 Saffioti, Anthony Frank 1/14/2005 4 Salinas, Elizabeth Ann 5/13/2005 34 Salo, William Joseph 3/4/2005 18 Sanchez, Arthur Pete 10/7/2005 74 Santovito, Jeane Ruth 11/8/2005 80 Schmucker, Leigh Allyn 1/8/2005 2 Obituary from Las Vegas Review Journal Schockley, William H. 2/3/2005 11 Schomer, Richard 4/26/2005 31 Grandview, Garden of Grace 18/D/9 Schroder, Martha 1/20/2005 7 Sebastian, Frank W. 1/15/2005 4 Obituary from Las Vegas Review Journal Secchi, Billie A. 12/20/2005 91 Obituary from Las Vegas Review Journal Selbach, Patsy Lee 4/23/2005 30 Semore, Bryan David 10/2/2005 71 Sexton, Grant Harrison 6/15/2005 41 Grandview, Garden of Peace 37/A/4 Shableski, Shirlee 7/13/2005 47 See also Gill-Wright, Shirlee & Wright, Shirlee Sherrill, Raymond French 6/21/2005 42 Silva, Zelpha M. 5/30/2005 37 Skelton, Blaine 10/22/2005 75 Skluzacek, Shirley 8/10/2005 57 Smith, Author (Art) 6/4/2005 39 Smith, Doris M. 10/22/2005 75 Smith, Mary 3/23/2005 22 Grandview, Garden of Faith 8/C/IV Smith, Muriel E. "Lady Mike" 4/15/2005 29 See also Bennett-Smith, Muriel E. "Lady Mike" Soesman, Katherine 11/2/2005 79 Specht, Paul 12/2/2005 85 Specht, Rebecca 12/2/2005 85 Stapleton, Anthony James 10/3/2005 71 Stark, Sandi K. 8/11/2005 58 Stevens, James (Jim) A. 9/26/2005 69 Stillwell, Tanya 5/27/2005 36 Stout, Lucille J. 2/5/2005 12 Sudo, Tony Dwaine 8/25/2005 63 Swena, Sheri Popejoy 11/16/2005 81 Swick, Monte Earle 1/12/2005 3 Szerenyi, Michael J. 12/25/2005 91 Taack, Scott 5/31/2005 38 Taber, Robert B., Sr. 5/31/2005 38 Talley, Mabel Rutledge 10/6/2005 72 Tanner, Mary Helen 12/1/2005 85 Obituary from Las Vegas Review Journal Taylor, Howard 2/21/2005 14 Thaxton, George Henry (Bud) 6/8/2005 39 Thompson, Gloria J. "Jean" 6/22/2005 42 Thompson, James Lee, Jr. (To 2/6/2005 12 Thompson, Lester 10/5/2005 71 Grandview, Haven of Rest Back Wall, B-7 Thompson, Richard H. 6/26/2005 43 Thorsen, Christine Marie 12/19/2005 90 Tomkowiak, Estelle V. 2/25/2005 14 Tooley, Jack Wayne 10/13/2005 73 Turnbull, Robert 11/18/2005 81 Turpin, Sidney Dee 1/4/2005 1 Tyra, Daniel J., Sr. 1/23/2005 8 van Bu˙tene, Johannes "Papa 8/15/2005 59 Van Ronk, Ruth 3/21/2005 iii Chief Tecopa, Westlawn 3/F/19 Vanbetuw, Arthur Theodore 11/19/2005 81 Vaughan, Maurine M. 9/28/2005 70 Veloz, Benjamin Mancha 10/12/2005 73 Vicari, Mary J. 1/27/2005 6 Vickery, Leslie (Les) T. 1/21/2005 5 Grandview, Garden of Grace 11/D/3 Volk, Roger Leo 3/8/2005 19 Obituary from Las Vegas Review Journal VonAlst, Bradley William 3/4/2005 18 Wagner, Dorothy 7/11/2005 46 Wagner, Robert 3/8/2005 19 Walcott, Ronald Leroy 8/6/2005 57 Waldrop, Billy Joe 12/2/2005 85 Wallace, Bobby Gene 9/19/2005 69 Ward, Colonel G. 3/28/2005 24 Weigand, Leta M. (Campbell) 1/28/2005 6 Grandview, Garden of Faith 8/D/1/VI Wells, Carlotta 3/10/2005 19 West, Wyatt Lynn 6/17/2005 41 Whitesel, William (Bill) 1/18/2005 4 Wier, Richard W. 7/6/2005 45 Willett, Thomas Joseph 4/15/2005 28 Williams, Clyde "J.C." 10/23/2005 76 Williams, Mary C. 3/20/2005 21 Wilson, James Edward 2/27/2005 15 Wilson, Shalina Raye 5/29/2005 36 Wimberly, Marion "Toby" 3/18/2005 21 Winter, Robert (Bobby) Arthu 9/16/2005 68 Wisniewski, Raymond J. 11/4/2005 79 Obituary from Las Vegas Review Journal Woner, Frank Payton 8/30/2005 65 Woods, Gary 12/16/2005 89 Woods, Robert 4/19/2005 29 Wooley, John Holden, Sr. 3/20/2005 21 Wright, Shirlee Ann (Barnett 7/13/2005 47 See also Gill-Wright, Shirlee Ann (Barnett) Wright, Scott N. 9/6/2005 67 Young, Lisa D'Elia 7/15/2005 47 Zacharias, Michael "Zak" Hen 1/17/2005 4 Obituary from Las Vegas Reviw Journal Zibrida, Joseph 11/16/2005 81 Zook, Marilyn Jean 4/8/2005 26