Obituaries

Jan 12, 2016

Grace Wiggins, age 73, of Las Vegas, NV passed away peacefully on January 12, 2016. She was born on January 6, 1943 in Glasgow, Scotland to Hugh and Anne McGarrity. She married Harry Wiggins in Scotland in 1981 and moved to the United States. They have lived happily together in Las Vegas the past 32 years.

Grace...

Dec 30, 2015

Linda Sheun Oriarte " Sheunie" , age 56, of Henderson, NV passed away on December 30, 2015. She was born on September 30, 1959 in San Cruz, CA to Bob and Donna Supernaw. She married Peter "Pete" Oriarte on August 5, 1989 in South Lake Tahoe, CA. They settled in Henderson for the past fifteen years.

Linda...

Dec 30, 2015

Joanne Virginia Rothschild Magaw, age 84, of Boulder City, NV passed away peacefully surrounded by family on December 30, 2015. She was born in Chicago, IL on May 31, 1931 to Elmer and Alice Edler Rothschild. In August of 1936, Joanne and her family moved to Los Angeles, CA. She married David Lawrence Magaw on May 4, 1957, in...

Dec 28, 2015

Elmer Lee Snowden, age 81, longtime resident of Boulder City, NV passed away on December 28, 2015. He was born on September 2, 1934 in Honcut, Butte County, CA to George and Bulah Calapp Snowden. Lee served his country in the United State Air Force and was stationed at Iwo Jima, Japan, and Stateside. He married Margo Corey on...

Dec 28, 2015

William Edward Thompson age 82, passed away on December 28, 2015. He went by many names including Ed and Tom. He was born on July 23, 1933 in Newellton, LA to Marion and Minnie DePriest Thompson. He married Joyce Childs on February 5, 1954 in Raymond, MS. They lived in Newellton until they moved to Las Vegas to be...

Dec 21, 2015

Marjorie Doris Hyatt passed away on December 21, 2015. Marjorie was born on February 6, 1927 to Roy and Dixie (Hunter) DeJarnett in California.

Marjorie moved to Boulder City, Nevada from California in 1968. She enjoys knitting, playing games and reading to her grandchildren. She is a member of the Christian Center and is in a Bible...

Dec 17, 2015

Lonnie Lee Wisham left this life the morning of December 17, 2015 at home. He was born to Fred and Rosa Mae Seaborn Wisham on June 20, 1941 in Wister, Oklahoma. His parents moved before Lonnie was two years old and he grew up and attended schools in Southern California. Soon after his graduation from high school he came...

Dec 16, 2015

Donald L Linck passed away, December 16, 2015. He was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, April 13, 1926. Don attended a one room elementary school in Bristol Silver, Nevada, where he lived with his father, Jack Linck, an assayer, Lavona Linck, the postal clerk, and his sister, Luana. He attended high school in Panaca and finally, Boulder City,...

Dec 14, 2015

Laurence Carlton Shepherd, age 84, of Boulder City, NV passed away on December 14, 2015. He was born in Winchester, MA on July 10, 1931 to Francis and Jenny Stokes Shepherd. He married Frieda Schmitzikus on July 24, 1954 in Starnberg, Germany. He served his country and retired from the United States Air Force. After retirement, he was Fire...

Dec 14, 2015

Carloyn Parkin Traasdahl, age 74, resident of Boulder City, passed away on December 14, 2015. She was born in Payson, Utah on November 17, 1941 to Thomas Lynn Parkin and Maxine Holman Parkin. Carolyn attended Juab High School and later Stevens-Henager College in Salt Lake City, acquiring secretarial skills she would later use working for Hercules Powder Company, Bank...

Dec 5, 2015

John Balchunas, loving husband of Kathy Burns Balchunas, died peacefully on December 5, 2015, at Nathan Adelson Hospice in Las Vegas at the age of almost 100. John was born in Chicago, Illinois, on December 10, 1915 and lived there until 2004 when he moved to Las Vegas, Nevada.

John was a WW II veteran, serving in...

Dec 2, 2015

Ronald K Delabarre, Sr., 81, of Boulder City, went home to the Lord on December 2, 2015. He was the only child of George and Emma Delabarre, who preceded him in death. Ron graduated from high school in Grandview, Washington, and immediately enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps. Through his years of military service he managed commissary stores on...

Nov 29, 2015

William R. Sherwood of Boulder City, NV passed away unexpectantly on November 29, 2015. He was born on June 15, 1939 in Crystal Lake, IL to Roland and Sally Sherwood. He graduated from Crystal Lake Community High School and the University of Miami in Florida, where he majored in Business/Marketing, and went to Law School for two years. He...

Nov 27, 2015

Eugene Harris age 94, of Boulder City, NV passed away on November 27, 2015. He was born on March 3, 1921 in Peoria, IL to Edward and Jessie Newman Harris. He was a member of the United States Marine Corps and served in WWII in the Pacific Islands. He returned as a wounded soldier to the Alameda Naval hospital...

Nov 25, 2015

Charles Anton ("Chuck") Sweningsen, age 95, of Boulder City, Nevada, passed away on November 25, 2015. He was born in Lake Forest, Illinois to Christen and Margaret Larsen Sweningsen. He was a proud graduate of the University of Illinois. He married Jean Arlene Goddard on April 24, 1944 in Long Beach, California. Together they raised their family in California,...

Nov 22, 2015

Mary Ellen Ridenour, age 71, passed away Nov. 22, 2015 in Las Vegas. She was born Jan. 26, 1944, in Wheeling, W. Va., to Ann Marie and William A. Hengler. She married Ron Ridenour in Eugene, Ore., in 1968 and had two boys, Randall and Kris Ridenour. Mary Ellen and the boys moved to Boulder City in 1977 to...

Nov 21, 2015

David Allen Floyd, age 74, of Boulder City, NV went to be with the Lord on November 21, 2015. He was born on June 25, 1941 in Granite City, IL to Ival and Opal Floyd. He moved to Boulder City in 1987 from Illinois, where he married Hoa Nguyen on February 15, 1997.

David owned and operated...

Nov 21, 2015

George Ann Marie Watson, age 80, of Boulder City, NV passed away on November 21, 2015. She was born on October 30, 1935 in Sioux City, IA to Harold and Hazel Miller. At the age of six she moved to the Las Vegas area. She served her country in the United States Navy. George Ann married Gary Watson on...

Nov 20, 2015

Kenneth Leonard Rapp age 90, of Boulder City, NV passed away on November 20, 2015 surrounded by family. He was born in Denver, Co on August 4, 1925 to Leonard and Elsie Wood Rapp. He married Lomalee Thomas on October 26, 1963 in Pasadena, CA . They moved to Boulder City in 1988 from Glendale, CA. Kenneth worked as...

Nov 16, 2015

Diane Lee Keller age 75, of Las Vegas, NV passed away on November 16, 2015 after a lengthy battle with cancer. She was born in Albany, CA on February 17, 1940 to Ernest and Ynes Feliciano. She married John Keller May 17, 1969 in Reno, Nevada.

Diane worked in accounting most of her life. She enjoyed travel...