Obituaries

Richard Rullo

Jun 10, 2014

Richard Adam Rullo, "Blackie", age 86 of Boulder City, NV passed away June 10, 2014 in Henderson, NV. Richard was born to Adam and Golda Rullo on November 11, 1927 in Binghamton, NY. As a kid, he loved to go fishing with his father, and angling would become one of his favorite past times. At the age of 16...

Geoffrey Diehl

Jun 9, 2014

Geoffrey Louis Diehl age 87 of Boulder City, NV passed away on June 9, 2014 surrounded by his family. He was born on March 31, 1927 in Alameda, CA. He served his country in the United States Coast Guard. He was a proud patriot and was a member of the American Legion. He married Lillian Skow in Glendale, CA...

Kelly Grafton

Jun 8, 2014

Kelly Marie Grafton, age 43, of Boulder City, Nevada passed away on June 8, 2014. She was born on July 31, 1970 in Springfield, Illinois to Gene and Mary Scott. She had moved to Boulder City from Dallas, Texas in April of 2008 to be closer to her parents. She was always the life of the party and was...

Jack Oshinski

Jun 6, 2014

Jack Alfred Oshinski, passed away on June 6, 2014 in Las Vegas, Nevada. He was born on August 27, 1931 in Nanticoke, Pennsylvania to Alfred and Stella Oshinski. He married Zandra Gaddy-Wilson on August 3, 1979. Jack served in the United States Navy for 20 years, and worked at the Nevada Test during the 80s. After graduating from high...

James Kitchell

Jun 4, 2014

Jim Kitchell lived.

He was more than statistics on a page; a man of the cloth, an adventurer; Jim's commanding presence filled a room.

Jimmy, as his mother called him, was born on October 30, 1929 in Denton, Montana to Dewey and Ruth Kitchell. They named their baby boy James Bruce. He was surrounded by...

Darrell Goodfellow

Jun 2, 2014

Darrell Walker Goodfellow, age 78, of Boulder City, NV passed away on June 2, 2014 surrounded by loved ones. He was born in Burley, Idaho on October 30, 1935 to Ray Tolman and Winona Walker Goodfellow. He married Sharon Jamison Lowham on December 27, 1972 in Granger, Utah. Darrell owned Mr. Body and Paint for many years and then...

Anna Perkins

May 28, 2014

Anna Lou Perkins, age 91, passed away on May 28, 2014 in Las Vegas, NV. She was born on October 4, 1922 in Hartley, Texas to Buford and Parilee Bryant Lankford. She married Leland E Perkins on November 19, 1945. Anna was a homemaker that loved her family. She enjoyed reading, doing puzzles, and playing bingo. They moved to...

Joseph Wright

May 24, 2014

Joseph Howe Wright, age 84 passed away on May 24, 2014 surrounded by family. He was born on August 9, 1929 in Compton, CA to Joseph Hamilton Wright and Charlotte Burke Stites Wright. He served his country for four years in the United States Navy. After his enlisted time he worked as an engineer for the Navy with the...

Grant Proctor

May 23, 2014

Louis Grant Proctor, age 81, of Boulder City, Nevada passed away on May 23, 2014. He was born on November 27, 1932 to Mr. James Virgil Proctor and Mrs. Minerva Langford Proctor. He was raised on a farm in Antimony, Utah where he spent time playing baseball, basketball, raising chickens and playing with his cousins. After high school he...

Margaret Reina

May 22, 2014

Margaret Florence Reina, age 86, passed away on May 22, 2014 surrounded by her family at the Nevada State Veterans Home in Boulder City, NV. She was born in Nanticoke, PA on May 31, 1927 to Joseph and Clara Lewis. She was preceded in death by her husband and high school sweetheart, Ben Otto Reina. They married in Cleveland,...

Frederick Sansone

May 20, 2014

Frederick Robert Sansone "Fred", age 69, of Las Vegas, passed away on May 20, 2014. He was born on September 18, 1944 in Chicago, IL to Frederick and Rose Sansone. Fred served in the United States Army from 1962 to 1965. He married Rena Carrington on March 31, 1974 in Schiller Park. They moved to Las Vegas 15 years...

Wayne Eddowes

May 18, 2014

SMSGT Wayne W. Eddowes, U.S.AirForce (Ret.), passed away on Sunday, May 18th, 2014 at Loma Linda VA Hospital. Wayne was born August 14, 1935 in Philadelphia, PA to Warren and Jalinda Errico Eddowes, and grew up in Stockton, New Jersey. He married the love of his life Barbara on April 3, 1971, at the Little Church of the West...

James Hutton

May 17, 2014

James Barton Hutton, age 77, of Las Vegas passed away on May 17, 2014. He was born on March 12, 1937 in Osceola, Missouri. He served in the United States Navy. After his service he worked as an air traffic controller. In 1988 he moved to Las Vegas and took a job at the Golden Nugget as a slot...

"Joe" Whitmore

May 15, 2014

Lynn S. (Joe) Whitmore of Boulder City, NV passed away on May 15, 2014. He was born on October 11, 1930 in Salt Lake City, UT to Lynn and Pearl Perkins Whitmore. Joe served in the United States Navy from 1950 to 1954 during the Korean War. He married Sharon McIlrath on June 8, 1957 in Glenwood, Minnesota. They...

Phyllis Leary

May 14, 2014

Phyllis L Leary, age 75, of Boulder City, NV passes away on May 14, 2014. She was born on January 28, 1939 in Weymouth, MA to Henry and Elizabeth Pratt. She married Frederick Anthony Leary in Weymouth on October 11, 1971. They moved to Boulder City in 1979 and Phyllis worked as a CNA at the Boulder City Hospital...

Charles Smelley

May 1, 2014

Charlie Lee Smelley, 86, Stephenson, passed away May 1st, 2014 with his wife by his side after an unexpected lengthy stay at the Nevada State Veteran’s home in Boulder City, Nevada. Charlie was born on Feb. 21, 1928 in Diboll, Texas to the late Vonnie and John C. Smelley.

Charlie proudly served his country in...

James Kaufman

Apr 27, 2014

Captain James Francis (Jim) Kaufman, 68, a resident of Sun City Anthem in Henderson, passed away April 27, 2014. He was born Sept.11, 1945 in Yonkers, NY to Benjamin Bernard and Louise Marie Kaufman. He is survived by his wife of 27 years, Kathleen Joan Kaufman; his four children: Christine (David) Keene of Coral Springs, FL.; Susan...

Donald Pitt

Apr 23, 2014

Donald Seth Pitt, born November 14, 1926 in Kamas, Utah, passed away April 23, 2014 in Las Vegas, NV. He married Corinne Wilde, divorced. Married Gloria Blair on December 31, 1974. They enjoyed celebrating their anniversary New Year’s Eve.

He will be remembered and greatly missed as a loving husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather. He...

Sharon Thompson

Apr 22, 2014

Sharon Maureen Thompson of St. George, UT passed away April 22, 2014. She was born in Duluth, Minnesota to Douglas Thompson and Rosemary Stahl. Sharon lived her life with no fear of what was coming. She loved her son with all her heart and enjoyed the time she had with him. Sharon is survived by her parents Douglas(Lynn)...

Ronald Gregerson

Apr 17, 2014

Beloved husband and father, Ronald Lee Gregerson, age 76, of Las Vegas, Nevada, passed away on April 17, 2014. He was born in Valley City, ND, on December 13, 1937, to Axel and Beatrice Gregerson, one of 13 brothers and sisters. He married Harriet Tobiason on September 11, 1955, in Valley City. Ronald retired from the United...