Obituaries

Feb 18, 2018

Floyd Homer Woods, age 96 of Boulder City, Nevada, passed away on February 18, 2018.  He was born on September 7, 1921 in Mona, Montana, and raised in Nampa, Idaho.  Floyd served his country in the United States Navy in the Pacific Theater during WWII, participating in combat operations aboard the USS Portland, and the USS Twining.  During his...

Feb 11, 2018

John Sirak, age 87, passed away at home on February 11, 2018.  He was born on January 18, 1931 in Wilkes-Barre, PA to Anna and Michael Sirak.  John married the love of his life, Evelyn Rowe, on January 4, 1952 in Wilkes-Barre, PA.  John and Evelyn moved from Garwood, NJ to Henderson, NV about 17 years ago.  John was...

Feb 10, 2018

Phyllis J Van Alstine passed away on February 10th in Boulder City, Nevada at the age of 90. She is survived by her daughter Karen A Van Alstine and is preceded in death by her husband Earl J Van Alstine and her son Reginald K Van Alstine.

Phyllis was born on July 5, 1927 in Cherry Valley, New York to Alberta and Victor Yerdon. She attended Cherry...

Feb 6, 2018

John Harold Nix, husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather. Born Nov. 1, 1935 in Habersham Co, GA, and passed away Feb. 6, 2018, in Henderson, NV.  He served 8 years in the USAF, and retired from Pioneer Chlor Alkali as a safety supervisor.

He is survived by his beloved wife of more than 62 years, Darlene;...

Feb 5, 2018

Kim Alan English   Born on August 4,1950 in Joliet, Illinois.  Kim passed away on February 5, 2018, after a year-long battle with cancer.  A proud U.S. Navy veteran, Kim served on fast attack nuclear submarines during the Vietnam War. Immediately after discharge, Kim lived in Hawaii for ten years; surfing and backpacking his way across all seven...

Jan 31, 2018

Nelson "Nel" Segarra 78, entered into eternal peace on Wed, January 31, 2018 at the Nevada State Veterans Home where he lived.

A celebration of life service will be held on Friday, February 9 at 9:20 A.M. at Southern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery, 1900 Veteran Memorial Drive, Boulder City, Nevada 89005. In lieu of flowers, the family...

Jan 29, 2018

Richard Stevens Uszynski, 81, of Mahwah, New Jersey, died January 29, 2018, at his home in Henderson, Nevada.

Mr. Uszynski was born January 4, 1937 in Hackensack, New Jersey to Ann and John Uszynski.  He is survived by his wife, Florence Uszynski; children Robert Uszynski and Laura Kopanski; and four grandchildren.

A memorial service is...

Jan 25, 2018

Evelyn Carrol Widmann Graham, age 76, passed away on January 25, 2018.  Evelyn was born on Valentine’s Day, February 14, 1941 in Brawley, California to Phyllis Pearl Marble Widmann and George Erwin Widmann.  She married her sweetheart Wayne Everett Graham on July 4, 1959 in Milton Freewater, Oregon.   They lived in California, Washington, Idaho and finally settled...

Jan 24, 2018

Diane Rae Shean Wright-Morrison-Jones  was born June 10, 1943 in the “Old Cottage” Hospital in Santa Barbara California. She is the daughter of Ruth and Rex Shean. She passed thru the veil Tuesday, January 24, 2018 in the Henderson Hospital in Henderson Nevada while surrounded by her family. She lost a long battle with cancer and pneumonia.

Jan 21, 2018

In the early a.m. hours of Sunday January 21, 2018 Barbara Ann Choquette, 81, peacefully passed in her sleep in her home in Las Vegas, NV. Assisted by Infinity Hospice, Barbara was loved and cared for by her husband of 64 years, Bernard, 85, sons Kenneth and Kurtis, daughter-in-law Jennifer, grandsons David (24), Joshua (13), and Joey (11). Barbara...

Jan 16, 2018

Merle A. Mitchell known as “Mitch” passed away peacefully at the Homestead Assisted Living in Boulder City, NV on January 16, 2018.  He was born in Clinton, OK on July 31, 1939 to A. U. and Verna Mitchell.  They settled in Fullerton, CA during WWII where Merle grew up.  He graduated from Fullerton High School in 1957 and promptly...

Jan 11, 2018

Thomas Jesse Gorham was born to Ethel (Marick) Gorham and Van Fleet Gorham on August 3, 1927 in Franklin, NE.  Tom departed this life in Boulder City, NV, on Jan 11th at the age of 90.

Tom was the youngest of four brothers.  He attended Franklin Public School from the 1st through the 12th grade, and graduated...

Jan 10, 2018

First Sergeant Carl Russell Cox, USMC retired, a long-time resident of Asheville, NC passed away January 10, 2018 at the age of 76.  He was born May 30, 1941, in McColl, SC to Carl and Alice Cox.  He joined the U.S. Marine Corps in 1957 and retired in 1981 after serving three tours of duty in Vietnam.  He married...

Jan 1, 2018

Elizabeth S Burton, age 95, passed away on January 1, 2018 in Las Vegas, NV.  She was born on August 23, 1922 to Evelyn and Robert Suhr in Wellsboro, Pennsylvania where she lived for 62 years.  After retiring, she and husband Wade were snowbirds for 20 years, traveling between Boulder City, Nevada and Bath, New York. They moved permanently...

Dec 30, 2017

Ben Russell White, age 94, of Boulder City, NV, passed away on December 30, 2017 in Las Vegas, NV.  He was the youngest of 12, born on September 24, 1923 in Russellville, AR to Exie and Samuel White.  Ben has lived in the Las Vegas area since the early 1940’s.

Ben was of the Christian...

Dec 20, 2017

Edna Madeline Richards Filson, peacefully passed away in her sleep on December 20, 2017. She was born January 20, 1921 to Harley & Letha Richards of Martinsburg, WV. Edna graduated from Nursing School in 1942, she then joined the Navy to serve during WWII as a Navy Nurse. While in the US Navy, she met Calvin D. Filson and...

Dec 19, 2017

Susan (Pixie) Wilkinson, 80, passed away peacefully with family by her side on December 19, 2017.  She is the daughter of Joseph Von Raab and Elizabeth Murphy.  Pixie was born in St. Petersburg, Florida on April 10, 1937.

Pixie graduated from Boulder City H.S. and spent several years working for St. Jude’s Ranch and the Bureau of...

Dec 19, 2017

Margaret Rose Brown-Shoosmith, age 65, of Henderson, NV passed away on December 19, 2017.  She was born in Toledo, OH on September 13, 1952 to Kenneth and Thelma Kleman Brown.  She married John H Shoosmith on September 29, 1991.  John preceded her in death in 2009.

Maggie worked at a number of different places over...

Dec 16, 2017

Raymond Edward Eckl was born on March 9, 1921 in Lemington, WI to Mary and Joseph Eckl. He passed away, with family by his side, on December 16, 2017.

Ray grew up on a farm in Wisconsin. He didn’t usually speak much about his younger years. However, he would patiently answer the many...

Dec 12, 2017

Donald Ray Rohrig, age 77 of Boulder City, NV, passed away on December 12, 2017.  He was born on August 10, 1940 in Canton, OH to Alfred Rohrig and Helen Sudar (Riffle).  In 1986, Donald moved to Southern Nevada from Reno and to Boulder City in 2000.

Donald has been a member of Bethany Baptist Church and...