Obituaries

Aug 7, 2014

Rhea Ella Santilli Thompsen Hornbeck, age 91, of Boulder City, NV passed away on August 7, 2014. She was born on July 14, 1923 in Salt Lake City, UT to Pete Paul Santilli and Della Bertha Hecker. Pete and Della separated and Rhea was raised by her mother and step father Chris Thompsen. Rhea served in the U.S. Marine...

Aug 7, 2014

Navy Lieutenant Commander Retired, Stanley El Mumford, age 88, of Boulder City, NV passed away on August 7, 2014. He was born in Sante Fe, NM on October 18, 1925 to Wilbur and Ruby Mae Mumford. Stanley joined the United States Navy after high school and was a Mustang becoming a Lieutenant Commander at a very Young age. He...

Aug 5, 2014

Mildred Wagner went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, August 5th. Mildred was born April 11, 1927 in Philadelphia. She is survived by her loving husband of 67 years LeRoy, children Judith, William (Marlene), David (Janet). She was preceded in death by son Stephen. Also surviving are grandchildren Annmarie, Stephen (Ellen), and Ian as well as great-grandchildren Stephen,...

Aug 1, 2014

Pamela F. Amstutz passed away August 1, 2014 in Boulder City, Nevada. She is survived by the love of her life, her husband of 30 years, Jim Amstutz, stepsons Charles (wife Peggy Ann) Amstutz, Jim (wife Rhonda) Amstutz, stepdaughter Nicole (husband Jason) Amore and six incredible grandchildren. Pam was born August 16, 1945 in Santa Monica, California to Ellis...

Aug 1, 2014

Richard White age 90, passed away on August 1, 2014 in Boulder City, Nevada. He was born on April 10, 1924 in Kansas City, Missouri. Visitation will be held on Wednesday, August 6, 2014 from 9:00 am to 10:00 am at Boulder City Family Mortuary. Funeral services will follow at 10:40 am at the Southern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery...

Jul 26, 2014

Larry D. Wengert of Boulder City, Nevada passed away on July 26, 2014 at the age of 64. He was born on September 15, 1949 in Mobile, Alabama to Al Wengert and Louise "Fuzzy" Wengert.

Larry is survived by his wife Dawn; father Albert Wengert; mother Louise Wengert; son Brandon and his wife Paris Wengert; daughter Erin...

Jul 23, 2014

James William Erbeck, age 63, of Boulder City, NV passed away on July 23, 2014 at his home. He was born on May 4, 1951 in Teaneck, NJ to Andrew and Jean Galbraith Erbeck. James graduated from Colgate University and New England School of Law, Boston. He worked as a lawyer in different settings during his career including Clark...

Jul 22, 2014

Rosemary Rudolf Hopper, age 89 and resident of Las Vegas and Boulder City, Nevada, for 54 years, passed away peacefully on July 22, 2014. She was born in Cincinnati, Ohio on February 11, 1925 to William and Elizabeth Rudolf. She was raised in Cincinnati and married her first husband, James Milazzo in 1947, they lived in Hollywood and Burbank,...

Jul 21, 2014

Norah Lee Martorano, 79, of Las Vegas passed away July 21, 2014. She was born November 24, 1934 in Ohio. She is preceded in death by her parents, Robert and Louise Alderman, her brothers, Dale and Romie Alderman, and her husband Louis "Marty" Martorano. She is survived by her sons John, Randy, and Nick Martorano, her daughter Norah "Daisy"...

Jul 16, 2014

Joseph "Pop" Felix, resident of Las Vegas, Nevada passed away July 16, 2014. He was the former husband of the late Sang Hui. He was the father of and will be sadly missed by Joseph C. Felix Jr. and daughter-in-law Alicia Felix.

Born in Fall River, MA, he was the son of the late Antone Felix Sr....

Jul 12, 2014

Herbert H. Kaiser, age 80, of Boulder City passed away on July 12, 2014. He was born in Austria on January 15, 1934 to Karl and Theresa Smith Kaiser. Herbert moved to the United States and Las Vegas in 1964. He was an embodiment of the American Dream. He came to America with 35 cents and a talent as...

Jul 8, 2014

Anthony "Tony" Michael Gallo age 82, passed away on July 8, 2014, surrounded by family in Las Vegas, NV. He was born on August 2, 1931, in Hoboken, New Jersey to Antonio and Margaret Gallo. He served in the United States Marine Corps from 1952 to 1954. He moved to Las Vegas in 1948. Tony was a great chef,...

Jul 3, 2014

Rick was born in Redwing Minnesota in 1955, to Parents JC and Dorothy Muyres. They moved soon after to Sparks, Nevada and then in 1965 to Boulder City where they made their home. In high school Rick was on the basketball and baseball teams and after the coaches got done negotiating over him, he went on to play Golf...

Jul 2, 2014

Bruce Ramon Schwegler, age 71, of Las Vegas passed away on July 2, 2014. He was born in Portland, OR on August 2, 1942 to the late Ramon Miles Schwegler and the late Blanche Evelyn (Jones) Schwegler. . He grew up in Portland and joined the United States Army after a year of college. Following his military service he...

Jul 2, 2014

Vernette Edward Conner, age 88 passed away on July 2, 2014 in Boulder City, NV, surrounded by family. Bud, as he was known, was a great, great man. He was born on April 9, 1926 in Floris, Iowa to Dale and Janet Conner. He served his country during WWII in the United States Army Air Corps as a tail...

Jul 1, 2014

Dolores "Lollie" Gay Bowler Pearce, age 82, passed away on July 1, 2014 surrounded by her family at the Boulder City Hospital Long Term Care Facility in Boulder City, NV. Lollie was the third child born to James Austin Bowler and Lula Kurt on December 20, 1931 in Enterprise, Utah. She married Keith W. Simkins on July 23, 1951...

Jun 21, 2014

Janet Marie Dale, 77 of Boulder City passed away peacefully at home after her battle with cancer, surrounded by her family on June 21, 2014. She was born in La Habra, California on January 25, 1937, the older of two daughters to Richard Henry and Edith Gertrude Mattinson.

Janet moved to Boulder City in 1969 with her...

Jun 21, 2014

Walter Frederick Thompson, 86, of Las Vegas, passed away peacefully on Saturday June 21st. Born April 27, 1928 in Queens, New York, Walter lived with his young family until they moved to Las Vegas in 1967. Born to Sydney and Minnie (Hirth) Thompson, Walter was the twin brother to Marilyn (Sissy) Monohan, and the younger brother to Richard Thompson,...

Jun 20, 2014

Eric Russell Nusbaum, age 30 of Boulder City passed away on June 20, 2014. He was born in Las Vegas on January 12, 1984 to John and Carolyn Nusbaum. He worked as a welder and enjoyed riding motorcycles any chance he got. He loved to draw and would give any willing body a tattoo.

Eric is survived...

Jun 16, 2014

Emma Jeanne Harshman, age 84, of Boulder City, NV passed away on June 16, 2014. She was born on September 21, 1929 in Detroit, MI to Willard Budd and Margaret Wallace Budd. She spent her early childhood in Detroit and Allentown, PA. At a young age she started to play the piano and became an excellent pianist. She also...