Obituaries

Nov 19, 2011

Lorraine Jean Neely, age 79 of Boulder City passed away on November 19, 2011 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Lorraine was born on June 13, 1932 in Los Angeles, California to Rex and Mable Stokes Smalley. She married the late Houston B. Neely in 1975. She moved to Boulder City from Sylmar, California in April of 1990.

Lorraine...

Nov 15, 2011

Ramona Riley age 69, of Boulder City, Nevada passed away on November 15, 2011. She was born December 4, 1941 in Maui, Hawaii to George and Evelyn Shirota Tan.

Ramona worked as a social worker at the Nevada Veterans Home in Boulder City where she was dearly loved. She is survived by her husband Timothy Riley of...

Nov 12, 2011

Donald Ray Bretting, beloved husband,father and grandfather, passed away at the age of 86 after a yearlong fight against cancer on November 12, 2011, in Boulder City, Nevada.

Don was born on July 14, 1925 to Louis and Ethel Bretting in Thompson, Nebraska. After graduating from West Liberty High School in West Liberty, Iowa, in 1942, he...

Nov 10, 2011

Ernestine Harris age 82, passed away Thursday, November 10, 2011 at Nathan Adelson Hospice in Las Vegas, Nevada, surrounded by her loving family. Ernestine was born on July 6, 1929, to Franz and Anna Oertl in Petschau, Czechoslovakia. She moved from Germany in 1959, to Henderson, Nevada.

Ernestine worked as a nurse. She also worked over 30...

Nov 10, 2011

Goldie Mae (Stackhouse) Begley, 69, of Boulder City Nevada passed away November 10, 2011, due to untreatable complications arising from eight months of hospitalization following heart surgery. A funeral service will honor her life on Saturday, November 19, 2011, at 10 a.m. at the Boulder Creek Golf Course Pavilion, Veterans Memorial Drive and Adams Boulevard, Boulder City. Private internment...

Nov 8, 2011

John Edward Kleem age 82, passed away at his home in Las Vegas, Nevada on November 8, 2011 surrounded by family. John was born on December 6, 1928 in Cincinnati, Ohio to Charles and Catherine Gibson Kleem. John served in the United States Army during WWII. He married Alma Jean Covert on March 23, 1946 in New Port, Kentucky....

Nov 3, 2011

Florence Sylvia Mace age 97, passed away in her home at Lakeview Terrace in Boulder City, NV on November 3, 2011. Florence was born on December 3, 1913 in Fall River Mill, California to Roy Kirkland Hayes and Clara May Carberry. She married Dr. Don L Mace on September 10, 1937.

Florence worked as a legal secretary...

Nov 2, 2011

James Michael Flagg, age 52, passed away at his home in Las Vegas, Nv. Wednesday Nov. 2, 2011. He was born on December 17, 1958 in Buffalo, New York to Allen and Patricia Shea Flagg. James grew up with his family in Redwood City CA. and attended San Carlos High School where he enjoyed playing sports.

James...

Oct 29, 2011

Patsy T Frost, age 78 passed away on October 29, 2011 surrounded by family in Boulder City, Nevada. Patsy was born on September 16, 1933 in Benson, North Carolina to John and Ettie Barefoot Tart.

Patsy worked as a night auditor for a hotel in North Carolina. She was a wonderful knitter that would sell her art...

Oct 26, 2011

Gale Francis White 1950-2011

Gale Frances White aka Gale Krusinski White passed away at Desert Springs Hospital in Las Vegas on the morning of Wednesday, October 26, 2011.

Gale Frances Krusinski was born in Chicago on April 16, 1950. She was the only child of Nobert and Jane Krusinski. She earned degrees at DePaul University...

Oct 25, 2011

Joanne Louis Baer, age 78, passed away surrounded by her family on October 26, 2011 in Henderson, Nevada. Joanna was born on April 1, 1933 in Gettysburg, PA to Joel and Margaret Woodward.

In her youth she enjoyed going out on the battle fields and looking for Civil War mementos. She married Donald Baer, on May 21,...

Oct 24, 2011

Joe Deardorff, 100, of Boulder City, left for his eternal home on October 24, 2011. Joe was born on February 20, 1911 in Calloway County, Missouri to Charlie and Lizzie Hendrix Deardorff. He married his childhood sweetheart, Grace Richardson on September 23, 1941. During their 64 years of marriage, they lived in California, Oregon, Alaska, North Carolina, and Florida...

Sep 29, 2011

Salvatore Polselli, age 84 of Las Vegas, NV passed away at his home surrounded by family on September 29, 2011. Salvatore was born on July 12, 1927 in Providence, Rhode Island to Antonio and Palma Compagnone Polselli.

Salvatore served in the United States Navy during World War II as a Shipfitter Third Class. After his service in...

Sep 24, 2011

Mark Joseph Harger, age 65 of Las Vegas, Nevada passed away on September 24, 2011. Mark was born on July 25, 1946 in Lansing, Michigan to Russell and Iris Barney Harger. Mark graduated from Michigan State University with a Bachelor Degree in Business.

He served in the United States Marines and received a purple heart during the...

Sep 21, 2011

Lillian Reinhardt, age 85, of Henderson, Nevada passed away on September 21, 2011. She was born July 7, 1926 in Englewood, New Jersey to Stephen Carraciola and Lena Grussie Carraciola.

Lillian married Albert Reinhardt on July 22, 1945 in Ridgefield, New Jersey. They moved to the Las Vegas area in 1979. Lillian was Catholic and had a...

Sep 18, 2011

James "Jack" Gordon Kerr passed away Sunday, September 18, 2011 at the Veterans Home, in Boulder City. James was born October 9, 1924 in Los Angeles, CA. James loved the outdoors especially when it came to hunting and fishing. Jack and his wife Ruth enjoyed going to ghost towns looking for old lost treasurers. He also loved his dog...

Sep 17, 2011

Erma Shivley age 96 of Boulder City passed away on September 17, 2011. She was born on May 30, 1915 in Lincoln, Nebraska to Simon Ranum and Mabel Houk Ranum.

When Erma was a young girl her family moved to a farm in Eastern Colorado. Around the age of 23 she moved to Denver and met and...

Sep 17, 2011

Melvin "Sandy" Sanderson quietly left this earth on September 17, 2011 with his loving wife and daughters at his side. Sandy was born December 30, 1936 to Roy and Marguerete Sanderson; he was oldest of 5 siblings. He met Jane in 1982 and enjoyed 30 years of true love and friendship. They loved to entertain at their home and...

Sep 16, 2011

Lieutenant Colonel Joe Rios Saucedo Jr. age 59, passed away on September 16, 2011 at his home in Henderson, Nevada. He was born on November 1, 1951 in Dallas, Texas to Joe Rios Saucedo Sr and Celia Espinoza Saucedo.

Joe is survived by his wife Vilma Saucedo; three children Jennifer (George) Espinoza, Jessica Saucedo, Jason (Kelly) Saucedo;...

Sep 14, 2011

Marilyn Lee Buckhart Rzeminski, age 73, of Boulder City, Nevada passed away on September 14, 2011 at Nathan Adelson Hospice in Las Vegas, Nevada. She was born on October 8, 1937 in San Francisco, California to Steven William Jackson and Olive Sollee Jackson.

She loved to listen to music, watch her favorite soap operas, and being outside....