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John Cazier
Private family services were held for John Cazier, 81, who passed away April 5 in Las Vegas.
He was born Nov. 11, 1924 in Huntington Beach, Calif., and was a 10-year resident of Pahrump. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army serving in World War II.
His wife Marge of Pahrump; son Chris (Joan) of Pahrump; grandchildren Tim (Katy) and Holly; and five great grandchildren survive him.
He is interred at Veterans Memorial cemetery in Boulder City. Bunker Brothers handled the arrangements. (4/5/06)
Keith Lyons
Pastor Keith M. Lyons, 70, passed away April 16. He was born Dec. 2, 1935 and was a retired pastor, serving at Living Waters (now Heritage) Bible Church in Pahrump from 1991 to 2003.
His wife of 51 years, Marnella; sons Keith M. Lyons, Jr. and Thomas (Patti); and grandchildren Tiffany and Mikayla survive him. He was a beloved brother, uncle, pastor and friend.
Services will be held at 4 p.m. Thursday at the church located at 3061 E. Heritage Drive at Homestead Road. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to the Heritage Bible Church building fund. (4/16/06)
Kimberlie Bowdre
Services for Kimberlie Sue Bowdre, 39, who passed away April 17 in Pahrump, will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday at St. Martin's Episcopal Church, 631 W. Irene.
She was born Nov. 21, 1966 in Seattle, Wash. She was a 5-year resident of Pahrump, coming from Tacoma, Wash.
She was a teacher's aide, employed by Nye County schools, and held an AA in business administration.
Her husband Timothy of Pahrump; sons Daniel, Joshua and Michael, all of Pahrump; mother Pricilla (Don) Hutchins of Apache Junction, Ariz.; father Bob Robbins of Centralia, Wash.; brothers Bill and Rick; and sisters Cindy and Sandy survive her.
Donations in lieu of flowers may be made to the Even Start Program, Nye County School District.
Pahrump Family Mortuary handled the arrangements. (04/17/06)
Amanda Brown
Services for Amanda Faye (Welton) Brown, 31, who passed away from malignant melanoma April 15 at her home in Pahrump, will be held at 1 p.m. Monday at the Central Christian Church in Henderson. Interment will be in Mill City, Ore.
She was born Oct. 27 in Hayward, Calif. When she was 5 years old, she and her family moved to Penn Valley, Calif., where she eventually attended Pleasant Valley High School. She then came to Las Vegas in 1989, where she attended Bonanza High School.
After graduation, she worked as an administrative assistant at UNLV for almost five years. On May 6, 2000, she married
the love of her life, Michael Brown. They purchased a home in Pahrump and moved here from Las Vegas in 2004.
She had an unwavering faith in God. She was embraced by her adoring husband Michael and surrounded by her loving family and closest friends when she passed away.
Her husband Michael Wayne Brown, saxophone player for Ivan Kane's Fourty Deuce; father Dwight (Vicki) Welton of Pahrump; mother Connie (Al) Spindel of Mill City; sister Kristi Welton of Las Vegas; grandparents Boyd and Lois Welton and George Williams, all of Hayward; her three kitties, "The Boys," TigTig, Sammy and Mosie; and many loving family members and friends survive her.
Her grandmother Phyllis Gibson of Las Vegas preceded her in death in January 2000.
Pahrump Family Mortuary handled the arrangements. (04/15/06)
Barbara Cleveland
Services for Barbara Cleveland, 49, of Pahrump, who died April 15 in Pahrump, will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at the Pahrump Winery.
She was born July 22, 1956 in Queens, N.Y. She moved to Nevada in 1982 and to Pahrump in the early 1990s, with her husband David, who with his wife owned Valley Homes in Pahrump.
Barbara was trained in classical ballet and acting, she loved camping, fishing, gardening, and photography, NASCAR and worked for many organizations engaged in the battle against pancreatic and other cancers.
She is survived by her husband, David, of Pahrump; father Jerry Padell of Pahrump; Sister Linda of Connecticut; a niece and nephew, Amanda and Glenn Greenberg; and many loving friends. (04/15/06)
Erma Bledsoe
Services for Erma Claire Bledsoe, 90, who passed away April 14 in Pahrump, were held April 22 at Chief Tecopa cemetery.
She was born Aug. 3, 1915 in Buchanan, N.D. She was a 33-year resident of Pahrump, coming from Las Vegas.
She worked as a secretary. She was also a very charitable person.
Her daughter Sydney Waggoner of Pahrump; son Jerry Bledsoe; eight grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren survive her.
Her parents, husband, brothers and sisters preceded her in death.
Neptune Society of Nye County handled the arrangements. (04/14/06)
Richard Shores
A memorial service for Richard L. Shores, who passed away April 19, will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday at the First Southern Baptist Church, Highway 160 and Moran Street.
His wife Joye of Pahrump; son Steven and his family of Salt Lake City; son Douglas and his family of Vancouver, Wash.; daughter Cindy and her family of Damascus, Va., mother Mary L. Shores of Fresno, Calif.; brother Ronald and his family of Sacramento, Calif.; nine grandchildren; and one great grandchild survive him.
His father and sister preceded him in death.
Donations in lieu of flowers may be made to Nathan Adelson Hospice.
Neptune Society of Nye County handled the arrangements. (04/19/06)
Lora Novak
Lora I. Novak, 69, of Amargosa Valley, passed away April 19 at Nathan Adelson Hospice in Las Vegas.
She was born Feb. 8, 1937 in Tennessee. She was a former resident of Pahrump and Death Valley Junction, Calif., before moving to Amargosa Valley.
She managed the Amargosa Hotel at Death Valley Junction for many years.
Her sons David (Anne) Gray of Amargosa Valley and John D. Gray of Moreland, Ga.; grandchildren Laura Gray of Furnace Creek, Edward Gray of Tucson, Ariz., and Jonathan Gray of Moreland; sisters Joyce Nolte of Reno, Lynn Delille of Mt. Juliet, Tenn., and Sandra Wangsness of Reno; three great grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews survive her.
Her parents John W. Rice and Stella Franklin Rice of Tennessee and husband Edward Novak preceded her in death.
She wished for her body to be donated to medical research and for her ashes to be divided: half to be scattered off Dante's View and half to be buried at the cemetery in Death Valley Junction, next to her beloved husband Edward.
Donations in lieu of Flowers may be made to Nathan Adelson Hospice in Pahrump or Las Vegas. (04/19/06)
Thomas Allen
Thomas "Tommy" Allen, 58, of Henderson, passed away April 22, at home holding his wife's hand, after a heroic battle with cancer. Services will be at 6 p.m. Friday at Palm Mortuary, 800 S. Boulder Highway.
He was born Oct. 20, 1947 in Binghamton, N.Y. He lived in Las Vegas and Henderson for more than 25 years.
He worked as a bartender and cab driver and spent his later years working as an employee of Target in Henderson.
His beloved wife and best friend Kathy; parents Jerry and Eileen Allen of Pahrump; father and mother-in-law Robyn and Joan Sweetser of Henderson; daughter Tricia Allen of Florida; sisters Jennifer Chumbley of Las Vegas and Casey Michael of Pahrump; and nephew Nick Johnson of Pahrump survive him.
His brothers John and Jimmy Allen and nephew Barry James Carnie preceded him in death.
Memorial contributions in lieu of flowers may be made to the American Cancer Society. (04/22/06)
Ocie Weese
Private services will be held for Ocie Weese, 82, who passed away April 22 in Amargosa Valley.
She was born Dec. 14, 1923 in Missouri. She was a 4-year resident of Amargosa, coming from California.
Her husband Bealord Weese of Amargosa; son Larry Weese of Amargosa; daughter Barbara Olson of Amargosa; Glynn Widel of Missouri; Harry Widel of Missouri; Albert (Bud) Needle of Missouri; Claral (Peggy) Miller of Arizona; four grandchildren; and five great grandchildren survive her.
Pahrump Family Mortuary handled the arrangements. (04/22/06)
Kaitlyn Nichols
Services were held for Kaitlyn Louise Nichols, 2, who passed away March 5 at Children's Sunrise Hospital in Las Vegas.
She was born Sept. 17, 1003 in Las Vegas.
Her parents Eric and Shanna Nichols; brother Cole, 6; twin sister Erica, 2; sister Amy, 1; and grandparents Rick and Brenda Cassidy and James and Shanna Jackson survive her.
Palm Mortuary-Eastern in Las Vegas handled the arrangements. (03/05/06)
Rita Gronda
A memorial service for Rita Mary Gronda, 69, who passed away April 24, will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at the Pahrump Community Church, 1060 E. Wilson Road.
She was born Nov. 28, 1936 in Rockwood, Mich. She was a 13-year resident of Pahrump, coming from Grosse Ile, Mich.
She was a homemaker and a member of the Sacred Heart Church in Grosse Ile.
Her husband Charles Gronda of Pahrump; daughter Charlene (William) Olson of Pahrump; sisters Kay Bourassa of Rockwood and Sarah (Bernard) Rowan of Monroe, Mich.; and one grandchild survive her.
Her sister Elveta Bourassa; brothers Hughie and Douglas; sons Charles Gronda Jr., and Hughie Gronda; and parents Hughie and Pearl Bourassa preceded her in death.
Donations in lieu of flowers may be made to the Pahrump Community Church Building fund.
Pahrump Family Mortuary handled the arrangements. (04/24/06)
Laura Novak
On Wednesday, April 19, 2006 at 6 a.m., my very dear friend of 10 years passed away. Lori had been in the hospice program for well over a year and when her health took a turn for the worse, she had been taken to the Nathan Adelson Hospice Center on Swenson Street in Las Vegas. This was where she spent the last 2-and-a-half weeks of her life.
Her sons David and John; daughter-in-law Anne; granddaughter Laura; grandson Jonathan; and two of her sisters, Sandy and Joyce had all spent time with Lori while she was at the hospice center. I too was there with her on her journey of dying, as was another dear friend, Jack. It was a painful time for all of us; so many tears were shed as we watched her life fading away.
Lori, I will miss you as a very dear and close best friend. Your humor, your wonderful wealth of information on so many countless things, the many trips to town that we made each week for shopping and eating out and just "hanging out." Our scrabble games and the daily phone calls will be sorely missed. Friends like you are real treasures that don't come along often. I certainly never wanted to lose you, but your time on this earth came to its close and once again a tremendous loss of friendship has hit me. I feel as a single star on a dark night.
I love you, Lori, my friend. You are missed by so many others whose lives you have touched over the years, but as the best friend I ever had, you are especially missed by me. Thank you for being my friend.
I miss you, my dear friend. I love you always.
KAREN GILLIGAN
AMARGOSA VALLEY
