Obituaries

Yerington, Nevada Obituaries

Paul Patrick

Paul Patrick

Dec 8, 2020

Paul Patrick passed away peacefully at his home in Yerington on Tuesday, December 8, 2020.  He was 75.

He was born in Australia in 1945.  He was a veteran having served in the US Army.  Retired from AT&T after 36 years of service, he was also an active Mason for over 50 years, and a member of...

Deborah Ann Giomi

Deborah Ann Giomi

Dec 3, 2020

Deborah Ann Weeks Giomi passed away on December 3, 2020 after a battle with cancer.

Debby was born on December 18, 1948 to Lon and Jeanne (Costello) Weeks at Virginia Mason Hospital in Seattle, Washington.  She grew up in the Kent Valley surrounded by loving grandparents and mother, as well as her younger siblings, Cynthia and George. ...

Shane Soukup

Shane Soukup

Dec 1, 2020

Shane Anthony Soukup passed away at his home in Silver Springs on Tuesday, December 1, 2020.  He was 28. Shane was born August 27, 1992 in Reno, Nevada to Kirk and Deanna Soukup. He graduated from Dayton High School in 2011. Shane is preceded in death by his mother, Deanna and survived by his father Kirk and daughter Anastasia. Shane...

Theodore R. Rempp, Jr

Theodore R. Rempp, Jr

Nov 30, 2020

Theodore Roosevelt Rempp, Jr passed away at his home in Yerington on Monday, November 30, 2020.  He was 90.

Ted was born July 10, 1930 in Los Angeles, California the son of Theodore and Aurolyn (Vandivert).  He attended schools in Pasadena, California, in Hawthorne, NV and graduated from Yerington High School the class of 1949.

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Lisa Sanford

Lisa Sanford

Nov 13, 2020

After a brief illness, Yerington resident Lisa Nelson Sanford passed away November 13, 2020 while in hospice care at her daughter's Reno home.  She was 68.

Lisa was born April 4, 1952 in Cedar City, Utah to Gene and Phyllis Holt Nelson; and at the age of 3 months, moved with her family to Weed Heights, Nevada...

Hazel Adams

Hazel Adams

Nov 6, 2020

Hazel Adams was born February 11, 1931 at Tagus Camp 7 in Tulare County, CA to Howard and Mary (Stanitzky) Avant. Hazel came to the end of her long journey through the darkness of dementia on November 6, 2020, at the age of 89, in Reno, NV. The youngest of six children, she was the last of her generation. Hazel...

Janae Bristol

Janae Bristol

Oct 26, 2020

Leah Janae Bristol passed away in south Jordan, Utah on Monday, October 26, 2020.  She was 81.

Janae was born in Lehi, Utah on April 5, 1939 the daughter of Vern and Vernice Curtis.

Funeral services were held in Utah and her graveside service was held Wednesday, November 4, 2020 at the family plot in...

Lorene Tingle Compston

Lorene Tingle Compston

Oct 21, 2020

Lorene Tingle Compston, beloved mother, grandmother, and great grandmother was born on June 25, 1927 to Earl and Lena Scaggs in Tryon, OK. She passed away peacefully on October 21, 2020 at the age of 93.

Lorene moved to Yerington, NV in 1955 with her late husband Bill Tingle. They had two children together, Bill Jr. and...

Lota Louise Rosaschi

Lota Louise Rosaschi

Oct 20, 2020

Lota Louise Rosaschi passed away at her home in Yerington on Tuesday, October 20, 2020.  She was 89.

Lota was born in Stillwater, Oklahoma the daughter of Louis and Mucie Madewell.  She married Romeo Rosaschi, Jr August 12, 1948.  She had lived in Yerington for over 82 years.  She was a member of the Copper Hills Bible...

Wilson Eugene Thomas

Wilson Eugene Thomas

Oct 16, 2020

Wilson Eugene Thomas was born December 31, 1930 to Lewis Thomas and Lorraine Raper of Bauxite, Arkansas.   He passed away at St. Mary's Regional Medical Center in Reno, Nevada, on October 16, 2020.  He was 89.

As a young child, Wilson's parents divorced and he moved to Southern California with his mother, who later married Leonard Duarte. ...

Yvonne Lucile Rife

Yvonne Lucile Rife

Oct 10, 2020

Yvonne Rife, 85, succumbed to the coronavirus on October 10, 2020 after a rapid decline.  "God saw that she was suffering and a cure was not to be.  So he put his arms around her and whispered, 'Come with Me.' With tear-filled eyes, we watched her quickly fade away.  Although we loved her dearly, we could not make her...

Helen Katherine Charavay

Helen Katherine Charavay

Oct 7, 2020

Helen Katherine Charavay passed away at the South Lyon Medical Center in Yerington on Wednesday,, October 7, 2020.  She was 93.

Helen was born in Big Bay, Michigan on August 3, 1927 the daughter of Chester and Lillian Cram.  She had married Frederick Charavay and he preceded her in death in 2009.  Helen had lived in Yerington...

Anne W. Erkkila

Anne W. Erkkila

Oct 7, 2020

Anne Wines Erkkila, of Yerington, was a Dr. Mary Baby, born at the old hospital in Yerington, on January 9, 1947 to Albert and Lorraine (Schmaling) Wines. Anne grew up in Smith Valley, but lived most of her adult life in Yerington. She was preceded in death by her parents, grandparents, Clyde and Verna (Bradshaw) Wines and Alfred...

Arthur 'Art' See

Arthur 'Art' See

Oct 5, 2020

On Monday October 5, 2020 Arthur F. See II was called home to our Lord in Heaven.  He was born on August 29, 1946, in New York, New York.  He was the eldest of 3 brothers and 3 sisters born to Arthur and Dorothy See.

Arthur Fillmore See enlisted in the Army with Charlie Company 2...

Dorothy Rodgers

Dorothy Rodgers

Oct 2, 2020

Dorothy Isabel Rodgers passed away on Friday evening, October 2, 2020 at the Mason Valley Residence facility in Yerington, Nevada.  She was 93.

Dorothy was born in Brisbane, Australia on September 11, 1927.  She married Marion Rodgers in Carson City, Nevada on August 27, 1967.

Dorothy was a Life Member of Eastern Star.  She enjoyed...

Melanie Ann Romo-Skroch

Melanie Ann Romo-Skroch

Oct 1, 2020

Melanie Ann Romo-Skroch passed away on Thursday, October 1, 2020 at the Renown Regional Medical Center in Reno.  She was 37.

Melanie was born in Reno, Nevada on June 14, 1983 the daughter of Robert and Frances (Johnson) Romo.  She married Timothy Skroch in Yerington on December 18, 2009.

Melanie enjoyed very much spending time...

Joe 'Coyote" Mccann

Joe 'Coyote" Mccann

Sep 27, 2020

Joe McCann passed away at his home in Yerington with family by his side on Sunday, September 27, 2020.  He was 93.

Joe was born in Yerington, Nevada on July 10, 1927 the son of Ed and Maime (Dempsey) McCann.

Joe had worked in Agriculture and also worked at the ski resort in June Lake...

Arlene Mae Benjamin

Arlene Mae Benjamin

Sep 21, 2020

Arlene Mae Benjamin passed away at her home in Yerington on Monday, September 21, 2020.  She was 82.

Arlene was born in Schurz, Nevada on September 9, 1938 the daughter of Thomas and Mae Benjamin.

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Cecilia Emm

Cecilia Emm

Sep 6, 2020

Cecilia Johnson-Emm died peacefully at her home in Yerington, Nevada on September 6, 2020, at the age of 78.

Cecilia was born in Yerington, Nevada to Juanita Conway-Johnson and Francis Johnson. Cecilia met and married her husband Elwood Emm Sr., and had five (5) children, she attended the local nursing program where she received her GED and...

Pauline Mae Stockton

Pauline Mae Stockton

Sep 3, 2020

Beloved mother, grandmother, great- grandmother and great-great-grandmother, Pauline Mae (McCutcheon) Stockton passed away on Wednesday September 3, 2020 at the age of 92 in Yerington, Nevada.

Pauline was born on September 26 th , 1927 in her family home in Snowball, Arkansas to parents Perry and Nettie Mae McCutcheon.

At an early age Pauline moved...

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