Obituaries

Gail Louise Steinman

Jun 27, 2020

Gail Louise Steinman passed away on Saturday, June 27, 2020 at the South Lyon Medical Center in Yerington.  She was 70.

Gail was born in Bakersfield, California on December 27, 1949 the daughter of Forrest and Mary Louise (Becas) Ehret.  She married Marvin Steinman in Las Vegas, Nevada on November 16, 1974.

She had worked...

Sylvia Marie Grimm

Jun 26, 2020

Sylvia Marie Grimm passed away at the Renown Medical Center in Reno on Friday, June 26, 2020.  She was 84.

Sylvia was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on September 24, 1935.  She had lived in Yerington for the past 30 years and had worked at Mason Valley residence for many years.  She was known as the "Yerington Hat...

Vaughn "Butch" Smith, Jr

Jun 25, 2020

Vaughn Raymond Smith, Jr passed away at his home in Yerington on Thursday, June 25, 2020.  He was 66.

Vaughn was born in Los Angeles, California on May 6, 1954 the son of Vaughn and Dorotha (Caswell) Smith.

Vaughn, also known by 'Butch and 'Shine', has been a resident of Yerington for the past 21...

Merlin Theodore Mccandless

Jun 24, 2020

Merlin Theodore McCandless born on October 4, 2001 in Fallon, Nevada. Merlin grew up and resided in Yerington, Nevada. Merlin recently graduated from Yerington High School on June 6, 2020 where he was honored to be freshman class president. Starting at an incredibly young age, Merlin loved to learn new things. At age 3 he started learning magic with...

Donald Lewis Jones

Jun 23, 2020

Donald L. Jones was loved by family and friends spanning the places he lived from Ohio to California, Nevada, and Idaho.

Don was born January 31, 1928, and passed June 23, 2020 at the age of 92.  Don had one son named Roger from his first marriage that lasted from 1946 until the mid - 1960s. His...

Sandra Stone Sargent

Jun 22, 2020

Sandra Stone Sargent passed peacefully on Monday afternoon, June 22, 2020, surrounded by her loved ones at her home in Carson City, Nevada. She was 71 years old.

Born in Schurz, Nevada on October 21, 1948, the only child of Marjorie (Stevens) and Thurman Stone. While her...

Scott Richard Brown

Jun 13, 2020

Scott Richard Brown passed away suddenly in Scottsdale Arizona in the presence of his fiancé, Bernadette Gonzalez on Saturday June 13, 2020. He was 51 years old.

He was born in Schurz, Nevada on January 12, 1969, the son of Delphine Brown.

Scott was a resident of Scottsdale, Arizona and Yerington Nevada. He was engaged...

William Leroy Schmidt

Jun 12, 2020

A Small Man with a Huge Presence

William "Bill" Schmidt, born May 20, 1935, passed away peacefully on Friday, June 12, 2020 at Northern Nevada Medical Center in Sparks, Nevada. He was 85 years old. His grandson Cody Bohman and Cody's wife, Amber, were at his side.

Bill was born in Corona, California and grew...

Wayne Monahan

Jun 4, 2020

Wayne R. Monahan known by many as "Grandpa", passed away at his home in Yerington, Nevada on June 4, 2020. He was 82 years 11 months. Wayne was born weighing 13 pounds in West Line Township,  (Lucan), Minnesota on June 28, 1937 at home.  The Youngest son to Robert (RC) and Caroline (Bolster) Monahan. He was the youngest child of...

Judy Shope

May 30, 2020

Judy J. Shope, 80, passed away on Saturday morning, May 30, 2020 after a short illness, with her family by her side.

Judy was born in Smith Valley, Nevada on November 10, 1939 to Pasquale Acciari and Palma Bianchini-Acciari (Lommori) who predeceased her. She is also predeceased by brother Joe Acciari, sisters Lola Lerg, Madeline Acciari and...

Norman Elwood Pierson

May 29, 2020

Norman Elwood Pierson passed away at his home in Smith on Friday evening, May 29, 2020.  He was 77.

He was born October 9, 1942 in San Jose, California the son of Elwood and Dorothy (Thayer) Pierson.  He married Roxanna (Roxy) Shaw in Carson City on October 31, 1972.  He worked as an Appliance Service Tech and...

Madeline May Aeschlimann

May 22, 2020

On Friday, May 22, 2020 Madeline May Aeschlimann passed away at the age of 93 at the Mason Valley Residence.

Madeline was born January 13, 1927 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania to Erik and Elmo (Bishop) Rumstedt.  She graduated from Olney High School, Philadelphia, PA in June of 1944.  Upon graduation she put her office skills to work with...

Virginia Ruth Nish

May 21, 2020

Virginia Ruth (Fincher) Nish, 84, went to be with her Lord and Savior on May 21, 2020.

Virginia was born March 7, 1936 in Fairfield, California the daughter of William and Pearl Mae (Hutchinson) Fincher.  She was one of six daughters of Bill Fincher; Dejah Marie (Cabral), Madge Myree (Dietrich), Emma Lee (Fagundes), Wilda Jean (Knoblock) and...

Barbara Jean Presley

May 18, 2020

Barbara J. (Martin) Presley, age 86, passed away on Monday, May 18, 2020, in Carson City, Nevada.

Barbara was born on September 16, 1933, in Modesto, California, the daughter of Edward and Myrtle (Kintcher) Martin.  Barbara grew up in the area and met her life-long love, Windel Presley while attending Livingston High School graduating in 1951.  She...

Veronica Jean Fenili

May 15, 2020

Veronica Jean Fenili, 75, passed away on Thursday, May 14, 2020 and finally found peace after a long battle with dementia.

Veronica is survived by her husband of 49 years Peter Fenili of Smith Valley, Nevada and her daughter Dana Fenili and son in law Thomas Doll of Yerington, Nevada  She is predeceased by her mother Lois Wall ...

Theodore And Elsie Faber

May 5, 2020

Theodore and Elsie passed away peacefully at their home in Yerington . Ted left us on March 7, 2020; he was 101. Missing her husband of nearly 76 years, Elsie passed away peacefully a brief two months later on May 5, 2020; she was 99.

Ted, the country boy, was born the third oldest of...

Norma Gomez-Pineda

Apr 30, 2020

Norma A. Gomez-Pineda passed away on Thursday, April 30, 2020 at Carson Tahoe Regional Hospital in Carson City.  She was 48.

Norma's funeral service will be held 1:00 am Friday, May 8th at the Holy Family Catholic Church in Yerington with burial to follow at the Valley View Cemetery. Because of the COVID-19 restrictions on gatherings...