Obituaries

Yerington, Nevada Obituaries

Cynthia Nita Munn

Cynthia Nita Munn

Nov 14, 2016

Cynthia Nita Munn passed away at her home in Yerington on Monday, November 14, 2016. She was 59. She was born in Van Nuys, California on November 30, 1956 the daughter of Arnold and Barbara (Smith) Mendenhall. She married Kirk L. Munn on July 19, 1975 in Van Nuys. Cynthia has lived in Yerington for over 15 years coming from...

Susan Tibbals Munson

Susan Tibbals Munson

Nov 1, 2016

Susan Lynn Tibbals Munson passed away at her home in Yerington on Monday, November 1, 2016. She was 64. Susan was born in Bishop, California on March 23, 1952 the daughter of Joseph and Janice (Kixmiller) Tibbals. Susan moved from Bishop, California as child to Yerington and has lived in Yerington for over 56 years.  She loved animals. She is...

Larry Joe Williams

Larry Joe Williams

Oct 27, 2016

Larry Joe Williams passed away on Thursday, October 27, 2016 at the South Lyon Medical Center of natural causes in Yerington, Nevada. He was 70. Larry was born in Elwood, Indiana om March 28, 1946 the son of Ross and Alice Williams. In keeping with Larry wishes there will be no Memorial service. Family and friends are invited to sign...

Ada M Johnson

Ada M Johnson

Oct 23, 2016

Ada M. Johnson died Sunday, October 23, 2016 of natural causes at her home in Yerington, Nevada, at the age of 95. The daughter of Christen and Christina (Peterson) Thonesen, she was married to Malcolm Johnson for 56 years, until his death in 2000. Together they traveled extensively, visiting most of the United States along with countries in Europe and...

Romeo Rosaschi, Jr.

Romeo Rosaschi, Jr.

Oct 16, 2016

Romeo Rasaschi,, Jr. passed away on Sunday, October 16, 2016 at his home that he built. He was 93. Romeo was born in Dayton, Nevada on August 25, 1923 the son of Romeo and Evelyn (Ramos) Rosaschi. Romeo loved to work, he worked on the family ranch until it sold in 1965. He also served the Yerington community for 10...

Ronald Lee Stephens

Ronald Lee Stephens

Oct 15, 2016

Ronald Lee Stephens passed away Saturday, October 15, 2016 at the South Lyon Medical Center/Long Term Care. He was 80. Ron was born November 5, 1935 in The Dalles, Oregon the son of Dwane and Ivolene Stephens. He was a veteran having served in the US Navy. Ron had a PhD in Physics after attending U.C.L.A and Fordham University. Ron...

Roselyn Eloise Page

Roselyn Eloise Page

Oct 15, 2016

Our mother was born in Harrisburg, Oregon. It was in the midst of The Great Depression. Her mother, Carmen "Roberta" Whitaker named their daughter Roselyn Eloise Page. Her father, Archie Whitaker, soon moved the family to Southern California and they worked hard to provide a good life for their children. Eloise grew up alongside her older sister Shelley and her...

Florence Maye Hutchison

Florence Maye Hutchison

Oct 13, 2016

Florence Maye King was born in Idaho on December 17th, 1934, to Anna Maye and Earl Baily King. She had an older brother, Eugene, and a younger sister, Edna. The family moved around the country as Earl was in construction and went where there was work. The King family was introduced to Christ by missionaries when they were living in...

Frank "Willie" Booth

Frank "Willie" Booth

Sep 29, 2016

Frank W. (Willie) Booth II, 63, passed away in a tragic accident while hunting with his beloved son, Charlie, in Elko, Nevada on September 29, 2016. Born November 4, 1952, Willie, a lifelong native of Yerington, graduated from YHS in 1971. An outstanding athlete, Willie was inducted into the YHS football Hall of Fame. He continued his love of sports...

Charles "Charlie" Booth

Charles "Charlie" Booth

Sep 29, 2016

Charles (Charlie) Frank Booth, 35, passed away in a tragic accident, while on a hunting trip with his dad, Willie, on September 29, 2016 in rural Elko, Nevada. Born in Carson City, Nevada on October 18, 1980, a birthday he shared with his maternal grandmother Irene Crouse. Prior to his 1999 graduation from Yerington High School, Charlie was a member...

Robert Lowell Hussey

Robert Lowell Hussey

Sep 20, 2016

Robert Lowell Hussey passed away Tuesday morning, September 20, 2016 at Carson Tahoe Hospital in Carson City from complications of cancer. He was 71. Bob was born in Denver, Colorado on September 23, 1944 the son of Lowell and Marie (Reitz) Hussey. He lived in Yerington since 1955 coming from Arizona. He worked 31 years for the State of Nevada...

Imogene Walburn

Imogene Walburn

Sep 14, 2016

Imogene Walburn passed away on Wednesday morning, September 14, 2016 at Long Term Care, South Lyon Medical Center. She was 93. Imogene was born in Nevada, Missouri on September 13, 1923 the daughter of William and Alta (Summers) Ellis. She is survived by her son, Thomas Walburn, Jr. and his wife, Linda of Smith, NV; her brothers, James Ellis and...

Theresa "Tess" Barcellos

Theresa "Tess" Barcellos

Sep 7, 2016

Theresa "Tess" Elizabeth Barcellos, 91, passed away peacefully and surrounded by family in Reno on September 7th, 2016. The youngest daughter of Christopher and Grace Anfang McGowan, Tess was born in Yerington on April 26, 1925, and grew up with her brothers Gerald and Frank on the family ranch at the south end of Mason Valley. Tess was Yerington High...

Inez M. Jim

Inez M. Jim

Aug 30, 2016

Inez Mae Jim passed away on Tuesday, August 30, 2016 at the South Lyon Medical Center, Long Term Care in Yerington. She was 89. Inez was born in Yerington on January 31, 1927 the daughter of Dave and Ina (Penrose) Sharpe. She married Wesley Jim August 16, 1952 in Schurz. Inez had worked over 37 years as a Registered Nurse....

Windel Darrel Presley

Windel Darrel Presley

Aug 12, 2016

Windel D. Presley, age 82, passed away on Friday morning, August 12, 2016 in Carson City. Windel was born April 1, 1934 in Morganton, Arkansas, the son of Louis and Dollie (Cullum) Presley. The family moved to Merced, California three years later and settled in Winton, California in 1940. Windel graduated from Livingston High School, Livingston, Ca. He married Barbara...

Helen Ann Escobar

Helen Ann Escobar

Aug 9, 2016

Helen Ann Escobar passed away at her home, early Tuesday morning, August 9, 2016 in Yerington, Nevada. She was 86. Helen was born July 13, 1930 in Middletown, Rhode Island, the daughter of Jose Marques and Maria Silvia, who both immigrated from Portugal. In 1934, Helen, together with her mother and 4 siblings resided in Portugal, due to financial hardship....

Henry Roland Dreyer

Henry Roland Dreyer

Aug 6, 2016

Henry Roland Dreyer age 57 of Smith Valley left this mortal existence early Saturday morning, August 6th, to start haulin' hay in Heaven! Henry was born January 9, 1959 in Carson City, Nevada the son of Roland and Joan (McKenzie) Dreyer. Growing up in Minden on the Dreyer Ranch where the Dreyer hoggies ate their fill and wallowed by the...

David Craig Johnson

David Craig Johnson

Jul 30, 2016

David Craig Johnson, 54, passed into eternal life on Saturday, July 30, 2016. David was born in Schurz in 1962, and is a member of the Walker River Paiute Tribe. He is survived by his mother, Betty Reymus, sisters Karen Thompson (Doug) of Prescott, Arizona, and Cindy Benjamin, Schurz, Nevada. A celebration of life service will be held Sunday, August...

Mark Allen Smith

Mark Allen Smith

Jul 24, 2016

Mark Allen Smith, age 52, passed away Sunday, July 24, 2016 at the South Lyon Medical Center in Yerington. Mark's Memorial service will be held 12:30 pm Thursday, July 28 at the Community United Methodist Church, 221 North Main Street Yerington. Family and Friends are invited to sign his online guest book at www.FRFH.net, also sympathy cards may be sent...

Joy Marie Tibbals

Joy Marie Tibbals

Jul 21, 2016

Joy M. Tibbals, our beloved mother, grandmother, gigi, sister, aunt and friend passed away on Thursday, July 21, 2016, at South Lyon Health Center. She was 81. Joy was born on February 3, 1935, in Ogden, Utah, to Walter and Ella (Davidson) Millar. She will always be remembered as a hardworking, talented, caring, giving woman, with a kind heart who...

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