Obituaries
Yerington, Nevada Obituaries
Janice Parker Frost
Jan 17, 2009
Janice P. Frost passed away at her home in Minden, Nevada on Saturday afternoon, January 17, 2009. She was 86. Janice was born in Ysketa Valley, Texas on May 4, 1922 the daughter of Gus and Katherine (Hooks) Parker. Janice was a gift to the world. She was a role model to both young and old, as well as a...
Ada Leola Cruickshank
Jan 15, 2009
Ada Leola Cruickshank passed away 4 months short of her 100th birthday on Thursday afternoon, January 15, 2009 at the South Lyon Medical Center, LTC in Yerington. She was 99 years 8 Months 4 Days of age. Ada was born in Paso Robles, California on May 11, 1909 the daughter of Herbert and Gertrude Orton. She had married Clarence Cruickshank...
Ray 'Tuti' Menesini
Jan 14, 2009
Ray "Tuti" Menesini a member of the pioneer Menesini family in Mason Valley passed away Wednesday morning, January 14, 2009 after a brief stay in the hospital. He was 78. Ray was born in Yerington on June 6, 1930 the son of John and Marguerite (Pasquino) Menesini. Ray grew up on the Menesini Ranch, attended 8 years at the Barrett...
Enrico Sacchini
Jan 12, 2009
Enrico "Rico" Sacchini passed away early Monday morning, January 12, 2009 at the Long Term Care of South Lyon Medical Center in Yerington, Nevada. He was 81. Rico was born in Yerington, Nevada on June 25, 1927 the son of Angelo and Jeanette (Menesini) Sacchini. He grew up in Yerington attending schools here and graduating from Yerington High School. He...
Dennis L. Mccalip
Jan 12, 2009
Dennis L. McCalip went to our Lord early Monday morning, January 12, 2009. He was 57 Years 5 Months 23 Days of age.. Dennis was born July 21, 1951 in Santa Maria, California the son of Charles and Juanita McCalip. He was a Veteran having served in the United States Air Force during Vietnam. Before moving to Luning he spent...
Robert Caplinger
Jan 11, 2009
Robert Lee 'Cap' Caplinger passed away at his home in Wellington, Nevada on Sunday, January 11, 2009. He was 81. He was born in San Diego, California on November 15, 1927 the son of Guy and Corinne Caplinger. He grew up in southern California and attended school in Hemet, California. He was a World War II veteran and a Korean...
Wallace A. "Buzz" Davis
Jan 9, 2009
Wallace A. Davis passed away Friday evening, January 9, 2009 at the Banner Churchill Memorial Hospital in Fallon. He was 87. Wallace was born in California on May 9, 1921 the son of Washington and Emma (Sell) Davis. He had lived in Silver Springs for 32 years coming from Placerville, California. He had owned and operated a gravel Quarry for...
Gerald Leland Madden
Jan 8, 2009
Gerald Leland Madden passed away Thursday evening, January 8, 2009 at the South Lyon Medical Center-Long Term Care in Yerington, Nevada. He was 92. Gerald was born in Halfa, Iowa on July 14, 1916 the son of George W. and Alta (Kohl) Madden. He graduated from Halfa High School in 1934 and chose farming as his career. He married Lois...
Pearl Ellington
Jan 6, 2009
Lillian Susan Pearl Ellington passed away after a short illness on Tuesday morning, January 6, 2009 at the Renown Medical Center in Reno. She was 84. Pearl was born in Luttonlins, England on April 14, 1924. She met her husband, Joseph 'Bill' Ellington in England while he was stationed there serving in the US Army. They returned to the United...
Myrtle Gelmstedt
Jan 6, 2009
Myrtle Glemstedt passed away at her residence at Just Like Home in Yerington on Tuesday evening, January 6, 2009. She was 97. Myrtle was born in Mason, Nevada the daughter of George and Annie Keema. She graduated from Yerington High School and then attended the University of Nevada, Reno. Myrtle married Carl Gelmstedt in 1933. She worked as a Teacher...
Bonnie Ruth Hammond
Jan 4, 2009
Bonnie Ruth Hammond passed away on Sunday afternoon, January 4, 2009 at the Renown Medical Center in Reno. She was 79. Bonnie was born in Arkansas on June 6, 1929. She married Franklin Hammond in Los Angeles, California on June 30, 1946. She has lived in Yerington the past 21 years coming from Simi Valley, California. She enjoyed sewing and...
Helen Scatena
Dec 31, 2008
Pan Scatena passed away peacefully, with family at her side, on December 31,200 at her Nazareth House residence in San Rafael, CA at age 96. She was a beloved wife, mother, sister, aunt, grandmother, great-grandmother and friend. Pan will be greatly missed by her family and many friends. She was born in Reno, NV on January 21, 1912 the daughter...
Faith Jenny Engleman
Dec 26, 2008
Faith Jenny Engleman passed away on Friday morning, December 26, 2008 at the South Lyon Medical Center, Yerington, Nevada. She was 83. Faith was born in Glendale, Arizona on July 22, 1925 the daughter of William and Betty Niles. She had been a resident of Yerington for the past ten years and a member of the Holy Family Catholic Church....
Belle Mackey
Dec 25, 2008
Bonnie Belle Mackey went to meet Jesus on his birthday, Christmas-day; December 25, 2008. She was 88. Belle was born in Fremont, Nebraska, April 21, 1920 the daughter of Allen and Cecile Wilson. She moved with her Mother in 1933 to Idaho. She married George Mackey and they had lived in California, Oregon and then in Wellington, Nevada and finally...
Barbara Marie Bowden
Dec 25, 2008
Barbara Marie Bowden passed away on Thursday evening, December 25, 2008 at the South Lyon Medical Center/Long Term Care in Yerington. She was 79. Barbara was born in Stuart, Nebraska on January 28, 1929 the daughter of Joseph and Margaret (McPhee) Riggs. She married Melvin H. Bowden in Escondido, California on December 12, 1949. She lived in Yerington for the...
James Richard Killeen
Dec 23, 2008
James Richard Killeen passed away at his home in Yerington, Nevada on Tuesday, December 23, 2008. He was 66. James was born in Newark, New Jersey on May 1, 1942 the son of John and Marie (Drewes) Killeen. He married his first wife Donna Kahn in 1962. He had lived in Yerington for the past 28 years. He workded as...
David Russell Gillmore Lacey
Dec 20, 2008
PLEASE NOTE THAT THE CELEBRATION OF LIFE SERVICE HAS BEEN CHANGED TO MARCH 7, 2009 David passed away peacefully at his home on Saturday morning, December 20, 2008 with his wife and boys at his side. He had a long battle with pancreatic cancer, he fought hard up the minute of his passing. David was born December 17, 1938 at...
Joseph Warren Salz
Dec 11, 2008
Joseph Warren Salz passed away early Thursday morning, December 11, 2008 at the South Lyon Medical Center in Yerington, Nevada. He was 86. Joseph was born in San Francisco, California on August 17, 1922 the son of Joseph and Esther (Snoreen) Salz. He attended Santa Rosa Junior College, where he still holds a record while he was a member on...
Ricky Martin Quartz
Dec 7, 2008
Ricky Martin Quartz passed away in Reno, Nevada on Sunday, December 7, 2008. He was 59. Ricky was born in Schurz, Nevada on August 20, 1949 the son of Leslie and Margaret (Jones) Quartz. He was a lifelong resident of the area and enjoyed hunting and fishing. He is survived by his sister, Shirley Eagle of Yerington and numerous nieces...
Susannah Dechambeau
Dec 6, 2008
Susannah "Sue' Hall Ward DeChambeau passed away Saturday afternoon, December 6th, 2008 at the South Lyon Medical Center/Long Term Care in Yerington. She wa 96. Sue was born in Mill Valley, California on August 24, 1912 the daughter of Roy and May Ward. She graduated from Stanford University in 1935. On June 28, 1952 she married the love of her...
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