Robecca Ann Pond
Jan 8, 2008
Robecca Ann Pond passed away on Tuesday, January 8, 2008 at the South Lyon Medical Center in Yerington. She was 56. Robecca was born in Fallon, Nevada on August 15, 1951 the daughter of Orrin and Dolores (Davis) Howard. She is survived by her Father, Orrin Howard of Winnemucca; a sister-in-law, Twila Howard of Winnemucca and a nephew, Rick of...
Edgar Lawrence Pierce
Jan 6, 2008
Edgar L. "Larry" Pierce passed away on Sunday morning, January 6, 2008 at the South Lyon Medical Center in Yerington, Nevada. He was 78. Larry was born April 9, 1929 in Watertown, MA the son of Charles and Edith Pierce. He joined the US Navy in 1946 and married Margaret K. Nelson in Woburn, MA on June 12, 1948. They...
Jean Marie Cook
Jan 2, 2008
Jean Marie Cook passed away at her home in Yerington, Nevada early Wednesday morning, January 2, 2008. She was 66. Jean was born in Iowa on October 3, 1941 the daughter of Dale and Alice Marie (Christensen) Everson. She had married Vurniss LeRoy Cook on June 11, 1960 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Jean had worked for over 35 years as...
Helen R. Hawkins
Dec 31, 2007
Helen R. Hawkins passed away on Monday evening, December 31, 2007 at the South Lyon Medical Center in Yerington, Nevada. She was 97. Helen was born in Oklahoma on July 29, 1910 the daughter of Frank and Frances (Morrison) Thompson. She was educated in southern California. She spent many years as a teacher in southern California and after her retirement...
Patrick E. Dillon
Dec 19, 2007
Patrick Edward Dillon passed away at his home in Yerington on Wednesday afternoon, December 19, 2007. He was 41. Patrick was born in San Rafael, California on August 11, 1966 the son of Harry and Katherine (Swett)Dillon. He grew up in Claremore, Oklahoma where he graduated from high school. He has lived in Yerington for the past ten years coming...
Virginia Lee Soetaert
Dec 10, 2007
Virginia Lee Soetaert passed away Monday evening, December 10, 2007 at South Lyon Medical Center in Yerington, Nevada. She was 91. Virginia was born October 1, 1916 at home in Martin City, Missouri the daughter of Jesse and Verda Gray. She had graduated from Stanley High School in 1935. She married Charles Joseph Soetaert on April 19, 1939. They had...
Andy Straw
Dec 10, 2007
SOME PEOPLE COME INTO OUR LIVES AND QUICKLY GO....SOME STAY FOR A WHILE AND LEAVE FOOTPRINTS ON OUR HEARTS, AND WE ARE NEVER THE SAME. Percy Andrew 'Andy' Straw, Jr. passed away at his home on Monday morning, December 10, 2007 in Yerington, Nevada. He was 82. Andy was born in Jamestown, New York May 16, 1925 the son of...
Maxine Hansen
Dec 9, 2007
Audrey Maxine Booth Hansen, age 81 of Yerington, left this world to go to heaven early Sunday morning, December 9, 2007. She was born February 8, 1926 to Georgia June and Thomas Swithers Booth on Vernon, British Columbia, Canada. Her Mother moved the family to Yerington in 1926 when Maxine was 9 months old. According to family stories, her Mother...
Luella A. Herman
Dec 7, 2007
Luella A. Herman passed away Friday morning, December 7, 2007 at South Lyon Medical Center in Yerington. She was 91. Luella was born in California the daughter of Henry and Mary Steinbeck. She had married Ernest Herman in 1944. They had no children. She was a homemaker and also babysat at her home. She is survived by numerous nephews and...
Matt S. Hames
Dec 6, 2007
Matt S. Hames died on Thursday afternoon, December 6, 2007 from injuries received in an auto accident. He was 53. Matt was born in Glendale, California the son of Robert and Ruth Hames. Matt will be remembered and missed by all who knew him. He is survived by his brother, Jay Hames and sister, Pamela Hames; nephews, Jason, Joshua, Zachery...
Raymond Irving Mcdannell
Nov 26, 2007
Raymond Irving McDannell passed away at his home in Yerington on Monday morning, November 26, 2007. He was 78. Raymond was born in Cleveland, Ohio on June 11, 1929 the son of Raymond F. and Phyllis E. (Myers) McDannell. He was an Army veteran. He worked as a Motel Manager for many years. He lived in Yerington the past eight...
Donald A. Duncan
Nov 24, 2007
Donald A. Duncan passed away on Saturday morning, November 24, 2007 at the South Lyon Medical Center in Yerington, Nevada. He was 81. Donald was born March 27, 1926 in Stockton, California the son of Oscar and Irma Duncan. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II. He worked as an accountant most of his professional life, but...
Vivian Florence Walker
Nov 20, 2007
Vivian Florence Walker passed peacefully in her sleep on Tuesday morning, November 20, 2007 at the South Lyon Medical Center Long Term Care facility in Yerington, Nevada. She was 83. Vivian was born in Michigan on April 2, 1924 the daughter of Franklin and Ethel Bevier. She is survived by her children, Sharon, Clarence and Stephen; by her brothers, Donald...
Roberta Ann Ponder
Nov 17, 2007
On November 17, 2007, Roberta Ann Ponder, a great woman left this world to follow her beloved husband, Robert Ponder, into the afterlife. She was 63. Roberta, MOM to all who were close to her, touched lives deeply with her earnst and outspoken opinions on life and love. She made her years worthy of praise and pride. She was born...
Sharon Louise Palmer
Nov 9, 2007
Sharon Louise Palmer passed away on Friday morning, November 9, 2007 at the Highland Manor Conv. Hospital in Fallon, Nevada from complications related to Alzheimer's disease. She was 72. Sharon was born September 22, 1935 in Martinez, California the second child of three and the only girl to her parents C. L. (Barney) and Elizabeth Von Bima Bernard. She grew...
Peggy Ann Getchell
Nov 8, 2007
At her favorite time of day, which was sunrise, Peggy went to be with her Lord on November 8, 2007. She was 79. Peggy was born November 22, 1927 in Cincinnati, Ohi the daughter of Phil and Virginia (Newman) Bohannon. After graduating high school, she married Robert (Bob) Scheidt. They left Ohio for California in the late 1940's. Later she...
Joseph Edward Giomi
Nov 7, 2007
Joseph E. Giomi passed peacefully to join his wife, AnnaBelle, on November 7, 2007 at SLMC. Joe was born in the Mason Valley on March 10, 1918 the son of Frank and Cherabina. He went to Bartlett School, and yes he had to walk the five miles there and back. In 1936 he played in the legendary State football game...
Jack Mann
Nov 4, 2007
Jack Mann passed away on Sunday afternoon, November 4, 2007 at Renown Medical Center, Reno. He was 60. Born November 14, 1946, Allen Jackson Mann, Jr. in Escondido, California the son of Allen J. and Alice (Bowden)Mann. He graduated from Hemet High School in 1965. While in High School he participated in football and track. Competing in the California State...
Virginia Mcelroy
Oct 30, 2007
Virginia McElroy passed away on Tuesday afternoon, October 30, 2007 at the Northern Nevada Medical Center in Sparks, Nevada. She was 81. Virginia was born July 30, 1926 in Warren, Rhode Island to the Navy family of Raymond and Elsie Finan. She was the sixth of thirteen children. The family moved from the east coast and settled in San Diego...
Marge Pellegrini
Oct 29, 2007
Marge Pellegrini passed away at Renown Health Center in Reno on Monday after a brief illness. She was 83 and a lifelong resident of Yerington. Marge was born in Wabuska on March 24, 1924. She was the eldest child of Tony and Emma Wilslef Glock. As a small child she moved with her parents to the south end of the...
