Richard Eugene Babcock
Sep 6, 2007
Richard Eugene Babcock passed away on Thursday, September 6, 2007 at the Renown Regional Medical Center in Reno. He was 80. Richard was born in Redmond, Oregon on October 18, 1926 the son of William and Della (Tuttle) Babcock, He was a World War II Navy veteran. Richard lived in the Yerington area for the past 15 years. He was...
Rosie P. Farrell
Aug 31, 2007
Rosie P. Farrell passed away on Friday morning, August 31, 2007 at South Lyon Medical Center. She was 85. Rosie was born in Yerington, Nevada on January 3, 1922 the daughter of John and Rosie (Legierski) Polish. She married Beryl Farrell on June 7, 1958. Rosie was not only a homemaker but she also worked on local farms and did...
Ardith Askins
Aug 30, 2007
M. Ardith Askins passed away on August 30, 2007 at County Villa Riverview Rehabilation Center in Susanville, California. She was 94. Ardith was born in Yerington on December 6, 1912 the daughter of James and Hilda Barton. Upon graduating from Yerington High School in 1930 she married William Donald Askins, and the marriage lasted 53 years until Don's death in...
Jere P. Giomi
Aug 25, 2007
Longtime Smith Valley and Yerington resident Jere P. Giomi died Saturday afternoon, August 25, 2007 at the Renown Medical Center in Reno following injuries she received in a fall. She was 86. Jere was born to Clarence and Frankie Patten in Idaho Falls, Idaho on May 26, 1921. She was a Reno High School graduate in the class of 1939....
Mary Jane Roberts
Aug 23, 2007
Mary Jane Roberts died peacefully at her home in Yerington, Nevada on August 23, 2007. She was 83. Mary was born in Detroit, Michigan the daughter of Robert and Edith (Cooper) Akers on September 23, 1923. She married George E. Roberts on October 10, 1946 in Valdosta, Georgia. She had lived in Yerington the past 9 years coming from Florida...
Mary Jane Roberts
Aug 23, 2007
Mary Jane Roberts died peacefully at her home in Yerington on August 23, 2007. She was 83. Mary was born in Detroit, Michigan on September 23, 1923 the daughter of Robert and Edith (Cooper) Akers. She married George E. Roberts on October 10, 1946 in Valdosta, Georgia, She lived the past 9 years in Yerington, Nevada coming from Florida where...
Mary Jane Roberts
Aug 23, 2007
Mary Jane Roberts died peacefully at her home in Yerington, Nevada on August 23, 2007. Mary was born in Detroit, Michigan on September 23, 1923 the daughter of Robert and Edith (Cooper) Akers. She married George E. Roberts on October 10, 1946 in Valdosta, Georgia. She lived the past 9 years in Yerington, coming from Florida, where she lived in...
Richard Moore
Aug 22, 2007
Richard B. "Butch" Moore died early Wednesday morning, August 22, 2007 at his home in Yerington. He was 70. Butch was born in Ventura, California on May 14, 1937 the son of Thomas & Yuma Jane (Botts) Moore. He grew up and attended schools in Santa Paula, California and was an outstanding athlete and an all star player in football...
Andrew J. Soukup
Aug 17, 2007
Andrew J. Soukup died of natural causes at his home in Yerington on early Friday morning, August 17, 2007. He was 90. Andrew was born in Wausau, Wisconsin on March 16, 1917 the son of Andrew and Amelia Soukup. At a young age he joined the U.S. Army and was stationed primarily in India during World War II where he...
Irene Dorothy Chiodo
Aug 11, 2007
Irene Dorothy Chiodo passed away at her home in Silver Springs on Saturday afternoon, August 11, 2007, and is now looking down upon us from heaven. She was 78. Irene was born June 2, 1929 in Detroit, Michigan the daughter of Michael and Susan (Barnes) Michalson. She was the beloved wife of Carmen Chiodo. They were married June 26, 1954...
Robert Edward Gray
Aug 9, 2007
Robert Edward Gray passed away on Thursday afternoon, August 9, 2007 at South Lyon Medical Center in Yerington. He was 78. Robert was born in South San Francisco, California on December 10, 1928 the son of Rafael and Billie Jean (King) Gray. He is a veteran having served in the United States Navy. He was a graduate of University of...
Kenneth Charles Vadnais
Aug 9, 2007
Kenneth Charles Vadnais passed away Thursday evening, August 9th at his residence in Yerington. He was 92. Kenneth was born in La Grande, Oregon February 25, 1915 the son of William and Mabel Vadnais. He had been a resident of Reno from 1960 - 2001 and has lived in Yerington for the past 6 years. He is survived by his...
Marie Dorothy Williams
Jul 29, 2007
Marie Dorothy Williams passed away early Sunday morning, July 29, 2007 at the South Lyon Medical Center, Yerington. She was 92. She was born in Hillside, New Jersey on July 7, 1915 the daughter of Harold and Mary A. (Hayden) Devoney. She had worked as a grill cook at the Veterans Hospital for many years. She has lived in the...
Marlene R. Kropelnicki
Jul 29, 2007
A celebration of Life service will be held for Marlene R. Kropelnicki on Saturday, August 11, 2007 at 10:00 am at the Freitas Rupracht Funeral Home 25 Hwy 208 Yerington. A lunch will be served following the service at the home of Alex Kropelnicki. Marlene died with dignity and grace at sunrise on July 29, 2007 after a courageous fight...
Anne Deane Miller
Jul 27, 2007
Anne D. Miller passed away on Friday evening, July 27, 2007 at her home in Yerington. She was 78. Anne was born in Texas on March 22, 1929. She grew up in Boulder, Nevada, and graduated from Boulder High School in 1948. She had also lived in California for many years, and had attended Santa Barbara College where she received...
Margaret Roybal
Jul 19, 2007
Margaret Roybal passed away at her home in Silver Springs, Nevada on Thursday afternoon, July 19th after a long battle with cancer. She was 66. She was born in Tucson, Arizona July 21, 1940 the daughter Eliseo and Rrudencia Monguia Mendoza. She married Johnnie F. Roybal on June 20, 1959 in Milpitas, California. They have lived in the area for...
Walter Earl Moses
Jul 7, 2007
Walter Earl Moses passed away at his home in Stagecoach on Saturday, July 7, 2007. He was 56. Walter was born in Cleveland, Ohio on February 26, 1951 the son of Fred and Onita Moses. Walter was an Army Veteran having served in Vietnam. He has lived in Stagecoach for over 17 years. He is survived by his brothers, Daniel...
Frank Edwin Mintun
Jul 6, 2007
Frank Edwin Mintun passed away at Evergreen Conv. Hospital in Carson City on Friday, July 6, 2007 while recovering from hip surgery. He was 84. He was born in Lingston, California the 10th of 12 children to Frank and Ada Mintun. He served in World War Ii as a Corporal in the United States Marine Corps in Japan from 1942...
John Hallet Roberts
Jul 6, 2007
John Hallet Roberts passed away on Friday, July 6, 2007 at the Renown Medical Center in Reno, Nevada. He was 91. He was born in Libby township, Minnesota the son of E. W. and Mammie Ida (Weston) Roberts. He was a veteran of World War II serving in the United States Navy. He worked many years as a supervisor for...
Robert Elliott Samms
Jun 19, 2007
Robert E. Samms passed away at his home in Yerington on Tuesday, June 19, 2007. He was 83. He was born in Oakland, California on April 25, 1924. He served in the United States Marine Corps during World War II. He was a great athlete who loved playing horseshoes. He is survived by his son, Lawrence Sam; his grandchildren, Robert...
