Obituaries for February 23, 1998

Monday, Feb. 23, 1998 | 10:21 a.m.

Louis J. Bellinghausen, 66, of Las Vegas died Friday in a local hospice. He was born March 19, 1931, in Carroll, Iowa. A resident for 2 1/2 years, he was a retired manager of a computer operations firm and a Korean War and Vietnam War Air Force veteran.

He is survived by his wife, Regina; four daughters, Elizabeth Nelson of Olympia, Wash., Janet Cooper and Amy Bellinghausen, both of Las Vegas and Erin Bellinghausen of Los Angeles; two sons, Louis Bellinghausen II of Longmont, Colo., and Thomas Bellinghausen of Lincoln, Neb.; three sisters, Sister Mardelle Bellinghausen OSF of McHenry, Ill., Juanita Bellinghausen of Carroll, Iowa, and Maryann Bock of Glidden, Iowa; one brother, Francis Bellinghausen of Yetter, Iowa; and 10 grandchildren.

Visitation is scheduled 5-7 p.m. today with a 6 p.m. service in Palm Mortuary, 7600 S. Eastern Ave. Church services will be 10 a.m. Tuesday in St. Viator's Catholic Church. Graveside services will be 1:30 p.m. Wednesday in Southern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Boulder City.

The family suggests donations to the Nathan Adelson Hospice, 4141 S. Swenson St., Las Vegas, NV 89119, St. Viator's Catholic Church, 2461 E. Flamingo Road, Las Vegas, NV 89119 or Adoration Sisters of Christ the King, Lincoln, Neb.

DRAVIN BLACKBURN

Dravin Blackburn, 7 months, of Las Vegas died Saturday in Las Vegas. He was born July 6, 1997, in Las Vegas.

He is survived by his father, Jeremy Blackburn; his mother, Teresa Duffney; and his grandparents, Debra and Jules Greenfield.

Graveside services were 2:15 p.m. today in Woodlawn Cemetery. Desert Memorial Cremation and Burial Society, 1111 Las Vegas Blvd. North, handled arrangements.

ROSSIE BROWN

Rossie Brown, 71, of North Las Vegas died Tuesday in a local hospital. She was born Nov. 5, 1926, in Fordyce, Ark. A resident for 46 years, she was a hotel housekeeper.

She is survived by her husband, Louis D.; seven sons, John L. Brown, Alfred L. Brown and Gary J. Brown, all of Las Vegas and James E. Brown, Henry Brown Jr., Albert L. Brown and Frank C. Brown, all of North Las Vegas; two daughters, Rose Mary Calhoun and Darlene Brown, both of Las Vegas; 46 grandchildren and 23 great-grandchildren.

Visitation is scheduled 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Tuesday in American Burial and Cremation Services, 310 Foremaster Lane. Services will be noon Wednesday in the Second Baptist Church. Burial will follow in Woodlawn Cemetery.

SHALEE DUMOND-MUSSER

Shalee Dumond-Musser, 28, of Las Vegas died Friday in Las Vegas. She was born April 14, 1969, in Hawthorne, Calif. A resident for 28 years, she was a hotel-casino PBX operator.

She is survived by her husband, David; two sons, Gage and Damien, both of Las Vegas; her parents, Lynne and Jamie Headrick of Las Vegas and Charles and Sue Dumond of Reno; four sisters, Shawn Bolster and Tracie Thompson, both of Las Vegas and Tammy Dumond and Nicole Dumond, both of Reno; and six brothers, James Dumond, Charles Dumond, Lance Dumond, Travis Dumond, Daniel Dumond and Jeff Dumond, all of Reno.

Visitation is scheduled noon until 4 p.m. services Wednesday in Palm Mortuary, 1325 N. Main St.

JAMES LEWIS DUNN

James Lewis Dunn, 78, of Las Vegas died Saturday in Las Vegas. He was born Jan. 27, 1920, in Berkeley, Calif. A resident for one month, he was a retired telephone company foreman and a World War II Navy veteran.

He is survived by his companion, Oriole Coller of Dolan Springs, Ariz.; one daughter, Kathleen L. Hanson of Mukilteo, Wash.; one son, William C. Dunn of Santa Fe, N.M.; and two grandchildren.

Affordable Cremation and Burial Service, 2457 N. Decatur Blvd., is handling arrangements.

AVIS G. GRAY

Avis G. Gray, 79, of Las Vegas died Friday in Las Vegas. She was born April 18, 1918, in Prince Edward Island. A resident for 33 years, she was a retired casino change person.

She is survived by two daughters, Margaret Brodie of Santa Rosa, Calif., and Roma Peterson of Las Vegas; two sons, James F. Gray and Joseph P. Gray, both of Las Vegas; four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

Visitation is scheduled 5-9 p.m. Tuesday in Palm Mortuary, 7600 S. Eastern Ave. Services will be 3 p.m. Wednesday in Palm Chapel, Eastern. Burial will follow in Palm Valley View Memorial Park. Palm Mortuary, 1600 S. Jones Blvd., is handling arrangements.

The family suggests donations to the Family Home Hospice, P.O. Box 15645, Las Vegas, NV 89114-5645.

JENIFER GREELEY

Jenifer Greeley, 51, of Las Vegas died Saturday in Las Vegas. She was born June 13, 1946, in Racine, Wis. A resident for 11 years, she was a school district nurse, a member of the Stephen Ministries Group and an elder at the First Presbyterian Church of Las Vegas.

She is survived by one son, James Lazelle Greeley, and one daughter, Sheila Greeley, both of Las Vegas; her mother, Harriet Turner of Dousman, Wis.; two sisters, Ellen Jacobi of Kansas City, Mo., and Eloise Ekema of Holland, Mich.; and one brother, Francis E. Ihrman of Arthurdale, W.Va.

Services will be 4 p.m. Tuesday in the First Presbyterian Church. Burial will be in Palm Valley View Memorial Park. Palm Mortuary, 7600 S. Eastern Ave., is handling arrangements.

The family suggests donations to the American Cancer Society, 1325 E. Harmon Ave., Las Vegas, NV 89119, the American Heart Association, 6370 W. Flamingo Road, Suite 1, Las Vegas, NV 89103 or the First Presbyterian Church, 1515 W. Charleston Blvd., Las Vegas, NV 89102.

GEARHART HESSEFORT

Gearhart Hessefort, 94, of Boulder City died Wednesday in a local hospital. He was born Jan. 2, 1903, in Germany. A resident for 26 years, he was a retired gardener.

He is survived by one grandchild.

Services will be 10 a.m. Tuesday in Palm Mortuary, 800 S. Boulder Highway, Henderson.

MARIAN I. METZLER

Marian I. Metzler, 67, of Las Vegas died Saturday in Las Vegas. She was born Feb. 27, 1930, in Colorado. A resident for 33 years, she was a bookkeeper at a linen company.

She is survived by two daughters, Diana Jansen of Mill Valley, Calif., and Susan Doucette of Santa Rosa, Calif.; one brother, Ruben "Duke" Gettman of Longmont, Colo.; two sisters, Viola Croissant of Loveland, Colo., and Clara Blum of Laramie, Wyo.; and seven grandchildren.

Visitation was scheduled one hour prior to noon services today in Bunker Mortuary, 925 Las Vegas Blvd. North. Burial followed in Memory Gardens.

BONNIE PAULSON

Bonnie Paulson, 54, of Henderson died Saturday in a local hospital. She was born May 2, 1943, in Ludington, Mich. A resident for nine years, she was an executive secretary for a retailer.

She is survived by her husband, Henry; one daughter, Carol Fowler of Alameda, Calif.; her mother, Patricia Lipscomb of Belmont, Mich.; her father, John R. Geary of Kentwood, Mich.; four sisters, Diana Leach of Walker, Mich., Kathleen Geary-Blanker of Belmont, Michele Sherlock of Frankenmuth, Mich., and Denise Gritter of Cedar Springs, Mich.; two grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

Palm Mortuary, 7600 S. Eastern Ave., is handling arrangements.

JOHN WALTER SCHRADE

John Walter Schrade, 77, of Las Vegas died Friday in a local hospital. He was born March 28, 1920, in Stillwater, Minn. A resident for two years, he was a retired restaurateur and a World War II Navy veteran.

He is survived by his wife, Esther; one son, Thomas Schrade of Las Vegas; two daughters, Susan Hickle of Hinckley, Minn., and Kathryn Mortenson of Mora, Minn.; two sisters, Arlene Duffy of Minneapolis and Judy Whitehurst of Greenville, N.C.; eight grandchildren and one great-grandchild.

Visitation is scheduled one hour prior to 11 a.m. services Wednesday in Mountain View Lutheran Church, 9550 W. Cheyenne. Graveside services will follow at noon Wednesday in Palm Valley View Memorial Park. Palm Mortuary, 7400 W. Cheyenne Ave., is handling arrangements.