Obituaries for February 7, 2001

Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2001 | 10:37 a.m.

Karoline Michelle Bradley

Karoline Michelle Bradley, 20, of Las Vegas died Monday in Las Vegas. She was born June 29, 1980, in Las Vegas.

She is survived by her father, Curtis Bradley of Henderson; her mother, Tamara Bradley of Las Vegas; three brothers, Casey Schmierer and Phillip Schmierer, both of Houston, and Kyle Bradley of Las Vegas; three sisters, Nancy Marie Weiss of Gig Harbor, Wash., and Danna Holzer and Jessica Bradley, both of Cape Coral, Fla.; and her grandparents, Bill and Edee Grace of Las Vegas.

Davis Paradise Valley Funeral Home, 6200 S. Eastern Ave., is handling private services.

Eddie F. Curylo

Eddie F. Curylo, 79, of Las Vegas died Monday in a local convalescent center. He was born Oct. 30, 1921, in Chicago. A resident for five years, he was a retired factory foreman and a World War II Army veteran.

He is survived by one sister, Victoria Gajewski of Las Vegas.

Visitation is scheduled 1:30-2:30 p.m. Friday in Palm Mortuary, 7600 S. Eastern Ave. Graveside services will follow in Palm Valley View Memorial Park.

The family suggests donations to the American Diabetes Association, 2785 E. Desert Inn Road, Las Vegas.

Idell Davis

Idell Davis, 85, of Las Vegas died Saturday in a local hospice. She was born Aug. 29, 1915, in Fordyce, Ark. A resident for 57 years, she was a hotel restaurant pantry worker.

She is survived by two daughters, Ruthell Robinson of Denver and Judy Davis of Las Vegas; two sons, Charles Calbert and Joseph W. Davis Jr., both of Las Vegas; two brothers, Charlie F. Key of Oakland, Calif., and Almos Key of Las Vegas; three sisters, Corine Jackson and Bertha Ruth Heard, both of Richmond, Calif., and Frankie Alston of Las Vegas; 15 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.

Visitation is scheduled 2-8 p.m. Thursday in American Burial and Cremation Services, 310 Foremaster Lane. Services will be 11 a.m. Friday in the Pentecostal Temple Church of God in Christ, 1117 N. F St. Burial will follow in Paradise Memorial Gardens.

Edythe Glasgow

Edythe Glasgow, 82, of Las Vegas died Sunday in a local care center. She was born July 18, 1918, in New York City. A resident for 35 years, she was a homemaker and past president of the Italian American Club.

She is survived by several friends and neighbors.

Visitation is scheduled 1-7 p.m. Friday and one hour prior to 10 a.m. services Saturday in Palm Mortuary, 7400 W. Cheyenne Ave. Burial will follow in Palm Memorial Park.

The family suggests donations to the Nevada SPCA, 650 White Drive, Las Vegas, NV 89119.

Clifford Graham

Clifford Graham, 71, of Las Vegas died Jan. 27 in Las Vegas. He was born Dec. 21, 1929, in Germany. A resident for many years, he was a hotel clerk.

He is survived by his wife, Tanya.

Hites Funeral Services, 438 W. Sunset Road, Henderson, handled private arrangements.

Dorothy Eunice Hall

Dorothy Eunice Hall, 79, of Las Vegas died Monday in Las Vegas. She was born Aug. 23, 1921, in Lexington, Ky. A resident for one year, she was a registered nurse.

She is survived by three daughters, Roma Abecassis of Las Vegas, Dorothy Smith of Elizabethtown, Ind., and Rose Marie Clark of Jacksonville, Fla.; one brother, Bill Kimmel of Indiana; six grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.

Visitation is scheduled 3 p.m. until a 5 p.m. service in the Meadows Room of Bunkers Mortuary, 925 Las Vegas Blvd. North. Burial will be in Pennsylvania.

James Edwin Higgins Jr.

James Edwin Higgins Jr., 48, of Las Vegas died Wednesday in Las Vegas. He was born June 28, 1952, in Richmond, Calif. A resident for 20 years, he was an automobile mechanic.

He is survived by his mother, Connie Pegram of Hemet, Calif.; his father, James Edwin Higgins Sr. of Pittsburg, Calif.; and one sister, Cheryl Knox of Costa Mesa, Calif.

Davis Paradise Valley Funeral Home, 6200 S. Eastern Ave., is handling private arrangements.

William Hrobak

William Hrobak, 82, of Las Vegas died Sunday in Las Vegas. He was born Jan. 26, 1919, in Garrettsville, Ohio. A resident for six years, he was a retired machinist for the federal government and a World War II Army veteran.

He is survived by his wife, Margaret; one brother, Edward Hrobak of Garrettsville; and one sister, Alice Bujalski of Fort Lauderdale.

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

The family suggests donations to the National Parkinson Foundation Inc., 1501 Northwest Ninth Ave., Miami, FL 33136-1494.

Divine Lee Hylton

Divine Lee Hylton, 38, of Las Vegas died Jan. 26 in Las Vegas. She was born Aug 21, 1962, in California. A resident for 10 years, she was a homemaker.

She is survived by her husband, Jeffrey; her mother, Mary Jones, three sons, Claude Moore, Nigel Moore and Jeffrey Hylton, two daughters, Janelle M. Hylton and Unique D. Jackson, two brothers, Charles Webb and Kevin Gaines, and one sister, Kenya Lattimore, all of Las Vegas; and five grandchildren.

Visitation is scheduled 9:30-10:30 a.m. Friday in Hites Funeral Services, 438 W. Sunset Road, Henderson. Graveside services will follow at 11 a.m. Friday in Woodlawn Cemetery.

Georgia Harbauer Jenkins

Georgia Harbauer Jenkins, 85, of Las Vegas died Sunday in a local hospital. She was born Jan. 8, 1916, in Prescott, Ariz. A resident for 53 years, she was a retired accountant who worked on the Las Vegas Strip in executive capacities for 40 years and various bookkeeping jobs at the Nevada Test Site and a roofing company.

She is survived by two daughters, Naomi Sue Nelson and Cheryl Ann Werth, both of Las Vegas; two grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.

A memorial service will be 6 p.m. Wednesday in Palm Mortuary, 1600 S. Jones Blvd.

Goldie Kornfeld

Goldie Kornfeld, 86, of Las Vegas died Tuesday in a local hospice. She was born March 15, 1914, in Hungary. A resident for 18 years, she was a homemaker and a Holocaust survivor who was a slave laborer in a concentration camp.

She is survived by one daughter, Edith Bloomberg of Las Vegas; one son, Steve Kornfeld of Saugus, Calif.; and five grandchildren.

Palm Mortuary, 1325 N. Main St., is handling arrangements.

George Krutz Sr.

George Krutz Sr., 87, of Las Vegas died Monday in a local hospital. He was born Aug. 5, 1913, in Cleveland. A resident for 40 years, he was a retired waiter.

He is survived by his wife, Dorothy; one son, George Krutz Jr. of Las Vegas; one grandchild and one great-grandchild.

Visitation will continue until 7 p.m. today in Palm Mortuary, 800 S. Boulder Highway, Henderson. Services will be 2 p.m. Thursday in Palm Chapel, Henderson. Burial will follow in Palm Memorial Park, Henderson.

Bob Lachman

Bob Lachman, 68, of Las Vegas died Monday in a local hospital. He was born Nov. 6, 1932, in Brooklyn, N.Y. A resident for six years, he was a retired salesman of industrial products and a Korean War Army veteran.

He is survived by his wife, Rose; two daughters, Brenda Kasten of Las Vegas and Randy DiSimone of Los Angeles; one son, Stuart Lachman of Los Angeles; and four grandchildren.

A memorial service will be 4:30 p.m. today in Palm Mortuary, 7400 W. Cheyenne Ave.

The family suggests donations to the American Heart Association, 6370 W. Flamingo Road, Suite 1, Las Vegas, NV 89103.

Norman Bernard Leshner

Norman Bernard Leshner, 65, of Las Vegas died Monday in Las Vegas. He was born Aug. 2, 1935, in Pennsylvania. A resident for eight years, he was a hairdresser.

He is survived by one brother, Arnold Leshner of Pennsylvania.

Graveside services will be 10:30 a.m. Thursday in Southern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Boulder City. Hites Funeral Services, 438 W. Sunset Road, Henderson, is handling arrangements.

Jeanne T. Meckley

Jeanne T. Meckley, 83, of Las Vegas died Saturday in Las Vegas. She was born April 24, 1917, in Pennsylvania. A resident for many years, she was a clerk for a company that handled industrial equipment.

She is survived by one daughter, Debra Wheeler of Easton, Pa.

No local services are scheduled. Burial will be in Palmer Township, Pa. Hites Funeral Services, 438 W. Sunset Road, Henderson, is handling arrangements.

Richard Romero Miranda

Richard Romero Miranda, 76, of Las Vegas died Jan. 23 in Las Vegas. He was born June 6, 1924, in Utah. A resident for 30 years, he was a waiter.

He is survived by three nephews, Nicholas Miranda and Charles Miranda, both of Missouri, and Robert Miranda of Florida; and three nieces, Maggie Reineka, Lupe Johnson and Carmen Cool, all of Missouri.

Graveside services were scheduled at 10:30 a.m. today in Woodlawn Cemetery. Hites Funeral Services, 438 W. Sunset Road, Henderson, handled arrangements.

Pablo Ortiz

Pablo Ortiz, 90, of Henderson died Sunday in Henderson. He was born March 2, 1910, in Puerto Rico. A resident for four years, he was a retired chef and an Army veteran.

He is survived by one daughter, Elba Orellano of Henderson; one son, Ismael Ildefonso of Orlando, Fla.; one sister, Dominga Ortiz of Puerto Rico; three grandchildren, two great-grandchildren and six great-great-grandchildren.

Visitation was scheduled 3 p.m. until a 5 p.m. rosary today in Bunkers Mortuary's chapel, 925 Las Vegas Blvd. North. Services will be 10 a.m. Thursday in Bunkers Chapel. Burial will be in Southern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Boulder City.

Karen Young Palmer

Karen Young Palmer, 65, of Las Vegas died Friday in Las Vegas. She was born Aug. 31, 1935, in Los Angeles. A resident for 20 years, she was a homemaker.

She is survived by her husband, Luther "Ace"; four sons, Tony Wilson of Las Vegas and Ronald Wilson, Richard Palmer and Michael Palmer, all of California; four daughters, Danon Wilson of California and Linda Karen, Peggy Palmer and Nancy Palmer, all of California; three brothers, Renould Singleton, Gerald Wilson and Bobby Moore, and one sister, Carla Lasha, all of California; and many grandchildren.

Visitation is scheduled 3-8 p.m. Thursday in American Burial and Cremation Services, 310 Foremaster Lane. Services and burial will be in California.

Clifford Edward Parks

Clifford Edward Parks, 76, of Las Vegas died Sunday in Las Vegas. He was born March 31, 1924, in Los Angeles. A resident for five years, he was a retired automobile salesman and a World War II Navy veteran.

He is survived by his wife, Marilyn; three sons, Timothy Parks of Las Vegas, Michael Parks of Long Beach, Calif., and Gary Parks of Simi Valley, Calif.; one daughter, Lynn Hagan of Redondo Beach, Calif.; one brother, Douglas Parks of Washington state; one sister, Dorothy L. Peabody of Northridge, Calif.; six grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.

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

The family suggests donations to the Family Home Hospice, 1701 W. Charleston Blvd., Las Vegas, NV 89102.

Laverla Pesquira

Laverla Pesquira, 52, of Las Vegas died Sunday in a local hospital. She was born Oct. 7, 1948, in Honolulu. A resident for eight years, she was a homemaker.

She is survived by her husband, Gerald P.; two sons, Eric Pesquira of Honolulu and Shannon Pesquira of Las Vegas; one daughter, Roxane Pesquira of Las Vegas; and four grandchildren.

A memorial service will be 7 p.m. Friday in St. Joseph, Husband of Mary Catholic Church, 7260 W. Sahara Ave. Affordable Cremation and Burial Service, 2457 N. Decatur Blvd., is handling arrangements.

Gregory Preston Price II

Gregory Preston Price II, 13 days, of Las Vegas died Friday in a local hospital. He was born Jan. 20, 2001, in Las Vegas.

He is survived by his mother, Kathy Whitehead, his father, Gregory P. Price Sr., and two sisters, Jordan Price and Jalen Price, all of Las Vegas; his grandparents, Richard and Judith Whitehead of Las Vegas and Dorothy G. Price of Charleston, W.Va.; and his great-grandmother, Gertrude Beth Clever of Moab, Utah.

Services will be 2 p.m. Thursday in Green Valley Baptist Church, 270 N. Valle Verde Drive, Henderson. Palm Mortuary, 7400 W. Cheyenne Ave., is handling arrangements.

The family suggests donations to the Injured Police Officers Fund, P.O. Box 94174, Las Vegas, NV 89195-4174.

Randall Schlicter

Randall Schlicter, 87, of Las Vegas died Saturday in Las Vegas. He was born March 9, 1913, in Kansas. A resident for 35 years, he was a casino manager and an Army veteran.

Graveside services will be 9:30 a.m. Thursday in Southern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Boulder City. Hites Funeral Services, 438 W. Sunset Road, Henderson, is handling arrangements.

Louella A. Schroeder

Louella A. Schroeder, 49, of Las Vegas died Saturday in Las Vegas. She was born Aug. 10, 1951, in Huntington, N.Y. A resident for 2 1/2 years, she was a paralegal at a law firm, a member of Marywood College Alumni in Scranton, Pa., and Post College Alumni in New York.

She is survived by her husband, James R.; and one sister, Viola Powers of Huntington.

Palm Mortuary, 7400 W. Cheyenne Ave., is handling private arrangements.

The family suggests donations to Goodwill Industries, 3585 Patrick Lane, Suite, 100, Las Vegas, NV 89120.

Esther Selby

Esther Selby, 89, of Las Vegas died Tuesday in Las Vegas. She was born March 8, 1911, in London. A resident for many years, she was a homemaker.

She is survived by two sons, Norman Selby and Bernard Selby, both of Las Vegas; two grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

No local services are scheduled. Burial will be in Los Angeles. Hites Funeral Services, 438 W. Sunset Road, Henderson, is handling arrangements.

Marian Snyder

Marian Snyder, 87, of Las Vegas died Sunday in a local hospital. She was born Sept. 9, 1913, in Menominee, Mich. A resident for 12 years, she was a retired restaurateur.

She is survived by three daughters, Janice Taylor, Sunny West and Phyllis Hock, all of Las Vegas; one brother, Ron Beyer of Menominee, Mich.; nine grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren.

Visitation is scheduled 9 a.m.-1 p.m. services Friday in Palm Mortuary, 7600 S. Eastern Ave. Burial will be private.

Joyalene L. Stovall

Joyalene L. Stovall, 73, died Sunday. A former Nevada resident, she was born March 30, 1927, in Colorado.

She is survived by six daughters, Barbara Humphrey of Modesto, Calif., Sara Stovall of Marion, Texas, Charlene Isabell and Pattie Stovall, both of Braggs, Okla., Hazell Pogue of McQueeney, Texas, and Susan Abrigo of Lancaster, Calif.; one sister, Joyce Morrill of Long Beach, Calif.; 12 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.

Visitation is scheduled 10 a.m.-11:30 a.m. Thursday in Palm Mortuary, 1325 N. Main St. Graveside services will follow at noon Thursday in Woodlawn Cemetery.

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