Obituaries for Dec. 18, 2002

Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2002 | 8:54 a.m.

Carol K. Brink

Carol K. Brink, 68, of Henderson died Sunday in Henderson. She was born Oct. 22, 1934, in Washington. A resident for 30 years, she was a claims representative.

She is survived by her husband of 16 years, James; two sons, James Robison of St. Petersburg, Fla., and Fred Robison of Las Vegas; two daughters, Sherry Brainard of Las Vegas and Anne Norvell of California; and 10 grandchildren.

A memorial service will be 1:30 p.m. Thursday in First Presbyterian Church, 1515 W. Charleston Blvd. Bunkers Mortuary, 925 Las Vegas Blvd. North, is handling arrangements.

Mary Helen Carrasco

Mary Helen Carrasco, 65, of Las Vegas died Friday in Las Vegas. She was born April 3, 1937, in Carlsbad, N.M. A resident for 19 years, she was a homemaker.

She is survived by one daughter, Susan A. Tesser of Las Vegas; five sisters, Virginia Galindo and Yvette Nava, both of Carlsbad, Elsie Navarette of San Antonio, Diane LeVan of Atlanta and Elizabeth Tenorjo of Beaverton, Ore.; one brother, Albert Hernandez Jr. of Albuquerque; five grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.

Graveside services will be 2 p.m. Thursday in Palm Valley View Memorial Park, 7600 S. Eastern Ave. Palm Mortuary, 1600 S. Jones Blvd., is handling arrangements.

Patrick Carl Compton II

Patrick Carl Compton II, 13, of Las Vegas died Monday in a local care center. He was born Dec. 28, 1988, in Las Vegas.

He is survived by his parents, Patrick and Tamara Compton, two sisters, Katherine Compton and Mallory Compton, his grandparents, Glenn and Linda Stockton and Patricia Wilson, and his great-grandmother, Ila Thompson, all of Las Vegas.

Visitation is scheduled one hour prior to a 10 a.m. service Saturday in the Sloan and Alcott LDS chapel. A private burial will be in Woodlawn Cemetery. Palm Mortuary, 1325 N. Main St., is handling arrangements.

Eric Paul DeMott

Eric Paul DeMott, 34, of Las Vegas died Sunday in Las Vegas. He was born July 14, 1968, in Glendale, Calif. A resident for eight years, he was a security officer.

He is survived by his wife, Charlotte; one daughter, Camille DeMott of Las Vegas; his mother, Judy Bramlett, and his father, William DeMott, both of Simi Valley, Calif.; one sister, Audrey DeMott of Florida; and his two grandmothers, Bessie Howard of Simi Valley and Betty DeMott of Michigan.

Visitation is scheduled 3 p.m. until a 7 p.m. service Thursday in Davis Paradise Valley Funeral Home, 6200 S. Eastern Ave. A private burial will follow.

Joseph M. Foley

Joseph M. Foley, 78, of Las Vegas died Monday in Las Vegas. He was born Jan. 31, 1924, in Goldfield. A resident for 74 years, he was a retired attorney and a World War II Army veteran.

He is survived by his wife, Betty; four daughters, Jeanne Clarke and Shannon Lyman, both of Manhattan Beach, Calif., Helen Foley of Las Vegas and Kathleen Meyer of Sunland, Calif.; two sons, Danny Foley and Patrick Foley, and two brothers, George Foley and John Foley, all of Las Vegas; and 16 grandchildren.

Visitation is scheduled 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Thursday and 9 a.m.-noon Friday in Palm Mortuary, 1325 N. Main St. Additional visitation is scheduled 5-7 p.m. Thursday with a 5:30 p.m. rosary in St. Anne Catholic Church, 1901 S. Maryland Parkway. Additional services will be 1 p.m. Friday in St. Anne Church. Graveside services will be 2:15 p.m. Friday in Woodlawn Cemetery.

Betty Ann Freeman

Betty Ann Freeman, 68, of Las Vegas died Saturday in Las Vegas. She was born May 20, 1934, in Kansas City, Mo. A resident for 25 years, she was a homemaker.

She is survived by two sons, John Henry of Las Vegas and Robert Henry of Trail, Ore.; two daughters, Carol Hunt of Trail and Kathleen Henry of Las Vegas; one brother, Bob Stubbs of Apple Valley, Calif.; six grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.

A memorial service will be 1 p.m. Thursday in the Nathan Adelson Hospice, 4141 S. Swenson St. Davis Paradise Valley Funeral Home, 6200 S. Eastern Ave., is handling arrangements.

Lena 'Lee' Gellman

Lena "Lee" Gellman, 85, of Las Vegas died Saturday in a local hospital. She was born Aug. 25, 1917, in Brooklyn, N.Y. A resident for 12 years, she was a retired city government clerk.

She is survived by one daughter, Pearl Chekofsky of Los Angeles; and one sister, Etta Leibowitz of Seal Beach, Calif.

King David Memorial Chapel and Cemetery, 2697 Eldorado Lane, is handling arrangements.

Harold L. Hale

Harold L. Hale, 70, of Las Vegas died Friday in a local hospital. He was born Sept. 13, 1932, in Tulsa, Okla. A resident for 33 years, he was a retired Nevada Test Site warehouseman of 19 years, a Korean War Navy veteran and a member of Teamsters Local 631.

He is survived by his wife, Marylou; one daughter, Kelly; two sons, Roy Hale of Las Vegas and Harold Hale of Gillette, Wyo.; and nine grandchildren.

Visitation is scheduled one hour prior to a 2 p.m. service Saturday in Palm Mortuary, 1325 N. Main St. Graveside services will be 9:20 a.m. Monday in Southern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Boulder City.

The family suggests donations to the National Kidney Foundation of Nevada, 4100 Boulder Highway, Las Vegas, NV 89121.

Lorraine Hofeldt

Lorraine Hofeldt, 61, of Henderson died Friday in Henderson. She was born July 23, 1941, in Brooklyn, N.Y. A resident for nine years, she was a clerk.

She is survived by two sons, Robert Hofeldt of Henderson and Steven Rando of NewYork; one daughter, Patricia Rando of New York; and two grandchildren.

Services will be 10:30 a.m. Thursday in Hites Funeral Services, 438 W. Sunset Road, Henderson.

Clare M. Howser

Clare M. Howser, 90, of Las Vegas died Monday in a local hospice. She was born July 3, 1912, in Colon, Panama. A resident for 25 years, she was a homemaker.

She is survived by two daughters, Beverly J. Hamon of Fredericksburg, Va., and Kitty Smith of Crete; seven grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren.

Visitation is scheduled 2-7 p.m. Friday in Palm Mortuary, 7600 S. Eastern Ave. Services will be 10 a.m. Saturday in Palm Chapel, Eastern. Burial will follow in Palm Valley View Memorial Park.

Otis Jenkins

Otis Jenkins, 73, of North Las Vegas died Thursday in a local hospital. He was born April 3, 1929, in Tallulah, La. A resident for 36 years, he was a hotel porter.

He is survived by his wife, Elizabeth; one daughter, Max Rean Hankston of Las Vegas; nine grandchildren; and 15 great-grandchildren.

Visitation is scheduled 4-8 p.m. Thursday in American Burial and Cremation Services, 310 Foremaster Lane. Services will be noon Friday in St. John Missionary Baptist Church, 1439 Lawry Ave. Burial will follow in Paradise Memorial Gardens, 6200 S. Eastern Ave.

Cowboy Chris Kincaid

Cowboy Chris Kincaid, 68, of Las Vegas died Monday in a local hospice. He was born Jan. 12, 1934, in Illinois. A resident for four years, he was a retired actor, a Korean War and Vietnam War Marine Corps veteran and a member of the Disabled American Veterans.

He is survived by his companion, Dee Barsi of Las Vegas.

Graveside services will be noon Thursday in Southern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Boulder City. Palm Mortuary, 7600 S. Eastern Ave., is handling arrangements.

The family suggests donations to the Nathan Adelson Hospice, 4141 S. Swenson St., Las Vegas, NV 89119, or the Disabled American Veterans, P.O. Box 3538, North Las Vegas, NV 89036-3538.

Joanne E. Lorensen

Joanne E. Lorensen, 72, of Las Vegas died Monday in a local hospital. She was born July 8, 1930, in Vancouver, Wash. A resident for eight years, she was a homemaker.

She is survived by her husband, William G.; two daughters, Cynthia Wilson and Kathy Buck, and one sister, June Grimm, all of Portland, Ore.; two sons, Steven Lorensen of Bend, Ore., and David Lorensen of Portland; eight grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.

Services will be in Portland. Palm Mortuary, 7400 W. Cheyenne Ave., is handling arrangements.

Noel Lydon

Noel Lydon died Thursday, his date of birth, in a local hospital.

He is survived by his parents, Cynthia A. and Anthony Lydon of Las Vegas; and his grandparents, Lottie Stanko of Buffalo, N.Y., and Patrick and Mary Lydon of Birmingham, England.

Graveside services will be 10 a.m. Thursday in Palm Valley View Memorial Park, 7600 S. Eastern Ave. Palm Mortuary, 1600 S. Jones Blvd., is handling arrangements.

Wilbert Layton McCandless IV

Wilbert Layton McCandless IV, 53, of Henderson died Monday in Las Vegas. He was born Aug. 12, 1949, in Waltham, Mass. A resident for 39 years, he was a Las Vegas Fire and Rescue captain, a member of the Las Vegas Fireman's Benefit Association and Firefighters Local 1285 and a founding member of the hazmat team of Las Vegas.

He is survived by his wife, Cheryl; one daughter, Julie McCandless of Henderson; one son, Jeffrey McCandless, his parents, Dean and Violetta Williams and Ralph and Melissa Jones, all of Las Vegas; two brothers, Raymond McCandless of Delaware and Robert Hendricks of Las Vegas; and two grandchildren.

Visitation is scheduled 10 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Friday followed by a 2 p.m. service in Davis Paradise Valley Funeral Home, 6200 S. Eastern Ave. A private burial will follow.

Dominic Anthony Musto III

Dominic Anthony Musto III, 28, of Las Vegas died Saturday in Las Vegas. He was born Feb. 26, 1974, in New Jersey. A resident for one month, he was a Marine Corps veteran.

He is survived by his wife, Leanna; one son, Bryson; one daughter, Annalise; his father, Dominic Sr.; his mother, Carol; and his stepfather, Ray Cundiff.

A memorial service will be 2 p.m. Friday in St. Joseph, Husband of Mary Catholic Church, 7260 W. Sahara Ave.

Bentley L. 'Ben' Odom

Bentley L. "Ben" Odom, 64, of Las Vegas died Sunday in a local hospital. He was born July 31, 1938, in Atlanta. A resident for 10 years, he was a retired bank manager for Cal Fed/Citibank and a former employee of Harrah's Entertainment.

He is survived by his wife, Norma; two sons, Kenneth Odom of San Bernardino, Calif., and Steven Odom of Largo, Fla.; one daughter, Tamara Odom of Las Vegas; one brother, Thomas Lynn Odom of California; and nine grandchildren.

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

Evelyn Laxamana Paulos

Evelyn Laxamana Paulos, 56, of Las Vegas died Monday in Las Vegas. She was born Aug. 6, 1946, in Zambales, Philippines. A resident for 13 years, she was a retired casino cage cashier.

She is survived by her husband, Arthur A.; one son, Daniel P. Natac of Las Vegas; one sister, Virginia L. Pea of Newark, Calif.; two brothers, Benjamin E. Laxamana of San Leandro, Calif., and Ruben E. Laxamana of Las Vegas.

Visitation is scheduled 5-7 p.m. Thursday in Palm Mortuary, 1325 N. Main St. Services will be 11 a.m. Friday in St. Christopher's Catholic Church, 1840 N. Bruce St.

Isaac Lamoni Rimer

Isaac Lamoni Rimer, 26 days, of Las Vegas died Sunday in a local hospital. He was born Nov. 19, 2002, in Las Vegas.

He is survived by his parents, Stanley and Colleen Rimer, one sister, Crystal Rimer, and six brothers, Stanley Rimer III, Brandon Rimer, Aaron Rimer, Quaylyn Rimer, Enoch Rimer and Spencer Rimer, all of Las Vegas; and his grandparents, Stanley and Helen Rimer Sr. of Las Vegas and Eldo and Susan Nield of Buhl, Idaho.

Visitation is scheduled 4-6 p.m. Wednesday in Palm Mortuary, 1325 N. Main St. Graveside services will be 10 a.m. Thursday in Palm Memorial Park, Northwest, 5701 N. Jones Blvd.

Gertrude M. Smith-McCann

Gertrude M. Smith-McCann, 81, of Las Vegas died Monday in Las Vegas. She was born Dec. 12, 1971, in Greenwich, N.Y. A resident for about 40 years, she was a hotel hostess.

She is survived by her husband, Garland; two daughters, Bonnie Norton of Las Vegas and Debbie Frazier of Idaho; two sons, Chuck Longo of Texas and Sonny Longo of New Mexico; 16 grandchildren; and 18 great-grandchildren.

Visitation is scheduled 3-7 p.m. today in Bunkers Mortuary, 925 Las Vegas Blvd. North. Services will be 10 a.m. Thursday in Bunkers Chapel. Entombment will be in Eden Vale Mausoleum.

Julio Paez Somoza

Julio Paez Somoza, 65, of Las Vegas died Oct. 7 in Las Vegas. A maintenance man, he was born Jan. 28, 1937, in Cuba.

He is survived by his companion, Rita.

Graveside services will be 10 a.m. Friday in Desert Memorial Cremation and Burial Society, 1111 Las Vegas Blvd. North.

Shelly Ann Sparks

Shelly Ann Sparks, 45, of Las Vegas died Saturday in Las Vegas. She was born Dec. 19, 1956, in St. Cloud, Minn. A resident for 40 years, she was a homemaker.

She is survived by her husband, Tim; one daughter, Rachel Sparks, one son, Justin Sparks, and her mother and stepfather, Janet and Bernie Resnik, all of Las Vegas; her father and stepmother, Jack and Kay Stanley of Lynn Haven, Fla.; one sister, Kim Caccamo of Las Vegas; and five brothers, Mark Stanley, Bryant Stanley, Brad Resnik and Mike Resnick, all of Las Vegas and Robert Resnik of Reno.

Visitation is scheduled 2-7 p.m. Thursday and Friday in Palm Mortuary, 7600 S. Eastern Ave. Services will be 1 p.m. Saturday in Palm Chapel, Eastern. Burial will follow in Palm Valley View Memorial Park.

Arlene E. Stanton

Arlene E. Stanton, 65, of Las Vegas died Monday in a local hospital. She was born July 28, 1937, in Detroit. A resident for three years, she was a hotel receptionist at Boulder Station.

She is survived by one brother, John N. Olszewski, and one sister, Virginia Olszewski, both of Warren, Mich.

American Burial and Cremation Services, 310 Foremaster Lane, is handling private arrangements.

Bill Stone

Bill Stone, 69, of Las Vegas died Thursday in a local hospital. He was born June 17, 1933, in Arizona. A resident for more than 35 years, he was a retired plasterer.

He is survived by five daughters, Susie Weber of Moapa, Nancy Post of Phoenix, Tad Stocker of Moreno Valley, Calif., and Galen Stone and Lisa Stone, both of Riverside, Calif.; four sons, Willie Stone of Glendora, Calif., Rocky Stone of Isanti, Minn., and John Currie and Jimmie Young, both of Las Vegas; two brothers, Ronnie Stone and Jerry Stone, both of California; 25 grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.

Visitation is scheduled one hour prior to a 1 p.m. service Saturday in Palm Mortuary, 800 S. Boulder Highway, Henderson.

Tin-Wing Tam

Tin-Wing Tam, 68, of Las Vegas died Sunday in a local hospice. He was born Aug. 11, 1934, in Hong Kong.A resident for 11 years, he was a hotel bus person.

He is survived by one son, Vincent Tam, and one daughter, Irene Tam, both of Las Vegas; one brother, Timothy Tam of Fremont, Calif.; and one sister, Eva Chow of Oakland, Calif.

Visitation is scheduled one hour prior to a 3 p.m. service Saturday in Affordable Cremation and Burial Service, 2457 N. Decatur Blvd.

Jim Warren

Jim Warren, 69, of Henderson died Sunday in Henderson. He was born Jan. 3, 1933, in Cadiz, Ohio. A resident for 10 years, he was a vice president of a communications firm and a Korean War Air Force veteran.

He is survived by his wife, Bonnie; two sons, Lloyd Mills of Denver and David Mills of Hill Air Force Base, Utah; one daughter, Janeen Mills of Hill Air Force Base; one sister, Judy Brown of Pacifica, Calif.; and three grandchildren.

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

The family suggests donations to the Arthritis Foundation of Nevada, 2450 Chandler Ave., Las Vegas, NV 89120.

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