Obituaries for January 17, 2002

Thursday, Jan. 17, 2002 | 9:57 a.m.

Eunice Banham

Eunice Banham, 72, of Las Vegas died Dec. 6 in Las Vegas. She was born Feb. 14, 1929, in England. A resident for 10 years, she was a bar and grill owner-operator.

She is survived by her husband, Kenneth; two daughters, Carol and Shirley; three sisters, Mary, Joan and Vivian; five grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.

Desert Memorial Cremation and Burial Society, 1111 Las Vegas Blvd. North, is handling arrangements.

Thaddeus E. "Ted" Brz-ezinski

Thaddeus E. "Ted" Brz-ezinski, 58, of Las Vegas died Tuesday in Las Vegas. He was born Feb. 19, 1943, in Newark, N.J. A resident for 21 years, he was an Air Force veteran and a senior radiology service technician.

He is survived by his lifetime companion, Marsha Grigor of Las Vegas; two sons, Gerald Brz-ezinski of Kansas and James Brz-ezinski of Colorado; his mother, Helen Brz-ezinski of Las Vegas; and 10 grandchildren.

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

Marcelo M. Calaunan

Marcelo M. Calaunan, 68, of North Las Vegas died Tuesday in Las Vegas. He was born Oct. 30, 1933, in the Philippines. A resident for 22 years, he was a hotel porter and a member of the Culinary Union.

He is survived by his wife, Veronica; five sons, Geronimo Calaunan and Alexander Calaunan, both of the Philippines, Bernard Calaunan of Colorado and Jesus Calaunan and Marcelito Calaunan, both of North Las Vegas; four daughters, Susan Pascua of the Philippines and Eva Calaunan, Sonia Chiang and Mina Canilao, all of Las Vegas; two brothers, both of Las Vegas; two sisters, both of the Philippines; and 26 grandchildren.

Visitation is scheduled 3-7 p.m. Thursday in Bunkers Mortuary, 925 Las Vegas Blvd. North. Services will be 11 a.m. Saturday in Bunkers Chapel. Burial will follow in Eden Vale Memorial Park.

Derrick 'Dimesock' Caver

Derrick "Dimesock" Caver, 24, of Las Vegas died Jan. 8. A resident for 14 years, he was born June 30, 1977, in Chicago.

He is survived by his fiancee, Diana Moore; one son, Darnell; two daughters, Robynee and Derriana; his mother, Jackie Caver; his father, John Burchett; two sisters, Donna and Lela Burchett; one brother, John Antwan Caver; and his grandmother, Ruth St. George.

Services were scheduled at 11 a.m. today in Harrison-Ross Mortuaries, 2071 Las Vegas Blvd. North, followed by in Woodlawn Cemetery.

Latitia F. Chaffin

Latitia F. Chaffin, 65, of Las Vegas died Tuesday in a local hospital. She was born Nov. 5, 1936, in Mount Vernon, Ill. A resident for 33 years, she was a homemaker.

She is survived by her husband, Ralph; four daughters, Novella Chaffin, Linda Goodwin and Arlena McIntosh, all of Las Vegas and Irene Stone of Pahrump; one son, Keith Chaffin, and two sisters, Joyce Morris and Carmella Chris, all of Las Vegas; and six grandchildren.

Visitation is scheduled noon-1 p.m. Saturday in Palm Mortuary, 7600 S. Eastern Ave. Graveside services will follow in Palm Valley View Memorial Park. Palm Mortuary, 1600 S. Jones Blvd., is handling arrangements.

The family suggests contributions to the donor's favorite charity.

Richard Wyness Colston Jr.

Richard Wyness Colston Jr., 38, of Las Vegas died Saturday in a local hospital. He was born July 15, 1963, in Las Vegas. A lifelong resident, he was a plumbing salesman.

He is survived by one son, Richard Wyness Colston III, one daughter, Danielle Cathleen Colston, E. Rosine and Richard W. Colston, and two sisters, Sandi Noyola and Lori Colston-Noyola, all of Las Vegas.

Graveside services will be 1 p.m. Saturday in Palm Mortuary, 800 S. Boulder Highway, Henderson. Palm Mortuary, 7400 W. Cheyenne Ave., is handling arrangements.

The family suggests donations to the American Diabetes Association, 2785 E. Desert Inn Road, Las Vegas, NV 89121.

Richard Dillon

Richard Dillon, 77, of Las Vegas died Thursday in Las Vegas. A Navy veteran and a volunteer worker for the Las Vegas Rescue Mission for 20 years, he was born May 11, 1924.

Graveside services will be 10:40 a.m. Tuesday in Southern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Boulder City. Desert Memorial Cremation and Burial Society, 1111 Las Vegas Blvd. North, is handling arrangements.

Anthony Joe Eiseley

Anthony Joe Eiseley, 21, of Las Vegas died Monday in a local hospital. He was born March 16, 1980, in San Gabriel, Calif. A resident for one year, he was a member of the Eplurious Coin Club.

He is survived by his mother and stepfather, Sue and Ralph Cesena of Anaheim, Calif.; two sisters, Matalena Cesena of Las Vegas and Anita Cesena of Anaheim; his grandmother, Kay Neff, and his grandfather, Loyd Eiseley, both of Las Vegas.

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

Angela Virginia Hann

Angela Virginia Hann, 83, of Las Vegas died Tuesday in a local hospital. She was born Nov. 5, 1918, in New York. A resident for 25 years, she was a customer service representative at the complaint department of the Review-Journal and a member of the Internal Order of Forresters.

She is survived by one nephew, Henri P. Casnove, and one niece, Veronica Negrich, both of Orlando, Fla.

Garden Memorial Funeral Home, 3600 W. Vegas Drive, is handling private arrangements.

Ben Kieser

Ben Kieser, 22, of Las Vegas died Monday in a local hospital. He was born Jan. 17, 1979, in Corona, Calif. A resident for 15 years, he was a student and a Chaparral High School graduate.

He is survived by his father, John Luna of Reno; his mother, Candis Luna, and one brother, Aaron Luna, both of Las Vegas.

Visitation is scheduled noon until 1 p.m. services Saturday in Community Lutheran Church, 3720 E. Tropicana Ave. Palm Mortuary, 7600 S. Eastern Ave., is handling arrangements.

Shirley J. Marshall

Shirley J. Marshall, 84, of Henderson died Monday in Henderson. She was born June 7, 1917, in Tacoma, Wash. A Boulder City resident for several years and most recently a Henderson resident for four months, she was an emergency room registration clerk.

She is survived by two daughters, Leslie A. Anderson of Las Vegas and Stacy E. Blaze of Henderson; two granddaughters and one great-granddaughter.

Valley Memorial Crematory, 4855 W. Desert Inn Road, is handling arrangements.

Grace L. McCullough

Grace L. McCullough, 85, of Las Vegas died Wednesday in Las Vegas. She was born Jan. 3, 1917, in Pennsylvania. A resident for 57 years, she was a homemaker.

She is survived by three daughters, Charlotte Farrell and Barbara Waymire, both of Henderson, and Adah Braswell of Las Vegas; one son, Jerry H. McCullough of Aurora, Utah; one brother, John Lewis of Sunset, Utah; four sisters, Mildred Brink of Maple Heights, Ohio, Mary Jane Sapp of Mentor, Ohio, Gertrude Golobish of Mayfield Village, Ohio, and Genevieve Cairns of Taylor, Mich.; eight grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.

Visitation is scheduled 2-7 p.m. Friday in Palm Mortuary, 1325 N. Main St. Services will be noon Saturday in Palm Chapel, Main. Graveside services will follow at 1:30 p.m. Saturday in Memory Gardens, 7251 W. Lone Mountain Road.

Juanita R. Partridge

Juanita R. Partridge, 93, of Carson City died Sunday in a Carson City care center. She was born Sept. 8, 1908, in Palmyra, Mich. A former Las Vegas resident for 49 years, she was a member of Daughters of the Nile 139 in Las Vegas, Navy Mothers Club of America, a lifetime member of PTA of Nevada and Order of the Eastern Star in Lake City, Mich.

She is survived by two daughters, Myrna Zumwalt of Carson City and Ellen Engle of West Valley City, Utah; one son, Jay Partridge of Las Vegas; five grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

Visitation is scheduled 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Friday in Palm Mortuary, 1325 N. Main St. Graveside services will follow in Palm Memorial Park. Palm Mortuary, 1600 S. Jones Blvd., is handling arrangements.

Ray Roberts

Ray Roberts, 67, of Las Vegas died Thursday in Las Vegas. He was born March 25, 1934, in California. A resident for 21 years, he was a carpenter.

He is survived by one sister, Reta Brown of Las Vegas.

A memorial service will be 11 a.m. Saturday in Arrid Sunrise Club, 1834 Lamb Blvd. Burial will be private. Davis Paradise Valley Funeral Home, 6200 S. Eastern Ave., is handling arrangements.

Harold G. St. Clair

Harold G. St. Clair, 87, of Las Vegas died Sunday in Las Vegas. He was born Aug. 16, 1914, in Minnesota. A resident for 10 years, he was a retired Army veteran and a lifetime member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars.

He is survived by three sons, Henry St. Clair, Harold St. Clair III and Thomas St. Clair; four daughters, Victoria St. Clair, Constance Goddard, Roslyn St. Clair and Kathy Garcia; one brother, Sumner St. Clair; two sisters, Cecil Hansen and Nancy Hamilton; and nine grandchildren.

A memorial service will be 10 a.m. Friday in Southern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Boulder City. Desert Memorial Cremation and Burial Society, 1111 Las Vegas Blvd. North, is handling arrangements.

Willis George Sanford

Willis George Sanford, 89, of Las Vegas died Tuesday in Las Vegas. He was born Aug. 30, 1912, in Foxcroft, Maine. A resident for 79 years, he was a maintenance man for the city of Las Vegas, a construction worker on Hoover Dam and an employee of the Union Pacific Railroad.

He is survived by one son, James Sanford of Las Vegas; one sister, Florence Sanford of San Francisco; two grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

Bunkers Mortuary, 925 Las Vegas Blvd. North, is handling private arrangements.

H. Daniel Schmitz

H. Daniel Schmitz, 78, of Las Vegas died Monday in Las Vegas. He was born Oct. 14, 1923, in Long Beach, Calif. A resident for 13 years, he was a retired sales representative in the advertising field, a World War II Navy veteran and a member of the Elks Club for 29 years.

He is survived by his wife, Evelyn; three daughters, Dana M. Schmitz of Valencia, Calif., Sue Barton of North Las Vegas and Lori Shulman of Albuquerque; one son, Paul W. Schmitz of Lake Arrowhead, Calif.; and two grandchildren.

Palm Mortuary, 1600 S. Jones Blvd., is handling arrangements.

The family suggests donations to the Leukemia Society of America, 631 N. Stephanie St., Suite 139, Henderson, NV 89014.

Donna L. Schwab

Donna L. Schwab, 61, of Las Vegas died Tuesday in a local hospital. She was born Jan. 16, 1940, in Scottsbluff, Neb. A resident for 4 1/2 years, she was a retired telecommunications supervisor.

She is survived by her husband, Robert R.; one daughter, Marla Michelle Young of Littleton, Colo.; two sons, Mark Anthony Baillie of Denver and Martin Gregory Baillie of Chino Valley, Ariz.; one brother, Ralph Gable of Colorado Springs, Colo.; and two grandchildren.

A memorial service will be 1 p.m. Friday in St. Andrew's Lutheran Church, 8901 Del Webb Blvd. Palm Mortuary, 7400 W. Cheyenne Ave., is handling arrangements.

The family suggests donations to the American Red Cross, Clark County Chapter, 1819 E. Charleston Blvd., Las Vegas, NV 89104.

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