Obituaries for Sept. 23, 2002

Monday, Sept. 23, 2002 | 8:40 a.m.

Leeanne Berger

Leeanne Berger, 47, of Las Vegas died Thursday in Las Vegas. She was born April 26, 1955, in Troy, N.Y. A resident for 28 years, she was a homemaker.

She is survived by one daughter, Dorothy Henke of Las Vegas; three sisters, Dorothy Delporto and Gail McGill, both of Las Vegas, and Mary Alice of Indianapolis; and five grandchildren.

Visitation is scheduled 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Thursday in Palm Mortuary, 7600 S. Eastern Ave. Graveside services followed in Palm Chapel, Eastern. Palm Mortuary, 1325 N. Main St., is handling arrangements.

Raymond Jeffrey Briggs

Raymond Jeffrey Briggs, 10 weeks, of Las Vegas died Tuesday in Las Vegas. He was born July 5, 2002, in Las Vegas.

He is survived by his parents, Raymond and Paula of Las Vegas; two sisters, Kayla of North Mankato, Minn., and Brittany of Spokane, Wash.; two brothers, Dillon and Caleb, both of North Mankato; and his grandparents, Robert Briggs and Melba Smith, both of Las Vegas, and Hillary and Betty Mohr of Springfield, Minn.

A memorial service will be 1 p.m. Wednesday in Palm Mortuary, 1325 N. Main St.

Joseph Molinaro

Joseph Molinaro, 80, of Las Vegas died Sept. 2 in Las Vegas. He was born Sept. 2, 1922, in Pittsburgh. A retired Riviera hotel executive, he was active in many golf charity tournaments.

He is survived by his wife, Rosemary; one daughter, Marcia Stafford; one son, Terry Nelson; two sisters, Rachael of Pennsylvania and Mary of Connecticut; two grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.

Graveside services will be 2 p.m. Sept. 30 in Southern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Boulder City. Sunrise Cremation & Burial Society, 745 W. Sunset Road, No. 5, Henderson, is handling arrangements.

John William Seamster

John William Seamster, 72, of Las Vegas died Wednesday in Las Vegas. A newspaper printer and Army Air Corps veteran, he was born Feb. 3, 1930, in Wyoming.

He is survived by seven daughters, Debra McWhorter of Alabama, Diana Deets of California, Donna Gray, Durena Mize and Dru Seamster, all of Washington state, and Davi Diorio and Dylynn Lackinger, both of Las Vegas; one brother, Bernard Seamster; 12 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.

A memorial service was scheduled for 2 p.m. today in Green Valley Christian Center, 711 Valle Verde Court, Henderson. Garden Memorial Funeral Home, 3600 W. Vegas Drive, is handling arrangements.

Wallace Stovall

Wallace Stovall, 45, of Las Vegas died Thursday in Las Vegas. He was born Oct. 26, 1956, in Arkansas City, Ark. A resident for 16 years, he was a mental health caregiver.

He is survived by his father and stepmother, Wallace and Ann of Las Vegas; his mother, Bobbie Pope, one brother, Brian, and one sister, Leslea Adams, all of Ponca, Okla.

A memorial service will be 7 p.m. Wednesday in Smoke Ranch Villas Community Center, Michael Way and Smoke Ranch Road. Affordable Cremation and Burial Service, 2457 N. Decatur Blvd., is handling arrangements.

Philip William Temby

Philip William Temby, 48, of Las Vegas died Saturday in a local hospital. He was born Oct. 1, 1953, in Ferndale, Mich. A resident for seven years, he was a florist.

He is survived by his life partner, Duane Freeman of Las Vegas; his mother and stepfather, Olive and Dan Gullen, and one sister, Susan Guibord, all of Henderson; and two brothers, Burt Temby of Florida and Daniel Gullen of Redford, Mich.

Visitation was scheduled for 4-7 p.m. today in Palm Mortuary, 7600 S. Eastern Ave.

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

Tom Vyvyan

Tom Vyvyan, 43, of Las Vegas died Thursday in Las Vegas. He was born Aug. 1, 1959, in Racine, Wis. A resident for 22 years, he owned and operated a refrigeration service.

He is survived by his wife, Sherry K.; one daughter, Joanna Kay Vyvyan, one son, James Edward Vyvyan, his parents, Harlow and Joan Vyvyan, and one sister, Tammy Goeken, all of Las Vegas.

Visitation is scheduled 4-7 p.m. Wednesday in Palm Mortuary, 7600 S. Eastern Ave. Services will be 11 a.m. Thursday in Cornerstone Christian Fellowship, 5825 El Dorado St. Graveside services will follow in Palm Valley View Memorial Park, 7600 S. Eastern Ave. Palm Mortuary, 1325 N. Main St., is handling arrangements.

The family suggests donations to Cornerstone Christian Fellowship, 5825 El Dorado St., Las Vegas, NV 89102, the Connelly House, Farmington, N.M., or the donor's favorite charity.