Obituaries for Nov. 24, 2003

Monday, Nov. 24, 2003 | 9:36 a.m.

Lea Marie Bradley

Lea Marie Bradley, 30, of Las Vegas died Thursday in Las Vegas. She was born Sept. 24, 1973, in Las Vegas. A lifelong resident, she was a pharmacist.

She is survived by her husband, Edwin Cepeda; two daughters, Samantha and Chelsea, two sons, Ryan and Zachary, her parents, Richard and Shirley Bradley, and two sisters, Sheila Hollander and Rebecca Mathews, all of Las Vegas.

Visitation is scheduled one hour prior to a 10 a.m. service Wednesday in Gateway Baptist Church, 1900 Gateway Road. Graveside services will follow at noon Wednesday in Palm Valley View Memorial Park, 7600 S. Eastern Ave. Palm Mortuary, 1325 N. Main St., is handling arrangements.

Ella D. Davis

Ella D. Davis, 92, of Las Vegas died Friday in Las Vegas. She was born Nov. 27, 1910, in Granite City, Ill. A resident for four years, she was a homemaker.

She is survived by one son, Jim of Las Vegas; three brothers, William Hutchings of Daytona Beach, Fla., Richard Hutchings of Granite City, Ill., and Ralph Hutchings of Detroit; one sister, Violet Rusick of Granite City; three grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.

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

Lorraine D. Ellis

Lorraine D. Ellis, 72, of Las Vegas died Nov. 15 in Las Vegas. She was born April 29, 1931, in Massachusetts. A resident for five years, she was a homemaker.

She is survived by two sons, James N. Ellis Jr. and Jerry E. Ellis; two daughters, Joyce Waters and Janet R. Elkind; one brother, George "Curly" Monroe; seven grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.

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

Ralph Gray

Ralph Gray, 58, of Las Vegas died Wednesday in North Las Vegas. He was born Jan. 31, 1945, in Las Vegas. A lifelong resident, he was a construction worker.

He is survived by his wife, JoAnne; five daughters, Youlanda Johnson, Rashisa Gray, Jasmond Gray and Natasha Gray, all of Las Vegas and LaTasha Johnson of Texas; four brothers, LeeOtis Gray, Gary Gray Sr., Keith Gray and Glennis Gray, and seven sisters, Barbara Robinson, Erma Jeanette Harris, Sara Flannigan, Veronica Fleming, Jacqueline Gray, Frances Colleen Gray and Natalie Gray, all of Las Vegas; and five grandchildren.

Visitation will continue until 8 p.m. today in American Burial and Cremation Services, 310 Foremaster Lane. Services will be 11 a.m. Tuesday in Pentecostal Temple Church of God in Christ, 1117 N. F St. Burial will follow in Woodlawn Cemetery.

William Johnson

William Johnson, 79, of Las Vegas died Thursday in a local hospital. He was born Sept. 22, 1924, in the Bronx, N.Y. A resident for 17 years, he was a retired aerospace industry supervisor, a World War II Army veteran and a member of the brotherhood at Second Baptist Church.

He is survived by his wife, Juanita; four daughters, Mabel Miles of Carson, Calif., Gwendolyn Allen of San Bernardino, Calif., and Rosa Lacy and Gloria Perry, both of Las Vegas; five sons, William Johnson Jr. of Carson, Ronald E. Johnson Sr. of Rialto, Calif., Michael Ashanti of Compton, Calif., Hurrey Upshaw of Bakersfield, Calif., and Willie Lemon of Palmdale, Calif.; 37 grandchildren; and 30 great-grandchildren.

Visitation is scheduled 2-7 p.m. Tuesday in Palm Mortuary, 1325 N. Main St. Services will be 10:30 a.m. Wednesday in Second Baptist Church, 500 W. Madison Ave. Graveside services will be 1:20 p.m. Wednesday in Southern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Boulder City.

Russell Phillip Jones

Russell Phillip Jones, 54, of Las Vegas died Tuesday in Las Vegas. He was born Nov. 13, 1949, in Los Angeles. A resident for 44 years, he was a school district bus driver and a Vietnam War Army veteran.

He is survived by his wife, Debbie; one daughter, Sandra Phares, one son, Russell Jones, his mother, Eleanor Frickman, and four brothers, Robert Anderson, Jerry Jones, Jeff Jones and Rick Jones, all of Las Vegas; and four grandchildren.

Visitation is scheduled two hours prior to an 11:30 a.m. service Tuesday in Palm Mortuary, 1600 S. Jones Blvd. Graveside services will be 1:20 p.m. Tuesday in Southern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Boulder City.

James E. Kaltenbach

James E. Kaltenbach, 76, of Las Vegas died Nov. 14 in Las Vegas. He was born March 25, 1927, in Racine, Wis. A resident for 45 years, he was a furniture mover and a World War II Army veteran.

He is survived by one daughter, Terry Jones of Benton, Ariz.; two sons, Dennis Kaltenbach of Benton and Jack Kaltenbach of Oregon; two brothers, Bob Kaltenbach and Bill Kaltenbach, both of Texas; two sisters, Antleona Borger and Marion Rorek, both of Wisconsin; and four grandchildren.

Nevada Funeral Service-Nevada Cremation or Burial Society, 2983 Fremont St., handled private arrangements.

Diane B. Rybko

Diane B. Rybko, 63, of Las Vegas died Saturday in Las Vegas. She was born March 29, 1940, in Chicago. A resident for 15 years, she was a director of nursing at Valley Hospital.

She is survived by one son, Steven Slowik, and her mother, Rose Leski, both of Las Vegas; and one sister, Arlene Vecchio of Warner Robbins, Ga.

Visitation is scheduled 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Tuesday in Palm Mortuary, 1600 S. Jones Blvd. Services will be 4 p.m. Tuesday in Palm Chapel, Jones.

Louise H. Schenewerk

Louise H. Schenewerk, 92, of Las Vegas died Thursday in Las Vegas. She was born Feb. 24, 1911, in Missouri. A resident for one month, she was a homemaker, a member of the Women's Club of Kern Valley and the Community Service Guild of Kern Valley.

She is survived by two sons, William Schenewerk of Moorpark, Calif., and Bruce Schenewerk of Portland, Ore.; two daughters, Margarettha Mahoney of Henderson and Trudy Padgett of Vida, Ore.; seven grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.

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

Clemance A. Snyder

Clemance A. Snyder, 95, of Las Vegas died Friday in Las Vegas. She was born Nov. 19, 1908, in Cincinnati. A resident for 36 years, she was a homemaker, a member of Daughters of the American Revolution, Colonial Wars Society of Magna Carta, Towne Club, Mesquite Club, Order of the Crown, Roger Williams Association and Daughters of American Colonists.

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

Stanley Donald Unruh

Stanley Donald Unruh, 88, of Beaverton, Ore., died Wednesday in Las Vegas. He was born Dec. 25, 1914, in Milwaukee. A former resident for 30 years, he was a former pastor of First Baptist Church and Sunrise Baptist Church, both in Las Vegas.

He is survived by one daughter, Nancy Hall of Beaverton, Ore.; one brother, Wallace Unruh of Colorado Springs, Colo.; and one grandchild.

Visitation is scheduled 5-8 p.m. today in Palm Mortuary, 7600 S. Eastern Ave. Services will be 1:30 p.m. Tuesday in First Baptist Church, 4400 W. Oakey Blvd. Burial will follow in Palm Valley View Memorial Park.

Wyatt Lawrence Watkins Sr.

Wyatt Lawrence Watkins Sr., 21, of Henderson died Thursday in Henderson. He was born Sept. 23, 1982, in Henderson. He was self-employed.

He is survived by his high school sweetheart, Amanda Hair; one son, Wyatt Jr.; his parents, Larry and Rita Watkins; three brothers, Todd of Las Vegas, Paul of New York and Page of Henderson; and two sisters, Sonja Clark of Las Vegas and Karen of Henderson.

A memorial service will be 2 p.m. Tuesday in Nevada Funeral Service-Nevada Cremation or Burial Society, 2983 Fremont St.