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April 20, 2024

Obituaries for April 6, 2005

Sandra Albachari

Sandra Albachari, 68, of Mesquite died Monday in a local hospital. She was born Jan. 7, 1937, in Los Angeles. A resident for 35 years, she was a retired dealer.

She is survived by two daughters, Julie Nice of Fountain, Colo., and Karen Roth of Menlo Park, Calif.; her companion, Louis Bryant of Mesquite; and two grandchildren.

A memorial service will be 10 a.m. Thursday in Temple Beth Am, 9001 Hillpointe Road. King David Memorial Chapel and Cemetery, 2697 Eldorado Lane, is handling arrangements.

The family suggests donations to Jewish Family Services, 3909 S. Maryland Parkway, Suite 205, Las Vegas, NV 89119.

Walter Brown

Walter Brown, 88, of Las Vegas died March 30 in Las Vegas. He was born Oct. 12, 1916, in Louisiana. A resident for 16 years, he was a laborer and an Army veteran.

He is survived by his wife, Willie; two daughters, Teresa Spriggins of California and Mashavu Blackwell of Illinois; one brother, Robert Brown, and two sisters, Ceola Hampton and Earnestine Thomas, all of California; 12 grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.

Services will be 6:30 p.m. today in Faith Christian Fellowship, 421 S. Pacific St., Henderson. Burial will be 10:40 a.m. Thursday in Southern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Boulder City. Thomas and Jones Funeral Home, 310 Foremaster Lane, is handling arrangements.

Suzanne M. Clark

Suzanne M. Clark, 55, of Las Vegas died Sunday in a local hospital. She was born June 14, 1949, in Toledo, Ohio. A resident for 42 years, she was a licensed practical nurse.

She is survived by her husband, Tim; three sons, Kyle Clark, Joel Clark and Ian Clark, and one daughter, Amber Cabrera, all of Las Vegas; her mother, Mary Louise Farah of Henderson; three brothers, Terry Flood of Carlsbad, Calif., Michael Flood of Buena Vista, Va., and Matthew Flood of Bellingham, Wash.; and three sisters, Janet Langstaff of San Diego and Laurie Velasquez and Renee Flood, both of Las Vegas.

Visitation is scheduled one hour prior to an 11 a.m. service Friday in Trinity Life Center, 1000 E. St. Louis Ave. Affordable Cremation and Burial Service, 2457 N. Decatur Blvd., is handling arrangements.

Keith Joseph Coleman

Keith Joseph Coleman, 41, of Las Vegas died Sunday in Las Vegas. He was born Aug. 13, 1963, in Irvington, N.J. A resident for 31 years, he was a retail clerk and he served in the National Guard.

He is survived by his parents, Loretta and Gerard M. Coleman, three brothers, Michael Gerard Coleman, John Salvator and Nicholas James Coleman, his grandmother, Frances Raimonda, and his uncle, Charles Raimonda, all of Las Vegas.

A memorial service will be 3:30 p.m. Thursday in Affordable Cremation and Burial Service, 2457 N. Decatur Blvd.

Donald J. Folliard

Donald J. Folliard, 82, of Henderson died Saturday in Henderson. He was born Aug. 29, 1922, in Streator, Ill. A resident for 20 years, he was a retired dentist, an Army veteran, a member of the Knights of Columbus and the Elks.

He is survived by his wife, Betty; and two sons, Robert of Las Vegas and John of Henderson; and one daughter, Jayne of Chesapeake, Va.

Services will be 10 a.m. Friday in St. Thomas More Catholic Church, 130 N. Pecos Road, Henderson. Burial will follow at 11:30 a.m. Friday in Paradise Memorial Gardens, 6200 S. Eastern Ave. Desert Memorial Cremation and Burial Society, 1111 Las Vegas Blvd. North, is handling arrangements.

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

Charles Ray Hankston

Charles Ray Hankston, 45, of Las Vegas died Saturday in a local hospital. He was born Jan. 6, 1960, in New Orleans. A resident for 40 years, he was a heavy equipment operator for the city.

He is survived by his wife, Sherry; three sons, Charlton Ray Hankston, Bearington Hankston and Brondon Hankston, and his mother, Maxrean Hankston, all of Las Vegas; his father, Eddy Ray Taylor of New Orleans; three sisters, Diane Hankston, Gloria Hankston and Leeann Hankston, five brothers, Anthony Hankston, Dyrell Hankston, Marty Hankston, Darnell Hankston and Michael Hankston, and his grandmother, Elizabeth Jenkins, all of Las Vegas.

Visitation is scheduled 2-7 p.m. Friday in Palm Mortuary, 1325 N. Main St. Services will be 11 a.m. Saturday in St. John's Baptist Church, Martin Luther King Boulevard.

Venancio Heron-Santos

Venancio Heron-Santos, 41, of North Las Vegas died Monday in a local hospital. He was born Dec. 30, 1963, in Oaxaca, Mexico. A resident for eight years, he was a laborer, a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and the Republican National Committee.

He is survived by his wife, Isabel; one son, Ismael Mendez-Marin, and one daughter, Nancy Heron, both of North Las Vegas.

Visitation is scheduled 2-7 p.m. Friday in Palm Mortuary, 1325 N. Main St.

Dr. Quincy A. 'Doc' Johnson

Dr. Quincy A. "Doc" Johnson, 73, of Las Vegas died Saturday in Las Vegas. He was born May 29, 1931, in Memphis, Tenn. A resident for 15 years, he was a retired osteopath, an Army veteran and a member of the American Osteopathic Association, American College of Osteopathic General Practitioners, Nevada Osteopathic Medical Association and the Nevada Social Association.

He is survived by his wife, Judith A.; one daughter, Shelia Rene Johnson of Southfield, Mich.; six grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.

Visitation is scheduled two hours prior to a 6 p.m. service Thursday in Palm Mortuary, 7400 W. Cheyenne Ave. Burial will be in Memphis, Tenn.

The family suggests donations to the American Cancer Society, 1325 E. Harmon Ave., Las Vegas, NV 89119.

Franklin H. Levell

Franklin H. Levell, 81, of Las Vegas died Friday in a local hospital. He was born July 26, 1923, in Baltimore. A resident for 41 years, he was a retired electrician and a World War II Army veteran.

He is survived by three sons, Gary Levell and David Levell, both of Las Vegas and Frank Levell III of San Diego; five grandchildren; and 15 great-grandchildren.

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

Carolyn Miller

Carolyn Miller, 84, of Las Vegas died Saturday in Pahrump. She was born Aug. 20, 1920, in Salt Lake City. A resident for 45 years, she was a homemaker.

She is survived by two sons, Michael Miller and Philip Miller, both of Pahrump; five daughters, Carolyne Bowler and Kathleen Duran, both of Salt Lake City, Lyndee Lombardi and Jeanine Propps, both of Pahrump, and Toni Larock of Las Vegas; 14 grandchildren; and 15 great-grandchildren.

Visitation is scheduled 9 a.m.-noon and one hour prior to a 3 p.m. service Saturday in Palm Mortuary, 7600 S. Eastern Ave. Burial will follow in Palm Valley View Memorial Park.

Norma Nadine 'Nonnie' Moore

Norma Nadine "Nonnie" Moore, 81, of Boulder City died Saturday in a local hospice. She was born Feb. 6, 1924, in Laramie, Wyo. A lifelong resident, she was a retired pharmacy clerk.

She is survived by one daughter, Willett Hull of Las Vegas; two granddaughters, Stephanie K. Chabin of Las Vegas and Shanna Frampton Leslie of Henderson; and four great-grandchildren.

Visitation is scheduled 3-7 p.m. Saturday in Palm Mortuary, 800 S. Boulder Highway, Henderson. Services will be 2 p.m. Sunday in Palm Chapel, Henderson. Entombment will follow in Palm Mausoleum, Boulder City.

Debra J. Nielsen

Debra J. Nielsen, 49, of Henderson died Monday in Las Vegas. She was born March 27, 1956, in McKinley, Mich. A resident for 20 years, she was a medical assistant.

She is survived by her husband, Dennis A.; three daughters, Angela Mendoza of Las Vegas and Jaysee Nielsen and Shilho Nielsen, both of Henderson; one son, Paul McCloud, and one sister, Pauline Bailey, both of Las Vegas; and five grandchildren.

Palm Mortuary, 800 S. Boulder Highway, Henderson, is handling arrangements.

Ruth Perry

Ruth Perry, 48, of Las Vegas died Saturday in Las Vegas. She was born Jan. 24, 1957, in Oklahoma. A resident for 15 years, she was a homemaker.

She is survived by three sons, Edward Fuller and Lamalsikou Lowe, both of Las Vegas, and Demontrail Tutt of Texas; one daughter, Rasheda Sullivan, and one sister, Rosie Willis, both of Las Vegas; five brothers, Thomas Perry, Harry Perry and Benny Perry, all of Calfornia, Emanuel Perry of Virginia and Henry Perry of Las Vegas; and seven grandchildren.

Visitation is scheduled 4-7 p.m. Thursday in Thomas and Jones Funeral Home, 310 Foremaster Lane. Services will be 11 a.m. Friday in Friendship Church of God in Christ, 2249 W. Washington Ave. Burial will follow in Davis' Paradise Memorial Gardens, 6200 S. Eastern Ave.

Theodore A. Raaymakers

Theodore A. Raaymakers, 72, of Las Vegas died Saturday in Las Vegas. He was born Nov. 2, 1932, in Sumas, Wash. A resident for 35 years, he was a retired accountant.

He is survived by his wife, Myra; two sons, Theodore A. Raaymakers Jr. of Long Beach, Wash., and Stuart Jordan of Las Vegas; four daughters, Cheryl Teal of Anchorage, Alaska, Margaret Raaymakers of Seattle and Cynthia Brummett and Tamara Desmarais, both of Las Vegas; 12 grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

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

Edythe Raney

Edythe Raney, 83, of Las Vegas died Saturday in a local hospital. She was born Sept. 21, 1921, in Little Rock, Ark. A resident for 49 years, she was a retired waitress and a member of the Culinary Union.

She is survived by two daughters, Terri Susan Raney of Las Vegas and Kay Raney Warner of Cass City, Mich.; three sisters, Iva Williams of Las Vegas and Eva Phillips and Cora Thompson, both of Oklahoma; and one grandson.

Visitation is scheduled 2-3 p.m. Thursday in Palm Mortuary, 7600 S. Eastern Ave. Graveside services will follow in Palm Valley View Memorial Park. Palm Mortuary, 7400 W. Cheyenne Ave., is handling arrangements.

Donations to the family fund are suggested.

Ronnie Willet

Ronnie Willet, 60, of Las Vegas died Saturday in Las Vegas. She was born Feb. 13, 1945, in Maryland. A resident for 17 years, she was a homemaker.

She is survived by her husband, John; and one daughter, Holly.

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

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