Parking limited for Guinn rosary service, funeral

By Erin Dostal

Published Monday, July 26, 2010 | 11:30 a.m.

Updated Monday, July 26, 2010 | 4:36 p.m.

Metro police announced today that parking will be limited for services honoring former Gov. Kenny Guinn tonight and Tuesday at St. Joseph, Husband of Mary Catholic Church in Las Vegas.

"Members of the public should consider car-pooling to these events as parking will be very limited," police said in an announcement this morning.

The public should also expect traffic delays during the funeral procession, police said. The procession to the church begins at 9:30 a.m. at Palm Mortuary, 1600 South Jones Boulevard.

As the procession leaves from Palm Mortuary, heading southbound, Jones Boulevard will be closed, police said. When the motorcade reaches Oakey Boulevard and begins to head west, only eastbound traffic on the road will be allowed, police said.

Police said no traffic would be allowed between Sahara Avenue and Oakey Boulevard along Tenaya Way as the procession arrives at the church.

Guinn’s funeral Mass is scheduled for 10 a.m. Tuesday at the church.

A Rosary service will be held at 7 p.m. today at the church, 7260 W. Sahara, followed by a public viewing.

Guinn, who served eight years as Nevada’s governor during the state’s most rapid growth period, died Thursday. He was 73.

A Republican, Guinn was Nevada's governor from January 1999 until the end of his second term in 2006. He also served as superintendent of the Clark County School District from 1969 to 1978, and was interim president of UNLV from 1994 to 1995.

In lieu of flowers, the Guinn family has asked that donations be made to the Kenny C. Guinn Millennium Scholarship fund. Guinn helped establish the fund to help high school students in Nevada attend public colleges within the state.

Guinn is survived by his wife, Dema, and two sons, Jeff and Steve.