Obituaries for October 12, 1998

He is survived by his wife, Joyce; one son, Joseph Capabianca of Pahrump; his mother, Mary Capobianco of Cleveland; three sisters, Ann Lester of Phoenix, Sarah Tirabasso of Burton, Ohio, and Yolanda Cosner of Cleveland; and one brother, Joseph Capobianco of Las Vegas.

Visitation is scheduled noon until 7 p.m. services Tuesday in Palm Mortuary, 7600 S. Eastern Ave.

Dick Cottle, 68, of Las Vegas died Saturday in a local hospital. He was born Nov. 25, 1929, in Oklahoma City. A resident for 14 years, he was a retired heating/cooling salesman and a Navy veteran.

He is survived by his wife, Dona; one daughter, Yvonne Smith of Las Vegas; one son, Patrick Cottle of Los Angeles; three grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

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

The family suggests donations to the American Heart Association, 6370 W. Flamingo Road, Suite 1, Las Vegas, NV 89103.

Frank Thomas Dawson, 86, of Henderson died Friday in a local hospital. He was born Sept. 13, 1912, in Seward, Kan. A resident for 62 years, he was a retired pipe fitter/welder and a member of Pipefitters and Plumbers Local 525.

He is survived by his wife, Lillian; three daughters, Armeita Ross of Henderson, Annette Hastings of Las Vegas and Sharon Block of Vancouver, Wash.; one brother, Charles Dawson of Malibu, Calif.; one sister, Margaret Butler of Jennings, Okla.; 11 grandchildren, 23 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren.

Services will be 11 a.m. Tuesday in Palm Mortuary, 800 S. Boulder Highway, Henderson. Graveside services will be 12:30 p.m. Tuesday in Memory Gardens.

Dorothy Litster, 77, of St. George, Utah, died Saturday in St. George. She was born Feb. 10, 1921, in Park City, Utah. A resident for 44 years, she was a homemaker and a member of the Le Mesa Good Sammers Chapter of Las Vegas.

She is survived by one son, Ralph W.; one son, Ralph W. Litster, and one daughter, Connie L. Sprague, both of Las Vegas; one sister, Evelyn Bowman of St. George; six grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.

Visitation is scheduled 6-8 p.m. Tuesday in Bunkers Mortuary, 925 Las Vegas Blvd. North. Additional visitation will be one hour prior to 11 a.m. services Wednesday in the Relief Society Room of the Red Coach LDS Ward Chapel. Burial will follow in Memory Gardens.

Jessie Althea Moore, 74, of Las Vegas died Friday in a local hospital. She was born Nov. 19, 1923, in Los Angeles. A resident for 20 years, she was a retired sales associate for Joseph Magnum.

She is survived by her husband, Willie; one son, Russell Moore of Los Angeles; and two grandchildren.

Services will be 7 p.m. Monday in St. James Catholic Church. Burial will be in California. American Burial and Cremation Services, 310 Foremaster Lane, is handling arrangements.

Lillian Gaell Puckett, 77, of Las Vegas died Saturday in Las Vegas. She was born Oct. 13, 1920, in Chicago. A resident for 38 years, she was a PBX operator at the Desert Inn and a member of the Teamsters Union.

She is survived by one son, John Puckett of Glen Cove, N.Y.; two daughters, Joan Dorothy McGary of Parker, Colo., and Joyce Rosemary Puckett of Las Vegas; and six grandchildren.

Visitation is scheduled 5-7 p.m. today in Davis Paradise Valley Funeral Home, 6200 S. Eastern Ave. Graveside services will be Tuesday in Southern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Boulder City.

Leon M. Samueli, 49, of Las Vegas died Sunday in Las Vegas. He was born July 29, 1949, in Munich, Germany. A resident for six years, he was founder of Samueli's Deli in Henderson.

He is survived by his wife, Barbara J.; one stepdaughter, Jocelyn Davis of Calabasas, Calif.; two stepsons, Keith Briones of Las Vegas and Jeffrey Briones of Phoenix; one brother, Henry Samueli of San Juan Capistrano, Calif.; and eight grandchildren.

Visitation is scheduled 5-8 p.m. today in Davis Paradise Valley Funeral Home, 6200 S. Eastern Ave.

Ralph H. Wedyke, 64, of Las Vegas died Sept. 4 in a local care center. He was born Dec. 17, 1933, in Grosse Pointe Woods, Mich. A resident for 46 years, he worked in the floor covering business.

He is survived by his companion, Carmella Figard, four daughters, Jamie Johnson, Tami Knepper, Ronda Carollo and Jessica Figard, and two sons, Greg Johnson and Larry Figard, all of Las Vegas; one brother, Myron Wedyke of Harper Woods, Mich.; two sisters, Mabel Leahey of Harper Woods and Anna Mae Godbold of Clinton Township, Mich.; and nine grandchildren.

Graveside services will be 10:45 a.m. Tuesday in Southern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Boulder City. American Burial and Cremation Services, 310 Foremaster Lane, is handling arrangements.

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