Las Vegas Sun

March 28, 2024

Obituaries for February 5, 2001

Zendell M. Hale

Zendell M. Hale, 85, of Las Vegas died Friday in Las Vegas. He was born Dec. 1, 1915, in Groveland, Idaho. A resident for 11 years, he was a retired accountant for an insurance company and an Army veteran.

He is survived by his wife of 63 years, Lettie Raymond Hale; two sons, Wayne Hale of Pocatello, Idaho, and Blair Hale of Las Vegas; two daughters, Ann Marie Downey of Upland, Calif., and Jeannine Baker of Norman, Okla.; 19 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.

Visitation is scheduled 5-7 p.m. Tuesday in Bunkers Mortuary, 925 Las Vegas Blvd. North. Services will be 2 p.m. Wednesday in the Spring Mountain Ward of the LDS Church. Burial will be in Idaho.

Betty J. Hansen

Betty J. Hansen, 78, of Las Vegas died Sunday in a local hospice. She was born Nov. 1, 1922, in Racine, Wis. A resident for six years, she was a homemaker and a member of the Beta Sigma Phi sorority.

She is survived by two daughters, Kristen Hansen and Kyle Zemp, both of Las Vegas; five grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

A memorial service will be 3 p.m. Wednesday in Palm Mortuary, 7600 S. Eastern Ave.

Lawrence Haygood

Lawrence Haygood, 90, of Las Vegas died Friday in a local hospital. He was born Aug. 6, 1910, in Cheyenne, Wyo. A resident for 63 years, he was a retired Union Pacific Railroad locomotive engineer, a member and past master of Vegas Masonic Lodge 32 F&AM, a member of the York Rite Bodies, Scottish Rite Bodies and Challenger Club and a former member of the Zelzah Shrine Temple.

He is survived by his wife of 63 years, Alice; one daughter, Karenlee Gilbert, and one son, Bob Haygood, both of Las Vegas; one brother, Carroll Haygood of Hawaii; six grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.

Visitation is scheduled 2-7 p.m. Tuesday in Palm Mortuary, 1325 N. Main St. Services will be 10 a.m. Wednesday in Palm Chapel, Main. Burial will follow in Palm Memorial Park.

The family suggests donations to Zelzah Shrine Temple, Burn Victims, 2222 W. Mesquite Ave., Las Vegas, NV 89106 or First United Methodist Church Memorial Fund, 231 S. Third St., Las Vegas, NV 89101.

Gina Holliday

Gina Holliday, 20, of Henderson died Thursday. She was born Aug. 31, 1980, in Henderson. A lifelong resident, she was a homemaker.

She is survived by two sons, Edward and Xavier, both of Henderson; her mother, Cheryl Holliday-Redmon of Gresham, Ore.; her father, Robert Redmon of Las Vegas; two sisters, Genevia Holliday of Henderson and Latasha McDaniel of Las Vegas; one brother, Greg Holliday of Las Vegas; and her grandmother, Geraldine R. Holliday of Henderson.

Palm Mortuary, 7600 S. Eastern Ave., is arranging private services.

Gerald L. May

Gerald L. May, 63, of Las Vegas died Sunday in a local hospital. He was born June 30, 1937, in Findley, Ohio. A resident for seven years, he was a retired maintenance mechanic for an aircraft manufacturer.

He is survived by his wife, Carol; one daughter, Elizabeth Baldivia, and one son, Jerry May, both of Burbank, Calif.; and one grandchild.

A memorial service will be held in California. Palm Mortuary, 1325 N. Main St., is handling arrangements.

The family suggests donations to the Leukemia Society of America, 631 N. Stephanie St., Suite 139, Henderson, NV 89014.

Matthew Miller

Matthew Miller, 84, of Las Vegas died Wednesday in a local hospital. He was born Jan. 21, 1917, in Arkansas. A resident for nine years, he was retired and was a Navy veteran.

He is survived by his wife, Phyllis; four sons, Mathel Miller of Rowlett, Texas, William Nutting Jr. of Los Angeles and Walter Nutting and Perry Miller, both of Oakland, Calif.; three daughters, Grace Fields of Las Vegas and Lynette Nutting and Naomi Nutting, both of Oakland; two sisters, Louise Harris of Las Vegas and Susan Giggins of Seattle; 11 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.

No local services are scheduled. Burial will be in Oakland. Davis Funeral Home, 2127 W. Charleston Blvd., is handling arrangements.

Robert Andrew Monica

Robert Andrew Monica, 52, of Las Vegas died Thursday in Warm Springs. He was born March 28, 1948, in Santa Monica, Calif. A resident for 16 years, he was the undefeated Marine Corps North American light heavyweight champion, a Vietnam War Marine Corps veteran who received a Bronze Star, Navy Cross and Purple Heart, a member of the Young Republicans in 1973 and Boys Clubs of America, won state junior college honors as a tight end at College of the Desert and attended the Citadel in South Carolina on a football scholarship.

He is survived by one daughter, Sophia Maria Monica of Las Vegas; four sisters, Theresa Constance (Monica) Ludtke of Addy, Wash., Josephine Ann (Monica) Stewart of San Gabriel, Calif., Monica Mary (Monica) McKeever of Long Beach, Calif., and Mary Collette Monica of Las Vegas; and seven brothers, Matteo Monica III of Palm Desert, Calif., Gregory George Monica of Henderson, Corbett Mark Monica of Portland, Ore., Conrad Monica of Addy, John Lawrence Monica of New York City, Martin Gerard Monica of Simi Valley, Calif., and Christopher Joseph Monica of Marietta, Ga.

Visitation was scheduled 11 a.m.-1 p.m. today in American Burial and Cremation Services, 310 Foremaster Lane.

Charles Reid

Charles Reid, 87, of Las Vegas died Sunday in a local hospital. He was born Feb. 4, 1914, in Lakewood, Ohio. A resident for 23 years, he was a retired programmer for a manufacturing firm.

He is survived by his wife of 63 years, Alice; one daughter, Penny Vernier of Henderson; three sons, Stuart Reid of Henderson, Douglass Reid of Crossville, Tenn., and Mark Reid of Cornelia, Ga.; and 11 grandchildren.

A memorial service will be 2 p.m. Thursday in Palm Mortuary, 7600 S. Eastern Ave.

The family suggests donations to the Nathan Adelson Hospice, 4141 S. Swenson St., Las Vegas, NV 89119.

Kiara Meena Singer

Kiara Meena Singer of Las Vegas died Friday, her day of birth, in a local hospital.

She is survived by her mother, Carol Algernon, her father, Bryan Singer, and her grandparents, Nelson and Ameena Domacasse and Ronda Sue Klessig-Singer, all of Las Vegas.

A memorial service will be 6 p.m. Thursday in Palm Mortuary, 7400 W. Cheyenne Ave.

Elmer H. Smith

Elmer H. Smith, 76, of Las Vegas died Jan. 5 in Las Vegas. An Army veteran, he was born Sept. 13, 1924.

Burial will be in Southern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Boulder City. Bunkers Mortuary, 925 Las Vegas Blvd. North, is handling arrangements.

Julia 'Dolly' Mary Stamer

Julia 'Dolly' Mary Stamer, 83, of Boulder City died Friday in Las Vegas. She was born Sept. 10, 1917, in Chicago. A resident for 24 years, she was a switchboard operator for the telephone company, past president of the Boulder City Community Club and a member of the Circle 8 Square Dancers Club.

She is survived by one daughter, Lynn Lakers of Boulder City; one son, Raymond J. Stamer of Green Bay, Wis.; six grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.

Rosary will be 6 p.m. Tuesday in St. Andrew's Catholic Church, 1399 San Felipe Drive, Boulder City. Mass will be celebrated 10 a.m. Wednesday in St. Andrew's Catholic Church. Entombment will follow in Palm Mausoleum, Boulder City.

Barbara L. Wildemann

Barbara L. Wildemann, 48, of Las Vegas died Saturday in Las Vegas. She was born Jan. 9, 1953, in Butte, Mont. A resident for 15 years, she was an assistant comptroller in the gaming industry, an Air Force veteran and a UNLV graduate.

She is survived by her mother, Shirley Dougherty, and three sisters, Suzanne French, Pamela Dougherty and Allison Marshall, all of Phoenix; and four brothers, Tim Dougherty, Michael Dougherty and Pat Dougherty, all of Phoenix and Terry Dougherty of Mayer, Ariz.

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

The family suggests donations to the Nathan Adelson Hospice, 4141 S. Swenson St., Las Vegas, NV 89119.

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