Obituaries

May 7, 1936 - April 2, 2023

Janet Barnes, 86 of Woodburn, died in Salem, Oregon on April 2 of respiratory failure due to post-COVID pneumonia. With a CD of Bach Cello Suites playing, fresh flowers on the table, and covered by a quilt made by Salem Health nurses, she was surrounded by beauty. Her family was by...

KELLY SUE NEWMAN ABNEY Kelly was born in Grand Junction, Colo. to Rose and Alva Newman. She graduated from Cosmetology School in 1976, and married Wayne Abney in 1977. She earned her Class A license and became an over the road truck driver so she could be on the road with him. They drove in Colorado and Wyoming...

ROBERT H. ADAMS Robert Hollis Adams, 81, passed away on July 28, 2019 in Pahrump after a brief illness. Robert was born August 14, 1937 in Louisville, Ky, the oldest son of Robert Patteson Adams, Jr. of Louisville, Ky. and Rebecca Commandeur Adams of Bardstown, Ky. He attended Atherton High School in Louisville and...

JERRY MICHAEL ADCOX
With hearts full of love and gratitude for his life, the family of Jerry Michael Adcox announces his passing on November 4, 2025, in Beatty, Nevada, at the age of 78.
Jerry was born in Downey, California, and spent his youth in Washington State, where he developed the curiosity, faith, and...

ADELE NOELIE HULBERG Noelie was born October 20, 1940 in Downey, Calif. On June 5, 2017, she was suddenly taken away. Mom was 76 years old. Noelie retired after many years of working and left San Jacinto, Calif. to move to Pahrump. Her greatest joys in life had always been her children and their children, and she...

KATHLEEN E. AHRENS
November 15, 1940 - May 25, 2026
Kathleen E. Ahrens (née Rosenmayer), of Pahrump, NV, passed away on May 25, 2026 at the age of 85.
Born and raised in Chicago, Illinois, Kathleen built a life full of love, laughter, and quiet strength. In November 1997, she and Charlie left Chicago behind for...

ALBERT KAPLAN Albert Kaplan, discoverer of the daguerreotype of young Abraham Lincoln, is dead. He was 89 years old, the youngest child of Esther Chodosh and Sol Kaplan of Gouverneur, New York. He was active in the animal liberation movement. In 1977 while browsing in a New York art gallery he came upon the...

LARRY VERN ALDERSON Larry Vern "Wolfman" Alderson, age 67, a resident of Pahrump since 1989, formerly of El Monte, Calif., passed away Tuesday, December 31, 2019 in his home in Pahrump. Born June 06, 1952 to Lorraine and Murry Alderson. He was preceded in death by his father, Murry Dean Alderson; Step-Father, John...

CLARE ALGER Clare Alger, 77, died peacefully in her home Oct. 29, 2017 in Pahrump. She was born in Los Angeles Nov. 22, 1939 on Thanksgiving Day. She often joked and would say she was the original turkey. When she was 13, she moved to Las Vegas, where she attended Las Vegas High School. She then met her first...

MONIQUE VALLETTA ALLEN Monique Valletta Allen, born August 25, 1957, passed away in Las Vegas April 8, 2019. Monique served 24 years in the US Army and worked as a civil service employee at the US Post Office before moving to Pahrump in 2010. Monique had a lifetime membership in the Moose Organization and sponsored...