Our Tributes
Daniel E. Allred
Dec 29, 2011
Daniel E. Allred, 55, a loving father, grandfather, and brother, "Danny" to friends and family, passed away peacefully in his Las Vegas home Dec. 29, 2011. Danny was born June 7, 1956, where he remained a life-long resident. He was a carpenter and member of the Carpenters Local #1977. He had a strong love for God and the San Francisco...
Christine Sharp
Dec 28, 2011
Christine Sharp, 81, a retired medical secretary, of Las Vegas, passed away Dec. 28, 2011. Graveside service will be at 10 a.m., Wednesday, Jan. 4, at Bunkers Memory Gardens Cemetery, 7251 W. Lone Mountain Road, Las Vegas.

Peter Andreycak
Dec 27, 2011
Peter Andreycak, age 90, passed away Dec. 27, 2011, in Las Vegas. Born June 21, 1921, in Bayonne, N.J., Peter was a staff sergeant in the U.S. Army during World War II before completing his training as a tool and dye maker. He later became an engineer in the emerging plastics industry. He moved his family to Fullerton, Calif. in...
Vivian Marie Bellavia
Dec 27, 2011
Vivian Marie Bellavia, 45, of Las Vegas, passed away Dec. 27, 2011. She was born March 5, 1966, in Lynwood, Calif., and was a 20-year resident of Nevada. She was the manager of La Villa Estates for 11 years. She was preceded in death by her grandfathers, Guy C. Caraway and Charlie Bellavia. Vivian is survived by her lifetime friend...
Mary Helen Margaretis
Dec 25, 2011
Mary Helen Margaretis was born April 30,1927 in Cleveland, Ohio to Daniel and Elizabeth Troolines who were Greek and German immigrants. She was soft-spoken, health-conscious, hard-working, and a very loving daughter, wife, mother, and grandmother. She was the only daughter with four brothers. John, Nick, Leo, and Guss. They spent their early years in New York and then Detroit, Michigan...
Gerald Parker
Dec 24, 2011
GERALD PARKER On Christmas Eve, God gave our Mother the greatest gift, our Father, Gerald Stanley Parker, born Jan. 15, 1926 in Alameda, Calif. to Gerald A. and Thelma Parker. He passed away Dec. 24, 2011 in Las Vegas. Stan was raised in Martinez, Calif., and went to Alhambra High School and San Jose State. He served in the U.S....

David Louis Capizzi
Dec 17, 2011
David Louis Capizzi passed away Dec. 17, 2011 in Las Vegas. He was born in Niagara Falls, N.Y., and he was a showroom server at the Tropicana. Services are private

Donald E. Wert
Dec 16, 2011
Donald Ellsworth Wert, 81, went home to the Creator Dec. 16, 2011, with his soulmate, "Tiger" at his bedside. He was born in Sturgis, Mich., Nov. 5, 1930. Don was a 29-year friend of Bill W., the oldest hearing aid specialist in Nevada, and a veteran of the Korean War and an avid square dancer. He is survived by his...

David W. Zickafoose Sr.
Dec 13, 2011
MSGT. DAVID ZICKAFOOSE SR. U.S. Air Force, Retired David Wayne Zickafoose, 63, of Bullhead City, Ariz., passed away Dec. 13, 2011, due to complication from kidney disease. He was born Aug. 23, 1948, in Huntington, Ind., and was a two-year resident of Nevada. David was a member of the security police in the U.S. Air Force. He served in Vietnam...

Bruce Sharp
Dec 11, 2011
Bruce B. Sharp, 65, of Las Vegas, passed away Dec. 11, 2011, after a courageous 27-months battle with cancer, in the arms of his loving wife and partner, of 46 years, Elaine. Bruce was preceded in death by his mother, Betty Sharp; and father, Laurence Sharp, both of Delaware. He leaves his lovely wife, Elaine; son, Brewe L. Sharp of...

Kelly D. Spearman
Dec 10, 2011
Kelly D. Spearman, 47, passed away Saturday, Dec. 10, 2011, his home. Kelly was born Sept. 7, 1964, in Hot Springs, Ark. He was married to his soulmate and best friend, Melody Walton Spearman, 43. Kelly was employed as a wholesale parts rep. and assistant parts manager for Jim Marsh Automotive. When Kelly wasn't spending time with his wife, he...
Carolyn D. Mccue
Dec 10, 2011
Carolyn Daisy Martoccia-McCue, 88, of Las Vegas, passed away Dec. 10, 2011. Carolyn was born May 28, 1923, in Buffalo, N.Y., and was a 50-year resident of Las Vegas. A loving wife, mother, grandmother and friend, she will always be in our hearts. In 1941, she married Donald A. Martoccia. They had five children together, daughters, Barbara A. Newport-Thompson of...
Oral Leon Sullivan
Dec 10, 2011
Oral Leon Sullivan was born Aug. 26, 1915, in Leeds, Utah. He was the fourth of 11 children born to William Duncan Sullivan Jr. and Annie Maria "Lyle" Olsen Sullivan. He grew up in Hurricane, Utah, on the family homestead, which was about 640 acres. His father raised sheep and also had a shearing corral. When Leon was a teenager,...
Marie Papile
Dec 9, 2011
Marie Papile, 84, a retired SBA business manager, of Las Vegas, passed away Dec. 9, 2011. Services will be 9-1 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 17 at Bunkers Mortuary, with interment following at Memorial Gardens.

Sharon Taney
Dec 7, 2011
Sharon Taney, 72, of Las Vegas, died Dec. 7, 2011. Visitation 10:30-11:30 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 17, with services following, both at the LDS Church, Fairview Ward, 303 S. Cholla St., Henderson. Burial following at Palm Memorial Park-Henderson.
Lee-Ann A. Mcdowell
Dec 6, 2011
Lee-Ann Alice McDowell, 59, a child care worker, of Las Vegas, passed away Dec. 6, 2011. Services will be at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 11, at Bunkers Mortuary, 925 Las Vegas Blvd. N.
Bessie L. Adams
Dec 5, 2011
Bessie Louise Adams, 89, a retired retail clerk, of Las Vegas, passed away Dec. 5, 2011. She was born Oct. 25, 1922, in Greene County, Ark., and was a 64-year resident of Nevada. Bessie, husband, and son, Al, moved from Paragould, Ark. to Las Vegas in 1947. She was a homemaker and worked for 25 years as a checker and...
Sharon Goodwill
Dec 4, 2011
Sharon Goodwill, 72, a housewife, of Las Vegas, passed away Dec. 4, 2011. Graveside services are 1 p.m., Thursday, Dec. 15, at Bunker Memorial Garden.
Salvatore V. Mercandante
Dec 3, 2011
SALVATORE MERCANDANTE Loving father and devoted husband, Salvatore Valentine Mercadante, 88, of Las Vegas, who always had a smile on his face and a kind word for everyone, passed away peacefully, Dec. 3, 2011, after a long battle with Alzheimer's. He was born Nov. 26, 1923, in Pittsburgh, and was a 49-year resident of Nevada. Salvatore served in the U.S....
John A. Tolas
Dec 3, 2011
John A. Tolas, 83, of Las Vegas, passed away Dec. 3, 2011. He was born Oct. 16, 1928, to parents, Anna and Jacob, Fallon, where he was educated. He served his country in the 82nd Airborne. He worked as a truck driver in Ely before moving to Las Vegas in 1960. He worked for L T R Stage Lines and...