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September 2, 2005
Obituaries
Donald PharissViewing for Donald Leroy Phariss, 53, who passed away Aug. 30 in Las Vegas, will be held from 1-3 p.m. Saturday at Pahrump Family Mortuary. Services will follow at 3 p.m. He was born Dec. 2, 1951 in California and was a seven-year resident of Nevada. His father Harvey Phariss and mother Lorraine Phariss of Nevada; sister Lana Snodgrass of California; brother Ronald Phariss of California; daughters Theresa Meza and Stephenie Madison, both of California, and Jamie Osina of Texas; and four grandchildren survive him. (98/30/05) 
Frank WonerServices for Frank Payton Woner, 73, who passed away Aug. 30 in Idaho Falls Hospital, will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, in Teton, Idaho. Internment will be at the Cache-Clawson cemetery in Tetonia immediately following. He was born Aug. 9, 1932 in Ft. Morgan, Colo. He moved to Nevada in 1958. During his life, he was a dairy farmer, a building inspector, a General Manager of the Pahrump Ranch, a Project Manager for Preferred Equities Corporation, a Justice of the Peace in Pahrump and served on the Soil Conservation District Board. He also owned his own trucking company, was a self-taught CAD draftsman, and was a homebuilder in Wyoming and Idaho. His wife Janice Woner; children Kerrie (Mike) Borta, Janet (Mark) Hansen, Laurie Wall, Joanna Johnson, Benny (Cathy) Woner and Glenn (Kim) Woner; sisters Lois Clark, Jacqueline Ruud, Leila (Don) Upton, Charlotte (Ron) Floyd, Margaret (Angel) Elgorriaga and Glenna (Richard) Sims; 18 grandchildren and eight great grandchildren survive him. A memorial service for those who cannot make it to Idaho will be held at the Pahrump Ward of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints at 10 a.m. on Sept. 24. (8/30/05) 
Lillian CrockerViewing for Lillian Mae Crocker, 74, who passed away Aug. 29 in Las Vegas, will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday. A graveside service will be held at 11 a.m. She was born July 9, 1931 in Elbowlake, Minn. She was a five-year resident of Pahrump, coming from Las Vegas and was a member of the Charleston Parkward Church. Her husband Wilbur D. Crocker of Pahrump; daughters Jane Sobalvarro and Janet Martinez, both of Las Vegas; sons Gerry and Robyn Crocker, both of Pahrump; sister Mary Ann Cobb, of Texas; and brothers Lloyd and Richard Johnson, both of Minnesota survive her. Pahrump Family Mortuary handled the arrangements. (8/29/05) Scott McConnell Visitation was held Thursday for Scott Anthony McConnell, 31, who passed away Aug. 29 in Las Vegas. He was born April 17, 1974 in Fallon and lived in Southern Nevada for 25 years. He grew up in Pahrump and graduated from Pahrump Valley High School. He served in the U.S. Marines and worked as an electrician for the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. His mother and stepfather, Patricia and John Sena of North Las Vegas; father and stepmother Ken and Julie McConnell of Tuscon, Ariz.; daughter Tori McConnell of Pahrump; son Myles McConnell of North Carolina; sister Brandi McConnell (Pete Ligeros) of Las Vegas; brothers Steve McConnell of Carlin and Kyle McConnell of Tuscon; maternal grandparents I. V. and Alemeda Meeks of Fallon; aunt and uncle Linda and Jim Loepky of Fallon; uncle and aunt Larry and Sherry Meeks of Fallon; uncle Jack Sena of Trinidad, Colo.; paternal grandmother Glenmar McConnell of Hawthorne; uncle and aunt Tom and Delores McConnell of Ridgecrest, Calif.; aunt and uncle Bonnie and Reo DeMars of Hawthorne; and uncle and aunt Mike and Suzy McConnell of Hawthorne survive him. An open house in remembrance of Scott's life will be held from 1-5 p.m. Sept. 10 at 5029 Ridge Vista Way in Las Vegas. Call Leo Verzilli at 727-4901 or Sara Hopkins at 910-9718 for precise directions to the home. Palm Mortuary-Cheyenne handled the arrangements. (8/29/05) |
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