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Pioneer
Cemetery
Overton,
Nevada
| All photographs
donated by CHASE RICHARDS of Henderson, Nevada (JULY, 2006 Copyright) unless indicated otherwise An Eagle Scout Project |
| Overton, Nevada is a small community located about 1 hour north of Las Vegas, Nevada. It was settled about 1865 by pioneer Mormons sent by Brigham Young to expand their farming. One of the first burials in the Pioneer Cemetery was in 1865. Around 1870, with Overton now part of the new state of Nevada, (this area was previously part of Utah) the pioneers found the taxes higher than Utah and abandoned the settlement. The land was resettled in 1880 by other Mormons. In the early 1930s, the U. S. Government completed the Hoover Dam project and soon Lake Mead began forming. St. Thomas and Kaolin were two settlements that were casualties of the rising Lake Mead. In 1935, 78 graves in the cemeteries at Kaolin and St. Thomas were removed to Logandale, Overton, and New St. Thomas cemeteries. According to the U. S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation report, 8 of those graves were relocated to the Pioneer Cemetery. |
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| NAME | BIRTH | DEATH | COMMENTS |
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| NEWMAN, Janna Lynn | 11/27/1978 | 3/4/1980 | |
| NOVELLI, Leonard "Leo" | 4/15/1906 | 12/2/1993 | Married 4/15/1961; Sealed 6/2/1973 |
| O | |||
| O'DONNELL, Glen J. | 2/21/1908 | 6/2/1909 | Originally buried in old St. Thomas Cemetery; reinterred 2/20/1935; Name listed as Jesse Glen O'Donnell |
| OZAKI, Gene OZAKI, Stanley David |
8/12/1933 4/22/1958 |
9/6/1999 9/16/1959 |
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| P | |||
| PACE, James F. PACE, Wilma Andersen |
11/30/1917 8/23/1919 |
11/18/2000 8/6/2000 |
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| PACE, Stephen J. | 3/18/1948 | 4/1/1948 | |
| PAGE, George R. | 3/2/1936 | Georgia; Pvt 1 Cl. Med. Dept. | |
| PAGE, Sidney L. "Sid" | 5/30/1924 | 4/13/1993 | He left us with fond memories |
| PATTERSON, Walter "Red" | 8/15/1919 | 3/3/1997 | "There's a place for every cowboy who had this kind of love. The time had come for him to ride the range above." Pro Rodeo Cowboys Assn & Elks |
| PAYNE, Lyle Devere PAYNE, Nevada Jean |
5/27/1906 9/6/1910 |
5/31/1953 6/22/1987 |
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| PEDERSEN, Edna V. | 1902 | 1984 | Mother |
| PEDERSEN, Peder V. | 1901 | 1971 | US Army |
| PERKINS, Alan | 12/16/1938 | 10/7/2005 | |
| PERKINS, Alice B. | 10/16/1877 | 10/16/1907 | Mother |
| PERKINS, Alberta Day Maxwell | 8/2/1918 | 9/21/2005 | "Gramma Perk"; "Charity Never Faileth" |
| PERKINS, Anthony | 2/27/1896 | 3/4/1973 | Father |
| PERKINS, Arthur Marion PERKINS, Laprele Cochrane |
4/11/1908 10/12/1913 |
5/14/1974 4/4/1981 |
Married 8/8/1932 |
| PERKINS, Bryant | 8/17/1926 | 2/17/2000 | US Navy WWII |
| PERKINS, Bernice K. | 6/16/1906 | 5/31/1956 | |
| PERKINS, Benjamin Israel | 3/7/1979 | 8/7/1979 | Our beloved baby boy |
| PERKINS, Billy Ray | 9/3/1929 | 6/25/1988 | Loving Mother-teacher-friend |
| PERKINS, Bryant R. PERKINS, Florence V. |
1926 1912 |
2000 1976 |
Loved one another |
| PERKINS, Clyde Eugene | 4/20/1899 | 4/8/1932 | |
| PERKINS, Dora Chadburn PERKINS, Howard Leslie |
10/15/1912 3/26/1908 |
6/24/1989 3/11/1975 |
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| PERKINS, Elwood | 1/15/1905 | 10/10/1944 | Nevada Tec 4 60 Engr Cmbt BN 35 Inf. Div WWII |
| PERKINS, Effie Easman H. | 12/23/1899 | 3/19/1980 | Mother |
| PERKINS, Ella Hafen | 7/5/1893 | 10/21/1988 | Beloved Wife & Mother |
| PERKINS, Ethel
Sunderland PERKINS, Ralph |
7/16/1887 11/18/1886 |
12/13/1967 11/22/1959 |
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| PERKINS, Fay | 1/28/1885 | 10/10/1962 | Father |
| PERKINS, Franklin | 1886 | 1954 | At Rest |
| PERKINS, Gerald | 8/27/1921 | 9/28/1922 | Son of U.V. & L. E. Perkins |
| PERKINS, George Maurice
"Moot" PERKINS, Shirley Ovard |
3/12/1912 1/31/1921 |
6/24/1994 11/5/2001 |
A man of the land; Lovers forever; Married 5/24/1938 |
| PERKINS, Helen Ruth PERKINS, Lawrence Whitney |
3/26/1911 6/2/1906 |
9/25/1980 8/10/1980 |
Cremated |
| PERKINS, Iola Prisbrey PERKINS, Richard Fay "Chick" |
8/23/1917 3/3/1915 |
1/2/1996 1/3/1996 |
Married 9/24/1935 |
| PERKINS, Joseph | 1886 | 1953 | At Rest |
| PERKINS, Joe F. | 1/15/1874 | 6/13/1966 | "Until the day breaks" |
| PERKINS, Jennie M. | 9/26/1888 | 3/26/1957 | Mother |
| PERKINS, Kelly | 11/18/1929 | 1/3/1930 | Son of C. Eugene & Ella H. Perkins |
| PERKINS, Kathryn A. | 11/3/1888 | 7/31/1969 | "Until the day breaks" |
| PERKINS, Lewis Ray PERKINS, Rachel Laub PERKINS, William Alma |
1881 1860 1847 |
1904 1908 1934 |
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| PERKINS, Maynard | 6/25/1901 | 12/18/1970 | |
| PERKINS, Michael Anthony | 7/21/1955 | 9/22/1998 | Beloved Husband and Father; Their greatest peace was found in nature and those moments crossing the next mountain |
| PERKINS, Mark W. | 3/3/1952 | 1/2/1975 | |
| PERKINS, Norma E. | 3/26/1927 | 6/24/1996 | US Navy, WWII |
| PERKINS, Oren A. | 1920 | 1984 | In Loving Memory of my Husband, Our Father; Always loving-always loved |
| PERKINS, Orville R. | 5/22/1910 | 1/27/1989 | Tec 5 US Army, WWII |
| PERKINS, Perry W. | 9/9/1927 | 2/11/1976 | Tec 5 US ARmy, WWII |
| PERKINS, Richard | 1937 | 1995 | |
| PERKINS, Robert E. | 9/17/1900 | 2/14/1956 | Father |
| PERKINS, Robert Elwood, Jr. | 1/21/1927 | 9/30/1977 | |
| PERKINS, Rexford | 1901 | 1971 | |
| PERKINS, Richard | 1937 | 1995 | |
| PERKINS, Rexina L. | 3/27/1927 | 4/29/1957 | Wife and Mother |
| PERKINS, Robert Marston | 1/31/1920 | 10/1/1986 | Married 5/3/1952 |
| PERKINS, Sarah Burnetta | 4/9/1876 | 10/3/1945 | |
| PERKINS, Sarah L. | 1850 | 1938 | |
| PERKINS, Terry Dean | 1/7/1971 | 10/30/1975 | Safe in the Arms of Jesus; L.D.S. |
| PERKINS, Tony Rodney | 9/3/1936 | 3/20/1997 | Went to the Hills |
| PERKINS, Ute W. | 1850 | 1902 | |
| PERKINS, Woodruff V. | 1922 | 2005 | |
| PERKINS, William Wallace | 1/23/1879 | 12/19/1928 | |
| PETERSON, Christoffer
Marious PETERSON, Eveline Barney |
8/13/1868 3/7/1878 |
4/10/1951 2/5/1905 |
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| PETERSON, Severt L. | 4/11/1935 | 10/29/2000 | |
| PETTY, Earnest "Earn" | 11/14/1917 | 8/29/1937 | Fond Memories |
| PHIPPS, Lenora Skaggs CSP | 2/28/1888 | 6/26/1977 | Mother |
| PORTER, Wesley F. | 1/14/1901 | 7/7/1976 | Until we meet again |
| POST, Walter Davis | 3/6/1932 | 8/4/1998 | US Air Force, Korea |
| PRECIADO, Freddie | 12/16/1957 | 10/27/1999 | Loving Husband & Dad |
| PRESCOTT, John W. | 4/22/1893 | 10/26/1977 | US Army, WWI |
| PRISBREY, Loren | 7/11/1895 | 1/25/1918 | Father |
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| QUARNBERG, John | 10/18/1821 | 9/30/1891 | Pvt Utah Ter. Militia Inf. Blackhawk War |
| QUIRARTE, Janet Robinson | 10/31/1947 | 2/9/1983 | |
For inquiries about Nevada
Cemeteries, burials and/or this project, or about this page or
the pictures,
contact Gerry Perry, Nevada
Tombstone Project Manager,
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This page was last updated October 10,
2008
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