Pioneer Hill Memorial Cemetery
Established 1865
Overton, Nevada
36.560140°-114.439473°

Photo by Gerry Perry



All photographs donated by CHASE RICHARDS of Henderson, Nevada
(JULY, 2006 Copyright) unless indicated otherwise
An Eagle Scout Project
Updates by Gerry Perry, copyright 2011


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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2 NEEDHAM, Baby Girl 1973 1973  
  NEWMAN, Janna Lynn 11/27/1978 3/4/1980  
2 NICHOLS, Dennie 1941 2009  
  NOVELLI, Leonard "Leo" 4/15/1906 12/2/1993 Married 4/15/1961; Sealed 6/2/1973
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  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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  PACE, James F.
PACE, Wilma Andersen		 11/30/1917
8/23/1919		 11/18/2000
8/6/2000		  
  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		  
2 PAYNE, Tenia Faye
Back of Stone		 2/8/1936 9/9/2009 Married 7/16/1954
  PEDERSEN, Edna V. 1902 1984 Mother
  PEDERSEN, Peder V. 1901 1971 US Army
2 PERKINS, Alan 12/16/1938 10/7/2005 Resting in the Tule's
  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		  
  PERKINS, Effie Easman H. 12/23/1899 3/19/1980 Mother
  PERKINS, Ella Hafen 7/5/1893 10/21/1988 Beloved Wife & Mother
  PERKINS, Elwood 1/15/1905 10/10/1944 Nevada Tec 4 60 Engr Cmbt BN 35 Inf. Div WWII
  PERKINS, Ethel Sunderland
PERKINS, Ralph		 7/16/1887
11/18/1886		 12/13/1967
11/22/1959		  
  PERKINS, Fay 1/28/1885 10/10/1962 Father
  PERKINS, Franklin 1886 1954 At Rest
2 PERKINS, Gene Alan 7/20/1950 7/23/2011  
  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, Jennie M. 9/26/1888 3/26/1957 Mother
  PERKINS, Joe F. 1/15/1874 6/13/1966 "Until the day breaks"
  PERKINS, Joseph 1886 1953 At Rest
  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		  
  PERKINS, Lola Prisbrey
PERKINS, Richard Fay "Chick"		 8/23/1917
3/3/1915		 1/2/1996
1/3/1996		 Married 9/24/1935
2 PERKINS, Mary W. 6/13/1922 4/18/2005 Wife, Mother &grandmother
2 PERKINS, Marybelle Hendrix
Back of stone		 4/6/1928 6/19/2007  
  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, Rexford 1901 1971  
  PERKINS, Rexina L. 3/27/1927 4/29/1957 Wife and Mother
  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, Robert Marston 1/31/1920 10/1/1986 Married 5/3/1952
  PERKINS, Sarah Burnetta 4/9/1876 10/3/1945  
  PERKINS, Sarah L.
Obituary
2nd Obituary		 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

Reinterred from Old St. Thomas Cemetery, 2/20/1935
  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
2 POST, Marjorie Beulah Artz 6/29/1937 7/15/2008  
  POST, Walter Davis 3/6/1932 8/4/1998 US Air Force, Korea
  PRECIADO, Freddie 12/16/1957 10/27/1999 Loving Husband & Dad
2 PRECIADO-ZEPEDA, Joslyn Amberli
Back of Stone		 7/1/2007 3/3/2009 Sweet Baby Girl
  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  

(1) Photo by Patricia Scott
(2) Photo by Gerry Perry

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