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Amargosa Desert Memorial Cemetery
Amargosa Valley, Nye County, Nevada

Amargosa Desert Memorial Cemetery, Nye County, NV

Amargosa Desert Memorial Cemetery, Nye County, NV

GPS: 36.56999, -116.4563
T16S R49E Section 9

907 East Amargosa Farm Road
Amargosa Valley, Nevada 89020

Contributed by: Sharon Little [], September 13, 2012, last updated June 5, 2021.
Total records: 195

Driving Directions

From the Junction of US Hwy. 95 and State Hwy. 373 drive South 5.2 miles, Turn West on Farm Road; drive 2.4 miles west.  Cemetery is on North side of road. 

Cemetery History

The first interment in 1979, George Eugene Wagner, was on land held by the United States Bureau of Land Management.  The BLM then designated that gravesite and land adjoining it to become a cemetery. The Community of Amargosa Valley furnished the memorial stone for Mr. Wagner’s grave with the inscription, “First Recorded Gravesite establishing the Amargosa Desert Memorial Cemetery”.

Cemetery Records

Records below were compiled by Sharon Little from tombstone inscriptions and information provided by the cemetery.

Deceased shown as having “no dates” are likely to be in unmarked graves

Alvarez, Adriana, b. 2000, d. 2000, no marker, just a simple cross
Aguilar, Catarino Cornejo, b. 25 Nov 1969, d. 11 Sep 2018
Ard, Eldon Rush, b. 11 Oct 1921, d. 10 Apr 2000, “TEC 5 US Army”
Ard, Wanda Maxine, no marker, b. 1926, d. 2006
Avila-Munoz, Francisco, b. 20 Jan 1962, d. 05 Apr 2011
Babbitt, Arthur Alexander, b. 07 Feb 1916, d. 31 Aug 1994, “s/w Luella Evalyn” engraved with “And the band played on”.
Babbitt, Arthur Wylie, b. 08 Jul 1944, d. 12 Jan 2012
Babbitt, Luella, b. 01 May 1910, d. 26 Jun 2001, s/w Arthur Alexander, engraved with “And the band played on”: VFW Auxillary symbol
Babbitt, Mona Jean, b. 18 Jun 1950, d. 24 Jul 2015
Bagby, Bufford Dwayne, b. 01 Feb 1937, d. 04 Feb 1988, “SP4 US Army Korea”, “VFW symbol”
Bagby-Fowler, Ivy E., b. 23 Mar 1917, d. 08 Nov 1988, “Loving Wife and Mother”
Bagley, Charlie Lee, b. 11 Apr 1947, d. 18 Aug 2016, Past VFW Post 6826 Commander
Bailey, Jim L, b. 08 Jan 1934, d. 24 Sep 1998, “Loving Husband & Friend”, “Beloved Father & Brother”
Barney, Bennie Nord, b. 19 Jan 1932, d. 14 Nov 1987
Barney, Francis Leona, b. 28 Apr 1897, d. 29 Oct 1982, “Mother”
Beller, Paul G, b. 18 Aug 1930, d. 11 Oct 1987, s/w Phyllis Beller
Beller, Phyllis D, b. 19 Nov 1933, d. 12 May 2006, s/w Paul Beller
Billups, Donna R, b. 29 May 1929, d. 22 Sep 2004
Billups, Frank N.C., b. 03 Augus 1924, d. 10 Dic 1997, “dates in Spanish”
Bowler, James G, b. 08 Oct 1931, d. 12 May 2004, “US Army”, VFW symbol”
Bowler, Nira Vell, b. 30 Jan 1934, d. 15 Nov 1987, “Beloved Wife, Mother & Grandmother”, VFW Auxiliary symbol
Bowler, Richelle, no dates.
Boyd, Alvin Thomas, b. 08 Apr 1954, d. 31 May 1996, “US Navy Korea”
Boyd, Betty Jo Hiser Smith, b. 17 Mar 1921, Bradner, OH, d. 16 Sep 2006, s/w David Cannon Boyd
Boyd, David Cannon, b. 10 Mar 1920, Shreveport, LA, d. 14 Feb 2005, s/w Betty Jo Hiser Smith, “VFW symbol”
Boydston, Dennis Richard, b. 31 May 1953, d. 25 May 2008, “Proud Father of Steven, Richard & Debbi
Brambila, Jr. Jorge, b. 14 Dec 1972, d. 12 Jan 2021
Bray, Doshia Ellafair, b. 27 Oct 1913, d. 27 Apr 2001
Bray, Hubert Aree, b. 28 Jan 1915, d. 17 May 1995, “Devoted Husband and Father”
Bray, Joyce E, b. 27 Aug 1942, d. 11 Apr 1994
Britton, Ralph Eugene, b. 26 Nov 1940, d. 07 Oct 1994, “US Air Force Korea”
Bustamante, Abner, b. 1984, d. 2004, “gravestone is almost illegible”
Bustamante, Lori, no marker, b. 1978, d. 2007
Bustamante, Ma. Magdalena, b. 22 Jul 1943, d. 13 Feb 2004, “inscription in Spanish”
Butler, Dewey William, b. 10 Oct 1925, d. 01 May 1998, “Once My Husband Always My Friend”
Butler, Pearl, no dates, unmarked
Cain, Evette, b. 03 Feb 1928, d. 07 Jul 1985, “Beautiful Lady, Wonderful Wife, Loving Mom”
Cain William E, b. 25 Jul 1920, d. 09 Sep 1989, “US Navy World War II”
Castaneda, Fernando, b. 17 Mar 1984, d. 07 Aug 2002, Large monument w/Spanish inscription.
Castillo Tozito, Jennifer, b. 29 Aug 2005, d. 20 Sep 2007
Castillo, Juan Jesus, b. 16 Feb 1996, d. 12 Aug 2000
Catri, Florence May, b. 1913, d. 2009
Catri, Frank P, b. 11 Oct 1910, d. 18 Dec 1988
Clark, Patrick Otis, b. 29 Mar 1989, d. 20 Dec 1992, “God Bless Our Baby Son”
Collins, Debby Lee, b. 30 Dec 1960, d. 04 Feb 1961
Collins, Donald E., b. 20 May 1959, d. 12 Dec 1992
Copeland, George Bill, b. 19 Apr 1934, d. 06 Aug 1996, “Commissioner”, “ENFN US Navy Korea, VFW symbol
Copeland, Pat, no dates.
Cortner, Dorothea L, b. 30 Jan 1926, d. 14 Dec 2009, “Beloved Wife, Mother, Grandmother”
Cortner, Sanford S, b. 17 Feb 1920, d. 20 Mar 1999, “CSM US Navy World War II”
Cowdery, Richard Eugene, b. 25 Jan 1941, d. 11 Sep 2005, h/o Corazon
Dansby, Lewis Napoleon, b. 16 Dec 1911, d. 21 Jul 1994, h/o Sarah Claribel, “Pioneers of Amargosa Valley”
Dansby, Flora Mae, b. 09 Feb 1934, d. 14 Mar 2012
Dansby, Sarah Claribel, b. 28 Dec 1913, d. 26 Sep 1997, w/o Lewis Napoleon Dansby
Davis ??, no dates.
Dimas, Ana Lizbeth, no dates, metal letters “ana” laid on gravesite.
Dimas, Jorge, no marker, b. 1943, d. 2018, dates and “Jorge” scratched on a cross.
Donaldson, Roy, no marker, b. 1898, d. 1989
Eastman, Mary K, b. 24 Apr 1946, d. 24 Aug 2004, s/w Robert J.
Eastman, Robert J. Sr., b. 21 Sep 1943, d. 23 Feb 2015, s/w Mary K.
Emanuel, Ernest Richard, b. 19 Apr 1912, d. 05 Feb 1989, “Father”, s/w Edgar Louise
Emanuel, Edgar Louise, b.09 Feb 1917, d. 1997 (date not engraved), s/w Ernest Richard
Everett, Ila Mae, b. 01 Oct 1928, d. 21 Nov 2002, w/o Wallace E. Everett
Everett, Wallace E, b. 02 Sep 1925, d. 27 Sep 2005, h/o Ila Mae Everett, “CPL US Army, World War II”
Femat, Maria, b. 18 Jun 1955, d. 28 Sep 2004, grave marked only w/Maria F and dates.
Femat, Martin Enrique, no marker, b. 1981, d. 2009
Femat, Tani, no dates, “Grandpa”
Finical, Kenneth, b. 18 Apr 1907, d. 24 Oct 1987
Finical, Maxine O., b 28 Jun, 1911, d. 25 Aug. 1988.
Fishel, Eva L, b. 05 May 1931, d. 08 Oct 1997, Loving Wife, Momma & Na-Na”, VFW Auxiliary symbol
Fishel, Robert James, b. 06 Dec 1921, d. 20 Feb 1996, “TEC 4 US Army World War II”, VFW Symbol
Fisher, Jack Edward, b. 1922, d. 1999, PFC US Army World War II”, VFW symbol
Fulton, William V, b. 25 Sep 1950, d. 11 Aug 1994, “SP4 US Army Vietnam”, “VFW symbol”
Galvan, Amelia Felix, b. 27 En Ro 1953, d. 15 Sep 2011, “dates and Inscription in Spanish”
Garrison, Wendy Sue, b. 24 Dec 1976, d. 17 Dec 1999
Gilgan, Elizabeth, no marker, b.1916, d. 2005
Gomez, Jose M, b. 1948, d. 23 Aug 1988, “inscription in Spanish”
Gonzalez, Elizama, b. 11 Feb 2003, d. 11 Feb 2003
Gonzalez, Ezequiel, b. 18 Jun 2008, d. 11 Feb 2011
Griffin, Anita J., b. 26 Jun 1945, d. 01 Mar 2014
Griffin, Elizabeth, no dates.
Guerra, Amalio, no dates, cross with inscribed name and “Gordo”.
Harris, Arthur Paul Jr., d. 1980, no marker, just a cross
Harris, William Arthur, b. 06 Aug 1930, d. 11 Nov 1997, “US Navy World War II”
Harriss, Rosie Marie, b. 22 Jun 1939, d. 16 Nov 2015
Henderson, Glen W, b. 23 Feb 1920, d. 02 Sep 1982, “S SGT US Army, World War II”
Henry, Herbert W, b. 05 Nov 1942, c. 21 Sep 2003, h/o Loraine J. Henry, “US Army, Korean Conflict”, Masonic symbol
Henry, Loraine J, b. 21 Jun 1941, d. 14 Jan 2003, w/o Herbert W. Henry
Hentherson, Sr. Gleen, “Fallecio en 1983 de 77 Anos Recuerdo De La Familia Hernandez”
Hill, Charlotte A., b. 18 Jan 1941, d. 28 Jun. 2020
Hill, Richard O’Bert, b. 25 Feb 1926, d. 27 Mar 2002, “RDM2 US Navy, World War II”
Hill, Virginia Jean, no marker, b. 1926, d. 1982
Holtz, Helen M, b. 25 Sep 1920, d. 27 Dec 1999, “Wonderful Wife & Mother”
Inge, Dixie, b 1932, d. 2013
Inge, Lawrence Wesley, b. 14 May 1922, d. 18 Apr 2001, “MSGT US Air Force”
Johnson, Danny H, b. 02 Jun 1933, d. 30 Jan 2001, name, dates and “Beloved” engraved in a hanging metal plate
Kaiser, Dagmar, b. 03 Mar 1926, Czech Republic-Europe, d. 01 Nov 2007
Kirker, Arley W, b. Dec 1966, d. Jun. 1984, “Budded on earth to bloom in heaven”
Kirker, Elizabeth Toby, b. 1916, d. 1995, VFW Auxiliary symbol
Kirker, James J, b. 1916, d. 1981
Kirker, William, d. 15 Aug 2018, no marker, grave covered with decorative bricks in form of cross.
Kirkley, Betty J., b. 24 Jun 1928, d. 12 Nov 1993, “Loving wife & mother”
Kucher, Tyler J., b. 2004, d. 2004, unmarked.
Lee, Anna Belle, b. 1923, d. 1996, “Annie”
Lee, Owen Richard, b. 15 Nov 1918, d. 09 Nov 1990, “T SGT US Army, World War II”
Leonard, Glenda Rae Peters, b. 18 Nov 1942, d. 18 May 2019
Lowe, Charlie T, b. 01 Jul 1923, d. 14 Jul 1986, US Army World War II”, “VFW Symbol”
Magee, Ellen Louise, b. 1930, d. 2007, gravestone reads only “Louise”
Maine, Sherri L, b. 15 Jan 1950, d. 04 Mar 1992
Mansfield, Andrew Thomas, b. 13 Aug 1962, d. 21 May 1983, “SP4 US Army”
McCracken, Walter Earl, b. 1908, d. 1994, “US Army”
McGhee, Earl Buck, b. 30 May 1927, d. 30 May 2005, “VFW symbol”
McGhee, Victoria Ann, b. 07 Jan 1930, d. 05 Feb 2000, “VFW Auxiliary symbol”
Mendoza, Maria Guadalupe, b. 25 Oct 1951, d. 25 Dec 2010, large monument w/Spanish inscription.
Miller, James, b. 1931, d. 2008
Miller, Joan Audrey, no dates, umarked.
Morrissette, Dominic, b. 20 Dec 2014, d. 09 Apr 2012
Morton, Charles, b. 1933, d. 2006, “grave is only marked by a plastic name badge with a ‘Furnace Creek’ insignia, atop a few house bricks”
Munton, Edward, b. 01 May 1929, d. 02 Apr 2019
Munton, Diane Celeste, b. 1972, d. 2005
Munton, Hal, b. 1965, d. 1984
Najar, Jaylenn Rodriguez, b. 15 Mar 2003, d. 31 Dec 2013
Najar, Maria Del Carmen, b. 16 Jul 1974, d. 29 Dec 2013
Navarrate, Adela, b. 15 Jul 1959, d. 14 Apr 2015
Olson, Carldean Edward, b. 12 Mar 1930, d. 11 Nov 1994, “US Army Korea”
Ortiz, Ricardo, b. 03 Apr 1957, d. 13 Jun 1933, “Beloved Husband & Father”
Ortiz, Wendy, no dates, unmarked
Parmer, Lavada, b. 03 Sep 1932, d. 09 Jun 1999, “Loving Mother-Grandmother”
Paz, Lorriann Ward, b. 18 Sep 1961, d. 30 Jun 2004
Paz, Patricia Beverley, b. 07 May 1982, d. 30 Dec 2001
Perez, Carlos E., b. 22 Jul 1916, d. 10 Dec 1969
Price, Robert William, b. 11 Oct 1929, d. 30 Sep 1991
Prouty, Arthur Wesley, b. 05 Jan 1920, d. 04 Aug 1995, “SSGT US Air Force World War II”, VFW symbol
Prouty, Betty Naomi, b. 26 Sep 1927, d. 24 Jul 1989
Records, Henry H (Hank), b. 06 Sep 1918, d. 08 Sep 1994, “Husband, Brother, Father, Grandfather, Great Grandfather & Friend”, “A True Pioneer of the Amargosa Valley”, VFW symbol.
Ritchie, James R., b. 01 Mar 1929, d. 25 Oct 2019, Navy veteran
Rigler, Edward Jackson, b. 26 Jun 1921, d. 10 Aug 1998, CAPT US Army Air Corps World War II”, “DFC 1 OLC”, “VFW symbol”
Rivera, Eulalia, b. 11 Feb 1920, d. 25 Oct 2016, large monument w/Spanish inscription.
Roan, Zuri Sarai A., no dates.
Robertson, William A, b. Dec 1925, d. Feb 1981, “US Marine Corps”, VFW symbol
Rodriguez, Fernando, b. 2008, d. 2008, unmarked, ”Baby”
Rogers, James Melvin, b. 1929, d. 2010
Rogers, John Pollard, b. 15 Mar 1938, d. 28 Jul 2004, “A3C US Air Force”
Romero, Humberto, b. 25 May 1948, d. 05 Jul 2019
Rooker, John C., b. 1906, d. 1990
Rooker, Noreen, no dates.
Ruston, Tom C, b. 21 Apr 1927, d. 05 Jul 1986, “Beloved Husband – Dad”, “US Army World War II”, Masonic and VFW symbols.
Sandall, Mable Rose, b. 05 Jun 1920, d. 23 Mar 2017
Schroeder, Baby, no dates, small Angel statue on grave.
Selbach, Earl, b. 03 Jan 1930, d. 19 Sep 2002, h/o Neva Selbach
Selbach, Jimmy, b. 25 Sep 1949, d. 19 Aug 2002
Selbach, Neva, b. 17 Jan 1934, d. 29 Jan 2000, w/o Earl Selbach
Selbach, Vernes H, b. 22 Feb 1901, d. 08 Jun 1984, “Our Beloved Dad”, “Grandpa”, Father of Kathy, Wanda, Earl, Ron, Bob, Archie, Leonard, Dale, Dottie, Elvie”
Settlemire, Earlene, b. 18 Mar 1946, d. 09 Jul 2006, w/o Virgil Settlemire, “Most Sweetest Wife, Mother, Grandmother”
Settlemire, Virgil, b. 14 Nov 1935, d. 28 Nov 2007, h/o Earlene Settlemire, “Husband, Father, Grandfather”
Smick, Catherine Claire, b. 1931, d. 2004, unmarked.
Smick, Warren Russell, b. 1920, d. 2008, unmarked.
Smith, Robert, b. 23 Feb 1912, d. 19 Dec 1987, “US Marine Corps World War II”, VFW symbol
Smith, William Jess, b. 04 Oct 1915, d. 22 Sep 2000, “US Navy World War II”
Sota, Andres, no dates, unmarked.
Spears, I.C. “Oakie”, b. 15 May 1916, d. 25 Jul 1996, h/o Muriel E. Spears
Spears, Muriel E, b. 23 Aug 1922, d. 18 Nov 2007, w/o I.C. Spears
Spurlock, Alta, b. 22 Sep 1913, d. 09 May 2002, “Beloved Mother and Grandmother”
Steele, David Lewis, b. 20 Nov 1932, d. 03 Apr 2010, “US Air Force”
Steele, Sue Selbach,
Stengel, Curtis James, b. 16 Apr 1937, d. 24 Mar 2021
Stray, Stanley Paul, b. 1932, d. 1998
Strickland, Billy Joe, b. 14 Feb 1932, d. 02 Aug 2003, “Father”
Strickland, Keith Errol, b. 14 Feb 1953, d. 04 May 2002, “Son”, “Brother”
Strickland, Wanda June Selbach, b. 26 Jul 1938, d. 11 Jun 2013, “Mother”
Stuart, Carol Ann, b. 09 Sep 1939, d. 01 Feb 2012, w/o Paul K. Stuart
Stuart, Paul Kent, b. 02 Apr 1944, d. 17 Aug 2019, Navy veteran, h/o Carol An Stuart
Tews, Marian, b. 1911, d. 1981, “Wife-Mother”
Tharp, Emilia Michalek, b. 12 Jun 1916, d. 02 Nov 2010, “Beloved Wife and Mother”
Tharp, Finis Sr, b. 21 Jun 1917, d. 25 Feb 1995, “US Army World War II”
Tharp, Michael, no dates.
Thomas, Edna Henderson, b. 16 Jan 1908, d. 01 Jul 1921
Thompson, Catherine A., no dates.
Ummen, Alice Mae, b. 30 Jan 1925, d. 21 Feb 2002
Vallance, Alexander Donald David, b. 1914, d. 2006, unmarked.
Vassar, Bennie “Hank”, b. 06 Mar 1916, d. 12 Oct 1981, “Pen Name Chuck Martin, Worldwide Historian of Country-Western Music, Author of Western Stories, Father, Brother
Vassar, Glynn W, b. 08 Jul 1924, d. 29 Apr 1996, h/o Mae F.
Villalobos, Socorro O., b. 13 May 1942, d. 23 Sep 2011
Villanueva, Alfredo, b. 16 Feb 1973, d. 05 Mar 1995, inscription in Spanish
Villanueva, Sr. Genaro Ramos, b. 16 Jun 1941, d. 25 Aug 2000, inscription in Spanish
Wagner, George Eugene, b. 22 Nov 1903, Texas, d. 16 Dec 1979, “First Recorded Gravesite Establishing The Amargosa Desert Memorial Cemetery”
Wahl, Bonnie, no dates.
Weber, Hazel M, b. 04 Mar 1910, d. 01 Sep 1983
Weber, Ute Russell Sean, b. 22 Sep 1982, d. 05 Jun 2011
Welch, Kathleen E., b. 1919, d. 2009
Welch, Okey, b. 1928, d. 1992
Wilson, Donald Erwin, b. 04 Jan 1935, d. 24 Aug 1998, “US Marine Corps Korea”, VFW symbol
Woods, Ellen, b. 18 Apr 1915, d. 24 Aug 1984, “Superactivist”
Woods, Ernest, b. 15 Nov 1911, d. 02 Sep 1992, VFW Symbol
Yoki, Oleta Aleen, b. 03 Sep 1925, d. 29 Dec 1997, “Beloved Wife, Mother & Grandma”