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Fay Neeley Su 1, a He is survived by his wife, Manda Lawson of Pahrump,
Fay Neeley Sullivan, 80, died April 26, 1997 at her home Nevada, brothers; Tom Lawson of Pahrump, Nevada, Bob -
in Pahrump, Nevada. She was born in Kansas and was a 6
month resident of Pahrump coming from Calwell, Idaho, and
was in hotel management.
She is survived by sons; Jerry Sullivan of Pahrump,
Nevada, John Sullivan of St. George Utah, Dale Sullivan of
Greely, Colorado, Daughter; Bonnie Eusano, of Lindsy,
California. Also two sisters; Margaret Callier of Miluaukee,
Oregon, Nellie Alexander of Miluaukoe, Oregon, 13 grand-
children and several great grandchildren.
Services will he Friday May 2, 1997 in Woodlawn, Or-
egon at the Woodlawn Chapel.
Michael Ray Lawson
Michael Ray Lawson, 40, died April 19, 1997 in Pahrump,
Nevada where he had been a two month resident coming from
Mansfield, Ohio. He was born August 7, 1956 in Mansfield,
Ohio, and was a musician, also a Marine Corp. veteran and a
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Lawson of Maryland, and a sister Velma Hammer of Mansfield
Ohio.
Private Family services were held in Ohio under the
direction of the Neptune Society of Nye Co. funeral director
Robin Dorand.
Gertrude Agnes Smith
Gertrude Agnes Smith, 75, died April 25, 1997 at Sunrise
Hospital in Las Vegas, Nevada. She was born August 11,
1921 in Waukeegan, Illinois and was a 16 year resident of
Pahrump, Nevada coming from Parkerdam, California where
she was an Industrial IBM operator.
She is survived by husband; Dewin I. Smith of Pahrump,
Nevada, Sons; Charles E. Smith of Fairfield, California,
Brice T. Smith of San Antonio, Texas, Daughter; Norma
LBaron of Burbank, California, Brother; Joseph Corbin of
Bloomfield, Connecticut, Sister; Elizabeth Ronan of Newburn,
6471 S. HomesteadS(Across from Sod Farm)
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Private family services will he held at Boulder City Na-
tional Cemetery at a later date officiated by the Neptune
Society of Nye County funeral director Robin Dorand
Howard William Zellhoef er,
MD
by Bruce Stevenson, Tecopa
Howard William Zellhoefer, MD, FACS, FICS passed
away on April 19, 1997 in Fresno, Ca. He was born on July
23, 1906 in Sioux Falls, SD. Two sons survive him. Jon of
Mariposa, CA and Alan of Las Vegas, NV, and four grand-
children.
Doctor, Doctor "Z" or Doll
"Z" as we knew him, graduate"
from Harvard Medical School
in 1931, spending his intern-
ship in Chicago, II. His resi-
dency was in surgery at the
Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN
from 1932 to 1939. He entered
private practice in Sioux Falls
practicing until December
1941. As a U. S. Army Reserve
Medical Officer they called him
up immediately to island hop-
Howard William ping the South Pacific as a com-
Zellhoefer bat doctor. As he said "I arrived
in Pearl Harbor while it was
still smoking."
With the planned invasion of Europe, Doe "Z" was trans-
ferred to England as a physician to General Dwight
Eisenhower. He participated in the European invasion beside
General Eisenhower. While serving in the European Theater,
he headed the reconstruction of the French Medical Services.
The French bestowed the highest of honors the French Legion
D' Honneur with Croix De Guerre. When they formed file
U.S. Air Force, they transferred him to that branch of service.
Returning to Sioux Falls he continued his surgery practice
until the Korean Conflict. Again they called him into military
service arriving in Korea while it was still smoking. In 1952
from the Air Force as a full Colonel. Mustering but
at Travis Air Force Base in Northern California he entered
private surgery practice in Carmel, CA. Moving to Las
Vegas, NV for health reasons, he practiced with sevilral
doctors in the Boulder City and Las Vegas areas. Lateriche
acquired practices from retiring doctors and continued sur-
gery until 1971 at the age of sixty-five years old. Nevada law
states that a sixty-five-year-old can no longer lead a surgical
team. He continued in private practice until 1986 signing on
as a"Ships Surgeon" with the EpirotikiCruise Lines spending
the next several years sailing around the world.
Doe "Z"s other interests included founding the Valley
Hospital Medical Center, Las Vegas with a group of doctors
and several other medical related businesses in the area. In
1969 he purchased the controlling interest in the Town of
Tecopa, California, where he lived during his later retirement
years. At the time of Ilis death he was sole owner or partner in
many business ventures.
Many would find Doe "Z" to be eccentric, to others he was
stubborn, Many could not say enough good about him, and
some could cuss him in unmentionable terms. How does one
eulogize or write a fitting obituary to a man that spent more
than seventy years helping others?
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