Obituaries May 21

Gardnerville resident Richard Lowell Byse died May 15, 2008. He was 61 years old.

Mr. Byse was born Oct. 3, 1946, in Long Beach, Calif., to Lloyd and Mary Jane (Hoffman) Byse.

He grew up and attended schools in Long Beach moving to Gardnerville in 1992. He married Michelle Dimas-Byse in 1970 and to this union brought one son Nicholas. In 1984 he married Linda and the couple had one son Brian. He worked for Clickbond in Carson City from 2000, retiring in October of 2007.

Mr. Byse loved trains, Harley Davidson motorcycles, and working on cars.

He is survived by his wife Linda; son Nicholas and his wife Jennifer Byse; son Brian Byse; brother Ronald Byse; three grandchildren, Sam, Jack and Max; two nieces and a nephew. He was preceded in death by his parents and one sister. Arrangements are in the care of Autumn Funerals & Cremations.

A memorial Mass was celebrated Friday at St. Gall Catholic Church for Gardnerville resident Elizabeth Irene McCann Hipsley, 86,who died May 14, 2008, surrounded by her family and friends.

Born Nov. 28, 1921, on the family farm in Derby, Iowa. She met Fred Hipsley in the sixth-grade and the two were married after high school graduation in 1941.

Mrs. Hipsley raised three children and worked 19 years for Southern California Edison Co. After retirement she and Mr. Hipsley moved to Fallon, where she was active in the Fraternal Order of Eagles in Fallon. She served as president of the local chapter and was state president from 1985 to 1986. The couple moved to Sun City, Ariz., in 1987 and attended St. Clement Catholic Church. Mrs. Hipsley became an avid bridge player and a Phoenix Suns fan.

They returned to Nevada in 2004 to be near their family. She enjoyed family gatherings, outings to the Carson Valley Inn, letters from friends and Mass at St. Gall Catholic Church.

Mrs. Hipsley was preceded in death by her husband of 65 years, Fred, in 2007 and her son, Edward.

She is survived by son Richard Hipsley of Elko; daughter Joyce Herman Lackey of Gardnerville; sister-in-law Maxine Lewis of Vacaville, Calif.; brother and sisters-in-law John and Mary McCann, Elmer and Kaye McCann and Maurice and Beverly McCann; seven grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.

The family expressed their gratitude to the staff of Carson Valley Medical Center for the care they showed in treating Mrs. Hipsley in her final days.

Family members of former Minden resident Joseph Francis Dempnock, 83, ask that donations be made to St. Judes Children's Hospital or Shriners Children's Hospital in his name.

A celebration of life for Mr. Dempnock is 11 a.m. Saturday at St. Gregory's Catholic Church in San Mateo, Calif.

Mr. Dempnock died of pulmonary fibrosis on April 28, 2008, at the Good Samaritan Hospital in Los Angeles.