Mabel M. Durrah, age 94, of North Las Vegas, Nevada, passed away peacefully in her home on Tuesday May 7, 2019. Mabel was born January 9, 1925 in Smith Parish, Bermuda to her parents Joseph and Rosida Lindo.
Mabel married Martin Weaver and had two daughters: Sharon Ann Pires and Joann Weaver before they divorced. She then married Hobart Gibson and had two daughters and one son: Suzanne Patricia Stephenson, Dorothy Jean Thomas and Lewis Ralph Gibson before they divorced. She then married Edward Richard Durrah and they had one daughter, Edith Rose Valenzuela.
Mabel worked numerous jobs which included: waitress, cook, housekeeper and store clerk while raising her children in Bermuda. She moved to the States in 1980 to help with her grandson, and after being widowed in 1982 she worked as an in home care giver in Lompoc, California and later in Needles, California. Mabel eventually slowed down and retired before moving to Las Vegas, Nevada.
Mabel was a loving and devoted mother and nana, whom had a passion for gardening, crocheting. She was a devout Christian and member of the Paradise Seventh Day Adventist Church.
Mabel was preceded in death by her parents Joseph and Rosida Lindo; husband, Edward Richard Durrah; daughters: Sharon Pires and Joann Weaver; son, Lewis Gibson; and her children's fathers: Martin Weavers and Hobart Gibson. She is survived by her daughters: Suzanne Patricia Stephenson, Dorothy Jean Thomas and Edith Rose Valenzuela; daughter in law, Carey Gibson; sister, Rosemary Chestnut. 9 grandchildren, numerous great grandchildren, great-great grandchildren, and great-great-great grandchildren.
A visitation for Mabel will be held Wednesday, May 15, 2019 from 3:00 PM to 7:00 PM. A funeral service will occur Thursday, May 16, 2019 from 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM, both at Palm Boulder Highway Mortuary, 800 South Boulder Highway, Henderson, NV 89015. Mabel will be laid to rest at Palm Henderson Cemetery, in Henderson, Nevada.
Fond memories and expressions of sympathy may be shared at www.palmmortuary.com for the Durrah family.
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