31 Jan 1985 – 8 Oct 2000
4th-Great-Grand-Daughter of Philip Cardon and Martha Marie Tourn
3rd-Great-Grand-Daughter of Louis Philippe Cardon and Susette Stalé
2nd-Great-Grand-Daughter of Emanuel Philip Cardon and Amelia Marie Merrick
Great-Grand-Daughter of Jesse Leo Cardon and Frances Maude Farnsworth
Grand-Daughter of Seth De Mar Cardon and Helen Irene Chapin
Daughter of Jessie Lee Cardon and Bobby Allen Reynolds
Rachel Reynolds, 15, died Sunday.
She was born Jan. 31, 1985, in Las Vegas. An honor roll student at Pahrump Valley High School, she was an eight-year resident of Pahrump.
She is survived by her parents, Jessie and Bobby, both of Pahrump; brother, Cody; sisters, Laura Maynard, Tammy Sharron, Kimberly Wimberly, Stacey Bansback and Amy; and Grandmother Helen Cardon; all of Las Vegas.
Visitation will be from 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at Pahrump Family Mortuary and from 11 a.m. until services at 1 p.m. Thursday at the Pahrump chapel of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
-Published in the Las Vegas Review-Journal, Tuesday, Oct 10, 2000, Las Vegas, NV, page 4B.
Rachel Reynolds – A short life remembered through music
Pahrump Valley Times (NV) – Friday, November 3, 2000
Six garage bands, 150 teenagers, Petrack Park. It was Pahrumpapalooza Saturday afternoon when friends of the late Rachel Reynolds gathered for a memorial concert that was held to say goodbye to the Pahrump Valley High sophomore, who died on Oct. 8 due to complications following emergency brain surgery.
Kim Mankins, a fellow sophomore who plays guitar for Stacid, a band in which Rachel played the bass, organized the concert for the most part. Actually, Mankins said she had begun planning the concert more than a month before Rachel’s sudden death.
The proceeds from the $3 donation requested Saturday was to go to Make A Wish Foundation, but Mankins changed her mind and decided to give the proceeds to Rachel’s parents, Bobby and Jessie, to use towards unexpected medical and funeral expenses.
Stacid took the stage midway through the four-hour concert. Public Charge took the stage first and was followed by Decomposed, TSI, and Envy. Exit 33 closed the show. “Dirt” was supposed to play.
Pahrump Valley Times (Nevada) 3 November 2000, obit for Rachel Reynolds:
A short life remembered through music, GenealogyBank.com
Rachel Reynolds – Death brings reflection
By MARK WAITE
VIEW STAFF WRITER
It was a little quieter in the hallways at Pahrump Valley High School last Thursday afternoon as 160 students received excused absences to attend funeral services for sophomore Rachel Reynolds, 15, who died suddenly Oct. 8.
Reynolds died during surgery for a brain tumor at Sunrise Hospital.
‘She was there one day and gone the next,’ her mother Jessie Reynolds said. ‘She had this brain tumor her entire life and we didn’t know it, nobody knew it.’
The problem began with headaches six months ago, she said. When the months went by, the problem got worse and doctors initially thought Rachel was suffering from migraine headaches.
The family’s health care provider said Rachel had to wait her turn and refused to authorize a cat scan unless it was a life or death situation, which eventually it became, Reynolds said. The cat scan identified the brain tumor.
A bank account has been set up to accept donations for Rachel’s funeral expenses and medical bills. Donors may contribute to Bank of America savings account no. 004961733690. The Bank of America branch is located at 200 S. Highway 160, Pahrump, Nev., 89048, or donors may mail their contributions.
Reynolds said Rachel’s body will be cremated, but it will still require $ 2,500 in funeral expenses. The funeral arrangements were handled by Pahrump Family Mortuary. A service was held at the Latter Day Saints church.
‘We’ve never had an emergency like this. I don’t know if we’re going to start getting bills,’ Reynolds said. The brain surgery alone cost $ 90,000, she said. Everyone at the hospital was so devastated they didn’t mention anything about the cost, Reynolds said. Funeral expenses were $ 2,500.
Pahrump Valley High School Principal Jerry Hill remembered Rachel as a student who really liked school.
‘She was a popular kid, a good kid, a real good kid,’ Hill said.
In a sign of her popularity, Reynolds said there were no flowers left at the local flower shops, they were all bought up for Rachel’s funeral.
–Las Vegas Review-Journal, Tuesday, 10/17/2000, obit for Rachel Reynolds
– Death brings reflection, GenealogyBank.com