Obituary: Paul J. Iverson

A funeral service for 22-year Carson City resident Paul J. Iverson, 55, will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on Saliman Road in Carson City.

Mr. Iverson died May 8, 2003, at Washoe Medical Center in Reno after a 10-month battle with leukemia. He was born June 3, 1947, in Cedar City, Utah, to Rulon and Lois Olds Iverson.

Mr. Iverson had been the director of the Nevada Department of Agriculture since 1995. From 1983 to 1995, he was the assistant director of minerals for Nevada.

In October 2000, Iverson started the Wild Horse Gentling Program, which trained estrays from the nearby Virginia Range in preparation for adoption. The program expanded during the 2001 Legislative Session to include a cooperative effort with the Warm Springs Prison.

Mr. Iverson earned a bachelor's degree from Southern Utah University and a master's from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

Mr. Iverson also participated in high school rodeo with his two sons.

He was preceded in death by his brother, Norman in 1985.

Among his survivors are his wife, Ginger of Carson City; sons Paul and Michael, both of Reno, and Patrick Taylor, of Hawaii; daughters Holly Allen of Topaz, Kari Iverson of St. George, Utah, and Meghan Taylor of Carson City; sister, Suzanne Nicholson of Ogden, Utah; and seven grandchildren.

Burial will be at New Harmony Cemetery in New Harmony, Utah.

Donations in his name may be made to: WHOA: Wild Horse Organized Assistance, P.O. Box 555, Reno, NV 89504. Donors are asked to list Comstock Program in the memo line. Donations may also be made to the Washoe Regional Cancer Center, c/o Washoe Medical Foundation, 77 Pringle Way, Reno, NV 89520-9831.

Walton's Chapel of the Valley in Carson City is in charge of arrangements.