Obituaries
Mary Gwendolyn Sena
Apr 26, 2003
Mary Gwendolyn Sena, 45 a resident of Amherst, Texas died Saturday, April 27, 2003 at her home following an extended illness. She was born July 23, 1957 in Roswell, NM to the home of Myron Eugene Morris and the former Melbalene Ruth Benton. Gwen attended and graduated from Fort Sumner High School She worked as a medical records clerk in...
Claudia Estelle Savage
Apr 24, 2003
Claudia Estelle Savage, 81 of Clovis, NM died Thursday, April 24, 2003 at Plains Regional Medical Center following an illness. Mrs. Savage was born October 30, 1921 in Roby, Texas to the home of Claud Justiss and the former Commie Chandler. She was reared and attended school at Roby. She married Dan Owen Savage on April 6, 1942 in Biloxi,...
Uley Dowell
Apr 23, 2003
Uley Dewite Dowell Jr. (Pappy), age 79, a resident of Lake Sumner, NM for many years died Wednesday, April 23, 2003 in an automobile accident at Lake Sumner State Park. Pappy was born April 11, 1924 in Eldon, Iowa to the home of Uley Dewite Dowell Sr. and the former Grace Howard. He served over 22 years in the United...
Charles Irby Bedford
Apr 20, 2003
Charles Irby Bedford, age 58, passed away April 20, 2003 at the Guadalupe County Hospital in Santa Rosa following an illness. Charles was born April 8, 1945 in Roswell, NM to the home of H.G. "Pete" Bedford and Lois Weaverker Bedford.He attended schools in Roswell and Mountainair and graduated from Fort SumnerHigh School. He married Judy Scott on June 14,...
Mercey Jade Cortese
Apr 13, 2003
Mercey Jade Cortese, age 3, of Fort Sumner, NM died Sunday, April 13, 2003 at M.D. Anderson Medical Center in Houston, TX following an illness. Mercey was born in Clovis, New Mexico on February 18, 2000. Mercey enjoyed dancing, singing, watching cartoons and posing for the camera. She will be dearly missed by her family. Survivors include her parents Arron...
Benito Joe Aragon
Apr 4, 2003
Benito Joe Aragon, age 54, of Clovis died Friday, April 4, 2003 at Plains Regional Medical Center following an illness. Benito was born June 19, 1948 in Anton Chico to the home of Hilario and Dulcinea Romo Aragon. He worked construction and was a rancher for most of his life. Ben enjoyed his horses, ranching, arrowhead hunting and eagles. He...
Nola J. Gammill
Mar 25, 2003
Nola Joyce Gammill, 64 a lifelong Fort Sumner resident died Tuesday, March 25, 2003 at he son’s home in Los Lunas, NM following an illness. Nola was born July 15, 1938 in Fort Sumner, the daughter of Lester H. Propps and the former Frances Ella Wilson. She attended and graduated from Fort Sumner Public School. She married Calvin Gammill on...
George P. Gutierrez
Mar 14, 2003
George P. Gutierrez, 77 of Santa Rosa, NM passed away Friday, March 14, 2003 at Presbyterian Hospital in Albuquerque, NM. George was born December 4, 1925 to the home of Mariano Gutierrez and the former Rafaelita Sierra. George was raised and attended school in Santa Rosa. He married Dilia Griego in February of 1968 in Santa Rosa, NM. He was...
Damasio Barela
Mar 11, 2003
Damasio Barela, 83 of Clovis, NM died Tuesday, March 11, 2003 at Covenant Medical Center in Lubbock ,TX. Damasio was born November 18, 1919 at Alamogordo, in northern De Baca County. He worked for the Santa Fe Railroad for several years on as a section hand and also worked on the Bridge Gang. He later worked at the Roundhouse at...
Amada Maestas Madrid
Mar 11, 2003
Amada Maestas Madrid, age 86, passed away March 11, 2003 at the Guadalupe County Hospital in Santa Rosa following an illness. Amada was born August 20, 1916 in Chirisco, NM to the home of Ventura and Prudencia Hoehne Maestas. She married Eulalio Madrid on April 17, 1933 in Anton Chico, NM. Amada worked for the Santa Rosa Consolidated Schools as...
Michael T. Sena
Mar 5, 2003
Michael Theodore Sena, 37 of Fort Sumner went to be with his Lord Wednesday, March 5, 2003 at City of Hope Medical Center in Duarte, California. Michael was born September 17, 1965 to the home of Mariano and Romana (Romero) Sena. He attended school at Fort Sumner where he participated in all sports and was the 1983 Homecoming Basketball King....
Santiago L. Lucero
Mar 4, 2003
Santiago (Jimmy) Lucero, 69 a lifelong De Baca County resident died Tuesday, March 4, 2003 at Plains Regional Medical Center following an extended illness. Jimmy was born November 22, 1933 in Littlefield, TX to the home of Alfredo Lucero Sr. and the former Camila Lopez. Jimmy attended school at Fort Sumner. He worked as a mechanic for several years and...
Frank M. Page
Feb 26, 2003
Frank M. Page, age 73, passed away peacefully at home, February 26, 2003, surrounded by his family and friends, after a year long courageous battle against Cancer. Frank was born in 1929 to Louis and Anna Page. He proudly served his country in the United States Army Air Corps from 1946 to 1949. Frank worked for the Railroad from 1951...
Billie Lea Best
Feb 25, 2003
Billie Lea Best, 70 of Fort Sumner, NM died Tuesday, February 25, 2003 at her home following an illness. Billie was born February 20, 1933 in Arp, Texas to the home of Roy Norman Barber and the former Bernice Carty. She was reared and attended school at Kermit, TX. She made her home in Portales for twelve years prior to...
F.G. (Bill) Hunt
Feb 13, 2003
Fairis Glenn (Bill) Hunt, 76 a longtime Fort Sumner businessman died Thursday, February 13, 2003 at his home. Bill was born December 30, 1926 in Wheeler, TX, the son of Thuron Hamilton Hunt and the former Zula Vivian Shelton. He was reared at the family homestead at Duro, NM and attended school at Vaughn, NM. As a youngster Bill worked...
Letha Mae Burson
Feb 3, 2003
Letha Mae Burson, 100 a longtime De Baca County resident died Monday, February 3, 2003 in the Pecos Valley Care Center following an illness. Mrs. Burson was born in Bethel, NM on September 27, 1902 to the home of Lewie Merlin Anderson and the former Ina Mischer Duckeneminier. She was reared and attended school at Portales, and college at Silver...
Benigno Lopez
Feb 2, 2003
Benigno Lopez "Uncle Ben", Born November 26, 1924 in Newkirk, NM to the home of Miguel and Francisca Lopez passed away February 2, 2003 at the age of 78 in Las Vegas, NM due to a long illness. Uncle Ben was a young man of 17 years of age whe he enlisted in the United States Army serving in World...
Alejandro V. Marez
Feb 1, 2003
Alejandro V. Marez, age 78, of Encino, NM passed away Saturday, February 1, 2003 in Albuquerque, NM following an illness. Alejandro was born June 6, 1924 in Deramadero, NM to the home of Luis and Aurelia Velasquez Marez. He was reared and attended schools in Encino. Alejandro served in the United States Army as a Military Policeman. Following his honorable...
Joyce Elizabeth Finney
Jan 31, 2003
Joyce E. Finney, 79 of St. Vrain, NM died Friday, January 31, 2003 at the Pecos Valley Care Center in Fort Sumner following an illness. Joyce was born August 4, 1923, in State Center, Iowa the daughter of Orville Homer Farmer and Perle Robuck. She was reared in Moberly and Kirksville, Missouri. Joyce served in the U.S. Navy during World...
Flosye D. Barnhill
Jan 30, 2003
Flosye Doris Barnhill, 98 of Fort Sumner, NM died Thursday, January 30, 2003 at Plains Regional Medical Center following a short illness. Flosye was born January 5, 1905 in Wellston, Oklahoma to the home of George Washington Gragg and the former VeOra Nash. She was reared, attended and graduated from high school at Lindsay, Oklahoma. She began teaching at age...
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