Obituaries
Rafael Roque Roybal
Oct 22, 2000
Rafael Roque Roybal Sr. age 90 of Fort Sumner, NM died Sunday, October 22, 2000. Rafael was born August 16, 1910 in Los Ojitos, northern De Baca County to the home of Ignacio and Juanita Ronquillo Roybal. He attended school at Los Ojitos. Rafael worked as a ranch hand on area ranches for several years. He married Carolina Levario on...
Isabel M. Baca
Oct 11, 2000
Isabel M. Baca, age 72, passed away October 11, 2000 in Santa Rosa, NM following an illness. She was born November 5, 1927 in Abeytas, NM to the home of Santiago and Andrea (Sanchez) Abeyta. She was reared and attended schools in Abeyta and Belen, NM. Isabel Married Herman Baca in 1957 in Belen. They made their home in Santa...
Emmett L. McAlester
Oct 10, 2000
Emmett L. McAlester, 97 of Fort Sumner, NM died Tuesday, October 10, 2000 at the Pecos Valley Care Center following an illness. Mr. McAlester was born January 14, 1903 in Shamrock, TX to the home of Tom L. McAlester and the former Jennie Lynn Williamsons. He served in the United States Army, Navy, and Marine Corps. Emmett was honorably discharged...
Duane G. Rosenberger
Oct 9, 2000
Duane G. Rosenberger, 74 a resident of Fort Sumner died Monday, October 9, 2000 in the De Baca General Hospital following an illness. Duane was born December 17, 1925 in Buffalo, Wyoming. Duane was raised in the Big Horn Mountains, near Kaycee, Wyoming. He attended and graduated from Buffalo Wyoming High School. Duane served as a member of a B-17...
Manuel Navarette Dominguez
Sep 7, 2000
Manuel Navarette Dominguez, 39 of Fort Sumner, a ranch hand died Thursday, September 7, 2000 in an automobile accident near Moriarty, NM. Manuel was born October 27, 1960 in Coyame, Chihuahua, Mexico to the home of Eluterio and Margarita N. Dominguez. He was reared and attended school at Coyame. He made his home in Pecos, TX in 1978 where he...
Ruben L. Peacock
Aug 20, 2000
Ruben L. Peacock, 89, a longtime Quay County rancher and farmer died Sunday, August 20, 2000 at De Baca General Hospital in Fort Sumner following an illness. Mr. Peacock was born September 15, 1910 in Lorenzo, Texas to the home of Luther Martin Peacock and the former Essie Drucilla Rogers. At age six he moved with his family to the...
Rafelita S. Casaus
Aug 2, 2000
Rafelita S. Casaus, 96 a lifelong De Baca County resident died Wednesday, August 2, 2000 in the De Baca General hospital following a sudden illness. Mrs. Casaus was born August 8, 1903 in Salado, De Baca County, New Mexico to the home of Adolfo and Celsa (Casaus) Sena. She was reared and attended school at Guadalupe, NM. She married Coldo...
Edgar Lay Powell
Aug 1, 2000
Edgar Lay Powell, 71 a prominent Fort Sumner, NM businessman left his life on earth at 1:20 A.M., Tuesday, August 01, 2000 at his home north of Fort Sumner following an short illness. Edgar was born September 27, 1928 in Colorado City, Texas to the home of Earl Baylor Powell and the former Jane Attaway Bounds. He was reared at...
Yvonne Morton
Jul 14, 2000
Yvonne Morton, 60 of Clovis, NM died Friday, July 14, 2000 at Sunbridge Golden Age Nursing Home following an extended illness. Yvonne was born July 17, 1939 in Fort Sumner to the home of John Ed Bailey and the former Ola Lee Bailey. She attended school at Fort Sumner Public School, Sandia View Academy in Albuquerque. She worked as a...
Jose Francisco Romo Olivas
Jul 14, 2000
Jose Francisco Romo Olivas, 77 a longtime Madera, CA resident died Friday, July 14, 2000 at Madera Rehabilitation Center, Madera, California. Jose was born May 2, 1923 in Cuervo, Guadalupe County, NM to the home of Feliberto Olivas and the former Teodocia Romo. He attended school at Dilia and Santa Rosa. Jose made his home in Fresno, California for many...
Della M. Sena
Jun 29, 2000
Della M. Sena, age 56, a prominent business women in Santa Rosa passed away June 29, 2000 at the Guadalupe County Hospital following an extended illness. Della was born October 30, 1943 in Fort Sumner, NM to the home of Daniel and Martina Lopez Montoya. She was reared and attended schools in Melrose and Fort Sumner. She married James H....
Frances Tooker
Jun 22, 2000
Frances Tooker, 84 a resident of Belen Health Care died Monday, June 19, 2000 following an illness. Mrs. Tooker was born June 2, 1916 in Roswell, NM to the home of Silas Beryl McClean and the former Daisy Esther Hill. She was reared and attended school at Yeso, NM. She worked at G.L. Hatcher General Store in Yeso and later...
Manuel Madril
Jun 12, 2000
Manuel Madril, 91, a lifelong Duran, NM resident died Thursday, June 8, 2000 at De Baca General Hospital in Fort Sumner following a sudden illness. Mr. Madrid was a resident of the Pecos Valley Care Center in Fort Sumner. He was born April 9, 1909 in Duran to the home of Pablo Madril and the former Augustina Valencia. Manuel married...
Juanita Lovato
May 22, 2000
Juanita Lovato, 72, of Fort Sumner, died Monday, May 22, 2000 at her home in Fort Sumner. Juanita was born November 29, 1927 in Fort Sumner to the home of Teodoro Lovato and the former Beneranda Gonzales. She was reared and attended school at Fort Sumner. After high school she moved to Los Angeles, California where she worked as an...
Marcus Sewell Harwell
May 1, 2000
A Remembrance Celebration and Internment of cremains for Marcus Sewell Harwell and Anne Lois Lobley Harwell will be held at the Fort Sumner Cemetery on Sunday, July 1, 2001 at 2:00 P.M. by their children, Marka Anne Harwell-Bentley, Marcus David Harwell and Christopher Robert Harwell. Numerous family and friends are planning to be there and all are welcome. Mark (Sewell)...
Albert Riberia Mares
Apr 21, 2000
Albert R. Mares, 76 a resident of Truth or Consequences, NM died at his home following a short illness. Mr. Mares was born April 7, 1925 to the home of Rito S. Mares and the former Catarina Riberia. He was reared and attended school at Fort Sumner. He served four years in the U.S. Army during World War II including...
Madeline Stephenson
Apr 18, 2000
Madeline “Bunch” Stephenson, 83 a longtime Fort Sumner, NM resident died Tuesday, April 18, 2000 at her daughters home in Clovis, NM following an illness. She was born December 17, 1916 in Floyd, NM to the home of Watt Williams and the former Georgia Mae Beason. She was reared at Floyd where she attended and graduated from high school. Bunch...
Grady Eugene Wimberly
Apr 17, 2000
Grady Eugene Wimberly Jr., 39, a resident of Veguita, NM died Monday, April 17, 2000 at his home. He was employed by Southwest Water Treatment Company. He was an avid sports fan and loved spending time with his two sons playing football, baseball, and basketball. He was a loving husband, father, and brother. He was preceded in death by his...
Nina Rebecca Spencer
Apr 6, 2000
Nina Rebecca Spencer, 92 a longtime De Baca County resident died Thursday, April 6, 2000 in the De Baca General Hospital following an illness. Miss Spencer was born December 23, 1907 in Daysboro, Kentucky to the home of Morgan and Mary E. Cruey Spencer. She was reared and attended schools at Wolf County, Kentucky and Floyd, NM. She moved with...
Buckie Bruce Beck
Mar 16, 2000
Buckie Bruce Beck, 62 a resident of Fort Sumner, NM since 1975 died Thursday, March 16, 2000 at his home following an illness. Buckie was born July 20, 1937 at Pedernal, NM to the home of Hubert Sylvester Beck and the former Mary Jane Cravens. He was raised and attended school at Encino, NM graduating in 1955. He attended the...
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