Obituaries
Emma Battles
Mar 3, 2000
Emma “Cutie” Battles, 76 of House, NM died Friday, March 3, 2000 at De Baca General Hospital following an illness. She was born December 6, 1923 in Cook County, Texas to the home of David Arthor Williams and the former LaVerta Booher. She was reared in west Texas. Emma Married Clyde Battles on August 24, 1946. They made their home...
Bill Pena Chavez
Feb 28, 2000
Bill Pena Chavez, 40 a resident of Fort Sumner, NM died Monday, February 28, 2000 at his home. Bill was born February 12, 1960 in Fort Sumner to the home of Sam S. and Charlotte (Pena) Chavez. He was reared and attended school in Albuquerque. He graduated from Manzano High School in1978. Bill worked during and following high school at...
Borden Lucille Bessie
Feb 16, 2000
Bessie Lucille Borden, 92, a longtime Fort Sumner resident died Wednesday, February 16, 2000 in the Pecos Valley Care Center following an illness. Mrs. Borden was a resident of the Pecos Valley Care Center since June 1988. She was born November 24, 1907 in Steelville, Missouri to the home of William and Anna (Nicholson) Holland. She attended school at Steelville....
Barry Allen Johnson
Feb 2, 2000
Barry A. Johnson, 67 a resident of Albuquerque since 1974 died Wednesday, February 2, 2000 at his home in Albuquerque following a short illness. Mr. Johnson was born Nov. 2, 1932 in Corvalis, OR. He made his home in Albuquerque in 1974 coming from Ft. Belvoir, VA. He was a 22 year U.S. Army veteran with the rank of Sgt....
Alfonso T. Sena
Feb 2, 2000
Alfonso T. Sena, 74 a lifelong Fort Sumner resident died Wednesday, February 2, 2000 at his home in Fort Sumner following an illness. Mr. Sena was born March 9, 1925 in Fort Sumner to the home of Jose C. and Estefanita (Trujillo) Sena. He was reared and attended school at Fort Sumner. Alfonso served with Company G, 17th Infantry, U.S....
Rose Miriam Child
Feb 1, 2000
Rose Miriam Child, 95 a resident of Fort Sumner since 1966 died Tuesday February 1, 2000 in the Pecos Valley Care Center following an illness. Mrs. Child was born March 15, 1904 in Whiting, Kansas to the home of Charles Phillip Brown and the former Cora Rose McBride. In 1909 her family sold their property in Kansas and moved to...
Robert E. Eastwood
Jan 28, 2000
Robert E. “Bob” Eastwood, 73, of Fort Sumner, NM died January 28, 2000. He was born October 1, 1926 in Tolar, NM to the home of Herman G. “Pug” and Gladys (Williams) Eastwood. He was reared at Tolar and attended schools in Taiban and Fort Sumner where he graduated in 1944. He later attended Eastern New Mexico College. He married...
Howard Thomas Morgan
Jan 28, 2000
H.T. “Tom” Morgan, 86, of Clovis, and formerly of House, NM died Friday, January 28, 2000 at Plains Regional Medical Center in Clovis, NM following an illness. Tom was born May 6, 1913 at Ima, NM to the home of John Wylie and Alice (Rosson) Morgan. He attended school at House, NM. Tom married Iris Wilson in Fort Sumner on...
Peter Bernal
Jan 25, 2000
Peter Bernal, 56 a resident of the Pecos Valley Care Center for the past two months died Tuesday, January 25, 2000 in the De Baca General Hospital following a short illness. Mr. Bernal was born October 10, 1943 in Cleveland, New Mexico. He is the son of Adonias Padilla and Lilly Bernal. Peter was raised at Cleveland and attended school...
Petra Pena
Jan 25, 2000
Petra Pena, 84 a longtime Fort Sumner resident died Tuesday, January 25, 2000 in the De Baca General Hospital following an illness. Petra was born October 1, 1915 in Tulosa, San Miguel County, New Mexico. She made her home in Fort Sumner in 1921. She was reared and attended school at Fort Sumner. She worked as a housekeeper for the...
cleofas Aragon
Jan 21, 2000
Cleo Aragon, 84 of Roswell, New Mexico died Friday, January 21, 2000 at Eastern New Mexico Medical Center following an illness. She was born September 22, 1915 in Fort Sumner to the home of Anastacio Trujillo and the former Ofilia Beaubien. She was reared and attended school at Fort Sumner. She married Miguel Aragon on January 20, 1933 in Fort...
Cleo Aragon
Jan 21, 2000
Cleo Aragon, 84 of Roswell, New Mexico died Friday, January 21, 2000 at Eastern New Mexico Medical Center following an illness. She was born September 22, 1915 in Fort Sumner to the home of Anastacio Trujillo and the former Ofilia Beaubien. She was reared and attended school at Fort Sumner. She married Miguel Aragon on January 20, 1933 in Fort...
Charlotte Mae Mayhon
Jan 20, 2000
Charlotte Mae (Bores) Mayhon, 74 a retired Fort Sumner businesswoman died Thursday, January 20, 2000 in the De Baca General Hospital following an extended illness. Mrs. Mayhon was born November 29, 1925 in Clarendon, Texas to the home of Jesse Lee McDonald and the former Mary Amanda Morgan. She moved to Fort Sumner as a teenager where she attended school....
Emilia G. Maes
Jan 17, 2000
Emilia G. Maes, 83 a lifelong De Baca County resident died Monday, January 17, 2000 in the De Baca General Hospital following an illness. Mrs. Maes was born March 6, 1916 in Yeso, NM to the home of Lucas Garza Sr. and the former Rosenda Montoya. She was reared and attended schools at Yeso. Emilia married Juan Maes at Yeso,...
Melquiadez Jaramillo
Jan 13, 2000
Melquiadez Jaramillo, 91 a longtime Duran, NM resident died Thursday, January 13, 2000 at Lovelace Medical Center in Albuquerque following an illness. Mr. Jaramillo was born September 7, 1908 in Pinos Wells, NM to the home of Liberato and Mauricia (Sanchez) Jaramillo. He was reared and attended school at Pinos Wells and Duran, NM. He was a ranch hand for...
Yvonne Deck
Jan 5, 2000
Yvonne Deck, 73 a longtime Fort Sumner resident died Wednesday, January 05, 2000, at Gila Regional Medical Center, Silver City, NM following an illness. Yvonne was born January 26, 1926 in O’Donnell, Texas to the home of William Mose Cox and the former Eula Ethel Stuart. She made her home in the Fort Sumner area in 1942. She farmed in...
James Matthew Keever
Jan 4, 2000
James Matthew Keever, age 63, a resident of Shohomish, WA died Tuesday, January 4, 2000 at Valley Lutheran Hospital in Phoenix, AZ. He was born August 15, 1936 in Fort Sumner. James attended school at Fort Sumner and Clovis where he was a member of the Class of 1954. He was a musician who played the steel guitar with the...
Ora Lee Long
Jan 2, 2000
Ora Lee Long, 76 a longtime Fort Sumner resident died Sunday, January 2, 2000 at Covenant Medical Center in Lubbock, TX following an illness. Ora Lee was born August 14, 1923 in Tahlequah, Oklahoma to the home of Caril and Indiola Harden. She married Delbert E. Long on March 21, 1942 at Clovis, NM. She traveled with Delbert during his...
Logan Conard Barnhart
Dec 25, 1999
Logan Conard Barnhart, 79 a longtime De Baca County rancher died Saturday, December 25, 1999 in the De Baca General Hospital following an illness. Logan was born September 26, 1920 on the Clancy Ranch in De Baca County to the home of Lon Conrad and Gertrude Baker Barnhart. Logan worked on ranches in New Mexico especially in De Baca County...
James Hubert Peelle
Dec 13, 1999
James Hubert Peelle, 78 a longtime Clovis, NM resident died Monday, Dec. 13, 1999 at the V.A. Medical Center in Amarillo following an extended illness. Mr. Peelle was born July 17, 1921 in Spokane, WA to the home of James H. Peelle and the former Mabel Ressler. He married Mary De La Paz Casaus at the Fort Sumner Air Base...
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