Obituaries
Betty Garcia
Dec 30, 2020
Well done good and faithful servant… Betty Jo (Hamlet) Garcia, age 90 of Fort Sumner, NM passed away peacefully on Wednesday, December 30, 2020 at Retirement Ranch of Clovis. She was born August 20, 1930 in a little Texas town named, Old Glory. She met Francisco A. Garcia in Phoenix, Arizona. They were married on December 1, 1947 in Phoenix....
Flora G. Martinez
Dec 29, 2020
Flora G. Martinez, 90 of Tucumcari, NM and most recently of Los Lunas, NM, passed away peacefully at her home surrounded by her loving family on December 29, 2020. Flora was born on July 24, 1930 in Puerto De Luna, NM to Ricardo Griego and Aurora (Sanchez) Griego. Flora was raised in Puerto De Luna where she also attended school....
Leroy Lucero
Dec 29, 2020
Leroy Lucero, 61 of Anton Chico, NM, passed away suddenly on December 29, 2020 at UNM Hospital in Albuquerque, NM. Leroy was born on June 14, 1959 to Bonifacio and Louisa Lucero at Saint Anthony’s in Las Vegas, NM. Leroy (Brown) grew up, lived and raised a family in Anton Chico. Leroy was a lifelong parishioner at San Jose Parish...
Juan Isidro Barreras
Dec 28, 2020
Juan Isidro Barreras, age 82, entered the kingdom of our Lord on December 28, 2020, in the presence of his family. Juan was born on May 14, 1938, in Puerto De Luna (PDL), New Mexico, the only son of six children born to Nestor and Emilia Barreras. Juan left PDL as a young boy, when his family moved east to...
Bobby Foster
Dec 25, 2020
Memorial services for Bobby Foster will be held at 11:00 am Saturday, May 22, 2021 at The Church on The Hill with Pastor Anna Teeter-Gentile officiating. Bobby Dean Foster, 59 of Fort Sumner passed away Friday, December 25, 2020 at Presbyterian Hospital in Albuquerque following an illness. He was born August 29, 1961 in Fort Sumner to the home of...
Martin Blancarte Arvizo
Dec 22, 2020
Martin Blancarte Arvizo, 58 de Santa Rosa, NM falleció en el Hospital Lovelace en Albuquerque, NM el martes 22 de diciembre de 2020. Martin nació el 3 de noviembre de 1962, hijo de Jesús Blancarte Calderón y María Teresa Arvizo Sanz en Nuevo Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, México. Martin se crio en Nuevo Casas Grandes, donde asistió a la escuela. Estuvo...
Eddie Abeyta
Dec 18, 2020
Eddie Abeyta, 83, of Vaughn, New Mexico went to be with our Lord on December 18, 2020. Eddie grew up, lived, and raised his family in Pinos Wells, NM where he loved running his cattle ranch. He later moved his family to Vaughn and had lived there since. Eddie was a member and President of the Sociedad de San Jose...
Randy Lucero
Dec 17, 2020
Randy Lucero, 67 of Santa Rosa, NM, passed away on December 17, 2020 in Santa Rosa. Randy was born on May 20, 1953 to Candelario Lucero and Marcelina (Chavez) Lucero in Santa Rosa. Randy, who was also known as “Pachuca”, was raised in Santa Rosa where he attended school and graduated from Santa Rosa High School in 1972. Randy served...
Jesse Craig
Dec 16, 2020
Jesse Lewis Craig passed away on December 16, 2020, at the age of 74, in Socorro, New Mexico. He was born in Fort Sumner, New Mexico November 16, 1946. He is preceded in death by his wife, Bobbie Evelyn (Giddens) Craig, his father Sprout Craig and mother Lulu May Craig. He is survived by his brother, Dan Craig, his oldest...
Joe Ford
Dec 15, 2020
Livestream of the funeral Mass at 2:00 pm Wednesday, December 23, 2020 go to https://sacredheartclovis.com/. Joe Allen Ford, 61 of Clovis, NM passed away Tuesday, December 15, 2020 at Plains Regional Medical Center following a sudden illness. He was born October 28, 1959 in Nottingham, England. His family lived at Ramstein AFB Germany for four years before moving to Kirtland...
Teofilo "Ted" Chavez
Dec 10, 2020
Teofilo “Ted” Chavez age 82 passed away December 10, 2020 at Presbyterian Hospital in Albuquerque, NM. Ted was born on July 15, 1938 in Pinos Wells, NM to the home of Esequiel and Flora Chavez y Chavez. He was preceded in death by his parents and his lap pal Ms. B. Ted leaves behind his loving wife, Mary Humphrey-Chavez, children,...
Patrick J. Chavez
Dec 7, 2020
Patrick Joshua Chavez, 33 of Santa Rosa, NM was born on May 18, 1987 in Santa Rosa to Patrick R. Chavez and Diane M. Chavez. Patrick graduated from Santa Rosa High School in 2005. Patrick passed away unexpectedly on December 7, 2020. He married his long-time girlfriend on January 10, 2015 in Rio Rancho, NM. He was the assistant chief...
Margaret Smith
Dec 5, 2020
Margaret Joyce (Bivins) Smith, 75, of Melrose, NM was born September 29, 1945 in Lordsburg, NM to Joel Wesley & Lillie Bell (May) Bivins. Margaret went to be with the Lord December 5th, 2020 at La Posada Care Center in Las Cruces, NM. She married Randall Keith “Butch” Smith March 28, 1964 in Lordsburg NM. She was involved in various...
Kaleb DeWitt
Nov 29, 2020
Kaleb Ray DeWitt, 28 of Bovina, Texas passed away unexpectedly on Sunday, November 29, 2020 at Northwest Texas Hospital in Amarillo. Kaleb was born in Portales on February 15, 1992, he was raised in New Mexico and Colorado. Kaleb attended school at Floyd Elementary School, Woodland Park Middle School, and high school in Fort Sumner, graduating with the Class of...
Matilde "Mattie" Marquez
Nov 26, 2020
Arrangements for Matilde "Mattie" Marquez, 98 of Windsor, Colorado are pending with Chavez Funeral Home in Santa Rosa. Mattie was born March 25, 1922 in Gascon, NM to the home of Leandro and Gumecinda Martinez. She made her home in Santa Rosa, Greeley, CO, Aurora, CO, and Windsor, CO. Mattie is preceded in death by her parents, and her husband...
Louise Gonzales
Nov 25, 2020
Louise (Lopez) Gonzales, age 96 of Fort Sumner, NM passed away Wednesday, November 25, 2020 at Mission Arch Care Center in Roswell, New Mexico. She was born May 16, 1924 in El Alamo, NM the daughter of Albaro and Ruperta (Sandoval) Lopez. She grew up in El Alamo and Fort Sumner and attended Fort Sumner schools until the 11th grade....
Teresa Madril
Nov 23, 2020
Teresa Madril, 43 of Las Cruces, New Mexico passed away in an Albuquerque hospital following a sudden illness on November 23, 2020. She was born April 7, 1977 in Clovis, NM to the home of Jose and Amelia Madril. She is a graduate of Clovis High School. Teresa made her home in Las Cruces where she was employed as a...
Rose Ann Lopez
Nov 19, 2020
Rose Ann Lopez, 69 of Tucumcari, NM passed away peacefully, surrounded by her family on Thursday, November 19, 2020. Rose Ann was born on June 10, 1951 in Tucumcari to the home of Joe Trinidad Sanchez and Mary (Sandoval) Sanchez. Rose Ann was raised in Tucumcari where she attended school. She married Estevan Lopez in El Paso, Texas. Rose Ann...
Frances Terrell
Nov 18, 2020
Frances Evelyn Terrell (Doyle), 98 a longtime resident of the Fort Sumner valley passed away Wednesday evening, November 18, 2020 at Retirement Ranch in Clovis. She was born January 24, 1922 in Idalou, Texas the daughter of Jeff Hunt Doyle and the former Nola Sidney Shaw of McAdoo, Texas. She grew up in west Texas and eastern New Mexico, attending...
Cameron David Shaw
Nov 17, 2020
Cameron David Shaw, 63 of Clovis, NM passed away at his home following a sudden illness. He was born August 28, 1957 in Fort Sumner to the home of George Cameron Shaw and the former Evelyn Sue Keever. He attended primary school in Fort Sumner and High School in Santa Fe. Cameron married Debbie Lynn Stogsdill on May 15, 1983...
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