Obituaries
Joe Don Sursa
Jan 6, 2015
Services for longtime cowboy, Joe Don Sursa, 66 of Fort Sumner will be held at 2pm Friday, January 9, 2015 from the Chavez Funeral Home Chapel in Fort Sumner with Rev. Billy Paul Vinson and Mark McCollum officiating. Pallbearers will include Roy Gibson, Francisco Torres, Casey Pope, Diego Morales, Jacob Vick, Ignacio Soto, Joe Derrick, Willie Spitz, Emmet Sultemeier, and...
Angie Serrano
Jan 6, 2015
ANGELA G. SERRANO, age 77 of Santa Rosa, New Mexico, was called home by our savior to ease her pain and suffering so that she may sing with the Angels to smile upon her family and friends… comforting us wrapped in her angels wings. She was born to Lucio Gerhardt and Selina Cepriana Aragon on April 14, 1937 in Yeso,...
Stella U Martinez
Jan 3, 2015
Estella U. Martinez, age 89, passed away peacefully with her husband Joe by her side on January 3, at the Guadalupe County Hospital in Santa Rosa. Stella was born on January 25, 1925 in Colonias, NM to the home of Federico and Maria Modesta (Olivas) Ulibarri. She was reared and attended schools in Colonias and Santa Rosa. She Married Jose...
Marcella Velasquez Romero
Jan 3, 2015
Marcella M. Romero, age 58, passed away peacefully on January 3, at Lovelace Hospital in Albuquerque with her family by her side. Marcella was born on July 24, 1956 in Santa Rosa, NM to the home of Jesus J. and Eralda (Rivera) Velasquez. She was reared and attended schools in Santa Rosa. She married Jose Daniel Romero in 1987 in...
Mary Rose Abeyta
Jan 2, 2015
Ms. Mary Rose Abeyta, age 62, a longtime Santa Rosa, NM resident passed away on Friday, January 2, 2015 in Tecolotito, NM where she was residing with her niece. Mary Rose was born January 16, 1952 in Santa Rosa, NM to the home of Lucio and Arcelia (Flores) Abeyta. She grew up in Santa Rosa and attended St. Rose of...
Edna Muriel Truitt
Dec 28, 2014
Edna Muriel Truitt, 97, was born May 30, 1917 at Bingen, Hemstead County, Arkansas to John Walter and Dona (Power) Owens. She passed away in Irving, Texas on Sunday, December 28, 2014. Edna lived in Hempstead County until the 8th grade. She moved with her family to Caddo, OK where she graduated from Caddo High School in 1935. She then...
Predicanda A Flores
Dec 22, 2014
Predicanda A Flores, age 73, passed away at the Manzano De Sol Care Center in Albuquerque following an illness. Predicanda was born on May 28, 1941 in Puerto de Luna to the home of Honorato and Antonia (Chavez) Flores. She was reared and attended schools in Puerto De Luna and Santa Rosa. Predicanda lived all her life at the family...
Isabel E. Conway
Dec 18, 2014
Isabel E. Conway, 81 a longtime Santa Rosa resident passed away at her home on Thursday, December 18, 2014. She was born June 4, 1933 in Anton Chico, NM to the home of Fidel and Celina (Vigil) Esquibel. She attend schools in Santa Rosa and graduated from Santa Rosa High School in 1952. She married Thomas Conway in 1966 in...
Wanda Lee Russ
Dec 13, 2014
Wanda Lee Russ, age 80 of Fort Sumner, NM passed away at her home on Saturday, December 13, 2014. Wanda was born August 24, 1934 in Clovis to the home Thomas Burnett Miller and the former Helen Gretel Davis. She was reared and attended school in Clovis, NM and Port Arthur, TX. Wanda married William Glenn Russ in Clovis, NM...
Rick Rivera
Dec 10, 2014
Rosary services for Mr. Rick “Reeves” Rivera, 57, will be held on Monday, December 15, 2014 at 6:00 PM from St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church in Santa Rosa. Memorial Mass will be celebrated on Tuesday, December 16, at 10:00 AM also from St. Rose Church with Father Sotero A. Sena officiating. Serving as Honorary Pallbearers will be Patrick Martinez,...
Bobbie Craig
Dec 8, 2014
On December 8, 2014, Bobbie Evelyn Giddens Craig, age 69, went on ahead home to Jesus. She was greeted there by her mother Evelyn Yvonne Stewart Giddens and father Bobby O’Neal Giddens who had welcomed her into our world in Leveland, Texas, on November 30, 1945. She spent plenty of time tracking down our genealogy and so she knew by...
Emilia Parraz Gutierrez
Dec 4, 2014
The beautiful Emilia Parraz Gutierrez was born into the home of Rumaldo and Carmelita Vigil Parraz on August 28, 1934, in Vaughn, New Mexico. At the age of 80, on December 4, 2014, Emilia, the last member of her generation left this life to join her family in Paradise. Welcoming her to Heaven, are her parents along with her brothers...
Billy Garnand
Dec 2, 2014
Billy Garnand , Age 76, a kind, gentle and loving soul passed away on December 2nd after a short illness. He was surrounded by numerous friends and family. Billy was born on February 7th, 1938 in Vaughn, New Mexico and was raised in a beautiful homestead ranch nearby in Milagro, New Mexico. He came from a large family consisting of...
Ruth Lowman Hendley
Nov 26, 2014
Ruth Lowman Hendley, 82, a longtime De Baca County resident, died Wednesday, November 26, 2014 at home in Lubbock, Texas, following an illness. Ruth was born November 27, 1931 in Ft. Sumner, N.M., to the home of Roy “Poley” Lowman and Clemmie Potter Lowman. She was reared, attended school and graduated from Ft. Sumner High School. She married Ab Hendley...
Carole Newton
Nov 23, 2014
Carole Jane Newton, age 82, passed away on November 23, 2014 at the Guadalupe County Hospital following an illness. Carole was born on February 17, 1932 in Coshocton, Ohio. She was reared and attended schools on Ohio and also attended Kent State University. She was married to Kenneth Newton for 33 years. Carole operated a Campground in Groom, Texas for...
Zelna Earnest Walker
Nov 21, 2014
Zela Earnest Walker, 98 of Los Ranchos Village, NM passed away on Friday, November 21, 2014. She was born May 31, 1916 in Paluxy, Texas to the home of Isaac and Lorena (Hawkins) Earnest. She graduated from Floyd High School. Following graduation she worked as a secretary for the Roosevelt County School Superintendent and later as a secretary for the...
Helena Moore
Nov 6, 2014
Helena Moore, a resident at the La Villa Care Center in Roswell, NM, passed away November 6, 2014, at the age of 103 years, 6 months and 21 days. She was born to Abraham Loewen and Ella (Poppenga) Loewen on Easter Sunday, April 16, 1911, in Ellis County, Oklahoma. She attended rural schools in Ellis County and high school in...
Jean Longbotham Chambers
Nov 4, 2014
A memorial service for Jean Chambers will be held at 11am Saturday, June 27, 2015 at Chavez Funeral Home Chapel in Fort Sumner, NM. Burial of cremains will follow in the family plot, Fort Sumner Cemetery. Jean (Longbotham) Chambers, 90 years old, of Santa Fe, NM, passed away peacefully in the early morning hours of November 4, 2014 at St....
Bettye Minton
Nov 2, 2014
Bettye Ruth (Merritt) Minton, 77, peacefully passed away surrounded by her loved ones in Rio Rancho, NM on Sunday, November 2, 2014 following an extended illness. Bettye was born September 24, 1937 in Hunt, Texas to Loy K. and Katie Rose Merritt. She was the youngest of 6 children. The family made their home in Corona, NM in 1943. She...
Yolanda Trujillo
Oct 30, 2014
Rosary services for Yolanda Trujillo will be held on Tuesday, November 4, at 7:00 PM. Memorial Mass will be celebrated on Wednesday, November 5, at 10:00 AM also from St. Rose Church with Father Sotero A. Sena officiating. Serving as Honorary Pallbearers will be; Susan Oviedo, Alice Aragon, Diana Chavez, Molly Dodge, Anna Lucero, Tina Cowan, Annette Chavez, and John...
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