Obituaries
Gene Sherman
Nov 18, 2009
Emmett Eugene “Gene” Sherman, 86, of Fort Sumner died Wednesday, November 18, 2009 at Northwest Texas Medical Center in Amarillo following an illness. Gene was born December 22, 1922 in Williamson County, Texas to the home of Emmett Sherman and the former Lilla Mae Taylor. He was reared in Briggs, TX where he graduated from Briggs High School. Gene married...
Luis N. Archuleta
Nov 15, 2009
Luis Nestor Archuleta, age 80 of Fort Sumner, NM and formerly of Pojoaque, NM died Sunday, November 15, 2009 at his Fort Sumner home with his family at his bedside. Luis was born October 25, 1929 in La Jara, Colorado the son of Eduardo Archuleta and the former Virginia Roybal. Luis moved with his parents to Pojoaque from La Jara...
Johnny Ray Aragon
Nov 14, 2009
Johnny Ray Aragon, age 56, passed away on November 14, 2009 at the University of New Mexico Hospital in Albuquerque. Johnny was born on April 2, 1953 in Santa Rosa, NM to the home of Juan and Mary Casaus Aragon. Johnny Ray attended St. Rose of Lima Catholic School and Santa Rosa High School graduating in 1972. During his his...
Helen Saiz
Oct 23, 2009
Helen Saiz, age 62, passed away on October 23, 2009 at her son’s residence in Albuquerque following an illness. Helen was born May 14, 1947 in Santa Rosa, NM to the home of Carlos and Maggie Aragon Gutierrez. She was reared and attended schools in Santa Rosa. Helen loved to dance, cook, visiting with her family and especially her grandkids....
Mayo P Campos
Oct 14, 2009
Mayo P. Campos, age 63, passed away unexpectedly on October 14, 2009 at the Guadalupe County Hospital. Mayo was born on April 18, 1946 in Pastura, NM to the home of Pedro and Annie Martinez Campos. He was reared and attended schools in Santa Rosa. Mayo married Virginia Vigil on July 24, 1971 in Santa Rosa. Mayo worked construction was...
Lee Garcia
Oct 3, 2009
Liborio (Lee) Garcia, age 65, passed away suddenly on October 3, 2009 at the Guadalupe County Hospital in Santa Rosa. Lee was born on April 23, 1944 in Encino, NM to the home of Julian and Florinda Chavez Garcia. He was reared and attended schools in Vaughn. Lee married Tina Flores on February 19, 1966 in Santa Rosa. Lee was...
Siria Lucero
Sep 20, 2009
Siria Lucero, age 75, passed away on September 20, 2009 at the Guadalupe County Hospital following a long illness. Siria was born on April 8, 1934 in Santa Rosa to the home of Isidoro and Sarita Lerman Chavez. She was reared and attended schools in Santa Rosa. Siria married Daniel Lucero on April 24, 1980. Siria worked as a waitress...
Betty B. Sanchez
Sep 19, 2009
Betty B. Sanchez, 73 of Corona, NM died Saturday, September 19, 2009 at her home following an illness. She was born July 9, 1936 in Corona to the home of Valentin and Timotea (Selgado) Baros. She was reared and attended school in Corona. She married Octaviano Sanchez on July 25, 1953. Betty worked for the Corona schools and the Senior...
Bob Head
Sep 14, 2009
Bob Head, 79 a lifelong De Baca County rancher died Monday, September 14, 2009 at his home in Fort Sumner following an illness. He was born July 18, 1930 in Hassell, NM to the home of Willie Ray Head and the former Ora Agnes Briscoe. Bob attended and graduated from Fort Sumner High School. He was inducted into the United...
Gilberta Maestas
Sep 8, 2009
Gilberta G. Maestas, age 88, passed away on September 8, 2009 at the Mountain View Hospital in Las Cruces following an illness. Gilberta was born on July 7, 1921 in Anton Chico, NM to the home of Nicacio and Rosalia Sanchez Garcia. She married Antonio Maestas on January 1, 1940 in Anton Chico. She and her husband were longtime residents...
Richard J Mendez
Sep 4, 2009
Richard Joe Mendez, age 53, passed away on September 4, 2009 at a Houston, Texas Hospital following an illness. Richard was born on June 4, 1956 in Topeka, Kansas to the home of Jesus and Martha Gutierrez Mendez. Richard had been a resident of Houston since 1992. Richard attended Tucumcari Schools where he participated in football and track. He also...
Hilda Sparks
Aug 29, 2009
Hilda Elsie Block Sparks was born to Harold and Elsie Block in Monticello, WI, on December 2, 1922, the second of seven children, having 3 sisters and 3 brothers. In 1927, the family moved to Texas, then to the Clovis/Portales, NM area in 1929. Hilda attended the Portales schools completing her senior year in Monroe, WI, staying with her paternal...
Antonio Gallegos
Aug 29, 2009
After a long battle with cancer, Antonio Jose Gallegos Jr., 79, peacefully passed away in his home surrounded by his family and friends on Saturday, August 29, 2009. Tony was born May 7, 1930 to Antonio and Josefita Gallegos in Pastura, New Mexico. He graduated from Santa Rosa High School in 1950, after which he served in the United States...
L. C. Ratliff
Aug 25, 2009
L.C. “Pete” Ratliff, 98 of Fort Sumner died Tuesday, August 25, 2009 at Retirement Ranch in Clovis, NM. Pete was born March 1, 1911 in Erath County, Texas the third of ten children born to Joe Hayden and Nancy Elizabeth Ratliff. Pete married his soul mate Jessie May on June 2, 1935. Following his marriage Pete moved his entire family...
Lupe H. Sena
Aug 24, 2009
Lupe H. Sena, 80 of Fort Sumner, NM died Monday, August 24, 2009 at her home. She was born October 31, 1928 in Yeso, NM the daughter of Miguel and Delfinia (Garcia) Hernandez. Lupe attended grade school in Yeso and Middle and High school at Fort Sumner. She married Alfonso T. Sena on July 29, 1946 in Fort Sumner. Lupe...
Stephen Sanchez
Aug 15, 2009
Loving husband, father, grandfather and brother Stephen Sanchez Sr., 80, passed away peacefully at the family home surrounded by family members on Saturday, Aug. 15, 2009. Stephen was born in Santa Rosa on April 6, 1929, to Alfredo C. and Anita Sanchez. He is the eldest of his 11 surviving brothers and sisters. He graduated from Santa Rosa High School...
Betty P Cordova
Aug 8, 2009
Betty Cordova passed away August 8, 2009 at her home in Santa Rosa New Mexico surrounded by her family, following an illness. Betty was born February 14, 1912 in Pintada NM to Rosendo Padilla and Miquela Apodaca Padilla. She was married to Leandro Cordova in 1945, and together they not only raised their two children, Lalo Padilla and Sonia Cordova-Raftery,...
Robert Leland Ashley
Jul 17, 2009
Robert Leland Ashley, age 77, of Santa Rosa, New Mexico passed away at his home on July 17, 2009. Leland (Bob) was born on August 30, 1931 in Albion, Illinois. Shortly thereafter Bob and his family moved to Sparta, Illinois where he continued to live until age eighteen. Leland (Bob) was one of eleven children born to James and Lela...
Nelson LeRoy McFall
Jul 16, 2009
Nelson LeRoy McFall, 77 of Moriarty, NM died Thursday, July 16, 2009 at his sister’s home in Albuquerque following an illness. Nelson was born August 30, 1931 in Barton, NM to the home of James Nelson Reeves and the former Daisy Hicks. He graduated in 1948 from Stanley High School, Stanley, NM. Following high school he enlisted in the U.S....
Bernice Montgomery
Jul 15, 2009
Bernice Montgomery, 89 of Melrose, NM was born January 12, 1920 in Roosevelt, Oklahoma to the home of Eden and Lillie (Burton) Metheny. She died Wednesday, July 15, 2009 at St. Anthony Healthcare Center in Clovis. Bernice was reared in Oklahoma, as a child she lived in Eakley, OK and graduated from high school at Carnegie, Oklahoma. She married W.E....
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