Obituaries
Glen Emerson Fuller
May 2, 2008
Glenn Emerson "Sarge" Fuller, 79 a longtime Fort Sumner, NM resident passed on Friday, May 2, 2008 at his daughters home in Henderson, Nevada following six weeks of hospitalization resulting from stroke complications. He made his home in Fort Sumner for 21 years from August 1986 until the time of his first stroke August 29, 2007 when he joined his...
Esmeralda Rael
May 1, 2008
Esmeralda Rael, age 76, passed away, May 1, 2008 at her daughters residence in Vaughn following an illness. Esmeralda was born August 20, 1931 in Vaughn, NM to the home of Meliton and Lucinda (Ulibarri) Rodarte. She married Augustine Rael on February 6, 1948 in Vaughn. Esmeralda was a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church in Vaughn. In her spare...
Ada Mae Fox
Apr 28, 2008
Ada Mae Fox, 86 of Fort Sumner, NM died Monday, April 28, 2008 at Clovis Healthcare Center following an illness. Ada Mae was born September 20, 1921 in Pawhuska, Osage Indian Territory, Oklahoma to the home of Otis Monroe and Sarah Jane (Riley) Savage. In 1928 moved with her family to Fort Sumner, traveling in a Model T. Ada Mae...
Jessie M. Roberts
Apr 27, 2008
Jessie M. Roberts, 91 of Santa Fe, NM died Sunday, April 27, 2008 at her home following an illness. Jessie was born July 11, 1916 in Canadian, TX to the home of John Emory and Willa Mae (Reynolds) Black. She was raised at Raton, NM where she attended high school. Jessie married Burva D. Roberts on March 23, 1939 at...
Margaret Spencer
Apr 26, 2008
Margaret Spencer 75, a resident of Kingman, AZ for the past four years and a long time resident of Taiban, NM died Saturday, April 26, 2008 at Kingman Regional Medical Center in Kingman following an illness. Mrs. Spencer was born July 28, 1932 in Wayside, Texas the daughter of James Samuel and Bonnie (Franklin) Sluder. She attended school at Happy,...
Jason P. Marquez
Apr 25, 2008
Jason Paul Marquez, 25 of Santa Rosa, NM died Friday, April 25, 2008 at the Guadalupe County Medical Center. He was born June 7, 1982 in Santa Rosa, NM to the home of George and Alice (Baca) Marquez. Jason attended Santa Rosa public schools. He worked as a cook and dishwasher at area restaurants. Jason enjoyed spending time with his...
Dorothy Neuman
Apr 23, 2008
Dorothy Helen Neuman, 81 of Fort Sumner died Wednesday, April 23, 2008 at Mission Arch Care Center in Roswell following an illness. She was born November 6, 1926 in Wellington, TX to the home of George and Elizabeth (Gleaton) Anderson. She was reared and attended school at Littlefield, TX, Melrose and Fort Sumner. Dorothy married Francis Henry Neuman on May...
Rick Romo
Apr 17, 2008
Rick Romo, age 41, passed away April 17, 2008 at University Medical Center in Lubbock, TX following an illness. Rick was born March 28, 1967 in Santa Rosa. He attended Santa Rosa Consolidated Schools where he was an all around athlete and excelled in all sports. He graduated from Santa Rosa High School in 1985. Rick worked for the Corp...
MaryAnn Saiz Torres
Apr 16, 2008
MaryAnn Saiz Torres, age 46, passed away unexpectedly on April 16, in Santa Rosa. MaryAnn was born August 25, 1961 in Santa Rosa to the home of Adelaido and Dolores Barela Saiz. She was reared and attended schools in Santa Rosa, MaryAnn enjoyed going out to eat, visiting with people, doing arts and crafts and going to religious services at...
Jessica Amanda Robles
Apr 10, 2008
Jessica Amanda Robles, 18 of Fort Sumner, NM died Thursday, April 10, 2008 at the Guadalupe County Medical Center in Santa Rosa, NM following a sudden illness. Jessica was born September 8, 1989 in Clovis, NM the daughter of Clemente Robles and Michelle Roybal. She attended school at Clovis and Fort Sumner. She was working as a cashier at Loves...
Alan Joe Killough
Apr 7, 2008
10:30 AM Friday Methodist Church Alan Joe Killough was born August 19, 1935 in Hobart Oklahoma to the home of Joe Killough and Ola Cannon Killough. When he was 3 years old his family moved to Ft Sumner where his dad owned and leased ranches and bought and sold cattle. His uncle, Harold McElroy, and his family had moved with...
Camilo Baca
Mar 30, 2008
Camilo Baca, age 89, passed away March 30, 2008 at the Eastern New Mexico Medical Center in Roswell following an illness. Camilo was born on August 18, 1918 in Encinosa, NM to the home of Isabel De La Fe and Josefita Sisneros Baca. At an Early age Camilo started tending cattle and sheep until he joined the Army where he...
Buddy Gray
Mar 30, 2008
Johnny "Buddy" Gray, 74 of Fort Sumner, NM died Sunday, March 30, 2008 at the VA Medical Center in Albuquerque, NM following an illness. No local services are planned, private interment was held on Tuesday, April 1, 2008 in the family plot, Fort Sumner Cemetery. Buddy was retired from the U.S. Army. He is survived by a son Gary Gray...
Mary Ann Ramsey
Mar 28, 2008
Mary Ann Ramsey, 63 of Fort Sumner, passed away Friday, March 28, 2008 at Plains Regional Medical Center in Clovis following an illness. Mary Ann was born July 28, 1944 in Alamosa, Colorado to the home of Theodore R. Mackie and the former Elmira King. Mary Ann was raised in San Cristobal and Taos. In 1960 she was the Taos...
Margaret Lucero
Mar 11, 2008
Margaret Lucero, 82 of Upper Anton Chico, NM died Tuesday, March 11, 2008 at her home following an illness. Margaret was born July 19, 1925 in Starksville, Colorado to the home of Simon and Seferina (Abeyta) Montoya. She is preceded in death by her husband Arturo on December 16, 2007; her father Simon in 1954, her mother Seferina in 1974...
Irene Lucero Madrid
Mar 9, 2008
Irene Lucero Madrid, 82 a lifelong Fort Sumner resident died Sunday, March 9, 2008 in Albuqueque following an illness. Irene was born December 6, 1925 in Fort Sumner, one of eleven children born to the home of Alfredo and Camila (Lopez) Lucero. She was raised and attended schools in Fort Sumner. Irene married Frank Madrid on November 26, 1945 in...
Laura Creek
Mar 7, 2008
Laura Creek, 85, died surrounded by family in Las Cruces, N.M., on March 7, 2008. She was born to Rawley Wallace McAnally and Ottie Waggoner McAnally on June 18, 1922 in Roswell, N.M. She spent her life in House, N. M., where she attended House School graduating from high school in 1939. She went on to attend Eastern New Mexico...
Jerry Baker
Mar 6, 2008
Jerry Lenard Baker Sr. 68 of Fort Sumner, NM died March 6, 2008 at Covenant Medical Center in Lubbock, TX following an illness. He was born Feb. 11, 1939 in Springdale, Arkansas the son of Melvin Lee and Lillie (Hicks) Baker. Jerry was raised in Bakersfield, California where he attended school. Jerry Married Rose D. Arnold on October 2, 1957...
Joseph Madril
Mar 3, 2008
Joseph Madril, age 36, passed away March 3, 2008 at his residence in Pojaque following an illness. Joseph was born October 13, 1971 in Clovis, NM to the home of Jose and Amelia Lopez Madril. He was reared and attended schools in Clovis. Joseph served four years in the United States Navy. He was a mechanic and loved working on...
Ricky S. Coddington
Feb 13, 2008
Ricky Stuart Coddington, 49 of Lubbock, TX died Wednesday, February 13, 2008 at Covenant Medical Center following an illness. Ricky was born June 4, 1958 in Dermott, Arkansas the son of Eugene L. and Myrtle (Parker) Coddington. He was raised and attended schools in New Mexico, Texas and Arkansas. While living in Fort Sumner Ricky worked for Ranchers Well Supply...
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