Obituaries
Gene Wilman Wood
Feb 7, 2008
Gene Wilman Wood, 73 of Tucumcari, NM died Thursday, February 7, 2008 at Dan C. Trigg Memorial Hospital after a sudden illness. Gene was born July 19, 1934 in Donna, Texas to the home of Jay W. and Margaret (Morton) Wood. He grew up and attended school at Mountainair, NM. Gene was a veteran of the United States Air Force....
Joe Crispin
Feb 7, 2008
Floyd “Joe” Crispin, age 71 a longtime custom harvester in the Fort Sumner valley died February 7, 2008 at his home following an illness. Joe was born May 24, 1936 in Perry, Oklahoma the son of Andrew J. and Geraldine Pearl McCollough-Crispin. He grew up working on the family farm in Oklahoma, at age 15 he went began working full...
Eralda Ulibarri
Feb 6, 2008
Eralda L. Ulibarri, 87 Santa Rosa, NM died Wednesday, February 6, 2008 in Albuquerque, NM following an illness. Mrs. Ulibarri was born November 19, 1920 in Duran, NM the daughter of Moises and Marillita (Duran) Sanchez. She attended school at Vaughn and Santa Rosa. She married Daniel Ulibarri on February 4, 1939 at Conchas, NM. They made their home in...
Jack Lee Potter
Feb 6, 2008
Jack Lee Potter, 73 of Slaton, TX died Wednesday, February 6, 2008 in Lubbock, TX following a sudden illness. Jack was born September 23, 1934 in Fort Sumner, NM to the home of LeRoy and Irene (Snead) Potter. Jack was reared and attended Fort Sumner schools. He later attended E.N.M.U. in Portales. He served in the U.S. Army for two...
Mark Gomez
Feb 5, 2008
Ernest Mark Gomez, age 45, passed away February 5, 2008 at the Presbyterian Hospital in Albuquerque following an illness. Mark as he was affectionately known was born on July 2, 1962 in Santa Rosa, NM to the home of Alfonso and Betty Cordova Gomez. He was reared and attended schools in Santa Rosa. Mark enjoyed working on his truck and...
Ernesto Gallegos
Feb 5, 2008
Ernesto Gallegos, 83 of Santa Rosa, NM died Tuesday, February 5, 2008 at Clovis Healthcare Center, Clovis, NM following an illness. Ernesto was born June 28, 1924 in Puerto De Luna, NM the son of Gregorio and Carolina (Lucero) Gallegos. He was reared and attended school in Puerto De Luna. Ernesto married Alice Garcia on November 17, 1947 in Santa...
Juan Nieto
Feb 5, 2008
Juan Nieto, 82 a longtime Santa Rosa, NM resident died Tuesday, February 5, 2008 at Plains Regional Medical Center in Clovis, NM following an illness. Juan was born May 18, 1925 in Puerto De Luna. He worked most of his life as a ranch hand and as a youth he was a racehorse jockey. Juan was a lifelong Catholic and...
Bill Blakey
Feb 4, 2008
Bill B. Blakey, 88, of Santa Rosa, NM was born July 10, 1919 on a ranch east of Monument, New Mexico to two pioneer families, the Blakey and Burk families who homesteaded in New Mexico before State Hood. He left this life at Guadalupe County Hospital on February 4, 2008. Bill grew up in what is now Lea County and...
Alicia Apodaca
Feb 2, 2008
Alicia Apodaca, age 93, of Santa Rosa, NM passed away February 2, 2008 at her residence following an illness. Alicia was born January 14, 1915 in Juan de Dios, NM to the home of Andres and Trancita Gonzalez Sisneros. She was reared in Anton Chico and San Ignacio. Alicia married Margarito Apodaca on December 26, 1931 in Santa Rosa. She...
Robert Wayne Marquez
Feb 2, 2008
Robert Wayne Marquez, 15 of Tucumcari, NM died Saturday, February 2, 2008 in an automobile accident near Taiban, NM. Robert was born February 19, 1992 the son of Robert and Leeann Marquez. He lived in Puerto De Luna and Santa Rosa where he attended Kindergarten. His family moved to Fort Sumner and Robert completed elementary school. For the past five...
Odila Luna
Jan 30, 2008
Odila Luna, age 80, a resident of Albuquerque and former resident of Puerto De Luna, passed away on January 30, 2008, and is now in heaven with our Lord. Mrs. Luna is the beloved mother to J.S. Luna, Christine Lopez, Daniel Luna, Susan Luna Guinn, Linda Luna, Charles Luna and Angela Luna. Mrs Luna is also survived by three sisters;...
Luz E Arguello
Jan 28, 2008
Luz Esmeralda Arguello, 82 a lifelong Vaughn, NM resident died Monday, January 28, 2008 at her home following an illness. Mrs. Arguello was born February 21, 1925 in Vaughn, NM to the home of Abran Jesus and Beatrice (Ruiz) Gallegos. She attended Vaughn Public Schools. Luz married Marcos Arguello on April 8, 1948 at Vaughn. They made their home in...
Annie Pearl Waller
Jan 26, 2008
Annie Pearl Waller, age 90 a longtime resident of the Fort Sumner valley died Saturday, January 26, 2008 with her family at her bedside. Annie Pearl was born November 2, 1917 in Turkey, Texas one of seven children born to the home of Damon Edwin Gray and the former Mary Elizabeth Virginia Rhea. Annie Pearl was reared in Southern Texas....
Earl Yearley
Jan 24, 2008
Earl R. Yearley, age 76, passed away January 24, 2008 at the Veterans Medical Center in Amarillo, TX following an illness. Earl was born July 23, 1931 in Yankton, South Dakota to the home of Damoin and Mae Glascock Yearly. He was reared in Illinois and New Mexico. Earl served his country in the Marine Corps from 1952 through 1954....
Casilda Marquez
Jan 22, 2008
Casilda O Marquez, age 77, of Tucumcari, NM passed away January 22, 2008 at the Alta Vista Hospital in Las Vegas following an illness. Casilda was born October 4, 1930 in Mora, NM to the home of Juan and Elena Olguin. She had been a resident of Vida Encantada Nursing Home in Las Vegas for the past several months. Casilda...
Rumaldo Gonzales
Jan 16, 2008
Rumaldo Gonzales, 97 a longtime Fort Sumner resident died Wednesday, January 16, 2008 at Clovis Healthcare following a short illness. Rumaldo was born on April 30, 1910 in Resolanas, De Baca County, NM the son of Rumaldo and Juanita (Segura) Gonzales. Rumaldo married Aurora Madrid in December 1930 at Fort Sumner. They celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary in December 2000....
Bobbie West
Jan 10, 2008
Margaret “Bobbie” West, 95 a longtime Fort Sumner resident died Thursday, January 10, 2008 at the Slaton Care Center, Slaton, Texas following an illness. Bobbie was born January 6, 1913 in Dodson, Quay County, New Mexico the daughter of Augustus Judson and Mary (Cooper) Byars. She was reared and attended schools at Dodson and Fort Sumner. Bobbie married James Thomas...
Sally Duran
Jan 6, 2008
Sally Duran, 69 of Vaughn, NM died Monday, January 07, 2008 at her home. She was born February 20, 1938 at Vaughn to the home of Chrisosto and Virginia (Padilla) Arguello. She was a lifelong Vaughn, NM resident. Sally enjoyed music and loved to play her keyboard. She enjoyed baking and had a wonderful sense of humor. Sally married Paul...
Pecos Finley
Dec 30, 2007
Pecos Finley, 92 of Melrose, NM died Sunday, December 30, 2007 at his home. Pecos was born October 20, 1915 in Elida, NM the son of Richard and Mozella (Egan) Finley. He attended grade school at Elida and graduated from Portales High School. Pecos married Eleanor Cater on August 31, 1940. They made their home at Taiban, NM from 1946-1994....
Elbert "Snooky" Fish
Dec 30, 2007
Elbert E. “Snooky” Fish, 85 of House, NM died Sunday, December 30, 2007 at Covenant Medical Center in Lubbock ,TX following an illness. E.E. was born July 10, 1922 at House, NM to the home of Charles E. and Goldie (Russell) Fish. E.E. married Willie Bryant at Clovis, NM in 1971. Snooky ranched and farmed near House, NM for many...
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