Obituaries
Edith Crawford
Aug 1, 2008
Mary Edith Crawford, 99 of Portales and formerly of Roswell, NM died Friday, August 1, 2008 at Heartland Continuing Care Center in Portales. She was born March 16, 1909 in Gordonville, Texas the daughter of William Henry and Lillie (Mills) Meek. Edith married Cecil Crawford on May 28, 1928 in Gordonville, TX. She was a homemaker. Edith enjoyed sewing, and...
Margaret B. Marquez
Jul 31, 2008
Margaret B. Marquez, age 88, a long time resident of Santa Rosa passed away July 31, in El Paso, Texas following an illness. Margaret was born April 2, 1920 in Colonias, NM to the home of Francisco and Leandra Ulibarri Baca. Margaret spent the last days of her life in El Paso, TX surrounded by her loving family, where she...
Corinne Whallon Tipton
Jul 27, 2008
Corinne Whallon Tipton, 85, passed away in Albuquerque on Sunday, July 27, 2008 after a prolonged illness. Corinne was a lifelong resident of Santa Rosa, New Mexico. She worked for the State Police department & retired from the State of New Mexico in 1988. Corinne leaves behind her eldest sister, Lucille Tipton, her daughter Anna Womack, grandson Rian Collins, &...
Ruby I. Blakeley
Jul 24, 2008
2:00 PM Saturday, August 2, 2008 First Baptist Church Ruby Inell Blakeley, 82, of Santa Fe died Thursday, July 24, 2008 at St. Vincent Hospital in Santa Fe following hip surgery. Ruby was born June 21, 1926 in Pineville MO, the daughter of Eddie Lester Baker and Stella May Pendergraft Baker. She had two brothers and one sister. She graduated...
Lillian S. Withers
Jul 16, 2008
Lillian Owens Withers, 100 a longtime Fort Sumner resident died Wednesday, July 16, 2008 at Brookhaven Care Center in Carrolton, TX. She was born April 30, 1908 in Bingen, Arkansas to the home of John Walter Owens and the former Dona Beatrice Power. Lillian graduated from Murfreesboro High School in 1927. She attended Southeastern State College in Durant, Oklahoma for...
Bessie Austin
Jul 7, 2008
Bessie M. Austin, 94 of Ventura, CA died July 7, 2008 in Ventura, California. She was born on October 7, 1913 in Harris New Mexico, the eldest daughter of Henry and Mary (Drake) Rhone. The family made their home in Oklahoma and Texas, before settling in Ft Sumner NM. Bessie graduated from Ft. Sumner High School with the class of...
James Nance
Jul 5, 2008
James Franklin Nance, 73 of Farwell, TX died Saturday, July 5, 2008 at Lubbock Heart Hospital following a sudden illness. James was born December 15, 1934 in Gatesville, Texas to the home of Samuel Herbert Nance and the former Velva Cally Pickel. He was raised in Fort Sumner where he attended school and graduated with the class of 1953. He...
Leon Francisco Lopez
Jul 4, 2008
Leon Francisco Lopez, 46 of Corpus Christi, TX and formerly of Clovis died Friday, July 4, 2008 at Spohn Memorial Hospital in Corpus Christi following an illness. Leon was born September 20, 1961 in Fort Sumner the son of Elicia Saiz and Leo Sena. He was raised in Clovis where he attended school He began working at age 15 as...
Bennie Gallegos
Jul 2, 2008
Benjamin (Bennie) Gallegos, 85 of Vaughn, NM died Wednesday, July 2, 2008 at the VA Medical Center in Albuquerque. He passed away peacefully in the company of his loving family. Bennie was born October 12, 1922 to the ranching family of Concha and Juan Gallegos of Pinos Wells, NM. He was a World War II veteran, a lifelong member of...
Margarita M Gallegos
Jul 1, 2008
Margarita M. Gallegos, age 92, passed away on July 1, 2008 in Albuquerque following an illness. Margarita was born May 26, 1916 in Borica, NM to the home of Ezequiel and Mariallita Moya Chavez. She married Luis Gallegos on June 15, 1936 in Puerto De Luna, NM. Margarita had been a resident of Albuquerque for the last 6 years. She...
Peggy Upton
Jul 1, 2008
Peggy Lucile Upton, age 79 of Mankato, Minnesota and formerly of House, New Mexico, died Tuesday, July 1, 2008 at Immanuel – St. Joseph's Hospital in Mankato. Peggy was born August 8, 1928 to Herbert and Lucile (Battenfield) Rickard in Dora, New Mexico. She attended Clovis High School in Clovis, NM. Peggy was united in marriage to Thomas Tucker, who...
Abel Lucero
Jun 30, 2008
Abel Joe Lucero, age 59, passed away unexpectedly at his residence on June 30, 2008. Abel was born September 10, 1948 in Santa Rosa, NM to the home of Juan and Estefanita Gutierrez Lucero. Abel was self employed as a handyman and was a jack of all trades. He loved working, spending time with his family and visiting with his...
Joe H. Chavez
Jun 22, 2008
Jose Horacio Chavez, age 75, passed away June 22, 2008 at Presbyterian Hospital in Albuquerque following an illness. Jose was born July 7, 1932 in Santa Rosa, NM to the home of Guadalupe and Josefita (Ulibarri ) Chavez. He was reared and attended schools in Santa Rosa. Jose served in the Army from 1952 through 1954 where he received the...
Bertha M Segura
Jun 22, 2008
Bertha M. Segura, age 87, passed away June 22, 2008 at Presbyterian Hospital in Albuquerque following an illness. Bertha was born March 24, 1921 in San Ignacio, NM to the home of Benjamin and Demecia (Romero) Madrid. She married Frank Segura on January 2, 1936. A lifelong resident of San Ignacio Bertha and Frank were longtime ranchers. She drove the...
Beryl Austin Blakeley
Jun 14, 2008
Beryl Austin Blakeley was born February 2, 1911, in Carroll County, Tina, Missouri. He died Saturday, June 14, 2008, in Santa Fe, New Mexico. He was 97 years, 4 months, and 12 days of age. Beryl was born during horse-and-buggy times, and lived through the automobile age to see a man walk on the moon. Imagine how the world changed...
Ronald John Gutierrez
Jun 8, 2008
Ronald (Ronnie) John Gutierrez, age 48 was born August 23, 1959 in Santa Rosa, NM and died June 7, 2008 in Tucumcari, NM. Born to the household of Richard, Sr and Mary R.Gutierrez. Ronnie attended St. Rose of Lima Parochial School then onto Santa Rosa Public School system where he graduated in 1978 from Santa Rosa High. Ronnie graduated from...
Josh Lawrence Kenyon
Jun 4, 2008
Joshua Lawrence Kenyon, 27 of Fort Sumner, NM died Sunday, June 1, 2008 of an accidental drowning at Lake Sumner, NM. Josh was born February 26, 1981 in Fort Sumner the son of Peggy Finney and James A. Kenyon. He was raised and attended school at Fort Sumner, graduating in 1999. While attending Fort Sumner High School Josh worked for...
Gregorita G Orosco
Jun 3, 2008
Gregorita G. Orosco, age 90, passed away June 3, 2008 in Tucumcari. Gregorita was born March 11, 1918 in Palomas, NM to the home of Juan and Eugenia Garcia. She was a member of St. Anne’s Catholic Church where she was active in the Sacred Heart Sodality and was also a Christian Mother. She worked as a cook for the...
Toribio Flores
Jun 2, 2008
Toribio "Beke" Flores, 69 of Puerto De Luna, NM died Monday, June 2, 2008 at the Guadalupe County Medical Center following a sudden illness. Toribio was born July 8, 1938 at Canada Colorada, NM the son of Toribio Lucio and Alicia (Salazar) Flores. He was raised in Puerto de Luna. Toribio worked construction and as a carpenter for many years,...
Cloresa Kay Chavez
Jun 1, 2008
Cloresa Kay Chavez, 54 of Tucumcari, NM died Sunday, June 1, 2008 at her home following a sudden illness. Cloresa was born January 13, 1954 in Springer, NM to the home of Jose Faustin and Clorinda (Cruz) Garcia. She was raised at Maxwell, NM where she graduated from high school. Kay attended Luna Community College where she received a degree...
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