Obituaries
Lee Andrew Tenorio
May 21, 2008
Lee Andrew Tenorio, age 40, passed away suddenly on May 21, 2008 in Santa Rosa. Lee was born July 4, 1967 in Santa Rosa, NM to the home of Gilberto and Maria Emma Carrillo Tenorio. He was reared and attended schools in Santa Rosa graduating from Santa Rosa High School in 1986. Lee enjoyed camping, fishing, arrowhead hunting and drawing....
Felix Strzelewicz
May 20, 2008
Felix Casmir Strzelewicz, age 76, of Vaughn, NM died Tuesday, May 20, 2008 at the New Mexico Veterans Administration Medical Center in Albuquerque following an extended illness. Felix was born January 18, 1932 in Niagra Falls, NY to the home of Felix and Sophie Strzelewicz. Felix served his country in the United States Marines where he served in Korea. He...
Magdalena G. Sandoval
May 18, 2008
Magdalena G. Sandoval, 78 a longtime Encino, NM business owner died Sunday, May 18, 2008 in Los Lunas, NM following an illness. Magdalena was born December 13, 1929 to the home of Blas and Ursula Garcia. Magdalena married Fidel A. Sandoval on July 2, 1947at Vaughn, NM. She and Fidel owned and operated the Sandoval Service Station in Encino for...
Haley Fiske
May 17, 2008
Haley Fiske Jr., age 68, of Santa Barbara, CA, passed away Saturday, May 17, 2008 following a brief illness. He was born February 7, 1940 in New York City. He was the son of the late Haley Fiske and Grace (Ohmer) Fiske. He was raised in Oakwood, CA and spoke fondly of living on the estate, which included the Schantz...
Caroline Evans
May 14, 2008
Caroline Evans, 58 a resident of Santa Rosa for the past year died Wednesday, May 14, 2008 at her home. She was employed at Santa Rosa High School as the Band Instructor. Cremation has taken place, no local service arrangements have been scheduled. Arrangements are under the direction of Chavez Funeral Home, 923 S. Third Street; Santa Rosa, New Mexico.
Owen Smith
May 10, 2008
Owen Smith, 99 a longtime Fort Sumner resident died Saturday, May 10, 2008 at his home. Owen was born January 15, 1909 in Madill, Oklahoma to the home of Oscar and Maude (Kent) Smith. At the age of 9 he moved with his family from Oklahoma to Fort Sumner. He rode a mule from Oklahoma to Texico. When one of...
Ignacio Chavez
May 9, 2008
Ignacio Chavez, age 97, passed away on May 9, 2008 at his son Berto’s home in Edgewood following an illness. Ignacio was born March 20, 1911 in San Ignacio, NM to the home of Severo and Genoveva Romero Chavez. He served in the United State Army from March 8, 1942 until January 5, 1946 and came back home and married...
Johnny Marquez
May 5, 2008
Juan Clemente “Johnny” Marquez, 70 of Santa Rosa, NM died Monday, May 5, 2008 at the V.A. Medical Center in Albuquerque, NM. He was born July 20, 1937 in Santa Rosa, NM to the home of Juan C. and Paula (Aguilar) Marquez. He was raised at La Loma and Santa Rosa, NM. He attended school at Santa Rosa until the...
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...
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...
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