Obituaries
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...
Arturo Lucero
Dec 16, 2007
Arturo Lucero, age 82 entered a new life on December 16, 2007 at the Guadalupe County Hospital in Santa Rosa from a sudden illness. Arturo was born September 3, 1925 in Anton Chico, NM to the home of the late Castello Lucero and Frances Graston. He leaves behind his wife Margaret Lucero of the family home in Anton Chico, his...
Rosalita G. Lucero
Dec 8, 2007
Rosalita G. Lucero, 92 of Fort Sumner died Saturday, December 08, 2007 in Fort Sumner following an illness. Rosalita was born April 18, 1915 in Los Ojitos, NM the daughter of Maximiano and Dolores (Ronquillo) Garcia. She married Audon Lucero on August 1, 1932. They made their home in Fort Sumner for many years. Rosa worked as a waitress for...
Jose F Martinez
Dec 5, 2007
Jose Fernando “Junior” Martinez, age 63, passed away suddenly December 5, 2007 at his home in San Ignacio. Jose was born June 18, 1944 in San Ignacio, NM to the home of Jose Efren and Albina Madrid Martinez. He was a longtime cattle rancher in San Ignacio. Jose loved playing the guitar and listening to music, horseback riding and caring...
Raymond Sena
Dec 5, 2007
Raymond Sena, 39 of Fort Sumner, NM died Wednesday, December 5, 2007 at his home. Raymond was born January 21, 1968 in Fort Sumner the son of Eugene Joe and Lorena (Lucero) Sena. Raymond was a lifelong resident of Fort Sumner, he attended Fort Sumner schools and graduated with the class of 1986. Raymond worked for several years as a...
Mildred A. Crenshaw
Nov 25, 2007
Mildred Alice Crenshaw, 94 of Taiban, NM passed away on November 25, 2007 at the Farwell Convalescent Center in Farwell, Texas. Mildred was born November 23, 1913 in Olustee, Oklahoma to the home of Roy Wright and the former Carrie Wilson Wright. She was one of six children. The family moved to Roaring Springs, Texas before settling in Floyd, NM...
James H. Dunlap
Nov 24, 2007
James Hillard Dunlap, 75 of Vaughn, NM died Saturday, November 24, 2007 at Eastern New Mexico Medical Center in Roswell, NM following an illness. James was born July 16, 1932 in Savana, Oklahoma to the home of Obrey and Mary (Duckworth) Dunlap. James worked for many years as a heavy equipment diesel mechanic in the construction and logging industry. James...
Donald Snaza
Nov 15, 2007
Donald Gene Snaza, 65, a resident of Newkirk, died on November 15, 2007, from injuries received in a vehicular accident near Cuervo. He was born on November 14, 1942 in Longview, Washington, the son of Joseph Louis Snaza and Mary King Snaza. He was reared and attended school in Washington State, and served in the U.S. Army from 1964 to...
Maggie A. Gutierrez
Nov 14, 2007
Margarita A. “Maggie” Gutierrez, 80 a longtime Santa Rosa resident died Wednesday, November 14, 2007 at the Guadalupe County Hospital following an illness. Maggie was born September 11, 1927 in Plainview, Texas to the home of Pedro and Ignacia (Montoya) Aragon. She married Carlos L. Gutierrez on August 7, 1944 in Santa Rosa. Maggie worked for several years as a...
Catherine Martinez
Nov 11, 2007
Catherine F. Martinez, age 48, passed away November 11, 2007 from injuries sustained in an automobile accident near Santa Rosa, NM. Catherine was born October 3, 1959, in Tucumcari, NM to the home of Domingo and Viola Lopez Pacheco. She was reared and attended schools in Tucumcari. Catherine married James Anthony Martinez on July 25, 2005. She was an active...
Mary Elizabeth Sandoval
Nov 10, 2007
Mary Elizabeth Sandoval, 26, of Las Cruces, NM, was born February 6, 1981 to the home of David and Vicky Romero Sandoval in Tucumcari, NM. She died Saturday, November 10, 2007, at Thomason Hospital in El Paso, TX the result of a hit and run automobile accident. Mary is survived by her husband, Angel Hernandez, one daughter, Angel Sandoval, her...
Maria (Fanny) U Muniz
Nov 2, 2007
Maria U. “Fanny" Muniz, age 88, died Friday, November 2, 2007 at the Veterans Administration Medical Center Albuquerque, NM following an illness. Fanny as she was affectionately known was born December 3, 1918 in Montoya, NM to the home of Leandro and Rosana (Maes) Muniz. She served in the United States Army as a Medical Techician from 1943 until 1945....
Pauline F. Mitchell
Oct 30, 2007
Pauline F. Mitchell, 89 a resident of Clovis and formerly of House, NM died Tuesday, October 30, 2007 at Clovis Healthcare and Rehabilitative Center following an illness. She was born November 5, 1917 in House, NM to the home of Essie Drucilla Rogers and Martin Luther Peacock. She was on of four children born to this union. Pauline was reared...
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