Obituaries
Lucille Padilla
Sep 6, 2006
Lucille Padilla, 73 of Las Cruces, NM died Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2006 at Memorial Medical Center in Las Cruces. She was born Oct. 3, 1932 in Colonias, NM to the home of Mr. & Mrs. Manuel Ulibarri. She was reared in Guadalupe County and attended schools at Santa Rosa. Lucille married Carlos Padilla in 1953. They made their home in...
Leroy M Pacheco
Aug 31, 2006
Leroy Modesto Pacheco, age 44, passed away suddenly, August 31, at his residence in La Loma. Leroy was born March 30, 1962 in Tucumcari, NM to the home of Modesto and Josie Urioste Pacheco. He was reared and attended schools in Albuquerque. Leroy married Carmen Baca on February 24, 1986 in Las Vegas, NM. He worked for the City of...
Mary Maes Baca
Aug 18, 2006
Mary Maes Baca, 90 a longtime resident of Oakland, CA died Friday, August 18, 2006 at Wine Country Care Center in Lodi, CA following a short illness. Mary was born April 3, 1916 in El Salado, De Baca County, New Mexico to the home of Juan and Lucia (Sena) Maes. She attended school at Yeso. Mary worked many years with...
Rexel F. Sparks
Aug 16, 2006
Rexel F. Sparks, 89, of Ima, New Mexico, passed away Wednesday, August 16, 2006 at Mercy Regional Hospital in Durango, Colorado. He was born April 9, 1917 at Ima, New Mexico to Richard Frank Sparks and Idella Bragg Sparks. He attended school at Ima, New Mexico and graduated high school at House, New Mexico. He attended Eastern New Mexico University...
Iris Vaughan
Aug 12, 2006
Iris “June” Vaughan, 85 of Prescott, AZ died Saturday, August 12, 2006 at the Prescott Samaritan Village, Prescott, AZ. June was born, June 1st , 1921 to the late John and Minnie Josserand in Gray County, Kansas. The family moved to Fort Sumner, New Mexico in the ‘30’s where June met and married Frank Vaughan, November 17, 1936. They lived...
Gladys Marady Gibson
Aug 12, 2006
Gladys Marady Gibson, 80 a longtime Fort Sumner resident died Saturday, August 12, 2006 at Farwell Convalescent Center in Farwell, TX following an illness. Gladys was born August 29, 1925 in Altus, Oklahoma to the home of Ike and Ada Long. She attended school in Hugo, Oklahoma and was raised at Melrose, NM. Gladys married Dais “Bud” Gibson on December...
Maria Antonia Lucero
Aug 8, 2006
Maria Antonia Lucero, age 53, passed away August 8, 2006 at the Univeristy Hospital in Albuquerque following an illness. Antonia was born May 20, 1953 in Santa Rosa to the home of Juan F. and Estefanita Gutierrez Lucero. Antonia was a special person and was always seen walking around town. She loved animals and especially feeding stray cats and dogs....
Louisa Chavez
Aug 5, 2006
Louisa Chavez, 90 of Santa Rosa died Saturday, August 05, 2006 in Albuquerque following an illness. Louisa was born June 8, 1916 in Puerto De Luna, NM to the home of Pedro Luna and the former Pablita Padilla. She was raised and attended school in Puerto de Luna and Santa Rosa, NM. She graduated from Santa Rosa High School and...
Leroy "J.R." Segura Jr.
Aug 4, 2006
Leroy "J.R." Segura, age 23, of Clovis, NM, died Friday, August 4, 2006 while serving in Iraq. He was born March 22, 1983 to Leroy and Sandra Martinez Segura in Ft. Sumner, NM. He was a 2001 graduate of Clovis High School, known for his cross country running, and was currently serving active duty as a Sergeant in the US...
John Walter McMillan
Aug 4, 2006
John W. (Johnny) McMillan was born on September 4, 1929 in Fort Sumner, New Mexico, the third of five children born to John Hilton and Herma McMillan. John Hilton was a railroad man and the McMillan family lived at various time in Yeso, Vaughn and Agudo during Johnny’s school years. Most of his schooling was completed in Fort Sumner, where...
Cesaria S Aragon
Jul 31, 2006
Cesaria S. Aragon was born November 12, 1913 to Frank Silva and Luz Spitz in Ft. Sumner New Mexico. She passed away July 31, 2006 in Las Vegas, NM. Cesaria attended school in Ft. Sumner. She began teaching at Alamorgordo Lake in a one-room schoolhouse where she lived and worked soon after her graduation from high school. She briefly attended...
Gilberto Lovato
Jul 27, 2006
Gilberto Lovato, 71, died July 27, 2006, at Mission Community Hospital in Panorama City, CA. Gilberto was born on February 4, 1935 to Beneranda Gonzales and Theodoro Lovato. He was raised in Fort Sumner. He married Rebecca Casaus and in 1965 they moved to Los Angeles, California where he worked as a carpenter until his retirement, he then continued to...
Trinidad Romero
Jul 14, 2006
Trinidad Romero, age 59, passed away July 14, 2006 as a result of an automobile accident. Trinidad was born August 9, 1946 in Pastura, NM to the home of Paublin and Cleotilde Armijo Romero. He was reared and attended schools in Pastura and Milagro. Trinidad married Christine Sexton on May 23, 1966 in Santa Rosa. He was a rancher, carpenter...
Patricia Ann O'Donnell
Jul 11, 2006
Patricia Ann O’Donnell, 71 a resident of Fort Sumner died Tuesday, July 11, 2006 at her home. Patricia was born November 29, 1934 in San Leandro, CA the daughter of Arthur M. and Neva (Bradley) O’Donnell. She made her home in California and worked as a Computer Programmer for Hewlett Packard for many years. Patricia and her sister Alice O’Donnell...
Kim Duane Nahlovsky
Jul 11, 2006
Kim Duane Nahlovsky, 53 a former Fort Sumner resident died July 11, 2006 in San Francisco, CA. He was born February 2, 1953 in LaRochelle, France the son of Duane “Ski” Nahlovsky and the former Mary Frances “Fran” Anderson. He attended school at Ranchvale and Melrose where he graduated in 1971. While at Melrose he participated in the High School...
Cecilio G Page, Jr.
Jul 4, 2006
Cecilio G. Page, Jr., age 77, passed away July 4, 2006 at his residence in Santa Rosa following a long illness. Cecelio was born March 9, 1929 in Puerto de Luna, NM to the home of Cecilio and Margarita Silva Page. He was reared and attended schools in Puerto De Luna and Santa Rosa. Cecilio married Rosabella Chavez on May...
Kay Cox
Jul 1, 2006
Kay Cox, 69 a longtime Taiban, NM resident died Saturday, July 1, 2006 at her home following an illness. Kay was born May 17, 1937 in Magdalena, NM the daughter of James Edward Nourse and the former Ellena N. Davis. She was reared in Magdalena, NM where she attended school. Kay married Clifford “Skinny” Knoblock on February 9, 1957, he...
Erlene Kuykendall
Jun 30, 2006
Fae Erlene Kuykendall, 71, of Omaha, Texas died Friday, June 30, 2006 in a Mt.Pleasant, Texas hospital. She was born January 2, 1935 in Valencia County,New Mexico, to Seth and Fern Hatfield. She was the oldest of six children. She attended schools in West Texas and married Spencer A. Kuykendall on May 24, 1951, near Post, Texas. They ranched in...
J.K. Barfield III
Jun 27, 2006
“J.K.” Barfield III, 66 of Texico, NM died Tuesday, June 27, 2006 at his home following an illness. J.K. was born March 18, 1940 in Stanton, TX to the home of James Knox Barfield II and the former Thelma Donna Burleson. “J.K.” attended grade school at Stanton, TX, mid school at Clovis, NM and graduated from Fort Sumner High School....
Louisa Romero
Jun 24, 2006
Rosary services for Louisa Romero will be held at 7:00 p.m. Thursday, June 29, 2006 from St. Anthony Catholic Church in Fort Sumner. Mass of Christian burial will be held at 11:30 a.m. Friday, June 30, 2006 from the church with Father Jerry Johnson officiating. Burial will follow in the family plot, Fort Sumner Cemetery. Louisa Romero, a lifelong De...
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