Recent Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Las Cruces, New Mexico & Surrounding Areas
James M Knox
Jun 3, 2018
James M. Knox 82 years old, a resident of Las Cruces, NM died peacefully with his wife Sharon of 43 years by his side. James was born to Tommie Lou and Albert Knox in Dime-Box, Texas on November 15, 1935. James joined the Navy at an early age he also later enlisted with the Marine Corps, where he did a...
John H Jamison
May 29, 2018
John Harold Jamison: June 29,1948 - May 29, 2018 John Jamison of Radium Springs died May 29, 2018 at La Posada, after a major stroke. At 6'4", John was a big man of strong passions and opinions, a mercurial temper, a deep and ready laugh, heartfelt tenderness for the smallest critters and plants of this world, and a very loud...
Robert W. Cleveland Sr.
May 25, 2018
Robert (Bob) Cleveland, Sr., 74 of Las Cruces passed away on May 25, 2018 after a brief battle with cancer. Bob was born October 13, 1941 in Galveston, Texas. On August 7, 1967 he married Karen (Kitty) Cleveland in San Diego, California. Their family grew to include two daughters and a son, Karen, Debra and Robert Jr. Bob was always...
Brandon M. Benson
May 25, 2018
Brandon Marsalis Benson made his heavenly transition on Friday, May 25, 2018. He was born on May 4, 1999 to Waylan Troy Benson and Rachel Vallejos in Las Cruces, New Mexico. Brandon, who was affectionately called "Bubba" by his family, was a precious young man that was loved dearly by all his family and friends. Brandon was a simple but...
Robert Franklin Peterson
May 23, 2018
Robert Franklin Peterson passed away, at the age of 56, on May 23rd, 2018 surrounded by family and a multitude of friends and his brothers in blue. Rob was born in El Paso, Texas and was proudly adopted by Franklin G Peterson (Bud) and Joan Peterson. Their family grew with the adoption of his sister Rebecca L. Peterson when Rob...
Rolland Rimar
May 20, 2018
Rolland Rimar passed away on Sunday, 20 May 2018, in Las Cruces, New Mexico. He is survived by his wife Carol Jean of Las Cruces; son Peter, daughter-in-law Koh, and grandson Aaron; son Andrew, daughter-in-law Jutta, and grandchildren Daniel and Lucas; and brother Allain and his two children, Tiffany and Aaron. The son of Eugene and Mafalda Rimar was born...
Kenneth H Thiessen
May 17, 2018
Kenneth Herbert Thiessen, 82, passed away in Las Cruces, NM on May 17, 2018. He was born in Detroit, MI on July 28, 1935. He served in the United States Navy from 1952-1956. Ken loved to watch football, baseball, and basketball. He also loved camping, fishing, water skiing, and snow skiing. He would volunteer his time every Veterans Day. He...
Stanley 'Stan' Nelson
May 16, 2018
Stanley "Stan" Eugene Nelson, of Las Cruces, NM, passed away on May 16, 2018 at the age of 95 in the presence of his wife, Shirley. Stan was born August 9, 1922 in Crookston, Minnesota to the late Silas Ervin Nelson and Nora Louise Krogen. He joined the Navy at the age of 20 and was honorably discharged after 4...
Jacqueline Schmidt
May 15, 2018
Jacqueline (Jackie) Morgan Schmidt nee Townley was born September 8, 1939 in London. Jackie died May 15, 2018 in Las Cruces, NM, at the age of 78. She is survived by her husband John C. Schmidt, brother Stewart Morgan Townley, several nephews and nieces, plus some lifelong friends. She was the sister to the late Bev Morgan Townley. Jackie worked...
Alton Carlisle Heathman
May 15, 2018
Alton Carlisle ‘Carl ‘Heathman March 13, 1939 - May 15, 2018 Alton Carlisle ‘Carl ‘Heathman, age 79 passed from this earth into eternal life through the Gates of Heaven May 15, 2018 in Las Cruces due to complications from dementia. Carl was born in Durant, Oklahoma to Emily Tarr on March 13, 1939, he spent his early years in the...
Rex Glover
May 14, 2018
Rex Thomas Glover, age 79, passed away peacefully at his home on May 14, 2018. He was born in Kermit, Texas on May 13, 1939 to George and Jean Glover. Rex lived in Las Cruces since he was 6 years old and was a graduate of Las Cruces High School, class of 1958. He attended New Mexico State University and...
Leola Pettes
May 13, 2018
Leola Nelson was born in Paris, Texas on June 4, 1918 to parents, Lewis and Rose Nelson. One of three siblings, Bill and Sarah. Leola worked at New Mexico State University for approximately twenty years as a cook for a sorority. Afterward becoming a chief cook at Neff Restaurant, where she was employed for ten years until her retirement. Mrs....
Juan B. Martinez
May 13, 2018
Juan B. Martinez September 26, 1930 - May 13, 2018 Juan Bautista Martinez, known by "JB", "John", "Johnny", "Grampito", "Mr. M", and "Big Bro", entered eternal life at his home in Las Cruces on Sunday, May 13, 2018 at age 87. He was surrounded by his family, friends and neighbors. He was born in the small northern community of Las...
Sanford D Schemnitz
May 11, 2018
Sanford D. Schemnitz was born March 10, 1930 in Cleveland, Ohio to David & Evelyn Schemnitz. Shortly thereafter, they moved to California. When he was five years old, tragedy struck and his mother died. After her death he lived for a brief time with his aunt, Theresa Wertheimer, in Glencoe, IL. In 1937, he went back out to California and...
Jaime Reyes
May 9, 2018
Jaime L. Reyes Sr., of Las Cruces, New Mexico, Dona Ana, born on April 8, 1945 in Santo Tomas, New Mexico (Stahmann Farms), to the late Leonarada Lujan Reyes and the late Refugio G. Reyes, passed away at age 73 on May 9, 2018 in El Paso, Texas. He was a graduate of Las Cruces High School. He was in...
Kyler Dakota Bachman
May 8, 2018
Kyler Dakota Bachman, 22, of Las Cruces, died in Albuquerque due to a motorcycle accident. Kyler bought his very first motorcycle on May 8, 2018 and died May 8, 2018. Kyler is survived by his parents, Erin and Tom Bachman of Las Cruces; Sisters Kacie Acosta (Matt), Codie Bachman (TJ), Jessica Bachman (Mark) and Candice Bachman; Brother Gavin Bachman, Grandparents...
Nazario Martinez Jr.
May 8, 2018
It is with a with a heavy heart that the family of Nazario (Sonny) Martinez Jr announces his passing after a fight with cancer. Sonny passed away at the age of sixty-five on May 8th, 2018. He was born on December 13th, 1952 in Mesilla, New Mexico. He graduated from Mayfield high in 1972. The following year he married the...
Betty Diven
May 8, 2018
Betty Diven, loving matriarch who with her late husband Bill instilled integrity and compassion in her children and beyond, died May 8, 2018, from the infirmities of time. She was 98 and lived independently at home in Las Cruces, N.M., until three weeks before her passing. She was born Martha Betty Putnam in 1920 at the home of her parents,...
Beverly Jo Kreie
May 7, 2018
Beverly Jo Kreie, 1958-2018 Beverly Jo Kreie, 60, was born Jan. 28, 1958, to Jack Conrad Kreie and Mary Jo Newlin Kreie in Torrington, Wyoming. When she was still an infant, her family moved to northwest Arkansas where she grew up. After she graduated from Fayetteville High School, she studied under European-trained chefs and became the head chef at a...
Mary Elizabeth Deboy
May 6, 2018
Mary DeBoy 1929 - 2018 Mary DeBoy passed peacefully from this world in the early morning hours of May 6, 2018 at the age of 88. She was born Mary Elizabeth Hampton in 1929 in Baltimore, MD, the youngest daughter of Graham and Ardis Hampton who had recently moved from Boone, NC in search of work. Mary grew up on...
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