Obituaries

Recent Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Las Cruces, New Mexico & Surrounding Areas

Bernice Bowden

Bernice Bowden

Oct 14, 2024

Bernice H Bowden passed away at her home on Monday, October 14, 2024, at the age of 96. She was born April 28, 1928, in Kewanee, IL to Gustaff and Marie (VanDeReverie) Rutsaert.

Soon after graduating from St. Joseph’s High School in Rock Island, IL, Bernice met and dated her future husband, Robert C. Bowden. The pair were married at St....

Joyce Faye Lozoya

Joyce Faye Lozoya

Oct 8, 2024

Joyce Faye Noble Lozoya went home to be with the Lord on October 8, 2024. She was born on August 29, 1951 in Eunice, New Mexico to A.G. Noble and Christine (Jacobs) Noble.

Joyce was raised in Eunice and went to school there, she married the love of her life, Guadalupe Lozoya, on August 2, 1988 and moved to Las Cruces,...

Donald Jones

Donald Jones

Oct 4, 2024

Donald Jones

May 09, 1942 – October 04, 2024

Donald Eugene Jones was born May 9, 1949, in Tucumcari, New Mexico to parents Henry and Naomi Jones. Donald passed away unexpectedly on October 4, 2024. He married Conchita Nillas Jones on December 7, 1984, and the two were together until his passing.

Donald was a devout husband and provider, a great older brother,...

Charles Daniel Warren

Charles Daniel Warren

Oct 4, 2024

On October 4, 2024, after a long and courageous battle against cancer, Charles Daniel “Danny” Warren, 69, passed away peacefully at his home in Las Cruces. 

Danny was born in Las Cruces on May 17, 1955, son of Charles E. and Bess E. Warren and brother to Elizabeth Jo Getz, James Leslie Warren and Carroll Ann Curtis. Danny attended Alameda Elementary,...

Fern Zubiate

Fern Zubiate

Oct 4, 2024

Fern Zubiate, our most beloved mother, wife, grandmother, great-grandmother, aunt, sister, and friend, gained her wings on Friday, October 4th, 2024, in Las Cruces, New Mexico. Fern was born in Roosevelt, Utah, to William Isaac and Edna May Jenkins on May 26th, 1944. She was known for her beautiful spirit and was many family members' favorite aunt and grandmother. Fern...

Linda Ann Grayless

Linda Ann Grayless

Oct 3, 2024

Linda Ann Grayless passed away on October 3, 2024. She was born October 13, 1946, in Brooklyn, New York.

She is preceded in death by her daughter Donia Johnston, and her brother Roger Logar.

She is survived by her husband Howard A. Grayless, sons Brian L. Grayless and Darin A. Grayless, sister Denise Hansen and a multitude of loving grandchildren.

Services will be...

Joyce Luvilla Snow

Joyce Luvilla Snow

Oct 3, 2024

Sorrow fills our hearts with profound grief as we mourn the passing of our beloved Mother and Sister, Joyce Luvilla Ivey James Snow on October 3, 2024 at 6:30 am in Las Cruces, New Mexico.  She was born Joyce Luvilla Ivey to the parentage of the late Geraldine and Boyd S. Ivey of Knoxville, Tennessee on January 14, 1945.

She is...

Stella Jones

Stella Jones

Oct 2, 2024

Stella G Jones of Las Cruces died on Wednesday, October 2, 2024. She was 95 years old and enjoyed a long life. Stella was born in Cuchillo, NM on March 17, 1929, to Marcos & Elicia Gonzales. She grew up in Las Cruces and Deming. She was the oldest of ten siblings: Benny (deceased), Amado (deceased), Marcy, Guillermo, Corinna, Gloria,...

Marie "Boots" Southworth

Marie "Boots" Southworth

Oct 2, 2024

Marie (Boots) Southworth passed on October 2, 2024, in her home with her family. She and her twin sister were born in 1928, in Chicago Illinois, to John Poirel and Marie Moynihan Poirel.

 She met and married Edward F. Southworth in Las Cruces in 1954. They had four children. Those left to mourn are Dee Bielcik (Mark), Jill Cunniff (Ross), and...

Delores Jeane Martin

Delores Jeane Martin

Sep 29, 2024

Delores Jeane Martin, 91, was lifted to God by her angels on Sept 29th, 2024, at 10:20 pm at Mesilla Valley Hospice. My mom had a request in life that someone hold her hand when it was her time to go. I couldn’t have been more honored to fill that request. When she passed, she took my heart with her....

Victoriano "Victor" Hernandez

Victoriano "Victor" Hernandez

Sep 28, 2024

Victoriano Maldonado Hernandez (Victor) passed peacefully into the arms of our Lord, surrounded by his loving family on September 28, 2024. 

Victor was born in San Ignacio, Mexico, to Victoriano and Liduvina Maldonado Hernandez on August 14, 1939. 

Victor grew up working the fields of West Texas and Southern New Mexico, alongside his family, harvesting cottonfields and chile crops along the way.

In...

Lorenza B. Zimmerman

Lorenza B. Zimmerman

Sep 26, 2024

Lorenza B. Zimmerman, born January 8, 1927, passed away at the age of 97 on September 26, 2024, in Las Cruces, New Mexico known affectionately as Nina, she was cherished figure within her family and community although she never had children of her own, Nina embraced the role of a loving aunt, treating her nieces and nephews as if they...

Denise Muller

Denise Muller

Sep 25, 2024

Denise Muller, age 90, died on September 25, 2024, in Las Cruces, New Mexico. Denise was born in Brussels, Belgium, on May 17, 1934. Preceding her in death were her father, Maurice Impens; mother, Irène Janssens; and her beloved younger brother, Jacques Impens, Assistant Professor in Engineering and Economics at the University of Louvain, Belgium, who died prematurely in a...

Lois Lynette Jensen

Lois Lynette Jensen

Sep 25, 2024

One of Heavenly Father’s choicest daughters, Lois Lynette Jensen, returned to Him on September 25, 2024, at the age of 84. She was the youngest of three girls born to Charles Jensen and Lois Shuman Jensen on October 28, 1939, in Tremonton, Utah. Her family moved from there to Ogden, Utah when she was small, and then to Brigham City,...

Donavin Douglas Elliott

Donavin Douglas Elliott

Sep 19, 2024

Donavin Elliott, 60, of New Mexico passed on September 19, 2024. Born on May 7, 1964, he was a talented painter and was loved by many. 

 Donavin is survived by his father, Douglas Elliott, three sisters, Barbara Elliott, Mary Cox and Saron McKee. As well as a number of people who he chose to call his family. Donavin was predeceased by...

Jacqueline Rose Busher

Jacqueline Rose Busher

Sep 17, 2024

It is with great sadness to announce the passing of Jacqueline Rose Busher, beloved wife, sister, mother, and granny. Jackie passed away on September 17, 2024, in Las Cruces NM with her husband, three children, four grandchildren, and both son in-laws by her bedside. She was 78. 

 Jackie was born in New Rochelle NY to Edward and Virginia Bracken. She has...

Rafael Monge

Rafael Monge

Sep 17, 2024

It is with great sadness that the family of Rafael Monge, age 79, husband, father, uncle, brother, and long time resident of Las Cruces, New Mexico announces his passing, on September 17, 2024 in Las Cruces, NM. Born in San Francisco de Borja, Chihuahua, Mexico to Ramona Martinez and Simon Monge. He had a passion for horses, and pursuing knowledge,...

Marilyn Mott

Marilyn Mott

Sep 13, 2024

It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of Marilyn Louise (Cheek) Mott on the morning of September 13, 2024. She passed away peacefully in her home, after a long battle with Alzheimer’s, surrounded by her husband, Darrell, of 65+ years, and their 3 daughters. She was the best wife, mother, sister, grandmother and friend anyone could ask...

Heather Moncrief

Heather Moncrief

Sep 12, 2024

Heather Moncrief was born on October 16th, 1964, and left this world on September 12th, 2024. She is preceded in death by her mother Mary Gunn and her Godmother Juanita Larsen. Heather is survived by her half-sister, Tamitha Gunn, her nephew Thomas Curtis, nieces Brook Borrowman and Faith Davenport, and her cousins, Sharon Pegau, Scott Pegau, and Karen Connell. In...

John Paul Ryan, Jr.

John Paul Ryan, Jr.

Sep 11, 2024

John Paul Ryan, Jr., 86, a life long resident of Las Cruces a cofounder of High noon soccer league passed away in Dickinson, Texas, on September 11, 2024. He was born on January 5, 1938 at Clark  Airfield Manilla in the Philippines to parents, John Paul Ryan, Sr. and Anna Marie (Brennan) Ryan. He proudly served his country in the...