Obituaries

Mar 31, 2017

After a long and courageous battle with pancreatic caner, Ruben Aguilar Martinez Jr., age 69, passed away on Friday morning, March 31, 2017 at Memorial Medical Hospital with his wife by his side. Ruben was born on June 11, 1947 to Celia Rivas de Martinez and Ruben Aguilar Martinez Sr. in Long Beach, California. Ruben was educated at the California...

Mar 29, 2017

Mar 29, 2017

Eugene C Johnson, 82, of Las Cruces, died Wednesday, March 29, 2017 in Lordsburg NM. He was born on May 4, 1934 to Clarence and Alice Johnson, of Oklahoma. Eugene is with our Lord and reunited with his wife Jean, his father, mother, and friends. Eugene was a proud United States Navy Veteran. Eugene married Jean Ann Bargagliotti Oct 17,...

Mar 28, 2017

Send Flowers John Armistead Burt April 17, 1941 - March 28, 2017 John Armistead Burt, of Las Cruces, New Mexico, passed suddenly in his sleep on Tuesday, March 28, 2017. He was 75 years old. John was born in Lovington, New Mexico on April 17, 1941. He is a graduate of Lovington High School and Eastern New Mexico University. He...

Mar 27, 2017

James Lee Elisha Mulheron, age 76 passed away March 27, 2017, in Las Cruces, NM surrounded by family.He was born on April 1, 1940, in Philipsburg, PA to Alexander Frank Mulheron and Madeline Violet Greek. James (Jim) grew up in Osceola Mills, PA. He graduated from Osceola Mills High school in 1958 and immediately enlisted in the United States Army...

Mar 26, 2017

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Mar 26, 2017

Hector L. Murillo quietly made his journey to heaven on March 26, 2017, at his home in Las Cruces. A man small in stature but big in heart, Hector was born on August 15, 1933, in Fierro, NM to Francisco Murillo and Angela Loera. He grew up in Fierro, with his parents and two older siblings, Veva and Mundo. Hector...

Mar 25, 2017

Kenneth Walter Downer (AKA KenWaDo, Kenny, Ken, Kennard, Kenny the Pole, Unkool Ken, Bro K, Big Brudder) unexpectedly passed away on Saturday, March 25, 2017, in Las Cruces NM. He was 58 years old. Ken was born in Hartford Connecticut on May 17, 1959, to John Bueford and Marcella Marie Wozniak Downer. They raised him to be compassionate, hardworking and...

Mar 23, 2017

Flora Mary Ella Tharp (Flo) went into her Lords arms while in her home in Las Cruces, New Mexico on 03/23/2017 with her caregiver and adopted daughter Margaret Malone at her side. She had reached the age of 99-1/2 (wow!) Flora is survived by her youngest sister Gertrude (Gertie) Snyman of Mimbres, NM. She is preceded in death by her...

Mar 22, 2017

Ralph "Red" Lindsay, 91, passed away on Wednesday, March 22, 2017, at home in Las Cruces, NM. He was born on January 9, 1926, in Detroit, MI to Joshua and Mabel Lindsay. He grew up in Detroit with his two siblings. He preferred to be called Red even though his hair was no longer red. Ralph served in the Navy...

Mar 17, 2017

Las Cruces, NM - Helen "Elaine" Speliotes Morland, 96, longtime resident of Las Cruces, peacefully passed away on March 17, 2017. Born July 31, 1920 in Ipswich, Massachusetts, she was the second of eight children born to Socrates and Eva Speliotes. She was predeceased by her sisters Faye Christopher, Georgia Arnold, Sophie Dobbins, Alice Angell and brothers Charles, William, and...

Mar 17, 2017

Interment Location Fort Sneling National Cemetery Address Not Available Minneapolis, Minnesota 55450

Mar 16, 2017

Gilley Hale died on March 16, 2017, the day after his 89th birthday, in Las Cruces, NM. Gilley was born the youngest of five boys on March 15, 1928 in Loraine, TX. He graduated from Pyron High school in 1945, and attended one year at Texas Tech University. He married Betty Lou Varenkamp on April 28, 1950. Gilley shared his...

Mar 15, 2017

Service Information Wednesday, March 22, 2017 10:00am, Getz Funeral Home Chapel 1410 E. Bowman Ave Las Cruces, New Mexico 88001

Mar 15, 2017

Loving mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, Ernestine Washington entered eternal rest on March 15th, 2017 in Las Cruces, NM at the age of 84. Ernestine was born on August 22, 1932 to Algie Wright and Serinna Pickens in Carter, Oklahoma; and her family was part of the first group of African Americans to relocate to New Mexico from the reservations of...

Mar 15, 2017

Pearl Marie Wagner Martin January 1, 1924 - March 15, 2017 It is with great sadness that we announce that our beloved mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, Pearl Marie Wagner Martin, 93, passed away peacefully surrounded by family at Mesilla Valley Hospice La Posada in Las Cruces on March 15, 2017. Pearl was born on January 1st, 1924 just as the...

Mar 15, 2017

Service Information Saturday, March 25, 2017 10:00am, Getz Funeral Home Chapel 1410 E. Bowman Ave Las Cruces, New Mexico 88001

Mar 14, 2017

Dean Rankin, 89, died on Tuesday, March 14, 2017 in Las Cruces, NM. He was a resident of Roswell, NM from 1957 to 2011. Dean and his wife, Joy, moved to Las Cruces, NM in 2011 to be closer to family. Dean was born on a sizzling hot summer day on July 7, 1927 on his Grandpa Calvert's ranch in...

Mar 14, 2017

Donna was born in El Paso, TX. and passed away in Las Cruces, NM. She was a 1968 graduate of Irvin High School in El Paso, and a 1972 graduate of the University of Texas at El Paso. She enjoyed working for small firms, and over her lifetime was the full-charge bookkeeper for several companies in California, Texas and New...

Mar 14, 2017

Joseph T. Farren left this world to be with God in heaven on March 14, 2017. He is reunited with his parents and numerous family members who will be thrilled to have him among them again. He was born on September 1, 1959 to Daniel J. Farren, a Cambridge Firefighter and Mary T. Farren, a homemaker, in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He...