Recent Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Las Cruces, New Mexico & Surrounding Areas
Margret Wallace Leverett
Jan 21, 2016
Margret (Marnie) Wallace Leverett, 87, passed away Thursday Jan. 21, 2016 in Las Cruces. Margret was born June 8. 1928 in Sibley, Iowa. Her parents were James J. Wallace and Margaret Irving Wallace. There were two sisters, Betty Wells, now deceased, and Emma Reynolds, of Los Gatos, CA and one brother, Jim Wallace, of Gunnison, Utah. The family moved several...
Life Legacy
Jan 21, 2016
Lucinda (Lucy) Chavez Gamboa passed away at the age of 92 on January 21, 2016, at The Adobe Assisted Living Facility in Las Cruces. She was born in Las Cruces, NM on November 23, 1923 to Benjamin Chavez and Corina Camunez Chavez. Lucy was a graduate of Las Cruces Union High School. She worked in the retail business for a...
Carlos 'Cali' Tellez
Jan 20, 2016
It is with great sadness and a heavy heart that we announce the passing of Carlos "Cali" Tellez. Cali would be the first to proudly say he was born and raised in La Mesa, New Mexico, born on November 2, 1947, Cali passed onto eternal life into the kingdom and Glory of our Lord Jesus Christ on January 20, 2016....
Life Legacy
Jan 20, 2016
Florence (Flo) A. Narvaez, 93 of Las Cruces, NM died on January 20, 2016. She was born November 2, 1922. Flo was a resident of Massachusetts for 70 years. Flo then met Alex Narvaez of Las Cruces, NM and was married for 24 years prior to his passing in 2000. A day never went by that Florence didn't miss him....
Life Legacy
Jan 17, 2016
On Sunday, January 17, 2016, our beloved Miguel Gabriel Silva of Las Cruces left his earthly home. He was preceded in death by his brother Andres Zenon Silva and parents, Zenon Contreras Silva and Julia Parra Silva. Miguel (age 55) was born in Willcox, Arizona, February 16, 1960. Miguel is survived by his siblings Frank Henry Silva (JoAnne), Margaret Silva...
Beverly Kay Coons
Jan 16, 2016
Bev peacefully passed into the presence of her Lord on January 16, 2016 at Mountain View Regional Medical Center, Las Cruces, New Mexico. She was taken suddenly while recovering from a stroke and surrounded by loving family members including her brother Ronald Holden and his wife Wynola; her son Kenneth Robbins; her grandson Doug Robbins and his wife Crystal; and...
Wesley Russell Robershaw
Jan 15, 2016
Wesley Russell Robershaw, 68, went home to be with the Lord on January 15 th , 2016. Wesley, affectionately known by his grandkids as "Papa", was born on January 9 th , 1948, in Gadsden, Alabama. He cared for his mother as a teenager as she battled cancer and after she passed when he turned 16, he really started to...
Cora E Short
Jan 14, 2016
Cora Ella Short Cora Ella Short of Las Cruces, New Mexico, died at 2 a.m. on January 14, 2016, surrounded by her family at Memorial Medical Center in Las Cruces. She was born August 20 (at her request, the year will remain undisclosed) in Rensselaer, Indiana, into a close-knit family of three sisters and four brothers. She followed one of...