Recent Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Las Cruces, New Mexico & Surrounding Areas
Ricarda Sanchez
Oct 22, 2024
Ricarda S. Sanchez
Our Precious Beloved Ricarda S. Sanchez loved us all and we loved her more! Ricarda entered eternal life on Tuesday, October 22, 2024, peacefully at home with her loved ones at her bedside.
She was born April 3, 1922 in Barstow, Texas to Victorio and Rosalia Sanchez, she was raised in New Mexico; Anthony, Derry, Hatch, and Las Cruces.
She...
Naomi Hilbers-Wilson
Oct 22, 2024
Naomi Hilbers-Wilson was born in Wayne County, West Virginia on August 1, 1930, and was the oldest of seven children born to Dennis and Audra Fowler. Naomi passed away peacefully on October 12, 2024 in Las Cruces, New Mexico, surrounded by her family and her faithful canine companion, Bentley. Naomi was ninety-four years old.
She is survived by her four children:...
Ethel Viola Dial
Oct 21, 2024
It is with great sadness to announce the passing of Ethel Viola Dial of Radium Springs, NM at the age of 88. Ethel passed on October 21, 2024. Ethel was born on February 28, 1936 in Chanute, KS. She was raised by her grandmother. She loved her cats very much. She had a mule as a child named Jack. She...
Daniel Amado Fajardo
Oct 19, 2024
Daniel Amado Fajardo, 41 Died on October 19, 2024 in Las Cruces, NM. Daniel was born on January 27, 1983 In Las Cruces, NM. He Attended Dona Ana Branch and received his GED. He worked at Extreme Landscaping and Loved Music, working out, walking his dog Max, and Martial Arts M.M.A. Won his first U.F.C. here in Las Cruces. He...
John Paul Lucas
Oct 18, 2024
Colonel John Paul Lucas (retired) passed on October 18, 2024, from his home in Las Cruces, New Mexico. John was born in Massachusetts to Jean and Paul Lucas and grew up in Cincinnati, Ohio. He attended the University of Cincinnati joined the USAF after graduation. John served his country for 30 years beginning as a helicopter pilot in Viet Nam...
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...