Obituaries

Recent Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Las Cruces, New Mexico & Surrounding Areas

David Franklin Williams

David Franklin Williams

Sep 18, 2015

David Franklin Williams passed away September 18th 2015, at the age of 96 in Las Cruces, NM. David was a true child of the west, born September 12th 1919, at Mill Iron Ranch, Windy Hollow, Wyoming. He lived on a 55 thousand acre ranch with his Grandfather and road his horse to a rural schoolhouse. He later moved to Denver...

Wilma Walters

Wilma Walters

Sep 16, 2015

Wilma (Kitty) Walters, 74, joined our Heavenly Father on September 16, 2015, in Las Cruces, NM. She was born in Albuquerque, NM on March 15, 1941. She lived most of her 74 years in Las Cruces. Kitty was part of the BPO Elks women's auxiliary, Does. Kitty is survived by her spouse of 44 years, Nazario L. Walters of Las...

Leroy Lozier

Leroy Lozier

Sep 16, 2015

Leroy Lozier 85, of Las Cruces, passed away on September 16, 2015. Leroy was born on September 20, 1929, in a tortilla factory, to Leroy Sr. and Maude Lozier. He spent most of his life in Las Cruces, working as a locksmith and business owner. Leroy was a devoted member of Dona Anna Daylight, Jornada, and Aztec Masonic Lodges. Leroy...

In Memoriam Of Jeanne S Clayshulte

In Memoriam Of Jeanne S Clayshulte

Sep 14, 2015

JEANNE SLOAN CLAYSHULTE, 84, beloved mother and grandmother, died Monday, September 14, 2015 at her Mesilla home after a long illness. She was born Wilma Jeanne Sloan on January 5, 1931 in La Mesa, New Mexico, to Dorothy Furst Sloan and James A. Sloan of La Mesa and grew up on the family farm there. She graduated from what is...

Danita Waldon Chambers

Danita Waldon Chambers

Sep 13, 2015

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Ophelia M. Chavez

Ophelia M. Chavez

Sep 12, 2015

Ophelia M. Chavez, 85, passed away peacefully on September 12, 2015 in Las Cruces, New Mexico. She was born June 22, 1930 in Ft. Stockton, TX to Francisco and Dolores (Urquidi) Mesa. She spent her childhood years in Ft. Stockton and moved along with her family to the Mesilla Valley in 1943. 1948 marked a great year for Ophelia -...

Kathleen Ellen Bachman

Kathleen Ellen Bachman

Sep 11, 2015

Kathleen Ellen Bachman, 61, of Las Cruces, died September 11, 2015 at home surrounded by her family. She was born March 2, 1954 in Truth or Consequences, NM to Earl and Mary Harris. She was a graduate of Las Cruces High School and New Mexico State University School of Nursing. Kathleen was a nurse at Memorial Medical Center for 39...

Bertha Merker

Bertha Merker

Sep 10, 2015

Send Flowers Bertha M Merker September 3, 1937 - September 10, 2015 Bertha Delgado-Merker was 78 years old when Jesus called her home on September 10, 2015. She was born in San Miguel, NM on September 3, 1937. Bertha was one of nine brothers and sisters: Inez Turner, Ezell Thibodeaux, Frank Kaufman, Abbey Culbertson, Katherine Menard, Frank Dominguez Jr., Bobby...

Francis Newton Winans

Francis Newton Winans

Sep 8, 2015

Francis Newton (Newt) Winans, our loving Dad, Grand Dad, Great Grand Dad and friend, died in Las Cruces, New Mexico in the wee hours of the morning on September 8, 2015 at the age of 95! Newt was born July 6, 1920 in El Paso, Texas. Mother, Gladys Winans/McDonald and father Maurice Winans. He had one sibling, sister died at...