Obituaries

Nov 14, 2014

Elizabeth L. Mayfield, 95, passed away peacefully at Mesilla Valley Hospice on November 14, 2014. Our Mom was born October 21, 1919 in Mobridge, South Dakota to John and Hattie Seefeld. She moved to Seattle, Washington after high school and worked for the Department of the Navy as an Administrative Assistant. It was in Seattle that she met our Dad,...

Nov 14, 2014

Nov 14, 2014

Nov 14, 2014

Sue Clodfelter, age 71, passed away peacefully in her sleep 14th November 2015 in Las Cruces, NM. Sue fought a long and arduous fight against multiple sclerosis. Sue was born 19th May 1944 in Glen Falls, NY; to Collin and Ruth Couzens. Sue had younger sister, Phyllis and older sister, Nancy. Sue graduated from Argyle Central School in 1962. Sue...

Nov 13, 2014

Nov 12, 2014

Margaret Catherine "Cathy" Rogers Kowalski, age 49, of Mesilla Park passed away peacefully on November 12, 2014 at St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center in Phoenix, Arizona surrounded by her immediate family. Cathy was born on November 6, 1965 in Las Cruces, New Mexico to Peggy and Jerry Rogers. A native to the area she grew up in Mesilla Park,...

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Nov 6, 2014

Lynn Anthony Galloway, 66, entered eternal life on Thursday, November 6, 2014 in Las Cruces, New Mexico. He was born on August 20, 1948 at a United States military base in Heidelberg, Germany, but spent most of his childhood years in New Jersey. After enlisting in the military at age 17, he served in the United States Army during the...

Nov 2, 2014

Albert Lee "ABE" Collier passed away on November 2, 2014 at 80 years of age. He died peacefully at his home in Las Cruces, New Mexico. Abe was born on September 1, 1934 in Bellflower, Illinois. He is preceded in death by his parents, Melvin and Florence Collier and one brother, Gene Collier. He has two sisters, Betty Shane and...

Nov 2, 2014

Bill Crawford, 66 a life-long resident of Las Cruces, passed away on Sunday November 2, 2014. He was born on December 11, 1947 to Robert and Tine Crawford and spent his early years growing up on the family farm on West Amador. He was active in 4-H, and served in the US Army Reserves from 1972 through 1978. Bill always...

Oct 31, 2014

Helen Louise Herring Holliefield Murray, 88, of Las Cruces passed away surrounded by her loving family from complications of congestive heart failure and a heart attack! Helen was born in mesquite, NM to Daisy Lee Herring St. John on February 12, 1926. She spent most of her early years on Coolidge AZ. The family returned to the Las Cruces area...

Oct 31, 2014

Ruthie (Leona) Davis, 98, of Las Cruces, NM died October 31, 2014 at Good Samaritan Nursing Home in Las Cruces, NM. She was born March 16, 1916 in Emory, TX to Isaac and Mary (Fuston) Prather along with three sisters and four brothers. The family moved to Snyder, TX when she was a young child. Leona married Charlie B. Davis...

Oct 31, 2014

Oct 29, 2014

Josefa (Pita) Ontiveros Aldaz was 80 years old when the angels called her home on Wednesday, October 29, 2014. She passed away in El Paso, Texas. She was born on July 18, 1934, in Berino, New Mexico, a small rural farming community. She was an extraordinary homemaker and a life-long resident of Anthony, New Mexico. Pita was a loving and...

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Oct 20, 2014

APODACA, ISABELLE O., age 89, passed away peacefully on Monday, October 20, 2014. After graduating from Las Cruces High School and attending New Mexico A&M (now New Mexico State University), she joined her husband, Dick, to embark on his career in the United States Foreign Service. Together they lived and raised a family in Peru, Brazil, Honduras, Chile and Washington,...