Recent Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Las Cruces, New Mexico & Surrounding Areas
Kyli M Heredia
Aug 8, 2013
On August 8, 2013, the Lord our God took another Angel to his side. Kyli Mykal Heredia will be laid to rest in Las Cruces, NM and went to fulfill the lives of those family and friends who preceded her for eternity. She will leave us all with an eternal smile and warm and tender thoughts of the short and...
Maria F Dominguez
Aug 8, 2013
Maria F. Dominguez "Honey" was welcomed into heaven on Thursday August 8, 2013. She passed away peacefully, surrounded by her four children who loved her deeply. She was born July 11, 1929, in Madrid New Mexico, to Santiago Aguilar and Josefita Roybal. Maria graduated from Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic High School in Bernalillo, New Mexico with the class of...
Herminia T Guzman
Aug 7, 2013
Herminia (Minnie) Telles Guzman age 91 passed away peacefully the morning of Wednesday, August 7, 2013 at the Adobe Assisted Living Center in Las Cruces, NM. She slept the night and awoke with her Heavenly Father, greeted by her parents and husband Mike. Minnie was a woman of strong Christian faith and was a lifelong parishioner of St. Genevieve's Catholic...
Josephine M. Ellis
Aug 6, 2013
Josephine M. Ellis, 80 of Las Cruces, NM died Tuesday August 6, 2013 at Cotton Bloom Assisted Living Center. She was born to Gabriel and Mary Rocco in Ithaca, NY on August 9, 1932. Josephine loved to bake, sew, crochet, and making homemade spaghetti. She is survived by her daughter Mindy Nelson and Husband David of Scottsdale, AZ, granddaughter Sara...
Betty Jo Houston
Aug 5, 2013
Betty Jo Houston born February 5, 1928 in Blooming Grove, TX to Danny Reece and Will Ewing, passed away on August 5, 2013 with her family by her side. As a child her family moved to Las Cruces where she attended school and graduated from Las Cruces High School. She met and married her husband, Grover and they moved to...
Todd Johnathan Coomes
Aug 5, 2013
Todd Jonathan Coomes, 54, of Las Cruces passed away on Monday August 5, 2013. Todd was born on January 19, 1959 in Canton, Ohio to Joseph and Judith Coomes. Todd enjoyed the outdoors such as fishing, boating, hang-gliding, and hunting. He also enjoyed music and played banjo for the Salty Dogs Bluegrass Band. He loved having company and playing the...
Hildur Alice Benting
Aug 5, 2013
Hildur Alice Geneva Benting, 95 years old passed away August 5, 2013 in Las Cruces, New Mexico. She was born February 11, 1918 in Swedeburg, Nebraska to Christian and Alice Lindquist Hildur grew up in Nebraska. She met the love of her life, Paul, and married Paul Wesley Benting July 23, 1940 in Glenwood, Iowa They owned and operated 2...
Jo Hill
Jul 30, 2013
Jo Sheldon Hill, of Las Cruces, NM passed away peacefully on Tuesday July 30, 2013 at Good Samaritan Health Care Center. Jo was born June 28, 1922 in Schneider, TX to L.M. Parks. She lived most of her life in Las Cruces. Jo was a long time employee of The Music Box and an active member in the American Business...
Orlean Holsome
Jul 29, 2013
Orlean Holsome, age 92, of Las Cruces, NM entered eternal life Monday July 29, 2013 at La Posada- Mesilla Valley Hospice. Orlean was born November 20, 1920 in Elgin, Texas to Estella and Robert Ramzy. She was the oldest of six children. Orlean loved taking care of children since the 1960s, and eventually opened up her own daycare business which...
Eloise H. Gillett
Jul 28, 2013
Eloise H. Gillett, age 93, of El Paso, Texas, passed away Saturday, July 27. She was born on February 18, 1920 in Dennison, Texas and was the daughter of D.M. & Tommie Bailey of Las Cruces, NM. Eloise was a long time Real Estate agent in El Paso. She was quite a lady with an array of friends through all...
Teodoro C Reyes
Jul 26, 2013
Teodoro "Lolo" Reyes, 87, of Dona Ana, NM, entered eternal life on July 26, 2013 peacefully at his home. He was born to the late Vicente and Apolonia Reyes on February 21, 1926. Lolo was a lifelong resident of Dona Ana. Throughout his life, he has served his country in the Army and also the Navy during WWII, worked as...
Alicia Amezquita Rios
Jul 26, 2013
On Friday, July 26, 2013, Alicia Amezquita Rios, 81, went to be with her Lord whom she faithfully served most all her life. Alicia was born March 1, 1932, in Las Cruces New Mexico, to Pablo M. Amezquita and Mercedes Chavez Amezquita-Benavidez. After attending Las Cruces Union High School, Alicia married her late husband, Luis Salazar Rios, with whom she...
Rose Kimiko Masunari
Jul 25, 2013
Rose Kimiko Masunari, 90 of Las Cruces, NM passed away on Thursday July 25, 2013. She was born to Bunsuke and Yaeno Matsumoto on March 13, 1923 in Honolulu, HI. Rose enjoyed playing Bridge, traveling all over the world, baking, visiting casinos, Tai Chi and reading. In her younger years Rose would spend her time bowling, collecting and making Japanese...
Lupe M Robles
Jul 20, 2013
Guadalupe (Lupe) Robles, 61, of Las Cruces, NM, was called by the lord on July 20, 2013, at her home, surrounded by her loving family. She was born July 5, 1952 in Las Cruces, NM, where she graduated from Mayfield high school and also earned an associate's degree from NMSU. She was employed by the College of Engineering at NMSU,...
Angelica Ponce Chavez
Jul 16, 2013
Angelica Ponce Chavez, age 76 and lifelong resident of Las Cruces, New Mexico, passed away July 16, 2013 at Mountain View Regional Medical Center in Las Cruces. She departed encompassed by the immense love of her family and friends after many years of struggling with congestive heart failure; and recently, abdominal and respiratory complications. She was born on June 17,...
Connie F. Lyon
Jul 15, 2013
Connie Faye Ewing Lyon passed away on July 15, 2013 in her lifelong hometown of Las Cruces, NM. Connie was born November 8, 1939 to Wayne Sr. and Faye (Hilton) Ewing. Connie spent her youth on the family farm in rural Dona Ana County and attended Las Cruces public Schools. She enjoyed travel, playing cards, and socializing with family and...
Larry James Schuyler
Jul 12, 2013
Larry James Schuyler, 69 years old passed away on July 12, 2013 in Las Cruces, New Mexico. He was born in Owosso, Michigan to Lloyd Myron and Beulah Iva Duley Schuyler on January 6, 1944. Larry was 69 years old. He graduated from Frankenmuth High School in Frankenmuth, Michigan. He had a Bachelors level in education in management and procurement....
Lisa Marie Sims
Jul 9, 2013
Lisa Marie Calvert Sims 56 of San Antonio, TX formerly of Las Cruces died Tuesday July 9, 2013. She was born December 22, 1956 to Charles and Georgia Ann Calvert in Melbourne, FL. Lisa enjoyed making jewelry, poetry, playing games on the computer, was a licensed cosmetologist instructor but what warmed her heart the most was the smiles of her...
Jean R. Frederick
Jul 7, 2013
Ruby Jean Ridge Frederick was born in Wink, Texas on January 31, 1930 and passed away on July 7, 2013 at the age of 83, in Las Cruces, New Mexico. Jean was born to Fannie Mae and Clarence A. Ridge in the oilfields of Texas, where her father served as the Methodist minister to oil workers and the small community...
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