Obituaries

Dec 29, 2009

Barbara Adele West Pollock, 78 years old of Las Cruces, NM died Tuesday, December 29, 2009 at La Posada. Barbara was born March 15, 1931 in Celeste, TX to Theodore "Ted" and Mabel West. She graduated from high school in Celeste, TX, and attended East Texas State Teachers College in Commerce, TX. She served in the U.S. Navy in Washington,...

Dec 29, 2009

Tomas N. Marquez, 45, of Las Cruces, passed on Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2009. He was born July 14, 1964 in Las Cruces to Pablo and Concha Nevarez Marquez. Tomas was a veteran of the US Army where he served his country honorably. While in the service he was awarded Rifle Expert Qualification Badge/ Hand Grenade Marksman Qualification Badge/ Army Service...

Dec 28, 2009

Together Again Robbie has left her family to join her beloved husband and lifelong companion John in Heaven. Robbie and John were married for 69 years and never separated, so naturally it was hard for her to lose him on June 1, 2009 She grieved for him until she was finally claimed by Alzheimer's December 28, 2009.. Robbie spent most...

Dec 27, 2009

Robert Stuart Freeburg went to sleep in his bed on Dec. 27, 2009 and woke up in heaven with his precious Savior. Robert was born on May 10, 1929 at his grandmother's house near Seneca, NM. He grew up on the family homestead with his parents, Justin D. and Grace L. Freeburg. He had an older brother, Garvis, who died...

Dec 26, 2009

Doris L. Quesenberry passed away on December 26, 2009 at her home in Las Cruces, NM from natural causes. Doris was born in Rossdorf, Silesia, Germany on October 17, 1928. She was one of three children born to Adolph and Anna Schara Labitzke. In her youth, Doris survived the hardships of wartime and acted as a strong family support for...

Dec 26, 2009

Mary Hendricks Masters, 93, finished her sojourn on Earth December 26, 2009. She was the 10th of 12 children born to John Ira Hendricks and Estella Mae (Stepney) Hendricks in Columbia, Mississippi on January 11, 1916. Wanting a different life, she left the family farm at 16 yrs. old and lived with the Dean family in Jackson, Mississippi. She completed...

Dec 26, 2009

Dec 25, 2009

Naoma Crosswhite, 75, of Hatch NM, passed away on Christmas Day 2009 with her family at her side. She was born one of 10 children on February 1st 1934 in Clovis NM, to Arlist and Goldie Chandler. A perennial giver, Naoma raised a family of three, two sons and a daughter, and helped run a successful farm. She was widowed...

Dec 23, 2009

Robert Joseph Colston, 84, passed away December 23, 2009. He has been given the greatest gift, to be with Jesus and his wife Dorothy. Bob was born in a "shack by the railroad tracks" on March 14, 1925 in Fredrick, Kansas. His parents moved to Ohio where he was raised until he joined the United States Navy. During World War...

Dec 23, 2009

Dec 22, 2009

Dec 22, 2009

Thelma I. Graham, a Las Cruces resident since 1980, was born in Snyder, Oklahoma, on April 26, 1918, to Jimmie Irene and Eli K. Stowe, and died on December 22, 2009, at Casa del Sol Senior Care Center in Las Cruces. She grew up in Manitou, Oklahoma, graduated from Manitou High School in 1934 and attended Draughon's Business College in...

Dec 20, 2009

Bernice Marie Jones, a lifelong resident of Las Cruces and a member of Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church, lost her battle with Metastatic Breast Cancer on Sunday December 20, 2009. She was born January 16, 1955 in Fort Stockton, Texas. She is survived by Stanley Jones, her loving husband of 33 years, son Anthony Jones and his wife Elizabeth,...

Dec 20, 2009

Derrick Wayne Santacroce, 36, of Las Cruces, NM died on Sunday, December 20, 2009 in Farmington, NM. He was born on February 19, 1973 in Las Cruces. He attended Dona Ana Community College and New Mexico State University. Derrick was an EMT and CNA and was currently working at the Gila Regional Medical Center in Silver City, NM. He previously...

Dec 17, 2009

Dec 17, 2009

Donna Mae Meacham Holland, a long time resident of Las Cruces, lost her battle with Alzheimer's on December 17, 2009. Donna was born on May 17, 1931 in Kingsville, Ohio, to parents Carroll Meacham and Lucy Eastly Meacham. Donna Holland is survived by her husband of 58 years, Bert Holland, children Robert Holland and wife Terese Ford of Jemez Springs,...

Dec 17, 2009

Dec 17, 2009

William F. Otto, 95 of Las Cruces, NM died December 17, 2009 at La Posada, Mesilla Valley Hospice. William was born August 10, 1914 in Baltimore, Maryland to Alexander and Lillian Otto. He served his country honorably, retiring from the US Navy as a Lt. Commander. William was a Pearl Harbor survivor on the USS Vestal; he had received the...

Dec 16, 2009

Dec 14, 2009