Obituaries

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

Dec 14, 2009

Martha Ann (Marty) Attaway, passed away from this life on Monday, December 14, 2009. Marty was born to Cecil and Katie Ferguson in Morenci, Arizona on May 7, 1946. She spent her childhood and early adult life in Silver City, New Mexico. After graduating from high school, she moved to Las Cruces where she attended beauty school and eventually opened...

Dec 12, 2009

Dec 12, 2009

Marjorie "Ruth" Field passed on to eternal life, peacefully, surrounded by family at La Posada Hospice Facility on December 12, 2009. She was born in Burden, Kansas to Charles and Anna Barnes on January 12, 1920. Ruth lived on the family farm in Kansas until she left to attend college, where she met and later married Harry Field. Harry joined...

Dec 11, 2009

Janet Greenlees Davidson, age 93, passed away peacefully at Mesilla Valley Hospice La Posada in Las Cruces, NM on Friday, December 11, 2009. She was born October 23, 1916 in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada to Alexander Allison and Euphemia Allison (Brown) of Glasgow, Scotland. Janet married Alexandeer Kenneth Davidson on April 4, 1936 in Hamilton, Ontario. They moved to Chicago in...