Recent Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Las Cruces, New Mexico & Surrounding Areas
Samuel Juarez
Oct 24, 2024
Samuel “Sammy” Juarez, 74 of San Miguel, NM passed away peacefully surrounded by his wife Rebecca and daughter Crystal at his home on October 24, 2024. Samuel was born in San Miguel, NM to Antonio and Genoveva Juarez. He was the kind of person who took care of everyone. He had a love for golf and the outdoors. His biggest...
Pamela (Pam) Bryce
Oct 23, 2024
Pamela (Pam) Bryce of Las Cruces, NM, age 66, passed away October 23, 2024, ending a long battle with C.O.P.D. and complications.
Pam was born March 23, 1958 in Kalamazoo, MI to the late Wlson D. Bryce and Marilyn Bryce-Schanhals;
Throughout her life, Pam had various careers, but her most recent endeavor, Jewelry Making, was the love of her life. Her jewelry...
Patricia Stripling Jaquez
Oct 23, 2024
Patricia Stripling Jaquez passed away peacefully at her home on October 23, 2024 in the company of her loving family. Patricia was the wife of Juan Jaquez; they shared 59 years of marriage together.
Patricia was born in Troy Alabama; she was the daughter of William Grady Stripling and Melba Stripling Long. Patricia graduated from Charles Henderson High School; she went...
Ryan Cory Davis
Oct 22, 2024
Ryan Cory Davis, 45, passed away on October 22, 2024, in Las Cruces, New Mexico. Born and raised in Bloomington, Indiana, Ryan attended Bloomington High School North, graduating in 1998. After high school he joined the U.S. Air Force, where he served with distinction, including several tours overseas, most notably in Iraq and Kuwait.
Ryan retired from the Air Force in...
Marianne Kathryn Foreman
Oct 22, 2024
Marianne Kathryn Foreman of Las Cruces, New Mexico, aged seventy-nine, sadly left our presence on October 22, 2024. She passed at home, ending a long second bout of cancer. She did not "lose a fight", she traveled the long difficult road with courage and grace, with her husband at her side.
Marianne was born in New York, to Chester B. Lee...
Ricarda Sanchez
Oct 22, 2024
Ricarda S. Sanchez
Our Precious Beloved Ricarda S. Sanchez loved us all and we loved her more! Ricarda entered eternal life on Tuesday, October 22, 2024, peacefully at home with her loved ones at her bedside.
She was born April 3, 1922 in Barstow, Texas to Victorio and Rosalia Sanchez, she was raised in New Mexico; Anthony, Derry, Hatch, and Las Cruces.
She...
Naomi Hilbers-Wilson
Oct 22, 2024
Naomi Hilbers-Wilson was born in Wayne County, West Virginia on August 1, 1930, and was the oldest of seven children born to Dennis and Audra Fowler. Naomi passed away peacefully on October 12, 2024 in Las Cruces, New Mexico, surrounded by her family and her faithful canine companion, Bentley. Naomi was ninety-four years old.
She is survived by her four children:...
Ethel Viola Dial
Oct 21, 2024
It is with great sadness to announce the passing of Ethel Viola Dial of Radium Springs, NM at the age of 88. Ethel passed on October 21, 2024. Ethel was born on February 28, 1936 in Chanute, KS. She was raised by her grandmother. She loved her cats very much. She had a mule as a child named Jack. She...
Daniel Amado Fajardo
Oct 19, 2024
Daniel Amado Fajardo, 41 Died on October 19, 2024 in Las Cruces, NM. Daniel was born on January 27, 1983 In Las Cruces, NM. He Attended Dona Ana Branch and received his GED. He worked at Extreme Landscaping and Loved Music, working out, walking his dog Max, and Martial Arts M.M.A. Won his first U.F.C. here in Las Cruces. He...
John Paul Lucas
Oct 18, 2024
Colonel John Paul Lucas (retired) passed on October 18, 2024, from his home in Las Cruces, New Mexico. John was born in Massachusetts to Jean and Paul Lucas and grew up in Cincinnati, Ohio. He attended the University of Cincinnati joined the USAF after graduation. John served his country for 30 years beginning as a helicopter pilot in Viet Nam...
Bernice Bowden
Oct 14, 2024
Bernice H Bowden passed away at her home on Monday, October 14, 2024, at the age of 96. She was born April 28, 1928, in Kewanee, IL to Gustaff and Marie (VanDeReverie) Rutsaert.
Soon after graduating from St. Joseph’s High School in Rock Island, IL, Bernice met and dated her future husband, Robert C. Bowden. The pair were married at St....
Joyce Faye Lozoya
Oct 8, 2024
Joyce Faye Noble Lozoya went home to be with the Lord on October 8, 2024. She was born on August 29, 1951 in Eunice, New Mexico to A.G. Noble and Christine (Jacobs) Noble.
Joyce was raised in Eunice and went to school there, she married the love of her life, Guadalupe Lozoya, on August 2, 1988 and moved to Las Cruces,...
Donald Jones
Oct 4, 2024
Donald Jones
May 09, 1942 – October 04, 2024
Donald Eugene Jones was born May 9, 1949, in Tucumcari, New Mexico to parents Henry and Naomi Jones. Donald passed away unexpectedly on October 4, 2024. He married Conchita Nillas Jones on December 7, 1984, and the two were together until his passing.
Donald was a devout husband and provider, a great older brother,...
Charles Daniel Warren
Oct 4, 2024
On October 4, 2024, after a long and courageous battle against cancer, Charles Daniel “Danny” Warren, 69, passed away peacefully at his home in Las Cruces.
Danny was born in Las Cruces on May 17, 1955, son of Charles E. and Bess E. Warren and brother to Elizabeth Jo Getz, James Leslie Warren and Carroll Ann Curtis. Danny attended Alameda Elementary,...
Fern Zubiate
Oct 4, 2024
Fern Zubiate, our most beloved mother, wife, grandmother, great-grandmother, aunt, sister, and friend, gained her wings on Friday, October 4th, 2024, in Las Cruces, New Mexico. Fern was born in Roosevelt, Utah, to William Isaac and Edna May Jenkins on May 26th, 1944. She was known for her beautiful spirit and was many family members' favorite aunt and grandmother. Fern...
Linda Ann Grayless
Oct 3, 2024
Linda Ann Grayless passed away on October 3, 2024. She was born October 13, 1946, in Brooklyn, New York.
She is preceded in death by her daughter Donia Johnston, and her brother Roger Logar.
She is survived by her husband Howard A. Grayless, sons Brian L. Grayless and Darin A. Grayless, sister Denise Hansen and a multitude of loving grandchildren.
Services will be...
Joyce Luvilla Snow
Oct 3, 2024
Sorrow fills our hearts with profound grief as we mourn the passing of our beloved Mother and Sister, Joyce Luvilla Ivey James Snow on October 3, 2024 at 6:30 am in Las Cruces, New Mexico. She was born Joyce Luvilla Ivey to the parentage of the late Geraldine and Boyd S. Ivey of Knoxville, Tennessee on January 14, 1945.
She is...
Stella Jones
Oct 2, 2024
Stella G Jones of Las Cruces died on Wednesday, October 2, 2024. She was 95 years old and enjoyed a long life. Stella was born in Cuchillo, NM on March 17, 1929, to Marcos & Elicia Gonzales. She grew up in Las Cruces and Deming. She was the oldest of ten siblings: Benny (deceased), Amado (deceased), Marcy, Guillermo, Corinna, Gloria,...
Marie "Boots" Southworth
Oct 2, 2024
Marie (Boots) Southworth passed on October 2, 2024, in her home with her family. She and her twin sister were born in 1928, in Chicago Illinois, to John Poirel and Marie Moynihan Poirel.
She met and married Edward F. Southworth in Las Cruces in 1954. They had four children. Those left to mourn are Dee Bielcik (Mark), Jill Cunniff (Ross), and...
Delores Jeane Martin
Sep 29, 2024
Delores Jeane Martin, 91, was lifted to God by her angels on Sept 29th, 2024, at 10:20 pm at Mesilla Valley Hospice. My mom had a request in life that someone hold her hand when it was her time to go. I couldn’t have been more honored to fill that request. When she passed, she took my heart with her....








