Obituaries

Jan 4, 2006

Richard "Dick" Cole, 64 of Las Cruces died Wednesday January 4, 2006 at Memorial Medical Center after a lengthy illness. He was born January 17, 1941 in Batavia, NY to Merle D. and Dorothy Cole. Mr. Cole owned and operated Dick's Barbershop on Lohman Ave. for many years. It is remembered by customers as dick and George's where lots of...

Jan 3, 2006

Charles (Chuck) M. Johnson, 58, of Las Cruces NM, formerly of Alpine Ca, passed away January 3, 2006 at Mountainview Regional Hospital. He was born in Minneapolis, MN June 24, 1947 to Edward and Charlotte Johnson. Chuck's father was in the Army, so the family moved often, including a stint in France in the early 1950's. Chuck served in the...

Jan 3, 2006

Doroteo D. Torres, 65, of Tortugas, NM died Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2006. He was born Nov. 28, 1940 in Las Cruces, NM. Doroteo had retired after 28 years of faithful service from the Dairy Dept. at NMSU. He was also a maintenance man at University Terrace Good Samaritan Retirement Village. He always had a smile for all and loved to...

Jan 3, 2006

Irene E. Viramontes took the gentle hand of the Lord on January 3, 2006 after a brief but courageous battle with lung cancer. She was a devoted daughter, sister, niece, cousin, aunt and friend, who was deeply loved and will be missed by many. Irene was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church in El Paso, Texas, as well as...

Jan 2, 2006

Francis (F. A.) West died Monday, January 2, 2006. He was born in Portland, Oregon in 1922 to Arlie and Josephine West and raised in Oklahoma. He served in the Army Air Corp as a Gunnery Instructor and was stationed at Biggs Army Airfield in El Paso, Texas. After leaving the service he worked for El Paso National Bank. He...

Jan 2, 2006

Jan 1, 2006

Jan 1, 2006

Miriam Crist Cox, age 95, of Las Cruces, NM died on January 1, 2006. She was born on November 15, 1910 in Montgomery, Alabama to George William and Bennie Mills (Washburn) Crist. She moved to Las Cruces with her family in 1951. Miriam was an active member of The University United Methodist Church, where she was a Charter Member. She...

Dec 31, 2005

Richard E. Beck Sr., 74 years old of Las Cruces, NM died Saturday, December 31, 2005 at Mesilla Valley Hospice, La Posada. He was born September 21, 1931 in Washington, DC to Frederick and Helen Beck. He was a Las Cruces resident for about the last 13 years coming from Bowie, Maryland. Richard had served in the US Navy and...

Dec 30, 2005

Dec 30, 2005

Margaret Edna Nick, 97 of Las Cruces, NM died Friday, December 30, 2005 at Memorial Medical Center. She was born May 30, 1908 in Union, Pennsylvania to Jacob K. and Elizabeth Garlick. Margaret was a Las Cruces resident for about the last ten years coming from Des Plaines, Illinois. She was a devoted Christian and enjoyed her arrowhead hunting and...

Dec 30, 2005

Dec 29, 2005

Dec 29, 2005

Fannie Paz Serna, 90, of Las Cruces, died Thursday, Dec. 29, 2005. She was born July 28, 1915 in Las Cruces to Gabriel and Francisca Calderon Paz. Fannie was a pioneer of the Mesilla Valley where she was involved in many community activities. She had been very active in politics where she served her party faithfully in any way she...

Dec 29, 2005

Lawrence Paul Marbry was born on a farm in Crawford County, Illinois, on November 21, 1914. His death occurred at the Las Cruces Nursing Center on December 29,2005. Paul had a long and fulfilling life. His occupations in his 91 years were as interesting as he was. He went from working for Heath Candy in Illinois to being Director of...

Dec 29, 2005

Pat Noland Lowry, Mesilla, NM passed away December 29, 2005 after a lengthy illness with lung cancer. Pat was born January 3, 1931 in Strawn, Texas to Earl T. and Irene Noland. She attended Texas Tech University and graduated from New Mexico A&M in 1952. Pat worked for many years in the business world before retiring from Production Credit Association....

Dec 28, 2005

Dec 27, 2005

Adrian Wayne Scott, 58 of Las Cruces, NM died Tuesday December 27, 2005 in Mexico. He was born March 26, 1947 in Las Cruces, NM to Oral and Myrtle Scott. Wayne honorably served his country for three years in the United States Army, and was employed at Burn Construction for over 30 years where he made many life long friends....

Dec 27, 2005

Las Cruces - Samuel H. Lamb died December 27, 2005 after a short illness, at University Terrace Good Samaritan Health Care Center. Born June 25, 1909 in Billings, Oklahoma to Perry Cowley and Emma Bassett Lamb. He grew up on a farm in Colorado. He left the farm to attend the university and received his B.S. degree in Forestry from...

Dec 26, 2005

Tommy Gann Stokes, 74 of Las Cruces, NM went home to be with the Lord on December 26, 2005 at La Posada - Mesilla Valley Hospice. He was born June 12, 1931 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Tom attended Junior High and High School in New Mexico and Texas moving to New Mexico in 1949. Tom Stokes graduated High School in...