Recent Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Las Cruces, New Mexico & Surrounding Areas
Thelma Grace Florea
Apr 26, 2021
Thelma Grace Florea went to be with the Lord Monday, April 26, 2021 at the age of 107 years. She was born in the family home near Grimes, Iowa on March 12, 1914 to Thomas Harry and Maude Gwenyth Aller, both deceased. During Thelma Florea's long and happy life some of her many interests were sewing, painting, crafts, fishing, gardening,...
Patricia Lofgren
Apr 24, 2021
Patricia Agnes (Symalla) Lofgren was taken into the arms of God on April 24, 2021. Born on January 29, 1935 to Ralph Vincent Symalla Sr. and Bernice Mazurkiewicz. Her mother passed away when she was a baby and she was raised by her father and stepmother Elinor. She was known by many names, Pat, Patsy, Mom, Aunt Pat, and her...
Helen Hall
Apr 23, 2021
Helen M Hall September 17, 1922- April 23, 2021 Helen M. Hall left her earthly life the morning of April 23, 2021, at the age of 98 to move forward on her spiritual journey. Helen lived her life with gusto!!! She was preceded in death by her husband, John Robert Hall, who passed away in 1998. She was also preceded...
James J 'Pete' Drexler
Apr 22, 2021
James Joseph Drexler, known to the world as "Pete," passed away on April 22, 2021 at home, surrounded by love from his eight children who were there with him. Pete was born on April 19, 1938 in Miami, Florida to Earl Joseph Drexler and Elizabeth Grolig. They found their way to Clyde, Texas, where Pete honed his academic skills in...
David Hirsch
Apr 18, 2021
It is with immense sadness that we announce the passing of David Bela Hirsch on Sunday, April 18th at the age of 69 after a valiant fight from stomach cancer. He passed peacefully at his home with his loving family by his side. David, birth named Bela, was born in Focsani, Romania on July 11, 1951 to Holocaust survivors Ladislau...
Andres Jose Padilla
Apr 18, 2021
Andres Jose Eduardo Padilla Las Cruces - Andres Jose Eduardo Padilla entered into the eternal peace of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on April 16th, 2021. Andres was born in Las Cruces, New Mexico on December 16th, 2001. He was the youngest child, and much longed for son, of Edward and Dolores Padilla (also of Las Cruces, NM). As...
Wanda Ruth Wallace
Apr 18, 2021
Wanda Ruth Wallace, 91, of Las Cruces, New Mexico passed away on April 18, 2021. Wanda was born January 28, 1930 in Bard, New Mexico to Horace and Ella Horne. A memorial service is scheduled for 10:00 am on Monday, May 17, 2021 at St. Paul United Methodist Church. Wanda is preceded in death by her husband Edward H. (Jack)...
Robert Eggleston Gibson
Apr 16, 2021
OBITUARY OF COL ROBERT E. GIBSON, USMC (RET) Col Robert E. "Bob" Gibson, USMC (Ret) passed from this earth on 16 April 2021. Bob was born on 12 March 1928 in Long Beach, California. Bob had an extraordinary career in three military services - the Army, Navy and Marine Corps - a total of 39 years on active duty. Upon...
Ronald Dale Lerdal
Apr 16, 2021
Ron Lerdal passed from this life on April 16, 2021 at the age of 78 after spending an eight -year journey with Alzheimer's disease. He attacked it, as he did the rest of his life, with dignity and grace. Ronald Dale Lerdal was born in Sioux Falls, South Dakota on March 26, 1943. His parents, Irvin and Beatrice Lerdal brought...
Henry Rachele
Apr 15, 2021
LAS CRUCES, NM - HENRY RACHELE, age 91, longtime resident of Las Cruces, died Thursday, April 15, 2021. He was born August 8, 1929, to Salvatore and Rosina Marchese Rachele in Helper, Utah. Henry graduated from Carbon High School and Carbon Jr. College in Price, Utah, and received his undergraduate degree from Utah State University in Logan, Utah, in 1951....
Jesus G Nevarez
Apr 15, 2021
Jesús Jos Nevrez Gonzales, (Tito), de 93 aos, falleci el 15 de abril de 2021 en Las Cruces, Nuevo Mxico en compaa de sus seres queridos. l celebro 67 aos de matrimonio con su esposa, Mara Luisa Nevrez. Le sobreviven sus cinco hijos Consuelo, Graciela, Rosa, Carmen y Hctor. Jesús fue una persona de mucha fe en "Diosito" y fue...
Marie Fulp
Apr 13, 2021
Marie Fulp who was born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina on June11, 1934 to Ira Martin Adams and Melissa Gray Marion, passed away April 13, 2021 in Las Cruces, New Mexico. She married James Edward Fulp in 1950, right before he deployed to serve his Country in the Korean Conflict. She was a dedicated and active military wife who enjoyed retired...
June Deon Hank
Apr 12, 2021
June Deon Hank of Las Cruces NM passed away on Monday, April 12, 2021 at Memorial Medical Center. She was born on December 2, 1929 in Breckenridge MO. to Homer Lee and Flora E. James. She is survived by her son Gordon E. Hank III of Las Cruces and her sister Mary Jane Walz of Mountain Home, Arkansas. Other survivors...
George Wolfe
Apr 10, 2021
George Herman Wolfe was born December 25, 1940 in Lake, Mississippi. The family called him by his middle name Herman. Herman attended a small elementary school in Datil, NM. When he graduated from the 6thgrade one of the town's famous residents attended the ceremony and gifted each student a signed copy of her book. The famous resident was Agnes Morley...
Carolyn K Ehr
Apr 10, 2021
Dr. Carolyn Kathryn Ehr, 86, of Las Cruces, NM, who dedicated her life to teaching and to helping others, died on April 10, 2021 in Las Cruces after a prolonged illness. She was born in Muskegon, MI, on November 21, 1934 to Gerald and Eleanor (Adamczyk) Ehr, the only sister in a family with elder brothers Donald and Richard and...
Ramona Sanchez
Apr 10, 2021
Ramona Sanchez, 81 Beloved wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother, and sister of Anthony, New Mexico went to be with the Lord on April 10, 2021. Ramona was born September 1, 1939 in Durango, Mexico to Jose Santillanes and Santos Gallarzo. They later moved to Delicias, Ch. where she grew up. At the age of 23, Ramona then moved to Juarez,...
Lorraine Rivera 'Rivera' Gutierrez
Apr 7, 2021
Lorraine Rivera Gutierrez (aka Susan Lorraine Rivera Gutierrez), 86, of Las Cruces, NM (LC, NM), passed away on April 7, 2021, peacefully at home, surrounded by her loving family. Lorraine R. Gutierrez was born in LCNM, to Jose M. (Joe) and Martina M. (Tini) Rivera on May 24th, 1934. Lorraine was the second born of her siblings: two brothers: Joe...
Felipe Armando Medina
Apr 5, 2021
Felipe A. Medina Felipe Medina, 89, of Las Cruces, passed away on Monday, April 5, 2021 surrounded by his 5 living children. Felipe was born on June16,1931 to Felipe and Fidelia Medina in Questa, New Mexico as the fourth of eleven children. He was raised in Questa, graduated from Costilla High School and received his bachelor's degree in biology from...
Marcos G Castillo
Apr 3, 2021
It is with a heavy heart that we announce the passing of our beloved: son, brother, husband, father, grandfather, uncle and friend to many. Always joking friendly caring, took pride in everything he did. Resident of Mesquite New Mexico, employed at Vado Dairy for 25 years. He was the first born to Petronilo and Elia Castillo from La Cienegilla Gran...
Anne Christian
Apr 2, 2021
Anne M. Christian (Verheyen) entered enternal life April 2, 2021 in Rio Rancho, NM. Anne was born April 6, 1959 in Buffalo, NY to Robert and Marie Verheyen. Family brought her to Las Cruces in 1976, where she met and married her late husband John R. Christian in 1982. They had three daughters which she raised as a single mother...