Recent Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Las Cruces, New Mexico & Surrounding Areas
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...
Chester David Fuller
Apr 1, 2021
God looked down into his garden and picked another flower known on this earth as Chester David Fuller. He flourished on this earth for 84 years and transitioned to a brighter garden on Thursday, April 1, 2021. He was the first flower to bloom on December 1, 1936 from Sammie David Fuller and Barbara Allen Conley in Vado, New Mexico....
Bettye Sue Isaacs Boucher
Mar 26, 2021
Bettye Sue Isaacs Boucher passed away on March 26, 2021 at the age of 89. Bettye had been residing at The Aristocrat Assisted Living Community in Las Cruces, NM. Bettye was born to Isaac Edward and Lessie Mae Isaacs in Commerce, Texas on December 26, 1931. She was the youngest of 5 children. On August 26, 1955 she married Howard...
Jimmy Alvarez
Mar 26, 2021
Jimmy M. Alvarez, age 97, lifelong resident of Salem, NM entered eternal rest on Friday, March 26, 2021 at University Medical Center in El Paso, TX. He was born on March 9, 1924 to Isidro and Emilia Alvarez. Jimmy was a lifelong farmer and also retired from White Sands Missile Range after 27 years of service as a bus driver....
David Grijalva
Mar 26, 2021
David Daniel Grijalva 2/4/1963-3/26/2021 It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of David Daniel Grijalva on Friday March 26, 2021. He was the youngest born to Miguel Angel Grijalva and Priscilla Oliver Grijalva on February 4, 1963. David was a member of Immaculate Heart of Mary Cathedral for many years. He attended IHM Catholic School from elementary...
June Hardin
Mar 25, 2021
June Teague Hardin June Teague Hardin, Las Cruces NM, passed on March 25, 2021. She was born April 30, 1933 in the community of Prentiss, Macon County, NC when there was a Prentiss Post Office, and the Tallulah Falls RR ran two trains daily. She grew up surrounded by a large family of beloved Aunts, Uncles and Cousins. She was...
Jesus Jose Viramontes
Mar 25, 2021
Jos Alba "Buddy" Viramontes January 28, 1943 to March 25, 2021 Jos Alba "Buddy" Viramontes passed peacefully on March 25, 2021, in Las Cruces, New Mexico. He had just turned 78 years old in January. Buddy is survived by his loving wife, Sally, his two sons, Jos and Marco, daughter-in-law Shawn Werner, his grandson, Simon, and several brothers, sisters, nephews...
Jose A. Saldivar
Mar 25, 2021
Our beloved husband, father, son and friend to many, Alonzo Saldivar sadly passed away on Thursday March 25th, 2021 at the age of 55. Alonzo was born to Jose "Garras (Rags)" and Leonor Saldivar on February 18, 1966 in Las Cruces NM. Growing up with his older sister Zulema and younger brother George in a little house at Stahmann Farms...
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