Obituaries

Feb 26, 2018

Our beloved mother, Tomasa V. Cobarrubia "Tommy/Tita" 66, of Las Cruces, NM entered into eternal rest on Monday, February 26, 2018. Tita was born in El Tepetate, Zacatecas on December 11, 1951 to Pascual Vsquez and Nicolasa Flores. Tita retired from Aldershot of New Mexico after working there 20 years, where she loved working will all types of flowers and...

Feb 25, 2018

Mrs. Harris, 81, passed away on Sunday, February 25th, 2018 at her home in Las Cruces. Mark Harris will officiate the service. Norma was born on June 15, 1936 in Denver, Colorado; the daughter of Norman Russell and Dorothy Charlotte (Dumbauld) Adams. On July 21st, 1956 she married Jackie Ray Harris in Denver. Jack preceded her in death on May...

Feb 24, 2018

It is with a heavy heart that we announce that our beloved wife, mother, grandmother, sister, aunt and friend, Carmen Olivas Appelzoller, age 54, of La Mesa, completed her life journey and entered eternal life to be with her Heavenly Father on February 24, 2018, surrounded by her loving spouse, daughters and grandchildren. She was born on October 18, 1963...

Feb 24, 2018

Ruth Elizabeth Nickel passed away on February 24, 2018 in Las Cruces, New Mexico. She was born in Los Angeles, California, the seventh child to Joseph Walter and Helen Saley Nickel on March 3, 1933. She is preceded in death by all of her immediate family. She graduated from John Marshall High School and was employed by Getty Corporation in...

Feb 23, 2018

Joy Elizabeth Shuford McFarland Passed to her heavenly reward February 23, 2018. Joy was born March 5, 1931 to John Robert Shuford and Ivy Beth Aldridge. One word describes Joy, Faithfulness. Joy was faithful to her husband Earl for 47 years. She was faithful to her daughters Robin and Janet and to her 4 step-children Earl, Jillenne, Jannette, and Joanna....

Feb 23, 2018

Raymond Louis Annear was born in Clinton, Iowa, on October 10, 1934 to Morris and Eva Annear. He graduated from Clinton High School; thereafter, he joined the Iowa National Guard on March 23, 1953. He then enlisted in the U.S. Navy on June 9, 1955 and served proudly until his retirement in August of 1976. Raymond served on 14 ships...

Feb 20, 2018

Judith Ann Fuller (Judy) Age 72, Born March 20, 1945 in Hot Springs, AR, passed away on Feb 20, 2018 at Memorial Medical Center, Las Cruces, NM. Judy was preceded in death by her Father, Earl W. Ostendorf, Mother, Iola Piatt Ostendorf, and her Brother, Earl (Bill)W. Ostendorf, Jr. Judy graduated from Rockdale High School (TX) in 1963 and married...

Feb 20, 2018

Anthony (Tony) David Trotter was born on December 18, 1962 at Ft. Bliss Army Medical Center to the late Albertena Elizabeth Miller Trotter and Reverend Andrew Lee Trotter, Baptist Minister and Sgt. First Class in the United States Army. On Tuesday, February 20, 2018, Anthony, age 55, experienced the promise of II Corinthians 5:8: "to be absent from the body,...

Feb 18, 2018

Donna R KELLY 2/22/1941 2/18/2018 Donna died peacefully at Mountain View Hospital on February 18th, 2018 in Las Cruces, New Mexico after a brief stay and four days shy of her 77th birthday. Donna is survived by her Husband James C. Kelly. She is preceded in death by her parents Leslie E. Hubbard and Martha Ann Hubbard. Donna was born...

Feb 18, 2018

Lucy A. Barnes Lucy Eppes Armistead Barnes, 93, of Las Cruces and Hatch, NM passed away on Sunday. February 18, 2018, at her residence in Las Cruces, NM. She was a long-time resident of Hatch & Las Cruces, and a former teacher for the Hatch Valley Public Schools. She was born Lucy Eppes Armistead, on November 18, 1924, in Demopolis,...

Feb 17, 2018

Nathaniel Adam Montoya September 18, 1995-February 17, 2018 Nathaniel Adam Montoya passed away in Las Cruces, NM on February 17th, 2018, at the age of 22. Nathaniel is survived by his parents, Alexander and Jasmine Green of Las Cruces and Adam and Maria Angel Montoya of Hatch, New Mexico. Nathaniel leaves behind his siblings, Keesha Chavez of Las Cruces, Alexis...

Feb 15, 2018

Joan C. Rutherford passed away peacefully on February 15, 2018. The daughter of Joseph and Johanna Rohan, Joan was born in Milwaukee Wisconsin on April 29, 1926. Joan was the middle child with brother Thomas, and sisters Ellen, Mary, and Margaret. Joan had a lifelong love of art. After Mount Mary University she worked as an advertising illustrator and owned...

Feb 15, 2018

We are sorrowed by the passing of our brother, uncle and brother-in-law, Jose Diego Enriquez on February 15, 2018. He passed into the arms of our lord after an extensive illness which he courageously battled to the very end. The wonderful ICU personnel at Mountain View Regional Medical Center provided him with the most loving and dedicated care that anyone...

Feb 14, 2018

Phillip Gene (Phil) Barrett was born in Anthony, Harper County, KS on Jul 26, 1928 to parents Herbert Conner Barrett and Lois Leilla Robinson. He spent his upbringing with his two older siblings, Edgar and Ruth Ann, who later both preceded him in death. Phil married Virginia Ruth Galloway in Wichita, KS (while still residing in Anthony) on Jul 31,...

Feb 14, 2018

Feb 13, 2018

Maria L. Juarez entered her eternal rest on February 13, 2018 and joined her loving husband of 49 years in Heaven for Valentine's Day. Maria was born July 9, 1933 in Villa Union, Coahuila, Mexico to Gregorio and Consuelo Cardenas. She was the fourth of six children. Maria married Santos Juarez of McPherson, Kansas on August 25, 1956 and made...

Feb 13, 2018

ROBERT STROVEN GLAZIER Robert (Bob) was born in Santa Rosa, CA, June 4, 1929. He died at age 88 on Tuesday, February 13, 2018, at La Posada Mesilla Valley Hospice in Las Cruces. Bob suffered from several health issues arising after surgery in December to repair an artificial knee. Robert Glazier served in the US Air Force in the early...

Feb 12, 2018

It is with great sadness and sorrow the family of Bataan Death March Survivor Julio T. Barela, 101, announce his passing on February 12, 2018. Mr. Barela was born in Dona Ana County on the Family Farm just north of Las Cruces near the farming community of San Ysidro to Guillermo and Refugia Talamantes Barela on September 28, 1916. Julio...

Feb 11, 2018

"Big George" Evans, 70, passed away Sunday, February 11, 2018 at the Mesilla Valley Hospice Center in Las Cruces, New Mexico. George was born on November 16, 1947 and grew up in Lynchburg, OH. He graduated from Seabreeze High School in Daytona Beach, FL and went on to attend the University of Florida. He was a boatswain's mate in the...

Feb 10, 2018

Emeterio "Guero" Tinajero, 78, of Mesquite, New Mexico died Saturday, February 10, 2018. Guero was born November 7, 1939 in Vado, New Mexico to Claudio and Nicolasa Tinajero. He attended Gadsden High School, and loved to play baseball. In 1963 at the age of 23 he was drafted into the US Army, where he served his country proudly. In 1970...