Obituaries

Apr 9, 2017

Dick F. Apodaca, 91, passed peacefully on Sunday, April 9, 2017, surrounded by his loving children. Dick was born in Las Cruces on July 18, 1925 to Ricardo and Maria Apodaca. Only days after his eighteenth birthday, he enlisted in the United States Navy, serving as a radioman aboard the USS Concord and USS Richmond in the Asia-Pacific Theatre in...

Apr 7, 2017

Roger Franklin Miller, Ret. CW2., age 80 was called to a higher headquarters on April 7, 2017 in Las Cruces. He was born April 13,1936. His parents were Collin and Lura Margaret Miller. He was raised by his mother and stepfather after his dad died in a freak accident when Roger was 4. At age 16, after being raised and...

Apr 6, 2017

Apr 3, 2017

Dr. Neal Harold Kilmer, 73, of Las Cruces, loving husband, brother, cousin, and grandfather, passed peacefully into the loving arms of Jesus on Monday, April 3, 2017, at Arbors of Del Rey. Neal was a kind and humble man who lived his life with integrity and he loved his Lord Jesus Christ. Neal was born April 24, 1943, in Orange,...

Apr 2, 2017

Pamela Jayne Kuncel Copple, age 54 passed away on Sunday April 2nd 2017 at her home while surrounded by her loving daughter and mother. Pamela was born on April 12th 1962 in El Paso TX to her parents Richard Edward Kuncel and Patricia Ann McCamant. Pamela was youngest of four children, sister Kathrine brother Alan and Richard. Pamela's parents were...

Mar 31, 2017

After a long and courageous battle with pancreatic caner, Ruben Aguilar Martinez Jr., age 69, passed away on Friday morning, March 31, 2017 at Memorial Medical Hospital with his wife by his side. Ruben was born on June 11, 1947 to Celia Rivas de Martinez and Ruben Aguilar Martinez Sr. in Long Beach, California. Ruben was educated at the California...

Mar 29, 2017

Eugene C Johnson, 82, of Las Cruces, died Wednesday, March 29, 2017 in Lordsburg NM. He was born on May 4, 1934 to Clarence and Alice Johnson, of Oklahoma. Eugene is with our Lord and reunited with his wife Jean, his father, mother, and friends. Eugene was a proud United States Navy Veteran. Eugene married Jean Ann Bargagliotti Oct 17,...

Mar 29, 2017

Mar 28, 2017

Send Flowers John Armistead Burt April 17, 1941 - March 28, 2017 John Armistead Burt, of Las Cruces, New Mexico, passed suddenly in his sleep on Tuesday, March 28, 2017. He was 75 years old. John was born in Lovington, New Mexico on April 17, 1941. He is a graduate of Lovington High School and Eastern New Mexico University. He...

Mar 27, 2017

James Lee Elisha Mulheron, age 76 passed away March 27, 2017, in Las Cruces, NM surrounded by family.He was born on April 1, 1940, in Philipsburg, PA to Alexander Frank Mulheron and Madeline Violet Greek. James (Jim) grew up in Osceola Mills, PA. He graduated from Osceola Mills High school in 1958 and immediately enlisted in the United States Army...

Mar 26, 2017

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Mar 26, 2017

Hector L. Murillo quietly made his journey to heaven on March 26, 2017, at his home in Las Cruces. A man small in stature but big in heart, Hector was born on August 15, 1933, in Fierro, NM to Francisco Murillo and Angela Loera. He grew up in Fierro, with his parents and two older siblings, Veva and Mundo. Hector...

Mar 25, 2017

Kenneth Walter Downer (AKA KenWaDo, Kenny, Ken, Kennard, Kenny the Pole, Unkool Ken, Bro K, Big Brudder) unexpectedly passed away on Saturday, March 25, 2017, in Las Cruces NM. He was 58 years old. Ken was born in Hartford Connecticut on May 17, 1959, to John Bueford and Marcella Marie Wozniak Downer. They raised him to be compassionate, hardworking and...

Mar 23, 2017

Flora Mary Ella Tharp (Flo) went into her Lords arms while in her home in Las Cruces, New Mexico on 03/23/2017 with her caregiver and adopted daughter Margaret Malone at her side. She had reached the age of 99-1/2 (wow!) Flora is survived by her youngest sister Gertrude (Gertie) Snyman of Mimbres, NM. She is preceded in death by her...

Mar 22, 2017

Ralph "Red" Lindsay, 91, passed away on Wednesday, March 22, 2017, at home in Las Cruces, NM. He was born on January 9, 1926, in Detroit, MI to Joshua and Mabel Lindsay. He grew up in Detroit with his two siblings. He preferred to be called Red even though his hair was no longer red. Ralph served in the Navy...

Mar 17, 2017

Interment Location Fort Sneling National Cemetery Address Not Available Minneapolis, Minnesota 55450

Mar 17, 2017

Las Cruces, NM - Helen "Elaine" Speliotes Morland, 96, longtime resident of Las Cruces, peacefully passed away on March 17, 2017. Born July 31, 1920 in Ipswich, Massachusetts, she was the second of eight children born to Socrates and Eva Speliotes. She was predeceased by her sisters Faye Christopher, Georgia Arnold, Sophie Dobbins, Alice Angell and brothers Charles, William, and...

Mar 16, 2017

Gilley Hale died on March 16, 2017, the day after his 89th birthday, in Las Cruces, NM. Gilley was born the youngest of five boys on March 15, 1928 in Loraine, TX. He graduated from Pyron High school in 1945, and attended one year at Texas Tech University. He married Betty Lou Varenkamp on April 28, 1950. Gilley shared his...

Mar 15, 2017

Service Information Wednesday, March 22, 2017 10:00am, Getz Funeral Home Chapel 1410 E. Bowman Ave Las Cruces, New Mexico 88001

Mar 15, 2017

Loving mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, Ernestine Washington entered eternal rest on March 15th, 2017 in Las Cruces, NM at the age of 84. Ernestine was born on August 22, 1932 to Algie Wright and Serinna Pickens in Carter, Oklahoma; and her family was part of the first group of African Americans to relocate to New Mexico from the reservations of...