Obituaries

May 25, 2017

May 23, 2017

Joseph Anthony Henrriquez 27, of Las Cruces New Mexico, died Tuesday May 23, 2017 in a single vehicle rollover accident in Luna County New Mexico. Joseph was born July 20, 1989 in Santa Maria California. He attended Righetti High School, where he met his wife Ashley Moody in 2006 and graduated in 2008. Joseph, Ashley, and their young daughter later...

May 23, 2017

Eva Mesa Avalos returned home to her heavenly Father on Tuesday May 23rd, 2017 at Mountain View Regional Medical Center at the age of 89. Eva was born in Fort Stockton, Texas to Francisco and Dolores (Urquidi) Mesa on August 3rd, 1927. Eva spent her childhood years growing up in Ft. Stockton and Ft. Davis, TX before moving to the...

May 20, 2017

John James Troy II, 74, died at his home on May 20, 2017. He was born October 29, 1942 in Grosse Point, MI. Mr. Troy taught school in the Las Cruces Public School system for 33years before retiring in 2000. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army serving 1962-1964. He is survived by his wife, Joan Anne Troy of...

May 19, 2017

Martha S. Pereda, age 77 of Las Cruces, passed away Friday, May 19th, 2017. She was Born in Colonia Dubln, Chihuahua, Mexico to the late Jose and Maria de Jesus Saenz. Family and friends were Martha's passion and delight. She enjoyed painting and loved to host and entertain family gatherings. She was very active and loved the outdoors and especially...

May 19, 2017

Donald F Albert Jr passed away peacefully, at the age of 71, on Friday, May 19, 2017 at the Princeton Place assisted living facility in Albuquerque NM. He was born in Oakland, CA on September 11, 1945 to Donald F Albert Sr and Hazel L Albert, he was the oldest of 4 children. He is survived by his wife, Evangelina...

May 19, 2017

Lorraine Virginia Kirsch Paz, 91 of Las Cruces, NM died on May 19, 2017 with family members by her side at Memorial Medical Center in Las Cruces. Lorraine was the child of Leo and Josephine Kirsch. She was born on March 7, 1926 in St. Louis, Missouri. A member of the Greatest Generation she grew up in this quintessential American...

May 18, 2017

Juana Viramontes Holguin, 95, passed away on Thursday, May 18, 2017 at Memorial Medical Center. She was born in 1921, the youngest of 16, to Pablo and Desideria Viramontes in La Unin, NM. Juana graduated 8th grade from Gadsden Schools unable to pay for both school books and school bus fare for high school. She worked since the age of...

May 16, 2017

La Nelda Anita Mansell passed away on May 16, 2017 at La Posada Hospice in Las Cruces, NM surrounded by loved ones. La Nelda was born in Rocky, Oklahoma to Samuel and Margaret Kleiner on January 22, 1926. She attended Rocky schools and graduated Salutatorian from Rocky High School. She was raised on the family farm raising cotton and wheat...

May 15, 2017

Annabel F. Blair, 84, passed away on May 15, 2017 in Ruidoso, New Mexico. She was born on May 28, 1932 in Freeport, Maine to Henry and Elizabeth Goldrup. She earned her degree from Fisher College in Boston, Massachusetts. She married Robert E. Dorr in Freeport, Maine, and later married Ken I. Blair on July 3, 1976 in Las Cruces,...

May 15, 2017

March 16, 1929 - May 15, 2017 Verna Jeanne (Bybee) Gillett passed away Monday, 15 May 2017, at her home in Las Cruces, NM, at the age of 88. Verna was born 16 March 1929 in South Bend, Indiana to John Lawrence and W. Grace (Coplen) Bybee. She married William T. Gillett on 27 May, 1949. Verna enjoyed sewing for...

May 13, 2017

Feliciana Moreno passed away peacefully at home, surrounded by family on 5/13/17 in Las Cruces, NM at age 88. Feliciana was born in Zacatecas, Mexico where she spent all of her youth. She migrated to Juarez, Mexico as a young adult where she met and married Jose Pena Molina. The young couple immigrated to the United States in the late...

May 13, 2017

Aurora M. Lucero Aurora M. Lucero 82, of Tortugas, NM died Saturday May 13, 2017 at the University of New Mexico Hospital in Albuquerque, NM after a brief illness. She was born May 4, 1935 in El Paso, TX, the daughter of Ramon and Maria Brigida Apodaca. She was raised and attended school in Las Cruces, NM. She was married...

May 12, 2017

Edith M. Avallone passed away on Friday, May 12, 2017 at the age of 87 after a long illness. She was born on August 1, 1929 in Montclair, New Jersey. Edith moved from West Nyack, New York to Las Cruces with her husband and children in 1967. She received her Bachelor of Arts in Sociology from NMSU in 1970 and...

May 9, 2017

May 4, 2017

J ames "Jim" Alton Tankesly, age 82, went home to his Father on May 4, 2017, surrounded by his friends and family. He was born September 4, 1935 in Indianola, MS as the eldest child of Vernon and Jessie Beatrice Tankesly. He met the love of his life, Maria in Las Cruces. Maria had been visiting her mother and was...

May 3, 2017

Kay Ellen Pue died on May 3 in Las Cruces, NM at the age of 66. Kay was survived by Father Craven Van Tol and his wife Janet Van Tol of Bay City, MI. husband Joseph Arthur Pue, and son Robert Crawford of Las Cruces, NM. Her siblings include Judy Dycus, Linda Przeslak, husband Ron Przeslak, of Carlsbad NM, Don...

May 3, 2017

Johnny Cordero "Chris" Leyva passed away on May 3, 2017. Born to Crisoforo Pavia Leyva and Francisca Cordero Leyva on December 22, 1940 at Hayner's Ranch near Hatch, New Mexico. He graduated from Hatch High School in 1959 and played football for the Hatch Bears and also found his love of performing as Smokey the DJ. He served proudly in...

May 2, 2017

Julian Michael Duran, our adorably intelligent baby who brought smiles to not only his family, but many friends, was craddled to the loving arms of his Heavenly Father a little over four months of age on May 2, 2017 at Mountain View Regional Medical Center. He was born on December 4, 2016 at 11:38pm to Jasmine Ayisha Duran and Jesus...

May 1, 2017

On May 1st, 2017 Sara Jean Engel moved on from this life, at her home in Las Cruces at the young age of 65. Sara was born in Alamogordo, NM on February 24th, 1952 to Zane and Patricia Chronic. After living in various places as a Air Force child, with her five brothers and sisters, she landed in Denver Colorado...