Recent Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Las Cruces, New Mexico & Surrounding Areas
Isaac Diaz
Feb 21, 2016
Isaac Diaz passed away February 21, 2016. He was 90 years old. Born in 1925, Isaac lived in Mesilla, NM, his entire life. Isaac served in the US Navy for both World War II and the Korean War. Subsequent to his service in the US Navy, Isaac worked 25-years in various roles with the United States Department of Defense (DoD),...
Donald Mcclanahan
Feb 19, 2016
Send Flowers Donald Keith McClanahan February 16, 1927 - February 19, 2016 Donald Keith McClanahan, age 89, of Las Cruces, NM, passed away Friday, February 19, 2016, at Lovelace Hospital in Albuquerque, NM. He was born February 16, 1927 in Chillicothe, Ill, the only son of Robert and Margaret Miller of Gladstone, Ill. On June 28, 1948, he married Mayre...
Richard Dewitt Morrison
Feb 18, 2016
Richard (Dick) Dewitt Morrison passed away on February 18, 2016 while vacationing in his beloved home state of New Mexico. He was 71 years old. Richard was born on February 7, 1945 in Albuquerque, New Mexico to his parents Vern and Goldie Morrison. He remembers a joyful childhood on the family farm south of Albuquerque with his parents, his older...
Terence L. Giever
Feb 17, 2016
Terry Giever sadly and unexpectedly passed away of a heart attack at age 58 at his home in Las Cruces, NM on February 17, 2016. Terry was born in Powell, Wyoming in 1957. His parents, John B. and Elizabeth Giever, lived in Norman, OK and years later made Las Cruces their home. Terry attended Mesilla Park Grade School, Zia Middle...
Jamie Faith Iacono
Feb 17, 2016
Jamie Faith (Visage) Iacono, 43, was lifted from the hands of her demons into the arms of God on February 17, 2016 in Ruidoso, New Mexico. She was born July 17, 1972 in Long beach California to Gary and Neavis Visage. Jamie was raised with her half brother and sister, Billy and Cindy in Southern California. She loved animals of...
Warren A. King
Feb 15, 2016
Warren A. King, 86, of Las Cruces, NM passed away on Feb 15, 2016, at Good Samaritan Village in Las Cruces. Warren was a husband, father, grandfather, great grandfather, brother, uncle, and good friend to many wonderful people, he will be missed by all. Warren, born on Sep 27, 1929, in Roswell, NM, was one of seven children, born to...
Rose Laslow
Feb 15, 2016
Rose Laslow, age 96, passed away on February 15, 2016, at Mesilla Valley Hospice. Rose was born in Cokeburg Junction, Pennsylvania to Rosa and John Katko. She grew up in New Brunswick, New Jersey, and moved to Las Cruces with her husband Frank Laslow and daughter Cheryl in 1946. When her daughter entered college, Rose began working at Singer Sewing...
Joan Russell Zuhl
Feb 14, 2016
Joan Russell Zuhl, 90, passed away on February 14, 2016 in Las Cruces, New Mexico. She was born in Brookline, Massachusetts on November 19, 1925 to Charles D. Russell and Barbara Barnet Russell. She attended Sarah Lawrence College and furthered her training in art at the Art Students League in New York City, studying under renown artists including Robert Beverly...
Frank P Birkenbuel Jr
Feb 12, 2016
FRANK P. (DUDE) BIRKENBUEL, JR, 92, beloved father, grandfather, and great grandfather, passed away peacefully Friday, February 12, 2016 at Mesilla Valley Hospice La Posada in Las Cruces, NM. Frank was born October 14, 1923 to Frank and Ida Birkenbuel in Great Falls, Montana. He was the third oldest in a family of eight children. As an adventurous young man,...