Obituaries

Recent Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Las Cruces, New Mexico & Surrounding Areas

Carlos 'Cali' Tellez

Carlos 'Cali' Tellez

Jan 20, 2016

It is with great sadness and a heavy heart that we announce the passing of Carlos "Cali" Tellez. Cali would be the first to proudly say he was born and raised in La Mesa, New Mexico, born on November 2, 1947, Cali passed onto eternal life into the kingdom and Glory of our Lord Jesus Christ on January 20, 2016....

Life Legacy

Life Legacy

Jan 20, 2016

Florence (Flo) A. Narvaez, 93 of Las Cruces, NM died on January 20, 2016. She was born November 2, 1922. Flo was a resident of Massachusetts for 70 years. Flo then met Alex Narvaez of Las Cruces, NM and was married for 24 years prior to his passing in 2000. A day never went by that Florence didn't miss him....

Michael Steele

Michael Steele

Jan 18, 2016

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Life Legacy

Life Legacy

Jan 17, 2016

On Sunday, January 17, 2016, our beloved Miguel Gabriel Silva of Las Cruces left his earthly home. He was preceded in death by his brother Andres Zenon Silva and parents, Zenon Contreras Silva and Julia Parra Silva. Miguel (age 55) was born in Willcox, Arizona, February 16, 1960. Miguel is survived by his siblings Frank Henry Silva (JoAnne), Margaret Silva...

Beverly Kay Coons

Beverly Kay Coons

Jan 16, 2016

Bev peacefully passed into the presence of her Lord on January 16, 2016 at Mountain View Regional Medical Center, Las Cruces, New Mexico. She was taken suddenly while recovering from a stroke and surrounded by loving family members including her brother Ronald Holden and his wife Wynola; her son Kenneth Robbins; her grandson Doug Robbins and his wife Crystal; and...

Wesley Russell Robershaw

Wesley Russell Robershaw

Jan 15, 2016

Wesley Russell Robershaw, 68, went home to be with the Lord on January 15 th , 2016. Wesley, affectionately known by his grandkids as "Papa", was born on January 9 th , 1948, in Gadsden, Alabama. He cared for his mother as a teenager as she battled cancer and after she passed when he turned 16, he really started to...

Cora E Short

Cora E Short

Jan 14, 2016

Cora Ella Short Cora Ella Short of Las Cruces, New Mexico, died at 2 a.m. on January 14, 2016, surrounded by her family at Memorial Medical Center in Las Cruces. She was born August 20 (at her request, the year will remain undisclosed) in Rensselaer, Indiana, into a close-knit family of three sisters and four brothers. She followed one of...

La Juan Cook

La Juan Cook

Jan 12, 2016

La Juan Price Cook left this life on Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2016, at University Medical Center in El Paso, TX, to join her beloved husband, Marion Daniel "Dan" Cook, Jr., who passed in Feb, 2001. She sustained a catastrophic brain injury, was rushed to the trauma center and passed peacefully in the company of dear family friend Robert "Bob" Barron,...

Margaret Williams

Margaret Williams

Jan 11, 2016

Margaret A. Williams, age 83, of Las Cruces entered into eternal life to be with her heavenly Father on Monday January 11, 2016 at Memorial Medical Center. She was born January 14, 1932 in La Mesa, NM to Enrique and Paula Gomez. She is preceded in death by her parents Enrique and Paula Gomez, her husband Chuck Williams, and nephew...

Phyllis Filipiak

Phyllis Filipiak

Jan 7, 2016

Send Flowers Phyllis J Filipiak August 12, 1932 - January 7, 2016 Phyllis Filipiak, age 83 of Las Cruces, NM passed away peacefully on January 7, 2016 at La Posada Hospice Center. Born August 12, 1932 in Chicago, IL to Walter & Jean Dobrzeniecki, she was married to John Filipiak (deceased), loving mother of James (Chris) & Timothy (Sara), beloved...