Obituaries

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Local Obituaries for Las Cruces, New Mexico & Surrounding Areas

In Memoriam Of Jeanne S Clayshulte

In Memoriam Of Jeanne S Clayshulte

Sep 14, 2015

JEANNE SLOAN CLAYSHULTE, 84, beloved mother and grandmother, died Monday, September 14, 2015 at her Mesilla home after a long illness. She was born Wilma Jeanne Sloan on January 5, 1931 in La Mesa, New Mexico, to Dorothy Furst Sloan and James A. Sloan of La Mesa and grew up on the family farm there. She graduated from what is...

Danita Waldon Chambers

Danita Waldon Chambers

Sep 13, 2015

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Ophelia M. Chavez

Ophelia M. Chavez

Sep 12, 2015

Ophelia M. Chavez, 85, passed away peacefully on September 12, 2015 in Las Cruces, New Mexico. She was born June 22, 1930 in Ft. Stockton, TX to Francisco and Dolores (Urquidi) Mesa. She spent her childhood years in Ft. Stockton and moved along with her family to the Mesilla Valley in 1943. 1948 marked a great year for Ophelia -...

Kathleen Ellen Bachman

Kathleen Ellen Bachman

Sep 11, 2015

Kathleen Ellen Bachman, 61, of Las Cruces, died September 11, 2015 at home surrounded by her family. She was born March 2, 1954 in Truth or Consequences, NM to Earl and Mary Harris. She was a graduate of Las Cruces High School and New Mexico State University School of Nursing. Kathleen was a nurse at Memorial Medical Center for 39...

Bertha Merker

Bertha Merker

Sep 10, 2015

Send Flowers Bertha M Merker September 3, 1937 - September 10, 2015 Bertha Delgado-Merker was 78 years old when Jesus called her home on September 10, 2015. She was born in San Miguel, NM on September 3, 1937. Bertha was one of nine brothers and sisters: Inez Turner, Ezell Thibodeaux, Frank Kaufman, Abbey Culbertson, Katherine Menard, Frank Dominguez Jr., Bobby...

Francis Newton Winans

Francis Newton Winans

Sep 8, 2015

Francis Newton (Newt) Winans, our loving Dad, Grand Dad, Great Grand Dad and friend, died in Las Cruces, New Mexico in the wee hours of the morning on September 8, 2015 at the age of 95! Newt was born July 6, 1920 in El Paso, Texas. Mother, Gladys Winans/McDonald and father Maurice Winans. He had one sibling, sister died at...

Kathleen A Mitchell

Kathleen A Mitchell

Sep 8, 2015

Kathleen A. "Kay" Mitchell went home to her Lord during her sleep on Tuesday September 8, 2015, at her Good Samaritan Village residence in Las Cruces. She was 91 years old. Kay was born in Magdalena, New Mexico on March 26, 1924, but spent most of her childhood in Deming, NM. She graduated from Deming High School, received a BA...

Lillian Barela Rodriguez

Lillian Barela Rodriguez

Sep 7, 2015

Lillian B. Rodriguez, 92, lifelong resident of Dona Ana, went to be with her Heavenly Father while at Memorial Medical Center on September 7, 2015. She was born on April 5, 1923 in Dona Ana, NM to Domingo and Lupe Barela. She is one of six siblings, two of whom survive, Henry Barela of Phoenix, AZ and Irene (Don) Peppard...

Lillian Barela Rodriguez

Lillian Barela Rodriguez

Sep 7, 2015

Lillian B. Rodriguez, 92, lifelong resident of Dona Ana, went to be with her Heavenly Father while at Memorial Medical Center on September 7, 2015. She was born on April 5, 1923 in Dona Ana, NM to Domingo and Lupe Barela. She is one of six siblings, two of whom survive, Henry Barela of Phoenix, AZ and Irene (Don) Peppard...

In Memoriam Of Miguel Duran Cardon

In Memoriam Of Miguel Duran Cardon

Sep 4, 2015

Miguel "Mike" Cardon, 87, of Las Cruces, NM, passed away peacefully on Friday, September 4, 2015. Mike was born on March 22, 1928, in Las Cruces, NM, to Francisco and Adelina Cardon. He was retired from the City of Las Cruces. Mike was well known to the softball community working in the concession stand at Maag Park for more than...