Obituaries

Jan 22, 2015

Jan 22, 2015

Virginia Redmond Young, 82, passed away on Jan. 22, 2015 in Las Cruces, New Mexico. She was born on May 24, 1932 in Modesto, California to Donald and Margaret Redmond. She grew up in the Modesto area, eventually moving to work in the insurance industry in San Francisco and meeting her future husband there. She married Robert Young in Oakdale,...

Jan 22, 2015

Celia "Jocel" Geck (formerly Celia Anchondo), died Thursday, January 22, at Memorial Medical Center in Las Cruces. She passed peacefully with friends and family by her side. She was born on March 20, 1940 in Anthony, NM. Celia received a Bachelor's degree in Social Work from New Mexico State University and continued her education at the University Chicago, where she...

Jan 21, 2015

Murlene Alvie Foreman, 98, a longtime resident of Las Cruces passed away on Wednesday, January 21, 2015, in San Diego, CA. Murlene was born on July 17, 1916 in Lakeview, TX to Thomas F. and Mattie Z. McCrary. She married her late husband Robert H. Foreman in Lakeview TX on December 20, 1936. They moved to the Las Cruces area...

Jan 18, 2015

Jan 18, 2015

Jan 17, 2015

Donald Robert Shepan, 77, passed away January 17, 2015 at The Village at Northrise Memory Care Unit . He was born on November 25, 1937 in Springfield, Illinois. His early childhood was spent in Decatur, Illinois and in 1951 his family moved to Los Alamos, NM where his father worked at Los Alamos National Labs. Don considered himself privileged to...

Jan 15, 2015

Jan 15, 2015

Jan 14, 2015

Dorothy Virginia (Jackson) Singleton, 82, of Las Cruces, New Mexico, passed away January 14, 2015, after a short stay at La Posada-Mesilla Valley Hospice in Las Cruces. Dorothy was born in Waco, Texas, to R. C. and Katie Jackson on September 13, 1932. She attended Seagraves High School and graduated in May, 1951. She married James Russell Singleton on June...

Jan 13, 2015

Jan 13, 2015

Jan 13, 2015

Jan 12, 2015

Jan 12, 2015

Marion G. Barber "Mow" Marion passed away, Monday, January 12, 2015 at the age of 94 years, in her home at Good Samaritan in Las Cruces. She was born in Findlay, Ohio, May 6, 1920, to Ilo and Ernest Barber. She had one sister, Gaynell, and one brother, Neil, both of whom preceded her in death. Marion married Harry Taylor...

Jan 10, 2015

Jan 9, 2015

Send Flowers Melvin P Jenkins Sr. June 24, 1937 - January 9, 2015 Melvin Peter Jenkins Sr. 77, of Las Cruces, NM passed away on January 9, 2015. He was born on June 24, 1937 in Columbia, SC to Luther Coleman and Betty Dean. His siblings include Wilber, John and Shirley Allen. Melvin Married Maggie Okema Jenkins in Paterson, NJ....

Jan 4, 2015

Caryll Ann Patrick, age 79, passed away on Sunday, January 4, 2015, in Las Cruces, New Mexico. Born on December 28, 1935, in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, to Cecil and Marie Davis, Caryll spent her childhood dancing. She became a professional ballet dancer after graduating from high school and traveled by rail to rural towns in Northern Iowa to teach...

Jan 3, 2015

Billy Wayne Webb, 85, of Las Cruces, New Mexico, went to be with his Heavenly Father Saturday, January 3, 2015, after a courageous six-month battle with cancer. Billy, or "Bill" as most people knew him, was born on February 1, 1929 in Mobeetie, Texas. He grew up in the small Texas town of Sunray, where he excelled in academics, athletics,...

Jan 3, 2015

Dr. Frank Foster Hash passed away 01/03/15 at the age of 93. He was born March 22, 1921 in Baxter Springs Kansas to Reece Barns Hash and Mazie Foster Hash. He is survived by his wife Fair Craig Hash of Rayne, LA and preceded in death by his first wife Norma Holland Hash in 1995. Survivors also include his brother...