Recent Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Las Cruces, New Mexico & Surrounding Areas
Jovita H Garcia
Jan 1, 2015
Our beloved, mother, grandmother, sister, aunt and friend, Jovita H. Garcia, 84, of Las Cruces peacefully left her earthly body to be with her heavenly Father on Thursday, January 1, 2015. She was born on February 12, 1930 in Fillmore, California to Ezequiel and Maria de la Luz Hernandez Garcia. Jovita retired from the hotel industry in the mid 1980's...
John R. Mack
Dec 26, 2014
John R. Mack, 91, of Las Cruces died Friday, December 26, 2014. He was born on January 5, 1923 in Philadelphia, PA to John Maconochie and Katherine O'Neill. John was a veteran of the Army Air Corps and he served his country honorably during WWII and was a retired salesman. He will be deeply missed by all who loved him....
Manuel G Lopez
Dec 25, 2014
Manuel G. Lopez, age 86 of Dona Ana, New Mexico went home to be with our Heavenly Father on December 25, 2014 surrounded by his loving family. He was born on September 24, 1928 in San Juan de Los Lagos Jalisco, Mexico to Abundio Lopez and Maria Gonzalez. He retired from Stahmann Farms in 1994. "He exemplified what it was...
Andrew Leon Trotter
Dec 20, 2014
Andrew Leon Trotter was born on September 7, 1949 at Ft. Sam Houston Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas to the late Albertena Elizabeth Miller Trotter and Reverend Andrew Lee Trotter, Baptist Minister and Sgt. First Class in the United States Army. The military family migrated to New Mexico in 1954. Andrew and his family were stationed in Sagamihara, Japan...
June Frederica Hughes
Dec 19, 2014
June Frederica Hughes (ne Bramley) died after a short illness on December 19th, 2014. She was born in Wiltshire, England on June 4th, 1934, to Frederic and Alice Bramley, joining older sister Joan. Her father was a military man, and she spent her first four years living in India (in an area now part of Pakistan), followed by multiple residences...
John Willis Riley
Dec 16, 2014
John Willis "Buster" Riley Buster passed away of natural causes at the age of 89 on Tuesday, December 16th, 2014, at 12:08 p.m. in Las Cruces, New Mexico. Buster was a New Mexico native. He was born on May 15, 1925 in Carlsbad, New Mexico to parents Oma and Foy Riley. He was the second born of three siblings, including...