Obituaries

Nov 12, 2014

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Nov 6, 2014

Lynn Anthony Galloway, 66, entered eternal life on Thursday, November 6, 2014 in Las Cruces, New Mexico. He was born on August 20, 1948 at a United States military base in Heidelberg, Germany, but spent most of his childhood years in New Jersey. After enlisting in the military at age 17, he served in the United States Army during the...

Nov 2, 2014

Albert Lee "ABE" Collier passed away on November 2, 2014 at 80 years of age. He died peacefully at his home in Las Cruces, New Mexico. Abe was born on September 1, 1934 in Bellflower, Illinois. He is preceded in death by his parents, Melvin and Florence Collier and one brother, Gene Collier. He has two sisters, Betty Shane and...

Nov 2, 2014

Bill Crawford, 66 a life-long resident of Las Cruces, passed away on Sunday November 2, 2014. He was born on December 11, 1947 to Robert and Tine Crawford and spent his early years growing up on the family farm on West Amador. He was active in 4-H, and served in the US Army Reserves from 1972 through 1978. Bill always...

Oct 31, 2014

Helen Louise Herring Holliefield Murray, 88, of Las Cruces passed away surrounded by her loving family from complications of congestive heart failure and a heart attack! Helen was born in mesquite, NM to Daisy Lee Herring St. John on February 12, 1926. She spent most of her early years on Coolidge AZ. The family returned to the Las Cruces area...

Oct 31, 2014

Ruthie (Leona) Davis, 98, of Las Cruces, NM died October 31, 2014 at Good Samaritan Nursing Home in Las Cruces, NM. She was born March 16, 1916 in Emory, TX to Isaac and Mary (Fuston) Prather along with three sisters and four brothers. The family moved to Snyder, TX when she was a young child. Leona married Charlie B. Davis...

Oct 31, 2014

Oct 29, 2014

Josefa (Pita) Ontiveros Aldaz was 80 years old when the angels called her home on Wednesday, October 29, 2014. She passed away in El Paso, Texas. She was born on July 18, 1934, in Berino, New Mexico, a small rural farming community. She was an extraordinary homemaker and a life-long resident of Anthony, New Mexico. Pita was a loving and...

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Oct 20, 2014

APODACA, ISABELLE O., age 89, passed away peacefully on Monday, October 20, 2014. After graduating from Las Cruces High School and attending New Mexico A&M (now New Mexico State University), she joined her husband, Dick, to embark on his career in the United States Foreign Service. Together they lived and raised a family in Peru, Brazil, Honduras, Chile and Washington,...

Oct 19, 2014

Oct 18, 2014

Henry Martinez, 88, of Las Cruces, NM went to be with the Lord on October 18, 2014. Henry was one of the last sons to farm the family farm when his older brothers left to war. Henry was born on May 5, 1926 to Cesario and Rafaelita Martinez of Hatch, NM. Henry became a musician at a very young age;...

Oct 17, 2014

Margaret R. Hardin was born in Indianapolis, Indiana on March 7, 1915 to parents William and Anna Kopp. She was one of seven children. She died October 17, 2014 at the age of 99 at the Good Samaritan Society Las Cruces Village. She was predeceased by her husband Charles C. Hardin and her son Stephen. She is survived by her...

Oct 16, 2014

Cecilia A. Ayers "Celie Ann" Departed this life on October 16, 2014, in Las Cruces, New Mexico Born December 31, 1946 in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Please join us in remembrance of a truly lovely lady. Celie Ann was a gifted artist, who saw beauty in nature and her fellow man. Her smile brought joy to everyone lucky enough to know...

Oct 16, 2014

Nora Sue (Wilford) Ernst, aged 71, passed away on October 16, 2014, at Mesilla Valley Hospice. She was surrounded by her family and loving husband of 51 years. Nora was born on September 22, 1943 in Chicago, Illinois to Charles Richard (Dick) Wilford and Mary Evelyn (McGarrity) Wilford, and grew up in the Chicago area, together with her sisters Jane...

Oct 14, 2014

Charles laird, 51, of Las Cruces, NM passed away on October 14, 2014 at Memorial Medical Center in Las Cruces. He was born on September 11, 1963 to the late Louin Laird and Georgetta in Las Cruces, NM. His is survived by his Mother, Georgetta and Stepfather Terry Chappell of Las Cruces, NM, Uncle Chuck Murrell, of Las Cruces and...