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Dawnee Robinson

Dawnee Robinson

Oct 11, 2023

Dawnee Robinson, age 73 was welcomed into heaven on October 11, 2023. Dawnee passed away in Las

Cruces, NM where she had lived for almost fifty years.

Dawnee was born with her twin sister, Darcee Dow McEuen on August 18, 1950, in Morenci, Arizona.

She was the first born of the twin sisters, with Darcee following a few minutes later. Their parents were

Buddy...

Rosemary  Soto Cabrera

Rosemary Soto Cabrera

Oct 11, 2023

Rosemary Soto Cabrera was a beautiful lady, not only in her features, but more importantly in her character. Rosemary was the first of six children born to Jesus Delgado Soto and Corina Lucero Soto on December 7, 1926. It is with a heavy heart that we surrendered Rosemary back to her Creator on the late night of October 11, 2023—only...

Dr. Gerald Lamar Nielsen

Dr. Gerald Lamar Nielsen

Oct 11, 2023

Dr. Gerald LaMar Nielsen peacefully passed away on October 11, 2023, in his home in Las Cruces, NM. He was born on October 5, 1927, in Salina, Utah to LaMar Nielsen and Clara Jorgensen. He was the beloved husband of the late Lorraine (Fowles) Nielsen, marrying in the LDS Manti Temple in December 1950. Gerald was a devoted father to...

Tina Wood

Tina Wood

Oct 10, 2023

It is with a heavy heart that we announce the passing of our loving mother Tina I. Wood (82) on the morning of October 10, 2023. She was surrounded by all of her loving family.

Tina was born July 18, 1941, in Clayton NM. to Fulgencio and Refugita Dominguez. Left behind to cherish her memory are her five children Mark Nicholson...

Kay  Collins Hernandez

Kay Collins Hernandez

Oct 10, 2023

Kay Collins Hernandez passed peacefully October 10th, 2023 in Las Cruces, New Mexico at La Posada Mesilla Valley Hospice with friends and family by her side. Born July 9, 1951, in Hobbs, New Mexico, Kay grew up in the Mesilla Valley with parents Seaborn P. and Lelia Jane (nee Quesenberry) Collins and brother Rex. Kay was a high school graduate...

Joe Wallace

Joe Wallace

Oct 9, 2023

Joe Derek Wallace, age 92, passed away peacefully in Las Cruces on October 9, 2023, after a short illness. Joe was a patient and compassionate cowboy who will be greatly missed by all who knew him.

Joe was born in Canyon, Texas on April 18, 1931, and was raised on a cattle ranch near Tucumcari, NM along with his brother and...

William Henry Mckibbin

William Henry Mckibbin

Oct 9, 2023

William Henry McKibbin was born on February 19, 1946 to Boyd and Marcella (Ryman) McKibbin. He was formerly of Warsaw, IN and currently a resident of Las Cruces, NM where he passed on Monday, October 9, 2023 after a prolonged illness.

William is survived by his wife of 49 years, Linda Lee McKibbin and by his beloved sons, Matthew Graham McKibbin...

Catherine  Corinne  Smith

Catherine Corinne Smith

Oct 7, 2023

Catherine Corinne Smith, 84, passed away Saturday October 7, 2023, at Mountain View Regional Medical Center in Las Cruces, New Mexico.

She was born September 24, 1939, to Robert B. and Dora C. Veazie. She was raised and educated in North Adams, Massachusetts. She married her late husband of 62 years, Ronald in 1958. They were stationed at several Air Force...

Bobbiann Hays

Bobbiann Hays

Oct 7, 2023

Bobbieann was born and raised in Temple, Texas and graduated Temple High School in 1956. She was preceded in death by her mother Annie Mae Potter, son Robert York, and nephew Charles Baird. Bobbieann is survived by sons Rusty York (Janet), Jim York (Jodie), and sisters Patti Keimele (John), Lois Smith (Paul), Mary Price (Joe), six grandchildren, and fifteen great...

Wanda Hansen

Wanda Hansen

Oct 7, 2023

Wanda Lucille Hansen was a “Rach” star, not the head banging hip swiveling type but the eighty-eight black and white keys kind. She loved to play the Rachmaninoff Prelude in C minor as well as pieces by Debussy, Chopin, Brahms, Beethoven, Lecuona, and McDowell. She even threw in Scott Joplin and some

bluegrass on occasion and could draw out Mary Had...

Daniel Garcia

Daniel Garcia

Oct 7, 2023

Daniel Aguilar Garcia, 86, of Las Cruces, NM departed this earthly life on October 07, 2023, deeply loved and surrounded by family.

Daniel was born on July 20, 1937, in Las Cruces, NM to Guadalupe and Carmen Garcia, where he grew up on McCarty Dairy Farm, which he always remembered fondly. He was drafted to the US Navy in 1955, where...

Ray Vasquez Torres

Ray Vasquez Torres

Oct 4, 2023

Ray Vasquez Torres, of Las Cruces, NM, age 95, on Wednesday, October 4, 2023, went to his final resting place with the Lord. He was born on October 17, 1927, in Chamberino, NM to Fermin S. Torres and Donaciana Vasquez Torres. He married the love of his life, Anna Apodaca, on February 19, 1949, at the original St. Genevieve’s Catholic...

Shirley Cully

Shirley Cully

Oct 3, 2023

Shirley “Kathy” (Gilcher) Cully, 86, of Las Cruces, New Mexico, passed away peacefully on October 3rd, 2023, surrounded by the love of her family after her 5-month battle with cancer.

Kathy was born to parents Vernon and Bernadine Gilcher on October 18th, 1936, in Cambridge, Ohio. Kathy graduated from Fairview High School in Dayton, OH, in 1956. It was here that...

Laursie Looney

Laursie Looney

Oct 2, 2023

Laursie Irene Looney, 55 went to meet her Lord on Monday, 2 October 2023 in Las Cruces, NM.

Laursie was firstborn of a set of twins born in Silver City, NM on 16 March 1968 to Billy Joe and Lauris Anne Clark. Second twin being Marcy Clark (Huda AlMansour). Laursie also had another sister, Donna Rose, and three brothers, Samuel Clark,...

Clara Ramirez

Clara Ramirez

Oct 2, 2023

Clara Rose (Rivas) Ramirez

October 21, 1932 – October 2, 2023

With a loud clap of thunder, Clara Rose Ramirez, 90-years old, peacefully passed away Monday, October 2, 2023, at La Posada Mesilla Valley Hospice.

Clara was surrounded by her children as she entered eternal life.

Clara Rose was born Friday, October 21, 1932, in Rincon, N.M. to Pilar Vasquez “P.V” Rivas and Rafaela...

Mary Salopek

Mary Salopek

Oct 2, 2023

Mary Winifred Ikard Salopek, our beloved Mother, Grandmother, Great-Grand Mother, Sister, Aunt, Friend and Golfing Partner embarked on the greatest journey of her life on October 2, 2023 at the age of 89. Mama Mary was surrounded with so much love, worship, laughter and peace in her last days at her farmhouse.

She was born to Amzi and Winifred Wareing Ikard...

Tony Perez

Tony Perez

Sep 29, 2023

Our beloved Tony Perez passed away September 29th, 2023 in Las Cruces, New Mexico at the age of 42. Born in Florence, Arizona June 2nd, 1981. Tony Perez is proceeded in death by his father Edward Perez, grandparents Dora Wilson-Rivera and Felix Mancha and his uncle Rudy Rivera Jr. Tony way a great, loving father to two kids. Those left...

Higinio "Gino" Misquez Gutierrez

Higinio "Gino" Misquez Gutierrez

Sep 29, 2023

Higinio (Gino) Misquez Gutierrez, 81 of Las Cruces, NM passed away September 29, 2023 at the Texas State Veteran’s Home in El Paso, Texas surrounded by loved ones.

He was the last of his Gutierrez siblings to pass on from this life to the next. Gino was born in Mesilla Park, NM on January 11, 1942, to Santiago Gutierrez and Marcela...

Raymundo Martinez Mendes

Raymundo Martinez Mendes

Sep 28, 2023

Raymundo Mendes, also known as Mundo or Pupdawg, entered into eternal rest on September 28, 2023. He was 55 at the time of his death. Mundo was born to Inez Mendes and Rose Ann Martinez on December 31, 1967 in El Paso, Texas. He lost his mother, Rose Ann, when he was 11 months old and was raised by his...

David Frederick Miner Jr.

David Frederick Miner Jr.

Sep 27, 2023

Dave, age 77, passed away peacefully on September 27, 2023, at his home in Las Cruces, NM, surrounded by loving family members. The good Lord was gracious, and spared him the severe pain expected to accompany the aggressive nature of his cancer. He was an amazing friend, an excellent husband, a great father, and a joy of a grandfather. He...

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