Obituaries

Dec 23, 2009

Dec 22, 2009

Dec 22, 2009

Thelma I. Graham, a Las Cruces resident since 1980, was born in Snyder, Oklahoma, on April 26, 1918, to Jimmie Irene and Eli K. Stowe, and died on December 22, 2009, at Casa del Sol Senior Care Center in Las Cruces. She grew up in Manitou, Oklahoma, graduated from Manitou High School in 1934 and attended Draughon's Business College in...

Dec 20, 2009

Bernice Marie Jones, a lifelong resident of Las Cruces and a member of Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church, lost her battle with Metastatic Breast Cancer on Sunday December 20, 2009. She was born January 16, 1955 in Fort Stockton, Texas. She is survived by Stanley Jones, her loving husband of 33 years, son Anthony Jones and his wife Elizabeth,...

Dec 20, 2009

Derrick Wayne Santacroce, 36, of Las Cruces, NM died on Sunday, December 20, 2009 in Farmington, NM. He was born on February 19, 1973 in Las Cruces. He attended Dona Ana Community College and New Mexico State University. Derrick was an EMT and CNA and was currently working at the Gila Regional Medical Center in Silver City, NM. He previously...

Dec 17, 2009

Dec 17, 2009

Donna Mae Meacham Holland, a long time resident of Las Cruces, lost her battle with Alzheimer's on December 17, 2009. Donna was born on May 17, 1931 in Kingsville, Ohio, to parents Carroll Meacham and Lucy Eastly Meacham. Donna Holland is survived by her husband of 58 years, Bert Holland, children Robert Holland and wife Terese Ford of Jemez Springs,...

Dec 17, 2009

Dec 17, 2009

William F. Otto, 95 of Las Cruces, NM died December 17, 2009 at La Posada, Mesilla Valley Hospice. William was born August 10, 1914 in Baltimore, Maryland to Alexander and Lillian Otto. He served his country honorably, retiring from the US Navy as a Lt. Commander. William was a Pearl Harbor survivor on the USS Vestal; he had received the...

Dec 16, 2009

Dec 14, 2009

Dec 14, 2009

Martha Ann (Marty) Attaway, passed away from this life on Monday, December 14, 2009. Marty was born to Cecil and Katie Ferguson in Morenci, Arizona on May 7, 1946. She spent her childhood and early adult life in Silver City, New Mexico. After graduating from high school, she moved to Las Cruces where she attended beauty school and eventually opened...

Dec 12, 2009

Dec 12, 2009

Marjorie "Ruth" Field passed on to eternal life, peacefully, surrounded by family at La Posada Hospice Facility on December 12, 2009. She was born in Burden, Kansas to Charles and Anna Barnes on January 12, 1920. Ruth lived on the family farm in Kansas until she left to attend college, where she met and later married Harry Field. Harry joined...

Dec 11, 2009

Janet Greenlees Davidson, age 93, passed away peacefully at Mesilla Valley Hospice La Posada in Las Cruces, NM on Friday, December 11, 2009. She was born October 23, 1916 in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada to Alexander Allison and Euphemia Allison (Brown) of Glasgow, Scotland. Janet married Alexandeer Kenneth Davidson on April 4, 1936 in Hamilton, Ontario. They moved to Chicago in...

Dec 10, 2009

Francis "Frank" Forestal, losing his battle with cancer, passed away December 10th at his home in Berino, New Mexico. Frank was born in 1951 in Pawtucket, R.I. His parents Newman (father) and Anita (mother) preceded him in death. Frank worked 31 years at Hasbro Industries in Pawtucket. He was a forklift operator and shipping clerk. He took pride in providing...

Dec 8, 2009

" ₦An in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years." -- Abraham Lincoln. Ruth Trim Scates Lord, 92, joined the Heavenly Father December 9, 2009 having lived a long and fruitful life. Born September 11, 1917, she often reminded friends in recent years, "That there was at least one good...

Dec 8, 2009

Isabell C. Delgado, 55, of Las Cruces, NM died Tuesday December 8, 2009 in Dallas, TX. She was born November 19, 1954 in Gallup, NM to Victoriano and Beatrice. Isabell was a loving wife and companion, a wonderful mother, grandmother, and a good friend to all that knew her. Her smile will be deeply missed, but most of all, the...

Dec 7, 2009

Pendleton: Gerald C. (or, as he preferred to be called, Jerry) Pendleton died at the Casa del Sol Nursing Home on Missouri Avenue here on Monday 7, December 2009. Jerry was born on 12 August 1929 in Clinton Massachusetts to Jere K. Pendleton and Viola (Smith) Pendleton. He had two brothers: Robert (Bob) and Richard (Dick) who were older and...

Dec 6, 2009

Adella Blanche Bryant (Chauza) age 99, recently of Las Cruces, NM & Prescott, AZ; passed away December 26, 2009. Adella was born in DuBois, NB on September 21, 1910. A resident of Phoenix since 1950, Adella took pride in being known as "The Lady with the Flowers" & giver of starter plants and gardening advice. Predeceased by her husband Floyd...