Obituaries

Jan 1, 2006

Jan 1, 2006

Miriam Crist Cox, age 95, of Las Cruces, NM died on January 1, 2006. She was born on November 15, 1910 in Montgomery, Alabama to George William and Bennie Mills (Washburn) Crist. She moved to Las Cruces with her family in 1951. Miriam was an active member of The University United Methodist Church, where she was a Charter Member. She...

Dec 31, 2005

Richard E. Beck Sr., 74 years old of Las Cruces, NM died Saturday, December 31, 2005 at Mesilla Valley Hospice, La Posada. He was born September 21, 1931 in Washington, DC to Frederick and Helen Beck. He was a Las Cruces resident for about the last 13 years coming from Bowie, Maryland. Richard had served in the US Navy and...

Dec 30, 2005

Dec 30, 2005

Dec 30, 2005

Margaret Edna Nick, 97 of Las Cruces, NM died Friday, December 30, 2005 at Memorial Medical Center. She was born May 30, 1908 in Union, Pennsylvania to Jacob K. and Elizabeth Garlick. Margaret was a Las Cruces resident for about the last ten years coming from Des Plaines, Illinois. She was a devoted Christian and enjoyed her arrowhead hunting and...

Dec 29, 2005

Lawrence Paul Marbry was born on a farm in Crawford County, Illinois, on November 21, 1914. His death occurred at the Las Cruces Nursing Center on December 29,2005. Paul had a long and fulfilling life. His occupations in his 91 years were as interesting as he was. He went from working for Heath Candy in Illinois to being Director of...

Dec 29, 2005

Dec 29, 2005

Pat Noland Lowry, Mesilla, NM passed away December 29, 2005 after a lengthy illness with lung cancer. Pat was born January 3, 1931 in Strawn, Texas to Earl T. and Irene Noland. She attended Texas Tech University and graduated from New Mexico A&M in 1952. Pat worked for many years in the business world before retiring from Production Credit Association....

Dec 29, 2005

Fannie Paz Serna, 90, of Las Cruces, died Thursday, Dec. 29, 2005. She was born July 28, 1915 in Las Cruces to Gabriel and Francisca Calderon Paz. Fannie was a pioneer of the Mesilla Valley where she was involved in many community activities. She had been very active in politics where she served her party faithfully in any way she...

Dec 28, 2005

Dec 27, 2005

Las Cruces - Samuel H. Lamb died December 27, 2005 after a short illness, at University Terrace Good Samaritan Health Care Center. Born June 25, 1909 in Billings, Oklahoma to Perry Cowley and Emma Bassett Lamb. He grew up on a farm in Colorado. He left the farm to attend the university and received his B.S. degree in Forestry from...

Dec 27, 2005

Adrian Wayne Scott, 58 of Las Cruces, NM died Tuesday December 27, 2005 in Mexico. He was born March 26, 1947 in Las Cruces, NM to Oral and Myrtle Scott. Wayne honorably served his country for three years in the United States Army, and was employed at Burn Construction for over 30 years where he made many life long friends....

Dec 26, 2005

Tommy Gann Stokes, 74 of Las Cruces, NM went home to be with the Lord on December 26, 2005 at La Posada - Mesilla Valley Hospice. He was born June 12, 1931 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Tom attended Junior High and High School in New Mexico and Texas moving to New Mexico in 1949. Tom Stokes graduated High School in...

Dec 26, 2005

On December 26, 2005, at the age of 92, Lelia Jane Collins heard her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ calling, and answered, "Lord, here am I". Lelia was born on June 28, 1913 to George and Jane Quesenberry, in Valley City, North Dakota, a fact she hated to admit. Her parents had only been visiting family there, and it was...

Dec 24, 2005

Edna Osa Russell, 90, of Las Cruces, died Saturday, Dec. 24. 2005. She was born Dec. 20, 1915 in Fort Worth, Texas to William and Ethel Hedrick Cloninger. Edna was retired from Pacific Telephone Co. as an operator. She will be deeply missed by all her family and friends who knew and loved her. Edna is survived by her six...

Dec 20, 2005

Willie A. Johnson, 70 years old of Las Cruces, NM died Tuesday, December 20, 2005 at Memorial Medical Center. Willie was born April 20, 1935 in Salem, New Mexico to Albert and Julie Johnson. A lifelong resident of the area he enjoyed the outdoors; hunting, fishing and camping. He had retired from the construction industry and was a member of...

Dec 19, 2005

Eulalia "Nana" B. Espa

Dec 19, 2005

June R. Willhoft, 67, of Las Cruces, died Monday, Dec. 19, 2005. She was born Feb. 23, 1938 in Brentwood, NH to Herbert and Edith Mae Gile Randall. June will be deeply missed by all her family and many friends who knew and loved her. She is survived by her husband Jack F. Willhoft of the family home; son Mark...

Dec 19, 2005