Recent Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Las Cruces, New Mexico & Surrounding Areas
Byron William Fickes
Jan 20, 2021
Byron William Fickes (Billy) left this Earth on Wednesday, January 20th, 2021, at the age of 66, surrounded by his loving daughter and wife after succumbing to Cancer. Born June 8th, 1954, Billy, who took on the namesake of his Grandfather and Father, was the son of William Fickes and Belen (Montanez) Fickes, and grew up in Las Cruces New...
Genevieve Rosales
Jan 20, 2021
An angel gained her wings on January 20, 2021. Genevieve Lopez-Rosales was born on April 2nd 1948 to Gilbert and Catarina Lopez. She was a lifelong resident of San Ysidro, NM where she was married to Humberto Rosales for over 50 years. Genevieve graduated from Mayfield High school in 1967 and was a proud Trojan. Genevieve devoted her life to...
George Donald Washington Sr.
Jan 17, 2021
On Sunday, January 17, 2021, George Donald Washington Sr., Faithful Father, Grandfather, Uncle, and Friend, entered into eternal rest at the age of 64. Born on December 21, 1956 to George Henry and Ernestine Washington (ne Wright) in Las Cruces, New Mexico, George spent his early years in Vado, New Mexico until moving with the family to Las Cruces where...
Anita Seaburgh
Jan 16, 2021
It is with great sadness we announce the passing of Anita Seaburgh on January 16th, 2021, due to complications of dementia. Loving Mother, Grandmother, "little" Grandma, Auntie Nani, and best friend at the age of 93.75. Anita was born on February 7th 1927 in Las Cruces, NM to Manuel Z. and Margarita A. Salas. She retired from the State of...
Klim Maling
Jan 13, 2021
Klim was born in the town of Insterburg in former East Prussia, Germany. When the Russian front approached in 1945, everybody fled, and after WWII, that area became a new part of Russia. He visited his place of birth after the war; its new name was Czerniahovsk in the Kaliningrad Oblast. There had been a total population turnover; only Russian...
Hebelinda Lujan Munoz
Jan 13, 2021
Hebelinda Lujan Muoz (Abby) 71, was born to Pablo and Sophia Avillar Lujan on February 1st. 1949 of las Cruces, New Mexico was called home on January 13, 2021 at Memorial Medical Center. She was a loving wife, mother, sister, aunt and grandmother. Abby was the best grandma to her four grandchildren who she would do anything for. Abby loved...
Cassandra Ordunez
Jan 6, 2021
A lifelong Resident of Las Cruces, NM and Old Picacho Cassandra (Ciya) Nicole Ordunez, 31 gained her. beautiful angel wings to be with the lord on January 6, 2021. She was born to Enrique Arzabal, and Diana Ordunez in March 1989. Casandra graduated from Mayfield High School in 2007 and received her. Associates Degree in Medical Assisting, she was also...
Benjamin Bradford
Jan 5, 2021
Benjamin Wayne Bradford passed away on January 5, 2021. He was born on October 20, 1932, in Tupelo, Mississippi. He resided in Paducah, Texas, as a youth and graduated from Paducah High School. Ben served two years in the U.S. Army, stationed El Paso, Texas. Upon discharge, he attended Texas Western College, (now know as UTEP), graduating in 1962 with...
Helen Almon
Jan 5, 2021
"Yes we have confidence and hopeful courage and are pleased rather to be away from home out of the body and be at home with the Lord" II Corinthians 5:8 Amp. On January 5, our beloved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, aunt, sister, and friend Helen Almon, went home to be with the Lord after a long and well lived life. Known...
Roy Moore
Jan 5, 2021
Roy Moore left Las Cruces, New Mexico, the town he loved, for the third and final time January 5, 2021, having arrived in September 1942 with a three-semester Sears Scholarship in Agriculture and borrowed from one of his mother's ranch hands. He caught a ride with an egg wholesaler, joining other Roosevelt County friends and neighbors at New Mexico...
Norma Estrada Vejil
Jan 4, 2021
Norma Estrada-Vejil, 64, passed away on January 4, 2021. She was born in Fabens, TX, where she graduated from Fabens High School as valedictorian of her class. She went on to earn her English bachelor's degree from Notre Dame University and spent nearly 40 years working as a technical writer and editor for several industries in El Paso, TX. The...
Constance Bannister
Jan 4, 2021
Constance Covert Bannister, better known as Connie, age 69, died peacefully in her sleep January 4, 2021, in Las Cruces, NM. A long-time fan of guardian angels, she is now among their ranks. Born in Pennsylvania, she grew up in Mount Lebanon where she was a high school Rockette - an achievement she was always quick to point out. Connie...
Vijayan John Jesudason
Jan 3, 2021
Vijayan John Fredrick Jesudason went to be with our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on January 3, 2021 at the age of 88. He was born in Trichy, India on June 9, 1932 and lived in New Mexico, USA for the past 29 years. His profession was Printing and Publishing. He is survived by his two loving daughters Valentina and...
Maegan Franco
Jan 1, 2021
Maegan Anne Rose Franco passed away unexpectedly on January 1st, 2021. She was born on May 12th, 1987 at Memorial General Hospital. She graduated from San Andreas High School and attended New Mexico State University. One of her proudest accomplishments was mentoring troubled youths and helping them to create better outcomes and lives for themselves. She also attended Cosmetology School...
Emma Isabel Phillips
Dec 31, 2020
Emma Medlock Panske Phillips, "Emmy," passed away on December 31, 2020 in Las Cruces, New Mexico at the age of 88. She was born in El Paso, TX on October 6, 1932. She was preceded in death by her only child, beloved son, Irving "Chuck" Youngjohn III in 2014 and by her husband of 37 years, David A. Panske in...
Louis John Bevacqua Jr.
Dec 30, 2020
Louis John Bevacqua, Jr. passed away in Las Cruces, NM on December 30, 2020. A
Paul Raul Montano
Dec 30, 2020
Paul R Montano, age 81 of Mesilla Park, NM was born on August 7th, 1939 in Albuquerque, NM to Apolinario and Margarita Montano. Our beloved Husband, Father, Grandfather, Brother, Uncle, Godfather and Friend Paul Montano passed from this life after a hard-fought battle with Covid-19 at Memorial Medical Center on December 30th, 2020. Paul grew up in Corrales, NM. He...
Marjorie Sidman
Dec 28, 2020
Marjorie Sidman "Life is a Celebration!" was one of Marjorie's favorite sayings, and that is how she lived her life. Marjorie Sidman passed December 28, 2020, in her home, in Las Cruces, New Mexico. She was born in Memphis, Tennessee on August 24, 1930. Her 90 years were filled with much love, laughter, and dance. For the past 30 years,...
Manuel Villa
Dec 28, 2020
It is with deep sadness and the heaviest of hearts that we announce the passing of Manuel Ruiz Villa, age 85, of Las Cruces on Monday, December 28, 2020 in El Paso, Texas. He was born on June 28, 1935 in Clovis, New Mexico to Jesus and Natividad Ruiz Villa. Those left to mourn his passing are his wife of...
Marie Verheyen
Dec 28, 2020
Marie G. Verheyen, entered into eternal life December 28, 2020. Marie was born February 17, 1932 in Buffalo, NY to Loretta and James Biracree. She was the oldest of 4 children including brothers Robert, Frank and the late James Biracree. She met Robert, her husband of 62 years while they bother worked at Bell Aerospace in Niagara Falls, NY. They...
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