Obituaries

May 10, 2019

John D. Whitley John Whitley passed away May 10, 2019 at the age of 94 at La Posada Assisted Living in Las Cruces, New Mexico. Born April 4, 1925 in Oklahoma City, OK, John joined the Navy in 1943 and served on a ship in the Pacific until 1946. He then tried his hand at carpentry, building houses in Oklahoma...

May 8, 2019

Flora Perez passed away May 8, 2019 at the age of 87; she was born on February 3, 1932 in Las Cruces NM. Flora was a loving and hard-working mother, raising 4 children on her own. She retired from Sara Lee Hosiery. Flora liked to sew and loved to crochet and would spend countless hours crocheting intricate bedspreads, blankets and...

May 6, 2019

Rodolfo "Fito" V. Chaffino was born January 4, 1927 in El Paso, TX and was raised in La Mesa, NM. Our Lord called him into eternal rest on May 6th, 2019 at the age of 92 in Las Cruces, NM. Rodolfo proudly served his country during WWII was stationed in Japan and was awarded the Victory Metal and Good Conduct...

May 1, 2019

Jack A. Soules (1928-2019) Jack Arbuthnott Soules died peacefully May 1, 2019 at the age of 91. Born in Ashtabula, Ohio to David and Lilly Soules. he moved to Las Cruces in 1955 with his wife Shirley, daughter Merrie Lee, and a PhD in Physics from the Ohio State University to take a faculty position at New Mexico State University....

Apr 30, 2019

John Muir Kipp Of Las Cruces, NM, passed away Tuesday, April 30, 2019 after a brief hospital stay just 3 weeks before his 88th birthday. John grew up on a cattle ranch that his grandfather pioneered in 1882 in Lordsburg, NM and was a U.S. Navy veteran, serving from 1951-1954 during the Korean War, primarily on the U.S.S. Des Moines....

Apr 24, 2019

Apr 23, 2019

David Valles Herrera, 73, of Las Cruces, Mexico , passed away on April 23, 2019, surrounded by family. He was born to parents David Augilar and Juanita Valles Herrera, on December 6, 1945, in Las Cruces, New Mexico. Toby graduated from Las Cruces High School and received a degree in Finance from New Mexico State University. He is survived by...

Apr 22, 2019

John Hubert Picard Sr., of Deming NM, age 93, a loving father and friend, died and joined the Lord on April 22, 2019. Mr. Picard was born in Haverhill, MA on February 3, 1926. Mr. Picard was a decorated Navy World War II veteran serving aboard the USS Honolulu in the South Pacific. After leaving the Navy, Mr. Picard was...

Apr 17, 2019

After a prolonged illness, Elizabeth Webster Kelk passed away on April 17, 2019 in Las Cruces, New Mexico. Elizabeth was born July 26, 1942 in Abilene, Texas to Dr. LuVerne Webster and Mildred (Rausch) Webster. After graduation from Abilene High School, she attended the University of Wisconsin where she met and married her husband Richard Kelk. Upon graduation, she began...

Apr 16, 2019

Raul Hita died at Memorial Medical Center on April 16th, 2019 in Las Cruces, NM at the age of 82. Raul was born on October 3, 1936 in Progreso, Durango, Mexico to Maria de los Angeles and Salvador Hita. He married the love of his life, Yolanda Rico de Hita, a childhood neighbor in 1995. His wife and children remember...

Apr 14, 2019

Marylou "Lulu" Sedillos Espinosa of Salem, New Mexico passed away at Mountain View Regional Medical Center in Las Cruces, NM at the age of 73. She was born in El Paso, TX to Jose Sedillos and Hortencia Villarreal. She worked in New Mexico Human Services for over 20 years. She enjoyed coloring, sewing, Mexican music, gatherings with family and friends....

Apr 14, 2019

Phyllis Joan Segura 83, of Las Cruces, New Mexico entered eternal rest on April 14, 2019. Phyllis was a resident of Las Cruces since August 1971. She was a devoted member of Faith Chapel Assembly of God and enjoyed doing what she could to help; becoming more knowledgeable about the bible (attending Sunday School classes) and fellowships. She was a...

Apr 11, 2019

Dolores "Lola" Fernandez Rivera, 85, passed away peacefully on April 11, 2019 at Memorial Medical Center, surrounded by family who loved her dearly. Dolores was born in Las Cruces, NM on June 03, 1933 to Guadalupe Fernandez and raised by her grandparents Jose and Josefina Fernandez. She was a devoted catholic and her favorite hobbies were praying the rosary, playing...

Apr 11, 2019

Berta Louise Holden April 15, 1937-April 11, 2019 On April 11th, 2019 our beloved mother passed away at her home with her family by her side. Born in Las Cruces, New Mexico to Homer W. and Pearl Todd Cahoon, 1 of 9 children. Berta Cahoon and Henry (Sonny) Holden were married in Deming on June 9th, 1953 and had been...

Apr 11, 2019

Dr. Raymond A. Willem; retired professor of mechanical engineering, champion of charitable causes, and devoted nature enthusiast; ate a final cupcake and savored a last piece of milk chocolate on April 11, 2019 before his death at Arbors of Del Rey Assisted Living Facility at the age of 82. Though Dementia had taken his ability to stand, walk, and tell...

Apr 11, 2019

Betty Jo Ferm, 86, peacefully passed away April 11, 2019 at her home in Las Cruces, NM. Betty was born on October 27, 1932 in Magdalena, NM to Goree and Josie Allison. She graduated from Western New Mexico Teachers College in Silver City, NM with a MA in Elementary Education. Betty and Evans settled in Quemado, NM where she taught...

Apr 10, 2019

Edward Batoosingh Ph.D., MD. Lived from 17th February 1936 to 10th April 2019 'YOU LIVED LIFE YOUR WAY' You earned a degree in teaching, a PhD in marine biology and medical degree, specializing in family and emergency medicine. You healed many people in your lifetime. While being a doctor was your calling, fishing, playing bridge, chess and golfing were your...

Apr 8, 2019

Samuel Flores returned to his heavenly home on April 8, 2019. He was born to Porfirio and Francisca Flores on January 4, 1929 in Colonia Dublan, Chihuahua, Mexico. This is where he spent his childhood, raised by his grandmother Elizabeth (Grandma Lizzie) Haws after his mother passed away when he was 4 years old. He graduated from Academia Juarez in...

Apr 8, 2019

John T. Niemann passed away at his home in the care of his family on April 8, 2019 at the age of 88. John was born in Brooklyn, New York on July 9, 1930 to John J. and Angeline Sidote-Niemann. He attended schools in New York and New Jersey graduating from Lakewood High School in Lakewood, New Jersey in 1948....

Apr 6, 2019

Terry ("Nona") P. Chacon (Gonzales), age 67, originally of Tortugas, New Mexico passed away on Saturday, April 6, 2019, at Del Sol Medical Center in El Paso, Texas. She was born on May 29, 1951, in Tortugas, New Mexico, to Paul V. and Lucy P. Gonzales. Terry grew up in Tortugas and graduated from Las Cruces High School in 1970....