Obituaries

Huey Lee

Huey Lee

May 15, 2019

Huey Lee, 60, of Capitan, New Mexico went to be with our Lord on Wednesday, May 15, 2019 in Albuquerque New Mexico at UNM Hospital. He was born in Roswell, New Mexico on November 14, 1958. He resided in Capitan, New Mexico since 1992. He was an Automotive Mechanic at the Inn of the Mountain Gods for the last...

Cruszita Chavez

Cruszita Chavez

May 10, 2019

Cruzita Chavez 74 of Ruidoso Downs, NM went to be with our Lord and Savior on May 10, 2019. She was born on May 3, 1945 to Juan and Josephine Baca in Roswell, NM. She married Danny Chavez on January 27, 1973 in Reno NV. He preceded her in death on October 28, 2013. She was also preceded in...

William Magoosh Iii

William Magoosh Iii

May 9, 2019

William Magoosh,III passed away Thursday, May 9, 2019, in Mescalero with his family by his side. He was born on September 24, 1957 to William Magoosh, Jr and Betty Botella-Magoosh, who both preceded him in death. He is the great, great grandson of Chief Magoosh. William has gone into eternal peace to be with his parents, his brothers Gerald...

Cecil Smith

Cecil Smith

May 5, 2019

Cecil Smith, 74, of Glencoe, New Mexico went to be with our Lord and Savior Sunday, May 5, 2019 in Ruidoso, New Mexico at Lincoln County Medical Center. Cremation has taken place. A memorial service will be held on Friday, June 7th at 11:00 A.M. at River Crossing Ministries located at 1950 Sudderth Dr., Ruidoso, New Mexico 88345. In...

Adeline Thompson

Adeline Thompson

May 2, 2019

Adeline S. Thompson died peacefully on May 2,2019 surrounded by loved ones in Albuquerque, NM. She was born on October 19, 1942. She is survived by her daughter, Theresa Treas-Cornelius and grandchildren Jairus Cornelius and Anaiah Cornelius; sisters, Virgina Mendoza and Lucille Sanchez. God children April Saenz and Paul Saenz. She is preceded in death by her husband Virgil...

Charles Hood

Charles Hood

May 2, 2019

Hood, Charles Stewart, aged 84, passed away peacefully on Thursday May 2nd, 2019 in Roswell, NM. A memorial service will be held 10am Tuesday June 4th, 2019 at LaGrone Funeral Chapel of Ruidoso. Stewart was born in South Gate CA, on September 4th, 1934 to Evelyn Lois Hood and Wilbur Richmond Hood and moved to Phoenix, AZ as a...

Margilene Daukei

Margilene Daukei

Apr 29, 2019

Margie Daukei, 65, of Mescalero passed away Monday, April 29, 2019 in Las Cruces, NM. She was born May 8, 1953 at Anadarko, OK. She had lived at Mescalero since 1967 moving from Oklahoma. She had been a dispatcher for Mescalero Law Enforcement. She is survived by her children, Michelle Carrillo, Kevin Morgan, Marnie Morgan, Florence Morgan, Gerald Blake...

Pauline Randolph

Pauline Randolph

Apr 29, 2019

Pauline Randolph, age 79, of Ruidoso Downs passed away on Monday, April 29, 2019 in El Paso TX. She was born March 25, 1940 in Carrizozo, NM to Jose and Eulalia Herrera. Pauline was a member of St. Eleanor Church of Ruidoso. She is preceded in death by her mother, Eulalia Herrera; father, Jose Herrera; sisters, Irene Richardson and...

Jose Almager

Jose Almager

Apr 19, 2019

Jose Angel Almager, 75, was called to sing and play his guitar in heaven on April 19th, 2019. He was born August 3rd, 1943 in San Angelo, TX. On July 22nd, 1959, he married Elodia Gomez and they were married for 59 years. He was owner of Gray Hawk Construction specializing in painting. His favorite pastimes were collecting rocks,...

Hazel Daves

Hazel Daves

Apr 19, 2019

Hazel Lou Jones Daves was born March 4, 1925 in Palo Pinto County, Texas to Will and Minnie Lee Jones and died on Good Friday, April 19, 2019 at the Mescalero Care Center surrounded by her loving daughters and the caring staff. On November 17,1946 she married Carlton Evert Daves and they were married 58 years. Hazel and Carlton...

Ronald Burton Sr.

Ronald Burton Sr.

Apr 18, 2019

Ronald Blake Burton Sr., 82 passed away Thursday, April 18, 2019 at his home in Ruidoso Downs, NM with his loving wife of 42 years, Peggy L. Burton, by his side. Ronald was born November 27, 1936 in Des Moines, NM to W.C. and Ione Longwill Burton. He is survived by his wife, Peggy L. Burton; two sons, Ronald...

Beverly Kerry

Beverly Kerry

Apr 18, 2019

Bev was born in 1928 in Minden, Nebraska, then moved to the Hein homestead near Medicine Bow, Wyoming with her parents. They moved to North Dakota in 1941 along with brother Dale, where they lived through her graduation from Grand Forks ND. She married her late husband Joe Hettich there. She was preceded in death by her parents Elmer...

Cornelia Prudencio

Cornelia Prudencio

Apr 14, 2019

Our devoted wife, mother, and best friend Cornelia Salcido Prudencio, 78 years old from Hondo, New Mexico passed away on April 14, 2019. Cornelia was the daughter of Pedro and Feliz Salcido and was born in Alamo Canyon on November 24, 1940. She graduated from Hondo High School. The Rosary service will be held at St. Jude Catholic Church...

Kay Shelnutt

Kay Shelnutt

Apr 13, 2019

Kay Shelnutt, 81, of Ruidoso passed away Saturday, April 13, in Ruidoso. She was born September 13, 1937 in Clovis, NM. She moved to Ruidoso in 2001 from El Paso, TX. She was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Order of the Eastern Star and the Beta Sigma Phi. She attended the Methodist Church. She married...

Lorenzo Reyes Jr.

Lorenzo Reyes Jr.

Apr 12, 2019

Lorenzo Reyes Jr., 44, of Ruidoso Downs, NM passed away Friday, April 12, 2019. He was born September 24, 1974 in El Paso, TX to Petra and Lorenzo Reyes Sr. Lorenzo married Courtney Harris in February, 2012. He is survived by his wife, Courtney Reyes; mother, Petra Reyes; children, Crystal, Dalia, Jaime and Summer; brothers, Mike, Andy, Pablo, Frank...

Virginia Gonzales

Virginia Gonzales

Apr 9, 2019

Virginia M. Gonzales was called by her savior on April 9th, 2019. She was born November 4th, 1936 in Tularosa, NM. She married Jose Gonzales on April 28th, 1956. She worked at Holloman Air Force Base until moving to San Patricio, NM. There she worked at Hondo Public Schools as a cafeteria cook until retirement. She moved back to...

Jose Flores

Jose Flores

Apr 5, 2019

Jose M. Flores died at the age of 26. He was last seen by his family on June 25, 2017. His remains were found on April 5, 2019. Jose was born on January 21, 1991 in Ruidoso NM. He is survived by his parents Miguel and Doris Flores, brother Miguel Flores, sisters Leticia and Stephanie Flores, nieces, Alexx, Luci,...

Evelyn Hazel

Evelyn Hazel

Mar 22, 2019

On Friday, March 22, 2019, Evelyn ‘Unie' Dorothy Hazel, passed away at the age of 85. Evelyn was born on November 14, 1933, in El Paso Texas to Oscar and Mildred Davis. Evelyn married Edward D. Hazel in El Paso, TX, where they raised five children. She moved to Ruidoso, NM in 1972, where she was established in the...

Sue Davis

Sue Davis

Mar 19, 2019

Sue Griffith Davis, loving mother and friend to many, passed away in her home on March 19, 2019. She was born on December 6, 1933 in Hobbs, NM to Bruce Griffith and Georgia (Zink) Griffith. She grew up in Green Tree which is now Ruidoso Downs. Sue was a woman of many firsts. When the Stetson school opened in...

Paul Gussett

Paul Gussett

Mar 16, 2019

Paul Andrew Gussett, 79, passed in peace in his home in Alto, New Mexico on Saturday, March 16. Born February 18, 1940 in East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, to the late Harry and Alice (Rowley) Gussett. Husband of the late Carolyn (Hicks) Gussett, he is survived by his wife Sandra Gussett. Loving father of Donna (Doug) Ralph, Ruth (Frank Agrella) Boucher,...

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