Obituaries
Johnny Durham
Aug 16, 2016
Johnny D. Durham, 81, passed away on Tuesday, August 16, 2016 at his home in Ruidoso, NM surrounded by his family. Johnny fought long and hard, his battle with Parkinson's. Johnny was born and raised in Roswell, NM. By the time he was 19, he owned a used car lot called Durham's Auto Mart. It was also during his...
Joe Vega
Aug 12, 2016
Funeral service for Joe. J. (JoJo) Vega, 66, of Carrizozo will be Friday, August 19, 2016 at 10:00 A.M. in Santa Rita's Catholic Church in Carrizozo with burial to follow at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Cemetery with Father Mike officiating. Joe passed away Friday, August 12, 2016 at his home. He was born August 21, 1949 in Carrizozo...
Hugh Fox
Aug 9, 2016
Hugh R. Fox died on August 9 (2016) after a long illness. He was born on October 2, 1936, in Newark, New Jersey, son of Herman Rottmann Fox and Erma Lillian Rist. He attended schools there and then in Hanover, New Hampshire, graduating from Hanover High School in 1954. He was graduated from Dartmouth College ('58) where he majored...
Richard Dixon
Aug 8, 2016
Richard Alan Dixon, 62, of Alto passed away Monday, August 8, 2016 in Alto. He was born June 10, 1954 at Fairbanks, Alaska. He moved to Lincoln County in November of 2004 from Las Vegas, Nevada. He was a table games dealer at the Inn of the Mountain Gods Casino. He had worked at several casino's in Las Vegas...
Jean Gremillion
Aug 8, 2016
Jean Helen Gremillion passed away peacefully Monday, August 8, 2016 surrounded by her family in Albuquerque, NM. Jean was born August 14, 1940 in Bay City, Texas. She resided in Ruidoso for the last 16 years of her life with her husband, Earl. They spent their honeymoon together in Ruidoso in 1961 and kept coming back throughout their lives...
Gerald Comanche Sr.
Aug 4, 2016
Gerald Allen Comanche Sr., 68, of Mescalero passed away Thursday, August 4, 2016, at his home. He was born March 24, 1948 at Lawton, Oklahoma and lived most of his life at Mescalero. He served in Marine Corp during the Vietnam War. He was a Medicine Man of Maidens, was a road surveyor and firefighter for the Mescalero Apache...
Elree Gandy
Jul 27, 2016
Elree Harace Gandy was born on December 28,1923 to Richard Horace and Nannie Bell Williams Gandy in Caddo, Texas. He was the last surviving sibling of 12 children. Mr. Gandy passed away on July 27,2016 at the Good Samaritan Betty Dare Center in Alamogordo, New Mexico at the age of 92 after a brief illness. The family moved to...
Charles Rominger
Jul 26, 2016
Charles 0. Rominger, PhD, 79 years old, called Chuck or Judge, passed away on July 26, 2016. He had resided in New Mexico for over half his life and the past 37 years in Carrizozo, NM. Born in Fort Worth, Texas on June 1, 1937. Family owned the RX- Ranch where he was raised. He attended and was a...
Aron Portio
Jul 23, 2016
Aron Y. Portio, 84, long time resident of Carrizozo New Mexico entered into eternal rest on July 23, 2016. Aron was born in Lincoln, New Mexico . After school he joined the Army in 1952 and returned home in 1954 he worked at Holloman Air Force Base and retired in 1987. Mr. Portio was married to his wife Isabel...
Gordon Williams
Jul 23, 2016
Gordon Williams, 97, of Phoenix Arizona, was born January 23, 1919 to his father Nasitima and his mother Gyshynim in Old Oraibi Arizona. He was a Hopi Indian and belonged to the Eagle Clan. He graduated from Phoenix Indian School in 1939; learning the trade of masonry; he then enlisted in the United States Marine Corps. in 1944, was...
Dona Nunnally
Jul 20, 2016
Dona Rose Nunnally, age 75, passed away on July 20, 2016 in Craig, Colorado. She died surrounded by many loving family and friends. Dona was born in Lubbock, Texas on October 10th, 1940 to Chrystel Surginer. In 1946 they moved to Ruidoso, New Mexico where they owned Mockingbird Hill cabins in the Upper Canyon. Dona graduated from Ruidoso High...
Johnny Ramos
Jul 13, 2016
Johnny "John" Ramos, 63, of Ruidoso Downs, NM was called home to our Heavenly Father on July 13,2016, In Ruidoso Downs, NM. John was born in Las Cruces, NM to Raymundo and Juanita Ramos on August 11,1952. John grew up with his 2 brothers, Arturo and Albert, and his sister Yolanda. A born athlete, a friendly face with an...
Wade Kinzhuma
Jul 8, 2016
Wade Kinzhuma, 41, of Mescalero passed away Friday, July 6, in Mescalero. He was born July 15, 1974 at Mescalero and had lived there all of his life. He worked at the Mescalero Boys & Girls Club, Parks & Recreation for the Mescalero Apache Tribe and with security at the Inn of the Mountain Gods. Survivors include his children,...
Gregory Mccarty
Jul 6, 2016
Gregory Farris McCarty; 60, of Ruidoso, NM passed in peace while at home. On July 6th, following a long illness. He will be remembered as a kind and loving soul. Greg was born in Roswell, NM and served in the US Navy. He is the son of Luther Harold McCarty Sr. and Bobby (Belyeu) McCarty. Grandparents are Farris McCarty...
Howard Milburn Jr.
Jul 6, 2016
Howard M. Milburn, Jr. was born on June 23,1953 in San Diego, CA to Howard and Bobbie Milburn. He died July 6, 2016. Howard lived in Albuquerque, NM and worked as a mechanical engineer. He loved camping, hiking, and being in the outdoors. He is preceded in death by his father, Howard Sr., and survived by his loving mother,...
Yumin Baca
Jul 2, 2016
Yumin Baca, 36, of Mescalero passed away Saturday, July 2, 2016 in Ruidoso. He was born June 5, 1980 at Alamogordo and had lived at Mescalero all of his life. He was a logger/tree thinner on the Mescalero Apache Reservation. He is survived by his mother, Bessie Baca; children, Tunte Baca, Ethan Baca and Jaelyn Baca; his companion, Wendy...
Owen Blackman
Jul 1, 2016
Owen Blackman, 63, of Nogal, NM passed away Friday, July 1, 2016. He was born December 17, 1952 in Amarillo, TX. Owen moved to Lincoln County in August, 2015 from Graham, TX. He was retired from the U.S. Postal Service. He loved to fish, hunt and tinker with old cars and was an antique collector. He was a veteran...
Marilyn Grube
Jul 1, 2016
Marilyn Grube, 73, passed away Friday, July 1, 2016, in Ruidoso where she and her husband, Charles Smelker made their home for the past 19 years. Her story starts on May 4, 1943 in Germany. She was adopted by a loving family and grew up in Syracuse, NY. Marilyn received her degree in education from Syracuse University. She taught...
Bernardo Mancha
Jun 23, 2016
Barnie Mancha, 74, of Capitan passed away Thursday, June 23, 2016 in Ruidoso. He was born August 18, 1941 at Carrizozo and was a life long resident of Lincoln County. He served in the Army having served overseas in Europe. Barnie was the former fire chief of the Ft. Stanton Fire Department, was a volunteer with White Mountain Search...
Howard Hassell
Jun 13, 2016
Howard H. Hassell arrived April 21, 1928 in Escota, TX, and was born to Rolan Hassell and Kathleen Cotten. He started his company, Hassell Construction, in Seminole, TX where he built over 50 single family homes before moving to Ruidoso,NM in 1970, where he would build another 150 + starting in Alto around the developing golf course. With his...
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