Obituaries
Richard Cannon
May 15, 2015
Richard S. Cannon, 83, of Ruidoso passed away Friday, May 15, 2015 at his home. He was born October 1, 1931 at Spruce Pine, North Carolina. He moved to Ruidoso 8 years ago from Hobbs, NM. He served in the U.S. Air Force. He loved to fish, was a devoted husband, father and grandfather. He is survived by his...
Amos Rue
May 8, 2015
Amos Rue, 78, of Ruidoso passed away Friday, May 8, 2015 surrounded by his family at his home in Ruidoso. He was born May 20, 1936 at Arabela, New Mexico and had lived in Lincoln County all of his life. As a young man he became a sheep shearer working in all parts of Lincoln County. He then became...
Gloria Montes
May 8, 2015
Gloria Chavez Montes, 86, of Albuquerque passed away on Friday, May 8, 2015. She was born Feb. 24,1929 at San Patricio, NM. She lived in Ruidoso most of her life, operating a successful retail shop in midtown. She retired and moved to Albuquerque in 1995. She married former Ruidoso Chief Of Police, Orlando S. Montes in 1951 and he...
Gerald Montoya
May 8, 2015
Gerald Ramon Montoya, 28, of Capitan passed away Friday, May 8, 2015 at his home in Capitan. He was born December 4, 1986 at Ruidoso and had lived in Lincoln County all of his life. Gerald loved to cook, race cars and Loved the outdoors. He is survived by his parents, Elizabeth and Jospeh Montoya; sister, Emilia Montoya and...
Bonnie Rogers
May 3, 2015
Bonnie A. Rogers, 75, of Capitan passed away Sunday, May 3, 2015 in Roswell. She was born April 10, 1940 at Clovis, NM. She graduated from Capitan High School and since then she had lived in Ruidoso Downs and Roswell, then moved back to Capitan in 1982 to stay. She formerly worked at the Capitan Post Office and the...
James Graff
May 1, 2015
Jim Graff, 60, of Ruidoso passed away Friday, May 1, 2015 in Ruidoso. He was born April 26, 1955 at Mahoning, Ohio. He moved to Ruidoso in December, 1995 from Kingsland, Texas. He served in the Army during the Vietnam War. He married Debbie on July 20, 1989 at Austin, Texas. He is survived by his wife, Debbie; a...
Rusty Coons
Apr 29, 2015
Rusty Lee Coons, 56, of Ruidoso Downs passed away April 29, 2015. He was born June 6, 1958 in El Paso, Texas. His passions in life were dancing, training Arabian horses, anything horses, fishing and a love for all animals and nature. And we can't forget the Dallas Cowboys. He is survived by his domestic partner Kimberly Atwood and...
Mabel Zamora
Apr 28, 2015
Mabel Zamora, 86, of Carrizozo passed away on Tuesday, April 28, 2015 in Carrizozo. She was born March 21, 1929 at Jacks Peak, NM to Julia and Salomon Aragon. He had lived in Lincoln County all of her life. She married Arturo Zamora on July 10, 1948 in Carrizozo and he preceded her in death on July 19, 1993....
Ina Torres
Apr 28, 2015
Ina Mary Magooshboy Torres, 80, of Mescalero passed away on Tuesday, April 28, 2015, in Mescalero. She was born April 27, 1935 in Mescalero and had lived there all of her life. She was a homemaker and attended St. Joseph's Mission. She is survived by her children, Marvin Gaines, Ryan Torres and Rudene Zumwalt; numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren;...
Patricia Seymour
Apr 26, 2015
Patricia Seymour, 73 of Capitan passed away April 26, 2015. She was born in Emuclaw, Washington to Homer and Francis Flanagan on March 17th, 1942. Patricia left Washington in 1956 and moved to Huntsville, Arkansas. She moved to Lincoln County in the late 70's. She owned and operated a popular video store in Ruidoso with her children for 15...
Carolyn Adams
Apr 24, 2015
Susie Adams, 60, of Ruidoso Downs passed away Friday, April 24, 2015 in Ruidoso Downs. She was born September 5, 1954 at Artesia, California. She moved to Lincoln County three years ago from Roswell. She was a volunteer at the Humane Society of Lincoln County and a small dog park was dedicated in her honor at the Humane Society...
Corliss Treas
Apr 22, 2015
Corliss Treas, 65, of Mescalero passed away Wednesday, April 22, 2015 in El Paso, Texas. She was born January 18, 1950 at Mescalero and had lived there all of her life. She worked in housekeeping at the Inn of the Mountain Gods, retiring in 2012. She is survived by two daughters, Sharron Kane and Augnetta Treas; a son, Delton...
Anita Guthrie
Apr 18, 2015
Ruth Guthrie, 53, of Glencoe passed away Saturday, April 18, 2015, in Glencoe. She was born August 19, 1961 in Ruidoso. She had lived most of her life in Lincoln County except for the 15 years she taught school in Roswell. She is survived by two daughters, Susana Rue and Cristina Guthrie; mother, Clara Guthrie; grandson, Brodie Rue; a...
Jane Furche
Apr 13, 2015
Jane Furche passed away peacefully after a long series of compounding illnesses, two and half years after emergency surgery to remove a brain tumor in late 2012. Her body gave out but her will to live never did. Jane was born and reared in Texas, living with her parents, Jack and Helen Bradford, in Rule, Haskell, Sweetwater and Midland....
Jerry Kennedy
Apr 13, 2015
Jerry Charley Kennedy age 79 a lifelong resident of New Mexico went home to be with the Lord on April 13, 2015. He is survived by his loving and devoted wife of 55 years Donna Kennedy, his son Murray Kennedy and daughter Kristy Kennedy, his two grandchildren, Jacob Grimes and Heather Grimes. Jerry was a Navy Veteran who served...
Zeno Enjady
Apr 11, 2015
Zeno Enjady, 74, of Mescalero passed away Saturday, April 11, 2015 at his home. He was born September 7, 1940 at White Tail on the Mescalero Apache Reservation and had lived in the area all of his life. At the age of 15 he became at Cowboy at Cow Camp #1 and later worked for forestry at the ski...
Robert Hicks
Apr 10, 2015
Robert Paul Hicks, 61, of Ruidoso passed away Friday, April 10, 2015 in Ruidoso. He was born December 16, 1953 at Pyallup, Washington. He was the former owner-operator of A.B. Janitoral Service. He is survived by his wife, Amber; children, John Paul Hicks and Amber Schanel Allen and one grandchild. Services will be held at a later date in...
Kenneth Shows
Apr 8, 2015
Kenneth C. Shows, 63, of Ruidoso Downs passed away Wednesday, April 8, 2015 at his home. He was born August 27, 1951 at Waco, Texas. He moved to Lincoln County in the late 1960's from Waco. Kenneth loved to travel at the spur of the moment and go fishing. He worked at Ruidoso Downs Race Track with simulcast and...
Gwenneth Caughron
Apr 5, 2015
Gwenneth Caughron, 87, of Ruidoso passed away peacefully at her home on Sunday, April 5, 2015. She was born July 17, 1927 at Cottingham, England. Her parents, Samuel and Doris Jones preceded her in death along with a sister, Gladys Jones and former spouse John Wes Caughron. Gwen moved to Ruidoso from Horizon City, Texas in 1977. She had...
Phillip Ahidley Jr.
Mar 26, 2015
Phillip Ahidley Jr,, 68, of Mescalero passed away Thursday, March 26, 2015 in Ruidoso. He was born April 15, 1946 at Mescalero and had lived there all of his life. He served in the Army during the Vietnam War and earned a Bronze Star. He also worked in Forestry with B.I.A. and was a lift operator at Ski Apache....
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