Obituaries
Mary Salas
Nov 9, 2012
Mary L. Salas, 76yearsold, was granted her angel wings on Friday, November 09, 2012, at her home in Ruidoso Downs, New Mexico. During her final days she was surrounded by family and friends. After her diagnosis of stage 4 Lung Cancer in August 2012, that had rapidly spread to her bones, she decided to fight. Her strong will to...
Deretha Rushing
Nov 9, 2012
Deretha Jean Rushing, 69, of Carrizozo passed away Friday, November 9, 2012 in Carrizozo. She was born July 20, 1943 in Seagraves, Texas to Margaret and Benjamin Rushing. She had been a resident of Lincoln County since 1959 moving from Snyder, Texas. She is survived by 4 brothers, Victor Rushing, Billy Rushing, Ricky Johnson Sr., and Kenny Johnson. Services...
Paul Jones
Nov 5, 2012
Paul H. Jones, 86, of Glencoe died peacefully at home Monday, Nov. 5. He was the loving husband of Nellie Ruth Jones for 59 years. Paul was born in Glencoe in 1926, attended school at Stetson, Carrizozo, Ancho, and NMMI. He was wounded in 1951 in Korea and was discharged from the Army. He was a lifelong rancher and...
Jack Neill
Nov 2, 2012
Jack. H. Neill, 46, of Capitan, New Mexico went home to be with the Lord on Friday, November 2, 2012. Born July 11, 1965 in Artesia, New Mexico and raised in Portales, New Mexico, he graduated from Portales High School in 1983. On June 13, 1988 Jack married his wife Kathy Sloan of Lubbock, Texas. In 2002 Jack and...
Norma Roberts
Oct 30, 2012
Norma Virginia Roberts, 78, of Ruidoso went to be with her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, on October 30, 2012 after a valiant battle with multiple sclerosis. She was born to Frederick and Athalie Patch in Worchester, Massachusetts on August 17, 1934. Norma graduated from the Worcester High School of Commerce in 1953. She graduated from Hahnemann Hospital School...
Carroll Crabb
Oct 27, 2012
Carroll Gene Crabb, 74, of Nogal passed away Saturday, October 27, 2012. He was born January 31, 1938 at Vernon, Texas. Mr. Crabb was a retired Major from the U.S. Army having served during the Vietman War. He moved to Lincoln County in December, 1990 from El Paso, TX. He attended the Capitan United Methodist Church. He married Gisela...
Douglas Becker
Oct 18, 2012
Douglas L Becker, 70 transferred his address from earth to heaven on October 18, 2012. He was surrounded by his family and friends at his home in Capitan, NM. We will have a celebration of his life October 27, 2012 at 10:30am at Canaan Trail Baptist Church in Alto, NM. Doug was born June 20, 1942 in Flagler, Co...
Jesse Randall
Oct 17, 2012
Visitation for Jess Randall, 76, of Mescalero will be Thursday, Oct. 18, from 2:00 PM until 4:00 PM at LaGrone Funeral Chapel in Ruidoso. The funeral service will be Friday, Oct. 19, at 8:00 AM at St. Josephs Mission in Mescalero with burial to follow at the Mescalero Cemetery. Mr. Randall passed away Wednesday, October 17, 2012 at Mescalero,...
William Jakse
Oct 16, 2012
A Celebration of the Life of Bill Jakse, 59 of Ruidoso will be Friday, October 19, from Noon until 3:00 PM at the Sanctuary on the River in Ruidoso. Bill passed away Tuesday, October 16, 2012, in Ruidoso. He was born April 24, 1953 at LaSalle, Illinois and moved to Ruidoso in the early 1980s. He operated Jaxbilt Design...
Eric Thompson
Oct 15, 2012
Memorial service for Eric Thompson, 63, of the RuidosoRuidoso Downs area will be Sunday, November 18, at 3:00 PM in the First Baptist Church of Ruidoso. Eric passed away on Monday, October 15, 2012 at his home. He was born September 22, 1949 at Dallas, Texas. He moved to Lincoln County in 1987 from El Paso, Texas. Eric loved...
Roger Kazhe
Oct 11, 2012
Beloved husband, father, son, brother, uncle, cousin, and friend, Roger Reed Kazhe was born September 7, 1973 in Mescalero, NM and he was called home on Thursday, October 11, 2012 in Alamogordo, NM. He married Phyllis Freeland on February 4, 2004 in Albuquerque, NM. Roger lived an athletic life and loved sports and being with his family. He enjoyed...
Howard Harkey
Oct 3, 2012
Howard Elvin Harkey was born June 1, 1929 in Carrizozo, New Mexico to E. I. Sparkey Harkey and Rose Bingham Harkey and passed away on October 3, 2012. He attended grade school at Ancho, NM and graduated from Carrizozo High School as salutatorian in 1947. He played football and basketball in high school. He graduated in 1951 from New...
Daniel Tissnolthtos
Sep 27, 2012
Visitation for Daniel Lynn Tissnolthtos, 26, of Mescalero will be Wednesday, October 3, at the Apache Assembly of God Church in Mescalero from 9:00 AM until 10:00 AM with the funeral at 10:00 AM. Burial will follow at the Mescalero Cemetery. Daniel passed away Thursday, September 27, 2012 in Ruidoso. He was born October 23, 1985 in Alamogordo and...
Roy Jones
Sep 15, 2012
Roy Cecil Zeke Jones was born in Vernon, Texas on November 4, 1925 to Roy J. Jones and Rocky Oglesby Jones. As a young man, Cecil along with his brother Earl and his sister Henrietta helped with the family farming and attended a one room school house in Farmers Valley. In order to go to high school in Vernon...
Jody Jolly
Sep 14, 2012
A Memorial ServiceCelebration of Life will be held Thursday, September 27th, 5:30p.m. at Jodys home in Loma Grande Nogal area, NM. She passed away Friday, September 14th at Lincoln County Medical Center in Ruidoso, NM. She was born February 20, 1951 in Seattle, WA. Jodys great love of and special way with animals led her to work at several...
Nacha Verdugo
Sep 9, 2012
Nacha Verdugo, 90, of Carrizozo passed away on Sunday, September 9, 2012 at her home in Carrizozo. She was born October 13, 1921 at Rebenton, NM and had lived in Lincoln County all of her life. She worked at the Carrizozo Municipal Hospital until it closed after many years of service, she loved to quilt. She attended Santa Ritas...
Wynn King
Aug 30, 2012
Wynn King, 54, of Alto passed away Thursday, Aug. 30, 2012 in Alto. She was born February 20, 1958 at Portales, NM. She married Jack King on June 28, 1975 in Tularosa, she moved to Lincoln County in 1980 from Tularosa. She had an associates degree from Eastern New Mexico University. She is survived by her husband, Jack two...
Katherine Graham
Aug 30, 2012
Kathy Renee Hazel Graham was born on July 12, 1958 in El Paso, Texas. She passed from this life on a beautiful blue sky morning August 30, 2012, surrounded by her loving husband Dale, her children Joshua, Dooley and Nici, her mother Evelyn Unie Hazel and her brother Kenneth and Alan and Mark Hazel. Many friends were there and...
Thelda Miller
Aug 22, 2012
Thelda L. Miller, 76, of Ruidoso went to be with the Lord August 22, 2012 after a hard fought battle with cancer. She was born to Jasper and Lorena Phelps in Carbon, TX on August 4, 1936. Thelda attended both Cloudcroft H.S. and Carbon H.S. TX where she graduated. She was Otero Countys Cotton queen, loved basketball, and horses....
Jayro Treas
Aug 21, 2012
Jayro B. Treas, born February 19, 1939 in Mescalero and went to be with the Lord and Savior on August 21, 2012. He went peacefully in his sleep at Mescalero IHS Hospital. He lived his entire life in Mescalero except for the time he attended Boarding School in Albuquerque. He worked for the Mescalero Apache Tribe as a caregiver...
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