Obituaries

Kathleen Spitty

Kathleen Spitty

Mar 29, 2012

Prayer service for Kathleen Kitty Spitty, 43, of Mescalero will be Monday, April 2, at 6:00 PM in the Mescalero Family Worship Center where the funeral service will be on Tuesday, April 3, at 10:00 AM. Burial will follow at the Mescalero Cemetery. Kitty was born March 10, 1969 at Mescalero and had lived there all of her life....

Shirley Neuhaus

Shirley Neuhaus

Mar 26, 2012

A memorial service will be held on Monday, April 9th at 11:00 AM at First Christian Church, 1211 Hull Road, Ruidoso NM with a reception immediately following. Burial will be at Forest Lawn Cemetery. Shirley passed away on Monday, March 26, 2012 in Albuquerque, NM surrounded by her family. She was born July 8, 1921, in Ventura, CA and...

Brenda O'Steen

Brenda O'Steen

Mar 25, 2012

Memorial service for Brenda OSteen, 54, of Ruidoso will be Saturday, April 7, at 11:00 A.M. in LaGrone Funeral Chapel. Ms. O Steen passed away Sunday, March 25, 2012 in Ruidoso. She was born November 12, 1957 in Dallas, Texas. She worked for the State of New Mexico with the Department of Human Services. She moved to Ruidoso in...

Franklin Koehler

Franklin Koehler

Mar 19, 2012

Franklin Albert Koehler, 89, of Ruidoso passed away Monday, March 19, 2012 at Alto. He was born September 5, 1922 at Chicago, Illinois. He served in the Army during World War II. He moved to Lincoln County in 1978 from Florida. He married Ida Rosalene Halstead on January 17, 1949 in Chicago. He is survived by his wie, Ida...

John Mckenna

John Mckenna

Mar 17, 2012

John J. Jack McKenna, 94, of Alto passed away Saturday, March 17, 2012 in Ruidoso. He was born November 23, 1917 in Kansas City, Missouri. Jack was very popular and a marvelous athlete, lettering in many sports at Shawnee Mission High School. He attended the University of Kansas at Lawrence and served as a B26 bomber pilot with the...

Anna Bradley

Anna Bradley

Mar 15, 2012

Visitation for Anna Bradley, 96, of Lakeside, Oregon and formerly of Ruidoso Downs will be Saturday, March 24, from 10:00 AM until Noon at LaGrone Funeral Chapel of Ruidoso. Graveside services will also be Saturday at 2:00 PM at Forest Lawn Cemetery. Mrs. Bradley passed away Thursday, March 15, 2012 in Lakeside, Oregon. She was born July 3, 1915...

Dorothy Sample

Dorothy Sample

Mar 14, 2012

Funeral service for Dorothy Sample, 91, of Elida and formerly of Ruidoso will be Monday, March 19, at 11:00 AM in the Gateway Church of Christ in Ruidoso. Burial will follow at Forest Lawn Cemetery. Mrs. Sample passed away Wednesday, March 14, 2012 at her home in Elida. She was born November 23, 1920 at Comanche, Texas. She moved...

Angela Miranda

Angela Miranda

Mar 5, 2012

Funeral mass for Renee Miranda, 44, of San Patricio will be Monday, March 12, at 10:00 AM in St. Judes Catholic Church at San Patricio. Renee passed away Monday, March 5, 2012, at her home. She was born September 10, 1967 at Roswell and lived in Lincoln County all of her life. She had served in the Army and...

Barbara Collier

Barbara Collier

Mar 2, 2012

Barbara Collier, 84, of Ruidoso passed away Friday, March 2, 2012 in Ruidoso. She was born September 22, 1927 in Brownfield, Texas. She lived in Brownfield until 2000 when her and Carrol sold the Brownfield Funeral Home and moved to Ruidoso. She married Carrol on December 2, 1944 in Louisiana. Services for Barbara will be held at a later...

Claude Chidley

Claude Chidley

Feb 28, 2012

As he wished, Claude Arnold Slim Chidley was a home when he passed from this life to the next on February 28, 2012. born in Laurel, Montana on October 6, 1916 to John Edward and Annie Searle Chidley, he spent his childhood in Montana and Wyoming and grew into a successful professional musician and accomplished horseman. In January of...

Doris Hepple

Doris Hepple

Feb 27, 2012

Memorial service for Doris Hepple, 95, of Alto will be Friday, March 2, at 1:00 PM in LaGrone Funeral Chapel of Ruidoso. Mrs. Hepple passed away Monday, February 27, 2012 in Mescalero. She was born November 23, 1916 in New York City. She moved to Lincoln County 10 years from Las Cruces, NM. She grew up in Brooklyn, NY...

Carmen Smith

Carmen Smith

Feb 19, 2012

Carmen Marie WeiserSmith, 72, from Ruidoso died February 19, 2012 in Albuquerque after courageously battling a lengthy illness. She was born January 26, 1940 in Sterling, Colorado to Homer H. and Ruth M. Weiser who preceded her in death. She grew up in Colorado and graduated from Odessa High School. After receiving her LMSW from Our Lady of the...

Fae Swinford

Fae Swinford

Feb 18, 2012

Fae L. Swinford made her transition from this world at 9:40 PM on the evening of February 18, 2012. She was surrounded by family and at peace. Fae was a kind, loving soul, with a gracious, giving spirit, a bright, probing intellect, and shared herself selflessly without expectations or demands. She was an avid reader, artist and one heck...

Bob Dugger

Bob Dugger

Feb 17, 2012

Memorial service for Bob White Dugger, 58, of Ruidoso will be Saturday, March 3, at 11:00 AM in LaGrone Funeral Chapel of Ruidoso. A receptionpotluck will bde held at Cree Meadows Country Club on Sunday, March 4, at 5:00 PM. Mr. Dugger passed away Friday, February 17, 2012 in Ruidoso. He was born December 15, 1953 at Carlsbad, New...

Harold Seay

Harold Seay

Feb 5, 2012

Funeral services for Harold Seay, 93, of Capitan will be Thursday, February 9, at 10:30 AM in Trinity Southern Baptist Church at Capitan. Burial will follow at the Ft. Stanton Cemetery at Ft. Stanton. Harold passed away Sunday, February 5, 2012 in Ruidoso. Harold Seay is survived his wife, Earnestine, of 62 years. one son is deceased, Ernest Ernie...

Donald Wood

Donald Wood

Feb 5, 2012

Donald Wood, 83, of Ruidoso passed away Sunday, February 5, 2012 at his home. He was born March 4, 1928 in Denver, Colorado. He served in the Navy during World War II, moved to Ruidoso in October, 2007 from Cripple Creek, Colorado. He attended Ruidoso Baptist Church. He married Jeanne May Cline on January 12, 1949 in Denver, Colorado....

Ernestine Bennett

Ernestine Bennett

Jan 25, 2012

Ernestine Jennings Bennett, 87, died Wednesday, January 25, 2012. A memorial celebrating her life will be held Saturday, February 18 at 11:00 am at Community United Methodist Church in Ruidoso. Mrs. Bennett was born February 11, 1924 in Sweetwater, Oklahoma to Robert and Lois Jennings. The family relocated to Tulia, Texas when she was an infant. She spent her...

Eugenia Yuzos

Eugenia Yuzos

Jan 17, 2012

Funeral service for Eugenia Jewell Yuzos, 60, of Mescalero will be Friday, January 20, at 10:00 AM in the Mescalero Reformed Church. Burial will follow at the Mescalero Cemetery. Mrs. Yuzos passed away Tuesday, January 17, 2012 in Alamogordo. She was born May 4, 1951 at Mescalero to Marjorie and Riley Chino who both precede her in death. She...

Santiago Valdez

Santiago Valdez

Jan 11, 2012

Rosary service for Santiago Yasto Valdez, 88, of Tularosa will be Tuesday, January 17, at 9:15 AM in St. Josephs Mission at Mescalero with the funeral mass to follow at 10:00 AM. Burial will follow at Santa Nino Cemetery at Three Rivers. Mr. Valdez passed away Wednesday, January 11, 2012 in Ruidoso. He was born October 15, 1923 in...

Jane Spall

Jane Spall

Jan 11, 2012

Memorial service for Jane Spall, 65, of Ruidoso will be Monday, January 23, at 6:30 PM at Christ Church in the Downs. Jane passed away Wednesday, January 11, 2012 in Ruidoso. She was born March 25, 1946 at Inglewood, California. She moved to Ruidoso in 1971 from Las Cruces. Jane was a home health caregiver and a published poet....

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