Obituaries

Keith Miller

Keith Miller

Jun 24, 2010

Visitation for Keith Miller, 83, of Mescalero will be Sunday, June 27, at LaGrone Funeral Chapel in Ruidoso from 2:00 PM until 4:00 PM. The prayer service will be Sunday, at 6:00 PM at St. Josephs Mission where the funeral mass will be on Monday, June 28, at 10:00 AM with burial at the Mescalero Cemetery. Mr. Miller passed...

Jose Molina-Ibarra

Jose Molina-Ibarra

Jun 19, 2010

Services for Jose Manuel Molina Ibarra, 44, of Ruidoso was held on Thursday, June 24, at the Angus Church of the Nazarene with burial at the San Patricio Catholic Cemetery at San Patricio. Mr. Ibarra passed away Saturday, June 19, 2010 in Roswell, NM. He was born March 19, 1966 at Agua Prieta, Sonora, Mexico. He had worked as...

Lois Clifton

Lois Clifton

Jun 18, 2010

Lois Evelyn Clifton, 85, of Ruidoso passed away Friday, June 18, 2010 at her home in Ruidoso. She was born October 4, 1924 at Willowbar, Oklahoma and had lived most of her life at Boise City, Oklahoma. She is survived by a daughter, Candice Hunt of Ruidoso a son, Doug Clifton of Boise City, Oklahoma. After cremation she will...

Quentin Balatche

Quentin Balatche

Jun 17, 2010

The prayer service for Quentin Sugar Balatche, 48, of Mescalero will be Sunday, June 20, at 6:00 PM in the Mescalero Family Worship Center with the funeral service on Monday, June 21, at 10:00 AM also at the Mescalero Family Worship Center. Burial will follow at the Mescalero Cemetery. Sugar passed away Thursday, June 17, 2010 at his home....

Lyn Kelson

Lyn Kelson

Jun 17, 2010

Funeral service for Lyn A. Kelson, 72, of Ruidoso will be Saturday, June 19, at 11:00 AM at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in Ruidoso. Burial will be Saturday, June 26, at the El Toro Memorial Park at Lake Forest, California. Mrs. Kelson passed away on Thursday, June 17, 2010 at the Lincoln County Medical...

Betty Hauser

Betty Hauser

Jun 14, 2010

Betty Ann Hauser, 92, of Cloudcroft, NM passed away Monday, June 14, 2010 at the Mescalero Care Center. She was born March 27, 1918 at Wichita, Kansas. Graveside services will be Saturday, June 19, at the Mount Moriah Cemetery South at Kansas City, Missouri.

Isabel Rue

Isabel Rue

Jun 13, 2010

Funeral services for Isabel R. Rue, 73, of Ruidoso will be Saturday, June 19, at 10:00 AM in St. Josephs Mission at Mescalero. She passed away Sunday, June 13, 2010 at her home in Ruidoso. She was born April 14, 1937 at San Patricio, NM and had lived in Lincoln County all of her life. She married Henry Rue...

John Day Jr.

John Day Jr.

Jun 11, 2010

John Columbus Day Jr., 84, passed away peacefully June 11, 2010 at his home in Ruidoso Downs, NM. Mr. Day, better known to locals as J.C., came into this world on October 24, 1925, the youngest of five children born to Dollie Brooks and John Columbus Day Sr. of Snyder, Texas. J.C. entered the Navy in 1944 serving 28...

Ermando Chavez

Ermando Chavez

Jun 5, 2010

Funeral services for Ermando Chavez, 96, of Hondo will be Wednesday, June 9, at 7:00 PM in the Tinnie Baptist Church at Tinnie, NM. Graveside services will be Thursday, June 10, at 10:00 AM at the Hondo Cemetery. Mr. Chavez passed away Saturday, June 5, 2010 at Lincoln County Medical Center in Ruidoso. He was born February 24, 1914...

Olympia Sanchez

Olympia Sanchez

Jun 5, 2010

Prayer service for Olympia Ola Sanchez, 90, of Ruidoso will be Friday, June 11, at 6:00 PM in St. Judes Catholic Church at San Patricio where the funeral mass will be on Saturday, June 12, at 10:00 AM. Burial will follow at St. Judes Catholic Cemetery. Mrs. Sanchez passed Saturday, June 5, 2010 at her home in Ruidoso. She...

Vance Sidwell

Vance Sidwell

May 31, 2010

Visitation for Vance Sidwell, 47, of Nogal will be Friday, June 4, at LaGrone Funeral Chapel of Ruidoso from Noon until 2:00 PM with the funeral service at 2:00 PM. Cremation will follow with burial of his cremated remains on Monday, June 7. at 2:00 PM at the Nogal Cemetery. Mr. Sidwell passed away Monday, May 31, 2010 at...

Steve Nelson

Steve Nelson

May 30, 2010

Celebrating the life of Steve Frank Nelson who died May 30, 2010 in his sleep, he was 61 years old. Steve was the loved partner of David Lee Williams and the chef and entrepreneur of Lucy and Ethels internet cafe. His culinary dishes and loving personality will be missed by all. Steve worked many years in Clifornia at NBC...

Sigesfredo Romero Jr.

Sigesfredo Romero Jr.

May 24, 2010

Visitation for Sigesfredo Fredo Romero Jr. will be Wednesday, May 26, at LaGrone Funeral Chapel in Ruidoso from 3:00 PM until 5:00 PM. The prayer service will be Thursday, May 27, at 2:00 PM at St. Judes Catholic Church with the funeral mass to follow at 3:00 PM with burial at St. Judes Catholic Cemetery. Mr. Romero passed away...

Chester Smith

Chester Smith

May 22, 2010

On Saturday, May 22, 2010, God called home his loving and faithful servant, Chester Frank Smith, to be with him in eternity. Visitation for Mr. Smith will be Tuesday, May 25, from 4:00 PM until 7:00 PM at LaGrone Funeral Chapel of Ruidoso. Funeral services will Wednesday, May 26, at 10:00 AM at the Ruidoso Downs First Southern Baptist...

Woods Wilkinson

Woods Wilkinson

May 21, 2010

Woods Watkins Wilkinson, cowboy, soldier, highway patrolman, oilman and entrepreneur, know to all as Watt, has gone to rejoin his life mate of more than seventy years, Brooksie, where united once again they will waltz across the heavens in each others arms as once they waltzed across Texas and around the world. Watt was born in Throckmorton, Texas on...

Woodrow Yoakum

Woodrow Yoakum

May 19, 2010

Woodrow Wilson Yoakum, 93, of Hobbs passed away Wednesday, May 19, 2010 in Ruidoso at his vacation home. He was born January 18, 1917 at Paoli, Oklahoma. Memorial services will be held in Hobbs, New Mexico with cremation under the direction of LaGrone Funeral Chapel in Ruidoso.

Richard Spencer

Richard Spencer

May 17, 2010

Richard Lee Red Spencer passed away peacefully in his sleep on Monday, May 17, 2010. He was born in Concordia, Kansas on July 17, 1947. He is survived by his mother, Blanche Love of Ruidoso his father, W.O. Spencer and his wife Yvonne of Del Rio, Texas two brothers, Weldon Spencer and his wife Jane of Alto, and Don...

William Hatch

William Hatch

May 17, 2010

Visitation for William Lee Bill Hatch, 54, of Ruidoso will be Thursday, May 20, at LaGrone Funeral Chapel from 10:00 AM until 11:00 AM with the funeral service also on Thursday at 2:00 PM in LaGrone Funeral Chapel. Burial will follow at the Capitan Cemetery. After a three year battle with cancer Mr. Hatch passed away on Monday, May...

Linda Robinson

Linda Robinson

May 17, 2010

Linda Joyce Robinson, 65, of Alto passed away Monday, May 17, 2010 at her home in Alto. She was born December 28, 1944 at Pasadena, Texas. Her services will be in El Paso, Texas where she had been a longtime resident before moving to Alto. She is survived by her husband, Olie Robinson of Alto.

Tu Nguyen

Tu Nguyen

May 16, 2010

Tu Nguyen, 79, part time resident of Ruidoso passed away Sunday, May 16, 2010 in Albuquerque. She was born April 20, 1931 at Cantho, Vietnam and she will be buried at Cantho, Vietnam. She is surived locally by her children, Andy, Wendy, and Coy.

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